2023-02-26: News Headlines

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-02-26). Conozca sobre la vida del escritor francés Victor Hugo. telesurtv.net El escritor Victor Hugo es reconocido como uno de los mayores exponentes de la literatura universal.

Global Research News (2023-02-25). Video: Massive Protests in France, Italy and Spain. globalresearch.ca

Anand Naidoo (2023-02-25). The Heat: Russia-Ukraine Conflict: One Year On. america.cgtn.com A somber ceremony in Kyiv marks the one-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. With no end in sight, China issues a 12-point peace plan. Commemorations were held around the world to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian-Ukraine conflict. The human toll is staggering. Tens of …

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-02-26). Presidente de Belarús visitará China a finales de febrero. telesurtv.net Comunicado de la Cancillería china detalla que Alexander Lukashenko estará de visita de Estado en la nación asiática entre el 28 de febrero y el 2 de marzo.

news.un (2023-02-25). UN special adviser denounces genocide denial in Bosnia. news.un.org The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, said on Thursday that genocide denial and the glorification of war criminals continues to present a "serious challenge" to reconciliation efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.




Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-26). Iran and Bolivia United against the Unilateral Hegemony of the US. libya360.wordpress.com Sdenka Saavedra Alfaro The fight for a common front framed in the multilateralist vision, which strengthens the peoples with conscience and worldview against the hegemonic American and European terrorism, which only thinks of invasions, interference, looting and exploitation of natural resources at the cost of death, pain, misery; It is the fundamental strategy in the…

ecns.cn (2023-02-26). EU agrees on 10th package of sanctions against Russia. ecns.cn The European Union (EU) has agreed on the 10th package of sanctions against Russia, said the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU on Twitter Friday night."ÄÄ"ÄÄ"The package includes, e.g.

Ben Norton (2023-02-25). Ukraine conflict 'caused by Europeans' love of war, hegemony', says Malaysia's ex leader. geopoliticaleconomy.com Malaysia's longest-serving Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said "the present war between Ukraine and Russia is caused by the Europeans' love of war, of hegemony, of dominance". He warned it "can be interpreted as the start of the Third World War".

Ben Norton (2023-02-25). West is out of touch with rest of world politically, EU-funded study admits. geopoliticaleconomy.com A study by the elite EU-funded European Council on Foreign Relations found the West is out of touch politically with the rest of the world. Most people in China, India, and Türkiye see Russia as an important ally, and they want multipolarity, not continued "American global supremacy".

mforinoco (2023-02-25). Analyst: US Destroyed Nord Stream Pipelines to Subjugate the Economy of Germany. orinocotribune.com An American political analyst has said that the Europeans have got to wake up to the fact that the United States destroyed Nord Stream pipelines "in order to subjugate the economy of Germany and keep them in line." | Daniel Patrick Welch made the remarks on Saturday while commenting on anti-war protests in Germany on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference, and a war of words between the US and Russia over the destruction of Nord Stream pipelines in September last year. | The Russian embassy to the United States said on Thursday said the United States should try to prove it was not behind the destr…




Staff (2023-02-25). Unión Europea anuncia nuevo paquete de sanciones contra Rusia. cubadebate.cu La Unión Europea ha adoptado un nuevo paquete de sanciones contra Rusia por su operativo militar en Ucrania."Se adopta el décimo paquete de sanciones: 121 personas y entidades enumeradas, nuevas restricciones significativas de importación/exportación, prohibición de los medios de propaganda rusos", anunció el alto representante de la Unión Europea.

The Lancet (2023-02-25). [Editorial] Russia's invasion of Ukraine: an attack on health. thelancet.com Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which began 1 year ago on Feb 24, has wrought huge suffering and devastation. As of Feb 6, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded 7155 civilian fatalities and 11‚Äâ662 injuries in Ukraine, although the actual figures are likely to be higher. 200‚Äâ000 soldiers from both sides have been killed or wounded. At least 6 million Ukrainians are internally displaced, and over 8 million Ukrainian refugees have been registered across Europe. Acts of murder, torture, rape, and deportation have been described as crimes against human…

F. William Engdahl (2023-02-26). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.

Common Dreams Staff (2023-02-26). At Least 58 Dead After Migrant Boat Breaks Apart Near Italian Coast. truthout.org At least 58 migrants died when their overcrowded wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off southern Italy before dawn on Sunday, the Italian coast guard said. Survivors reportedly indicated that dozens more could be missing. "All of the survivors are adults,″ AP quoted Red Cross volunteer Ignazio Mangione. "Unfortunately, all the children are among the missing or were found dead on… |

teleSUR, JCM (2023-02-26). Autoridades dominicanas detienen a 404 migrantes haitianos. telesurtv.net En los operativos fueron apresados 378 hombres y 26 mujeres en los sectores Friusa, Mata Mosquitos, El Ejecutivo, Cabeza de Toro, Villa La Fe y Kosovo, entre otros.




Staff (2023-02-26). Venezuela Ratifies Border Reopening Schedule with Aruba, Bonaire and Curaàßao (+Brazil). orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Yván Gil ratified the schedule of restarting maritime transit with Aruba, Curaàßao and Bonaire, on Saturday, February 25. This reopening of maritime borders comes as a result of the technical negotiations between Venezuela and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, an initiative that promoted the reestablishment of diplomatic and commercial relations, long awaited by business sectors in the three Dutch colonies in the Caribbean. | The information was announced by Minister Gil, who clarified that the transit with Curaàßao and Bonaire will restart on April 3, while for Arub…

ecns.cn (2023-02-26). Russia halts oil supply to Poland: Polish refiner. ecns.cn Russia has halted oil supplies to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline, Poland's leading oil and gas conglomerate PKN Orlen said Saturday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-26). Behind the Self-Defeating Approach Toward the National Protest against the US War on Russia in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Stansfield Smith Those who brought us Rage Against the War Machine recognized if we are to defeat the non-stop imperial war machine that rules over our lives, we must work with all people possible under its boot. Until we all do, we defeat ourselves. The Rage Against the War Machine, which stood up against the…

Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. (2023-02-26). Why The Russian Federation Recognized Independence Movements In Donbas. popularresistance.org "Minsk, Minsk, Minsk," they cried after Russia recognized Donetsk and Luhansk. But those Western diplomats and pundits did not hear those of us in the anti-war, pro-peace and anti-imperialist movements who insisted that Minsk II was the only conceivable way out of the crisis! | There will be reams of words attempting to provide a coherent analysis of the manufactured crisis dramatically unfolding in Ukraine, which took another unanticipated turn when Russia extended recognition to the Peoples' Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in the territory referred to as the Donbas in Eastern Ukraine.

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2023-02-26). More Evidence Emerges That US Wanted Russia To Invade. popularresistance.org The U.S. got its war in Ukraine. Without it, Washington could not attempt to destroy Russia's economy, orchestrate worldwide condemnation and lead an insurgency to bleed Russia, all part of an attempt to bring down its government. Joe Biden has now left no doubt that it's true. | The president of the United States has confirmed what Consortium News and others have been reporting since the beginnings of Russsiagate in 2016, that the ultimate U.S. aim is to overthrow the government of Vladimir Putin.




Vijay Prashad, People's Dispatch. (2023-02-26). The Global South Refuses Pressure To Side With The West On Russia. popularresistance.org At the G20 meeting in Bengaluru, India, the United States arrived with a simple brief. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said at the February 2023 summit that the G20 countries must condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and they must adhere to US sanctions against Russia. However, it became clear that India, the chair of the G20, was not willing to conform to the US agenda. Indian officials said that the G20 is not a political meeting, but a meeting to discuss economic issues.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-25). Russell 'Texas' Bentley: Russia Must End NATO Aggression in Ukraine Sooner Than Later. libya360.wordpress.com Russell Bentley is a former U.S. soldier who has been living in the Donbass since 2014 fighting against the NATO-backed Kiev regime. He claims that NATO troops are on the ground as mercenaries, shelling the Donbass region which is now part of the Russian Federation. He testifies that the NATO-sponsored aggression and war crimes have…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-25). Going Underground Interview with Seymour Hersh. libya360.wordpress.com On this special episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary journalist Seymour Hersh who sent shockwaves around the world when he released an article detailing how the US blew up the Nordstream pipelines. He discusses the motivations for Biden to blow up the pipelines, the evolution of the Russia-Ukraine war into a Russia vs…

_____ (2023-02-25). Russia Takes Another Step Back From the West. strategic-culture.org By Patrick LAWRENCE | News that Russia will suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms pact, which arrived Tuesday via Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly, had to land hard. This suspension is not a withdrawal, as various Western media reports initially described it, and it is temporary, as the Russian president described it. It is a carefully attenuated move, then. But it is a big deal nonetheless, although it is not a big deal in the way Western officials encourage us to think it is. It is a big deal in ways that Western officials do not want us to think about. | "With today's d…

americanthinker (2023-02-25). Biden Denies the Russians a Choice. americanthinker.com It is not the case that the only alternatives in an American confrontation with another nuclear-armed power is either a "humiliating retreat" or nuclear war.




americanthinker (2023-02-25). Power grid attacks up 71% and Biden acolytes tell us it's all those white supremacists. americanthinker.com Pay no attention to those Russians or Chinese as America's power grid undergoes a barrage of attacks.

Anonymous669 (2023-02-25). Kalashnikov Sent Modified AK-12 Rifles To Special Military Operation Zone For Evaluation. southfront.org The AK-12 assault rifle. | A batch of modified AK-12 assault rifles has been delivered to Russians troops in the special military operation zone in Ukraine for evaluation, Sergey Urzhumtsev, chief designer of Russian defense giant Kalashnikov, revealed in an interview with TASS that was published on February 25. "From the very beginning of the special military operation, we have been actively cooperating with the Defense Ministry and with those units that were first supplied with these samples. Based on this feedback, a…

Anonymous669 (2023-02-25). Russian Army Destroyed First ARTHUR Counter-Battery Radar Of Kiev Forces (Video). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has destroyed an ARTHUR counter-battery radar of Kiev forces within the special military operation zone. | On February 25, video footage documenting the destruction of the advanced radar surfaced online. The radar was reportedly deployed on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic. It's still unclear how exactly the radar was destroyed, although footage suggests that it was targeted with artillery. | The ARTHUR radar was developed by the Swedish company Ericsson…

Anonymous669 (2023-02-25). Russian Geran-2 Drones Wreak Ukrainian Positions In Special Military Operation Zone (Videos). southfront.org Illustrative image. | The Russian military continues to use Geran-2 suicide drones, which were allegedly supplied by Iran, in the ongoing special operation in Ukraine. | On February 25, video footage surfaced online documenting six recent Geran-2 drone strikes on positions of Kiev forces on different fronts within the special military operation zone. The drones hit their targets with pinpoint accuracy. | The Geran-2 is reportedly a derivative from the Shahed-136 suicide drone which was develope…

Anonymous767 (2023-02-25). Military Situation In Syria On February 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | On February 25, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no case of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours | On February 25, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Taal village | On February 24, several SAA servicemen reportedly were injured and killed by an IED explosion near Jassim town | On February 25, a Hurras al-Din commander namely Abu Abada al-Araqi was killed by a drone strike in the Qah are…

americanthinker (2023-02-25). Power grid attacks up 71% and Biden acolytes tell us it's all those white supremacists. americanthinker.com Pay no attention to those Russians or Chinese as America's power grid undergoes a barrage of attacks.

Anonymous669 (2023-02-25). Kalashnikov Sent Modified AK-12 Rifles To Special Military Operation Zone For Evaluation. southfront.org The AK-12 assault rifle. | A batch of modified AK-12 assault rifles has been delivered to Russians troops in the special military operation zone in Ukraine for evaluation, Sergey Urzhumtsev, chief designer of Russian defense giant Kalashnikov, revealed in an interview with TASS that was published on February 25. "From the very beginning of the special military operation, we have been actively cooperating with the Defense Ministry and with those units that were first supplied with these samples. Based on this feedback, a…

Anonymous669 (2023-02-25). Russian Army Destroyed First ARTHUR Counter-Battery Radar Of Kiev Forces (Video). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military has destroyed an ARTHUR counter-battery radar of Kiev forces within the special military operation zone. | On February 25, video footage documenting the destruction of the advanced radar surfaced online. The radar was reportedly deployed on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic. It's still unclear how exactly the radar was destroyed, although footage suggests that it was targeted with artillery. | The ARTHUR radar was developed by the Swedish company Ericsson…

Anonymous669 (2023-02-25). Russian Geran-2 Drones Wreak Ukrainian Positions In Special Military Operation Zone (Videos). southfront.org Illustrative image. | The Russian military continues to use Geran-2 suicide drones, which were allegedly supplied by Iran, in the ongoing special operation in Ukraine. | On February 25, video footage surfaced online documenting six recent Geran-2 drone strikes on positions of Kiev forces on different fronts within the special military operation zone. The drones hit their targets with pinpoint accuracy. | The Geran-2 is reportedly a derivative from the Shahed-136 suicide drone which was develope…

Anonymous767 (2023-02-25). Military Situation In Syria On February 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | On February 25, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no case of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours | On February 25, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Taal village | On February 24, several SAA servicemen reportedly were injured and killed by an IED explosion near Jassim town | On February 25, a Hurras al-Din commander namely Abu Abada al-Araqi was killed by a drone strike in the Qah are…

Anonymous767 (2023-02-25). Military Situation In Ukraine On February 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Russian forces destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Avdeyevka with high-precision missiles | Russian forces destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Zaporozhye with high-precision missiles | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Nevskoye | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Mariinka…

Answer Coalition (2023-02-25). Join the Veterans' and GIs contingent on March 18! answercoalition.org , Continuing the long tradition of U.S. veterans and service members standing with the anti-war movement, we will stand together on March 18 to show veterans say NO to war! With continuing U.S. occupations in combat zones of Iraq, Syria and across Africa — and potential new conflicts with Russia, China and Iran — we will be making loud and clear that U.S. troops have the right to refuse to fight. | The Biden administration is determined to escalate the Ukraine war. The real goal of the massive arming and training of Ukrainian forces has nothing to do with the interests of Ukrainian, Russian or America…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-02-25). Russia and China draw 'red lines' on their borders; U.S. draws them on the other side of the Planet. mronline.org Reacting to China's announcement that it will be putting forward a proposal for a political settlement to end the war in Ukraine, the US ambassador to the United Nations said that if China begins arming Russia in that conflict this will be a "red line" for the United States.

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-02-25). America's Proxy War against Russia Started Nine Years Ago: The Minsk Peace Deal: Farce Or Sellout? globalresearch.ca With foresight, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts predicted in February 2015 that the Minsk Peace Agreement would lead us no where, with both Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel under the control of Washington. | First published on February 13, 2015 | *** | Judging …

Editor (2023-02-25). U.S. sends troops to Taiwan after general threatens war with China by 2025. mronline.org The United States will quadruple the number of US forces stationed on Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, in an effort to provoke a war with Beijing along the lines of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Editor (2023-02-25). From Russiagate With Love. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-02-25). The Case for Diplomacy in Ukraine. scheerpost.com By Katrina vanden Heuvel and James Carden / CounterPunch As 2023 unfolds, we fear that American policy will continue to be characterized by both mission creep and the absence of any sort of diplomatic engagement with Russia. Throughout the course of the war, the Biden administration has slowly, steadily, even stealthily increased America's involvement. Calls …

Editor (2023-02-25). The Chris Hedges Report: How the Press Misled the Public on Russiagate. scheerpost.com Veteran New York Times reporter Jeff Gertz dissects the role of the media in concocting a false narrative portraying Trump as a 'Russian asset' rather than a homegrown horror.

Kyle Anzalone (2023-02-25). White House Believed 'Economic Nuclear Weapon' Would End Russian War in Ukraine. news.antiwar.com In the days after the invasion of Ukraine, the White House assessed President Vladimir Putin would end the attack if the US froze over $300 billion owned by the Russian central bank. However, the Washington-led economic war on Moscow has failed to have a major impact on the Russian economy. According to Bloomberg, in the …

Manlio Dinucci (2023-02-25). How to Destroy Russia. 2019 Rand Corporation Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" globalresearch.ca Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.

ecns.cn (2023-02-26). Jankovic appointed head coach of Chinese national football team. ecns.cn The Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced on Friday that 50-year-old Serbian Aleksandar Jankovic has been appointed as the head coach of China's men's national team.

Andrei P. Tsygankov (2023-02-26). One year at war: no winners, but all are losers. canadiandimension.com Ukrainian soldier stands watch in Kyiv. Photo courtesy the Armed Forces of Ukraine/ In Neville Chamberlain's

Labor Video Project (2023-02-26). SF Rally To STOP The War In Ukraine On The First Year Anniversary. indybay.org On the one year anniversary of the Ukraine war a rally was held against US intervention.

Leon Kunstenaar (2023-02-26). Multiple Actions in Bay Area Feb. 24 as Ukraine War Enters Second Year. indybay.org Peace Actions in downtown San Francisco and Israeli consulate on Montgomery Street protested…

mforinoco (2023-02-26). UK: 14 Questions for John McDonnell (and others) on Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Paul Atkin — Feb 22, 2023 | John McDonnell's John's judgement on the war is oddly flat, missing whole dimensions of the conflict and lacking any sense of causation beyond a kind of moralism, the 21st century equivalent of WW1 "German War G…

r u 18 vote (2023-02-26). The Official White House Website Should Have A Photo Of The WHITE HOUSE, Not Ukraine! indybay.org The official WHITE HOUSE website should have a photograph of the WHITE HOUSE, not Ukraine. February 23 and February 24, 2023…

WSWS (2023-02-26). Britain's Stop the War Coalition holds London rally against Ukraine war sparsely attended. wsws.org STWC was unable to enlist the support of a single prominent "left" figure in the Labour Party or trade union bureaucracy to speak from the stage, such as been the lurch to the right of these layers.

Jan Oberg (2023-02-26). Ukraine: One Year of War on Top of 30 Years of Conflict Escalation. The Only Re-armament Needed Is Intellectual and Moral — On All Sides. globalresearch.ca

Scott Ritter (2023-02-26). Arms Control or Ukraine? Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-02-26). David Swanson on Ukraine with Jimmy Durchslag at KMUD. davidswanson.org From Friday Night Talk February 24, 2023 at archive.kmudfm.org

americanthinker (2023-02-25). Ukraine's Zelensky has some accurate and arrogant words for Americans. americanthinker.com He knows that a specific segment of America backs him, but he threatens all Americans who fail to support his war.

Anonymous767 (2023-02-25). Military Situation In Bakhmut On February 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Answer Coalition (2023-02-25). Join the Climate Crisis & Militarism contingent on March 18! answercoalition.org , The U.S. military is the world's largest institutional polluter, and beyond its unchecked massive release of carbon emissions its bases, weapons and vehicles leave a toxic legacy wherever they are. The health of many millions of people, and the future of the planet, is jeopardized everyday by the existence of the monstrous U.S. war machine. Join environmental activists and impacted communities on March 18 to help bring U.S. militarism front-and-center in the climate movement. | The Biden administration is determined to escalate the Ukraine war. The real goal of the massive arming and training of Ukrainian force…

Manlio Dinucci (2023-02-25). The Ninth Anniversary of The War in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca We are not on the first but on the ninth anniversary of the war in Ukraine, which was unleashed in February 2014 with the coup d'état under US-NATO direction. Speaking from Warsaw, President Biden promised to "stand by President Zelensky …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-25). Daily Round-up | China lays out plan for peaceful end to Ukraine conflict & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories of a Chinese peace plan for the Ukraine war, Israel approving over 7,000 settlements, two Yemeni men suing energy company Total over their detention and torture, and former Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno facing prosecution…

SAM (2023-02-25). The Ukraine War Has Been A Boon For Defense Stocks, Of Course. progressivehub.net ELI CLIFTON | RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT…

Misión Verdad (2023-02-25). UK Supermarkets Ration Vegetables for Supply Shortages. orinocotribune.com Supermarkets in the United Kingdom are imposing limits on purchases of salad vegetables due to supply shortages. Tesco, the largest supermarket in the UK, announced in a statement on Wednesday, February 22, that it was joining other grocery chains like Asda, Morrisons, and Aldi in implementing this rationing measure. | Tesco has decided to limit the sales of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to three per person as a precautionary measure, "in order to ensure that more people get the goods they need." | The budget supermarket chain Aldi imposed a "temporary" limit of three units per buyer for these vegetables. Asda…

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