Donetsk war reporter Dmitry Astrakhan sharing his thoughts on why Azov is being so stubborn in Mariupol:

English after Russian letter…

Многие задаются вопросом о том, почему до сих пор сидят и саботируют любые переговоры украинские военные на окружённой Азовстали. Чем продиктованы их безумные запросы? Есть версии про тайны, которые они скрывают в подземельях. Есть про помощь, которую они дожидаются.

Но я думаю, что все немного сложнее. Надо понимать, с кем мы имеем дело. Это люди, существовавшие годами в атмосфере абсолютной безнаказанности, стоит лишь произнести волшебные слова “ради nazii” и можно всё. Их подростками вытаскивали из полиции и судов, их выменивали из плена, они выходили по “коридорам” из Иловайска и Аэропорта. Они никогда и не за что не несли ответственности, ни за уголовные преступления, ни за военные. Они даже не подвергались общественному осуждению, наоборот, становились героями Украины.

В головах сидящих на Азовстали в принципе нет ощущения, что это конец. Что не придут Ада Роговцева, Анжелина Джоли, Папа Римский и “побратимы” И не вытащат их всех оттуда с поднятыми знамёнами, и прямо на награждение. Конечно, они понимают, что каждый в отдельности может не увидеть этого момента. Но общее поражение и тем более суд над выжившими в их головах, абсолютно уверен, не укладываются. Поэтому они спокойно держат заложников и ждут. С их точки зрения все должно закончиться как и всегда. Они просто не верят в то, что может наступить конец, это противоречит всему их воспитанию и жизненному опыту последних 10 лет.

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Donetsk war reporter Dmitry Astrakhan sharing his thoughts on why Azov is being so stubborn in Mariupol:

Many are wondering why the Ukrainian military at the encircled Azovstal are still sitting and sabotaging any negotiations. What motivates their frantic requests? There are theories about the secrets they are hiding in the dungeons. There are theories about the help they are waiting for.

But I think it is a little more complicated than that. We have to understand who we’re dealing with. These are people who have existed for years in an atmosphere of absolute impunity, one has only to utter the magic words “for the nation” and everything is possible. They were freed from police custody and courts as teenagers, they were traded out of captivity, they went through the “corridors” of Ilovaysk and the Airport. They were never held accountable for anything, neither criminal nor military. They were not even publicly condemned, on the contrary, they became heroes of Ukraine.

In the heads of those sitting at Azovstal, there is basically no sense that this is the end. That Ada Rogovtseva, Angelina Jolie, the Pope and their “brothers” will not come and drag them all out of there with banners raised, and straight to the award ceremony. Of course, they realize that any particular individual may not see this moment. But a general defeat, much less a trial of the survivors, is absolutely beyond their minds. So, they calmly hold the hostages and wait. From their point of view, everything must end as it always does. They simply do not believe that the end can come, it contradicts all their upbringing and life experience of the last 10 years.

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Interesting, what you don’t realize, fuel to operate USA war machine in Europe…

Comes a bunch from Russia….enough that it is crippled without it…

https://watson.brown.edu/climatesolutionslab/research/2022/mapping-us-military-dependence-russian-fossil-fuels

We estimate that before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. bases in Europe relied on Russian fossil fuels to meet 30% of their annual energy needs. This means that American forces in Europe have been buying the energy equivalent of nearly half a million barrels of oil from Russia every year.

Another western rediculous move by the USA. Sanctions are definatly a two way street…

So NATO would not last long without fuel…

Interesting….Hmm

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When we do not understand what we fight for, the fight is already lost. – kKEETON…

and or…

The struggle is already lost when we have no idea, nor even reason why, we are struggling. – kKEETON…

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Time to turn McDonald’s into a McRuble’s…

It is interesting to see western companies struggling with the profit losses from leaving Russia. IKEA has stated that they will open back up in Russia and many more including McDonald’s are trying to get the situation under control and get opened back up…

Good job McDonald’s, keep it up. Burger King is rocking and rolling…

Myself, I would like to see McDonald’s banned from Russia….but Russians love their McDonald’s and we will see. Words of wisdom to Russia, “McDonald’s is an undermining company against your society and they do it through their training system. Keep McDonald’s out!”

IKEA is necessary? No, you can get all the same stuff right from China and most likely at a better price and better quality. IKEA as I have said before on this blog…

IKEA’s Broken Reputation and the Smear Campaign on Russia…

So many articles on this blog about what has been happening over the years in Russia and all done by the Western Empire of Lies and Chaos…

One thing that Russians have to get through their heads is that western companies are under the wing completely of a tyrannical government in the USA and if you let them within Russia, they only benefit the USA and or the Oligarch in Russia whom is controlled by the west….they will simple put, “set up shop and undermine your countries culture and traditions to suit their needs and the needs of the western world!”

It is interesting to note that Coca-Cola is going strong in Russia and running full tilt. Coke is plentiful, whereas Pepsi, the cola that came during the USSR times, is struggling. Pepsi did not obviously expect this all to happen and did not set up itself accordingly to be optimized within Russia? But it seems that Coke is functioning fully independent of the USA mother company…

That is the key, the western companies that have stayed and or coming back, are companies that have divisions that are legally separated from the western world and are set up to be fully independent from western implications. It has been interesting to see which companies have the ability to overcome such implications that have been imposed…

I have noticed that many companies from the west simply stated that they were leaving Russia and changed the name and or still operate under the radar. Russia is a huge profit country for many western companies. Russia is a cash-cow, as per, the debt-cow that the USA has become…

Time is telling and telling in time shows that western business needs the world markets….for the USA market alone is a loss in most cases at the bottom line. It always brings to mind what my grandma would say, “If you owe someone for it? You only allowed to use it by them!”

As far as McDonald’s is concerned: as in my article below, McDonald’s was self-sufficient within Russia, years ago and they did not have to pull out. They did not nor do need the mother company to survive. In fact McDonald’s in Russia is a very profitable situation and I know all about McDonald’s…

McDonald’s will become our neighbor in Russia…

McDonald’s did not have to leave Russia and that is that and that is what Russians need to remember about McDonald’s…

Time to turn McDonald’s into a McRuble’s…

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Israel put on notice Iran may ‘attack directly’

Israel put on notice Iran may ‘attack directly’

If Israel continues attacking the Iranian presence in Syria, Tehran may retaliate directly, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday. He also warned Tel Aviv that the Shia militia will be on high alert for the upcoming Israeli military exercises near Lebanon.

“In the event of the continuation of the Israeli aggression against the Iranian presence in the region,” Iran may “attack Israel directly,” Nasrallah said during a video address at an event in Beirut.

This was a reference to the frequent Israeli missile strikes on what the government in Tel Aviv says are Iranian targets inside Syria – most recently on Wednesday.

https://www.rt.com/news/554752-hezbollah-israel-iran-syria-warning/

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25 people leave Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks on Saturday

❗️ Some 25 people leave Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks on Saturday, Sputnik correspondent reports…

Six of them are children….

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“Waste of people…. It’s the government’s fault”

🏳️🇺🇦 Appeal of a captured AFU soldier to his former comrades-in-arms: “Waste of people…. It’s the government’s fault”

◽️ Every day more and more Ukrainian soldiers voluntarily surrender. They declare their unwillingness to fight, blaming the US and their government.

◽️ All of them emphasise the good attitude of the Russian servicemen towards them.

#MoD #Russia #Ukraine
@mod_russia_enjoy

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Mesmerizing Angara 1.2

📸 Mesmerizing Angara 1.2

#MoD #Russia
@mod_russia_Enjoy

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“We were abandoned by our own commanders”

🏳🇺🇦 Appeal of a captured AFU soldier to his former comrades-in-arms: “We were abandoned by our own commanders”

◽️ Every day more and more Ukrainian soldiers voluntarily surrender. They declare their unwillingness to fight, blaming the US and their government.

◽️ All of them emphasise the good attitude of the Russian servicemen towards them.

#MoD #Russia #Ukraine
@mod_russia_enjoy

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Ukrainian colonel, was hiding in this kindergarten…

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Inspection of the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the kindergartens in Mariupol.

Among the abandoned things were found the documents of a Ukrainian colonel, who was hiding in this kindergarten.

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