Monthly Archives: December 2022

2022-12-09: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-12-09). Indian students and workers support December 10 rally to build international anti-war movement. wsws.org Supporters of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) in India have received significant support from workers and students in their campaign to build the international online rally, "For a mass movement of youth and students to stop the war in Ukraine!" organized by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) on December 10.

WSWS (2022-12-09). French students support December 10 IYSSE rally for an international anti-war movement. wsws.org Students who spoke to SEP members in France denounced the impact of the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine on inflation, energy supply and the threat of a nuclear escalation.

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-09). Finland Doesn't Have a Clear Date on When Turkey Will Approve NATO Bid. news.antiwar.com Finland's foreign minister said Thursday that while there's been progress alleviating Turkey's concerns on Finland's and Sweden's NATO bids, there is still no "clear date" on when Ankara will ratify their memberships. "What we are still missing is the clear date, a clear plan for the Turkish parliament to deal with this issue," Finnish Foreign …

____ (2022-12-09). Shanghai set to get gas from Russia. ecns.cn The Tai'an-Taixing section is 7 kilometers long with a designed annual gas transmission volume of 18.9 billion cubic meters.

Infobrics (2022-12-09). Zimbabwe Wants to Join BRICS. infobrics.org Originally comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the group has over the years expanded to be known as BRICS Plus by incorporating other nations outside the five members…

____ (2022-12-09). Fire breaks out at shopping mall in Moscow region — media. ecns.cn A fire broke out at a shopping mall in the city of Khimki in Russia's Moscow region on Friday, local media reported.

____ (2022-12-09). U.S. basketball player Griner swapped for Russian citizen Bout. ecns.cn U.S. Basketball player Brittney Griner, who's been detained in Russia since February, was released and heading home Thursday after a prisoner swap between Washington and Moscow.

WSWS (2022-12-09). Another serious accident at Thyssenkrupp Steel following death of worker Refat Sàºleyman. wsws.org Two recent tragic workplace accidents illustrate how Germany's big corporations are seeking to drive up production and profits at the expense of workers lives and health.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-12-09). Argentina rechaza anuncio de maniobras británicas en Malvinas. telesurtv.net Cancillería argentina se opuso a estos ejercicios castrenses y a la intención de Londres de involucrar en ellos a militares de Kosovo.

_____ (2022-12-08). Von der Leyen's Special Tribunal As Fascist Theatre. journal-neo.org On Wednesday November 30, Ursula Von der Leyen, the German president of the European Commission, stated that the European Union will set up a specialised tribunal, backed by the United Nations, to investigate and prosecute possible war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. The French foreign ministry and Kiev regime echoed her remarks. "We are …

WSWS (2022-12-08). Large-scale raid against right-wing terrorist network reveals the extent of the fascist danger in Germany. wsws.org Around 3,000 officers from the special police forces stormed 137 locations in 11 federal states on Wednesday morning and arrested 25 people. Another 27 people are being investigated. The state prosecutor has accused them of being members or supporters of a terrorist organisation.

WSWS (2022-12-08). New Zealand university hosts exhibition glorifying Ukrainian fascists. wsws.org An exhibition currently being hosted by Victoria University of Wellington promotes the fascist Azov Battalion, which is part of Ukraine's armed forces in the war against Russia.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-12-08). The ADL issues statement declaring Ukraine's Azov Battalion no longer 'far-right'. thegrayzone.com The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has emailed The Grayzone a defense of the Azov Battalion and refused to condemn the Pentagon for honoring a veteran of the group who sports Nazi-inspired tattoos. A November 9 email from the Anti-Defamation League to The Grayzone provided a twisted defense of Ukraine's Azov Battalion. Despite its self-proclaimed "anti-hate" mission, the ADL insisted in the email it "does not" consider Azov as the "far right group it once was." The Azov Battalion is a neo-Nazi …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-08). The ADL Declares Ukraine's Azov Battalion "No Longer 'Far-Right'" libya360.wordpress.com Alexander Rubinstein The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has emailed The Grayzone a defense of the Azov Battalion and refused to condemn the Pentagon for honoring a veteran of the group who sports Nazi-inspired tattoos. A November 9 email from the Anti-Defamation League to The Grayzone provided a twisted defense of Ukraine's Azov Battalion. Despite its self-proclaimed…

_____ (2022-12-08). NATO's Iraqi Oil for Food Program Targets Russia. strategic-culture.org If, as it seems, Zelensky wants war without mercy, General Armageddon should accommodate him in the most efficacious way he can. |

Infobrics (2022-12-08). Poland begrudgingly accepts deployment of German Patriot system. infobrics.org US backing of Ukraine also aimed at destroying Europe's economy and industry.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-08). Merkel's Confession: Minsk Agreements Were Lie Aimed To Inflame War Against Russia. southfront.org Frau Merkel revealed in her interview with the The lady confirmed that all the Western authors of the current war in Ukraine, including herself, did…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-08). Military Situation In Ukraine On December 8, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Zaporozhye with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Berestovoye; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-08). Russian Aerospace Forces Destroyed Five Of Ukraine's New MLRS, MARS II Rocket Launchers. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | The Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed five of Ukraine's newly-acquired M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and MARS II systems in the Zaporozhye region, A spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, announced on December 8. "As a result of strikes by high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces, five American-made MLRS and German-made MARS II rocket launchers were destroyed in the areas of the communities of Shevchenkovskoy…

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-08). Putin Says Russia's War in Ukraine Is a 'Long Process'. news.antiwar.com Almost ten months after Russia invaded Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Wednesday that Russia's "special military operation" is a "long process" and signaled he has no plans to give up the Ukrainian territory Russia has captured. "As for the duration of the special military operation, well, of course, this can be a long process," …

Federico Fuentes (2022-12-08). 'Ukrainians want genuine peace negotiations, not another "ceasefire"'. greenleft.org.au Negotiations to end Russia's war in Ukraine must be aimed at achieving a lasting and just peace. Federico Fuentes reports.

Infobrics (2022-12-08). India Now Strong Trade Partner of Russia, Expected to Remain So in 2023. infobrics.org Amid significant bilateral trade volatility between Russia and nearly all other markets due to the war in Ukraine, India has emerged as a strong trade partner of Russia and is expected to remain so in 2023, according to a new S&P Global Market Intelligence report…

Socialist Alliance (2022-12-08). Socialist Alliance opposes deepening military cooperation with Britain. greenleft.org.au The Socialist Alliance supports the right of the Ukrainian people to resist the Russian invasion and to access military assistance to do so, including military training, but it is opposed to Australian personnel participating in the British training program Operation Interflex.

WSWS (2022-12-08). Democrat Raphael Warnock narrowly wins runoff election for US Senate from Georgia. wsws.org The US midterms have set the stage for two years of legislative stalemate—except when it comes to funneling billions into the US-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and passing record Pentagon budgets, or enacting dictatorial laws blocking strikes and imposing corporate-dictated contracts on workers, as with last week's bipartisan vote banning a strike by rail workers.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-08). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On December 8, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous765 (2022-12-08). Ukrainian Defense In Bakhmut On Verge Of Collapse. southfront.org |

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-08). Ukraine Aid Audit Bill Voted Down By Democrat-Led Panel. news.antiwar.com The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday narrowly voted down a bill that would audit the tens of billions of dollars that Congress has approved to spend on the war in Ukraine. The bill was rejected by the Democrat-led panel in a vote of 26 to 22. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor …

Don L. Durivan (2022-12-08). Ukraine: Three Tragedies — Putin 1, Biden 2. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2022-12-08). Senate Candidate Diane Sare Reveals How She Ended Up on Ukraine's Notorious 'Info Terrorist' Hit List. scheerpost.com Senate candidate Diane Sare has been very outspoken against US funding and arming the proxy war in Ukraine, landing her on the Ukrainian government's notorious list of "information terrorists."

The Global Research Team (2022-12-08). Join Our Campaigns, Become a Member of Global Research! globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 pandemic crisis coupled with the war in Ukraine has precipitated the world into a mesh of economic, social and environmental disruptions. And it is people worldwide who are the victims. | In our campaigns against the experimental COVID vaccines…

Zero Hedge (2022-12-08). Putin: Risk of Nuclear War "Rising", Ukraine Operation to be "Long Process" globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-08). US Weighs Giving Ukraine Cluster Bombs. news.antiwar.com According to a report from CNN, the Biden administration is considering a request from Ukraine to provide cluster bombs, munitions that are banned by over 100 countries under an international treaty due to the harm they cause to civilians. Cluster munitions scatter small bombs over large areas, making them more indiscriminate than other munitions. The …

Fvorinoco (2022-12-08). Venezuela Tops List of Latin American Countries with Highest Inflation. orinocotribune.com Recent economic figures indicate that many Latin American countries will close the year with the highest inflation rates in decades. | Although, broadly speaking, the increase in the cost of living is attributed to the consequences of the war in Ukraine, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, both of which wrought problems in supply chains and wreaked havoc in the world's largest economies. The internal management of each country continues to be measured in month-by-month statistics by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). | In grouping the countries that register the highest inflation data, it becomes clear that only t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-08). West Ignores Evidence of Ukrainian Torture and Use of Prohibited Weapons When Making 'War Crimes' Claims. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya, This week, Ukraine celebrated its Armed Forces Day. This public holiday was introduced in 1993 to replace Red Army Day, which was a Soviet holiday. Ironically, it also marks the anniversary of the 1240 fall of Kiev to the Mongol invasion led by Batu Khan. While not comparable to exploits of the Golden…

Alfred de Zayas (2022-12-08). The United Nations Promise of Peace — Also in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Alfred de Zayas Dec 5, 2022 | The hybrid war in Ukraine has sadly revealed how ineffective the United Nations Organisation has been when it comes to preventing armed conflict or even negotiating a cease-fire when hostilities have broken out. | It is not only the fault of the Security Council and General Assembly, but also the fault of the mainstream media that continues to disseminate dis-information and pour fuel on the fire, the fault of the war-profiteers worldwide, the fault of the military-industrial-digital-financial complex that drives the process and prevents a sensible compromise to end hostilit…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-08). Military Situation In Syria On December 8, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On December 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded 2 hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On December 7, Turkish artillery shelled SDF positions near Tal Abyadh city; | ISIS claimed responsibility for targeting a military vehicle of the SDF in the town of Hissan near the city of Deir Ezzor; | The high-level Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergey Vershinin, met with Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister, Sed…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-08). Can Germany's Plan For Confrontation With Russia Work? southfront.org

Infobrics (2022-12-08). Can Germany's plan for confrontation with Russia work. infobrics.org Berlin's suicidal subservience to "Euro-Atlantic values" is turning the EU into an economically devastated and militarized bulwark which serves no other purpose but to contain Russia while the US shifts focus to the Asia-Pacific region.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-08). Russia To Expand Range Of Oniks Supersonic Cruise Missile To 1,000 Km. southfront.org IMAGE: redstar.ru | Russian specialists are working to expand the range of the P-800 Oniks supersonic cruise missile, a source close to the Russian Ministry of Defense told The Oniks is an anti-ship missile with land-attack capabilities. The export version of the missile, known as the Yakhont, has a range of 300 kilometers, while the range of the domestic Russian military version is said to be between 600 and 800 kilometers."The flight range of the super…

Chris Walker (2022-12-08). Brittney Griner Is Freed in Prisoner Swap With Russia, White House Announces. truthout.org basketball star Brittney Griner, who had been detained in Russia since February, has been released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and the U.S., the Biden administration announced on Thursday. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA champion, had traveled to Russia for years during the WNBA's off-season to play for a Russian team. She was detained by Russian… |

Eric Zuesse (2022-12-08). The Stupidity of Russia's Legislated Heterosexuality. dissidentvoice.org Legislating heterosexuality is laws that impose penalties for being or publicly expressing non-coercive or "mutually consensual" sexuality of other than the heterosexual type. Such laws can affect lots of people — especially young people, and here is why we know that they hit especially the young: On 16 August 2015, Britain's YouGov polling firm headlined …

Infobrics (2022-12-08). Indian and Chinese Drugmakers Eye More Active Expansion into Russian Market. infobrics.org Leading Indian and Chinese drugmakers are considering accelerating their expansion into the Russian market — in a move to fill vacant niches that appeared after the reduction of presence of Western pharmaceutical companies in recent months…

Jean Toschi Marazzani Visconti (2022-12-08). "The Whole West Is At War against Russia". globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2022-12-08). EU and G7 Decide on Russian Oil Price Cap — Western Arrogance and Ridiculous Interference in the "Free Market" globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2022-12-08). Famous Prisoner Of Conscience Victor Bout Exchanged To Lesbian Basketball Player Griner. southfront.org On December 9, Moscow and Washington held an exchange of prisoners. Russian Viktor Bout returns to Russia, and American basketball player Brittney Griner went to the United States. | Victor Bout returned to his homeland after 14 years in prison in the United States. He was arrested in 2008 in Thailand at the request of the United States. He was accused of illegal arms trafficking and supporting terrorism. In 2010, Bout was extradited to the United States, in 2012, the court sentenced…

Dana Sanchez (2022-12-08). Brittney Griner Officially Traded In Russian Prisoner Swap For 'Merchant Of Death' Arms Dealer Viktor Bout. moguldom.com U.S. women's basketball star Brittney Griner has been freed in a prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor "Merchant of Death" Bout. Griner has been imprisoned in Russia since her February 2022 arrest after Russian police said they found cannabis oil in her luggage at a Moscow airport. Her arrest coincided with the Russian invasion …

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-08). US, Russia Agree to Swap Britney Griner for Viktor Bout. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration has secured the release of WNBA star Britney Griner from Russia in a prisoner exchange for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was serving a 25-year sentence in the US. Griner was arrested in Russia on February 17 on a drug charge for the possession of cannabis oil in vape cartridges. …

____ (2022-12-08). Suzhou business representatives charter flight to Europe for trade purposes. ecns.cn A business delegation from Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, will start its trip to Germany and France via charter flight on Friday to explore the overseas market.

Frances Madeson (2022-12-08). Aftermath of Climate Disasters Looms Large in Louisiana Runoff Election. truthout.org Not everyone who cares about high utility bills and housing insecurity is concerned with land subsidence, seawater rise and losing their earthly home. But in Louisiana, advocates for workers, tenants, ratepayers, climate and faith communities have identified a common identity to align their constituencies' interests: All of them are ratepayers, already squeezed to the limit and bracing for worse… |

Anonymous669 (2022-12-08). CIA Director Warned Turkey After Recent Strikes On Kurdish Forces In Northern Syria Report. southfront.org CIA director Bill Burns gave his Turkish counterpart a strongly worded message opposing the recent Turkish air and artillery strikes…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-08). Five Militants Killed, Wounded Or Captured In Syrian Army Ambush In Northern Lattakia. southfront.org . | On December 8, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) ambushed a reconnaissance group of the 1st Coastal Division in the northern Lattakia countryside. | The reconnaissance group, which was made up of five militants, was scouting key frontline positions of the army near the village of al-Tuffahiyeh when it was ambushed. | The 1st Coastal Division is a key faction of the so-called National Front for Liberation, a coalition of Turkey's proxies in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-08). Multitudinous Demonstration In Catalonia Against Unjust Spanish Laws. southfront.org Albert Salamé of Vilaweb | Written by Jordi Oriola Folch | On December 6, Day of the Spanish Constitution, a massive demonstration was held in Barcelona to reject the future reform of the penal code. The Spanish State has an improper crime in Europe, the crime of sedition with which the politicians who organized, in 2017, the Catalan independence referendum were convicted. | This crime, created in 1822, condemns with very high penalties mass demonstrations that prevent t…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-08). Why America Aims to Deindustrialize Europe. southfront.org | Written by Imperialism has always been — and always is — control of foreign governments. This is especially control of those governments' foreign policies — international trade, military, diplomatic, etc., and not merely (if at all) domestic policies (which always are of far less concern to the rulers in the imperial nation — in this case, Am…

____ (2022-12-08). Trade differences between EU, U.S. expected to deepen. ecns.cn Divergences between the European Union and the United States are expected to deepen as EU countries have criticized the U.S.' Inflation Reduction Act, seeing it as a threat to the EU's economy, analysts said.

Natalia Torres Garzon (2022-12-08). How Sicily Is Tackling Wildfires Amid a Global Climate Crisis. towardfreedom.org

WSWS (2022-12-08). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

Andrew Korybko (2022-12-08). Olaf Scholz's "Manifesto" Confirms Germany's Hegemonic Ambitions. "Zeitenwende", Turning Point in History. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2022-12-08). Germany Arrests Dozens Accused Of Plotting To Overthrow Government. southfront.org

Peter Koenig (2022-12-08). Germany Coup Attempt? A False Flag Par Excellence. globalresearch.ca

Colin Todhunter (2022-12-08). "Disaster Capitalism" in The Netherlands: Template for Ecomodernism's "Brave New World"? globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-12-08). Brasil-Francia, la final soñada. cubadebate.cu En el camino tendrán a una durísima Inglaterra. Y caer ante los inventores del fútbol no sería en absoluto sorprendente, pues estos también han lucido de manera espectacular. De avanzar, se verían las caras con Portugal o Marruecos. Es decir, el trayecto tiene muchísimas espinas. Sin embargo, mantengo mi posición: la final soñada en Catar 2022 sería una entre franceses y brasileños.

_____ (2022-12-08). The Making Of La BOM: Montreuil's New Library Of Things And Sharing Hub. popularresistance.org Montreuil, France – Inspired by Shareable's coverage of the sharing economy, Bibliothèque D'Objets De Montreuil, also known as La BOM, opened its doors as a "Library of Things" in April 2022 in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil. | La BOM's president and founder Sylvain Mustaki had been searching for a way to make a difference in an economic climate that disenfranchised people who struggled financially. | Mustaki says that Libraries of Things (LoT) help reduce waste through the loaning and lending of useful but costly everyday tools, appliances, and other items, but says empowering everyday people to share is his f…

Staff (2022-12-08). La imagen del día: Inician labores técnicas de instalación del nuevo cable submarino entre Martinica y Cienfuegos. cubadebate.cu La presidenta ejecutiva de Etecsa, informó este jueves en su cuenta en Twitter, que en esta jornada se realizó el acto oficial para iniciar las labores técnicas de instalación del nuevo cable submarino. Ello —destacó— es resultado del trabajo conjunto entre los equipos de Etecsa y la compañía francesa Orange SA, que permitirá diversificar las vías de conexión a Internet en Cuba.

Paul Craig Roberts (2022-12-07). We Are Being Put In Chains. thealtworld.com My December 6 address to the European Conference on the Revival of Fascism | The Revival of Fascism in the 21st Century | Center for Geostrategic Studies, Belgrade, December 6-8, 2022 | We Are Being Put in Chains | Hon. Paul Craig Roberts, Ph.D. | My appreciation to those with the foresight to organize this conference. | I limit my remarks to definitional clarity. By "fascism" I assume we mean not merely economic corporation between government and private business, but the over-riding of citizens' values and opinions by powerful groups in control of governing. We mean by fascism the ignoring and suppression of po…

Frank Jordans (2022-12-07). German police arrest fascists and monarchists plotting to overthrow government. peoplesworld.org BERLIN (AP)—Thousands of police officers carried out raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the government in an armed coup. Officials said 25 people were detained. Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany's 16 states. While police raids …

Infobrics (2022-12-07). Corruption and desertion became commonplace among Ukrainians — British mercenary. infobrics.org Apparently, Ukraine is still the most corrupt country in Europe.

Thomas Brooke (2022-12-07). EU's Desire to Become a 'Debt Community' to Pay for Ukraine Will Ruin Europe for Generations, Warns Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-07). Poland Changes Course, Will Accept German Patriot Missiles. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, Poland's defense minister said that the country would accept a German offer to deploy a Patriot air defense missile system on Polish territory, changing course after Warsaw rejected the idea. Germany made the offer after a Ukrainian air defense missile landed in Polish territory, killing two people. Poland initially said it would accept …

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-07). Hungary Blocks EU Aid for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Hungary on Tuesday blocked a massive EU aid package for Ukraine worth 18 billion euros ($18.9 billion), angering other members of the bloc. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Budapest is not against sending aid to Ukraine but objects to how the EU wants to do it. The 18 billion euro plan would require …

_____ (2022-12-07). The Kazakhstan Gas Situation: A Key Indicator of Things to Come. journal-neo.org The western assault on Russia and other rivals is economic. The military conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere are only symptoms of the competition for the remaining resources that power world economies. This, as well all know, is abundantly clear. A perfect example of how the world is reeling energy-wise can be seen in Kazakhstan's natural …

Anonymous103 (2022-12-07). Military Situation In Bakhmut Region On December 7, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut; | The Russian Army took control of the village of Yakovlevka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Soledar; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue north of Opytne; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue west of Belogorovka. |

Anonymous103 (2022-12-07). Military Situation In Ukraine On December 7, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck an ammo depot near Zaporozhye with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU attacks near Novoselovskoye; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU attacks near Maiorsk; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU attacks near Kuzemovka;…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-07). Russian Defence Ministry Reported On Progress Of Military Operations In Ukraine On December 7, 2022. southfront.org | In its daily briefing on December 7, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on the progress of the ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine over the past day. | As a result of Russian strike with a ground-based high-precision weapon on a missile and artillery weapons depot in one of the workshops of the ArcelorMittal metallurgical plant in the city of Krivoy Rog, more than 70 HIMARS multiple launch rocket system missiles, two MLRS launchers were destroyed. Four more installations of…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-07). Russian Army Targets Ukrainian Radars, Air-Defense Systems With Lancet Drones (Video). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | On December 5, Russia's Izvestia released footage documenting recent strikes with Lancet loitering munitions on Ukrainian radars and air-defense systems in the special military operation zone. | The footage shows strikes on a P-18 long-range VHF radar and a 36D6 long-range surveillance and mi…

Brian Berletic (2022-12-07). Mark Sleboda: Russia-Ukraine SITREP, Missiles & What Comes Next. thealtworld.com Mark Sleboda joins me to talk about the situation on the ground in Ukraine: | positional fighting along the front; | possible Ukrainian offensives before New Year's; | Russia's large winter offensive; | dwindling Western arms supplies; | Russian cruise missile production; | where did the Geran-2 drones go?; | and what's coming next.

____ (2022-12-07). More COVID curbs eased in Beijing, other cities. ecns.cn Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday warned Iran of the "consequences" of the arms supplies to Russia, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported.

Evan Reif (2022-12-07). Meet the Brutal Proxy Force Fighting the Russians, Not Only on the Ground in Ukraine But Also on the Internet. covertactionmagazine.com Part II of a CAM Series on the Georgian Legion [See Part 1 here.—Editors] The story of the Georgian Legion is more than just battles and atrocities. Far from the battlefield, thousands of people are now soldiers on a second, digital front. They are engaged in both propaganda and attack, relentlessly swarming anyone who dares …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-12-07). Daniel Kovalik: 'World War III Has Begun'. orinocotribune.com The US lawyer and peace activist Dan Kovalik visited Donetsk, where the Ukrainian army bombed a school, a football stadium, and a monastery without the Western media reporting these war crimes. | The author of the book The Plot To Overthrow Venezuela: How The US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil reveals that the US military is directly involved in the war in Ukraine. | Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You are in Russia at the moment and you are following the conflict in Ukraine. Can you give us an update on the situation in the field? | Daniel Kovalik: I was in Donetsk and can say that the situation there is very stable. While…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-12-07). Daniel Kovalik: World War III Has Begun (Interview). orinocotribune.com Algerian journalist Mohsen Abdelmoumen interviewed US lawyer and peace activist Dan Kovalik who recently visited Donetsk, where the Ukrainian army bombed a school, a football stadium, and a monastery, without the Western media reporting these war crimes. | The author of the book The Plot To Overthrow Venezuela: How The US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil reveals that the US military is directly involved in the war in Ukraine. | Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You are in Russia at the moment and you are following the conflict in Ukraine. Can you give us an update on the situation in the field? | Daniel Kovalik: I was in Donets…

WSWS (2022-12-07). Drone attacks on Russian airbases: A major escalation in the war authored in Washington. wsws.org The latest attacks fit a pattern of various Ukrainian military "successes" and more covert provocations designed to prolong and escalate the war that all suggest US involvement.

Scott Ritter (2022-12-07). Scott Ritter Ukraine-Russia War Longer than Expected. thealtworld.com

Anonymous103 (2022-12-07). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On December 7, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2022-12-07). Two Ukrainian Servicemen Reportedly Killed By Security Forces In Kherson. southfront.org welcome sign at the entrance to the city of Kherson | On December 6, a shootout took place in the city of Kherson which has recently come under control of the Kiev regime. According to local reports, servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) clashed with the forces of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). | The incident took place at about four o'clock in the afternoon. It turned out that servicemen of the 28th Brigade of the AFU were stopped by the security forces when they were looting abandoned apartments in…

Anonymous587 (2022-12-07). Why Should Ukraine Blame Its NATO Allies For The Defeat At Bakhmut? southfront.org

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-07). Report: Ukraine Asks NATO For Leftover Afghanistan Funds. news.antiwar.com NATO is considering using a $3.4 billion fund that was meant to support the now-defunct US-backed Afghan government to provide more aid for Ukraine, POLITICO reported on Wednesday. Known as the Afghan National Army Trust Fund, the money was donated by individual NATO countries. The report said that Kyiv has asked NATO to consider using …

David Mandel (2022-12-07). Next to starting a war, the worst thing is to keep it going. canadiandimension.com Soldiers from the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, currently deployed in Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk. Photo courtesy the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/ The complex nature of the war in Ukraine, and especially of the question of the relative responsibility of the different parties, has made difficult the mobilization of a powerful anti-war movement. A part of the left even opposes an immediate ceasefire and the resumption of negotiations, which were cut short abruptly at the end of March. The o…

John Feffer (2022-12-07). Changing My Mind on Ukraine. fpif.org Bosnia did not get the support it needed 25 years ago to defend itself. Today it is barely a state, and that's the fate that Ukraine needs to avoid.

Jordan Schachtel (2022-12-07). Uniparty: Congress Likely to Deliver Tens of Billions More to Ukraine in Coming Days. globalresearch.ca

Kit Knightly (2022-12-07). Timeline: Euromaidan, the Original "Ukraine Crisis" globalresearch.ca

Lee Camp (2022-12-07). Senate Candidate Diane Sare Reveals How She Ended Up on Ukraine's Notorious "Info Terrorist" Hit List. mintpressnews.com Senate candidate Diane Sar has been very outspoken against US funding and arming the proxy war in Ukraine, landing her on the Ukrainian government's notorious list of "information terrorists."

Staff (2022-12-07). After 33 already killed, Ukraine continues to pressure Georgia for more arms, troops. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2December 7, 2022 Despite numerous requests, we didn't receive a response from the Georgian government regarding the supply of weapons and other equipment to Ukraine Andrii Kasianov Despite numerous requests, we have not received a response from the Georgian government regarding the supply of arms, ammunition, and other military and dual-purpose equipment to Ukraine. …

Staff (2022-12-07). Devil cites Scripture: NATO's No. 2 prays for victory in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.An evil soul producing holy witnessIs like a villain with a smiling cheek,A goodly apple rotten at the heart.O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice NATODecember 7, 2022 Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea GeoanƒÉ at the 25th Anniversary of the …

Marcy Winograd (2022-12-07). Ukraine, De Facto NATO Partner: To End the War, Peace Champions must "Win the War of Ideas" globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2022-12-07). Syria Believes That Assad And Erdogan Should Meet After 2023 Turkish Elections — Report. southfront.org Syria flag (flickr). | Damascus has rejected a request by Ankara to organize a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, Orhan Miroƒülu, a senior official of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, revealed to on December 6. | Miroƒülu told the Russian news agency that Damascus believe that such a meeting should be held only after the 2023 Turkish general elections."Turkey has fallen into a confrontatio…

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-07). Turkey Sets Deadline for SDF Withdrawal from Northern Syria. news.antiwar.com Turkey has set a deadline for the withdrawal of the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from areas of northern Syria near the Turkish border, a Turkish source told Al Jazeera. Both the US and Russia are trying to avert a Turkish invasion of northern Syria, and the source said Ankara has asked Washington and …

Anonymous103 (2022-12-07). How To Destroy Oil Company And Live Happily. Italian Way To Impose Sanctions On Russia. southfront.org Written by Piero Messina | If someone had in mind to write a manual on how to manipulate public opinion, he would have to tell the story of the Priolo petrochemical plant, south of Sicily. It is the fifth refinery in Europe and supplies 25 percent of Italy's needs. | Those plants were built between the end of the sixties and the following decade. They have passed from ownership to ownership, also due to corruption scandals that involved the management of the plant many years ago. Since 200…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-07). India Categorically Rules Out Imposing The West's Price Cap On Russian Oil. southfront.org Jaishankar highlights that Europe imports more Russian energy than India. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shut down any ideas of implementing the West's price cap on Russian oil when speaking to his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock. He also highlighted the fact that his country's procurement of Russian oil was just one-sixth of the European purchase in the last nine months. | At a media briefing followi…

Editor (2022-12-07). EXCERPT: Brussels Conference Act of 1890. mronline.org The 1890 Brussels Act provided Europeans with the legal and humanitarian justification for the colonization of Africa. Why have so few heard of it?>

Anonymous103 (2022-12-07). BREAKING: Russian Forces Took Control Of Yakovlevka Near Soledar. southfront.org Photo of Wagner fighters reportedly made in Yakovlevka | According to preliminary reports from the front lines, fighters of Russian Wagner PMC took control of the village of Yakovlevka located to the north-east of Soledar. | Russian fighters continue the mop up operations on the outskirts of the village. The advancing Russian forces are yet to establish a stronghold in the area. | Fighting for Yakovlevka and on its outskirts has been ongoing for weeks. On December 5, Russian assault groups broke through the defensiv…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-07). Military Situation In Syria On December 7, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On December 7, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 2 times: 1 in Latakia province, 1 in Idlib province; | On December 7, Turkish artillery shelled SDF positions near Jarablus town; | On December 7, Turkish artillery shelled SDF positions near Abu Raasin; | On December 6, SDF artillery shelled Turkish base near Kafr Janah town; | On December 7, ths SDF closed the entrances to the security squares of SAA forces…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-07). "My Jaw Hit The Floor" Musk Fires Twitter's 'FBI-Russiagate' Lawyer Over Vetting Debacle. southfront.org Originally published by ZeroHedge Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that former FBI attorney James Baker, who came to Twitter to…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-07). New Batch Of Heavily Upgraded T-72B3M Tanks Delivered To Russian Army (Video). southfront.org On December 2, Russian defense manufacturer Uralvagonzavod announced that it had delivered a new batch of heavily upgraded T-72B3M battle tanks to Russian Ministry of Defense."The upgrade was carried out under the defense procurement plan that stipulates modernizing T-72B tanks to the T-72B3M level. The set of measures to upgrade T-72 tanks has been worked out by engineers-designers of the Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering. It involved practically all the systems and h…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-07). Russian Strike Destroyed 70 Precision-Guided Rockets, Two MLRS Launchers In Krivoi Rog. southfront.org An Italian M270 MLRS. Source: the Italian Ministry of Defense. | The Russian military destroyed 70 precision-guided rockets and two M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) in a precision strike that targeted the ArcelorMittal plant in the Krivoi Rog region, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on December 7. | The spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said during his daily briefing that the destructive strike took place a day earlier."According to the confirmed informat…

____ (2022-12-07). Chinese premier meets Russian counterpart on cooperation. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday expressed China's willingness to maintain high-level exchanges, strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various fields with Russia.

Infobrics (2022-12-07). Russian Envoy Quotes Popular Hindi Saying to Describe India Ties. infobrics.org During the inauguration, the Russian envoy Denis Alipov also hoped that the Indian public will be impressed by the flavour and culture of Russia…

Infobrics (2022-12-07). Goa Welcomes Russian Tourists Again as Direct Flight from Moscow Resumes. infobrics.org Russia's largest airline Aeroflot has resumed regular flights to Goa with an Airbus A330 arriving at the Dabolim Airport…

Infobrics (2022-12-07). Russian Rail to Develop Trans-Siberian Rail Capacity East, Before North. infobrics.org The Russian government has suspended construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway in favor of an alternative eastern route…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-07). Meet the Brutal Proxy Force Fighting the Russians. libya360.wordpress.com Evan Reif [Source: greydynamics.com] The story of the Georgian Legion is more than just battles and atrocities. Far from the battlefield, thousands of people are now soldiers on a second, digital front. They are engaged in both propaganda and attack, relentlessly swarming anyone who dares to question approved narratives. These are not random Internet trolls;…

Philip Pilkington (2022-12-07). The Russian Oil Price Cap Won't Work. globalresearch.ca

Scott Ritter (2022-12-07). Merkel reveals West's duplicity. mronline.org War, it seems, was the only option Russia's opponents had ever considered.

UnitedEditor (2022-12-07). Which coat will Russia put on? uwidata.com Winter has come early to Moscow. The dawn is breaking with a cold nimbus over the city. A very spicy marketplace in Moscow While the lamps in the houses are coming on, those on the streets are slowly going off. People are getting ready. Soon there will begin a great struggle between the city and …

WSWS (2022-12-07). Campaign for December 10 rally to build international anti-war movement reaches students across Canada. wsws.org Canadian imperialism is playing a major role in the US-led war, which is aimed at subordinating Russia to the status of a semi-colony, plundering its rich natural resources, and extending the control of the Western imperialist powers over the Eurasian landmass.

____ (2022-12-07). The Only Way To Win–Is Not To Play… smoothiex12.blogspot.com the game. But, sadly, for Prof. Legutko, the smug smiles of the European Parliament's sinecure abusers who pretend that they are representatives of someone in Europe (actually, some of them are), the wiping of those smiles from their faces will not come through academic discussion and scientific reasoning. Albeit, Legutko's civic courage is appreciated. And here is the problem for EU in general, and Legutko in particular. When Vladimir Putin spoke in Munich in 2007 he knew what and who were behind him. By now those condescending smiles of the West's representatives in Munich have been wiped clean from their…

Staff (2022-12-07). "One Army! One Power! One Fist! Long live Turkish-Azerbaijani brotherhood!" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyDecember 6, 2022 Turkish Defence Minister: We will be one Army, one force, and one fist wheneever threat comes against Azerbaijan Whenever threat comes against Azerbaijan, we will be one Army, one force, and one fist, said Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, APA reports. ==== Azeri Press AgencyDecember 6, 2022 Turkish MoD …

Staff (2022-12-07). Photos: Turkish, Azerbaijani armies in exercise on Iranian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyDecember 5, 2022 From joint training of Azerbaijani and Turkish servicemen on the border with Iran As reported, Azerbaijani and Turkish servicemen are conducting joint exercises. The training involving the personnel of different types of troops of the Azerbaijan Army and the Turkish Armed Forces, combat and special-purpose engineering and fortification equipment, as …

Anonymous669 (2022-12-07). Turkey Lost Two Soldiers In Northern Iraqi In Single Week. southfront.org Turkish forces are seen near Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi | Turkey acknowledged losing two soldiers in Iraq's northern region within a week to attacks carried out by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). | On November 30, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said that Artillery Master Sergeant Nedim Korkmaz was killed during clashes with the PKK in the Operation Claw-Lock zone. Later on December 5, the ministry announced that Infantry Commando Major Mehme…

Mforinoco (2022-12-07). Drowning by Sea or Despair: Gaza's Two Bleak Choices. orinocotribune.com By Yousef Fares Dec 2, 2022 | Israel's blockade against the Gaza Strip has been instrumental in the mass exodus of Palestinians, with many opting for the dangerous voyage by sea for a better quality of life. | Seven young men from the Gaza Strip died on 23 October when their boat sank off the Tunisian coast. Among dozens of other refugees attempting to reach Europe, these Palestinian names were added to a list of more than 110 victims who have died in similar circumstances since 2007. | In early November, another boat sank in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece, however, the fate of the 10 young men…

Staff (2022-12-07). U.S. Congress approves sale, upgrade of 120 F-16s for Turkey. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Anadolu AgencyDecember 7, 2022 Tàºrkiye hails US move to exclude conditions on F-16 saleApproval of bill, completion of purchases would serve 'everyone's interest,' says Tàºrkiye's foreign minister Tàºrkiye on Wednesday hailed the recent US move to exclude certain provisions in the final text of the US defense budget on the sale of F-16s to Ankara. …

Staff (2022-12-07). U.S. Congress approves sale, upgrade of 120 F-16s to Turkey. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Anadolu AgencyDecember 7, 2022 Tàºrkiye hails US move to exclude conditions on F-16 saleApproval of bill, completion of purchases would serve 'everyone's interest,' says Tàºrkiye's foreign minister Tàºrkiye on Wednesday hailed the recent US move to exclude certain provisions in the final text of the US defense budget on the sale of F-16s to Ankara. …

____ (2022-12-07). EU refuses to be victim of arbitrary U.S. policies. ecns.cn French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday that the best response to the American Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is European IRA, after its President Emmanuel Macron warned that the U.S. IRA may "split the west".

____ (2022-12-07). China-made huge Penguins FPSO sets out for North Sea in Europe. ecns.cn The 118-meter-tall Penguins FPSO weighs 32,000 metric tons. It is the heaviest cylinder-shaped floating production storage and offloading unit in China, with a maximum crude storage capacity of 400,000 barrels.

Andrew Korybko (2022-12-07). Olaf Scholz's Manifesto For Foreign Affairs Magazine Confirms Germany's Hegemonic Ambitions. thealtworld.com

TeleSUR, mv, MER (2022-12-07). Portugal clasifica a cuartos de final tras golear a Suiza. telesurtv.net Cristiano Ronaldo entró al minuto 77 y buscó la sexta diana del partido que llegó para Rafael Leão, quien firmó el 6 – 1 para Portugal.

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2022-12-07: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-12-07). Drone attacks on Russian airbases: A major escalation in the war authored in Washington. wsws.org The latest attacks fit a pattern of various Ukrainian military "successes" and more covert provocations designed to prolong and escalate the war that all suggest US involvement.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-12-07). Daniel Kovalik: 'World War III Has Begun'. orinocotribune.com The US lawyer and peace activist Dan Kovalik visited Donetsk, where the Ukrainian army bombed a school, a football stadium, and a monastery without the Western media reporting these war crimes. | The author of the book The Plot To Overthrow Venezuela: How The US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil reveals that the US military is directly involved in the war in Ukraine. | Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You are in Russia at the moment and you are following the conflict in Ukraine. Can you give us an update on the situation in the field? | Daniel Kovalik: I was in Donetsk and can say that the situation there is very stable. While…

Anonymous587 (2022-12-07). Why Should Ukraine Blame Its NATO Allies For The Defeat At Bakhmut? southfront.org

Alexander Neu (2022-12-07). Russia's war in the mirror of western international law nihilism and propaganda. indybay.org With Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine and the Western response, the world may be headed in leaps and bounds toward the nuclear abyss: The escalation dynamic is gaining speed. More and more conventional weapons with better and better effect are being moved by the West to Ukraine, while asserting that they are not a party to the war.

____ (2022-12-07). More COVID curbs eased in Beijing, other cities. ecns.cn Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday warned Iran of the "consequences" of the arms supplies to Russia, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported.

Infobrics (2022-12-07). Russian Envoy Quotes Popular Hindi Saying to Describe India Ties. infobrics.org During the inauguration, the Russian envoy Denis Alipov also hoped that the Indian public will be impressed by the flavour and culture of Russia…

Infobrics (2022-12-07). Goa Welcomes Russian Tourists Again as Direct Flight from Moscow Resumes. infobrics.org Russia's largest airline Aeroflot has resumed regular flights to Goa with an Airbus A330 arriving at the Dabolim Airport…

Infobrics (2022-12-07). Russian Rail to Develop Trans-Siberian Rail Capacity East, Before North. infobrics.org The Russian government has suspended construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway in favor of an alternative eastern route…

WSWS (2022-12-07). Campaign for December 10 rally to build international anti-war movement reaches students across Canada. wsws.org Canadian imperialism is playing a major role in the US-led war, which is aimed at subordinating Russia to the status of a semi-colony, plundering its rich natural resources, and extending the control of the Western imperialist powers over the Eurasian landmass.

Staff (2022-12-07). "One Army! One Power! One Fist! Long live Turkish-Azerbaijani brotherhood!" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyDecember 6, 2022 Turkish Defence Minister: We will be one Army, one force, and one fist wheneever threat comes against Azerbaijan Whenever threat comes against Azerbaijan, we will be one Army, one force, and one fist, said Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, APA reports. ==== Azeri Press AgencyDecember 6, 2022 Turkish MoD …

Staff (2022-12-07). Photos: Turkish, Azerbaijani armies in exercise on Iranian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyDecember 5, 2022 From joint training of Azerbaijani and Turkish servicemen on the border with Iran As reported, Azerbaijani and Turkish servicemen are conducting joint exercises. The training involving the personnel of different types of troops of the Azerbaijan Army and the Turkish Armed Forces, combat and special-purpose engineering and fortification equipment, as …

____ (2022-12-07). China-made huge Penguins FPSO sets out for North Sea in Europe. ecns.cn The 118-meter-tall Penguins FPSO weighs 32,000 metric tons. It is the heaviest cylinder-shaped floating production storage and offloading unit in China, with a maximum crude storage capacity of 400,000 barrels.

TeleSUR, mv, MER (2022-12-07). Portugal clasifica a cuartos de final tras golear a Suiza. telesurtv.net Cristiano Ronaldo entró al minuto 77 y buscó la sexta diana del partido que llegó para Rafael Leão, quien firmó el 6 – 1 para Portugal.

WSWS (2022-12-06). Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship — Part 4. wsws.org The perhaps most disturbing component of the relativization of the crimes of fascism in Bloodlands is Snyder's systematic distortions of the Nazi-led genocide of 6 million European Jews and his attempt to whitewash the crimes of Ukrainian fascists and collaborators.

WSWS (2022-12-06). Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship — Part Four. wsws.org The perhaps most disturbing component of the relativization of the crimes of fascism in Bloodlands is Snyder's systematic distortions of the Nazi-led genocide of 6 million European Jews and his attempt to whitewash the crimes of Ukrainian fascists and collaborators.

_____ (2022-12-06). UN Resolution 181: 75 Years Of Myth Making And False Israeli Legitimacy. popularresistance.org Seventy-Five years after the United Nations' fatal decision to partition Palestine, the carnage and oppression of Palestinians by those who would claim they represent the Jewish people continues — and it promises to get much worse. | Some claim that Zionism came to save the Jewish people from another Holocaust, that they speak for defenseless Jews so that they will never again have to endure a genocide the likes of the Nazi genocide of the Jews in Europe. But these assertions are merely excuses to allow the Zionist regime to exercise its cruelty and brutality without interruption. | The United Nations Parti…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). Bloody Ukrainian Attacks Claimed Lives Of 8 Civilians In Donetsk (Photos, Videos 18+). southfront.org On December 6, the Ukrainian military carried out another bloody attack on the city of Donetsk. The Kiev regime continued shelling of public facilities in different city districts, claiming lives of innocent civilians. This is the way the Nazi Kiev regime celebrate the day of the AFU in Ukraine. | Today, Kiev militants hit their favorite targets, which include shopping centers "Green Plaza", "Centaurus Plaza", "Factory", "TSUM" and "Yellow", youth center, high school, art Museum, University,…

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-12-06). Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Regime Bans Russian Orthodox Church. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2022-12-06). Selected Articles: "No, Putin Did Not Start the War in Ukraine". Towards a U.S. War Against Russia? globalresearch.ca By The United States is deliberately misleading Ukraine so it can use its territory to prosecute its war on …

_____ (2022-12-06). A More Equitable And Democratic World Order Is Underway. popularresistance.org We are holding this important Conference at the time when our world is going through fundamental transformations and, as a result, is witnessing dangerous military confrontations, as marked by the current crisis in Ukraine. This crisis, more than anything else, is a direct result of the U.S. and European imperialisms' effort to encircle Russia by the eastward expansion of NATO to the Russian borders, turning Ukraine into another military base for NATO, and thus causing an existential threat to the security of the Russian Federation. | Unfortunately, many have fallen for the imperialism's propaganda of one-sided c…

WSWS (2022-12-06). German government steps up armaments drive and sends more tanks to Ukraine. wsws.org Germany is playing an increasingly aggressive role in the massive rearmament of the Ukrainian army against Russia. According to the government, the total value of licences issued for arms deliveries until 28 November 2022 now amounts to 1.93 billion euros.

_____ (2022-12-06). What do people in Australia think of the SMO? journal-neo.org Russia's special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, which began in February 2022, has caused widespread public outcry around the world. A number of public and political figures have criticized Moscow and condemned the Kremlin's policies, while many others have expressed support for Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to start the SMO. The Russian-speaking citizens of …

_____ (2022-12-06). EU Just Woke Up and Realised It Was America's Bitch. Reset Needed Claims Macron. strategic-culture.org The EU is beginning to wake up and realise that its relationship with the U.S. has reached farcical levels of master and slave. | Remarkably, the EU is beginning to wake up and realise not only that it is more servile to the U.S. than ever before, but in fact the relationship has reached farcical levels of master and slave since the Ukraine war started. And yet, despite the EU's chief diplomat recently refusing to be drawn into a conflict scenario with China and MEPs pathetically voting to deem Russia a terrorist state, it was not the EU which came to the conclusion. It was the French president Emmanuel Macron.

Anand Naidoo (2022-12-06). The Heat: Ukraine Conflict. america.cgtn.com The conflict in Ukraine is dragging on without an end in sight. What can be done to achieve peace? Ukraine says Russia has been targeting Ukrainian power infrastructure with missile strikes. The West has responded with economic sanctions, imposing a price cap on Russian oil. …

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). Another Prisoner Swap Took Place In Ukraine. southfront.org As a result of the negotiation process, another prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine took place on December 6. The warring sides exchanged by 60 prisoners of war. | On the Russian side, the prisoner swap was announced by the acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin and then confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defence. LPR officials confirmed that the released POWs include two servicemen from the LPR. | All released Russian servicemen will be taken to Moscow for treatm…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). In Video: Another Video Confirmed Execution Of Ukrainian Soldiers By Their Brothers In Arms. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). Kiev Preparing To Boycott Russian Ammonia Transit. southfront.org According to Russian media's sources, Ukrainian plotters would be acting with Western support. | Written by According to recent reports, Ukrainian intelligence, with foreign support, is planning a provocation to prevent the resume of Russian ammonia transit. The aim would be to further destabilize humanitarian deals to secure fertilizer sup…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine on December 6, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Pervomaiske; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU attacks near Chervonopopivka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Soledar; | On December 6, Ukrainian artillery shelled the city of Donetsk. Four civilians were killed in the Kievsky district; | The A…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). Military Situation In Ukraine On December 6, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Ukrainian UAVs targeted the Belbek airfield in Sevastopol but were intercepted by Russian Air Defence means; | As a result of a drone attack on the Kursk airfield, an oil storage tank caught fire; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kupyansk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck an ammo depot near Zaporozhye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kramator…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). Russian Military Assess Interim Results Of Military Operations In Ukraine In November 2022. southfront.org | On December 6, the command of the Russian Armed Forces held a conference assessing the interim results of the ongoing Special Military Operation in Ukraine. | Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed that six settlements have recently come under control of the Russian military. They include the villages of Mayorsk, Pavlovka, Opytne, Andreevka, Belogorovka Yuzhnaya and Kurdyumovka. | Russian control of these villages was confirmed by the numerous reports from the front lines and official…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). Ukrainian UAV Struck Russian Airfield In Border Kursk Region. southfront.org

Anonymous349 (2022-12-06). Overview Of Ukrainian UAV Strikes On Russian Military Airfields Used By Strategic Bombers. southfront.org Satellite images and photos showing the impact of the Ukrainian drone strike on Russian military airfields at Dyagilevo and Engels have appeared online. | Images from Engels show traces of the fall of the UAV close to the Tu-22M3 bomber. The explosion killed 3 people and injured 4 others. The bomber received damage to the tail, elevators and an engine. | According to media reports, one of the main issues with this kind of damage is that engines for Tu-22M3 have not been produced for a lon…

Editor (2022-12-06). Rep. Adam Smith Says Calls for Ukraine Aid Oversight are 'Russian Propaganda'. scheerpost.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-06). Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Mme.President, Western initiators of this meeting specified the topic as "the situation of children". Even if we set aside for a second all the fables and concoctions regarding the fate of Ukraine's children and their alleged treatment by Russia, the very fact that our Western colleagues decided to pay attention to the issue of children…

Anonymous765 (2022-12-06). Revelations Of British Mercenary On Shocking Corruption In Ukrainian Army. southfront.org Click to see full-sie image | The Western media shared another interview with a mercenary who returned from Ukraine and revealed interesting details about the ongoing military conflict. | The British "volunteer" Josef McDonald claimed that a lot of foreign weapons disappear in Ukraine before they reach the front lines. He provided an example from his personal experience. When he moved with his unit from the Rovno region to Kharkov, they had two trucks full of: | 84 M4 assault rifles | 12 SCAR-H 7.62 rifles…

John Wojcik, Morning Star (2022-12-06). U.S. and world armament companies wallow in the money. peoplesworld.org The wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and elsewhere have fueled skyrocketing U.S. and global arms sales. Those sales were already rising even before the start of the 11-month war in Ukraine. According to figures published this week, there have been seven straight years now of rapidly rising war profits. A report by the Stockholm …

Staff (2022-12-06). U.S. sacrifices 33 Georgian soldiers in greater Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaDecember 5, 2022 Georgian Dream Members Offer Condolences over Fighters Killed in Ukraine After Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, several members of the Georgian Dream party, including Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, also made statements offering their condolences to the families of the 5 Georgian fighters who were killed while fighting near the city of Bakhmut, …

Staff (2022-12-06). 33 dead Georgian soldiers given military honors, war party pushes for greater role in Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The MessengerDecember 6, 2022 PM Gharibashvili accuses opposition of getting 'dividends' while addressing death of Georgian fighters in Ukraine The Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili, expressed condolences to the families and loved ones of Georgian fighters killed in the war in Ukraine…. According to him, the government has always ensured the transfer of the …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-06). The United Nations Promise of Peace Also in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Alfred de Zayas The hybrid war in Ukraine has sadly revealed how ineffective the United Nations Organisation has been when it comes to preventing armed conflict or even negotiating a cease-fire when hostilities have broken out. It is not only the fault of the Security Council and General Assembly, but also the fault of the…

_____ (2022-12-06). Americans Dumbed Down On Russia. popularresistance.org Five years ago today, Congress learned from sworn, horse's-mouth testimony that there is no technical evidence that Russia (or anyone else) hacked the DNC emails showing how the DNC had stacked the deck against Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton's rival for the Democratic nomination. | I can almost hear readers new to this website cry out in disbelief: "That cannot be. Official Washington and the media assured us that the Russians hacked those emails in order to help Trump win. And didn't Obama throw out 35 Russian diplomats in reaction? And what about those 12 Russian intelligence agents indicted for hacking?" Were…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). Military Situation In Syria On December 6, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On December 6, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On December 6, Turkish artillery shelled SDF positions near Tal Abyadh city; | On December 5, the SAA sent a large military convoy to the al-Armiah countryside; | The Syrian Democratic Forces resume their joint operations with the US army in northern Syria after they were allegedly suspended recently due to the Turkish escalation.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). Western Price Cap On Russian Oil Likely To Be Another Spectacular Failure. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageNew non-Western shipping mechanism will emerge since the price cap is implemented. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The price cap imposed by the West on oil from Russia will actually have negative consequences in the long term as it once again reaffirmed to the international community that Western-centric banking and shipping insurance schemes cannot be trusted as reliable partners. | Western oil sanctions went into effect on Dece…

Anonymous765 (2022-12-06). Kiev Plays Dangerous Games With Russian Long-Range Aviation. southfront.org |

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-06). Russian Oil Price Cap, EU Sanctions Come Into Effect. news.antiwar.com An EU embargo on Russian oil and a Western-imposed price cap on Russian oil came into effect on Monday as Moscow said it is preparing a response to the policies. The US led the push to impose a price cap on Russian oil, and the EU agreed to set it at $60 per barrel, or …

Infobrics (2022-12-06). Russian and Chinese Governments Discuss Development of Russian Far East. infobrics.org Plans To Coordinate Trade & Development Between Far East Russia And North-East China, Regional Bilateral Trade Up 45.5%…

Infobrics (2022-12-06). Russian and Chinese Governments Discuss Intergovernmental Development of Russian Far East. infobrics.org Plans To Coordinate Trade & Development Between Far East Russia And North-East China, Regional Bilateral Trade Up 45.5%…

Infobrics (2022-12-06). Russia Offers New Nuclear Fuel Solutions for India's Atomic Reactors. infobrics.org Two Russian-designed 1,000-MW pressurised water reactors are currently operational at the Kundankulam power project and four more reactors are being built at the site in Tamil Nadu…

Infobrics (2022-12-06). Cargo Volumes Through Kamyshovaya — Hunchun Border Crossing Increased by 43%. infobrics.org Russian Railways says 244,000 tons of various cargoes were transported in both directions through the Kamyshovaya (Russia) — Hunchun (China) border crossing at Far Eastern Railways in October 2022, 43.2% more than in the same month last year…

Infobrics (2022-12-06). Russian Railways: Cargo Volumes Through Kamyshovaya — Hunchun Border Crossing Increased by 43%. infobrics.org Russian Railways says 244,000 tons of various cargoes were transported in both directions through the Kamyshovaya (Russia) — Hunchun (China) border crossing at Far Eastern Railways in October 2022, 43.2% more than in the same month last year…

Infobrics (2022-12-06). Russian strategic airbases under attack – drones, sabotage or both. infobrics.org Russian intelligence services have been extremely effective in combating terrorism in recent decades, but this overspecialization in preventing terrorist attacks might have easily been (ab)used by the Kiev regime services to infiltrate areas deep inside Russian territory.

Jamie Hall (2022-12-06). New England utility giants gouge customers as winter approaches. liberationnews.org Russia is a major supplier of natural gas to the world, so U.S. sanctions and other measures against Russia are driving up gas prices globally.

Ron Ridenour (2022-12-06). Can An American Scientist Who Smuggled Critical Nuclear Secrets to the Russians After World War II Be Considered a "Good Guy"? New Film Says Yes. thiscantbehappening.net

Staff (2022-12-06). U.S. unveils new nuclear bomber aimed at Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsDecember 2, 2022 'Deterrence the American way': The new B-21 bomber debuts For the first time in a generation, the Air Force revealed a new stealth bomber — a sleek, highly capable weapon the service hopes will be so deadly it would force leaders in China or Russia to rethink wars for decades to …

Clayton Morris (2022-12-06). Video: Putin Just Scored a Knockout Blow to Europe and the WEF. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-12-06). Brotherly Azerbaijan, Turkey "always at each other's side" in respective wars of aggression. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagDecember 5, 2022 President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation headed by the Minister of National Defense of Turkey On December 5, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received delegation headed by the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey Hulusi Akar. AZERTAC reports that the delegation includes the Chief …

Staff (2022-12-06). Salah Hamouri returned to administrative detention until January as persecution of French-Palestinian lawyer continues. samidoun.net The Israeli occupation regime is continuing the persecution of French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri, ordering him back to administrative detention — imprisonment without charge or trial — at two hearings conducted today, 6 December 2022, where the Israeli interior minister's order to forcibly deport him to France was considered. ‚öñÔ∏èLes autorités israéliennes maintiennent Salah Hamouri en …

____ (2022-12-06). Did Arab Fotball Finally Arrive? smoothiex12.blogspot.com Arabs were always technically great, as were Africans in general, believe me, I know, I played against them. But Morocco being a powerhouse in defense, good God… not to speak of goalkeeping. Morocco playing an outstanding game against… Spain. Are you kidding me. Now, do I root for Portugal? Yes, they are great. In fact, they are amazing. Is this the year for Portugal to raise the Cup? I hope so–they play an absolutely incredible game. Do I root for a great 7 CriRo? Yes, I do. Let's just enjoy…

_____ (2022-12-06). Ten Years Of Citizens Assemblies. popularresistance.org The assemblies started to happen in the times when there was a general feeling (in Europe) that everything was possible. After the economic crisis, municipalist movements came to life and older ideas of different political and economic systems (socialism, communism) became a possibility again. People suddenly realized that representative democracy really doesn't work and that alternative ways of decision making closer to communities are needed. This new optimistic wave of democracy was extremely strong in Maribor, which meant that a lot of people wanted to be part of the change. This resulted in a really high lev…

_____ (2022-12-06). How China-Germany Ties Hurt US Strategic Plans. journal-neo.org When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited China in early November, it sent shock waves in the Transatlantic Alliance. The visit came only months after NATO declared China as its enemy. The visit's significance also lies in the fact that Olaf is the only leader from G7 to visit China since the COVID-19 pandemic began three …

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). New Round Of Escalation In The north Of Kosovo. southfront.org : A member of the Kosovo Police Special Unit near the village of Cabra during the May 28, 2019 raids in the predominantly Serb north of Kosovo. IMAGE: AFP / Armend Nimani | A new round of escalation in the north of self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. Five explosions thundered in the city of Kosovo-Mitrovica. Smoke was seen rising in the north of the region. | Special forces of the partially recognized Republic of Kosovo broke into the premises of the election commission in the city of Kosovo-Mitrovica…

Staff (2022-12-06). Poland conscripts 200,000 for military training. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyDecember 6, 2022 Poland plans to draft 200,000 for military training next year The Ministry of Defence is planning to call up to 200,000 people for military training next year, according to a draft regulation presented by the ministry. The draftees will include territorial defence service people, up to 28,580 voluntary military service …

Staff (2022-12-06). Poland receives first tranche of 1,000 S. Korean tanks, howitzers. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyDecember 6, 2022 Poland receives first consignment of Korean tanks, howitzers Poland has taken delivery of the first of hundreds of main battle tanks and howitzers from South Korea. Ten K2 tanks and 24 K9 self-propelled howitzers were unloaded at the port city of Gdynia in the presence of Andrzej Duda, the Polish …

Staff (2022-12-06). Portugal se lleva el último cupo de los cuartos de final: Golea a Suiza 6-1. cubadebate.cu Portugal golea sin piedad a Suiza en un partido que acabó 6-1 y disputará el pase a las semifinales frente a Marruecos. Quedándose en desventaja, Suiza no logró igualar la situación en la cancha, ni adelantarse en el marcador, y pierde el pase a los cuartos de final.

TeleSUR, as, MER (2022-12-06). Portugal y Suiza buscarán su pase a cuartos de Qatar 2022. telesurtv.net La selección de Portugal llega como líder del Grupo H, mientras que Suiza quedó en el segundo lugar del Grupo G.

Rqorinoco (2022-12-05). Arnold August: Dems Seek Political Gain by Pretending Opposition To Right-wing Fascism (Interview). orinocotribune.com A Canadian expert on American internal affairs, Arnold August, says the Democrats' opposition to the "right-wing fascism" is not genuine. | "The interest of the Democrats and its media, such as CNN, is not to oppose right-wing fascism but rather to build a straw man for political gain in order to cover their own traces," August, a member of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), tells the Tehran Times. | August also says people in Europe and the United States know that "the US/NATO war against Russia" is cause of the recent inflation, unprecedented in decades. | Following is the text of the interview: | Q: Inflation…

Rqorinoco (2022-12-05). Arnold August: Dems Seek Political Gain by Pretending Opposition To Right-wing Fascism. orinocotribune.com By Mohammad Hassan Nikbin — Nov 22, 2022 | A Canadian expert on American internal affairs, Arnold August, says the Democrats' opposition to the "right-wing fascism" is not genuine. | "The interest of the Democrats and its media, such as CNN, is not to oppose right-wing fascism but rather to build a straw man for political gain in order to cover their own traces," August, a member of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), tells the Tehran Times. | August also says people in Europe and the United States know that "the US/NATO war against Russia" is the cause of unprecedented inflation in recent decades. | Follow…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-05). Nigerian President: Ukraine Weapons 'Filtering' to Lake Chad Region. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Despite months of allegations that Western weapons being supplied to the Kiev regime are ending up in black markets around the world, the Neo-Nazi junta keeps insisting that this is not the case and that it's all just "Russian propaganda" aiming to cause a rift between Kiev and the political West. However, the…

Olga Zinoviev (2022-12-05). Intervista a Olga Zinoviev: "L'intero Occidente in guerra contro la Russia" globalresearch.ca In questa puntata di Grandangolo Dentro la Notizia riportiamo l'intervista integrale (di cui abbiamo anticipato un estratto in Grandangolo 72), effettuata a Mosca da Jean Toschi Marazzani Visconti, a Olga Zinoviev, responsabile del Centro internazionale di ricerca e …

John V. Walsh (2022-12-05). If Zelensky Called Taiwan's Prez Tsai after Her Electoral Rout … dissidentvoice.org In recent local elections in Taiwan, the Party of President Tsai Ing-wen, the US-allied, pro-secessionist candidate lost badly. We have obtained a recording of a phone conversation that she received from Ukraine's Volodymor Zelensky in the wake of that defeat. Volodymor Zelensky: Tsai, how are you doing? We have not spoken in months. Sorry for …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-05). Twelve Points on the NATO-Russian Ukrainian War. libya360.wordpress.com Gordon M. Hahn Kyiv 2023 will see intensified Western efforts in the former Soviet Russian periphery to include the efforts to: turn Armenia and Central Asia west and away from Russia; continue Western, Ukrainian, and Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure in and around the Russo-NATO Ukrainian war; foment color revolution in Belarus, including infiltrating Ukrainian-based…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-05). Merkel Reveals West's Duplicity. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter Russian President Vladimir Putin with then German Chancellor Angela Merkel on May 10, 2015, at the Kremlin. (Russian Government) Recent comments by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel shed light on the duplicitous game played by Germany, France, Ukraine and the United States in the lead-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February. While the…

_____ (2022-12-05). West Lays Down Conditions For Withdrawing Support For Riots. popularresistance.org The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Arabic-language al-Alam television news network on Monday that the states have suggested that they would adopt the approach on the condition that Iran starts to unconditionally and abundantly inject crude oil and natural gas into global energy markets, which remain unstable in the wake of Russia's military campaign in neighboring Ukraine and coercive measures against Moscow. | He went on to note that the Islamic Republic has also been asked to completely yield to the demands put forward by representatives of three European countries — Britain, Franc…

Manlio Dinucci (2022-12-05). Ukraine: An "Afghanistan" in the Heart of Europe. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-12-05). Israel's Nuclear Menacing Of The Middle East. popularresistance.org As Western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many Western governments continue to turn a blind eye to Israel's own nuclear weapons capabilities. Luckily, many countries around the world do not subscribe to this endemic Western hypocrisy. | "The Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction" was held between Nov. 14-18, with the sole purpose of creating new standards of accountability that, as should have always been the case, be applied equally to all Middle Eastern countrie…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). Airbases Deep Inside Russia Rocked By Explosions; New Wave Of Airstrikes Pummel Ukraine. southfront.org Originally published on Monday saw another major escalation in the Ukraine war as Russian media reported that explosions rocked two air bases in Russia, suggesting Ukrainian forces could be seeking to launch missiles deep into Russian territory, though the exact cause or type of weapon behind the explosions are unknown. It could also possibly be another "

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). Military Situation In Ukraine On December 5, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Vodyanoye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck an ammo depot near Zaporozhye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kramatorsk with high-precision missiles; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU attacks near Chervonopopovka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk; | The Russian Army repelled…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). Russian Missiles Back In Ukraine, Hit More Energy Facilities. southfront.org Air alert is sounding in all regions of Ukraine. After more than two weeks after the latest Russian strikes in Ukraine, Russian missiles resumed their attacks on December 5. | According to the Ukrainian authorities, Russian missiles have been hitting at Ukrainian military and infrastructure facilities for more than an hour. Immediately after the first strikes, the "second wave" of missile attacks was declared. | So far, at least six explosions have been reported by the local residents in…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). Why Is Donetsk Still Being Shelled By Ukrainian Forces Almost 10 Months After Russian Operations Began? southfront.org Amid the ongoing military offensive of Russian troops and PMCs on Donbass front lines, many people wonder: Why is the…

Brittani Banks (2022-12-05). Sanctions Batter Russia as the Kremlin Attempts to Overcome Them. independentmediainstitute.org Immediately after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S., the UK, and the EU placed major sanctions on Russia to constrict its economy and restrain its war effort. Having been updated several times since, these sanctions have compounded the effects of the previous sanctions placed on Russia in 2014 after it annexed …

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-05). Explosions Hit Air Bases Deep Inside Russia, Killing Three Russian Soldiers. news.antiwar.com Explosions hit two Russian air bases deep inside Russian territory early Monday morning, killing three Russian soldiers and damaging two aircraft, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Blasts were reported at the Dyagilevo airfield in the Ryazan Oblast and Engels airfield in the Saratov Oblast, two locations that are over 250 miles from the Ukrainian border. …

Mike Whitney (2022-12-05). "No, Putin Did Not Start the War in Ukraine". Towards a U.S. War against Russia? globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-12-05). An Under the Radar Religious Pogrom in Vibrantly Democratic Ukraine. strategic-culture.org What fool was it who said that the collective West, the fabled City on the Hill whose "values" are universal and binding on all, is amoral? A greater untruth was never uttered. | Of course, the West espouses and acts according to specific moral principles. But these principles need to be identified and their effects unequivocally recognized. | The moral doctrine which governs the conduct of the collective West will be sought in vain in the Bible or the Quran, in the ethical or political writings of Aristotle, or in the precepts of Confucius and the other sages of the East. That rather little known moral doctrine…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). In Video 18+: Ukrainian Servicemen Killing Their Brothers In Arms. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On December 5, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). Nigerian President Warns Western Weapons For Ukraine Are Ending Up In Africa. southfront.org : A screenshot taken from a video released by Boko Haram in 2014 shows the leader of the group, Abubakar Shekau.At least a dozen major terrorist groups operate in Nigeria, including the infamous Boko Haram, and the inflow of weapons that could easily end up in their hands is the last thing the West African nation needs. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | Despite months of allegations that Western weapons being supplied to the Kiev regime are ending up in black mar…

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-05). Nigerian President Says Weapons From Ukraine are Winding Up in Africa. news.antiwar.com Nigeria's president has warned that weapons and ammunition used in the war in Ukraine are winding up in the hands of "terrorists" in the Lake Chad region of Africa. President Muhammadu Buhari made the comments last week from the Nigerian capital of Abuja. According to a press release from his office, Buhari drew attention "to the …

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-05). US Army Plans 'Dramatic' Increase in Ammunition Production as Ukraine Aid Drains Stockpiles. news.antiwar.com The US Army is planning a "dramatic" increase in the production of 155mm artillery rounds as the US has sent a staggering amount of ammunition to Ukraine over the past eight months. According to a Pentagon fact sheet released at the end of November, the US has sent Ukraine 924,000 155mm artillery rounds to Ukraine …

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-05). Raytheon Gets $1.2 Billion Contract to Produce Air Defense System for Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-12-05). New Report Details How Vast Military Spending By the Richest Countries Greatly Accelerates Climate Crisis. covertactionmagazine.com So why do climate justice groups like 350.org support the war in Ukraine? While the world's climate negotiators gathered for the COP27 summit in Egypt, a new report published by the Transnational Institute, a Dutch think tank, emphasizes how rising global military spending is a great threat to efforts to combat climate change. According to …

Kurt Nimmo (2022-12-05). Latest Ukraine Psycho Fear Porn: "Mail Bombs" and "Pig Eyes" globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-12-05). Necessary Illusions Even the narrative of the EU as a geo-strategic player has now burst. strategic-culture.org Europe is destined to become an economic backwater. It has 'lost' Russia — and soon China. And is finding it has lost its standing in the world, too, Alastair Crooke writes. | Something odd is afoot in Europe. Britain recently has been '

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). Military Situation In Syria On December 5, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On December 5, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 6 times: 4 in Latakia province, 1 in Idlib province, 1 in Hama province; | On December 5, the SDF artillery shelled Turkish base in Dabiq area; | On December 4, Turkish artillery shelled SDF positions near Ain Issa town; | Five SDF members were killed by the Turkish Army in the Euphrates Shield, Peace Spring and Olive Branch areas in the northern Syria,…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). USAID Boosts Funding To NGO's And Media In CIS countries to reduce Russian influence. southfront.org It is unlikely that Washington will be able to decouple Central Asia from Russia, even though it will falsely paint some trade initiatives as major successes or game changing. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded so-called "democracy support" to the tune of $248 million in the second half of 2022 in countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In comparison, the "humanitaria…

Anonymous765 (2022-12-05). Oil War: Price Cap On Russian Oil Came Into Force. southfront.org |

____ (2022-12-05). Jan Oberg in China Daily: Abolish NATO and Build Peace Instead. transcend.org While most organisations are evaluated and reformed as time goes by, NATO isn't. It has become sacrosanct and criticism of its operations silenced. In Western media, it is always called the "defensive" alliance. It does not see itself as party to the conflict with Russia…

____ (2022-12-05). 'Zombie' Viruses Are Thawing in Melting Permafrost Because of Climate Change. transcend.org 2 Dec 2022 – Ancient viruses are locked in Russia's permafrost. We may soon get a peek.

____ (2022-12-05). Key project of China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline is completed. ecns.cn A key construction project of the China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline was completed on Saturday. It will allow Russian gas to cross the Yangtze River to reach Shanghai.

Editor (2022-12-05). Macron Says Security Guarantees for Russia Needed for Future Peace Deal. scheerpost.com

Infobrics (2022-12-05). Brazil and Russia: What Can Russia Expect from the New Government of Lula da Silva. infobrics.org Relations between Brazil and Russia have historically been marked by periods of estrangement and rapprochement…

Infobrics (2022-12-05). Russia Becomes No. 1 Oil Supplier for India. infobrics.org Russia has become India's Top Oil supplier, edging past the traditionally dominant suppliers Saudi Arabia and Iraq, according to the energy cargo tracker Vortexa…

James G. Rickards (2022-12-05). Narrative versus Reality: "Sorry, Russia Is Winning the War" globalresearch.ca

John J. Mearsheimer (2022-12-05). We're Playing Russian Roulette: John Mearsheimer. globalresearch.ca

Kurt Nimmo (2022-12-05). Hypocrites and Psychopaths: EU's Russia War Crimes Tribunal. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). OPEC+ Keeps Output Target Unchanged Amid Uncertainties. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, agreed to stick to its oil output target against the backdrop of sliding crude prices and an imminent Western countries' price cap on Russian oil. | RELATED: | According to a statement released after the 34th OPEC+ ministerial meeting, the oil-producer alliance decided to reaffirm the decision of its previous ministerial meeting in early October, where it agr…

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). Over 2 000 Dead Seals Found in the Caspian Sea. telesurenglish.net At least 2 0 seals were found dead off the coast of the Caspian Sea in Dagestan, Russia, according to the region's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. | RELATED: | Hypoxia is believed to be the most likely cause of the seals' deaths, Svetlana Radionova of Russia's natural resources monitoring agency Rosprirodnadzor told state-run Rossiya 24 television. | Radionova said scientists are investigating whether natural gas emi…

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). Russia Readies Its Response to the $60 per Barrel Cap. telesurenglish.net Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke out against the 60 dollars per barrel cap on Russian oil exports agreed by the EU, the G7 and Australia last week. The Kremlin views this measure one aiming at destabilizing world energy markets. | RELATED: | The price cap agreed in June as part of the EU's sixth package of sanctions against Russia came into force this Monday, December 5. Speaking to the press today, Peskov said that "the deci…

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-05). Turkey Expects More Extraditions From Sweden for NATO Membership. news.antiwar.com Sweden last week extradited a suspected member of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) to Turkey, a move Turkish officials have welcomed, but Ankara wants to see more extraditions before approving Stockholm's NATO membership. "This is a good start from Sweden that shows their sincerity and goodwill. We hope new [extraditions] will follow in line with …

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). Croatia Beat Japan on Penalties and Advance to Quarterfinals. telesurenglish.net On Monday night, Croatia advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar after beating Japan 3-1. | RELATED: | This was the first match of the current round that could not be finished in 90 minutes since it had to be prolonged in order to define the winner, which will face Brazil or South Korea. Goals were made by the Croatian Ivan Perisic and by the Japanese Daizen Maeda. | Croatia goalkeeper Doninik Livakovic was his country's her…

Staff (2022-12-05). NATO incorporates Asian, European aspirants, EU into global cyber warfare network. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Command TransformationDecember 2, 2022 Exercise Cyber Coalition 2022 Concludes in Estonia NATO has concluded its largest annual cyber defence exercise, Cyber Coalition 2022, which involved more than 1,000 cyber defenders from 26 NATO Allies, invitees Finland and Sweden, as well as Georgia, Ireland, Japan, Switzerland, the European Union, and participants from industry and academia. …

____ (2022-12-05). Nation's auto manufacturers focus on wider Asian market. ecns.cn Asia is emerging after Europe as a new market for China-made new energy vehicles, attracting Chinese carmakers to introduce their cutting-edge products and scale up investment in the region.

Global Research News (2022-12-05). Selected Articles: Who Needs or Wants GMOs? Not the Public, Not India's Farmers. globalresearch.ca By Many scientists lobbying for the deregulation of agricultural biotechnology 'new genomic techniques' (NGTs) in the European Union have either direct or indirect …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-12-05). Macron's US Visit Tells Europe's Alienation. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-12-05). Native American Heritage Month in Poland: EUCOM, NATO continue a grand tradition. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com In league with EUCOM's sister commands, CENTCOM and AFRICOM, and the European Union, the legacy the civilizing mission, updated to the Responsibility to Protect and the rules-based international order has been carried on in the past 20 or so years in what was before their war against it Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Libya, Syria, Iraq, …

Staff (2022-12-05). U.S. interceptor missile warship docks in Slovenia on NATO mission. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com USS Leyte Gulf and the other U.S. warships listed below, USS Nitze, USS Farragut, USS Truxtun and USS Delbert D. Black, are Aegis-class cruisers and destroyers equipped to launch Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missiles recently tested to intercept ICBMs. RR ==== U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/U.S. Sixth FleetDecember 3, 2022 USS Leyte Gulf …

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). Colombian VP Asks for Historic Reparations for Afro-descendants. telesurenglish.net Francia Márquez participated in the inauguration of a week of meetings of the Permanent Forum of Afro-descendants at the UN European headquarters in Geneva, where she called for historical reparation actions for African and Afro-descendant populations. | RELATED: | Member States of the United Nations and the UN itself must establish historical reparation actions for African and Afro-descendant populations so that they "recover the dignity that was…

Staff (2022-12-05). NATO holds naval exercise in Gulf of Finland for war in Baltic Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Maritime CommandDecember 3, 2022 NATO units increase readiness in Baltic Sea during Finnish-led maritime exercise Freezing Winds Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) joined 12 nations for Finnish Navy exercise Freezing Winds in the Baltic Sea from Nov. 22 to Dec. 2. One of NATO partner …

WSWS (2022-12-05). Resistance in Germany is growing to insolvencies, redundancies and wage dumping. wsws.org Resistance in the working class is increasingly international and directed against the sabotage of the trade union bureaucracies.

_____ (2022-12-05). Worthy And Unworthy Protest. popularresistance.org The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is on the verge of effectively making protest illegal. The Public Order Bill has passed in the House of Commons and is expected to be approved in the House of Lords and become law. The bill will ban any protest that "interferes with national infrastructure" or blocks construction or transportation. It gives police powers to search without "reasonable grounds." It allows for Serious Disruption Prevention Orders (SDPO) which give police the right to arrest anyone who may have violated these deliberately vague rules and prevents them from attending another pro…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-05). Italy Odyssey 2023: Economic Recession. Is The Country At Risk Of A Secession Between North And South? southfront.org Written by Piero Messina The stars say it. Thus, if anyone believes in astrology, he will cry out his anger…

Staff (2022-12-05). NATO's eastern flank: Italian warplanes rotated from Poland to Romania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandDecember 5, 2022 Italian Air Force looks back on busy Air Policing mission in Poland Italy's deployment in support of NATO's enhanced Air Policing — executed by the Air Task Force 'White Eagle' on the northeastern flank of the Alliance — came to a successful conclusion after four months. "Deployed to Poland for …

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-12-05). OPEP y sus aliados deciden mantener recorte en producción de crudo. telesurtv.net Los ministros de Energía y Petróleo de los 23 países de la alianza acordaron seguir con la reducción de su bombeo conjunto en dos millones de barriles diarios (mbd).

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