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The Cold War was an ideological battle between Communism and Capitalism, the East vs the West and the resulting struggle for ideological influence and power. At the end of WW2, the World would lay divided between two great superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. Both sides would stockpile nuclear weapons, with questions over how to use, control and eliminate them becoming central to the conflict. From Stalin to Regan, from the CIA to the KGB, from the Berlin Wall to Hiroshima and Chernobyl, this is the story of The Cold War.
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26th April 2023
Updated Google Maps imagery of #Mariupol shows still-standing remains of the city’s Drama Theatre – bombed by Russian aircraft when 100s of civilians were sheltering inside. The word “ДЕТИ” or “children” in Russian, as a warning to pilots, is still visible. They bombed it anyway.
Gazprom’s PMC unit Potok [Stream] is reported to have conflicts with Wagner. Potok fighters complain to Putin, they were attached to OO Redut and sent to replace Wagner’s positions, but were forced to retreat under the AFU pressure. For this, Wagner threatened them with shooting.
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25th April 2023
1/ The Commander of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, has given an interesting interview to Interfax-Ukraine. The full interview is worth reading, but his comments about the fighting in Bakhmut are particularly noteworthy:
26th April 2023
Prigozhin is, again, genuinely worried. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive after May 2nd. They are ready to cut our flanks. There is treason inside Russia. They don’t give us ammunition. We still have enough for two or three weeks,” he says.
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26th April 2023
This is crazy. The Russian gas company Gazprom has now formed a private military company to fight in Ukraine (ala Wagner). Seems that Putin is grasping at straws to get able bodied men.
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25th April 2023
“My colleagues left me wounded on the field. I crawled through the woods for four days and crawled out to the Ukrainian positions,’’ — the first captured russian from the “Redut” PMC, who managed to get captured. “Redut” is a private military company of Gazprom, formed quite… Show more
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26th April 2023
Pres. Xi & Pres. Zelensky just spoken by phone, for the first time since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Spain had pushed for the call. Alarmingly, the Brazilian President is also pitching a “peace coalition.” A push for any kind of ceasefire now,… Show more
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26th April 2023
Russia is worried that Ukraine will strike Moscow with drones on May 9, “Victory Day,” celebrating the triumph over
Fascist Germany in World War II. Why do the Russians worry? To the contrary, the thought warms my heart.
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26th April 2023
Norway had expelled 15 Russian embassy employees in Oslo, accusing them of working undercover as intelligence officers.
Russia Says Expels 10 Norwegian Diplomats in ‘Retaliatory Measure’
Russia said on Wednesday it was expelling 10 Norwegian diplomats as a “retaliatory measure” after Norway announced it was kicking ou
26th April 2023
Authorities have launched as many as 10 new criminal cases against Navalny since he was imprisoned in early 2021.
Navalny Says Faces Life in Prison on ‘Absurd’ Terror Charges
26th April 2023
The head of the Russian State Duma’s Defense Committee said it will be “necessary” to enlist civilian volunteers to help defend the borders because “unfortunately, it’s impossible for the perimeter of our whole country to be guarded by USSR border troops.”
Russian State Duma Defense Committee head proposes enlisting civilian volunteers to defend state…
26th April 2023
Igor Korotchenko really really hates the UK Last night on state TV he said Britain was Russia’s “main enemy, the ideologist, where the brain is” and called for the ambassador to be kicked out along with 70-80% of all British diplomats in Russia
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26th April 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to place assets from unfriendly countries under administrative receivership in response to seizure of Russian property abroad:
26th April 2023
I had a long and meaningful phone call with President Xi Jinping. I believe that this call, as well as the appointment of Ukraine’s ambassador to China, will give a powerful impetus to the development of our bilateral relations.
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37 years ago, the Chornobyl NPP accident left a huge scar on the whole world. It’s been more than a year since the liberation of the plant from the invader. We must do everything to prevent the terrorist state from using nuclear power facilities to blackmail and the world.
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With sales helping fund Russia’s barbaric invasion of #Ukraine, there are calls for a boycott of #BeefeaterGin. French wine & spirits owner
resumed selling the iconic British brand to Russia. Mobile campaign van outside the Tower of London – home of the Beefeater.
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26th April 2023
After Google shut down GeoConfirmed’s map, & they moved to
, Google have now shut down
too. Other maps tracking the conflict in Ukraine have also been shut down on Google’s My Maps service, including
‘s map, so it looks like a systemised effort.
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GeoConfirmed News Ukraine. So Google decided that the frontline map, build by another volunteer team, violated their Terms of Service and/or policies. That map was daily updated with the open source frontline. No footage, videos,…just that.
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26th April 2023
“Why NATO Must Admit Ukraine Kyiv Needs the Alliance and the Alliance Needs Kyiv” By Dmytro Kuleba
Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister via
https://vocaroo.com/12mKjT7ogrSl
Why NATO Must Admit Ukraine Kyiv needs the alliance and the alliance needs Kyiv.
26th April 2023
“Prigozhin and many Russian oligarchs and state officials openly work against the west, and at the same time they and their families enjoyed western luxury.” blistering
investigation into the Prigozhins’ lavish western lifestyle
ft.com Horses, art and private jets: the charmed life of Russian warlord’s family Western governments have struggled to impose costs on relatives of the Wagner founder, even though they have been heavily involved in
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26th April 2023
Great, mercenary infighting. Wagner PMC fighters threatened to shoot mercenaries from Gazprom’s Potok PMC. The mercenaries from Wagner directly complain to Prigozhin.
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KADYROV & PRIGOZHIN MET The Chechen autocrat & Wagner Group boss allegedly discussed “hot international issues.” The truth is that they hate each other, but must, for self-preservation, unify against their common domesticenemies. It’s a union of treachery & fear, not love.
“Clashes in Sudan may mark the early stages of a civil war. Predictably, Russia has helped to make a bad situation worse.” Michael Albanese
cepa.org Russia’s Gold Diggers Destabilize Africa Clashes in Sudan may mark the early stages of a civil war. Predictably, Russia has helped to make a bad situation worse.
26th April 2023
SUDAN – The media reporting on Sudan isn’t explaining what the fighting is about. Is it a coincidence that the US Ambassador to Sudan ‘warned’ them not to sign a port agreement with Russia? And when they did in Feb, civil war broke out? Anyone???
6/ While some of you may be familiar with Wagner’s involvement in the russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Syria, their operations extend beyond these theaters. Wagner’s activities have been observed in Mali, Sudan, Libya, the Central African Republic, and Burkina Faso.
26th April 2023
While commemorating the #Chornobyl disaster, we can’t forget that russia has been committing nuclear terror at the Zaporizhzhia plant for the last 14m. Where are significant sanctions against rosatom which is the tool of this terrorism along with ru army?
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Another great essay on the war in #Ukraine from
this time about the impact of economic sanctions on Russia.
https://samf.substack.com/p/the-impact-of-sanctions?utm_source=twitter&sd=pf
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“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. This much we pledge, and more.”
John F. Kennedy, US president, at his inauguration in January 1961
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