VIDEO Russians shelling Pisky crossover with 120 mm shells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VD02QKeWp0 … pic.twitter.com/Ps9gSVUjXl
Huge MTLB delivery to Pokrovskoye/Troitskoye https://instagram.com/p/3jwF5dPnoh/ As always these days: markings painted over pic.twitter.com/AyR8KFdhC2
Already half an hour is shelling the positions of 28 Brigade near Berezove https://twitter.com/SPaWN_ua/status/606906457804652544 …
New Chatham House report on the challenge Russia poses to international order, and to itself: http://cht.hm/1dgCVUt
Putin doesn't see the conflict as a conflict with Ukraine, he sees it as a conflict with the West - James Sherr
If Ukraine's defences are not strengthened, it could sabotage the solution of this conflict - James Sherr
Video emerged with Zakharchenko on day of #Marinka battle, apparently they talk about heavy losses and orders retreat http://inforesist.org/terrorista-zax...koj/?_utl_t=tw …
Lack of pressure from U.S. has led Putin to believe he’s survived the worst of the crisis in Ukraine- Conley: http://cs.is/1FZSmu9Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
An on an on an on-----
23:38 #Donetsk @666_mancer [vk] "Loudly and heavily, incoming" "airport: flashes there"
23:39 #Donetsk @Buzzing_Rook Explosions like in the north and volleys fr/the same location. Artillery
duel?
#Donetsk 23:50
Ruscists heavy artillery pounding fr #Yakovlevka area Zasyadko-4 mine direction, 3-4 barrels at least https://twitter.com/nixer79/status/606927575370342400 …
22:35 #Volnovakha @solomazheka Hardcore in #Berezove-#Dokuchaevsk direction, heavy [rumbles]
@whicard5 Far fr/Dokuchaevsk
#Donetsk 23:49
Salvos from Azotny ds. Flying towards northwest. Flashes visible. https://twitter.com/relictDon/status/606925929336700928 …
#Donetsk 23:42
Now is loud. In airport, #Pisky powerful incoming, artillery + small arms. Flashes visible. https://twitter.com/062_Region/statu...24058379317249 …
"where is OSCE? we're watching DPR shelling from Yasne to Berezove for 1 hr, while we dont respond" -UA army officer https://twitter.com/SPaWN_ua/status/606914807250489344
Countless graves "Soldier number N" near Donetsk. Victims of Putin's war against Ukraine.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...00007966416961 … pic.twitter.com/wT3dmAitRZ
More proof of #Russia's military presence in E Ukr: Rus-made flamethrower Shmel, food rations https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/po...08942699116536 … pic.twitter.com/DZDpltj04e
Another video of a Russian apc convoy on Rostov-Taganrog highway: https://instagram.com/p/3jyePoPntP/ Geo:https://www.google.de/maps/@47.32109...HBs5UlrWnQ!2e0 … pic.twitter.com/G8fGKMobtv
We have a serious problem right now with both Putin and his FM Lavrov--they are actually believing their own propaganda and that is dangerous in that when major leaders are no longer able to clearly "see and define reality" then we are all in trouble and at some point they will based on their own views of "reality" (their own biases) make that one fatal mistake and we are in 1914 all over again wondering how did it happen???
This is just a short portion of a long Italian interview Putin gave yesterday in the Vatican--if you checked TASS did not translate it into Russian and rebroadcast it to the Russian civil society.
It was totally for Western consumption:
Read carefully when he talks about the "economic union he envisions from Portugal to the Russian Far East" AND that should be accomplished with no economic costs to Russia-with Russian profiting from it AND on the economic concepts envisioned by say Gazprom a Russian State controlled enterprise ie political weapon.
Check his comments concerning the neo liberal economic EU systems--Putin is not hard to understand--one just has to take the time, cut out the Russian propaganda BS and you then fully understand his geo political goals--this is not a rocket science but an exercise in patience reading and understanding exactly what is driving him.
AND remember the Russian propaganda 4Ds--dismiss, distort, distract, dismay designed to created the 2Ds --distrust and doubt.
AND worse he believes every word he is saying--the arguments roll easily off the tongue so he is talking from his own level of biases.
http://tass.ru/en/russia/799189
Continued………..
- Thank you, Mr Putin. When we were talking about the shadow cast on our relations, you said that it was not your choice, and there is an opinion that Russia feels betrayed, abandoned by Europe, like a lover abandoned by his mistress. What are the problems in our relations today? Do you think that Europe has been too dependent on the United States in the Ukrainian crisis? What do you expect from Europe in relation to the sanctions? I may have asked too many questions at once.
- You have certainly asked a lot of questions, with an Italian flair. (Laughs)
First, about the mistress. In this kind of a relationship with a woman, that is, if you assume no obligations, you have no right to claim any obligations from your partner.
We have never viewed Europe as a mistress. I am quite serious now. We have always proposed a serious relationship. But now I have the impression that Europe has actually been trying to establish material‑based relations with us, and solely for its own gain. There is the notorious Third Energy Package and the denial of access for our nuclear energy products to the European market despite all the existing agreements. There is reluctance to acknowledge the legitimacy of our actions and reluctance to cooperate with integration associations in the territory of the former Soviet Union. I am referring to the Customs Union, which we created and which has now grown into the Eurasian Economic Union.
Because it is all right when integration takes place in Europe, but if we do the same in the territory of the former Soviet Union, they try to explain it by Russia's desire to restore an empire. I don’t understand the reasons for such an approach.
You see, all of us, including me, have been talking for a long time about the need to establish a common economic space stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok. In fact, French President Charles de Gaulle said something similar a lot earlier than me. Today nobody objects to it, everybody says: yes, we should aspire to this.
But what is happening in practice? For example, the Baltic States have joined the European Union. Good, no problem. But today we are being told that these countries, which are part of the energy system of the former Soviet Union and Russia, they must join the European Union’s energy system. We ask: Are there any problems with energy supply or with something else? Why is it necessary? – No, there are no problems, but we have decided that it will be better this way.
What does this mean for us in practical terms? It means that we will be forced to build additional generating capacities in some western regions in Russia. Since electricity transmission lines went through the Baltic States to some Russian regions and vice versa, all of them will now be switched over to Europe, and we will have to build new transmission lines in our country to ensure electricity supply. This will cost us about 2‑2.5 billion euro.
Now let’s look at the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. It does not require that Ukraine becomes part of the European energy system, but it is considered possible. If this happens, we will have to spend not 2‑2.5 billion but, probably, about 8‑10 billion euro for the same purpose. The question is: why is this necessary if we believe in building a common economic space from Lisbon to Vladivostok? What is the objective of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership? Is it to integrate the whole former Soviet Union into a single space with Europe, I repeat for the third time, from Lisbon to Vladivostok, or to cut something off and establish a new border between modern Russia and the western territories including, say, Ukraine and Moldova?
Let me tell you something else now, and you can decide for yourselves what to publish and what to leave out.
What are the roots of the Ukrainian crisis? Its cause seems to be completely disproportionate to what has become an utter tragedy today claiming many lives in southeast Ukraine. What sparked the crisis? Former President Viktor Yanukovych said that he needed to think about signing Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the EU, possibly make some changes and hold consultations with Russia, its major trade and economic partner. In this connection or under this pretext riots broke out in Kiev. They were actively supported both by our European and American partners. Then a coup d'état followed – a totally anti-constitutional act. The new authorities announced that they were going to sign the Association Agreement but would delay its implementation until January 1, 2016. The question is: what was the coup d'état for? Why did they need to escalate the situation to a civil war? The result is exactly the same.
What is more, at the end of 2013 we were ready to give Ukraine $15 billion as a state loan supported by a further $5 billion via commercial banks; plus we already gave it $3 billion during the year and promised to cut gas prices by half if they paid regularly. We were not at all against Ukraine signing an Association Agreement with the European Union. But, of course, we wanted to participate in the final decisions, meaning that Ukraine was then and is still now, today, a member of the CIS free trade area, and we have mutual obligations as its members.
How is it possible to completely ignore this, to treat it with utter disrespect? I simply cannot understand that. The result that we have – a coup d'état, a civil war, hundreds of lives lost, devastated economy and social sphere, a four-year $17.5 billion loan promised to Ukraine by the IMF and complete disintegration of economic ties with Russia. But Russian and Ukrainian economies are very deeply interconnected.
The European Union unilaterally removed its customs duties for Ukraine. However, the volume of Ukraine’s sales to the European market did not grow. Why not? Because there is nothing to sell. There is no demand in the European market for Ukrainian products, either in terms of quality or price, in addition to the products that were already sold before.
We have a market for Ukraine, but many ties have been severed unilaterally by the Ukrainian side. For example, all engines for our combat helicopters came from Ukraine. Now deliveries have stopped. We have already built one plant in St Petersburg and another plant will be completed this year, but the production of these engines in Ukraine will be shut down because Italy, France or Germany don’t need and will never need such engines. It is impossible for Ukraine to divert its production in any way; it will need billions in investment to do this.
I don’t understand why this was done. I have asked many of my colleagues, including in Europe and America, about it.
- And what do they answer?
- The situation got out of control.
You know, I would like to tell you and your readers one thing. Last year, on February 21, President Yanukovych and the Ukrainian opposition signed an agreement on how to proceed, how to organise political life in the country, and on the need to hold early elections. They should have worked to implement this agreement, especially since three European foreign ministers signed this agreement as guarantors of its implementation.
If those colleagues were used for the sake of appearances and they were not in control of the situation on the ground, which was in fact in the hands of the US ambassador or a CIA resident, they should have said: “You know, we did not agree to a coups d'etat, so we will not support you; you should go and hold elections instead.”
The same could be said about our American partners. Let’s assume that they also lost control of the situation. But if America and Europe had said to those who had taken these unconstitutional actions: "If you come to power in such a way, we will not support you under any circumstances; you must hold elections and win them” – (by the way, they had a 100‑percent chance of a victory, everybody knows that), the situation would have developed in a completely different way.
Continued..........
Militants increasingly used MRLS after midnight. Shelled 4towns at #Donetsk direction incl Starohnativka three times https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/po...09178032426336 …
Militants fired 30times in 1st half of night. Hottest was at #Donetsk direction, in Starohnativka area in particular https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/po...09178032426336 …
#US Defence Minister: #Sanctions are ineffective, we need stronger political and #military measures… http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/06/0...tary-measures/ …
This is hardly news: U.S. Says Russia Failed to Correct Violation of Landmark 1987 Arms Control Deal, via @nytimes http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/wo...e-iphone-share …
#Moskal: Due to combat activity 1 serviceman of National guard got wounded [in #Krymske, #Luhansk region within last 24 hours] @BBC_ua
Russian humor—
Putin:
Only an insane person would suddenly attack NATO. Comforting, except none of you noticed when I started in 2007
Zhirinovsky "Kyiv,Berlin & London must be bombed" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvTjLAaYU3g … pic.twitter.com/jluawujEkC
Map. Situation in eastern #Ukraine, June 6, 12:00 EET pic.twitter.com/DzrFM7R2iX
"Called neighbours from #Marinka. They said the night passed relatively calmly." https://twitter.com/faina_ukr/status/607114841699024896 …
"Today i wanted to return to #Marinka. At the checkpoint in #Kontantinovka won't let us through". https://twitter.com/faina_ukr/status/607113425815248896 …
While tension mounts at #Donetsk direction night and morning in #Mariupol sector were quiet - sector M spox Chepurnoy http://www.0629.com.ua/news/849075
"Vladimir Putin does not seem to be reversing course," - US #SecDef Carter
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/m...ssia/28564421/ …
Just what the heck does OSCE meant by this statement—their remit is for all of eastern Ukraine.
Hug says OSCE does not see Maryinka as strategic asset http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukra...et-390400.html …
Belarus redeploys special forces, guards, aviation to border with Ukraine as part of inspection http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukra...on-390399.html …
Leonid Bershidsky: Poroshenko makes Putin look like a wimp http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/op-e...mp-390407.html …
Terrorists keep on firing form banned Grads http://en.censor.net.ua/n339034
Militants prepare Horlivka hospital to receive a significant number of injured http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/6-june-...-a-significant …
It is actually relatively quiet whatever relative means on the eastern front.
Question is are the mercenaries simply preparing for multiple new pushes OR are they trying to figure how just how the UA beat them in the last battle they had assumed was going to be an unprecedented victory.
An analysis of the Kremlin’s “Weimar syndrome”, and why so many Western elites believe in it - LILIA SHEVTSOVA
http://www.the-american-interest.com...-of-blackmail/ …
Well it was a quiet day relatively speaking ---shellings and ground attacks still continued--reporting though was low keyed.
06.06.15: 1 #Ukrainian soldier killed and 10 injured on the front-line in #Donbas in the 24 h. http://en.censor.net.ua/n339057
06.06.15 #Russian militants continue shelling #Ukrainian positions in #Donbas with GRAD, heavy artillery and mortars https://translate.google.co.uk/trans...tml&edit-text= …
#Russian proxies continue shelling #Ukrainian #Avdiyivka, hitting houses – #Donetsk governor http://www.unian.info/war/1086115-ru...-governor.html …
#Donetsk 21:15
Ruscists are shelling #Avdiivka from the Tochmash plant https://twitter.com/UkraineSuper1/st...53173133287425 …
#Russia|ns intensifed shelling towards #Stanitsya_Luhanska, it's quite loud in the east.
Via @Guderian_Xaba
Patrolling eastern Ukraine: "Rebels have more tanks than France and Germany combined."
http://bbc.in/1H9JCE3 pic.twitter.com/rdUl1t4l8i
Fighting Continues Along the Donetsk Line
http://www.interpretermag.com/ukrain...eo-nazis/#8716 …
#BreakingNews
Russian forces in the Telmanove area fired #Grad volleys vs. #Starohnativka, #Bohdanivka and #Hranitne. pic.twitter.com/XbJUCiLyd3
Heavy Shelling Near Donetsk, Ukr. Attacked In Shirokino & Bakhmutka http://www.interpretermag.com/ukrain...-this-morning/ …
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 06-06-2015 at 07:14 PM.
#Donetsk: Oktyabrski market and houses burning after hit by artillery fire
https://twitter.com/pandenik/status/607227336925310976 …
Another video of Ukrainians sweeping Marinka for remnant Russian-DPR soldiers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq4mgiK7M1I …
VIDEO: Ukrainian forces repel attacks near Shyrokyne (via @UaForces)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRHz4x5ghSE&sns=tw … pic.twitter.com/X6d2KcnA84
Putin’s Secret Warriors: The Tales of Three Russian Soldiers Sent to Fight in #Ukraine. Newsweek. http://www.newsweek.com/putins-secre...ENpIhR.twitter …
Lugansk News Today @LUGANSK_TODAY
Smugglers were transporting meat from #Brazil to occupied #Lugansk via #Russia. Read more at http://lugansk-news.com/smugglers-we...sk-via-russia/ … pic.twitter.com/pVRMz3CHnL
#DPR claim #Ukraine forces moving Tochka ballistic missile systems toward frontline
Russian army proxies' artillery shell #Maryinka in #Donetsk Oblast, E #Ukraine http://empr.media/video/conflict-zon...ast-of-ukraine … pic.twitter.com/GhVOtWQ3R4
Thanks to Putin's stupid actions, ‘Russia Could Become an Islamic State in 10-15 Years,’ Russian Philologist Says http://www.interpretermag.com/thanks...lologist-says/ …
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The Attack of Combined Russian-Separatist Forces on Marinka!
The videos posted on YouTube by pro-#Russian... http://fb.me/7mEGjxk3C
First #video #footage of captured #Russia|n mercenaries in #Maryinka https://twitter.com/ZombieTVonline/s...28100150181888 …
Russian POWs in Marinka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb6a...ature=youtu.be … pic.twitter.com/vFnWuuyarF
Video: My life as a pro-Putin propagandist in Russia’s secret 'troll factory' | via @Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...l-factory.html …
"Military hardware moving in direction of #Ukraine. #Taganrog": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiR_11CkGmw … Geo: https://www.google.de/maps/@47.26572...rQ!2e0!6m1!1e1 … pic.twitter.com/cTuKfNjI37
Russian Intervention and Ceasefires in Ukraine August 2014-May 2015 >>>
pic.twitter.com/9ZOWYP2hRI”v @InModernRussia
Life in the trenches: The boys of the 95th Airmobile Brigade in #Avdiivka. pic.twitter.com/wECniS4HyN
Putin's Holy War And The Disintegration Of The 'Russian World' http://onforb.es/1eShWsd
Despite Contradictory Messages, Putin Remains Committed to War, Kirillova Says
http://www.interpretermag.com/despit...irillova-says/ … pic.twitter.com/hOu7yF43eT
Moscow accuses #Ukraine of provoking breach of #Minsk2 (means: Kremlin prepares for escalation).http://izvestia.ru/news/587440
IO in the Gerasimov Model of Warfare.
June 6, 2015
http://kkrva.se/mot-vapnad-konflikt-ii/ ht to mj
Very interesting discussion of the Gerasimov model of warfare. There is one paragraph about IO, quoted below. It brings up part of Russia’s new model of warfare. I am developing a paper on the overall IW efforts, for publication. This article reinforces some of my points about IW.
The following paragraph is powerful (Translated from Swedish by my Chrome browser):
Information operations, mainly in the form of psychological operations via the media, continues with increased frenzy. The new budget for 2015 in Russia meant a significant increase in funding for both RT Rossiya Segodnya. Margarita Simonyan serving as Editor in both Entities and Rossiya Segodnya launched in November a major expansion abroad through the establishment of the new company Sputnik in 34 countries. We can clearly see how Russia organizes a structure for an escalation of information operations, which now also taken off. Among other things, can not handle the media in the West at all times to review the news critically anymore. On the west side, we have now begun to talk about how we should respond to this tidal wave of strategic communication and built misinformation, but without any major upshifts kvalitetet or quantity. At this operation line is an interesting indicator of which way the development goes. A consequence of the Russian model is that it comes to guaranteeing a future use of armed miliärt violence.
Notice the offensive nature of Russia’s use of media. The object of the formation of Sputnik by Margarita Simonyan was clearly to overwhelm the counter-offensive nature of Western media. The natural defenses of Western media, that of collegial examination, discussion and response, is negated by Sputnik’s sheer volume.
It is mandatory for me to note that this is a whole of nation effort and a myriad of other non-military tools are at work.
Russia did not declare their objectives in any of their operations, so we must guess at every stage. This will be the object of another blog, soon.
The article has a very good chart on non linear warfare based on the Russian doctrine.
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