Putin puppet Trump occupying the White House, elite capture of the GOP, both impeachments, and the insurrection at the Capitol were all consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Despite this, the press has maintained a news blackout on Russia’s war in Donbas for seven years.
Trump has been a Russian asset since the 1980s. Russia launched the Trump-for-President active measure and in 2015 reassigned "grey cardinal" Paul Manafort from Yanukovych and Ukraine to the American theatre of operations.
The Republican Party was the most corruptible of American political parties and Russian active measures were used to make the GOP an American version of Ukraine's Party of Regions – the party of Yanukovych. Russia completed elite capture of the GOP by the time of the RNC in 2016.
Trump committed crimes and treason in advancing Russia's "dirt on Biden in Ukraine" fabrication. That led to his first impeachment. Trump committed crimes and treason by instigating a violent insurrection against American democracy. That led to his second impeachment.
#RussiaInvadedUkraine in 2014. At the start of the war Russia organized violent mobs to storm government buildings in the south and east of Ukraine. The mobs were zombified by disinformation, guided by agents and had inside help.
In 2021 the same tactics were used at the Capitol.
Russia is waging war to destroy the independence of the Ukrainian nation and to absorb it into the "Russian World." Russia's war against American democracy is an extension of that war.
Ignoring #RussiaInvadedUkraine is dealing a grievous wound to the American way of life.
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Secretary of State Anthony Blinken did a good job in Kyiv showing support to the Ukrainian people who are under attack from Russia. He distanced the U.S. from the corruption of the Zelenskyy administration by meeting with former President Poroshenko and Metropolitan Epiphanius.
The U.S. has a real problem of how to engage with the Ukrainian government as long as the TV clown President, Zelenskyy, is guided by Russian agent Andriy Yermak. The only solution is a multi-tier, in-depth approach – for example, direct contact with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Blinken sent very clear signals of the Biden administration approach to Ukraine. The U.S. will strongly support Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russian aggression. But no invitation was extended to Zelenskyy for him to visit the White House.
Russian forces attacked Ukrainian defences 19 times yesterday, May 5. The heaviest shelling was at Vodyane. Attacking civilian targets, the Russians bombarded a hospital in Krasnohorivka and fired anti-tank guided missiles at Popana. Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in action.
Attacks by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation invading Ukraine are becoming more numerous and more violent. The Russians are firing 152 calibre and 122 calibre artillery. They're deliberately firing at Ukrainian settlements, trying to provoke an intemperate response.
Luhansk region has been quieter than Donetsk region as the Russians focus on the Horlivka-Donetsk battlefront. But unprovoked attacks at Prychepylivka, Novotoshkivske, Popasna, Novooleksandrivka and Novozvanivka show the Russians are resuming the Battle of the Bakhmut Road.
Russia's offensive against Ukraine can only be deterred if steps are taken immediately to convince the Putin regime that Ukraine will be defended, come hell or high water.
Here are some measures that may thwart a Russian offensive or help defeat it when it comes …
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Establish a massive, overwhelming "forward presence" in Ukraine like NATO maintains in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
The Shyrokiy Lan training range in Mykolaiv region may be a suitable base. Sea Breeze exercises have been held there with Ukraine's partners. 2/9
Deploy the Lithuanian–Polish–Ukrainian Brigade to Ukraine. It's not doing much good in garrison in Lublin, Poland. To deter or defeat Russian armed aggression is the reason LITPOLUKRBRIG was formed in 2014. 3/9
These are potential lines of attack for a Russian offensive against Ukraine. This is based on Russian preparations over the past few weeks and on my analysis of Russia's invasion over the past seven years. Putin will attempt to exploit a breakthrough anywhere he can get it.
Beyond the immediate battlefront (Russian-occupied Crimea and Donbas), Putin may widen the war by attacking Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts from Belgorod and Kursk, and by attacking Chernihiv and Kyiv oblasts from Russia's client state Belarus.
Ukraine has taken delivery of the first batch of Neptune anti-ship systems equipped with cruise missiles. Produced by Luch Design Bureau, the 300km range Neptune has proven devastatingly effective in tests. Russian aviation will attempt to destroy Neptune shore batteries first.
Despite 21st century communications technology, mainstream news media ignore Russia's war against Ukraine. WWII was covered by radio and newsreels. The Vietnam War – broadcast TV. Iraq's invasion of Kuwait – cable TV. News about Russia's invasion of Ukraine is embargoed. Insane.
War reportage has disappeared. People follow me on Twitter to find out about #PutinAtWar but what I write is just a tiny drop of water in a vast information desert. We live in greatly diminished times.
The Vietnam War was complex but people could be informed. They heard terms like Viet Cong and Ho Chi Minh trail and and knew what they meant.
#RussiaInvadedUkraine but most people don’t know about the Cyborgs, the DPR/LPR, the Joint Forces Operation or anything about the war.
Trump for President was a Russian operation. I’ve been saying this since 2015. Russia’s war against the United States is an extension of its war against Ukraine. Ignoring #RussiaInvadedUkraine meant Americans weren’t prepared for war, and so they suffered a profound defeat.
Russia falsified the 2016 election to make Putin puppet Trump appear to win. The model for this successful operation was the 2004 Ukraine election which Russia falsified for Putin puppet Yanukovych.
The difference is Ukrainians rose up in the Orange Revolution. Americans didn’t.
The main war goal of the Putin regime is to annihilate the Ukrainian nation. The United States is a sideshow. It’s only because American democratic institutions are so weak and American political elites are so venal that Putin keeps winning against the world’s only hyperpower.