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According to the March 5 U.K. Defense Ministry's intelligence update, Russian soldiers are forced into hand-and-hand combat due to lack of ammunition. The reservists were thus ordered by the Russian Command to assault a Ukrainian concrete strong point with only “firearms and shovels.” “The lethality of the standard-issue MPL-50 entrenching tool is particularly mythologized in Russia. Little changed since it was designed in 1869, its continued use as a weapon highlights the brutal and low-tech fighting which has come to characterize much of the war,” the report states. The U.K. Defense Ministry also commented that one of the reservists described...

ransomnote: This 40 minute video is an analysis of an interview in The Economist which featured General Zaluzhny, Colonel Syrskyi, and Zelenksy. I'll put some transcript hi-lights in Post #1. Basically Zaluzhny and Syrskyi say that the Ukraine will lose unless NATO provides vast amounts of military hardware and troops. They say Putin has been successful in raising troops and can field 1.5 million additonal troops at a time when Zelensky has approx 700,000 troops but only 200,000 have combat training.The video narrators note there is a weakening of support for Zelensky's continued requests for more money and arms, and...

Total collapse of US/EU/NATO policy both military and economic, damage to European society may be irreparable

Robert Barnes: The biggest loser in this Russian Ukraine conflict has been the globalist visions of George Soros and his like crowd. Because a lot things aren't...global digital currency ain't coming any time soon. Global WHO control over pandemics they can try as much as they want legally, politically probably ain't coming any time soon and this is all because they misread Vladimir Putin and Russia frankly. That's what it boils down to. Alexander: Going back to globalization and the issue of globalization I saw that there was a whole group of business leaders who came along to Davos WEF...

Trouble in South Pacific, Solomon Islands. WW3 is fast approaching [17:10] April 8, 2022 - @ 1:00pm EDThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GdHYwxPIAQAlex Christoforou - 3 updates today.Von der Leyen visits Kiev. Mariupol factory, radio communication in European languages. Update 1 [26:41]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTLoEBkjyqw on Odysee:https://odysee.com/@alexchristoforou:7/von-der-leyen-visits-kiev.-mariupol:0Pakistan heading for regime change. Russian MOD warns of false flag. Update 2 [17:54]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7-lDmPnNBU on Odysee:https://odysee.com/@alexchristoforou:7/pakistan-heading-for-regime-change.:7UK's Truss wants more weapons. Cyprus press exposes Elensky. Maduro weighs-in on conflict. Update 3 [19:38]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7-lDmPnNBU on Odysee:https://odysee.com/@alexchristoforou:7/uk's-truss-wants-more-weapons.-cyprus:0Alexander Mercouris - 1 update today.Russia Gains Control Mariupol Port, Cuts Interest Rates as Inflation Slows, Pakistan Regime Change [38:32]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2qx7W2jQdg on Odysee:https://odysee.com/@AlexanderMercouris:a/russia-gains-control-mariupol-port,-cuts:c

Neocons/EU push to prolong conflict to achieve Putin regime change goal [45:50] April 8, 2022 - @ 1:00pm EDThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phu1Caw-gbYAlex Christoforou - 2 updates today.Nuland ends EastMed gas. Elensky tour hits Cyprus. Russia out of UN Human Rights Council. Update 1 [27:15]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3E6_XCfxVg on Odysee:https://odysee.com/@alexchristoforou:7/nuland-ends-eastmed-gas.-elensky-tour:7Kremlin Spokesman Peskov gives strange interview to Sky News. Update 2 [23:28]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNzbcIx7ll8 on Odysee:https://odysee.com/@alexchristoforou:7/kremlin-spokesman-peskov-gives-strange:1Alexander Mercouris - 1 update today.Ukraine Asks NATO for Western Weapons as Donbass Military Crisis Deepens [33:43]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPipLZsvdl8 on Odysee:https://odysee.com/@AlexanderMercouris:a/ukraine-asks-nato-for-western-weapons-as:e

The Duran:New EU sanctions aimed at Russia, move Europe closer to collapse episode 1254 [38:08] April 6, 2022https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OfJMIG5Ft8 on Rumble:https://rumble.com/vzzaxp-new-eu-sanctions-aimed-at-russia-move-europe-closer-to-collapse.html EU Fails To Approve Russian Coal Ban As Latest Sanctions Package Delayed Due To "Technical Issue" ================ Alex Christoforou - 2 updates today.Mystery in Mariupol continues. NATO targets China. Hannity interviews Sean Penn. Update 1 [30:29]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ybe6oCWbo on Odysee:https://odysee.com/@alexchristoforou:7/mystery-in-mariupol-continues.-nato:0Greece breaks ties with Russia. Neocons press Cyprus for weapons. Update 2 [26:46]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31MtQzJK1lU on Odysee:https://odysee.com/@alexchristoforou:7/greece-breaks-ties-with-russia.-neocons:a ================ Alexander Mercouris - 1 update today.Lavrov Confirms Demands to Ukraine Unchanged, China Refuses to Pressure Russia, EU Sanctions Itself [46:53]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ybe6oCWbo on Odysee:https://odysee.com/@AlexanderMercouris:a/lavrov-confirms-demands-to-ukraine:8