Samizdat – 09.01.2023 The Swedish government has decided to nearly double its annual number of military recruits to 10,000 to boost the country’s defense capabilities amid the Ukrainian conflict, Americain news agency reported on Monday. In March 2017, Sweden resumed compulsory military conscription, which was abolished in 2010, citing the deteriorating security situation in the […]
RT | January 8, 2023 Newly elected US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly won over the final few votes needed to secure the gavel by promising conservative lawmakers that he will help pass legislation that would limit future economic and military aid to Ukraine. The Kiev compromise was one of the key concessions that McCarthy, […]
Samizdat – 08.01.2023 BERLIN – Almost half of Germans consider the cabinet’s decision to give Kiev Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) wrong, a survey conducted by the Institute for New Social Answers (INSA) for the Bild tabloid found on Sunday. On Thursday, US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a joint […]
By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge | January 6, 2023 Ex-Trump advisor and well-known foreign policy ultra-hawk John Bolton is teasing the possibility that he’ll run for the White House in 2024. He said in a “Good Morning Britain” interview which aired Friday that “I wouldn’t run as a vanity candidate. If I didn’t think […]
Press TV – January 6, 2023 The administration of US President Joe Biden has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth three billion dollars and nearly 700 million in Foreign Military Financing to European partner countries and allies “to help incentivize and backfill donations of military equipment to Ukraine,” deepening its involvement in […]
If public opinion doesn’t match up with the Washington program then it must be wrong, misunderstood, or worse, irrelevant. By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos | Responsible Statecraft | January 6, 2023 Tell us, Washington, how do you really feel about American public opinion? For years now, Beltway establishmentarians have been trying desperately to countermand the idea … … Continue reading →
By James Rickards | Daily Reckoning | January 4, 2023 The war in Ukraine remains the most important story in the world today. Don’t believe the incessant U.S. government and media propaganda about Ukraine. Ukraine is not winning the war; they are losing badly. But wait, hasn’t the news been talking up Ukrainian gains in […]
“It’s a joy for me because I’m one of those people who loves playing PlayStation and Xbox, so with my thumbs I like to think that I’m probably quite useful” Press TV – January 6, 2023 The UK’s Prince Harry says he killed 25 people in Afghanistan when he was acting as an Apache helicopter […]
Kiev is capable of building an atomic device, and its leaders often outline such thoughts By Olga Sukharevskaya | RT | January 6, 2023 Last year, Western media and high-ranking politicians actively discussed the possibility of Russian troops using atomic weapons in Ukraine. There has even been speculation on the likelihood of a nuclear war breaking out. […]
By Ilya Tsukanov – Samizdat – 06.01.2023 On Thursday, in response to an appeal by Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a ceasefire across the front in Ukraine starting at noon on Orthodox Christmas Eve and running through Christmas Day January 6-7. Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar has slammed Ukrainian […]
