Russian special military operation in Ukraine #20

Big_Gazza wrote:

ucmvulcan wrote:As an American, allow me to be very cynical and disgusted by my country.  I don't think its Crimean Bridge.  Yes, they might attempt an attack on it.  My guess is that there is going to be some sort of chemical or biological weapon used in Kiev and Odessa and Russia is going to be blamed for it.  Why? Simple, it would follow the pattern we saw in Syria where every single time Assad almost got us to leave he would invariably "use a chemical weapon" or other "prohibited ordinance."  The jackoffs in Washington want escalation in this, but they need to sell it.  Crimean Bridge would upset Russians, but most Americans wouldn't care.  Staging a chemical weapon attack in Kiev or Odessa and blaming Russia for it? That would fire up the rage machine and the 24/7 news cycle and social media would run with that story until the dream of American forces in Ukraine and a shooting war with the bad ole Rooskies came to fruition.  The worst part? I'd have to hear Toby Keith and Lee Greenwood again, and I really don't want that.  Yes, even worse than the nuclear exchange would be having to endure Toby Keith and Lee Greenwood's "music."

I'm not so sure, due to the blowback risk - ie other serious nations like China, India etc and the rest of global South seeing thru the obvious nonsense and realizing that the US is conducting bio-chem attacks.  The loss of international prestige would be catastrophic, especially at a time when global geopolitics and the power balance is shifting inexorably towards a multi-polar system where the West cannot so easily use its media machine to hide inconvenient truths and silence all dissent.  Much of the US and Eurotrash populations will probably get it as well, even if their respective media whores will obediently leap onto their Clients cocks and stat to ride them for all they are worth...

In any case, how will the US "escalate"?  Despite the bravado and trash-talking, the professionals in the pentagon want absolutely nothing to do with any expeditionary force being sent into Ukraine to fight Russians.   There is only one way that ends, and it means kissing your 401(k) goodbye since you won't be around to collect a dime of it...

While there are plenty of unhinged whackjobs in the neocon ranks who would sell their souls for a chance to smear Russia with a false-fag using bio-chem weapons, I think the (few) adults in the beltway will manage to constrain the neocon fukwitz and their fellow travelers. The potential for disaster is just so immense.

ArgentinaGuard wrote:https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/el-jefe-militar-de-gran-bretana-desmiente-los-rumores-sobre-la-salud-de-putin-son-ilusiones-nid17072022/

Britain's military chief denies rumors about Putin's health: "They are wishful thinking"
In an interview with the BBC, Admiral Tony Radakin said the Russian challenge could last for decades.

“As military professionals, we see a relatively stable regime in Russia. President Putin has been able to crush any opposition...and none of those at the top [of power] have the heart to challenge President Putin,” Radakin added.

Imagine a Putin living hundreds of years.

Zelensky dismissed the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and the head of the SBU, 17.07.2022.

Zelensky removes Venediktova and head of the SBU Bakanov from their posts as Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova and Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Ivan Bakanov from their positions, the Strana.ua portal reported, citing relevant decrees.

As stated in the documents, the President removed Bakanov in accordance with Article 47 of the Disciplinary Charter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine . The resignation of Venediktova took place in accordance with part 2 of article 11 of the law "On the legal regime of martial law."

Zelensky himself, in a video message on his Telegram channel, said that the removal of the security forces was connected with the facts of high treason on the part of employees of departments. Thus, 651 criminal proceedings were registered under articles on treason and collaborationist activities. Employees of the prosecutor's office, pre-trial investigation and other bodies pass through them.

The President stressed that such a number of crimes against national security, as well as the connections "recorded between the employees of the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine and the special services of Russia, raise very serious questions for the relevant leaders."

Venediktova has been in office since March 2020, before that she was and. about. director of the State Bureau of Investigations. Aleksey Simonenko has been appointed Acting Prosecutor General.

Bakanov has headed the SBU since August 2019, previously he worked as the first deputy head of the department.

https://ria.ru/20220717/venediktova-1803095777.html

Zelensky explained the dismissal of the heads of the SBU and the State Prosecutor's Office with the connections of the security forces with Russia, 17.07.2022.

In Ukraine, 651 cases of treason and collaboration activities of employees of the SBU and the Prosecutor General’s Office are being investigated, and suspicion has already been filed in 198 cases, Zelensky said. He noted that this raises "very serious questions"

The decision to dismiss the head of the SBU Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova was made in connection with “very serious questions” to them due to the connection of employees of departments with Russia. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Telegram.

According to him, by this day, 651 criminal proceedings have been registered under articles on high treason and collaboration activities of employees of the prosecutor's office, pre-trial investigation departments and other law enforcement agencies. In 198 cases, the defendants have already been charged with suspicion. The President of Ukraine noted that more than 60 employees of the prosecutor's office and the SBU continued to work in the territories occupied by Russia.

“Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the national security of the state and ties that have been recorded between employees of the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine and the special services of Russia raise very serious questions for the relevant leaders. Each of these questions will receive a proper answer,” Zelensky said.

https://www.rbc.ru/politics/17/07/2022/62d467cf9a7947b4ffa5681a