In a blatant act of political/geopolitical censorship, my @YouTube channel, The Real Politick with Mark Sleboda, was suddenly deleted yesterday, with zero strikes or warnings, under the absurd pretext of repeated violations of community guidelines regarding "hate speech". 1/-
No examples of the alleged violations were provided, of course. I guess criticizing US foreign policy, the West-backed Maidan Putsch in Ukr & Zionist Genocide in Palestine is now considered "hate speech". I hadnt even uploaded any new videos to my @Youtube channel in 10 months!
@YouTube Evidently @DD_Geopolitics was similarly censored and deleted in a purge on the very same day.
Be thankful, you have been "protected" by the Orwellian political censors of @YouTube from hearing any alternate view, criticism or dissent from US government foreign policy!
@YouTube @DD_Geopolitics The real target of such desperate acts of censorship is YOU. It's not me they are afraid of...it's YOU ...
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"International 🦘 Court" not recognized by Russia, Ukraine, the US, China and others issues headline-generating propaganda as part of the information war, while conveniently ignoring the West-backed Putsch regime in Kiev repressing & mass murdering its own people for 9 years.
^ For the "crime" of east Ukrainians moving their own children & orphanages out of the conflict zone and range of the West-backed Putsch regime in Kiev that has been shelling them for 9 years. @bopanc
^ What the "ICC" has actually done here with this absurd geopoliticized attack is made themselves irrelevant and practically ensured the death & dissolution of this kangaroo court. Political suicide. @bopanc
NATO feels they can hit Russia through Ukrainian Putsch regime proxies anywhich way they want because they no longer fear a Russian escalatory response, except against said Ukrainian proxies which they don't care about.
1/- archive.is/tcZOE
^ 2/- Russia needs to hit back at NATO to let them know there are consequences. Otherwise NATO will continue to strike Russia & escalate with impunity because they believe that Putin is weak.
Some potential Russian responses:
^ 3/- 1. Provide militia forces in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhe with long range weapons capable of hitting NATO military bases in Poland, Romania, and Slovakia where NATO military hardware, repair and training for their proxy forces in Ukraine are assembled
A Russian military retreat from Kherson will be an enormous political cost to Putin, ends any foreseeable future move on Nikolaev and Odessa, and puts the Crimean Canal and defense of Crimea itself in question.
^ If Putin signs a ceasefire or peace settlement in the near future (something I still think unlikely), surrenduring a significant city that he had recognised as part of Russia to Kiev & the West, it will be his political end. The Russian people will not accept such a defeat.
^ The Russian MoD may argue that they are preserving combat forces but for what - will they use them in the future?
Manpower, the numbers Thread🧵
Manpower: the numbers:
The Kiev regime started the conflict with approximately 250,000 trained armed forces
Through volunteers, territorial defense (now regularly thrown into the front) and mass forced conscription they have raised that number to around 700,000 total, though many have next to no training or experience.
Russian forces have had and still have approximately 150,000 professional troops as part of the self-limited "SMO"
This has been supplemented by about 50,000 (former) East Ukrainian militia from the Donbass
The situation in Ukraine is becoming clearer. The biggest Kiev regime counter-offensive is yet to come, most likely in the SouthEast from the Ugledar direction towards Mariupol and potentially even Donetsk city. 1/-
^ 2/- The New Kiev regime counteroffensive in the SE contains a substantial armored first of Polish-supplied modernized T72s and IFVs. Lacking sufficient manpower in the intervention force to protect all occupied territory, the Kremlin prioritized & sacrificed the Kharkov region
3/- in order to have enough reserves to combat this coming southern thrust, Russian forces actually began withdrawing from Kharkov a week ago in secret. The biggest and most decisive battle of the year is yet to come.