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Ukraine SitRep - Russians Break Through U.S. Boosterism
On May 14 I noted that the U.S. had asked Russia for a ceasefire in Ukraine:
The U.S. readout of the call says:
On May 13, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu for the first time since February 18. Secretary Austin urged an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication.Austin initiated the call and the U.S. is seeking a ceasefire in Ukraine!!!
2 GLOBALIST GENERALISSMO''S CHOSEN FOR THEIR RACE NOT MERIT, AS VIRTUE SIGNALLING TO RUSSIANS AND AMERICANS, WITH SPECIAL COLOR CODES--HOW TO COORDINATE THE WAR IN UKRAINE ON GLOBALIST TERMS.
THE PROBLEM FOR THE GLOBALISTS IS THAT IF PUTIN ORDERS A CEASEFIRE NOW, BASED ON GLOBALIST demand ORDERS, TO LET THE UKRAINIANS CATCH THEIR BREATH AND REARM WITH BIG BAD USA EMPIRE/NATO WEAPONS----RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE RUSSIANS EYES, AND EARS--------THERE WILL BE A COUP AGAINST PUTIN, AND HOPEFULLY, SERGEI GLAZYIEV WILL REPLACE PUTIN, RATHER THAN ANY PUTIN ANOINTED PUPPET TAKING ORDERS FROM PUTIN IN HIS BACK SEAT DACHA IN THE BLACK SEA.
"Putin's Palace"[3] (Russian: "Дворец Путина") is an Italianate palace complex located on the Black Sea coast near Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
The complex first came to public attention in 2010 after whistleblower Sergei Kolesnikov published an open letter to Russian president Dmitry Medvedev exposing the construction of the palace. Kolesnikov also stated that the undertaking was run by Nikolai Shamalov who was acting on behalf of Vladimir Putin.[4] Alexander Ponomarenko was later reported to have ownership.
The complex drew more substantial public attention in 2021, when Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's (GERMAN SPY) Anti Corruption Foundation (FBK) released an investigative documentary film about it which detailed a corruption scheme allegedly headed by Putin and claimed that the palace was built for the president's personal use. The FBK investigation estimated the cost of the build to be over 100 billion rubles (US$956 million) at 2022 prices. Putin denied that the palace belonged to him, with the Kremlin saying that it is a private venture owned by various businessmen whose names cannot be revealed by the state.[5] Following the release of the film, Arkady Rotenberg, who has close ties to Putin, claimed ownership of the palace. (Wikipedia)
Yesterday the top officers of the U.S. and Russia had a call which, again, the U.S. side had initiated:
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, held a conversation that the Pentagon declined to further detail beyond acknowledging it had happened.
TWO MORE GLOBALIST GENERALS PAST THEIR SELL BY DATE. MILLEY WAS APPOINTED BY TRUMPO, AND WANTS TO GO BACK TO AFGHANISTAN AND GERASIMOV WAS APPOINTED BY PUTIN 10 YEARS AGO, FROM TATARSTAN.
“I am happy to host General Milley in the IDF for the third time, and I thank him for a significant visit – and for a brave bond that went all year long," Kochavi said.
We're not sure if Milley is Jewish, but it would explain a lot of things.
Things must be bad in Ukraine for this to have happened.
Indeed if one trusts the daily 'clobber list' the Russian Ministry of Defense puts out all positions of the Ukrainian army are under heavy artillery fire and it is losing about 500 men per day.
There are additional Russian effective strikes on training camps, weapon storage sites and transport hubs all over the country.
On top of that the tactical situation at the eastern frontline has changed after Russian forces broke through the heavily fortified frontline.
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A few days ago the Russian army went forward along the H-32 road, broke through the line in the direction of Propasna and took the town. It has since extended the bulge by taking several villages to the north, west and south.
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This breakthrough gives the chance to roll up the Ukrainian fortifications along the frontline through flank attacks or from behind. By cutting the supply lines of the Ukrainian troops to the north and south envelopes can be created which will eventually lead to cauldrons with no way out for the Ukrainian troops.
This is especially dangerous for the several thousand soldiers north of the bulge which currently defend the cities of Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk in the northeastern part of the upper bubble.
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The Russian plan was to have another breakthrough from the north pushing to Siversk to then close the upper envelope. But after several failed attempts to cross the forest area and the Seversky Donets river, that breakthrough has still to happen.
Russia is now likely to push fresh troops into the Propasna bulge to extend its reach in all directions. Reports of current actions show that the heavy fighting and bombing on the frontline continue and that bombing also continues to target traffic nodes.
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Other fronts in Ukraine are currently relatively quiet with little direct fire. Still, daily Russian artillery attacks hit all Ukrainian front lines and will cost daily casualties.
Some 2,000 Azov militia and Ukrainian army troops have left the catacombs of Azovstal in Mariupol. Another thousand may still be down there. The Russian army is filtering these prisoners. Members of Azov and other militia will be put to the court. Ukrainian army soldiers will become prisoners of war.
The gasoline and diesel scarcity in Ukraine is currently having severe impacts. Even the Ukrainian military is now rationing its fuel. Since about six weeks ago Russia has systematically attacked refineries and fuel storage sites in Ukraine. It also disabled railroad bridges along the lines that brought fuel from Moldova and Romania.
At the same time, the Ukrainian government had held up price regulations for fuel. The consumer sale prices for diesel and gasoline were fixed. The cost of fuel brought in by private trucks from Poland exceeded the price gas station owners could ask for. In consequence, gas stations ran dry as their owners refrained from purchasing new fuel.
Three days ago the Zelensky regime in Kiev finally ended the fuel price control:
According to [economy minister] Svyrydenko, the government expects that the maximum prices for diesel will not exceed UAH 58 ($1.97), for gasoline — UAH 52 ($1.76) per liter, once controls are lifted.“As soon as we feel that market operators are abusing their position, we will impose sanctions on them,” she added.
“We will monitor the situation on a daily basis”.
The expected prices are lower than what is currently asked for in Germany and that is without trucking the fuel the 600 kilometres from Poland to Kyiv. The threat of sanctions also means that local wholesalers will have little incentive to actually deal in fuel. With the average wages in Ukraine being about $480 per month the real fuel prices will soon become another economic shock.
($455 IN RUSSIA--RUSSIAN TAKE-HOME PAY IS LOWER THAN UKRAINE!!!!)
The Ukrainian government also continues its attacks on unions and labor laws:
In March, the Ukrainian parliament passed wartime legislation that severely curtailed the ability of trade unions to represent their members, introduced ‘suspension of employment’ (meaning employees are not fired, but their work and wages are suspended) and gave employers the right to unilaterally suspend collective agreements.
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But beyond this temporary measure, a group of Ukrainian MPs and officials are now aiming to further ‘liberalise’ and ‘de-Sovietise’ the country’s labour laws. Under a draft law, people who work in small and medium-sized firms – those which have up to 250 employees – would, in effect, be removed from the country’s existing labour laws and covered by individual contracts negotiated with their employer. More than 70% of the Ukrainian workforce would be affected by this change.Against a background of concerns that Ukrainian officials are using Russia’s invasion to push through a long-awaited radical deregulation of labour laws, one expert has warned that the introduction of civil law into labour relations risks opening a “Pandora’s box” for workers.
In total the social-economic situation for Ukraine is catastrophic. The military situation is even worse. Mariupol has fallen and Russian troops working there will soon be able to go elsewhere. The Propasna bulge is threatening to envelop the whole northern frontline together with the core of the Ukrainian army.
There is no more talk of the Ukrainian army 'winning' like in Kiev or Karkov where the Russian troops retreated in good order after finishing their task of holding Ukrainian forces in place.
The Ukrainian command has sent several territorial brigades to the front lines. These units were supposed to defend their hometowns. They consist of middle age men drafted into service. They have little fighting experience and lack heavy weapons. Several of these units have published videos saying they were giving up. They are lamenting that their commanders left them when their situation became critical.
That the Ukrainian army is now using such units as cannon fodder shows that it has only few reserves left.
Weapons that come in from the 'west' have difficulties reaching the front lines and had so far very little effect. They amount to drops of water on a hot plate.
All the above are the reasons why Austin and Milley have phoned up their Russian equivalents. They are also the reasons why the New York Times editors call on the Biden administration to end its bluster and to take a more realistic position:
Recent bellicose statements from Washington — President Biden’s assertion that Mr. Putin “cannot remain in power,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s comment that Russia must be “weakened” and the pledge by the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, that the United States would support Ukraine “until victory is won” — may be rousing proclamations of support, but they do not bring negotiations any closer.
In the end, it is the Ukrainians who must make the hard decisions: They are the ones fighting, dying and losing their homes to Russian aggression, and it is they who must decide what an end to the war might look like. If the conflict does lead to real negotiations, it will be Ukrainian leaders who will have to make the painful territorial decisions that any compromise will demand.
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[A]s the war continues, Mr. Biden should also make clear to President Volodymyr Zelensky and his people that there is a limit to how far the United States and NATO will go to confront Russia, and limits to the arms, money and political support they can muster. It is imperative that the Ukrainian government’s decisions be based on a realistic assessment of its means and how much more destruction Ukraine can sustain.
Confronting this reality may be painful, but it is not appeasement. This is what governments are duty bound to do, not chase after an illusory “win.” Russia will be feeling the pain of isolation and debilitating economic sanctions for years to come, and Mr. Putin will go down in history as a butcher. The challenge now is to shake off the euphoria, stop the taunting and focus on defining and completing the mission. America’s support for Ukraine is a test of its place in the world in the 21st century, and Mr. Biden has an opportunity and an obligation to help define what that will be.
