by Michael

Does anybody on the market nonetheless consider that the USA goes to have the ability to keep away from a taking pictures warfare with Russia?  When the warfare started, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky begged our legislators for assist, and our legislators didn’t disappoint him.  Up to now we’ve got poured almost 200 billion {dollars} into the warfare, however Zelensky simply retains asking for extra.  He desires fighter jets, he desires long-range missile programs, and apparently he additionally thinks that finally “the U.S. will have to send their sons and daughters” to battle the Russians.

Zelinsky:

Ukraine wants recent younger People to assist battle on the bottom warfare.

“The US should ship their Son’s & Daughter’s… to WAR…”

“….and they are going to be DYING.”
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— James Phillips (@JamesPhillips00) February 28, 2023

In that clip he appears to be addressing a hypothetical situation that somebody has raised.

However clearly a direct navy battle between western forces and Russian forces is one thing that he has been pondering rather a lot about.

And clearly if he is ready to pull NATO troops into the warfare that may give him the most effective likelihood of successful.

In fact it could additionally drastically enhance the danger of nuclear annihilation.

However Zelensky will not be targeted on the long-term penalties.  His forces are shedding floor, and he’s beginning to get actually determined.

At this level, it seems that the autumn of Bakhmut is imminent.  Based on one soldier that was interviewed by CNN, the state of affairs there “is far worse than formally reported”…

“The state of affairs in Bakhmut could be very tough now. It’s a lot worse than formally reported,” a soldier who didn’t wish to be named advised CNN on Tuesday. “We should always add one other 100% problem to the official stories. In all instructions. Particularly within the northern path, the place the orcs [Russians] have made the most important advance.”

Once I wrote about this just a few days in the past, the operational encirclement of Bakhmut was virtually full.

Now the Russians have gained much more floor, and it received’t be too lengthy earlier than town is totally encircled bodily.

Bakhmut Frontline 28/02/2023
North
Heavy combating rages north of Bakhmut assaults within the instructions of Bohdanivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Zaliznyans’ke additionally assaults south from the northern highway.
East:
Heavy combating in direction of the Bakhmutovka river within the residential areas. pic.twitter.com/ReaqbHzv44

— WarMonitor🇺🇦 (@WarMonitor3) February 28, 2023

At this level, issues are going so badly that Zelensky simply fired the commander that was accountable for his forces in jap Ukraine…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday fired a senior navy commander serving to lead the battle in opposition to Russian troops within the nation’s embattled east however gave no motive for the transfer.

In a one-line decree, Zelenskiy introduced the dismissal of Eduard Moskalyov as commander of the joint forces of Ukraine, that are engaged in battles within the Donbas area.

The one factor that might gradual the Russians down now’s the truth that the mud has returned.

Japanese Ukraine can get actually, actually muddy as soon as winter ends, and the nice and cozy climate that the area is now experiencing may probably hamper the advance of Russian forces…

In the meantime, Ukrainian troopers within the Donetsk area hunkered down in muddy trenches after hotter climate thawed out the frozen floor.

‘Each side keep of their positions, as a result of as you see, spring means mud. Thus, it’s inconceivable to maneuver ahead,’ mentioned Mykola, 59, a commander of a frontline rocket launcher battery, who makes use of a pill display screen to test coordinates of the place to fireplace.

The spring thaw, often known as the rasputitsa, which turns roads into rivers and fields into quagmires, has a historical past of ruining armies’ actions throughout Ukraine and western Russia.

However whereas the mud might trigger the motion to briefly decelerate on the entrance traces, leaders on either side simply proceed to make strikes that can elevate tensions even increased.

For instance, NATO Secretary Common Jens Stoltenberg simply publicly admitted that Ukraine “will change into a member of our alliance”…

NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will change into a member of our alliance, however on the identical time that that may be a long run perspective, what’s the concern now’s to make sure that Ukraine prevail as a sovereign, impartial nation, and subsequently we have to help Ukraine.

NEW – NATO chief: “Allies have agreed that Ukraine will change into a member of our alliance” in the long run.pic.twitter.com/8U6P5nNi3D

— Disclose.television (@disclosetv) February 28, 2023

Why would he make an announcement like that?

Is he insane?

Doesn’t he understand that such an admission will make the Russians even angrier?

And apparently Ukraine has determined to begin sending long-range drones deep into Russian territory…

Drones that the Kremlin mentioned have been launched by Ukraine flew deep inside Russian territory, together with one which received inside 100 kilometers (60 miles) of Moscow, signaling breaches in Russian defenses as President Vladimir Putin ordered stepped-up safety on the border.

Officers mentioned the drones precipitated no accidents and didn’t inflict any vital harm, however the assaults on Monday night time and Tuesday morning raised questions on Russian protection capabilities greater than a yr after the nation’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.

On the opposite facet, it’s being reported that the Russians at the moment are truly recruiting Palestinian refugees to battle for them in Ukraine…

A Lebanese authorities safety supply has advised The Media Line that Palestinians residing in Lebanon have signed as much as be part of the continuing battle in Ukraine on behalf of Russia, having been supplied a sum of 350 {dollars} by Russian entities.

The supply added that the recruitment effort is being carried out by activists affiliated with the Palestinian embassy in Lebanon.

Most of these enlisting have been born after 1969, as these born after this level onwards wouldn’t have correct registration with the Lebanese authorities, making it simpler to journey for the aim of taking part within the battle as mercenaries.

In fact either side have been hiring huge numbers of mercenaries ever because the warfare started.

At this level, there are fighters from actually dozens of various international locations in Ukraine.

It truly is a “world warfare”, and we’re getting dangerously shut to a degree the place a peaceable resolution will change into inconceivable.

Lately, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev authored an opinion piece entitled “Level Of No Return”.  In that piece, he warned that the world is getting ready to the unthinkable…

In fact, one may proceed to pump weapons into the neo-fascist Kiev regime and block any alternative to revive negotiations. Our enemies are doing simply that, not wanting to grasp that their targets clearly result in a complete fiasco. Lose for everybody. collapse. Apocalypse. When the previous life should be forgotten for hundreds of years, till the smoky blockages stop to emit radiation.

If Dmitry Medvedev turns into the subsequent chief of Russia when Putin dies, we should always all be gravely involved.

He has made public statements about nuclear weapons over and over, and I consider that he wouldn’t hesitate to make use of them if he determined that there was no likelihood of peace with the USA.

I’d extremely advocate that our leaders take such threats significantly, as a result of a nuclear warfare would imply the tip of civilization as we at present comprehend it.

However in fact our leaders aren’t taking such threats significantly.

They simply maintain pushing us even nearer to the precipice, and sooner or later somebody may make a very huge mistake which might push us over the sting.