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Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for May 1, 2022

1. US continues sending old equipment including M113 tracked armored transports;
2. US is not discussing sending US-made air defense systems - likely because it is so impractical;
3. Pentagon is providing crash-courses, unable to replace the loss of trained personnel created over the last 8 years;
4. US narrative continues to center on Russian “war of aggression;”
5. US also continues to ignore Russian security concerns;
6. US media admits Ukrainian security forces are dragging Russian-speakers away to prison for political speech.

References

US Department of Defense - Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing APRIL 29, 2022:
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3015652/pentagon-press-secretary-john-f-kirby-holds-a-press-briefing/
Xinhua - Friends of Syria recognizes opposition coalition as legitimate representative of Syrian people (2012):
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-12/12/c_132036841.htm
Al Monitor - Friends of Syria Deliver Nothing New (2013):
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/syrian-opposition-radical-elements-wester-arms.html
BBC - Neo-Nazi threat in new Ukraine: NEWSNIGHT (2014):
https://youtu.be/5SBo0akeDMY
BBC - Ukraine conflict: 'White power' warrior from Sweden (2014):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28329329
BBC - Ukraine underplays role of far right in conflict (2014):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30414955
BBC - The far-right group threatening to overthrow Ukraine's government - Newsnight (2015):
https://youtu.be/sEKQsnRGv7s
The Hill - The reality of neo-Nazis in Ukraine is far from Kremlin propaganda (2017):
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/359609-the-reality-of-neo-nazis-in-the-ukraine-is-far-from-kremlin-propaganda/
BBC - Ukraine: On patrol with the far-right National Militia - BBC Newsnight (2018):
https://youtu.be/hE6b4ao8gAQ
Al Jazeera - Profile: Who are Ukraine’s far-right Azov regiment? (2022):
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/1/who-are-the-azov-regiment
Business Insider - Video appears to show Ukrainian soldiers executing Russian soldier captured in an ambush outside Kyiv, New York Times reports:
https://www.businessinsider.com/video-appears-to-show-ukrainian-soldiers-executing-captured-russian-soldier-nyt-2022-4

US Department of Defense - Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing APRIL 29, 2022:
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3015570/senior-defense-official-holds-a-background-briefing/
CSIS - Russian Air and Missile Defense:
https://missilethreat.csis.org/system/russian-air-defense/

TASS - Territorial defense militants torture pro-Russian residents of Nikolayev - top brass:
https://tass.com/defense/1445987
AP - Ukraine hunts down 'traitors' helping Russia:
https://youtu.be/OR_E8dvyaOI
NPR - The view from border city Kharkiv, Ukraine, as Russian troops appear ready to invade:
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072867402/the-view-from-border-city-kharkiv-ukraine-as-russian-troops-appear-ready-to-inva
Financial Times - ‘Don’t confuse patriotism and Nazism’: Ukraine’s Azov forces face scrutiny:
https://www.ft.com/content/7191ec30-9677-423d-873c-e72b64725c2d

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Update for the conflict in Ukraine for October 2, 2023

- Ukraine’s offensive is now at the 4 month mark, exhausting its potential and failing to achieve any of its objectives;

- The Western media admits that Russia has actually gained more territory this year including during the Ukrainian offensive despite being on the defensive;

- Russia continues degrading a variety of Ukrainian military capabilities the West cannot sufficiently replace while maintaining pressure along the line of contact;

- Both the Russian economy and its military industrial base are admittedly growing while Ukraine and its Western sponsors exhaust their stockpiles, lacking the ability to renew them;

- The West continues talking about building military industrial projects within Ukrainian territory, with the UK recently claiming they may send British troops to “train” Ukrainians in Ukraine;

- This appears to be the foundation for creating a “buffer zone” within western Ukraine, similar to the US-Turkish occupation in Syria, meant to freeze the conflict;

References:

Failing Offensive

New York TImes - Who’s Gaining Ground in Ukraine? This Year, No One (September 28, 2023):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/28/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-map-front-line.html
RT - Russian general in charge of Ukraine operation speaks out (October 2022):
https://www.rt.com/russia/564934-general-surovikin-ukraine-operation/
The Times - Ukraine counteroffensive: ‘I’m ready to die . . . 90% of the guys here will die too’ (September 5, 2023):
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukraine-counteroffensive-i-m-ready-to-die-90-of-the-guys-here-will-die-too-76jvs3kwj
Mediazona - Russian casualties in Ukraine (September 22, 2023):
https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng
NYT - Russia Overcomes Sanctions to Expand Missile Production, Officials Say (September 13, 2023):
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/politics/russia-sanctions-missile-production.html
Novaya Gazeta - The barren barrels (November 2022):
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2022/11/02/the-barren-barrels-en
NYT - Defenses Carved Into the Earth (December 2022):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/14/world/europe/russian-trench-fortifications-in-ukraine.html
War on the Rocks - A Chat with Britain’s Top Officer, Adm. Radakin (September 18, 2023):
https://warontherocks.com/2023/09/a-chat-with-britains-top-officer-adm-radakin/
Alexander Mercouris - NYT Ukr No Gains, Budanov: Continuing on Foot; German MSM: Rus Army Stronger; France Out of Niger (September 29, 2023):
https://youtu.be/q6hbriZynaQ?si=4XzGRPdp4IJzl-nD
Foreign Policy - Ukraine’s Longest Day (April 2023):
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/18/ukraine-russia-war-counteroffensive-attack-bakhmut-himars/

Buffer Zone

NYT - Western Leaders Urge Arms Manufacturing in Ukraine (September 28, 2023):
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/world/europe/ukraine-arms-manufacturing-nato.html
The Guardian - British troops could deploy to Ukraine for first time to train soldiers, says Grant Shapps (September 30, 2023):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/british-troops-could-deploy-to-ukraine-to-train-soldiers-says-grant-shapps

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In my recent discussion with Garland Nixon and Dr. Wilmer Leon we discuss:

- Huawei's Mate 60 Pro which includes chips possibly made indigenously in China represents China's growing technological edge despite extreme measures by the US & its allies to arrest its development;

- Ukraine's failing offensive is just the visual manifestation of much greater fundamental odds it and its Western sponsors cannot overcome, particularly in terms of military industrial output;

- Tension on the Korean Peninsula is the result of the United States attempting to create yet another proxy conflict like in Ukraine against Russia, but this time across Asia against China;

- NATO exercises meant to intimidate Russia are more posturing than any actual serious message. Posturing without the military industrial capacity to sustain the type of warfare required to defeat Russia is meaningless;

▪️Follow Garland on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/GarlandNixon
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▪️Dr. Leon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrWLeon

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