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Former CIA analyst: ‘100 percent sure’ CIA had some involvement in massive Ukrainian drone strike on Russian airfields

Ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson says Ukraine could not have pulled this off on its own and that it bears the fingerprints of a CIA and/or British MI6 operation. 

By now you’ve all heard something about Ukraine’s massive assault of killer drones that attacked Russian airfields housing Russia’s nuclear bomber fleet in Siberia and several other locations deep within the country’s heartland.

The mainstream narrative is that the operation took upwards of 18 months to plan and execute and was “personally overseen” by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Sorry, folks, but I don’t buy it. This attack was not something a guy like Zelensky, whose skill set includes being a former homo-erotic dancer and actor, was prepared for.

The attack, according to mainstream reports, took out 41 aircraft or roughly 34 percent of Russia’s fleet of strategic bombers.

Yet, other knowledgeable sources, such as former British diplomat Alastair Crook, estimate the number of lost Russian bombers at closer to 7, or roughly 5 percent of the country’s overall fleet. The Western media is always going to take information from Kiev at face value, rather than question it or compare it to what the Russian media is reporting.

Anyway, it’s fair to say that whether it was 5 percent, 10 percent or 34 percent, what happened on Sunday in Russia was a major propaganda victory for Ukraine and an embarrassing intelligence lapse for Russia.

Will it change the trajectory of the war between Russia and Ukraine? Absolutely not. And that trajectory has been going in Russia’s favor for months.

But one big unanswered question is how much, if anything, was known about this attack in the bowels of the Washington deep state in Washington, D.C.

Did the president himself know about it? The official line is that he did not.

However, that doesn’t mean the U.S. government wasn’t involved.

As former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said Monday in an interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano, the U.S. government would likely strive to give the president plausible deniability for an operation like this, which took place some 2,700 miles inside Russia and away from the frontlines of the ongoing war.

In a NATO proxy war against Russia, with Ukraine serving as the proxy, somebody in Washington and/or London had to of been involved in an operation as sophisticated and strategic as the one that went down in Russia on Sunday, Johnson said.

“I guarantee you,” he said. “At least one, if not more officers, within the Central Intelligence Agency knew about this and may have even been involved with the planning for it and the operation of it.”

When pressed by Napolitano on how confident he was that CIA, MI6 or perhaps the Israeli Mossad would have been involved in an operation of this scale, Johnson responded:

“100 percent. Just the operations of initiating, of turning the drones on. Think of the process. You’ve got them hidden under this roof, so the roof has to open up. That requires an external command. The reports are they were using the Russian phone network. Maybe? But I think Starlink, Elon Musk’s operation, was involved with this as well. You can’t rule out satellite communications as a source of overhead imagery. Hey, it was reported, and I see no confirmation of it, that (U.S. Defense Secretary) Pete Hegseth was watching the attack in real time. Which means (if true), he absolutely knew it was coming on.”

Fast-forward to the 5-minute mark to watch the key parts of the interview with Larry Johnson in the video below.

If Johnson, a street-wise veteran former CIA analyst, is saying that he’s 100 percent sure that someone in the CIA was aware of this attack and may have been involved in helping to pull it off, what does that tell you about the U.S. government and who is really in charge of it? It’s not the president, folks. He’s just along for the ride.

And if the president did know about it, then he has just lost all credibility in his purported role as peacemaker between Russia and Ukraine. The Kremlin’s gloves are going to come off, either as a result of this escalation or the next one, but they’re going to come off and we are going to World War III with Russia, which means we will also at some point be fighting China, Iran and North Korea.

Pray for peace. Prepare for war. Because with each passing day we are getting closer. Why? Because the globalist Luciferians who run the puppet politicians want it. They want it because they feel they need it in order to complete the Great Reset and transition into an all-digital, all-knowing, global surveillance state and end-times beast system powered by artificial intelligence.

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Germany announces new military partnership with Ukraine, will support Taurus longrange missile strikes on Moscow

Chancellor Friedrich Merz hails the new pact as a virtual merging of the two countries’ military-industrial components: Will Trump lend NATO support to this escalation? 

Germany, under new Chancellor Friedrich Merz, has agreed to a $5 billion military aid package for Ukraine, and that will include making Taurus long-range missiles specifically for Ukraine to fire into Russian territory.

In what amounts to a massive escalation, the German chancellor confirmed that Germany has removed all restrictions on how far into Russia the Taurus missiles may be fired in efforts to strike Russian targets.

Merz said Wednesday during a visit by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy that Berlin will help Kiev develop new long-range weapons that can hit targets deep inside Russia, AFP reported.

“Our defence ministers will sign a memorandum of understanding today regarding the procurement of Ukrainian-made long-range weapons systems,” said Merz, without naming the manufacturers involved.

“There will be no range restrictions, allowing Ukraine to fully defend itself, even against military targets outside its own territory,” he told a joint press conference.

The production of long-range weapons “can take place both in Ukraine and here in Germany,” he said. “We will not provide any further details until further notice.”

Merz hailed the project as “the beginning of a new form of military-industrial cooperation between our countries that has great potential.”

Taurus missiles are capable of striking targets up to 500 kilometers away and potentially reaching the Russian capital from Ukrainian territory.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has clearly warned that if Germany sends Taurus missiles to Ukraine for use against Russia, then Germany will be considered an “active combatant” in the war, and Russia will respond accordingly.

The German chancellor’s big announcement Wednesday on plans for a new miliary partnership with Ukraine has the Russian media speculating on where this latest escalation will lead. And it’s not pretty.

“Russia would not rule out a direct strike on Berlin if German personnel help Ukraine target Moscow with German-supplied Taurus missiles,” RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan, has warned in an article at RT.com.

In a post on Wednesday, Simonyan warned that Germany could face dire consequences if the Taurus is ever used for attacking the Russian capital, a prospect that now seems imminent in light of Wednesday’s announcement by Merz.

“In Moscow offices, it is being discussed that if German troops strike Moscow with German weapons… the only option left for us is to strike Berlin,” the RT editor stated.

She went on to explain that a Taurus strike on Moscow would have to be prepared and executed by German service members because the Ukrainians “cannot maintain [the Taurus] or program it for flight missions.”

Responding to Merz’s comments on lifting the restrictions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, noted that if such a decision had indeed been made, it would lead to “serious escalation” and undermine current efforts to settle the Ukraine conflict.

The previous German government, led by ex-Chancellor Olaf Scholz, had long refused to supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles, arguing that this would put Germany at risk of being drawn directly into the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Apparently, that’s what Merz wants. Germany under this new government has lost its mind. And if the Germans don’t regain their sanity, we will wake up one day to learn that Berlin has been reduced to ashes.

It could not be more clear from their rhetoric that the threesome of Germany, Britain and France together want war with Russia. Poland is equally eager for war with Russia. I still believe these countries will back off, however, unless they can coax the U.S. administration of Donald Trump into backing their escalation efforts.

The ball will be in Trump’s court, to reject the European lust for war, or to embrace it. If Trump embraces it, we will see death and destruction on a scale the world has never known. A World War III showdown would inevitably culminate in a nuclear confrontation between the U.S. and its European allies with Russia, China, North Korea and their allies. If that happens, there will be no winners. Only losers.

We must pray that the nations don’t continue to walk down Satan’s path of utter destruction. Satan has always hated nations and is out to destroy them so he can get on with his plan of a truly one-world totalitarian system that will reign supreme for a short time before it, too, is destroy by Christ Himself, who will rule and reign under a system of true righteousness and justice. Everything we see currently is Satan trying to set up a counterfeit global system based on evil and injustice.

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Trump: ‘We should worry less about Putin and more about migrant gangs, drug lords, murderers’

Trump announced on Truth Social:

The Invasion of our Country is OVER. In comparison, under Joe Biden, there were 300,000 Illegals crossing in one month, and virtually ALL of them were released into our Country.

See a full report about his announcement HERE.

Europe and the UK are already in chaos and at real risk of losing their freedoms and traditions. Leftist, globalist leaders have betrayed their people.  They aim to establish authoritarian government and diminish the power of the people as they aggressively foist a Marxist agenda upon their countries. Open-border policies are an invitation to criminals and jihadists, and lead to societal chaos.  Yet a naive EU population keeps voting in crooked leftist politicians, in part because globalist state media promotes their lies and propaganda. The government creates the crisis and then offers itself as a solution to an increasingly helpless and powerless populace. Open-door migration is also presented as an act of compassion, without exposing the truth about the billions in corruption and dirty money involved; not to mention threats to national security and the rule of law.

Anyone who talks about the dangers of open-door migration is also targeted by leftist governments — another characteristic of their Marxist agenda.

‘Don’t end up like Europe’: Trump says migrants bigger threat than Putin,” by Asiye Latife Yilmaz, Anadolu News Agency, March 3, 2025:

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that illegal immigration poses a greater threat than Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom he has recently engaged to end the Ukraine war and improve bilateral ties, urging Americans to focus on criminals entering the country.

In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump wrote: “We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs, drug lords, murderers, and people from mental institutions entering our Country.”

“So that we don’t end up like Europe,” he added. Migration is a dominant issue in European politics, which has boosted far-right parties that oppose accepting large numbers of refugees and migrants.

The Trump administration has prioritized swift deportations and stricter enforcement as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump took aim at Europe as European leaders met for a summit in London,…

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Trump Overpowers Democrat Protests With Verbal Highlight Reel Of First Six Weeks In Office

Democrats’ protested en masse as President Donald Trump touted the accomplishments of his first six weeks in office for nearly two hours during an address to Congress Tuesday at the Capitol.

Ahead of Trump’s joint address, Democrats had big plans to protest and interrupt the speech. Some wore pink to protest Trump’s policies “devastating women.” Others held up signs reading “this is not normal.” Minutes into the speech, Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green was kicked out of the chamber for yelling that Trump did not have a “mandate.”

After Green was removed, the rest of Trump’s address progressed rather smoothly, as he made new announcements, highlighted his special guests and read a laundry list of his administration’s accomplishments.

The speech started with a rundown of executive orders signed by Trump, including withdrawing from Paris Climate Accord and reversing the Green New Deal.

Over the past six weeks, I have signed nearly 100 executive orders and taken more than 400 executive actions, a record to restore common sense, safety, optimism and wealth all across our wonderful land,” Trump said. 

A big focal point of the president’s speech was the executive order he signed which prohibits men from playing on women’s sports teams. The president shouted out 19-year-old Payton McNabb, who was left with a traumatic brain injury after a biological man spiked a volleyball into her head.

“Payton, from now on, schools will kick the men off the girls team or lose federal funding,” Trump announced to Congress.

Transgender issues were a major theme of the speech, with Trump later stating that no child is born in the wrong body.

Trump also predictably highlighted perhaps the biggest project of his administration thus far, the Department of Government Efficiency. Trump called attention to Elon Musk, who was seated in the chamber, and the federal funding he and his staff have slashed.

“Just listen to some of the appalling waste we have already identified, $22 billion from HHS to provide free housing and cars for illegal aliens. $45 million for diversity, equity and inclusion scholarships in Burma. $40 million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants. Nobody knows what that is,” Trump said, continuing down the list.

“$8 million to provide promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of, $60 million for indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment in Central America, $60 million. $8 million for making mice transgender,” he said. 

The president also touched on the biggest news of the day, tariffs on the United States’ neighbors Canada and Mexico. He announced there will be additional reciprocal tariffs going forward, beginning in April.

An American steel worker was in the audience as a special guest of the president, highlighted when Trump spoke about the 25% tariff he imposed on foreign aluminum, copper, lumber and steel. Trump explained that Jeff Denard had been working at the same steel plant for 27 years while also serving as the captain of his local volunteer fire department. He and his wife, Trump shared, raised seven kids and have fostered 40 children.

“Stories like Jeff’s remind us that tariffs are not just about protecting American jobs. They are about protecting the soul of our country. Tariffs are about making America rich again and making America great again,” the president said. 

Another focal point of the president’s speech was the southern border and mass deportations. Touting the actions he has taken on the border, Trump highlighted border czar Tom Homan and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

“The media and our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying, we needed new legislation. We must have legislation to secure the border, but it turned out that all we really needed was a new president,” he said to repeated chants of “Trump.”

And with Alexis Nungaray, the mother of the late Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old girl who was murdered by two illegal aliens, in attendance, Trump announced that he had just signed an executive order in her daughter’s memory, renaming Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge the “Jocelyn Nungaray National Refuge.” The 12-year-old girl loved animals, Trump said, and he had promised Alexis to honor her memory. In attendance was also the family of the late Laken Riley, the 22-year-old girl murdered by an illegal immigrant while on a run at the University of Georgia.

Trump later turned to DJ Daniel, a young boy diagnosed with brain cancer. The president announced that DJ has a dream of being a police officer, and then, in that moment, directed his Secret Service to name DJ an agent of the United States Secret Service.

Most Democratic members in attendance notably did not stand during the honoring of several of Trump’s guests, like Nungaray and Daniel.

In one of his biggest announcements of the night, Trump announced that his administration had apprehended the top terrorist responsible for the Abbey Gate bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, which left 13 American soldiers dead, and many severely injured.

“I am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity, and he is right now on his way here to face the Swift sword of American justice,” Trump said.

Trump rounded out his speech by listing how Americans have excelled throughout the country’s entire history, adding that under his administration that will continue.

Every single day we will stand up and we will fight, fight, fight for the country our citizens believe in, and for the country our people deserve,” Trump said. 

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U.S. Treasury Turns Frozen Russian Assets Into $20 Billion Loan For Ukraine

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday executed the transfer of its $20 billion share of a massive $50 billion G7 loan to Ukraine.

The funds, routed through a World Bank intermediary called the Facilitation of Resources to Invest in Strengthening Ukraine Financial Intermediary Fund (FORTIS Ukraine FIF), aim to bolster Ukraine’s economic stability amid its ongoing conflict with Russia, according to Reuters. This move ensures the full amount is dedicated to non-military purposes and aligns with a prior commitment made in October to parallel the European Union’s hefty $20 billion pledge.

The comprehensive package includes contributions from Britain, Canada and Japan, utilizing frozen Russian sovereign assets to sustain Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s aggressive incursion that commenced in February 2022, AP reported. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spearheaded the $20 billion wire transfer, emphasizing that the funds, drawn from the proceeds of Russia’s immobilized assets, are vital for Ukraine’s resilience.

“These funds – paid for by the windfall proceeds earned from Russia’s own immobilized assets – will provide Ukraine a critical infusion of support as it defends its country against an unprovoked war of aggression,” Yellen said in a statement. However, the timing of this disbursement is pivotal as it precedes the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has vocally criticized the scale of U.S. aid to Ukraine and also proposed a resolution to the conflict.

During Trump’s presidential campaign, it was revealed that he’s considering a strategy to suspend U.S. aid to Kyiv unless Ukraine initiates peace negotiations with Moscow. This conditional policy could either cut weapons aid if Ukraine refuses to negotiate or increase support if Russia declines to participate in talks, according to one of his advisers.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters that any ceasefire deal proposed by Trump must reflect the actual conditions on the ground, emphasizing that the Kremlin is open to negotiations. In June, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a ceasefire that requires Ukraine to cede large areas of territory and demilitarize its forces.

Since the onset of Ukraine’s conflict with Russia in 2022, the U.S. has supplied more than $175 billion in aid, including $70 billion designated for military purposes, yet Ukraine continues to face difficulties in holding its defensive lines due to shortages of troops and ammunition. Trump has repeatedly said he could resolve the conflict in “24 hours.”

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Russian President Putin: ‘The Regional Conflict In Ukraine Provoked By The West Has Assumed Elements Of A Global Nature’

On November 21, 2024, in a televised message, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that “the regional conflict in Ukraine provoked by the West has assumed elements of a global nature.” He then added: “In response to the deployment of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a combined strike on a facility within Ukraine’s defense industrial complex.”

“In field conditions, we also carried out tests of one of Russia’s latest medium-range missile systems – in this case, carrying a non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic missile that our engineers named Oreshnik. The tests were successful, achieving the intended objective of the launch. In the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, one of the largest and most famous industrial complexes from the Soviet Union era, which continues to produce missiles and other armaments, was hit.”

Putin also stressed: “We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities, and in case of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond decisively and in mirror-like manner. I recommend that the ruling elites of the countries that are hatching plans to use their military contingents against Russia seriously consider this.”

Below is Putin’s statement:[1] 


“We Are Developing Intermediate-Range And Shorter-Range Missiles In Response To US Plans To Produce And Deploy Intermediate-Range And Shorter-Range Missiles In Europe And The Asia-Pacific Region”

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: “I would like to inform the military personnel of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, citizens of our country, our friends across the globe, and those who persist in the illusion that a strategic defeat can be inflicted upon Russia, about the events taking place today in the zone of the special military operation, specifically following the attacks by Western long-range weapons against our territory.

“The escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, instigated by the West, continues with the United States and its NATO allies previously announcing that they authorize the use of their long-range high-precision weapons for strikes inside the Russian Federation. Experts are well aware, and the Russian side has repeatedly highlighted it, that the use of such weapons is not possible without the direct involvement of military experts from the manufacturing nations.

“On November 19, six ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles produced by the United States, and on November 21, during a combined missile assault involving British Storm Shadow systems and HIMARS systems produced by the US, attacked military facilities inside the Russian Federation in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. From that point onward, as we have repeatedly emphasized in prior communications, the regional conflict in Ukraine provoked by the West has assumed elements of a global nature. Our air defense systems successfully counteracted these incursions, preventing the enemy from achieving their apparent objectives.

“The fire at the ammunition depot in the Bryansk Region, caused by the debris of ATACMS missiles, was extinguished without casualties or significant damage. In the Kursk Region, the attack targeted one of the command posts of our group North. Regrettably, the attack and the subsequent air defense battle resulted in casualties, both fatalities and injuries, among the perimeter security units and servicing staff. However, the command and operational staff of the control center suffered no casualties and continues to manage effectively the operations of our forces to eliminate and push enemy units out of the Kursk Region.

“I wish to underscore once again that the use by the enemy of such weapons cannot affect the course of combat operations in the special military operation zone. Our forces are making successful advances along the entire line of contact, and all objectives we have set will be accomplished.

“In response to the deployment of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a combined strike on a facility within Ukraine’s defense industrial complex. In field conditions, we also carried out tests of one of Russia’s latest medium-range missile systems – in this case, carrying a non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic missile that our engineers named Oreshnik. The tests were successful, achieving the intended objective of the launch. In the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, one of the largest and most famous industrial complexes from the Soviet Union era, which continues to produce missiles and other armaments, was hit.

“We are developing intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles in response to US plans to produce and deploy intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. We believe that the United States made a mistake by unilaterally destroying the INF Treaty in 2019 under far-fetched pretext. Today, the United States is not only producing such equipment, but, as we can see, it has worked out ways to deploy its advanced missile systems to different regions of the world, including Europe, during training exercises for its troops. Moreover, in the course of these exercises, they are conducting training for using them.”

“We Consider Ourselves Entitled To Use Our Weapons Against Military Facilities Of Those Countries That Allow To Use Their Weapons Against Our Facilities”

“As a reminder, Russia has voluntarily and unilaterally committed not to deploy intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles until US weapons of this kind appear in any region of the world.

“To reiterate, we are conducting combat tests of the Oreshnik missile system in response to NATO’s aggressive actions against Russia. Our decision on further deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles will depend on the actions of the United States and its satellites.

“We will determine the targets during further tests of our advanced missile systems based on the threats to the security of the Russian Federation. We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities, and in case of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond decisively and in mirror-like manner. I recommend that the ruling elites of the countries that are hatching plans to use their military contingents against Russia seriously consider this.

“It goes without saying that when choosing, if necessary and as a retaliatory measure, targets to be hit by systems such as Oreshnik on Ukrainian territory, we will in advance suggest that civilians and citizens of friendly countries residing in those areas leave danger zones. We will do so for humanitarian reasons, openly and publicly, without fear of counter-moves coming from the enemy, who will also be receiving this information.

“Why without fear? Because there are no means of countering such weapons today. Missiles attack targets at a speed of Mach 10, which is 2.5 to 3 kilometers per second. Air defense systems currently available in the world and missile defense systems being created by the Americans in Europe cannot intercept such missiles. It is impossible.

“I would like to emphasize once again that it was not Russia, but the United States that destroyed the international security system and, by continuing to fight, cling to its hegemony, they are pushing the whole world into a global conflict.

“We have always preferred and are ready now to resolve all disputes by peaceful means. But we are also ready for any turn of events.

“If anyone still doubts this, make no mistake: there will always be a response.”

Appendix – Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: “The Multiple Use of ATACMS In The Bryansk Region Last Night Signals A Desire for Escalation”; Mid.ru, November 19, 2024.

As the military conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, new types of weapons continue to appear on the battlefield. Recently, reports have begun to appear on a lifting of the ban imposed by some Western countries on long-range missile strikes deep into Russian territory. Western arms supplies are a painful topic for the Kremlin, wherein strikes with long-range Western weapons have repeatedly been designated as “red lines” for Moscow.[2] On November 19, the Telegram channel of the Russian Defence Ministry reported a strike on a facility in the Bryansk Oblast with six ballistic ATACMS missiles.[3] Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on these issues at the G20 summit at Rio de Janeiro.

During a press conference, Lavrov was asked a question about the news of the US authorizing Ukraine to strike deep inside Russian territory with long-range missiles, and comment on a report of 6 ATACMS missiles striking the Bryansk Oblast of the country. Lavrov stated that “The multiple use of ATACMS in the Bryansk Region last night signals a desire for escalation.” He then added: “Utilizing these sophisticated missiles without American involvement is unfeasible.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (Source: Mid.ru)[4]

Following is Lavrov’s comment:[5]

Lavrov: “Our Concern Is Our National Security”

Question: “At the summit, did you engage in discussions with representatives from other nations – whether Western or allied – concerning the reported authorization by the Americans to target our territory with long-range missiles? If so, what perspectives did you encounter? In your view, why has neither the American President nor the Secretary of State officially announced this decision, despite the alleged permission and the discussions surrounding it?

“Six ATACMS missiles struck the Bryansk Region. Their precise modification remains unidentified. In your estimation, what could this imply? Is there a connection to the aforementioned discussions regarding permission?”

Sergey Lavrov: “How can I ascertain whether the report by The New York Times is accurate or merely an exploratory attempt? I do not possess such knowledge. The multiple use of ATACMS in the Bryansk Region last night signals a desire for escalation. Utilizing these sophisticated missiles without American involvement is unfeasible. President Vladimir Putin has frequently addressed this issue, cautioning how our stance will shift should the long-range capability (up to 300 kilometers), which is currently under speculation, receive approval.

“In reality, this does not constitute an ‘approval’ for Ukraine to deploy long-range missiles, but rather an announcement of their intention to strike targets up to 300 kilometers away. I am unable to confirm this, as reports seem to treat it as a foregone conclusion.

“Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, stated it is ‘now an official matter.’ The Europeans have deliberated and resolved that each nation will independently decide whether to permit their long-range armaments to be utilized by the Ukrainians.

“I shall refrain from speculating on that. Today, we have officially released the Fundamentals of the Nuclear Doctrine of the Russian Federation. All pertinent details are confirmed therein and have been codified into law. President Vladimir Putin publicly articulated this on September 12, 2024. I trust that this doctrine will be comprehensively read, not selectively as they do with the UN Charter, but in its entirety and in context.

“Someone inquired of me in private, on the fly: is it true? I responded that I do not know if it is true or not.

“Our concern is our national security. Everything that those contemplating this need to be aware of has been communicated officially, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has affirmed, and it has been officially documented.”

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[1] En.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/75614, November 21, 2024.

[2] Tass.ru/politika/21851337, September 12, 2024.

[3] T.me/mod_russia/45908, November 19, 2024.

[4] Mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1982441/, November 19, 2024.

[5] Mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1982441/?lang=en, November 19, 2024.

Biden’s Brinkmanship Risks Global Catastrophe: Europe Preparing for Nuclear Conflict

Europe is bracing for an unprecedented escalation of war as the Biden administration’s decisions in Ukraine continue to stoke tensions with Russia.

By green-lighting the use of U.S.-made ATACMS missiles, President Biden has pushed the conflict into dangerous new territory, with Ukraine striking deep within Russian borders.

In response, Russia has expanded its nuclear doctrine, allowing for atomic retaliation against conventional attacks backed by nuclear powers.

European nations, alarmed by these developments, are ramping up civil defense measures. Countries like Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Germany are issuing detailed survival guides, updating shelters, and preparing their populations for potential nuclear fallout or invasion. Meanwhile, classified Russian plans targeting European NATO nations with nuclear strikes have heightened fears across the continent.

Biden’s policy choices have not only escalated the conflict but have also drawn sharp condemnation for risking global security. His administration’s aggressive stance leaves European allies scrambling to mitigate fallout from decisions made thousands of miles away. Diplomacy is sidelined in favor of confrontation, pushing the world closer to a catastrophic war.

Rather than fostering peace, the Biden administration is throwing more fuel on the fire, endangering millions while leaving Europe to bear the brunt of the fallout. It’s a reckless path with global consequences.

It makes you wonder about Biden’s cordial reception and talk of a “smooth transition” with President-Elect Trump this past week.

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In yet another escalation, Biden regime sending anti-personnel landmines banned in 150 Countries to Ukraine

Biden administration is escalating a war with Russia they know the incoming president-elect has vowed to end and that Americans want no part of. That’s evil and borderline treasonous. 

First the Biden regime lifts the restrictions on Ukraine using U.S. ATACMS missiles to strike targets inside Russia, making America a direct party to the nasty border war between Ukraine and Russia, and now Sky News reports that the U.S. is sending anti-personnel landmines to blow up Russian soldiers.

These landmines are banned in 150 countries, including the UK.

The U.S. and Russia have not signed on to this ban, but Ukraine has.

Susan Duclos of All News Pipeline writes, “this is yet another escalation by the U.S. in directly interfering in a war that holds no national security benefits to America. Interestingly, Ukraine is a signatory of the ban on the use of these anti-personnel lands, but is considering withdrawing from the Ottawa Treaty, also known as the 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.”

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, “Anti-personnel mines continue to maim and kill even after conflicts end, and it is mainly civilians who suffer the horrific consequences.”

Duclos correctly notes that the lifting of the bans on these two measures, U.S./U.K. missiles being used to strike within Russia, and the land mines, is guaranteed to make peace talks between Ukraine and Russia after Donald Trump takes office nearly impossible.

Even after Trump rescinds these latest permissions by whoever is controlling the decision-making at the White House (I believe it is most likely National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken who are running the show) Trump’s job of negotiating a peace deal becomes much more complex.

For one thing, Russia is stepping on the gas now and conducting an all-out assault on Ukraine in response to the U.S.-NATO escalations. The U.S. notified its embassy staff in Kiev Wednesday that a major Russian missile barrage is coming and they need to close the embassy and shelter in place. Only a guilty party would make such a move. They know they have poked the Russian bear in the eye one too many times and now it’s time for Ukraine to suffer its comeuppance. Polls show only 38 percent of Ukrainians want this war to continue, but Blinken and Sullivan and Victoria Nuland could care less about the Ukrainians.

If Trump thinks he will just make a couple of phone calls and end this war after what the Biden regime has done, he’s in for a big surprise. What incentive would Russia have to concede anything when it has all but won the war?

The actions of Washington and London are reprehensible and amount to a slap in the face to the 73 million Americans who voted for Trump, many of whom did so because they wanted no part of World War III.

This is borderline treason by an elite group of unelected deep-Staters calling the shots in the Biden administration, acting to directly controvert the peace mandate we the people gave to Donald Trump.

Pray for peace. Prepare for war. Never comply. Never give your consent to be governed by unelected deep-state actors and members of the global Luciferian death cult.

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This just escalated World War III: Biden regime gives green light for Ukraine to use U.S. long-range missiles to attack deep inside Russia

We knew this was coming, and the fact that the regime waited until right before Biden leaves office to give the go-ahead, speaks volumes on where they’re hoping to take this war… 

Trump says Biden ‘will drive us into World War III’ — June 27, 2024


Several mainstream news outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post and Reuters, reported Sunday that Joe Biden’s administration has lifted restrictions that had blocked Ukraine from using U.S. provided long-range missiles to strike deep into Russian territory.

The report originated in typical fashion, leaked to the New York Times by three unnamed deep-state sources.

This development marks “a significant change to U.S. policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict,” Reuters reports, when in fact the U.S. policy was always to escalate the war, with this latest move no doubt planned months ago to be lowered like a hammer on Russia right before Trump takes office.

It’s no surprise. We knew it was coming. We predicted many times that the U.S. government would give the greenlight to such attacks, because we know that the U.S. deep state wants the war to escalate further before Donald Trump takes over the White House. Their hope is that the stampede toward World War III will become so intense by January 20th that Trump will be unable to stop it.

Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, the sources said, without revealing details due to operational security concerns.

The move by the United States, which comes just over two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, comes after months of requests by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to allow Ukraine’s military to use U.S. weapons to hit Russian military targets far from its border.

The change follows Russia’s deployment of North Korean ground troops to supplement its own forces, a development that has caused alarm in Washington and Kiev, even though the North Koreans are not fighting in Ukraine, only in Russia proper where they are working to repel a Ukrainian invasion into Russia’s Kursk region.

Ukraine’s first deep strikes are likely to be carried out using ATACMS rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles, the unnamed deep-state sources told the New York Times.

I’ve been predicting that World War III will break out most boldly in Eastern Europe and that the end-game is to get NATO troops fighting Russia in an attempt to depose Putin and install a Western puppet regime. The bottom line is that the West wants/needs to lock up control over Russia’s vast natural resources if it is going to fully implement its green agenda.

As you can see from this chart, Russia is home to more critical natural resources than any other country in the world. All wars are fought over resources.

Donald Trump has been against this agenda and that’s why the globalists like to call him a Russian asset, but will Trump be able to end the war in Ukraine? That remains to be seen.

Here is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. explaining how the military-industrial complex profits on both ends of the Ukraine proxy war against Russia.

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NATO Chooses Unending War

NATO leaders met this week in Washington and pledged an “irreversible path” for Ukraine to join the alliance, as well as “unwavering support” for the Ukraine war effort.

It was a bit like waving a red cape in front of a bull. Putin has made crystal clear that expanding NATO eastward to include Ukraine is not just a red line for Russia, but was in fact the main reason for the Russian invasion in February 2022.

NATO leaders think they can draw a steel line in the steppe. But so does Russia. The Russia-Ukraine-NATO war has become a contest of iron wills.

Will the West be able to provide enough weaponry and aid to keep Ukraine in the fight? If so, we are looking at a prolonged stalemate, which only a significant escalation – or the intervention of a new U.S. president – can end.

NATO seems primed for escalation. There was talk this week of more F-16s for Ukraine, and a new NATO unit to coordinate aid and training of the Ukrainian armed forces.

What many leaders seem to fear most, however, is the return of Donald Trump to the White House, given his pledge to end the Ukraine war in 24 hours of his election victory.

NATO leaders also put the spotlight on Communist China, calling it in the final communique on Thursday a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war in Ukraine. This is significant, because it shows that NATO leaders now consider China part of the Russian orbit, which NATO sees as its enemy.

Folks, this is sounding increasingly to me like the Guns of August, where the great European powers stumbled into war in August 1914 by just continuing to do what they were doing, without considering the consequences.

And through all of this, there was Joe Biden, whom his advisors trotted out for a “big boy” press conference, to show the world how mentally alert he was. And right off the bat, Biden delivered. “I wouldn’t have picked vice president Trump if I didn’t think she was not qualified to be president,” he said with a straight face.

So NATO seems gearing up for World War III, and the United States is led by a geriatric who doesn’t know when his own son died or the name of his vice president.

Is America ready for President Jill? Somehow I don’t think so.

Yours in freedom.

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Anti-Liberal Forces Are Preparing For The ‘Final Battle’ Against The West

Russia | MEMRI Daily Brief No. 615

Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to send arms to countries that could attack Ukraine’s allies (i.e. the West). Speaking at a press conference with foreign news organizations at Russia’s annual economic forum in St Petersburg on June 5, Putin said: “We believe that if someone is thinking that it is possible to supply such weapons [i.e. advanced high-tech, high-precision and long-range weapons] to a war zone in order to deliver strikes at our territory and to create problems for us, why can we not supply our weapons of the same class to those regions around the world where they will target sensitive facilities of the countries that are doing this to Russia? The response could be symmetric. We will give it a thought.” (See ANNEX)

As tensions rise between Israel and Hizbullah, which keeps firing rockets into the north of Israel,  anti-liberal Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin suggested that Russia should supply “serious weapons to Hizbullah and the Houthis, up to and including tactical nuclear weapons.”[1]

‘One War; Many Fronts’

In the wake of October 7 Hamas massacre, renowned Russian political expert Fyodor Lukyanov, explained that Israel is an integral part of the “Collective West,” which Russia fiercely confronts.[2] Soon after the attack, Hamas leader abroad Khaled Mash’al said that the Russians are benefiting from it because it is keeping the U.S. distracted from the war in Ukraine.[3] Mash’al went on to claim that the Russians said that the October 7 attack would be taught in military academies.[4] Osama Hamdan of Hamas’s political bureau said at a May 5, 2024 symposium that Hamas maintains contact with Russia and China and that the power of the “resistance axis” is at the service of these countries’ international role.[5]

In order to defeat the “Collective West,” Russia is strengthening relations with all anti-liberal movements and dictatorships. According to Dugin, the final battle against the liberal West is approaching. He said: “Gradually, all countries, continents, and civilizations are becoming an arena of ferocious struggle between the fading unipolar world and the rising multipolar one. One war. Many fronts.”[6] That is, the war against the Collective West will be fought on many fronts to bring about, first and foremost, the fall of the U.S.

Dugin stressed: “After all, this is a struggle between the multipolar world and the unipolar world, which means that it is being waged not only in the interests of Russia as a pole, but also indirectly (or even directly) in the interests of all the emerging geopolitical poles. This is best understood by China and, among Islamic countries, by Iran.”[7]

Each Pole ‘Must Prove Its Right For Existence Through Conflict’

The anti-liberal Russian philosopher explained that “new poles” (i.e. the emerging anti-liberal powers, mainly Russia, China, Iran and North Korea) that “do not agree to tolerate” the West’s “hegemony” will have to fight militarily for the demise of the West-led unipolar world order, so as to replace it with a multipolar world order, in which liberal democracy will be defeated.[8]

Yet, stated Dugin, “multipolarity will not be formed by itself,” and “each of the poles must prove its right for existence through conflict.” This means that the final battle will be fought on several fronts by the anti-liberal forces with the common goal of shaping “full-fledged and sovereign poles.”[9] Russia will fight for total victory in Ukraine; China will go for Taiwan’s annexation (and possibly the militarization of the South China Sea); North Korea will invade South Korea; and the Iran-led resistance axis will attack Israel (and U.S. interests in the Middle East). Moreover, Dugin suggested, more attention should be paid to Mexico, since newly elected President Claudia Sheinbaum may become an ally against Western liberal democracy.[10]

As WWIII is taking shape, the West cannot now afford to show weakness and division if it wants to deter the enemy.

ANNEX: Putin’s Meeting With Heads Of International News Agencies – Kremlin.ru, June 5, 2024

At a press conference with foreign news organizations at Russia’s annual economic forum in St Petersburg on June 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin answered a question about the war in Ukraine by the Italian news agency ANSA. Below is the transcript of his reply:[11]

ANSA Deputy Editor-in-Chief Stefano Polli: “Good evening, Mr. President. Thank you for organizing this meeting. I would like to ask a question about the latest events in Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg proposed that Ukraine be given the opportunity to hit targets on Russian territory with weapons supplied from Europe. European countries and the United States agreed with this idea. Not all of them, but the United States did. At the same time, there is a discussion in some countries about sending military advisers and instructors.

“I would like to ask you to comment on these two decisions and what Russia’s reaction to them will be. Thank you.”

Vladimir Putin: “There is nothing new in terms of having advisers and instructors. They are present in Ukraine. Unfortunately for them, they suffer losses. I know this for sure. This is not done on purpose, but losses happen during hostilities. However, the European countries and the United States prefer to keep it secret. This is first.

“Second, as for long-range precision weapons. We need to divide this topic into two parts.

“First, conventional weapons: a multiple-launch rocket system, a long-range of 70 kilometers or something similar. It has been used for a long time. In fact, Ukrainian military personnel can do this on their own. And as for advanced high-tech, high-precision and long-range weapons, such as the British Storm Shadow or the American ATACMS, or French missiles, what can we say? I have also spoken about this, by the way, when I left Uzbekistan.

“ATACMS: 300 kilometers. How are they used and how are they transported? They handed over a missile system (the Pentagon, the Americans did). But how is it used? Ukrainian military personnel cannot do everything on their own and launch strikes with this missile. They are simply technologically unable to do this because it requires satellite reconnaissance; then, based on satellite reconnaissance data (and this is American satellite reconnaissance), a flight mission is formed and then entered into the missile system. And then the soldier who is next to it does it simply automatically: he presses the buttons. He may not even know what will happen next.

“What can the Ukrainian military – not the ones who are just sitting there and pressing buttons – but the higher-ranking ones do when it comes to target assignment? They can identify a target that is a priority for them. But they are not the ones who decide whether a particular target should be hit, because, to reiterate, a WTA (weapon target assignment) is formed and effectively entered only by those who supply the weapons. If we are talking about ATACMS, then the Pentagon is doing it. If it is Storm Shadow, then the British are. It is even more straightforward in the case of Storm Shadow, because the target assignment is entered automatically, without the involvement of the military personnel on the ground. The British do it, that is all there is to it.

“And when the Bundeswehr military were pondering an attack on the Crimean Bridge or other targets, they were thinking for themselves. No one was doing it for them, right? They were going to do it. The same goes for the French specialists. Western specialists do it.

“We have no illusions about it. How are we supposed to respond?

“First, we will, of course, improve our air defense systems. We will be destroying their missiles.

“Second, we believe that if someone is thinking that it is possible to supply such weapons to a war zone in order to deliver strikes at our territory and to create problems for us, why can we not supply our weapons of the same class to those regions around the world where they will target sensitive facilities of the countries that are doing this to Russia? The response could be symmetrical. We will give it a thought.

“Third, sure enough, such actions will wreck international relations, which have already hit rock bottom, and undermine international security. Ultimately, if we see that these countries are being embroiled into a war against us, and this constitutes their direct involvement in the war against the Russian Federation, we reserve the right to respond in kind. Generally speaking, this path may lead to serious problems. I think that covers it all. If you have any leading questions, please go ahead. But I do not think I can add anything to what I just said.”

AUTHOR

ANNA MAJAR-BARDUCCI

Anna Mahjar-Barducci is Senior Research Fellow at MEMRI.

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SOURCES:

[1] T.me/Agdchan/16518; T.me/Agdchan/16519, June 27, 2024.

[2] See MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11036, Renowned Russian Intellectual Lukyanov: After October 7, U.S. And EU ‘Unconditionally Supported Israel,’ Established It As An Integral Part Of The ‘Collective West,’ Which Russia Fiercely Confronts, December 22, 2023.

[3] See MEMRI Daily Brief No. 611, Why October 7 Is An Attack Against The Collective West – October 7 Was Part II Of 9/11, By Anna Mahjar-Barducci, June 27, 2024.

[4] See MEMRI TV clip No. 10578, Hamas Leader Abroad Khaled Mashal: The Russians Told Us That Our October 7 Operation Will Be Taught In Military Academies; The Chinese Are Thinking Of Carrying Out A Similar Attack In Taiwan, October 26, 2023.

[5] See MEMRI TV clip No. 11070, Hamas Senior Official Osama Hamdan: Russia And China Have Protected Us In The UN; The Power Of The ‘Resistance Axis’ Is At The Service Of Their Int’l Role; Next Phase Of The Resistance Will Be In The West Bank, This Is Our Priority, May 06, 2024.

[6] MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10982, Anti-Liberal Russian Philosopher Dugin: ‘The Time For The Final Battle Has Come’, November 28, 2023.

[7] MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10982, Anti-Liberal Russian Philosopher Dugin: ‘The Time For The Final Battle Has Come’, November 28, 2023.

[8] MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10982, Anti-Liberal Russian Philosopher Dugin: ‘The Time For The Final Battle Has Come’, November 28, 2023.

[9] MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10982, Anti-Liberal Russian Philosopher Dugin: ‘The Time For The Final Battle Has Come’, November 28, 2023.

[10] T.me/Agdchan/16518; T.me/Agdchan/16519, June 27, 2024.

[11] En.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/74223, June 5, 2024.

Terror Threat on U.S. Soil Has Risen Dramatically under Biden, Experts Say

Amid a rise in terrorist attacks across the globe in the wake of the October 7 massacre in Israel, national security experts are warning that the threat of attacks on U.S. soil has risen dramatically even as the Biden administration enacts policies that exacerbate the danger.

In December, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, remarking that before October 7, “we were already in a heightened threat environment.” But since the Hamas attack, he went on, “we’ve seen the threat from foreign terrorists rise to a whole other level.” Wray also highlighted the porous southern border as a primary security risk to the country, drawing attention to “a particular network [operating on the southern border]” with “ISIS ties that we are very concerned about.”

In the weeks following President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January 2021, he signed an executive order that reversed many of his predecessor Donald Trump’s policies that had tightened the flow of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border. As a result, an unprecedented 1.7 million unvetted individuals have crossed into the U.S. interior undetected since then, which is more than were able to sneak in in the entire previous decade.

As Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, explained during Tuesday’s “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins,” this breach could have devastating consequences for national security, especially in light of the security hole left by Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan in 2021.

“[T]here are foreign terrorist organizations like ISIS-K in Afghanistan and Pakistan that have been able to take advantage of ungoverned territories in that area, and … the U.S. is not striking them as much [so] that they’ve been able to grow,” he observed. “Chechens and Tajikistanis … in Muslim majority regions of Russia are free to attack. We’ve been seeing the Russian people victimized by some of these groups. They’re on the rise. … [T]he ideology of global jihad and Islamist supremacy under Sharia law isn’t going anywhere.”

Bensman continued, “[W]e’ve had tens of thousands of people from those regions crossing our southern border with very minimal vetting. And that is a significant issue to the homeland because we did kind of crack down on airport traffic and people coming in on legal visas after 9/11 quite a bit. But we haven’t done that much on the southern border for the last three years. And these Tajikistanis — [the] FBI rolled up eight of them in early June — who crossed the southern border … were planning some sort of a bombing attack. That would be the very first time that a group of terrorists — they caught them in three different cities — crossed the southern border to access their American targets on U.S. soil.”

Other senior U.S. officials besides Wray have also raised serious concerns over rising threats. General Erik Kurilla, commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has highlighted the growing capabilities of Middle Eastern and South Asian terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, the Islamic State (ISIS), and affiliates like ISIS-K. Former National Counterterrorism Center director Christine Abizaid illustrated “an elevated global threat environment” while speaking in Doha recently. In addition, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland acknowledged that the “threat level … has gone up enormously” during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last week.

The recent Islamist attacks in Africa that have left dozens of Christians dead in Congo and thousands more massacred in Nigeria have also raised the ire of experts, who say that the Biden administration’s lack of focus on combatting terrorism abroad not only has deadly consequences for innocent civilians in foreign lands but will also allow terrorist activity to intensify overseas, which will only increase the danger of that activity eventually filtering into the U.S.

Bensman went on to note that the anti-terrorism policies put in place in the country since 9/11 have proven to be effective, but dangers remain.

“[W]e haven’t been immune from terror attacks … since 9/11,” he acknowledged. “San Bernardino, Boston, New York — there was a truck attack on a bike path there. … They’re not on the scale of 9/11, but the reason that we haven’t had them … is because over 20 years, we got pretty good at counterterrorism. We built up our FBI. We built up all of our federal law enforcement agencies. We started sharing intelligence between agencies. [T]he number of terror plots that we’ve thwarted … are far greater than the successful ones. The threat is not diminished. It’s just that we have stopped an awful lot of them over the last 20 years, and we will probably continue to do that. But they’re still going to get through every now and again.”

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins further contended that the Biden administration’s “two-tiered system of justice” has caused the American people to lose confidence and trust in the Intel community.

“I think that’s something that we always should be concerned about,” Bensman responded. “When I was in the intelligence business, we underwent a lot of training about what you can and can’t do to make sure that we can maintain the trust of the people we served. I think that there’s still a lot of that going on, but you always have had a mistrust of government power, especially law enforcement power [and] especially surveillance authorities. I think that’s a healthy thing.”

He added, “I hope that they just don’t get sidetracked by political whims, such as, ‘Hey, we need to back off of Islamic terror threats and move all of it over to white supremacy’ and that sort of thing. We can do two things at once. The country’s perfectly capable of juggling several balls at the same time like that.”

AUTHOR

Dan Hart

Dan Hart is senior editor at The Washington Stand.

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Biden commits U.S. taxpayers to 10 years of ‘blank check’ funding of war in Ukraine: War’s ‘dark side’ includes organ harvesting and child sex trafficking

Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky are planning to sign a deal for long-term US military assistance for Ukraine, a country whose government we now know is involved in the trafficking of children for sex and harvesting the organs of its own soldiers for profit.

If that sounds too sensational to be true, read on. The evidence is hiding in plain sight. See post below from X, and I will provide a video later in this article that contains more proof of what’s really going on in Ukraine. It will turn your stomach.

But back to Biden’s filthy deal with the devil. The deal commits U.S. taxpayers — we the people — to 10 years of arming and training the Ukrainian military, and feeds the military-industrial complex that holds sway over the majority of our elected members of Congress in both parties.

There is one small kernel of good news: Because the deal is a so-called “executive agreement” and not a formal treaty, it can be undone by future American presidents.

CNN previewed the deal, reporting:

“An annex in the agreement will lay out how the Biden administration plans to work with Congress on the implementation of the security commitments, specifically the long-term funding that will be needed to support Ukraine’s defense.”

So, we taxpayers are basically underwriting the defense of a foreign regime. I wonder what our Founding Fathers would think about that?

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby stated that the US “will continue to be right up front and clear” at the G7, and that Washington “will take bold steps to show Mr. Putin that time is not on his side and that he cannot outlast us, as we support Ukraine’s fight for freedom.”

Let’s call it what it is: A blank-check commitment to a corrupt foreign government that has completely obliterated the freedom of the Ukrainian people. Elections have been canceled. Media outlets and churches that voice opposition to the war have been closed, young and middle-aged men are being kidnapped and sent to die at the front. How is this freedom?

But the Western corporate media thinks this is great. They don’t even question it.

Watch this breathless report (below) from a very excited ABC News reporter, whose only lament is that the deal could be canceled by a future President Donald Trump.

She could hardly contain her excitement. Ten years worth of transfers of hard-earned U.S. tax dollars to prop up an illegitimate dictatorship in Ukraine. Zelensky has canceled elections and is serving beyond the scope of his term in office, and our tax dollars are paying not only him but his military and the pensions of his bureaucrats. I wonder how many Americans are even aware of that, or how many are aware of the child sex trafficking, organ harvesting, biolabs, and other scandalous activities going on in Ukraine.

Don’t believe me? Check out the report below from former Fox News reporter Clayton Morris on the “dark side” of the war in Ukraine.

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Russian philosopher: Russia defends traditional values that US/NATO ‘seeks to abolish’

Some very prominent conservatives still make their living using unfounded scare tactics to spread Russophobic hate with a fervor that has nearly surpassed that seen during the Cold War, a period when it was very much deserved. Vladimir Putin in their eyes is no different than Breznev or Stalin, and maybe worse. He’s a naked communist wanting to “restore the old Soviet Empire” and take over the world. In short, Putin is a “modern Hitler” who must be stopped at all costs. This is rubbish and I’ll explain why.

If that were true, why do all the international communists in America, Canada and Western Europe hate Putin so much and want to see him replaced? Shouldn’t they see him as an ally, someone to be emulated?

These folks will say, well, why is Putin aligned with China, North Korea and Iran if he is not a communist? I would argue that US policy has driven Russia into the arms of China by isolating Putin and trying to punish him for maintaining its only warm-water port in Crimea and shoring up his border with neighboring Ukraine, which only became a country in 1991 and has always been in the Russian orbit. The fact is, Putin expressed interest in joining NATO in January 2001 but was rebuffed by the United States. If Putin wanted to challenge NATO and take over Europe why is he only now, after 24 years in office, making his play for the continent? Did Hitler wait 24 years to invade Poland?

Whether they realize it or not, the vitriolic rhetoric of anti-Russia conservatives plays right into the hands of the leftist globalists and their affiliated neocon-neolib war-hawk politicians who thrive on perpetual war and profits for the military-industrial complex. I believe there is more to the globalists’ hatred of Russia than just the fact that Russian society still adheres to a more traditional cultural and religious structure — economics and the desire to strip Russia of its vast natural resources is also a factor that drives Western disdain of the current Russian regime. They seek regime change for that reason alone and I have covered that angle in previous articles.

But the article below about Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin is also enlightening. It explains the great cultural divide that also permeates the world today and does go a long way toward explaining the West’s obsession with getting rid of Putin, not just on economic grounds but on social-cultural grounds. The WEF puppet leaders in London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Washington, New York and Ottawa are desperate to bring Russia in line with the generally decadent value system that rules the US/EU/Canada/Australia. They call this system “democracy” but it’s really marked by a hatred of humanity and Luciferian nihilism. These Western leaders are so blinded by hate for Russia that they are willing to go to World War III, and risk nuclear Armageddon, in their efforts to depose Putin, balkanize his country and steal its resources. If you think I’m kidding, check out this article about a congressional hearing that took place in Washington in June 2023.

So Ukraine is not the issue. Ukraine is just a tool being used to get at this imagined Hitler. The truth runs much deeper. And when Ukraine has been used up — that’s getting close — the U.S./U.K./NATO will send your boys to fight Russians and die. Read more below as we explore further.

Article below Via RT

The ever-growing anti-Russia sentiment in the West stems from the fact that Russia adheres to traditional values that Western “progressives” are trying to destroy, philosopher and political commentator Aleksandr Dugin said in an interview with journalist Tucker Carlson that was posted on the latter’s YouTube channel on Monday.

During the interview, Dugin laid out his view of the contemporary Western world and what he sees as the historical origins of its current ideology. He explained that the West has moved from “classical liberalism” – which professed individual freedom and democracy as understood as the rule of the majority – to a “new liberalism” defined by the rule of minorities and woke-ism. Rather than emphasizing freedom of the individual, the new incarnation of liberalism prescribes adherence to certain progressive values that are completely at odds with traditional values and in fact seeks to abolish them.

Carlson asked Dugin why many Westerners, even those who previously supported the Soviet Union, turned against Russia when President Vladimir Putin came to power in the early 2000s and started professing Russophobic ideas. The philosopher said that “Putin is a traditional leader” who defends traditional values, which run counter to those currently in vogue in the West.

“When [Putin] came to power, from the very beginning, he started to extract Russia from global influence. He started to contradict the global progressive agenda… tried with success to restore traditional values – sovereignty of the state, Christianity, traditional family,” he said, explaining that Western progressives saw these developments as being in opposition to their values.

This hatred is not something casual… it’s metaphysical. If your main task and main goal is to destroy traditional values – traditional family, traditional state, traditional relations, traditional beliefs – and someone with a nuclear weapon… stands strong defending traditional values you are going to abolish – they have some basis for this Russophobia and hatred for Putin.

In 2022, Dugin’s daughter Darya was killed in a car bombing in Moscow, which the Russian authorities claim was orchestrated by Ukrainian agents, a version also expressed by the US government. Darya, a journalist and political activist in her own right, was a vocal supporter of Russia’s military operation against Kiev.

Russophobic sentiment has been growing exponentially in light of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the outbreak of which in 2022 the West has blamed squarely on Russia. NATO has branded Russia the “most significant and direct threat” to its members’ peace and security, and many Western leaders have claimed that Moscow would attack Europe if it secures victory in Ukraine.

Russia has repeatedly said it has no such plans, with Putin last month dismissing such claims as “nonsense.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov last week called such ideas “horror stories” made up to divert attention from domestic problems in the West.

©2024. Leo Hohmann. All rights reserved.

Russia responds to ‘provocative statements and threats’ by Western officials about sending troops into Ukraine with nuclear drills and threats of its own


Retired U.S. Army colonel: ‘They’re not bluffing’; Russian tactical nuke drills are loud warning to U.S./NATO to stay out of Ukraine


Russian troops are sitting at the doorstep of victory in Ukraine, whose forces look just weeks away from collapsing given the current situation on the ground. Ukraine is losing 500 to 800 men every day and showing signs of cracking.

But Western globalists are talking tougher than ever and threatening Russia with new forms of direct military warfare from the West. Don’t believe for a second that our Western puppet leaders will let go of their anti-Russia, anti-Putin crusade — they’re too far in, have too much invested, and there’s simply too much money to be made by their financial benefactors.

Government officials in the US, UK and France continue to ratchet up the war rhetoric against Russia by threatening the country with Western troops and the possibility of using UK-supplied long-range missiles to strike deep into the heart of Russia.

If Russia succeeds in its war with Ukraine, and it’s not a matter of if but when, U.S. Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries announced on CBS News Sunday that the U.S. will intervene directly with troops. Think about what this means.

“We cannot allow Ukraine to fall, because if it does, there is a significant possibility that America will have to intervene in the conflict — not just with our money, but with our troops,” he told CBS News.

Then, like a cynical puppet of the blood-drenched military-industrial complex, Jeffries mouthed the favorite talking points of the neocon war hawks, showing he answers to the same faction of billionaire greed-mongers as the GOP leadership in Congress.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to “restore the Soviet Union” to “threaten NATO countries,” he said. This is the same baseless messaging that has been repeated over and over the last two and a half years by the likes of Mike Pence, Mitch McConnel, Nikki Haley, Senator Lindsey Graham and all of the other war hawks on the other side of the aisle. When it comes to foreign policy and being salesmen for perpetual war, there is not a dime’s worth of difference between the two parties. They are the Uniparty.

The Russian government wasted no time responding to what it perceives as a growing threat from the US and NATO to send troops into Ukraine.

The Russian news outlet RT.com is reporting Monday a strong message from Moscow warning of dire consequences if any NATO country sends troops into Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron has been the most outspoken about the possibility of sending troops to fight Russians in Ukraine, but now Congressman Jeffries has taken it to a new level with his comments to a major establishment news outlet over the weekend.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron was also quoted by Reuters last week that Ukraine has the right to use long-range missiles sent by the UK to strike deep inside Russia.

The Russians tailored their response to the British and didn’t mince words.

Moscow said it will retaliate against British targets in Ukraine or elsewhere if Kiev uses UK-provided missiles to strike Russian territory, the Russian Foreign Ministry told London’s ambassador on Monday.

RT.com reports that Ambassador Nigel Casey was summoned to the ministry following the remarks by Cameron to Reuters.

”Casey was warned that the response to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on Russian territory could be any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and beyond,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the meeting.

As noted by RT, the US and its allies had previously qualified their deliveries of long-range weapons to Kiev by saying they could only be used on territories that Ukraine claims as its own – Crimea, the Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, and Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Cameron’s statements to the contrary “de facto recognized his country as a party to the conflict.”

Russia sees Cameron’s comments as “evidence of a serious escalation and confirmation of London’s increasing involvement in military operations on the side of Kiev,” the ministry added.

Casey was urged to “think about the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps from London and to immediately refute in the most decisive and unequivocal manner the bellicose provocative statements of the head of the Foreign Office.”

Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry announced an exercise to test the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons. President Vladimir Putin ordered the drills after “provocative statements and threats” by Western officials, the military said.

Putin said that if troops get sent in from any Western country, that country will be essentially vaporized within seconds.

Here is Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen warning that Putin should not be seen as bluffing.

According to the article by RT, Moscow hopes the nuclear drills will “cool down the ‘hot heads’ in Western capitals and help them understand the possible catastrophic consequences of the strategic risks they generate,” as well as “keep them from both assisting the Kiev regime in its terrorist actions and being drawn into a direct armed confrontation with Russia,” the Foreign Ministry said in a follow-up statement.

It looks more and more like World War III will get ramped up into direct warfare between the US and Russian superpowers, perhaps sooner than any of us thought. It could even happen before the November US presidential elections.

Pray for peace. Prepare for war. It’s very likely coming to U.S. soil. Godspeed.

©2024. Leo Hohmann. All rights reserved.

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