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Ukraine joining NATO is far from a done deal, EU foreign policy commissioner Josep Borrell said in an interview on Wednesday. The Spanish politician was commenting on a statement made by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that all members of the US-led military bloc had agreed Kiev would join – just not when.

“This does not depend on the NATO secretary general, but on NATO member countries,” Borrell told the Spanish TV channel La Sexta. 

Ukraine’s membership “is not on the table,” Borrell said, adding that Kiev had asked to join long ago, and was told that this was not under consideration. The EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy also said that “there have never been NATO missiles in Ukraine.”

In an interview published on Tuesday, Stoltenberg told the Washington Post that “all” members of the bloc agree Ukraine will become a member, but “the question is when, and I cannot give you a timetable on that.” 

Stoltenberg added that the discussion will be moot “if Ukraine doesn’t prevail” in the conflict with Russia, so NATO must continue to support Kiev – while insisting it is not a party to the hostilities.

Borrell echoed that sentiment on Wednesday, telling La Sexta that Kiev would “surrender in a few days” if the West stopped supplying it with military aid. The war would end, he said, but not in the way the EU and the US wanted.

The Ukrainian government quickly objected to Borrell’s claim. The conflict would not end but spill over to “other territories,” tweeted President Vladimir Zelensky’s aide, Mikhail Podoliak, without elaborating on whether that was a warning or a threat.

After the US-backed coup in February 2014, the new government in Kiev abandoned Ukraine’s traditional neutrality and made joining NATO part of the country’s strategic policy. The US-led bloc has also refused Moscow’s calls to stop expanding, insisting that its “open door policy” is a fundamental principle on which it cannot compromise.

 

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https://www.rt.com/news/576074-borrell-stoltenberg-ukraine-nato/

 

AS USUAL, THE KIEV REGIME TELLS PORKIES ABOUT THE INTENT OF RUSSIA. MORRELL CAN SEE THAT THE WAR IS GOING SOUTH FOR ZELENSKYY AND TRIES TO GIVE A "HONEST" ASSESSMENT, WHILE RUSSIA IS MORE PATIENT THAN A ROCK ON THE MOON.

 

 

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NOTE: I HAVE MODIFIED ONE OF MARTIN RAWSON'S MANY ATROCIOUS CARTOONS ABOUT PUTIN, WHICH WOULD HAVE PLEASED HIS MASTERS AT THE GUARDIAN... BUT BEING CARTOONISHLY CRITICAL OF THE "RETREATING" BBC CHIEF WHO WAS "COMPROMISED" BY SOME SUSPECT CASH? THAT IS A NO-NO BECAUSE THE GUY IS JEWISH... OHLALALLLLLLA...

NOTE: IN MY ADAPTATION OF MARTIN RAWSON ORIGINAL CARTOON (SEE BELOW), I HAVE PREEMTED THE OUTCOME OF THE BAKHMUT BATTLE WHICH NOW IS MOSTLY CONFINED AROUND THE FORTIFIED "CITADEL", WITH RUSSIAN TROOPS ABOUT TO CLOSE UP THE LAST SUPPLY LINE INTO THE PLACE.... WHO KNOWS. THE RUSSIANS HAVE TAKEN ABOUT 99 PER CENT OF ARTYOMOVSK (BAKHMUT) AND COULD BE PUSHED BACK... UNLIKELY.

THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY HAS LOST AROUND 80,000 SOLDIERS IN THIS BATTLE (ALSO CALLED THE MEAT GRINDER).....

THE CARTOON BY RAWSON WOULD HAVE BEEN DRAWN WHEN RUSSIAN TROUPS DID A TACTICAL RETREAT FROM KERSON, LOOSING ONLY A FEW SOLDIERS, WHILE SOME MILITARY REPORTS SAY THAT UKRAINE LOST MORE THAN 20,000 MEN IN THEIR "ADVANCE" THERE.

 

ORIGINAL CARTOON BELOW:

 

counteroffensive.....

Ukrainian forces have breached Russian defenses northwest of the city of Artyomovsk in Donbass, Russian war correspondent Evgeny Poddubny reported on Thursday evening. He believes it’s the beginning of Kiev’s much-touted spring offensive.

The attackers appear to have launched a series of simultaneous strikes north and south of Artyomovsk, also known as Bakhmut, several other Russian war reporters added. The city has been the scene of intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops for months.

In addition, Kiev’s troops have reportedly used tanks to strike the city of Soledar. Located northeast of Artyomovosk, it was captured by Russian troops after heavy fighting in January.

Meanwhile, in Zaporozhye Region, Kiev’s troops have reportedly attacked Russian positions near the city of Guliay-Pole. They are seeking to break through the Russian forces’ first defensive line, Poddubny explained.

A large column of heavy military equipment was also allegedly spotted moving towards the Ukrainian side of the border with Russia’s Belgorod Region in the northeast. 

Kiev has not commented on Thursday’s movements so far. Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky claimed his military still needed more time to prepare before the attack.

The country’s forces were generally “ready” for the operation, he told a collection of Western state media outlets, adding, however, that the cost of the offensive would probably be too high at the present moment. “We can go forward, and, I think, be successful,” Zelensky said. “But we’d lose a lot of people. I think that’s unacceptable. So we need to wait.”

The Russian Defense Ministry has also not yet commented on the reports of the alleged Ukrainian counteroffensive.

The long-awaited attack was originally expected to start in the spring – even as early as late winter – but has been repeatedly postponed by Kiev, which cited unfavorable weather conditions and the need to stockpile more Western weapons and equipment before the operation.

Earlier this week, German Armed Forces chief General Carsten Breuer also said that the conditions for a massive operation in Ukraine were “not in place.”

 

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https://www.rt.com/russia/576139-ukraine-counteroffensive-begins/

 

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no counteroffensive....

The Russian Defense Ministry has denied rumors of a large-scale Ukrainian counterattack, noting in a statement late on Thursday that the situation along most of the frontline appeared to be relatively calm, with the only heavy fighting in and near Artyomovsk, also known as Bakhmut.

“Reports by certain Telegram channels of ‘breaches of defenses’ in several places along the line of contact are not accurate,” the ministry said around 11 pm Moscow time. “The general situation in the area of the special military operation is under control.”

According to the Russian military, the last remaining part of Artyomovsk was being stormed with air force and artillery support, while there was an “ongoing battle” to repel the attack of Ukrainian units in the direction of Malo-Ilyinkovka, northwest of the city, with “heavy enemy casualties in lives and equipment.”

Eight Ukrainian attacks and three attempts at reconnaissance in force were repelled on the Donetsk front, the Russian military said. Russian forces continue efforts to take all of Marynka and blockade Avdeevka.

 

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https://www.rt.com/russia/576144-ukraine-counteroffensive-defense-ministry/

 

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a fizzer?.....

Russia stepped up attacks on Ukraine amid reports that it launched its counteroffensive in Soledar. The Russian defence ministry claimed that President Vladimir Putin's men killed over 1600 Ukrainian troops in a day along the frontline. Watch this video for more updates from the Russia-Ukraine conflict zone.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET0MKDQtX5o

 

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boom?.....

Colossal explosion heard at NATO supplied ammunition facility in Khmelnytskyi

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkr5Q0aadXk

 

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no boom....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TftPXNz6TE

 

Fact Check: Patriot System Didn't Shoot Down Russia's Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile

 

The US Patriot anti-aircraft missile system cannot shoot down the Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile due to its technical characteristics, It is impossible to shoot down the Russian hypersonic Kinzhal ballistic missile with the US-made surface-to-air missile Patriot MIM-104 system, The SAM’s radar cannot track the Kinzhal due to a speed limit for the intercepted target of up to Mach 3.

 

 

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advance.....

Russia Advance, 20 Bldngs Left; Ukr Flank Attacks, Storm Shadow Strikes; Egypt, S.Africa Defy US

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgRH4Mrsvi8

 

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