(2022-03-02). Russia and Ukraine Await New Round of Negotiations. telesurenglish.net As the first round of negotiations produced no tangible results, delegations from Russia and Ukraine are expecting the second round of peace talks, which reportedly could take place on Wednesday. | RELATED: | While the two sides agreed to continue their negotiation process, the world is overwhelmed with handling the spillover from the military conflict, amid the sharp rising prices of gold, oil and agricultural futures, among others. | In the f…
(2022-03-02). The Ukraine Crisis and the Middle East. orinocotribune.com By Abdel Bari Atwan — Feb 16, 2022 | Iran has most to gain, Israel most to lose, from rising US-Russia tensions | If we were to do a cost-benefit analysis of developments in the Ukrainian crisis so far, we could say that Iran may be the biggest winner and the Israeli occupation state among the main losers. | For Iran, the worsening tension between the Russian/Chinese and US/European axes is a valuable gift that came at the right time, as it moves the country several steps down on the US order of priorities. This has reduced the intensity of Western pressures exerted on it in the Vienna talks on reviving the…
(2022-03-02). The CIA Propaganda Verse: Putin's Ploy in "Context" dissidentvoice.org I don't feel safe in this World no more, I don't wanna die in a nuclear war, I wanna sail away to a distant shore and live like an Apeman — From the song "Apeman" by the Kinks, 1970 Considering the Chernobyl-like crisis bubbling over Ukraine in recent days, some questions arise like mushroom clouds …
(2022-03-02). Seattle says 'No' to war with Russia! fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA — Braving the freezing cold and rain, around 70 to 80 people gathered at Westlake Park, February 26, to demand no more U.S. wars. The rally, hosted by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) Seattle alongside several endorsing organizations, featured speakers calling for an end to U.S. intervention and military action in Ukraine as events in the region unfold at a breakneck pace. | The rally was endorsed Party for Socialism and Liberation, About Face Veterans, Serve the People Tacoma, Anakbayan Seattle, Cascadian Workers Association and Party of Communists USA. Along with FRSO, these organiza…
(2022-03-02). Canada sends anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, bans Russian oil imports. wsws.org Together with the United States and Britain, Canada's Liberal government has led the charge of the imperialist powers in imposing devastating sanctions on Russia and supplying Ukraine with armaments following the Putin government's invasion of the country last Thursday.
(2022-03-02). US and NATO intensify "economic warfare" measures against Russia, weapons transfers to Ukraine. wsws.org The measures come as Russian forces continue to approach the Ukrainian capital of Kiev and amid widespread reports in the US and European press of intensified shelling of urban areas.
(2022-03-02). UK government confirms regime change agenda against Russia. wsws.org Whatever the denials, the UK and NATO's ambitions in the conflict with Russia are being stated ever more openly.
(2022-03-02). Letter to the Editor: Attacked for telling the truth on Ukraine. workers.org 
Dear Editors, Facebook banned me for a month. Why? Cause I posted two pictures of Ukraine Nazis, armed by the U.S. and NATO. (tinyurl.com/2p8uc3ee) They are part of the Ukraine army that has bombed and attacked the people of Donetsk and Donbass and Lugansk, just like we have fascists in . . . |
(2022-03-02). NATO's proxy war on Russia and the death of the Corbynite "left" wsws.org The rump of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs died on their knees, cowering before party leader Sir Keir Starmer's pro-NATO witch-hunt aimed at silencing anti-war sentiment in the working class.
(2022-03-02). Berlin demonstration against Ukraine war: From serious concerns to pro-NATO propaganda. wsws.org The demonstration was marked by political confusion, which was exploited by the organisers to promote an aggressive policy against Russia.
(2022-03-02). US presses India to back war drive against Russia. wsws.org Despite the Modi government's attempts to balance between US and Russia, the US and its NATO allies are aggressively heading for a war against Russia.
(2022-03-02). Thousands die in Spain as PSOE-Podemos declares pandemic measures over. wsws.org The death toll and the incalculable impact on the lives and health of Spain's population are a result of the criminal policy of "herd immunity" pursued by the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government.
(2022-03-02). Gas Pipeline to be Built From Norway to Poland. telesurenglish.net The "Baltic Pipe" project has been authorized by Denmark's government, allowing the construction of a gas pipeline between Norway and Poland. The main objective is to reduce the dependence on the gas provided by Russia. | RELATED: | This innovative project would ensure that Poland receives supplies of Norwegian gas through the Baltic Sea. The new pipeline is expected to transport about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually. Energ…
(2022-03-02). President Maduro Confirms Support for Putin During Phone Call. orinocotribune.com 
In a telephone conversation that took place this Tuesday, March 1, the Venezuelan head of state, Nicolás Maduro, ratified the support of the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the Russian people and the administration of President Vladimir Putin, in the midst of the conflict with the Republic of Ukraine. | For this reason, the diplomatic services of the Eurasian nation reported on the phone call held by the president, as disclosed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, through social media platforms—at least those not censored by Washington and the European Union.
(2022-03-02). UPDATE: Russian Army Continues Advance Before Talks Start. telesurenglish.net On Feb. 25, President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of a special military operation to protect the Russian-speaking population of the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk. Below are the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict as they unfold. | RELATED: | March 2: | Moldova receives the first international aid package for refugees. Moldavia's Interior Minister Ana Revenco announced that her country…
(2022-03-02). Amid Nuclear Crisis, US Officials Reluctant To Pursue Ceasefire In Russia-Ukraine War. shadowproof.com The world is in a nuclear crisis, and instead of strongly supporting ceasefire talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Western countries are pouring gasoline on the fire.
(2022-03-02). United Steelworkers president met with Biden to enforce sellout, block oil strike and back war drive against Russia. wsws.org Last Friday, the day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, the United Steelworkers union (USW) suddenly announced it had reached a tentative agreement for a new labor agreement to prevent a strike by 30,000 oil refinery and petrochemical workers.
(2022-03-02). Middle East: Ukraine Conflict Sparks Concerns Over Food Supply. telesurenglish.net As the conflict continues between Russia and Ukraine, both the world's key wheat exporters, Middle East countries relying heavily on wheat imports are likely to face further food shortages and price hikes. | RELATED: | FOOD PRICES COULD GET HIGHER: | World food prices have remained high for years. Influenced by the pandemic, extreme weather and export restrictions by some countries, food prices surged 28 percent in 2021, marking the highest level i…
(2022-03-02). OPEC+ and Russia to Produce 400,000 Barrels Per Day From April. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Russia, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its independent allies confirmed that they will add 400,000 barrels a day of crude to their supplies from April. | RELATED: | After a virtual meeting of the 23 countries of the alliance known as OPEC+, this organization announced that the oil market "is well balanced" and price volatility "is not not caused by changes in the market fundam…
(2022-03-02). Biden's "State of the Union": Confronting internal crisis, the American ruling class turns to war. wsws.org What emerges from Biden's State of the Union speech above is that the campaign for war against Russia is being driven above all by the social and political crisis within the United States.
(2022-03-02). Imperial community shows solidarity with Ukraine. imperial.ac.uk Imperial has condemned the Russian Federation's "unjustified and inhumane invasion" of Ukraine.
(2022-03-02). Sanctions produce chaos in Russian financial system. wsws.org French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said yesterday that the financial sanctions imposed by the EU and the US were being used to wage "total economic war against Russia."
(2022-03-02). Selected Articles: Seven Fake News Stories Coming Out of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca 
By In just the last 48 hours dozens of stories, images, narratives and videos have circulated as being taken from the fighting in Ukraine, a huge …
(2022-03-01). The Ukraine Crisis With Dan Cohen And Scott Ritter. popularresistance.org As the Ukraine crisis escalates, correspondent Dan Cohen is joined by former United Nations Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter. They contextualize the history of NATO deceptions, provocations, and the 7-year war on Donbas that led up to Russia's invasion to "de-Nazify" Ukraine. Ritter compares the military capabilities of the US, NATO, and Russia, and explains how the US has armed neo-Nazi militias.
(2022-03-01). Disband NATO — the U.S. war provocateur What the workers should know about NATO, Russia and Ukraine. workers.org 
What is NATO? NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is strictly a military alliance, commanded and mostly equipped by the U.S.; it was founded in 1949, in the aftermath of WWII, when hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops occupied Western Europe. NATO's purpose was to enforce capitalist control of Western . . . |
(2022-03-01). For African And Colonized Peoples, To Understand Ukraine: De-Center Europe And Focus On Imperialism. popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace emphatically declares that the conflict in the Ukraine emerges from the ceaseless and single-minded drive of the U.S., NATO, and the European Union for global economic and political dominance. The genesis of the current crisis, as BAP has previously asserted, is in the 2014 US-backed coup of Ukraine's democratically elected government — and in the determination of the U.S./EU/NATO "axis of domination" to convert Ukraine into a heavily-militarized NATO member nation, lurking on the border of the Russian Federation. NATO's expansion has been a well-known security concern for Russi…
(2022-03-01). Moscow Claims This is Culmination of 8 Year Ukrainian war. orinocotribune.com Russia's Foreign Ministry says it wants to end the 8-year bloodbath in Donbass that both Ukraine and the West turned a blind eye to | The West spent eight years ignoring the "sea of blood" in Donbass while arming Ukraine, and now claims Moscow is the aggressor when it stepped in to end the conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RT on Thursday. | Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday, claiming it was necessary to "demilitarize and de-nazify" the neighbor. Kiev accused Russia of aggression, while the US, EU and NATO hav…
(2022-03-01). No Need for Nuke Alert – NATO. telesurenglish.net NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg with Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday to the Associated Press that there is not necessary to boost the threat alert levels of nuclear forces in response to Russia's actions. | RELATED: | Both parties held a meeting at an airbase in Lask, where the alliance kept F-15 and F-16 fighter jets. "We will always do what is needed to protect and defend our allies, but we don't t…
(2022-03-01). Italy doubles warplanes in Romania, readies arms for Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The AviationistFebruary 26, 2022 Italy Doubles The Number Of Eurofighters Deployed To Romania, Prepares To Send Military Aid To Ukraine The Italian Air Force is deploying four more Eurofighter Typhoons to Romania to support NATO's enhanced Air Policing. "Beginning tomorrow Italy will strengthen the its presence in Romania, doubling the number of aircraft already supporting …
(2022-03-01). U.S. war on Russia: a stampede off a cliff. iacenter.org Bulletin: As of Feb. 22, Russia has recognized the two peoples' republics in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic, established in 2014. Russia has said that it will send troops to protect the two republics if they come under further Ukraine/ NATO attack. Washington and some European allies have announced economic sanctions against the two republics and/or against Russia. Working people worldwide must oppose U.S./NATO aggression and expansion, which are creating the danger of a massive war. Grand Central Terminal, New York City, Feb. 19. Photo: Sara…
(2022-03-01). Russia is Fighting a War of Self-Preservation. newatlas.report March 1, 2022 (The New Atlas) — NATO has expanded up to Russia's doorstep and since 2014 Ukraine has helped bring NATO even closer. Along with NATO, Ukraine's US-backed client regime has dropped 1000's of dead ethnic-Russians on Russia's doorstep as well. NATO's ultimate goal is not only encircling and containing Russia but eventually absorbing …
(2022-03-01). Finland Mulls NATO Rethink After Recent Poll Shows Support. news.antiwar.com With the longest border with Russia at 830 miles, Finland's history during the Cold War was defined by being close to NATO, cooperating with the alliance, but retaining enough neutrality to avoid being an immediate target for the Soviet Union. | That neutrality saw Finland through the Cold War, and became a time-honored position of ruling parties. At times NATO became a political issue, With hype around the Ukraine War, a new poll shows a re…
(2022-03-01). US Activists Protest Against NATO Expansion in Eastern Europe. telesurenglish.net According to Wilayto's statements, U.S. activists have plans to make a rally in order to make it clear to Americans that NATO and the West are responsible for the ongoing crisis in Eastern Europe. | RELATED: | Phil Wilayto noted that NATO's expansion in Russia-Ukraine borders, as well as West's support of the 2014 coup in Kiev are the reasons behind the current crisis taking place in Ukraine. | He referred to the p…
(2022-03-01). Kiev says three NATO countries to transfer 70 combat airplanes to Ukraine. tass.com If necessary, they can be stationed on Polish airfields, press service of the Ukrainian Navy informed…
(2022-03-01). Journalist Andrew Cockburn & Historian Timothy Snyder on Ukraine, Russia, NATO Expansion & Sanctions. democracynow.org 
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, veteran journalist Andrew Cockburn and Yale historian Timothy Snyder discuss the history of the region and what role NATO's expansion played in the current crisis. Cockburn says the United States and its allies broke promises made in the 1990s not to expand the military alliance into Eastern Europe, setting the stage for an eventual confrontation. "What Putin has done is absolutely disgraceful, but it's kind of easy to understand. There has been sustained efforts to push NATO forward," he says. But Snyder says the focus on NATO ignores the a…
(2022-03-01). French presidential candidates back NATO war drive against Russia. wsws.org The leading candidates of all political colorations back the escalation of financial and military threats, including the arming of Ukraine's far-right regime against Moscow.
(2022-03-01). Follow the Money: How Russia Will Bypass Western Economic Warfare. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The US and EU are over-reaching on Russian sanctions. The end result could be the de-dollarization of the global economy and massive commodity shortages worldwide. So a congregation of NATO's top brass ensconced in their echo chambers target the Russian Central Bank with sanctions and expect what? Cookies? What they got instead was Russia's…
(2022-03-01). Ukraine: The US and NATO Created this Mess (Statement). orinocotribune.com By Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War — Feb 25, 2022 | The US and NATO created this crisis because they tossed aside the reasonable demands of the Russian Federation in two draft treaties submitted on December 21, 2021. One of the key demands was for a neutral Ukraine and a binding pledge that it would never join NATO. | For his part, Ukrainian President Zelensky dismissed the Minsk Protocols, which was the only formula to solve the impasse over the breakaway republics in Donetsk and Luhansk. The Minsk Protocols required the Ukrainian government to negotiate with the breakaway region concerning the restorati…
(2022-03-01). 'End the Imperialist Expansionism': US Progressives Demand NATO Be Disbanded. sputniknews.com Russia has repeatedly said that NATO failed to take into account Moscow's security concerns related to the concentration of its military capacity near Russian borders, and refused to guarantee further expansion eastwards.
(2022-03-01). David North speaks on the NATO-Russia war on Turkey's KİTABA DAİR. wsws.org David North, the Chairman of the International editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site, spoke with Turkey's KİTABA DAİR on his book, The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished 20th Century, and the rapidly intensifying conflict between Russia and NATO over Ukraine.
(2022-03-01). Disband NATO — the U.S. war provocateur: What the workers should know about NATO, Russia and Ukraine. iacenter.org By Danny O'Brien February 28, 2022 What is NATO? NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is strictly a military alliance, commanded and mostly equipped by the U.S.; it was founded in 1949, in the aftermath of WWII, when hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops occupied Western Europe. NATO's purpose was to enforce capitalist control of Western Europe, which was challenged by workers' movements, and to confront the Soviet Union. NATO began with 12 member states. For their defense against NATO, the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries that had overthrown capitalism established the Warsaw Pact in 1955.
(2022-03-01). Prof: Russian Spec Op to De-Militarise & De-Nazify Ukraine Fully Justified Under International Law. sputniknews.com Russia has put its nuclear deterrence forces on high alert as the UK threatened Moscow with a conflict with NATO and the EU's announced provision of lethal weapons to Kiev, including fighter planes, howitzers and Stingers amid Moscow's special operation in Ukraine.
(2022-03-01). Hungary Will Not Allow Weapons for Ukraine to Transit Its Territory. news.antiwar.com Breaking from other NATO members, Szijjarto warned weapons deliveries bound for Ukraine could be targeted by Russia. "The reason for making this decision is that such deliveries might become targets of hostile military action," he said. | Szijjarto said Hungary, which shares a small border with Ukraine, made the decision on the basis of national security a…
(2022-03-01). Ukraine: Cuba Champions a Solution that Guarantees the Security and Sovereignty of All. libya360.wordpress.com Statement by the Revolutionary Government The U.S. determination to continue NATO's progressive expansion towards the Russian Federation borders has brought about a scenario with implications of unpredictable scope, which could have been avoided. United States' and NATO's military moves towards regions adjacent to the Russian Federation in recent months, preceded by the delivery of modern…
(2022-03-01). Russia views US decision to expel 12 diplomats as hostile act — Ambassador. tass.com Russian diplomats were hit again, Anatoly Antonov stressed…
(2022-03-01). Ucraina: l'attacco lo lancià≤ la Nato otto anni fa. globalresearch.ca La commissaria Ursula von der Leyen ha annunciato che la Ue mette al bando l'agenzia di stampa russa Sputnik e il canale Russia Today cosਠche ´non possano più diffondere le loro menzogne per giustificare la guerra di Putin con …
(2022-03-01). Three NATO countries to transfer 70 combat airplanes to Ukraine — statement. tass.com Bulgaria will transfer 16 MiG-29 fighters and 14 Su-25 attack planes, Poland – 28 MiG-29 planes, and Slovakia – 12 MiG-29 planes…
(2022-03-01). Germany's Left Party closes ranks with federal government and NATO on Ukraine. wsws.org The Left Party is playing a particularly nasty role, cloaking its support for NATO aggression and government policy with white doves of peace to take advantage of widespread anti-war sentiment for its reactionary aims.
(2022-03-01). NATO goes to war against Russia. wsws.org Already substantially armed and with weapons pouring in, Ukraine is the front line in a war aimed at regime change in Moscow and the complete subordination of Russia to NATO.
(2022-03-01). German MP Says NATO Responsible For Ukraine Crisis, Should Have Guaranteed Neutral Status. sputniknews.com According to the member of the Bundestag, the debate about Ukraine's NATO membership was the trigger for the current events. The West's unwillingness to make concessions to Russia on such a key issue offended Moscow.