WNU Editor: This briefing has Engish subtitles.
President Zelensky does not pull any punches.
He is critical of NATO for not supporting their entry into the alliance, and to not provide more assistance in their hour of need.
He says NATO is afraid, and that Ukraine is alone in this war.
He says Moscow wants to negotiate an end to the war, and their conditions are disarmament and being non-aligned.
He admits that to end this war there must be negotiations.
Update: Russian media is reporting that Ukraine President is willing to negotiate an end to this war on Russia's terms .... Ukraine ready to discuss neutrality, Zelensky says (RT).
Looking at the above video, I get the impression that President Zelensky knows that to save his government and the destruction of Ukraine, a negotiated peace must occur. But he wants it to happen from a position of strength and is pushing the Ukraine military to make the cost of the war to high for Moscow to proceed.
If what I am reading is true, the Kremlin's conditions to end this war (the government of Ukraine's surrender) are disarmament, becoming a neutral country, some autonomy for the Russian dominated regions of Ukraine, and the recognition of the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk. Definitely a bitter pill to swallow for the Ukraine President, and one that he may be forced to take in the coming days if the military conditions on the ground continue to deteriorate.
Update #2: I had mentioned this idea to a few others before the war started, but I wondered if the Kremlin's real goal was to push Ukraine into a Yugoslav style conflict and solution, i.e. breaking the country into 3 regions.
A Western and central part that is Ukraine. Another region with sizeable Russian-Ukrainian populations that will have a great deal of autonomy but will still be part of the Ukraine state (or not). And the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk.
Before the war started I gave this idea a 5% chance of happening.
Now I am giving it 50-50.
What do you think?
Shame on us.
ReplyDeleteThis has gone very badly for Russia. Not the cakewalk that WNU predicted.
ReplyDeleteFrom reports that many captured Russians did not know they'd be invading to elite paras getting wiped out at an airport when Ukraine retook. Multiple air assets downed and many russian tanks destroyed. Also reports that a lot of the equipment is old, Russia hasn't sent their best.
Ukraine will lose. But they will make Russia pay a high cost.
Do you have a link about the paras getting defeated, all l heard is that they took the airport?
DeleteFound it...way to go
DeleteTwitter.com/worldonalert/status/1496972364315492353
DeleteThere's multiple sources.
Not that surprising for anyone who reads just a decent amount about realistic Russian capabilities.
DeleteThe Russian news that WNU posted is incredibly skewed with false narrative to paint Ukraine's openness to talk as concessions while painting NATO in a bad light.
ReplyDeleteI understand WNU is anti-Ukraine but posting RT news as a desirable source is laughable.
RT news director also claimed that Ukrainians may soon gas their own people, and have been flooding telegram channels telling everyone the war is necessary.
ReplyDeleteI like warnews updates, but the sources he uses and opinionates on are hilariously pro-russian. There's always been that bias sadly. It's equivalent to sourcing a global times (China) opinion on Taiwan and then forming your statement around that.
It's a bit of a sad state of free journalism to see on here.
It has taken a hit and I don't enjoy saying that.
DeleteThought Putin's objective all along was to have the two eastern districts and Crimea officially recognized. He crossed the lines to make his point clear.
ReplyDeleteGiant arrow attacks don't conquer and don't work in an age of modern weaponry. Plenty of failure in this category: the Lebanon war comes to mind.
Ukraine's agreement in a peace treaty makes it internationally recognized.
The longer this operation continues, the more it has the chance for dramatic Russian casualties. There are already protests in Russia. Kyiv is a big city.
Scott Adams speculated that maybe Putin since he is 73 is taking too much testosterone, hence the funny appearance and aggressiveness. Hmmm.
Putin has successfully brought NATO together. That was probably not his objective. This is another reason to bring this operation to a conclusion more sooner than later.
Fazman in overdrive to mingle among us, make us forget how much he pushed for tyranny from Australia to Canada
ReplyDeleteNo, fazman
Rot in hell
It's the way to go. lol.
DeletePutin a loser in history records and at home
ReplyDeleteNATO stronger than ever
Not NATO task to rescue non-NATO nations
America looks strong and involved again
American intelligence gets great marks
most important: nations now realize the importance of getting and keeping nukes
TIME MAGAZINE
ReplyDeleteIt’s a recipe for disaster. Also a roadmap for the destruction of the Baltic states. So the new international norm will be attack your neighbor when you don’t like their country having minority political populations? So the US lops off western Canada to connect Alaska to the lower 48?
ReplyDeleteMexico goes after the SW USA? Poor idea. Ukraine is a sovereign nation. Russia in breaking international law and international norms. It isn’t 1522, it’s 2022.
'I don't know why he's there' Russian mothers say soldiers tricked into going to Ukraine
ReplyDeleteDeath to the Bolshevik savages!!!
ReplyDeleteFrederick Lapides is up to his old tricks with his imagur lies.
ReplyDeleteThis is the truth (below). Trump's own words at length in context.
Trump lashes Germany over gas pipeline deal, calls it Russia's 'captive'
www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-summit-pipeline-idUSKBN1K10VI
A disgrace for the west. I don't think Zelensky can survive in any role. Wouldn't be suprised if he "commit suicide" one day, found dead.
ReplyDeleteNext up the Baltic states.
9:58
ReplyDeleteyour link does not work!
here is what your master said:
Donald Trump has said that Vladimir Putin is “very savvy” and made a “genius” move by declaring two regions of eastern Ukraine as independent states and moving Russian armed forces to them.
Trump said he saw the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis on TV “and I said: ‘This is genius.’ Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine … Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful.”
The former US president said that the Russian president had made a “smart move” by sending “the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen” to the area.
Biden imposes sanctions on company behind Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – as it happened
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Trump, a long-term admirer of Putin who was impeached over allegations he threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine unless it could help damage the reputation of Joe Biden
Noted too: Russia put Trump remarks supporting Putin on national tv!
ReplyDeleteWhy Donald Trump can't stop praising Vladimir Putin - The Atlanta Voice
ReplyDeleteRussians taking heavy casualties.landings in Odessa failed!
ReplyDelete10:32,
ReplyDeleteThe link did not work, but the URL was correct. Quit your bitching Fred. You are the last one who should bitch. You literally know nothing.
The US has 11 Army divisions. A division has 10,000 to 16,000 soldiers.
ReplyDeleteJoe has moved 3,000 here, 5,000 there, etc. That there told me he was scared and not serious.
Maybe I am wrong. Maybe he and his staff of whales and pencil necks are totally serious.
But I cannot be the only ne in or out of America, in or out power, who believes that Joe is not serious.
Sending 3,000 to the Baltics seems puny. The answer is it depends. Joe if he could remember details or read them off fast enough from TOTUS could have said they they are reinforcing, buttressing, leavening, bracing x number of Baltic troops, so it is not a Task Force Smith (540). He did not do it.
Is the reason why, the fact that people might ask why 3,000 troops could not reinforce 200,000 Ukrainian troops and maul the Russians or stand them down?
Or maybe troops levels is too much detail for a dementia patient?
Truth be told Idiot Hitler while on drugs did a far better job than Joe does while on drugs and medicine was not as advanced then.
ReplyDelete"The link did not work, but the URL was correct. Quit your bitching Fred. You are the last one who should bitch. You literally know nothing."
I was merely pointing out that a correction was needed. Is that an insult?
I know nothing? How would you have any idea of what I know and do not know?
Deal with issues not insults
Trump (JULY 11, 2018):
ReplyDelete“When Germany makes a massive oil and gas deal with Russia. We’re supposed to be guarding against Russia and Germany goes out and pays billions and billions of dollars a year to Russia.
We’re protecting Germany, we’re protecting France, we’re protecting all of these countries. And then numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline deal with Russia where they’re paying billions of dollars into the coffers of Russia.
So we’re supposed to protect you against Russia and you pay billions of dollars to Russia and I think that’s very inappropriate.
Germany will have almost 70 percent of their country controlled by Russia with natural gas. You tell me, is that appropriate?
Germany is totally controlled by Russia, cause they are getting 60 to 70 percent of their energy from Russia and a new pipeline.
I think these countries have to step it up, not over a 10 year period, they have to step it up immediately. Germany is a rich country, they talk about increasing it a tiny bit by 2030. Well they could increase it immediately, tomorrow, and have no problem.
If you look at it, Germany is a captive of Russia. They got rid of their coal plants, they got rid of their nuclear, they’re getting so much of their oil and gas from Russia. I think it is something NATO has to look at. It is very inappropriate."
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-summit-pipeline-idUSKBN1K10VI
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President Bite-Me (MAY 19, 2021): "Furthermore, I have determined that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the application of sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG, its CEO Matthias Warnig, and Nord Stream 2 AG’s corporate officers."
https://www.state.gov/nord-stream-2-and-european-energy-security/
" When President Trump left the White House, America was a net oil exporter. Within one day of entering the Oval Office, Biden reversed that by shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline, ending drilling leases, etc. We're now importing fossil fuels, including a much higher amount from Russia."
ReplyDeleteBiden is a traitor.