Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday complained that he is beginning to feel more pressure to negotiate for a peaceful resolution to the conflict with Russia. “Of course, everyone wants to push us a little towards some kind of result, definitely unfavorable to us, because they don’t ask us yet, but it’s beneficial for certain...
Category: SPECIAL UKRAINE REPORT
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ZELENSKY PROMISES VICTORY AFTER ADMITTING THAT RUSSIA, SEPARATISTS CONTROL 20 PERCENT OF COUNTRY
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his country will emerge victorious from the Russian invasion despite absorbing major losses in the country’s eastern region. The AFP translated a video address to his countrymen meant to assure them that Kyiv is staffed and functioning. He told them that Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and top advisers...
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U.K., BRUSSELS BAN INSURANCE ON TANKERS CARRYING RUSSIAN OIL
The U.K. and EU took unprecedented steps last week to hurt the Russian economy after announcing an insurance ban on tankers carrying Russian oil. The insurance ban is seen as a way the West hopes to limit Russian oil exports to current customers. “The impact of a U.K. and EU maritime insurance ban on ships...
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TOP 2022 SELF-SUFFICIENCY TREND: “WE DON’T NEED YOUR CHIPS”
Technology companies in Russia are exploring ways to produce computer hardware—namely semi-conductors and chips—since sanctions have been imposed on the country due to its invasion of Ukraine. JSC Mikron, MCST, and Baikal Electronics are some of the Russian companies impacted by the new trade restrictions after Samsung, Qualcomm, and Intel have suspended business with Russia,...
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U.S. TOOK PART IN OFFENSIVE CYBER OPS TO SUPPORT UKRAINE, TOP COMMANDER SAYS
Paul Nakasone, the U.S. Cyber Command director, confirmed in an interview last week that the department “conducted a series of operations” in support of Ukraine’s war effort against Russia. The four-star general did not go into specific details about what the operations entailed during his interview with Sky News, but said these offensive cyber operations...
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PUTIN WARNS WEST STOP SENDING DEADLY WEAPONS OR RUSSIA WILL HIT ‘OBJECTS THAT WE HAVEN’T YET STRUCK’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said Moscow may be forced to target “objects that we haven’t yet struck” after the U.S. and U.K. promised Kyiv long-range rocket systems that the Kremlin has previously called a red line. Putin’s comments came on the same day that Russia launched airstrikes on Kyiv. Russia targeted T-72 tanks...
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SOROS SAID LAST WEEK WHAT CELENTE SAID IN FEBRUARY: WWIII AND ‘CIVILIZATION MAY NOT SURVIVE’
When Russia invaded Ukraine and the U.S. and NATO joined the fight by sending billions of dollars of weapons and intelligence strategies for Kyiv to defeat the Russians, Gerald Celente said World War III had begun. Celente has also frequently quoted Albert Einstein, the father of the atom bomb, who said he did not know...
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ZELENSKY REJECTS PEACE PROPOSAL, SAYS UKRAINE WILL BEAT RUSSIA
The comedian who played the President of Ukraine on TV and then was voted by the people to become the official President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, rejected outright any proposal to negotiate for peaceful settlement that would include ceding land to Russia to end the months long conflict. “No one is going to trade a...
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PUTIN BLAMES UKRAINE FOR A FREEZE IN PEACE TALKS, TELLS EU LEADERS MOSCOW IS READY TO NEGOTIATE
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday held a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Schulz and French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the Ukraine War and pinned blame on Kyiv for not seeking a diplomatic resolution to the conflict. The phone conversation lasted 80 minutes and the Russian leader Putin brought up the West’s “pumping”...
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EU COUNTRIES CAN’T SURVIVE WITHOUT RUSSIAN OIL, FISSURES EMERGE
The head of the International Energy Agency warned Europe last Tuesday that he cannot guarantee that countries will not have to ration gas during the winter months without Russia’s gas supply. “I’m advising several European governments to prepare a contingency plan,” Fatih Birol, the executive director of the agency, said, according to The New York...