Category: Ukraine

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It's Probably Nothing There Goes The Narrative Ukraine 40 Comments

Doomberg is a podcaster on financial markets whose insights I find quite valuable, although I have yet to understand why he covers his face with a green chicken cartoon. At the 14 minute mark in this interview he gets into the economics of energy and how that’s going to affect the outcome of the war in the Ukraine. In a nutshell, it’s not looking good for Zelensky.

“…once the Ukrainian counteroffensive of 2023 was defeated…it was very clear that this had converted to a grinding war of attrition and Russia was always going to win that war….I’m shocked by this…western techno-arrogance…[Russia] is not a gas station masquerading as a country. It…has a strong manufacturing base, excellent energy resources and a long history of marching east to west.”

 

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The Libranos Ukraine 11 Comments

Globe&Mail;

Master Warrant Officer Matthew Shawn Robar was arrested last week and charged with passing highly sensitive government secrets to what court documents refer to as a “foreign entity.”

The government has not identified the foreign entity. But a source told The Globe and Mail earlier this week that the country MWO Robar is accused of providing information to is Ukraine.[…]

In exhibits presented in military court Monday and released to media Tuesday, prosecutors allege that MWO Robar shared with the foreign entity the full name and identity of a Canadian Armed Forces member who was engaged in covert intelligence and information-collection activities. He did not have approval of senior commanders to share the operative’s identity, documents presented in court say.

Information allegedly passed to the foreign entity also gave it leverage over Canada, which was used to make threats, the documents say.

Military prosecutors also allege that MWO Robar talked to the foreign entity about possibly working for their country’s foreign intelligence agency after he came under investigation in the fall of 2024.

“Through his continued work with the foreign intelligence service, they discussed future employment opportunities as a reward for facilitating the foreign entity’s interests,” the documents allege.

More: Canadian Forces member accused of espionage was in long dispute with military over disciplinary action

You First, Leftists!

Baiting The Left Ukraine Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 46 Comments

Laura Babcock is one of Canada’s poster girls for Wealthy White Woke Women. She’s now screeching from the rooftops that Canadians will have to go fight for Ukraine. Is it not so convenient that her and her ilk have been telling us for years that conservatives are scum, that white men are evil, and that “Christofascists” (aka Christians she disagrees with) are terrible.

The best response to this divisive Lieberal propagandist actually comes from Britain, in the form of this video and this one. YOU go fight on the Ukrainian frontlines for your Beloved WEF Elitist masters, Laura. The rest of us, who have been deemed to be “Far Right Deplorables”, will sit this one out.

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Ukraine 20 Comments

Zelensky, back in the headlines.

Zelensky’s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester

When Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Kyiv’s Western allies faced a dilemma: how to spend billions supporting a government fighting Russia without watching the money vanish into the pockets of corrupt managers and government officials.

The stakes were high because Ukraine’s vital wartime industries — power distribution, weapons purchases and nuclear energy — were controlled by state-owned companies that have long served as piggy banks for the country’s elite.

To protect their money, the United States and European nations insisted on oversight. They required Ukraine to allow groups of outside experts, known as supervisory boards, to monitor spending, appoint executives and prevent corruption.

Over the past four years, a New York Times investigation found, the Ukrainian government systematically sabotaged that oversight, allowing graft to flourish.

 

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Ukraine 17 Comments

NYPost: Anti-corruption units have raided the home and office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, in an unwelcome distraction for Kyiv officials as they battle to defeat Russia’s invasion and persuade US officials to accommodate their concerns in peace proposals.

More: Media referring to Yermak as “Zelensky’s top aide” or “lead negotiatior.” Once again clever with their words to downplay the significance of his exit.

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Art Of The Deal Putin Ukraine 33 Comments

Maybe.

Based on recent reports, it’s unclear. ABC News states a US-proposed peace plan was revised from 28 to 19 points after talks, but Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says no final agreement yet and more work is needed. Other outlets like CBS and Moneycontrol cite US officials claiming Ukraine agreed to terms, with minor details pending. Further developments may clarify.


Oil slides on the optimistic headline that Ukraine has tentatively agreed to the Trump-backed deal..

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The Libranos Ukraine 11 Comments

Birds of a feather: Ukraine corruption scandal won’t deter Canada from offering support, Anand says

An unfolding corruption scandal in Ukraine will not deter Canada from continuing its support for the war-torn country, but Ottawa expects Kyiv to implement reforms to fight graft, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said on Thursday.

Anti-corruption authorities said this week that they had detained five people and identified two others suspected of involvement in an alleged plot to control procurement at the country’s nuclear agency, Energoatom, and other state enterprises.

The allegations prompted Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers to quit, and have sparked questions about what the country’s highest officials knew of the alleged conspiracy.

It is fast becoming one of the most significant crises for Kyiv since Moscow’s full-scale invasion, with media reports implicating a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelensky. The alleged US$100-million scheme could also hand opponents of Western aid to Ukraine a rationale for cutting assistance after almost four years of war.

Ottawa has provided nearly $22-billion in various forms of aid to Ukraine since 2022.

Y2Kyoto: The End Of The EU?

Climate Cult Ukraine Y2Kyoto 7 Comments

Doomberg;

On September 1, the Financial Times broke the ominous news that a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was the target of a jamming operation meant to interfere with its Global Positioning System (GPS). Russia was immediately fingered for the job. According to the report, the plane was forced to circle over Plovdiv, Bulgaria, for over an hour before pilots resorted to the use of paper maps to safely land.

We would link to the story, but the original has since been edited and most of the key claims—repeated countless times and breathlessly by news outlets around the world—were patently untrue. The plane did not repeatedly circle Plovdiv, it landed only nine minutes later than scheduled, and the pilots did not use paper maps to navigate. Demands made by a Bulgarian member of the European Parliament that von der Leyen denounce the reporting as “fake news” have been ignored. The affair has since been largely memory-holed.

We assumed the story was suspect immediately upon reading it, if for no other reason than keeping von der Leyen in her current role has to be one of Moscow’s top strategic priorities. Who else is more qualified to destroy the European Union (EU) from within? Under her bold leadership, the EU has impaled itself on nearly all the foundational attributes that underpin economic and geopolitical power—most notably by accelerating deindustrialization and forging ahead with disastrous energy policy.

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