Anonymous ID: 9c669e Oct. 7, 2023, 11:13 a.m. No.19687063   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7069 >>7159 >>7368 >>7458 >>7474 >>7546 >>7553

7 Oct, 2023 15:26

Russia’s ex-president blames US for Israel-Hamas fighting

 

Dmitry Medvedev said Washington should have worked to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict instead of supporting Ukraine

 

US foreign policy is partly to blame for the latest violent flare-up between Israel and the Palestinians, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has suggested. The official, who is currently Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said Washington should have channeled its energy into ensuring a lasting peace in the Middle East but chose to focus on Ukraine instead.

 

Commenting on Saturday’s escalation between Israel and the Hamas militant group from Gaza, Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel that these events were predictable. “This is what Washington and its allies should have dealt with,” he explained, adding that the Israel-Palestine conflict has lasted for decades, with the US being a “key player there.”

 

According to Medvedev, instead of this, “these morons got involved in our region and are actively helping neo-Nazis, pitting two close peoples against one another.”

 

The former president brought his remarks to a conclusion with the thought that “apparently only a civil war on US territory” would help quell “America’s manic passion for igniting conflictsall around the planet.”

 

On Saturday morning, Hamas militants launched a massive attack on Israel, firing thousands of missiles and then breaching the border fence and overrunning multiple Israeli towns bordering the Gaza enclave.

 

According to Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom, at least 40 Israelis have been killed and 740 others wounded.

 

In his address to the nation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is at war. He also vowed that the “enemy will pay a price like they have never known before.”

 

An IDF spokesperson revealed that fighting is ongoing, with Hamas militants still present in multiple localities. Meanwhile, the Israeli air force has conducted air strikes on Gaza.

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has insisted that the Palestinian people have a right to defend themselves against what he described as the “terror of settlers and occupation troops.”

 

The White House issued a statement, condemning what it termed “unprovoked attacks by Hamas terrorists against Israeli civilians.” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reassured Israel that the US’ commitment to its security remains “unwavering.”

 

In the coming days, he promised, the Pentagon will “work to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself and protect civilians from indiscriminate violence and terrorism.”

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/584252-medvedev-israel-hamas-us-ukraine/

Anonymous ID: 9c669e Oct. 7, 2023, 11:20 a.m. No.19687103   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7159 >>7368 >>7458 >>7474 >>7546 >>7553

7 Oct, 2023 14:58

Western officials pressure media on Ukraine’s battlefield failures – WaPo

The newspaper claims officials have told outlets to “lift up the conversation a bit” on Kiev’s faltering counteroffensive

 

Western officials have urged the media to depict Ukraine’s faltering counteroffensive in a more charitable light, the Washington Post has reported. The US newspaper claimed the efforts areaimed at preventing a decline in public supportfor providing further military aid for Kiev in the coming months.(The support is gone it doesn’t matter what the media does!)

 

In an article on Saturday, the Post alleged that “Ukrainian and Western officials in recent weeks have focused onreshaping the narrative” amid Kiev’s underwhelming progress so far. The implementation of the supposed new strategy presumably has to do with increased criticism in some Western countries, which has called into question the continuation of military aid for Kiev.

 

According to the media outlet, while Ukraine’s Western backers are publicly putting a brave face on the counteroffensive, privately they are increasingly concerned that the conflict could become a frozen one, with Kiev’s forces unable to breach Russian defenses.

 

The Post noted that several Western officials had recently paid an unusual amount of attention in their press briefings to the way the media is covering the=Ukrainian military’s progress. In one example cited by the newspaper, an unnamed official urged journalists to“lift up the conversation a bit”and stop focusing too much on the day-to-day developments on the ground, lest they miss the “fuller picture.”

 

The same official also reportedlytried to lower expectationsin the briefing, saying that a Ukrainian victory would not necessarily mean the recapture of “every bit of territory by X date” – despite Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s insistence that this is the only acceptable scenario.

 

Ukrainian officials have been limiting journalists’ access to the front line, citing security reasons, the Post continued. Special officers are making sure that sensitive topics, such as Kiev’s losses, are kept quiet.

 

Late last month, the New York Times reported that a slowdown in the counteroffensive “comes with huge risks for Ukraine.” The newspaper explained that “if it looks unlikely to recapture large areas of the country, Western support could wane, either through lack of political will or unwillingness to donate more weapons.”

 

Meanwhile, Kiev’s already slow progress may be further impeded by autumn rains in the region, the NYT pointed out, adding that such adverse weather conditions would make the ground almost impassable for heavy Western-supplied tanks and other hardware.

 

(These people are stupid, there’s no reshaping a narrative for a Nazi loser country)

 

https://www.rt.com/news/584244-washington-post-western-officials-reporters-ukraine/

Anonymous ID: 9c669e Oct. 7, 2023, 12:04 p.m. No.19687464   🗄️.is 🔗kun

6 Oct, 2023 22:01

Former EU boss spreading ‘Russian narrative’ – Zelensky

The Ukrainian leader lashed out at Jean-Claude Juncker for suggesting Kiev was too corrupt to join the bloc

 

Allegations of rampant corruption in Ukraine are a “Russian narrative” designed to erode Western support for Kiev, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky claimed on Friday.

 

Speaking after the summit of the bloc’s leaders in the Spanish city of Granada, Zelensky accused former president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, of spreading Russian propaganda about Ukraine. Earlier this week, Juncker said Ukraine was plagued by corruption “at all levels of society”and should not be accepted into the bloc any time soon.

 

Zelensky insisted that “not a single dollar was stolen from our partners”amid the conflict with Russia, but admitted that there were “different people and cases.”

 

“First of all, it is the well-known Russian narrative about corruption. They understand that they cannot split the overall unity of Europe and support for Ukraine. The US and its intelligence services learned about the roots of the idea, how to undermine society, support in the world,” Zelensky said.

 

Instead of spreading the purported “Russian narrative” about Ukraine’s corruption, Junckershould have personallydone more for Ukraine, Zelensky suggested. (Here we go again! These people are stupid! I thought Ukraine learned a lesson.)

 

“That is of no interest for him? Now he decided to write some Russian narratives since everyone has forgotten who he is? I think it’s stupid,” Zelensky said.

 

Juncker, who chaired the European Commission between 2014 and 2019, made the controversial remarks in an interview with Germany’s Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper, published earlier this week. He argued that Ukraine should undergo “massive”reforms before it can join the EU, while Brussels “should not make any false promises to the people in Ukraine who are up to their neck in suffering.”

 

“Those who have dealt with Ukraine know that this is a country that is corrupt at all levels of society,” Juncker had said.

 

(Zelensky didn’t his lesson by insulting Poland, now he goes after the ex leader of the EU President. This insult to Juncker will just cement Ukraine never being invited into the EU.)

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/584201-juncker-spreads-russian-propaganda/

Anonymous ID: 9c669e Oct. 7, 2023, 12:14 p.m. No.19687531   🗄️.is 🔗kun

6 Oct, 2023 22:01

Former EU boss spreading ‘Russian narrative’ – Zelensky

The Ukrainian leader lashed out at Jean-Claude Juncker for suggesting Kiev was too corrupt to join the bloc

 

Allegations of rampant corruption in Ukraine are a “Russian narrative” designed to erode Western support for Kiev, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky claimed on Friday.

 

Speaking after the summit of the bloc’s leaders in the Spanish city of Granada, Zelensky accused former president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, of spreading Russian propaganda about Ukraine. Earlier this week, Juncker said Ukraine was plagued by corruption “at all levels of society”and should not be accepted into the bloc any time soon.

 

Zelensky insisted that “not a single dollar was stolen from our partners”amid the conflict with Russia, but admitted that there were “different people and cases.”

 

“First of all, it is the well-known Russian narrative about corruption. They understand that they cannot split the overall unity of Europe and support for Ukraine. The US and its intelligence services learned about the roots of the idea, how to undermine society, support in the world,” Zelensky said.

 

Instead of spreading the purported “Russian narrative” about Ukraine’s corruption, Junckershould have personallydone more for Ukraine, Zelensky suggested. (Here we go again! These people are stupid! I thought Ukraine learned a lesson.)

 

“That is of no interest for him? Now he decided to write some Russian narratives since everyone has forgotten who he is? I think it’s stupid,” Zelensky said.

 

Juncker, who chaired the European Commission between 2014 and 2019, made the controversial remarks in an interview with Germany’s Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper, published earlier this week. He argued that Ukraine should undergo “massive”reforms before it can join the EU, while Brussels “should not make any false promises to the people in Ukraine who are up to their neck in suffering.”

 

“Those who have dealt with Ukraine know that this is a country that is corrupt at all levels of society,” Juncker had said.

 

(Zelensky didn’t his lesson by insulting Poland, now he goes after the ex leader of the EU President. This insult to Juncker will just cement Ukraine never being invited into the EU.)

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/584201-juncker-spreads-russian-propaganda/