21 Sep, 2023 14:43

US government and media lying about Ukrainian counteroffensive – Seymour Hersh

A source has told the veteran reporter that Kiev and Washington are deceiving the public about the situation on the ground

US intelligence analysts believe that Ukraine has given up on its counteroffensive against Russia and the only thing prolonging the conflict is theunwillingness of Washington and Kiev to acknowledge its failure, a source has told investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.

Writing on Substack on Thursday, the veteran reporter cited an unnamed source, who “spent the early years of his career working against Soviet aggression and spying” as rejecting the Ukrainian narrative about slow but steady progress in its counteroffensive.

“‘It’s all lies,’” the source said, according to Hersh. “‘The war is over. Russia has won. There is no Ukrainian offensive anymore==, but the White House and the American media have to keep the lie going.’”

This sentiment is shared by many figures in the US intelligence community, and the CIA in particular has been skeptical of Kiev’s claims of a continued push forward, unlike the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), he explained.

Trent Maul, the director of analysis for the DIA, touted Ukraine’s success to The Economist earlier this month and claimed Kiev’s forces had a “realistic” chance to break through Russian defense lines this year. The British outlet contrasted the assessment with that of an unnamed senior US intelligence official, who said the battlefield “could look broadly similar” in five years.

The source cited by Hersh blasted the leadership in both Moscow and Washington for acting “stupid” during the crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin got “provoked [into] violating the UN charter” with a poorly-prepared military campaign, he argued. US President Joe Biden retaliated with a proxy war and has had to rely on the vilification of Putin by the media “in order to justify our mistake.”

“The truth is if the Ukrainian army is ordered to continue the offensive, the army would mutiny. The soldiers aren’t willing to die any more, but this doesn’t fit the B.S. that is being authored by the Biden White House,” the source concluded.

Moscow has denied the US claim that the operation against Ukraine was an act of “unprovoked aggression,” insisting that the people of Donbass had the right of self-determination under the UN Charter and acted accordingly when they broke away from Ukraine after the 2014 armed coup in Kiev.

The Russian government has maintained that it acted lawfully when it recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luganks People’s Republics in February 2022. Days later, after Kiev refused to stop attacks on Donbass and pull out its troops, Moscow launched its offensive.

https://www.rt.com/russia/583351-ukraine-counteroffensive-failed-hersh/

21 Sep, 2023 20:06

Kiev’s top general may become subject of criminal probe – BBC

Ukrainian military officials are being investigated over collapse of southern defense in early days of the conflict with Russia

Ukrainian law enforcement, including the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) and the domestic intelligence agency SBU, are probing multiple senior military officials over events in the country’s south on the first day of the ongoing conflict with Moscow, BBC Ukraine reported on Thursday, citing sources.

More than 50 individuals have already been questioned in the investigation, according to the outlet. Law enforcement in the country is seeking to establish the circumstances that made the rapid Russian advance in the country’s south possible, like the failure to destroy bridges connecting the then-Ukrainian Kherson region to Russia’s Crimea peninsula.

The probe is expected to affect the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Valery Zaluzhny, BBC Ukraine’s sources suggest. The ongoing criminal investigation has already become known as the “Zaluzhny case,” according to the outlet. Thus far, however, Kiev’s top general has not been summoned by investigators or somehow officially implicated in the case.

The general had already testified on the collapse of the Ukrainian defenses in the south before a special commission that was set up to access the situation. Zaluzhny made rather controversial remarks before the commission,insisting that all the effort should be put into fighting war rather than assigning blame and stating that “everyone will have his own truth”on the events of the south, the BBC reported, citing an unnamed participant in the hearings.

Russia launched a large-scale military operation against Ukraine in February 2022, making rapid advances against Ukrainian forces in the first few days of the conflict. Moscow’s troops achieved the most in Ukraine’s south, rapidly breaking through lines of local forces and seizing large swaths of territory, including Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest, and the city of Kherson, which were captured with only minor fighting.

(The whole charade is collapsing in Ukraine, see what says, “everyone will have their own truth”, that means they are bunch of fucking liars and have always been!)

https://www.rt.com/russia/583365-ukraine-bbc-zaluzhny-probe/

21 Sep, 2023 17:06

US using Ukraine playbook in Chinese-Russian neighbor – MP

Washington has been very active in Mongolia lately, trying to pit it against Russia and China, a top Russian lawmaker has warned

Washington is apparently preparing a Ukraine-style scenario for Mongolia, seeking to turn it against its immediate neighbors, Russia and China, the vice-speaker of the State Duma, the lower chamber of the country’s parliament, Sholban Kara-ool, has warned.

The US embassy and other non-government organizations have been very active in the country, the MP wrote on his Telegram channel on Wednesday, sharing observations made during his recent visit to Mongolia.

“The Mongolian authorities greeted us with brotherly warmth,but on the streets of the Mongolian capital, I did not see a single sign in Russian, which had previously been present there for decadesand were considered integral elements of the city as a sign of friendship between peoples,” Kara-ool stated, adding that the trip gave him an “uneasy feeling.”

“It is no secret that the same US organizations that have been investing in Ukraine since 2014 are operating in Mongolia. Therefore, their goals are clear,” he claimed, without naming any precise bodies that might be involved.

Foreign embassies have been acting very “aggressively” in the country, and Russia must not lag behind in that line of work, the MP believes.

“It is necessary to strengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation, strengthen cultural and humanitarian ties and friendship of our peoples.Our relations have always been friendly and good-neighborly. We can’t lose this,” he argued.

(They are trying a color revolution in Mongolia against Russia)

https://www.rt.com/russia/583348-us-mongolia-ukraine-playbook/

Mike Howell: DoJ Had Evidence Of Biden-CCP Corrupt Relationship Back To 2017. Huge revelations. CNN even saying Garland didn’t answer certain questionsInstead of the “Get Trump” it is “Kick Bidan Out he’s a problem”’

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“Light Em Up” | Call Congress Members Today About The Impending CR Deal. $880 Billion to the defense dept. J. Q. Brown got approved a 100x more woke than MilleyWe have the weakest Congress ever. They don’t care because they will be out of Congress before the crash that is gonna happen! This is who we have in Congress.

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