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THE NEWS YOU SEE:

A Ukrainian official says a second attempt to evacuate civilians from the under-siege city of Mariupol has failed due to continued Russian shelling.

Key points:

Evacuations from Mariupol were scheduled to begin at noon local time

But civilians were forced back into shelters as the bombardment continued

Russia said the military campaign in Ukraine was going "according to plan" and would not end until Kyiv stopped fighting

Most people in the port city are sleeping in bomb shelters to escape more than six days of near-constant bombardment by encircling Russian forces that has cut off food, water, power and heating supplies, according to the Ukrainian authorities.

Evacuations were scheduled to begin at noon local time during a 10am to 9pm local ceasefire, Ukrainian military authorities said earlier on Sunday.

But Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said the planned evacuations along designated humanitarian corridors were halted because of an ongoing assault.

"There can be no 'green corridors' because only the sick brain of the Russians decides when to start shooting and at whom," he said on Telegram.

Read more:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-07/ukraine-official-says-assault-halts-evacuations-for-2nd-time/100887244

Why no safe corridors? Answer:

— The Azov brigades have not respected their side of the deal AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BOMBARD THE RUSSIAN FORCES, because they NEED the civilians as protective shields. Once the population is out, the Nazis are naked...

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Now in SIMPLE TERMS, WHY DID PUTIN INVADE UKRAINE?

A) NATO LIED and moved eastwards.

B) Though Ukraine isn’t a member of NATO, the USA were (are) ready to install missiles, some armed with nukes, in Ukraine, next to Russia’s borders. These would be under US command, not under Ukrainian command.

C) 60,000 strong Ukrainian military forces were about to swamp the Donbass areas.

D) Some people of Ukraine have no idea (or do not want to know) what their government is up-to, including the Nazification of its army. Half of the people of Ukraine want peace and Putin out of their lives... Others want the Nazis out: Putin is their saviour.

F) Zelensky refused to implement the Minsk Agreements that would have guaranteed peace. The USA/NATO outfit does not want peace. Zelensky follows US orders.

G) the next NATO/USA stage was (is) probably to draw Russia into a fight using whatever motive (a false flag).

H) Putin preempted this eventuality.

I) Russia has only 145 million people.

J) The USA and the West represent nearly 1.3 million people.

K) The Russian military is equivalent to the Western forces altogether, but have a lot more terrain to cover.

L) The West military chiefs do not mind that Putin is using some of its military reserves on a piddly fight.

M) Meanwhile, the US is trying to turn the Central Asian Country against Putin.

N) All of the players so far (including the CAC) would have to consider the Chinese in their equation.

O) The Chinese represent 1.4 billion people. Many are not prepared for a conflict.

P) The Chinese military is understrength compared to the USA.

Q) The USA and NATO have lied to us. They have lied to the Russians. They have lied to the Ukrainians.

R) This is the big game started c. 1905. The CONTINUED conquest of the HEARTLAND. Note that CHINA is part of the Heartland.

S) Biden and Blinken are hypocrites (and most US administrations/Pentagon boffins) and should be charged with war crimes, but they are too clever to be exposed.

T) Hopefully, the Russian nation will stay intact.

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and FREE JULIAN ASSANGE, PLEASE….

GusNote: John Richardson used the cartoon at top about 14 years ago on this site (running since 2005, mostly against US deceit and US hegemony).