Asia TimesUkraine – the situation (August 31, 2022) (inconclusive)Uwe Parparthttps://asiatimes.com/2022/08/ukraine-the-situation-august-31-2022/Reminiscence of the Future (Russian government funding electronics industry)Speak of the Devil.Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issueshttp://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/08/speak-of-devil.htmlMoon of AlabamaUkraine - A Frontline Report - Vanishing Foreign Weaponshttps://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/08/ukraine-a-frontline-report-vanishing-foreign-weapons.htmlSputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)Russian Defense Ministry: Ukraine Lost Over 1,700 Soldiers in 2 Days of Counterattack (The attacking force is estimated at 12,000. Do the math. "To decimate" means to reduces by a tenth. The
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Ukraine – the situation (August 31, 2022) (inconclusive)
Uwe Parpart
Speak of the Devil.
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues
Ukraine - A Frontline Report - Vanishing Foreign Weapons
Russian Defense Ministry: Ukraine Lost Over 1,700 Soldiers in 2 Days of Counterattack (The attacking force is estimated at 12,000. Do the math. "To decimate" means to reduces by a tenth. The attacking force was apparently more than "decimated" in the first couple of days.)
https://sputniknews.com/20220831/russian-defense-ministry-ukraine-lost-over-1700-soldiers-in-2-days-of-counterattack-1100233284.html
https://sputniknews.com/20220831/ukrainian-sabotage-group-plotted-attack-at-znpp-during-iaea-visit-regional-official-1100226928.html
US Government Using Microsoft to Conceal Cyber-Aggression Against Russia, Moscow [Maria Zakhoarva Says (Microsoft will lose markets.)
https://sputniknews.com/20220831/us-government-using-microsoft-to-conceal-cyber-aggression-against-russia-moscow-says-1100215516.html
United States Should Recognize That Afghan War Ended in Their Defeat, Says Russian Embassy in US (Like Vietnam, and like Vietnam also, it was predictable and avoidable. Vietnam was my wake-up call. The US has leaned nothing since.)
Ukraine: Somewhere between Afghanization and Syrianization ("By now it’s abundantly clear this is not a mere war of territorial conquest. It’s certainly part of a War of Economic Corridors – as the US spares no effort to sabotage and smash the multiple connectivity channels of Eurasia’s integration projects, be they Chinese-led (Belt and Road Initiative, BRI) or Russian-led (Eurasian Economic Union, EAEU)." The not-so-hidden agenda.)
A Third Of Pakistan Is Underwater As Monsoon Rains Create Crisis Of "Unimaginable Proportions"
"How In The Name Of God": Shocked Europeans Post Astronomical Energy Bills As 'Terrifying Winter' Approaches
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/how-name-god-shocked-europeans-post-astronomical-energy-bills-terrifying-winter-approaches
TASS (Russian state media)
Gorbachev helped to fundamentally change global security — Borrell (Conversely, many Russian view Gorbachev as a simpleton or even a traitor.)
Gazprom announces complete halt in supplies via Nord Stream due to repairs
How Mikhail Gorbachev Became the Most Reviled Man in Russia (hero in the West, traitor at home)