The Ukrainian military carried out a drone strike on the town of Aleshki in Russia’s Kherson Region on Thursday, targeting a busy local market, the regional governor, Vladimir Saldo, has said. At least seven people have been killed in the attack and over 20 more wounded, he added in a post on Telegram.

According to Saldo, the attack occurred around 9:30 a.m. local time near the central market, where many people were present. He said the initial “massive strike” was followed by another aimed “to finish off the survivors.”

Saldo added that Ukrainian forces have previously also “systematically” targeted ambulances, making it difficult to evacuate the wounded from affected areas.

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"Britain’s obsession with wresting Sevastopol from Moscow’s grasp dates back to the Crimean War of 1853-1856, but the leaked documents clearly show the city’s seizure is still considered a vital, and achievable, objective from London’s perspective."

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"Project Alchemy declared that the effort “could be the tip of the spear to a larger offensive with an aim of retaking Crimea… something deemed impossible by many including [the] Kremlin, that may be their undoing.”

Previous reports by The Grayzone on Project Alchemy’s clandestine activities have revealed how much of the cell’s plotting was informed by deluded conceptions of perceived historic British military glories, such as the World War II-era Special Operations Executive, a forebearer of CIA/MI6-run Operation Gladio."

The British need professional psychological help. There is something seriously wrong with this country.

What is the positive outcome of defending an authoritarian regime like Putin’s? I don’t see how that advances socialist goals in any way. I am learning that Zelenskyy and Ukraine are not as good as Western media describes, but I do not see how Putin is better. I’m interested in being part of Lemmygrad.ml, but not if it defends authoritarian regimes especially if they are not working towards socialism/communism. I want to work towards socialist goals, but I do not want to be used as a tool in some authoritarian geopolitical mess. Russia also gives me the impression of being colonialist but I’m not sure if that’s accurate

An overview of the military and geopolitical situation in the Ukraine conflict as of the time of writing. Good summary of the failed Kursk incursion for those interested in the military side. Some speculation about how the conflict will proceed going forward and what the prospects are for a negotiated peace.

Disclaimer: the author is reactionary and their political views are not aligned with ours; however the military analysis in this piece is solid and the piece itself largely stays away from controversial political opinions. That is to say i think it is safe to read without requiring a content warning.

Bullets:

• The war in Ukraine consumes vast quantities of arms and ammunition, supplied almost entirely by the US and the EU.
• Battlefield demands in Ukraine far outstrip the combined production of the entire Western bloc.
• Arsenals across the EU are empty, and the United States is far more reluctant today to supply the Ukraine war effort.
• But Europe faces severe problems in their efforts to rearm, and to make good their public support and promises to Ukraine.
• Despite having a far smaller economy than either the US or the EU, Russia easily produces more ammunition and war materiel than the NATO countries, combined.
• Meanwhile, Russia's close ally China has the world's most productive industrial sector, and monopolies on the supply chains necessary to build armaments.
• Last year, China cut off exports of antimony, a critical component of explosives, and antimony prices have more than quadrupled in less than a year.

https://archive.ph/yaPxg

It looks like the American version of The Grand Chessboard is not going as planned. Rather than Russia being defeated and dismembered, it’s winning, to the chagrin of the West. And they don’t know what to do.

The Real Objective of the Ukraine War

The whole objective of the Ukraine war has been to weaken Russia, sow division within Russian society, and eventually create regime change. The West’s whole history and its strength has been its ability to infiltrate and invade countries, to steal their resources and enslave their people, if not in actual slavery, then in debt slavery to Western banks.

The US/UK/NATO conglomerate thought that a combination of sanctioning Russia economically, the modern equivalent of siege warfare, where a city would be surrounded and starved into submission, as well as arming Ukraine to use as a battering ram, while not putting American, British or other NATO troops at risk, would be a successful strategy.

The idea was to attack China from it rear, an

Newly-leaked documents reveal a crew of military academics pitching the US National Security Council a series of extreme strategies for Ukraine, from IED’s inspired by Iraqi insurgents to sabotaging Russia’s infrastructure to propaganda “from ISIS’ playbook.”

Conceived under the auspices of the UK’s University of St. Andrews, the plans were outsourced through third parties to ensure “plausible deniability.”

Explosive leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone show how a shady transatlantic collective of academics and military-intelligence operatives conceived schemes which would lead to the US “helping Ukraine resist,” to “prolong” the proxy war “by virtually any means short of American and NATO forces deploying to Ukraine or attacking Russia.”

*The operatives assembled their war plans immediately in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and delivered them directly to the highest-ranking relevant US National Security Council official in the Biden administra

• Oct 24, Mark Rutte: "Ukraine's path to membership is irreversible [...] The day will come that Ukraine is a full member of NATO" ( https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_229230.htm )

• 13th February 25, Trump: “I don't think it's practical” to have Ukraine join NATO

• 13th February 25 (same day), Mark Rutte: "Ukraine was never promised NATO membership