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UKRAINE UPDATE: Ambassadors for justice

July 7th, 2022
THURSDAY 7 JULY 2022

UKRAINE UPDATE

UKRAINE, THE LATEST. The Daily Telegraph Podcast.
- Johnson is stepping down. His support for Ukraine has been very important.
- He was one of the most proactive leaders in sending weapons to Ukraine. He was supporting Ukraine with vocal criticism and weapons while Germany was sending 5,000 helmets.
- There is a wing of the Labor Party that is not supportive of Ukraine. It is possible this is nostalgic support. This is a long-term concern if Labor was to come to power after a general election.
- Dom Nichols, Telegraph Reporter
- Support for Ukraine is secure with Conservatives at the moment.
- Russia has not made any territorial gains today. They have fired missiles and people killed, but there have been no efforts to take ground.
- Both sides are exhausted.
- Russian ammunition dumps that have gone up in flames in occupied areas. This may be the effect of heavy artillery coming into Ukraine.
- There is an operational pause from Russia.
- The result is lobbing weapons at civilians in a random fashion.
- A “culmination” is when you are not being pushed backwards but you are exhausted and not able to push forward. It is thought this characterizes Russia at the moment.
- If it has taken all this just to gain this bit of territory in Donbas, it is impressive.
- They’ve taken the northers region of Donbas, but not the South.
- It should take a few weeks to get going again. But, all the time, there is an inflow of arms from the West.
- The Kremlin may push taking territory no matter what the cost. This may be the best decision rather than waiting and allowing more weapons to arrive.
- What is important to watch is whether this pause lasts.
Human Rights Lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk, answering questions.
- She has been documenting war crimes by the Russians.
- Russia is claiming that 2 million people have experienced forced relocation. Some of them have left because they have no other alternative. Stay here and die or go to Russia.
- Russians do not let humanitarian assistance into occupied territories.
- There are not enough people or resources to investigate and prosecute these cases.
- Be ambassadors for the idea that justice matters.
- Russians enjoyed impunity for decades. Troops were not punished for atrocities they committed in other countries. This is a “circle of impunity.”
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/01/putin-ally-challenges-russian-president-calling-zelensky-nice/
- Founder of Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, challenges Putin.
- Prigozhin praised Ukrainian president, Zelensky, on his social media platform.
- “Although he is the president of a country that’s hostile to Russia right now, Zelensky is a strong, confident, pragmatic and nice guy,”
- In a second post, Prigozhin followed up with a warning: “Don’t underestimate him.” The second post was described by the Telegraph as “explaining why he was offering such a discordant view of” Zelensky.
- Prigozhin holds no formal role with the Russian government, but his position has increased in importance as he has funneled more and more soldiers into Ukraine fighting for Russia.
- His statement is not in line with the Kremlin presentation of Zelensky as a drug-addled Nazi. And, it is not the first time Prigozhin has challenged Putin. Earlier he questioned the military’s conduct of the war.
- The Washington Post reported that Prigozhin along with Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, has become more vocal in their criticisms of military leaders prosecuting Putin’s war.
- According to the Telegraph: “British lawyers McCue Jury and Partners on Tuesday announced they were bringing legal action against Wagner for “terrorism” in Ukraine, aiming to claim compensation for victims of the mercenary group”
- Prigozhin was filmed in September of 2022 recruiting soldiers in Russian prisons. He promised them they would be freed is they survived six months in Ukraine. He also promised they would be shot if they tried to desert.
- “In another public message, he defended recruiting rapists and murders on the basis that it meant “your sons” would not be sent to the front. Weeks later Putin announced a mobilisation that has sent around 300,000 extra men to war.”
- Telegraph: “The Institute for the Study of War in its latest report on Tuesday said that Mr Prigozhin was “establishing himself as a political force, using his popular status and his affiliation with Wagner to criticise his opponents within elite circles”.
- In testimony to British parliament on Tuesday, Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky confirmed reports of Mr Prigozhin’s special place in Putin’s court, describing him as a “significant tool for the Kremlin”.
- “The number of meetings with the dictator is the only currency that’s in demand in that regime, and Mr Prigozhin has got a lot of those meetings,” said Mr Khodorkovsky, who was released after a decade in Russian prison in 2013, and was formerly the country’s richest man.”
UKRAINE UPDATE

April 20th, 2022
WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 2022

In the middle of a war, Fox News spent hours doing live coverage of a defamation case between two Hollywood actors. Hours.

UKRAINE UPDATE

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- Leon Panetta: We need to get the Ukrainians the weaponry they need.
UKRAINE WORLD
- The humanitarian corridor from Mariupol did not work. Russians couldn’t get their own military to comply?
- Russia is preparing a “pseudo-referendum” in the Kherson region.
- German foreign minister says that Germany will abandon imports of Russian energy by the end of the summer.
- Russia is arranging for relatives of soldiers killed in Ukraine to come and return free of charge to identify bodies. This is an incentive to mercenaries.
- Russia accuses Ukrainians of refusing to be “constructive” on key issues.
- A library is bombed in Chernihiv.
- The acting mayor of Berdyansk says that occupying Russians are demanding “holiday” concerts on May 9.
- At least 2,000 families let without homes in Irpin.
- Russian propaganda is demonizing Poland.
- “A full and immediate ban on Russian oil and gas will save Ukraine.”
THE KYIV INDEPENDENT
- Nuland says that NATO allies could be involved in safe passage of civilians and wounded from occupied Mariupol.
- Russian announced the test launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. Putin says the missile will “strengthen the combat potential” of Russia.
- Zelensky urges the EU to impose a full embargo on Russian oil and gas.
- Russia has announced a list of Ukrainian celebrities, influencers who are now banned from visiting Russia for 50 years.
- Intelligence reporting that Russia may launch cyberattacks against countries supporting Ukraine.
- US announces new sanctions against Russia.
CNN
- Ukrainians are being made hostages by being taken to Russia against their will.
- The US was told about the launch of the Russian missile ahead of time.
EUROMAIDAN PRESS
- Russian attacks destroyed food stocks in Severodonetsk.
- Ukrainian intelligence released intercepted conversation between Russian military indicating that they were ordered to kill Ukrainian POWs in Popasna in Luhansk.
MSNBC
- James Acton: Talking about another nuclear plant in Ukraine. Russia’s behavior was “reckless.” A bigger danger is the operating plants. There are various safety levels. In a war, a failure of all of these systems together is more likely.
- Zaporizhzhia is an operating plant. You need active cooling to maintain the plant.
- Finland is talking about joining NATO today in Parliament.
TWITTER
- Lindy Li: Michael Flynn “says we should stop sending military aid to Ukraine and suggests that we should just let Russia take Ukraine.”
- Andrew Wortman: “…he (Flynn) and his traitor brother need to be expelled from our military and indicted for treason.”
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Ukraine

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/01/putin-ally-challenges-russian-president-calling-zelensky-nice/
- Founder of Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, challenges Putin.
- Prigozhin praised Ukrainian president, Zelensky, on his social media platform.
- “Although he is the president of a country that’s hostile to Russia right now, Zelensky is a strong, confident, pragmatic and nice guy,”
- In a second post, Prigozhin followed up with a warning: “Don’t underestimate him.” The second post was described by the Telegraph as “explaining why he was offering such a discordant view of” Zelensky.
- Prigozhin holds no formal role with the Russian government, but his position has increased in importance as he has funneled more and more soldiers into Ukraine fighting for Russia.
- His statement is not in line with the Kremlin presentation of Zelensky as a drug-addled Nazi. And, it is not the first time Prigozhin has challenged Putin. Earlier he questioned the military’s conduct of the war.
- The Washington Post reported that Prigozhin along with Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, has become more vocal in their criticisms of military leaders prosecuting Putin’s war.
- According to the Telegraph: “British lawyers McCue Jury and Partners on Tuesday announced they were bringing legal action against Wagner for “terrorism” in Ukraine, aiming to claim compensation for victims of the mercenary group”
- Prigozhin was filmed in September of 2022 recruiting soldiers in Russian prisons. He promised them they would be freed is they survived six months in Ukraine. He also promised they would be shot if they tried to desert.
- “In another public message, he defended recruiting rapists and murders on the basis that it meant “your sons” would not be sent to the front. Weeks later Putin announced a mobilisation that has sent around 300,000 extra men to war.”
- Telegraph: “The Institute for the Study of War in its latest report on Tuesday said that Mr Prigozhin was “establishing himself as a political force, using his popular status and his affiliation with Wagner to criticise his opponents within elite circles”.
- In testimony to British parliament on Tuesday, Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky confirmed reports of Mr Prigozhin’s special place in Putin’s court, describing him as a “significant tool for the Kremlin”.
- “The number of meetings with the dictator is the only currency that’s in demand in that regime, and Mr Prigozhin has got a lot of those meetings,” said Mr Khodorkovsky, who was released after a decade in Russian prison in 2013, and was formerly the country’s richest man.”
UKRAINE UPDATE

April 14th, 2022
THURSDAY 14 APRIL 2022

UKRAINE:

Everyone is preparing for a new front in the battle for Ukraine. Failing to take over Kyiv, the Russians are concentrating force in the east of Ukraine, solidifying and expanding control of the Donbas region. The fighting is expected to be more brutal, the terrain is different, allowing for a more WWII style battle. The US has approved an expanded package of aid and equipment, but the question is whether they can get the equipment there in time to make a difference.

It is just beyond my comprehension why the Biden administration has not already sent this equipment. The reaction of some of the American people to the war has also just amazed me. Certain groups of people seem completely incapable of distinguishing between a war like that against Iraq and Afghanistan (which I opposed) and the war defending Ukraine. I am no admirer of the corporate media, but I also can see the difference between a press that is covering the war in Ukraine and a war-mongering press cheering for aggressive warfare (as they did in Panama, Iraq and Afghanistan).

UKRAINE UPDATE

WASHINGTON POST
- Russia warned that if Finland and Sweden join NATO, Moscow will reinforce the Baltic Sea region, including deploying nuclear weapons (Washington Post).
MSNBC
- EU is considering ban on Russian oil. (Note: Evidently a ban on natural gas would be more helpful.)
CNN
- Long range artillery is important in this new phase of the war. The Us is providing some of this.
- They want to stop the artillery forces. Russians have a lot of artillery. ‘it’s a killer on the Russian battlefield.”
- The urgency is to deliver the equipment.
- Advisers were trying to caution against some of this equipment.
- The problem remains getting this equipment in fast enough to make a difference. (Note: So why not send this before?)
- Barbara Star trots out the Pentagon line.
- The helicopters are important, and they were not always in the package. Zelensky evidently talked Biden into including this. It’s a very good helicopter for this type of terrain.
- Biden attempted to make some kind of distinction between “offensive” and “defensive” weapons. The assumption was that offensive weapons were escalatory. This distinction is evidently being abandoned. (Note: Thank God.)
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Ukraine

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/01/putin-ally-challenges-russian-president-calling-zelensky-nice/
- Founder of Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, challenges Putin.
- Prigozhin praised Ukrainian president, Zelensky, on his social media platform.
- “Although he is the president of a country that’s hostile to Russia right now, Zelensky is a strong, confident, pragmatic and nice guy,”
- In a second post, Prigozhin followed up with a warning: “Don’t underestimate him.” The second post was described by the Telegraph as “explaining why he was offering such a discordant view of” Zelensky.
- Prigozhin holds no formal role with the Russian government, but his position has increased in importance as he has funneled more and more soldiers into Ukraine fighting for Russia.
- His statement is not in line with the Kremlin presentation of Zelensky as a drug-addled Nazi. And, it is not the first time Prigozhin has challenged Putin. Earlier he questioned the military’s conduct of the war.
- The Washington Post reported that Prigozhin along with Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, has become more vocal in their criticisms of military leaders prosecuting Putin’s war.
- According to the Telegraph: “British lawyers McCue Jury and Partners on Tuesday announced they were bringing legal action against Wagner for “terrorism” in Ukraine, aiming to claim compensation for victims of the mercenary group”
- Prigozhin was filmed in September of 2022 recruiting soldiers in Russian prisons. He promised them they would be freed is they survived six months in Ukraine. He also promised they would be shot if they tried to desert.
- “In another public message, he defended recruiting rapists and murders on the basis that it meant “your sons” would not be sent to the front. Weeks later Putin announced a mobilisation that has sent around 300,000 extra men to war.”
- Telegraph: “The Institute for the Study of War in its latest report on Tuesday said that Mr Prigozhin was “establishing himself as a political force, using his popular status and his affiliation with Wagner to criticise his opponents within elite circles”.
- In testimony to British parliament on Tuesday, Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky confirmed reports of Mr Prigozhin’s special place in Putin’s court, describing him as a “significant tool for the Kremlin”.
- “The number of meetings with the dictator is the only currency that’s in demand in that regime, and Mr Prigozhin has got a lot of those meetings,” said Mr Khodorkovsky, who was released after a decade in Russian prison in 2013, and was formerly the country’s richest man.”
UKRAINE UPDATE: SATURDAY MORNING

March 26th, 2022
SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2022

UKRAINE WORLD
- Rallies against Russian occupation in Ukraine.
- Kidnappings of town mayors and artistic figures.
THE GUARDIAN: “Ukraine Will Not…” Maria Zolkina (3/25/22)
- “The only scenario that is not discussed is the full restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity.”
- The talk everywhere is that something needs to be sacrificed to appease Russia.
- “It is impossible for Ukraine to accept any of Russia’s ultimatums. Not the recognition of the so-called “republics” within the borders of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, not the annexation of Crimea, and not the demilitarization of Ukraine.”
- “…these concessions will not bring any security and in no way will they guarantee the withdrawal of Russian Troops.”
- “…they can only provoke a new Russian offensive against Ukraine.”
- The military support guaranteed in any treaty must include concrete forms of collective response, including using troops.
- “A ceasefire is not enough.”
- “Russia would use a ceasefire to strengthen and rearm its troops while demanding the west reduce military assistance to Ukraine.”
- “We urgently need weapons, including air defense systems and antimissile systems. We need sanctions, especially the refusal of EU states to purchase Russian gas and oil, and the disconnection of all Russia banks from Swift. We need western support for the independence of all Ukraine.”
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Ukraine

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/01/putin-ally-challenges-russian-president-calling-zelensky-nice/
- Founder of Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, challenges Putin.
- Prigozhin praised Ukrainian president, Zelensky, on his social media platform.
- “Although he is the president of a country that’s hostile to Russia right now, Zelensky is a strong, confident, pragmatic and nice guy,”
- In a second post, Prigozhin followed up with a warning: “Don’t underestimate him.” The second post was described by the Telegraph as “explaining why he was offering such a discordant view of” Zelensky.
- Prigozhin holds no formal role with the Russian government, but his position has increased in importance as he has funneled more and more soldiers into Ukraine fighting for Russia.
- His statement is not in line with the Kremlin presentation of Zelensky as a drug-addled Nazi. And, it is not the first time Prigozhin has challenged Putin. Earlier he questioned the military’s conduct of the war.
- The Washington Post reported that Prigozhin along with Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, has become more vocal in their criticisms of military leaders prosecuting Putin’s war.
- According to the Telegraph: “British lawyers McCue Jury and Partners on Tuesday announced they were bringing legal action against Wagner for “terrorism” in Ukraine, aiming to claim compensation for victims of the mercenary group”
- Prigozhin was filmed in September of 2022 recruiting soldiers in Russian prisons. He promised them they would be freed is they survived six months in Ukraine. He also promised they would be shot if they tried to desert.
- “In another public message, he defended recruiting rapists and murders on the basis that it meant “your sons” would not be sent to the front. Weeks later Putin announced a mobilisation that has sent around 300,000 extra men to war.”
- Telegraph: “The Institute for the Study of War in its latest report on Tuesday said that Mr Prigozhin was “establishing himself as a political force, using his popular status and his affiliation with Wagner to criticise his opponents within elite circles”.
- In testimony to British parliament on Tuesday, Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky confirmed reports of Mr Prigozhin’s special place in Putin’s court, describing him as a “significant tool for the Kremlin”.
- “The number of meetings with the dictator is the only currency that’s in demand in that regime, and Mr Prigozhin has got a lot of those meetings,” said Mr Khodorkovsky, who was released after a decade in Russian prison in 2013, and was formerly the country’s richest man.”
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January 13th, 2021
- The federal government has executed the first woman in almost 70 years. The woman had a history of mental illness and sexual abuse and sex trafficking in her childhood. The ACLU had appealed to the federal government to halt scheduled executions.
- Liz Cheney has said yes to impeachment.
- Trump, yesterday called for unity and calm while also threatening the nation and the President-Elect.
- Kevin McCarthy is saying that Trump shouldn’t be impeached.
- Geraldo has joined the group of people trying to save what is left of their reputations repudiating Trump. He also advanced a line used by Toomy used, saying that losing the election made Trump crazy. “After the election, he (Trump) took this to an entirely different place, orders of magnitude different,” Toomey said to NBC.
- On the “trying to salvage what little is left of his reputation,” subject, Brian Kemp of Georgia is reviving an image he used in a former campaign saying he will drive around Georgia in his pick up truck to distribute vaccine. For some reason, Kemp feels this casts him in a positive light. Since he finds himself incapable of managing the state’s distribution network even though he is governor, he hopes to salvage his image by making people believe that delivering vaccine personally in a pick up truck is better.
- Also in Georgia, a man charged in the capitol siege, Christopher Stanton, has committed suicide. This is the second suicide reported among those involved in the insurrection. A capitol hill police officer was also reported as having committed suicide.
- Right-wing activist Ali Alexander (who has gone into hiding and raised $20,000 on a Christian crowdfunding site) says that Reps. Gosar and Biggs worked with him in planning the rally that led to the attack on the Capitol.
- Rep Lauren Boebert has been arrested four times, including for resisting arrest. She cheered the Capitol rioters and live-tweeted her colleagues’ locations. Last night, she refused to go through a metal detector to get to the House floor. Why she is adamant about taking a weapon into the House chamber nobody knows.
- Rep. Mikie Sherrill has said that members of Congress gave tours to people through the Capitol on a “reconnaissance” mission one day before the riot. She says that she is going to see that they are “held accountable, and if necessary ensure they don’t serve in Congress.”
- The Rule of Law Defense Fund (RLDF), funded robocalls directing people to the rally in Washington, told them they would be marching to the Capitol and used the “Stop the Steal” rallying cry invented by Roger Stone.
- The RLDF is closely associated with the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA).
- Florida’s AG, Ashley Moody, was on the board of directors for the RLDF, the group that on the day of the Capitol attack sent out robocalls urging attendance. After the attack, Moody’s office scrubbed references to the group (Tampa Bay Times).
- RAGA donated more than $1million to Moody’s political committee in 2018.
- Moody has been prominent in the legal fight to overturn the 2020 election in favor of Trump. She also after taking office, joined 14 other Republican state attorneys general in urging the federal government to drop its case against Michael Flynn.
- Alabama AG, Steve Marshall, blamed “staff” for the robocall that urged people to go to the Trump rally in Washington.
- The executive director of the RAGA resigned on Monday.
- The website for March to Save America, the Trump rally, listed the RLDF as one of the participating organizations. The graphic which listed the participating organizations has since been deleted (Atlanta Journal Constitution).
- Diane Feinstein had filed the paperwork to run for reelection.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/01/putin-ally-challenges-russian-president-calling-zelensky-nice/
- Founder of Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, challenges Putin.
- Prigozhin praised Ukrainian president, Zelensky, on his social media platform.
- “Although he is the president of a country that’s hostile to Russia right now, Zelensky is a strong, confident, pragmatic and nice guy,”
- In a second post, Prigozhin followed up with a warning: “Don’t underestimate him.” The second post was described by the Telegraph as “explaining why he was offering such a discordant view of” Zelensky.
- Prigozhin holds no formal role with the Russian government, but his position has increased in importance as he has funneled more and more soldiers into Ukraine fighting for Russia.
- His statement is not in line with the Kremlin presentation of Zelensky as a drug-addled Nazi. And, it is not the first time Prigozhin has challenged Putin. Earlier he questioned the military’s conduct of the war.
- The Washington Post reported that Prigozhin along with Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, has become more vocal in their criticisms of military leaders prosecuting Putin’s war.
- According to the Telegraph: “British lawyers McCue Jury and Partners on Tuesday announced they were bringing legal action against Wagner for “terrorism” in Ukraine, aiming to claim compensation for victims of the mercenary group”
- Prigozhin was filmed in September of 2022 recruiting soldiers in Russian prisons. He promised them they would be freed is they survived six months in Ukraine. He also promised they would be shot if they tried to desert.
- “In another public message, he defended recruiting rapists and murders on the basis that it meant “your sons” would not be sent to the front. Weeks later Putin announced a mobilisation that has sent around 300,000 extra men to war.”
- Telegraph: “The Institute for the Study of War in its latest report on Tuesday said that Mr Prigozhin was “establishing himself as a political force, using his popular status and his affiliation with Wagner to criticise his opponents within elite circles”.
- In testimony to British parliament on Tuesday, Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky confirmed reports of Mr Prigozhin’s special place in Putin’s court, describing him as a “significant tool for the Kremlin”.
- “The number of meetings with the dictator is the only currency that’s in demand in that regime, and Mr Prigozhin has got a lot of those meetings,” said Mr Khodorkovsky, who was released after a decade in Russian prison in 2013, and was formerly the country’s richest man.”

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