Update (0845ET): During a press conference in Moscow with Belarus leader Lukashenko, Putin appeared to offer (perhaps) a slightly less rancorous tone…
- *PUTIN: RUSSIA ISN’T AGAINST TALKS ON U.S. SECURITY PRPOPOSALS
- *PUTIN: KYIV JUST NEEDS TO DISCUSS CONFLICT WITH SEPARATISTS
- *PUTIN: BELARUS DRILLS ARE DEFENSIVE, DON’T THREATEN ANYONE
Meanwhile the narratives continue to duel:
- U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN SAYS WE ARE SEEING SCENARIOS OF RUSSIA CREATING FALSE PROVOCATIONS IN UKRAINE
- PUTIN SAYS WE ARE SEEING RISING TENSION IN DONBASS, NEED TO IMPLEMENT MINSK PEACE AGREEMENTS
Additionally Putin says:
“Right now we are seeing a deterioration of the situation” in eastern Ukraine.
While blame-scaping is obvious in the narratives, they both agree that ‘tensions are rising’.
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As we detailed earlier, citing the risk of ‘conflict escalation’, separatists in Donbas (Eastern Ukraine) have announced the evacuation of women, children, and the elderly at the contact line to Russia, according to Interfax.
The leader of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin says, claims to have agreement with government of Russian Rostov region to host people.
Dear residents of the Donetsk People’s Republic! Countrymen!
In recent months, we have been observing a daily increase in the number of military personnel and lethal weapons by Ukraine, including Smerch and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, NLAW rocket launchers, as well as Javelins and Stingers along the entire line of contact.
Today their guns are aimed at civilians, at us and our children.
The armed forces of the enemy are in combat formations and are ready for the forceful capture of Donbass.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will soon give an order to the military to go on the offensive, to implement a plan to invade the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.
I appeal to all the inhabitants of our state.
The armed forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic, having experience in conducting military operations, are in constant combat readiness, fully capable of protecting the civilian population and infrastructure.
Nevertheless, when the enemy shells the settlements of the Republic, the life and health of our citizens may be endangered.
Therefore, from today, February 18, a mass centralized departure of the population to the Russian Federation has been organized.
First of all, women, children and the elderly are subject to evacuation.
We kindly ask you to listen and make the right decision. Temporary departure will save the life and health of you and your loved ones.
By agreement with the leadership of the Russian Federation, places for the reception and accommodation of our citizens are ready in the Rostov Region. The evacuees will be provided with everything necessary. All conditions have been created for a quick transition at checkpoints.
The heads of enterprises and institutions need to organize the departure of the families of employees. Headquarters of territorial defense – to provide transport for the evacuation of civilians.
Dear fellow countrymen, I ask you to remain calm and calm. Together we will stand and win!
Denis Pushilin,
Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic
It appears the evacuation is under way…
Sirens are reportedly sounding in Donetsk…
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That headline triggered the algos into sell-mode and erased all of the Blinken-Lavrov spike gains…
US Treasury yields are sliding, along with the Ruble but oil is unimpressed.
Gold is spiking back above $1900…
Ahead of a long weekend, we suspect few will be willing to roll the dice long with both sides appearing to be escalating the words and actions.
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the shitshow seems to be unstoppable at that point. I just hope that if we were to see our houses and land destroyed once again in europe, the heat could reach the Hamptons. nothing better to improve your behavior than to see destruction coming to you.
80 million people can’t be wrong, bruh.
Can anyone shed any light on why I, as an American, should give a flying fish over anything happening in Ukraine??
This is just USA Military Industrial Complex doing their thing to generate more wealth for themselves.
The US spent billions building CNG facilities to ship CNG to Europe. Putin’s pipelines to Europe made the US CNG no longer cost effective. The US not only lost the hefty profits it was going to make selling CNG to Europe, but the ability to use those gas supplies to blackmail our European allies into going along with our political agenda’s no matter how insane. Add that to the fact that Brandon needs something to distract the US citizens from the fact that he is running the country off a fiscal cliff and going to be responsible for the worst depression since 1929, and you will see why this war is so important to them….
This has been fact checked and is considered to be hyperdissilusionisthyperbolepadoink.
In as few a words as possible – The Petro Dollar.
Russia and Iran now seling gas and oil in Euros, bypassing the Dollar. This “must” be stopped or the unlimited magic money machine that is the fed will collapse, and along with it the US MIC.
Because the Czar was mean to some (((people))).
The Czar said those People were robbing the peasants of their property using every financial and legal trick in the book.
I believe I feel some fingers reaching for my wallet.
I would be happy to shed light on this. Your Zionist Occupied Government commanded you do so, goyim. Yours is not to reason why, yours is to do as you are told.
That Putin is a clever guy. While all the nitwits in the West expect him to invade Ukraine, he instead opens the door to the Russians living in Ukraine and invites them in. Russia needs workers and Russian-speaking Ukranians are much more productive workers than refugees from the Middle East and Africa.
Biden and the CIA want a war, and they will do anything to get it. It would be poetic justice if they got their asses handed to them.
The Rooskies have no possibility of defeating our 3 divisions armed with heavy purses.
The US military has not faced technological parity since WW2 and even then it was fresh troops and equipment against war weary Germany.
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see ya
Dumbass. Comment not removed. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
None of this is true.
The situation started deteriorating around 1993.
You have a typo there for 1913.
Belarus produced 20% of the worlds potash and FJB just put sanctions on Belarus that cut that 20% off. FJB just kicked the world in the balls and/or stomach. He started that conflict and now he screws the world’s food supply up even more; America, how not to win friends and influence people! FJB & the democrats.
(((Blinken)) is surely only loyal to his oath to the US Constitution and no other opposing powers or beliefs. Yes sireee.