Daily Archives: May 6, 2022

2022-05-06: News Headlines

_____ (2022-05-06). The Middle East, the US and the Ukrainian Crisis. journal-neo.org For several decades, US policy in the Middle East has been depended on the cooperation of the Gulf states, headed by Saudi Arabia, and on Israel, Egypt, and Turkey. However, since the Obama administration, relations between Washington and the main regional powers have become increasingly strained. Primarily due to the substitution by the United States …

Editor2 (2022-05-06). The Aggressors Accuse Russia of 'Blackmail' for Defending its Currency, Energy Wealth, and Even Its Existential Security. orinocotribune.com By Strategic Culture Foundation — Apr 29, 2022 | Our enemy is the Western system of U.S.-led imperialism, its capitalist elite, and their political flunkies like Joe Biden and Ursula von der Leyen. | The United States and its NATO and European Union allies have imposed unprecedented economic sanctions on Russia that amount to economic warfare. This warfare has been going on, discernibly, since the CIA-backed coup in Ukraine in 2014 on the back of allegations of Russian wrongdoing, for example, the alleged annexation of Crimea. It's the logic of a poacher posing as the gamekeeper. | For eight years, the U.S.

____ (2022-05-06). U.S. should stay simple in Ukraine crisis: NYT columnist Thomas Friedman. ecns.cn (ECNS) — New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman on Tuesday published an opinion work "A Message to the Biden Team on Ukraine: Talk Less", criticizing the Biden Administration of talking too much about its goal on the Ukraine crisis.

____ (2022-05-06). Zhao Lijian: China is a victim of U.S. disinformation campaign when asked about Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn

amarynth (2022-05-06). Russian Sanctions on Europe: Gonzalo Lira II. thesaker.is Gonzalo Lira : commentary on the decree that Vladimir Putin signed as follows: Executive Order on retaliatory special economic measures in connection with unfriendly actions of certain foreign states and…

____ (2022-05-06). Turkey loses another soldier in ongoing Syrian war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagMay 4, 2022 A Turkish soldier was killed during an anti-terrorist operation in Syria A Turkish soldier was killed during the "Olive Branch" operation carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces against PKK / YPG [forces]. A soldier wounded in a rocket attack…was taken to hospital, but his life could not be saved. The statement …

____ (2022-05-06). South Korea: first Asian state to join NATO's cyber warfare center in Estonia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Korea HeraldMay 5, 2022 South Korea's intelligence agency joins NATO's cyber defense center as first in Asia South Korea's National Intelligence Service became a member of a cyberdefense center for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the state agency said on Thursday. According to NIS, it has been admitted as a contributing participant for NATO Cooperative …

Harald Neuber & Natylie Baldwin (2022-05-06). Open letter and Breaking the logic of war. indybay.org The delivery of large quantities of heavy weapons, however, could make Germany itself a party to the war. A Russian counterattack could then trigger the mutual assistance clause under the NATO treaty and thus the immediate danger of a world war. Natylie Baldwin emphasizes how Zelensky's outlawing of parties and dissenting media are dictatorial.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-06). Russia says next Astana meeting on Syria to be held late May. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) — Special Russian Presidential Representative for the Middle East and African Countries said that next international meeting on Syria in the Astana format is planned for the end of May in Nur-Sultan, capital of Kazakhstan.

____ (2022-05-06). NATO pulls South Korea into bloc to confront Russia, China in Northeast Asia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMay 5, 2022 NATO pulling Seoul closer shadows stability in NE Asia, even Indo-Pacific South Korea's state intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service, said on Thursday that it has joined the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence as the first Asian member…. Cyber defense has been part of the military alliance's core task …

Staff (2022-05-06). Vuelta a Andalucía tiene nombre: Arlenis Sierra, de Cuba. cubadebate.cu La vuelta a Andalucía 2022 ya tiene nombre, Arlenis Sierra, de Cuba, quien con su equipo Movistar también dominó la tercera y última etapa al asegurar este jueves el uno-dos tras su compañera serbia Jalena Eric.

_____ (2022-05-05). A Statement On Ukraine From The Black Liberation Movement. popularresistance.org The ongoing crisis and war in Ukraine threatens to pull the world into a disastrous nuclear confrontation. Disinformation, lies, and propaganda from the US and other western media are aimed at confusing millions of people inside the US and around the world to view Russia as the aggressor, while hiding the US role in the evolution of this conflict. One major example of this manipulation is that western media has not been honest about the massive role that the US played in facilitating a 2014 coup in Ukraine that overthrew the country's democratically elected president, and funneled support to neo-Nazi forces who w…

____ (2022-05-04). Russia to open humanitarian corridor for civilian evacuation from Azovstal. ecns.cn The Russian military announced on Wednesday that it will open a humanitarian corridor from Thursday to Saturday for the evacuation of civilians from the blocked Azovstal plant in Ukraine's Mariupol.

_____ (2022-05-05). There Are Many American Soldiers Already In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Willy Joseph Cancel, a native of Orange County, New York, became the first U.S. casualty of the Ukraine War last week. | The U.S. Marine veteran was killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces while working for a private U.S. military contractor. He was ambushed by Russian forces during a night-time patrol—though his body has not yet been recovered. | Cancel served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2017 to 2021; he received a bad conduct discharge in November after serving time in the brig for an undisclosed criminal offense. | His mother, Rebecca Cabrera, said that her son went over to fight in Ukraine because…

_____ (2022-05-05). Former CIA Contract Pilot Tosh Plumlee: "There Are Many More American Soldiers Like Willy Joseph Cancel Already In Ukraine" popularresistance.org Willy Joseph Cancel, a native of Orange County, New York, became the first U.S. casualty of the Ukraine War last week. The U.S. Marine veteran was killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces while working for a private U.S. military contractor. He was ambushed by Russian forces during a night-time patrol—though his body has not yet been recovered. William "Tosh" Plumlee, a CIA contract pilot who participated in arms and drug smuggling missions into Nicaragua during the 1980s, said that "there are many more American soldiers like Willy Joseph Cancel already in Ukraine."

Anonymous103 (2022-05-05). Ukrainian POW: When Retreating, We Were Ordered To Shell Settlements. Those Who Refused Were Killed. southfront.org

____ (2022-05-04). Russia threatens to attack NATO vehicles delivering military supplies in Ukraine. ecns.cn Any vehicle of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that arrives in Ukraine with weapons or material for the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces is considered by Russia as "a legitimate target for destruction".

Anonymous103 (2022-05-05). Media Battle For Azovstal And First Casualties. southfront.org Ukrainian servicemen demand evacuation of civilians, wounded and dead militants | So far, about a hundred of civilians have been evacuated from the facilities of Azovstal in the city of Mariupol. As soon as they are in security, the warring sides launched informational campaigns on the issue. Civilians were filmed by the Azov militants when leaving their basements as well as by Russian media when they reached the village of Bezimennoe where they were treated by Russian forces, representatives of the UN and the Red Cr…

____ (2022-05-05). Ukraine war begins to spill into neighboring countries. wsws.org The Belarusian government announced a snap review of its military readiness on Wednesday, and cross-border attacks continue in Moldova and Russia.

Staff (2022-05-05). Brazil's Lula: Zelensky Behaves as Show Participant, Highlights US & European Responsibility for Ukrainian Conflict. orinocotribune.com Former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, considers that the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, "wanted war" with Russia, and that "hatred is being fueled" against Russian President Vladimir Putin. | "He [Zelensky] wanted the war," said Lula in an interview for a Time magazine cover story. "If he did not want the war, he would have negotiated a little more. It is like that. I criticized Putin when I was in Mexico City and said that the invasion was a mistake." The headline of the story is "Lula's Second Act." | Regarding the Ukrainian president, Lula commented: "I see the President of Ukraine, spe…

____ (2022-05-05). U.S., Japanese defense chiefs at Pentagon: "Can no longer separate security of Indo-Pacific from that of Europe" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Department of DefenseMay 4, 2022 Austin, Japan's Defense Minister Pledge to Defend Rules-Based Order Kishi unequivocally emphasized that Russia's invasion of Ukraine means that the Japanese can no longer separate the security of the Indo-Pacific from that of Europe. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi pledged to …

____ (2022-05-05). U.S. unit that was withdrawn from Ukraine back to Europe to train troops. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense OneMay 4, 2022 Task Force Gator Back to Training Ukrainians as Battle Rages For the Donbas Members of the Florida National Guard unit that was training Ukrainians in the days before Russia invaded are back at it, getting Ukrainian soldiers spun up on the new hardware the U.S. has sent…. The American soldiers are …

JANET (2022-05-05). Germany follows Washington's Ramstein war program. iacenter.org By Sevim Dagdelen May 5, 2022 Negotiations for peace, not tanks for war! The author is chairperson of the parliamentary group of Die Linke (The Left Party) in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag (lower house) and its spokesperson for international politics and disarmament. Ramstein is the big U.S. Air Force Base in southwestern Germany. This article was published in Junge Welt, April 27. Translation: John Catalinotto. The war in Ukraine is now all about weapons, weapons, weapons. More weapons and heavier weapons. Every taboo of…

Tyler Walicek (2022-05-05). Antiwar Groups Protest Defense Industry Profiteering in Ukraine. truthout.org The war of aggression that Russia has perpetrated in Ukraine has rightly generated widespread condemnation, both among Russia's Western critics and the world at large. On the war's obvious heinousness, almost all of the U.S. political spectrum is in agreement. However, opinions as to the appropriate Western response proceed from vastly different premises. | The predominant

Anonymous669 (2022-05-05). In Video: Russian Ka-52 Helicopters Destroy Command Center & Armored Vehicles Of Kiev Forces. southfront.org

Anonymous669 (2022-05-05). Ukrainian POW Reveals Problems With US-Made Javelin & British-Made NLAW Anti-Tank Missiles. southfront.org Ukrainian soldiers use a launcher with US-made Javelin missiles during military exercises in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on December 23, 2021. Photo: Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Service | The US-made FGM-148 Javelin and the British-made NLAW anti-tank missiles supplied by the West to Kiev forces had performed poorly on the battlefield, a captured Ukrainian service member said in a video released by Russia's Defense Ministry on May 5."US military aid, to my mind, has been overhyped becaus…

Anonymous103 (2022-05-05). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 5, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2022-05-05). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On MAy 5, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-05). Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia: "This is Not a War in Ukraine, but a Proxy War Between the Collective West and Russia" libya360.wordpress.com Statement by Permanent Representative Nebenzia at the UN Security Council Meeting on the Situation in Ukraine Madam President, First, we would like to congratulate the United States on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council in May. We trust that, unlike before, your presidency will be effective and impartial, as should be typical…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-05). Ukraine: Touring an Aidar Dungeon. libya360.wordpress.com Fergie Chambers Inside the walls of the small-town sausage plant which became a Neo-nazi prison The horrors of a meat plant-turned Ukrainian Neo-Nazi base and prison POLOVYNKYNO, LUGANSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC, 4.5.2022-Shortly after the U.S.-backed Maidan coup in the winter of 2014, in conjunction with Crimea's secession from Ukraine and union with Russia in March of that year, protests began…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-05). The Geopolitics of NATO's Expansion. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh What was, until a year ago, a "brain dead" organisation according to the French President has suddenly found not only a working brain but also a conflict to revive itself. The Russia-Ukraine conflict, while originally pushed by the US/Western insistence on expanding NATO to include Ukraine to encircle Russia, has become a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-05). Ukraine: What can the Imprisoned Canadian General Tell? libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov The arrest of Canadian general Trevor John Cadieu on May 1 by Russian troops while trying to escape from Azovstal in Mariupol can serve as a piece of evidence that official evidence of the "collective West" has unleashed a war against Russia in Ukraine. Seven months ago he was considered a prime candidate for…

_____ (2022-05-05). What can the Imprisoned Canadian General Tell? journal-neo.org The arrest of Canadian general Trevor John Cadieu on May 1 by Russian troops while trying to escape from Azovstal in Mariupol can serve as a piece of evidence that official evidence of the "collective West" has unleashed a war against Russia in Ukraine. Seven months ago he was considered a prime candidate for the position of …

____ (2022-05-05). Ukraine and Georgia: war, information war and hybrid war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaMay 5, 2022 Ukraine's Presidential Advisor, Georgian Officials Trade Accusations In a new round of bitter exchanges between Kyiv and Tbilisi, Georgian Dream officials have lambasted Ukraine's Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak, who previously slammed the Georgian Government's position over Russia's war in Ukraine as ambiguous. In an interview with Voice of America's Georgian bureau, …

Anonymous103 (2022-05-05). Briefing Of Russian MoD On Morning Of May 5, 2022. southfront.org

____ (2022-05-04). Ukraine not to agree to 'frozen conflict' with Russia: Zelensky. ecns.cn Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev will not agree to any deal that would lead to a "frozen conflict" with Russia, the Ukrinform news agency reported on Wednesday.

Anonymous669 (2022-05-05). M777 Heavy Howitzers Are Now In Service With Kiev Forces (Video). southfront.org U.S Army Soldiers with Battery C, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Strike, load a round into M777 artillery piece to support the Iraqi security forces during the Mosul counter offensive, Dec. 24, 2016, in northern Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Daniel Johnson) | Some of the M777 155 mm towed howitzers supplied by the West have arrived in Ukraine and entered service with Kiev forces. | On May 5, a video showing Ukrainian service members firing from a M777 howitzer on an unspecified front…

Staff (2022-05-05). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Plasencia Arrives in Bolivia to Meet with President Arce. orinocotribune.com The minister of foreign affairs of Venezuela arrived in La Paz, capital of Bolivia, for a three-day visit, during which he will meet with Bolivian authorities and discuss issues of concern for both nations including the international context, marked by the conflict in Ukraine and US interference. | The Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, also plans to meet with Bolivia's former President Evo Morales (2006-2019). The visit is intended to strengthen the strategic ties of brotherhood between the two countries. | "I appreciate the opportunity to be here," Plasencia said after disembarking at El Alto airpo…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-05-05). PayPal blocks multiple alternative media figures critical of U.S. empire narratives. mronline.org In what appears to be yet another escalation in Silicon Valley's redoubled efforts to quash dissident voices since the beginning of the Ukraine war, PayPal has just blocked the accounts of multiple alternative media voices who've been speaking critically against official U.S. empire narratives.

____ (2022-05-05). Ukraine parallel: China concerned over U.S., Britain internationalizing Taiwan issue. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com CGTNMay 5, 2022 China slams U.S.-UK axis jeopardizing peace over Taiwan Straits U.S. and UK cooperation on the Taiwan Straits is an attempt to "internationalize" the Taiwan question, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian during Thursday's regular press conference. He was reacting to a report about the U.S. and the UK exploring conflict contingency …

____ (2022-05-05). "Ukraine may be tomorrow's East Asia": island bookends Britain, Japan to forge defense pact. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsMay 5, 2022 Japan, U.K. agree on defense pact amid China's rise in Indo-Pacific Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed in principle Thursday on a defense cooperation pac…in a veiled counter to an increasingly assertive China. A reciprocal access agreement, when signed, would enable faster deployment of their …

____ (2022-05-05). Georgia: French General Staff rep discusses Ukraine, EU military cooperation. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseMay 4, 2022 The delegation of the French Ministry of Defense was hosted at the Ministry of Defense The First Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia and the Deputy Commander of the Defense Forces hosted the Head of International Relations of the Joint Staff of the French Republic. Lela Chikovani and Brigadier …

____ (2022-05-05). Top Ukrainian commander in regular consultation with U.S. CJCS Milley. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineMay 5, 2022 Issue of providing Ukraine with M142 HIMARS, M270 MLRS multiple-launch rocket systems relevant — Zaluzhny The issue of providing Ukraine with M142 HIMARS [High Mobility Artillery Rocket System] and M270 MLRS multiple-launch rocket systems is very urgent, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny has said. "We are in regular …

Contributing Writers (2022-05-05). Reporter Sonya Van Den Ende Counters Western War Narratives about Ukraine. marktaliano.net READ MORE:

____ (2022-05-05). Australian SEP candidates discuss key political issues on Brisbane community radio. wsws.org This radio interview with the Socialist Equality Party's two candidates for the Senate on Queensland covers a range of crucial issues, including the Ukraine war, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, the conditions of young workers and the anti-democratic deregistration of the SEP.

____ (2022-05-05). China, U.S. should work together for early settlement of Ukraine crisis: Chinese Embassy. ecns.cn China and the U.S., two permanent members of the UN Security Council, should work together with the international community for an early political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, said a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the U.S.

____ (2022-05-04). U.S. criticized over blaming, smears on China's position. ecns.cn The Chinese embassy in the United States has rebuked and debunked a recent statement issued by U.S. State Department attacking Beijing's position on the Ukraine situation, saying that "blaming and smearing just won't solve the problem".

____ (2022-05-04). Pandemic, conflicts affect mlns' mental health: WHO. ecns.cn A senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic and military conflict in Ukraine have affected the mental health of millions of people.

Dave DeCamp (2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…

Dave DeCamp (2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…

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