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ukraine: the defeat of NATO is inevitable......

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has argued that the West should prepare for continued conflict in Ukraine and that member countries of the alliance will have to spend part of their GDP on defense spending and arms aid to be provided to Kiev. But Europeans and Americans cannot afford NATO's proxy war against Russia in Ukraine to last too long.

"If the West wants a protracted war and it seems that it does, it is because it is afraid of the defeat which seems inevitable at this time, the defeat of NATO in its proxy war against the Ukraine!" Said to Sputnik Professor Stevan Gajiс, a research associate at the Institute for European Studies in Belgrade.

"They will have to invest more in their industry, which is now a particularly difficult task since many Western countries have deindustrialized, since they have sent their industries abroad, especially to China and other Asian countries. I think the stocks that exist are the first to go. So they will be more and more empty" He continued.

On March 21, Stoltenberg unveiled its annual report for 2022 at a press conference in Brussels. The NATO chief said the alliance " is more unified than it has been since at least the end of the cold war and that she is ready to continue supporting kyiv in its conflict with Russia.

Stoltenberg said that if Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted "less NATO", he will soon have "more NATO on his doorstep" given the upcoming membership of Finland and Sweden in the bloc. Judging by the words of the NATO Secretary General, the alliance had long been preparing for a conflict with Russia:

"NATO has put in place the biggest reinforcement of our collective defense in a generation" said Stoltenberg. "So when the Russian tanks entered Ukraine, we were ready. Within hours, we activated our defense plans from the Baltic to the Black Sea."

He praised the Western collective's significant military assistance to Kyiv and revealed that the alliance is " agreeing new capacities for the production of combat-decisive ammunition and also engaging with industrialists to increase production and further support Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.

Stoltenberg noted that many NATO allies have pledged to increase their defense spending on the Russian special operation in Ukraine: Now those promises must turn into real money, concrete contracts and equipment, because defense spending underpins everything we do. He explained.

Earlier, the EU reached an agreement to send Ukraine one million cartridges in the next 12 months. The new plan will therefore consist in the donation of ammunition from its own stocks by the EU to kyiv and also the purchase of new shells for Ukraine.

Neither the US nor the EU can quickly replenish dwindling ammunition.

The reality is not as rosy as described by the NATO chief, notes Professor Gajiс.

"I think we can already see that NATO and the United States are trying to find weapons wherever they [can]" noted the Serbian researcher. 

Olaf Scholz has traveled to Latin America to conduct such cases, but with little or no success. They are trying to do the same thing in Africa and all over Asia. So far, it seems that they have succeeded only with shells from Pakistan and only because of internal unrest in that country, which was in many ways caused by the United States. I still think that South Korea and Japan could also be interested in supplying weapons to NATO.

According to Gajiс, the US military-industrial complex is not yet fully operational.

"EU says it will buy shells, but where from?" asks Matthew Gordon-Banks, former British Conservative MP and Senior Fellow at the UK Defense Academy, who added: “Provisions do not exist to be able to buy."

Western media have repeatedly warned that Ukraine is burning its ammunition faster than the United States and NATO can replicate. According to the American press, in order to continue supplying ammunition to the Kiev regime and to replenish its own stocks, the Pentagon plans to substantially increase the production of ammunition and to put sections of the American defense industry "on a war footing". when he's technically not at war. In particular, the US Army is planning a 500% increase in artillery shell production, from 15 a month to 000, as Army Acquisition Chief Doug Bush told US media. last month.

"It will take ten years for the United States to replace spent inventory at current production levels", underlined the former British legislator.

The situation is growing increasingly desperate for kyiv as Russian forces continue their offensive and encircle Bakhmut, also known as Artemovsk, according to Gordon-Banks.

"Ukraine lacks manpower, ammunition and especially artillery shells", he said.

"The idea that the EU, America or anyone else can fill in those gaps ahead of a major Russian offensive when weather and ground conditions improve is nonsense. The more the Americans insist, the more Ukrainians die in this conflict".

"Generally, the United States is in a bad situation with regard to its world domination, the evaporation of the petrodollar and other significant tectonic changes, those which were announced by President Xi at the end of his visit to Russia." Gajiс said, referring to the last meeting between President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. "In the long term, the only real beneficiary in the United States will be the military-industrial complex. Maybe all of this is bad news for Wall Street, but it certainly isn't for the military-industrial complex, which will have lucrative deals." 

The US economy is still overwhelmed by inflation while a full fledged banking crisis could also soon unfold in the country, as international observers are warning. The country faces a multi-faceted economic crisis, while Europe, already suffering from higher inflation, braces for a spillover of the US banking mess into EU economies.

Demonstrations against falling living standards and against further spending on the Western proxy war in Ukraine have taken place across the European continent in recent months.

The peoples of Europe are fed up with falling living standards and a lack of cheap energy while their leaders support kyiv in the ongoing conflict, according to Gordon-Banks.

In fact, the EU continues to support the Kyiv region because European politicians have their "political skin" at stake in the West's proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, Gajiс said. If kyiv loses, what the Serbian academic thinks is inevitable is that these European officials will then become “political losers”.

"Therefore, they will push the agenda to the end. This is why they see it as a personal interest. Although objectively speaking, this is completely against the interests of their own country!" Gajis concluded.

source: Pars today

 

MAKE A DEAL PLEASE:

 

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

A MEMORANDUM OF NON AGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

 

EASY.

 

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

 

 

 

FREE JULIAN ASSANGE NOW....

 

IMAGE AT TOP: GUS' EDITING OF A DREADFUL MURDOCH'S PAPER ARTICLE:

 

not an inch....

THE WEST LIED TO GORBACHEV ABOUT NATO.....

 

MAKE A DEAL PLEASE:

 

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

A MEMORANDUM OF NON AGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

 

EASY.

 

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

 

BUT THIS IS THE CRUNCH:

AMERICA HAS DECIDED TO DESTROY RUSSIA SINCE AROUND 1917 .....

AND CHINA HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS WESTERN AGGRESSION.... SHAME ON AUSTRALIA TO PARTICIPATE....

 

 

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moscow shopping.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RusRJ154R8

 

Today you will be able to watch an acquaintance of mine [maneco64] shopping at a suburban Moscow supermarket in march of 2023. "John", the ex-pat, also explained to me what has really been going on with the Russian economy and businesses since February of 2022 when the war in Ukraine kicked off.

 

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it's russian....

Russian authorities are systematically seizing thousands of homes from Ukrainian residents who fled Mariupol, a BBC Verify investigation has found as the city marks three years of occupation.

At least 5,700 homes have been identified for seizure, our analysis of documents published by the Russian-installed city authorities since July 2024 shows.

To save their homes, Ukrainians would have to face a dangerous return to Mariupol via Russia, gruelling security checks, a complex bureaucratic process and overwhelming pressure to accept a Russian passport.

Most of the impacted properties were once occupied by Ukrainians who either fled or died during Russia's 86-day siege of the strategically important city in 2022. Human Rights Watch said the bombardment killed more than 8,000 people, but noted that figure is "likely a significant underestimation".

The confiscations appear to be part of a larger scheme to “Russify” the occupied coastal city, which includes the construction of new military facilities and renaming streets to Moscow-approved titles.

Russia’s siege left 93% of Mariupol’s high-rise buildings - 443 towers - destroyed or damaged, a study by Human Rights Watch found. Since then, Russia claims to have built more than 70 new blocks of flats, but locals say a huge housing shortage persists.

There have been reports for some time that Russia has been seizing property in occupied Ukraine. But a new law has accelerated the process - and made it harder for Ukrainian owners to assert their rights. 

As well as the 2,200 homes set for imminent seizure by city officials, another 3,550 have been identified for potential confiscation, city documents analysed by BBC Verify show.

Mariupol officials failed to reply when approached for comment.

Halyna is among the 350,000 Ukrainians estimated to have fled Mariupol to escape Russian occupation. We have agreed not to identify her surname because of safety concerns for her family who remain in the city.

She said her block of flats in the seaside city - which had a pre-war population of 425,000 - was heavily damaged by Russian tank fire during the siege. She has been told the "windows and doors" of the flat have been repaired, and that people are living there without her permission. She fears her flat will be seized.

“This is legalised stealing of property,” she said.

Russian officials use the term “ownerless” to describe homes they say are not in use or have no legal owner - effectively property not registered in Russia.

But these flats do have legal owners - Ukrainian residents who fled Russian occupation, or the heirs of those who died in Russian attacks.

Official documents posted on the pro-Russian administration’s website show the complex process - outlined below - that leads to properties being seized after they are reported by local inspectors or residents.

We could not find records of how many flats have passed the final court stage. But at a recent conference Oleg Morgun - the Russian-installed mayor of Mariupol - said a final court decision had been made to seize some 600 flats.

In practice if your home gets into any of those lists your property is pretty much “impossible” to retrieve, Petro Andrushenko, a former adviser to the Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol, said. Earlier this month, Morgun insisted that homes will be taken off the register "if an owner appeals".

Once the homes have been seized, a law adopted late last year allows the authorities to transfer ownership to individuals. Only residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic who have lost property and hold Russian passports are eligible to obtain homes under the scheme.

The authorities appear to be seeking to make it harder for Ukrainians to assert their rights. All homes in places like Mariupol must be registered in Russia - but a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin in March banned citizens of “unfriendly” countries - including Ukraine - from registering property in the occupied territories until 2028 without special permission.

In effect, it leaves Ukrainians with an impossible choice: their safety and their identities, or their homes.

Pavlo said he had to remain in Mariupol throughout the siege after being shot by Russian soldiers. He managed to prevent his home from being seized by obtaining a Russian passport and says that “95% of all talks in the city are about property”. The BBC has agreed to hide his real name to protect his identity.

In Telegram chats reviewed by BBC Verify - some containing thousands of users - many locals appeared confused by the process and at times didn’t understand how their property ended up being declared “ownerless”.

"The rules are not clear and are not published anywhere," Halyna said. "You can be prosecuted for anything Ukrainian in your phone or in your records they have on you."

Diana Berg also fled the city to avoid Russian occupation, leaving behind her family home. She is now elsewhere in Ukraine.

To prevent the property falling into city ownership Diana's relative would have to return to Mariupol. The only way to do that is to fly to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, where they would face gruelling security checks by the Federal Security Service (FSB) - known as "filtration".

Diana said there is "no way" her family could travel to Mariupol. “The ‘filtration’ procedure... can last up to a week. You are not jailed, but kept in this hub while they check you."

The housing plans appear to be part of a larger campaign aimed at “Russifying” the southern Ukrainian city. Satellite images and media reports show that a new naval academy and a large war memorial are being constructed.

A new city coat of arms has also been adopted which removes Ukrainian language and adds Russian symbols.

 

While many of these changes have been imposed with little pushback, the housing scheme has prompted rare criticism from remaining Mariupol residents uncomfortable with the status of the flats they are being offered.

The protests emerged after President Putin personally endorsed the scheme in December.

One legal expert said that the plan marked a clear violation of the laws of war set out in the Fourth Geneva Convention and Hague Convention, which prohibit the seizure of civilian property except in very limited cases.

Prof Nehal Bhuta, chair of international law at Edinburgh University, said the seizures were illegal as they stem from “an unlawful annexation” approved by parliament in Moscow in 2022.

For Ukrainians, Mr Andrushenko said it was a distressing and confusing process.

“It's like someone hurt you again and again,” he said. “You can’t understand how it is possible that your flat, your property [are] ‘ownerless’.

“It's like being hit on the head with a hammer.”

The BBC downloaded documents containing lists of addresses from the official website of the Russian-installed authorities publicly available in Mariupol. The addresses were standardised, and values were added for each location's latitude and longitude, enabling maps to be drawn.

If you’re interested in how BBC Verify carried out this investigation, watch the video below on how some of the data was collected.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-ca98fa24-29a3-4c74-aa7d-ce38f756270d

 

 

MAKE A DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN:

 

 

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE ODESSA, KHERSON AND KHARKIV.....

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

TRANSNISTRIA WILL BE PART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

 

EASY.

 

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.