No Peace In Sight

by Oui Sun Jan 15th, 2023 at 04:46:02 PM EST

Zelensky uses each and every opportunity to get more advanced weapons delivered from NATO allies ..

Russian forces pummeled Ukrainian cities in a major missile attack Saturday as Britain's prime minister promised Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine. [_link]
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 14, 2023

From day one ...

Ukraine's Zelensky asks citizens to resist and Europe to do more

Yesterday and today ...

Once blood flows and "investment" increases in warfare, one gets a perpetuum mobile to sustain a stupid, senseless war! 😡

No one wants this war and only a handful of delegates in government have their hands on the lever ...

_{Frontpaged - Frank Schnittger}

Zelensky on Diplomacy

Always strong support of the UK is now impenetrable and ready for challenges. In a conversation with the Prime Minister, @RishiSunak, I thanked for the decisions that will not only strengthen us on the battlefield, but also send the right signal to other partners.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 14, 2023

Had a phone call with 🇦🇱 PM @ediramaal. Congratulated on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our states, noted the opening of 🇦🇱 Embassy in Kyiv. Discussed the situation at the front, the importance of increasing security aid to 🇺🇦 & support for our #PeaceFormula
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 13, 2023

#PeaceFormula

Switzerland is not neutral.

It's complicit. [_link]
— Stas Olenchenko 🇺🇦 (@TheStanislawski) January 14, 2023

A fact that you must realize as soon as possible... your choice of "neutrality", is killing people, every day, every hour, every minute...@swiss_un @SwitzerlandOSCE [_link] pic.twitter.com/XUT1Ux7jBY
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 14, 2023

Escalation fears ease after NATO, Warsaw say missile that hit Poland was ~~Russian~~ Ukrainian stray ... was hit on flat also a S-300 missile stray hit?

At least 14 dead in strike on Ukraine apartment block; UK pledges tanks for Kyiv [_link]
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) January 15, 2023

The UK will provide Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirms during a call with President Zelensky [_link]
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) January 14, 2023

Ukraine weapons: What military equipment is the ~~world~~ NATO giving? | BBC News - 1 day ago |

Poland Sees Economic Opportunities In War

⚡️ Poland to send 18 KRAB self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine.

These howitzers can fire at up to 40 kilometers, six times a minute. Poland is the second-largest donor of equipment to Ukraine after the U.S. so far.

📷 Defense Ministry of Poland pic.twitter.com/ZYVRYSkK8m
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 29, 2022

Poland proposes Western Europe countries to buy AHS Krab self-propelled howitzers for Ukraine

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UK proposes to build a munition factory in Poland for Ukraine War

[BBC Interview Sunday morning with a Tory defense MP]

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[Update-1]

UK 🇬🇧 ~~will send 4 Apache AH-64E Attack Helicopters~~ to Ukraine 🇺🇦

This was posted by “The Mirror” citing a Senior 🇬🇧 Defense Offical

“A senior defence source told the Sunday People that up to 4 Apaches will be sent - and they will follow 10 Challenger 2 main battle tanks”

We are still waiting for secondary confirmation[_link]
— Ukraine Battle Map (@ukraine_map) January 15, 2023

Story was hours later pulled by the Mirror … Oops … the story I’d not there = 404 =

Mirror article

This is clutching at straws. MoD is saying the story about sending Apaches is wrong, full stop. They aren't quibbling with variants etc.

… From the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the UK directly provided significant military aid to Ukraine including a large quantity of anti-tank weapons such as the NLAW, and the Stormer StarStreak.

END OF UPDATE

War and Algorithm | by Max Liljefors, Gregor Noll, and Daniel Steuer |
War and Algorithm looks at the increasing power of algorithms in these emerging forms of warfare from the perspectives of critical theory, philosophy, legal studies, and visual studies. The contributions in this volume grapple with the challenges posed by algorithmic warfare and trace the roots of new forms of war in the technological practices and forms of representation of the digital age. Together, these contributions provide a first step toward understanding--and resisting--our emerging world of war.

Law's Ends: On Algorithmic Warfare and Humanitarian Violence (p. 105 Sara Kendall)

Omnivoyance and Blindness (p. 127 Max Liljefors)

Of the Pointless View: From the Ecotechnology to the
Echotheology of Omnivoyant War (p. 165 Allen Feldman)

On the Future Perfect of Artificial Intelligence and War: War and Algorithm -- An Academic Review.

Contextual Image of Perpetual War

Ukrainians are very angry and want revenge.
But we are not russians.
Our goal is to drive the occupiers out of our country and bring war criminals to justice.
Or send them to a place of divine Justice.#Dnipro pic.twitter.com/2xTzo3fVyY
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) January 14, 2023

Intense days in Poland to support Ukraine | by Josep Borrell - Dec. 4, 2022 |
The OSCE was created during the Cold War, in the wake of the Helsinki agreement of 1975, to ensure early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. Since almost fifty years, with its today 57 participating countries, it has played a very significant role to preserve a relatively stable European peace order, despite various conflicts and crises.

OSCE report Donbas - Who Is Firing At Whom and Who Is Lying About It? | MoA - Feb. 20, 2022 | Seems the member states are focused more on post-war issues … great work … destruction of Europe as the US administrations managed to divide Europe into East and West …

Ukraine Caught Between East and West, Red and Blue | Oct 3rd, 2019 |

A long history of a divided nation, caught up in collapse of West-European and Eastern Empires and the Rise and Fall of Communism in the 20th Century. The oligarchs run the nation ...

Ukraine's western pro-European cities warn they could break away | The Guardian - Feb. 21, 2014 |

Police no longer seen on streets in Lviv while local troops say they will refuse to carry out certain commands
While protests continue on the streets of central Kiev, the cities in the west of Ukraine are slipping towards autonomy with new parallel governments and security forces that have openly admitted they have deserted to the side of protesters.
In Lviv, the heartland of Ukrainian nationalism, firearms have been stolen from local military bases and police are no longer to be seen on the streets.
Amid talk of civil war, few want to see any permanent division between the country's mainly Russian-speaking east and the more pro-European west, but many admit there is a risk it could happen.

Indeed an American coordinated tragedy to happen just three days later …

Insufficiently diverse: The problem of nonviolent leverage and radicalization of Ukraine’s Maidan uprising, 2013–2014 |

The article explains the violent radicalization of the initially peaceful Maidan uprising in January 2014 as the result of failure to build efficient leverage against Viktor Yanukovych with nonviolent methods. Maidan lacked critical diversity of nonviolent tactics insofar as directly disruptive methods of noncooperation (e.g., strikes and boycott) remained small-scale and inefficient.
The Maidan protest coalition primarily lacked social-organizational resources, i.e. authoritative civil society organizations and strong labor movement, for developing nonviolent leverage that was partially connected to gaps in ideological and regional diversity and partially to unfavorable structural conditions. However, radical nationalists actively participating in the protests possessed a unique combination of resources for initiating and diffusing efficient, coordinated, and strategic violence.

Ukrainian Nationalists and the Holocaust of Eastern Galician and Volhynian Jews

Supporting Ukraine’s Difficult Path Towards Reforms | Jacques Delors Institute Berlin - October 2015 |

An extremist pro-Western government unwilling to compromise with the Russian speaking population led to the irreversible destruction of Ukraine … similar to the collapse of Yugoslavia … leading to war.

Related reading …

How the Kosovo Air War Foreshadowed the Crisis in Ukraine | The New Yorker - Feb. 15, 2022 | by Masha Gessen

Twenty-three years later, Kremlin propagandists still use the NATO bombing campaign to justify their own actions.

The Legality of the NATO Bombing Operation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Pace International Law Review - 1999 |

Former Kosovo rebel commander convicted of war crimes by Hague court | EuroNews - Dec. 16, 2022 |

For the first time, a former Kosovo Liberation Army commander has been found guilty of war crimes at a special tribunal in the Hague.
Salih Mustafawas sentenced to 26 years for murder and torture at a prison he ran during the 1998-99 independence conflict with Serbia.
Kosovo’s president resigns to face war crimes charges in The Hague | The Guardian - Nov. 5, 2020 |
Kosovo’s president, Hashim Thaçi, a guerrilla leader during the country’s war for independence from Serbia in the 1990s, has resigned to face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity at a special court based in The Hague.
Thaçi announced his resignation at a news conference in Pristina, Kosovo’s capital. He said he was taking the step “to protect the integrity of the presidency of Kosovo”.

Ukraine Suggest a Peace Summit in Februari … only Friends Invite

Ukraine eyes peace summit in February | Le Monde - Dec. 26, 2022 |
Ukraine's government is aiming to have a peace summit by the end of February, preferably at the United Nations with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a possible mediator, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Associated Press on Monday, December 26.
Mr. Kuleba said he was "absolutely satisfied" with the results of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to the US last week. He said that the US government had made a special plan to get the Patriot missile battery ready to be operational in Ukraine in less than six months. Usually, the training takes up to a year.
Mr. Kuleba said Ukraine would do whatever it can to win the war in 2023, adding that diplomacy always played an important role.
"Every war ends in a diplomatic way," he said. “Every war ends as a result of the actions taken on the battlefield and at the negotiating table."

"The United Nations could be the best venue for holding this summit because this is not about making a favor to a certain country," he said. "This is really about bringing everyone on board."

Asked about whether Russia would be invited to the summit, Mr. Kuleba said that Russia would need to be prosecuted for war crimes at an international court, for example, first.

Kuleba’s “negotiating table” is quite likel an unconditional and dishonorable surrender in a railway carriage outside of Lviv

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Tragedy in Dnipro: Arestovich's scandalous statement angers Ukrainians, 15 Jan

Bankova's adviser is again embarrassed: he believes that a Russian missile hit a residential building as a result of being shot down by air defense forces.
A Russian Kh-22 missile that hit a residential building in Dnipro was shot down by Ukrainian Air Defense Forces. Such statement Conversation Along with Mark Feigin, he was made an adviser to the office of President Oleksii Arestovich
When asked by the Russian human rights defender about the possibility of shooting down the missile, Arestovich replied that the air defense forces destroyed the missile. According to him, it fell on the door of the house and exploded immediately.
"She fell down, she fell into the corridor. She exploded when she fell. There is a problem with caustic fumes. This is a sure sign of X-22 because it is filled with highly toxic fuel. It can be assumed that the toxic fuel became an additional element of damage," said Pangoa's counsel.
He made such a statement despite Air Force spokesman Ignat's official statement that the Russians had fired a missile at the house. The same rocket hit a shopping center in Kremenchuk in late June.
Such words of Arestovich were immediately extended by Russian propagandists.

by Cat on Sun Jan 15th, 2023 at 07:22:22 PM EST

"classic Russian technique" (none / 1)

southfront | TRAGEDY IN DNIPRO: ACCIDENT OR DELIBERATE CRIME, 14 Jan

... The Ukrainian political official met a wave of criticism launched by the Ukrainian population which has been brainwashed by Ukrainian media and could not believe that the Ukrainian military is indeed killing its own civilians. Arestovich was also harshly humiliated by the local authorities after he destroyed the fairytale promoted by the Kiev regime. The mayor of Dnipro called Arestovich a "potty mouth":
"From the very first day, I said that Arestovich is a narcissistic bastard and a potty mouth. But someone from the Office of the President is clearly betting on him. Sorry, I couldn't resist, but the SBU and counterintelligence are obliged to respond," the mayor wrote on the social networks....

by Cat on Sun Jan 15th, 2023 at 07:35:18 PM EST
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RT | Arestovich resigns amid apartment-block blast uproar, 17 Jan

as commenters claimed he was blaming the Ukrainian military for the deaths.
Arestovich shared his handwritten letter of resignation, addressed to Andrey Yermak, Zelensky's chief-of-staff, on Tuesday morning. He claimed he was showing "an example of civilized behavior" by leaving his position in the Ukrainian government. Later in the day, Zelensky's office confirmed that Arestovich's request had been accepted. The presidential aide previously described his remark as "a serious mistake, made during a live broadcast."
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Arestovich previously claimed that he'd received a tip from an acquaintance, an experienced military expert, who said he'd heard a blast from an interceptor missile before the Russian missile hit the residential building in Dnepr ["Dnipropetrovsk"] on Saturday [14 Jan]. He reported it during a YouTube [!] interview the same day.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry denied having engaged the projectile and claimed that, in the first place, it didn't have the capability to intercept Kh-22 air-launched cruise missiles. It claimed that its previous statements [?] that some missiles of that model had been intercepted were "inaccurate." ...

Ukranews | Arestovych submits resignation statement, 17 Jan

Advisor to the Presidential Office, Oleksii Arestovych, has submitted his resignation statement at own will. Arestovych announced this on his Facebook [!] page on Tuesday, January 17.
"I wrote a resignation letter. I want to show an example of a civilized behavior: it's a fundamental mistake, so I'm resigning," Arestovych stressed.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on January 16, a member of the Verkhovna Rada / representative of the Voice faction, Solomyia Bobrovska, said that she was preparing a collective MP appeal to the Security Service of Ukraine [SBU] regarding the statements by the adviser to the President's Office, Oleksii Arestovych, as for the "shooting down of a missile" in Dnipro.
[...]
On January 15, presenter Oksana Sokolova wrote on her Facebook [!] page that the Advisor to the Presidential Office Oleksiy Arestovych should be punished for his statement that a Russian missile hit a residential building in Dnipro, allegedly due to the actions of Ukrainian air defense....

Ukranews | President's Office Grants Arestovych's Application For Dismissal

Arestovych announced this on Facebook [!], Ukrainian News Agency reports. In the comments under his post about writing his resignation statement, Arestovych confirmed that the Office of the President granted his application.
[...]
Later, the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that they did not have the ability to shoot down Kh-22 missiles.

DW | Germany's Baerbock calls for special Ukraine tribunal at ICC, 16 Jan

...She said the tribunal could also include international elements, "at a location outside Ukraine, with financial support from partners and with international prosecutors and judges, so that impartiality and legitimacy are guaranteed."
Baerbock said she had discussed the idea with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba last week during her surprise visit to the eastern city of Kharkiv. She said the proposed solution was "not ideal, not even for me," but said it was necessary "because international law currently has a hole in it." ...

Ukrinform | Tens of thousands of new Ukrainian-made ["]mines["] delivered to front line, 13 Jan

According to her, for the first time in the 31 years of its independence, Ukraine has established the production of its own 82mm fragmentation mines [image]. In order to secure the production cycle and labor teams, production was launched at the capacities of partner countries.[...]
"We managed to increase the number of fragments by 2-2.5 times. During tests on a shield target at a distance of five meters from the epicenter of the explosion, we counted almost 460 fragments, while the regular Soviet mine has 198 fragments. At a distance of 10-15 meters, the number of affected elements was also many times greater. Therefore, the Ukrainian ["]mine["], which is designed to destroy enemy personnel at a distance of 4,500 meters, will be more effective," Sad said.
According to [Ukroboronprom spokesperson Nataliia Sad], although the establishment of production was announced recently, in fact, it happened a little earlier and tens of thousands of new ["]mines["] have already been shipped to Ukrainian defenders. They have proven themselves well in combat conditions.
[...]
According to her, although the establishment of production was announced recently, in fact, it happened a little earlier and tens of thousands of new ["]mines["] have already been shipped to Ukrainian defenders. They have proven themselves well in combat conditions....According to her, new shells of Soviet 122mm and 152mm calibers, which are already produced in Ukraine, as well as with the involvement of the capacities of NATO member countries, have proven themselves well at the front. The volume of their production is also increasing. After all, the need for such ammunition is growing every day. The task is to provide the lion's share of the Ukrainian Defense Forces' needs for such scarce projectiles at the expense of own production.

by Cat on Tue Jan 17th, 2023 at 07:45:26 PM EST
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.@welt: #Scholz konnte nur noch folgen. Es gab überhaupt kein Argument mehr, die #Marder-Lieferung zu verweigern. 🇩🇪 muss mit 🇫🇷 in #Europa den Weg zeigen. Wir müssen russischer Aggression Einhalt gebieten. Das verlangt Entschlossenheit, auch vom @Bundeskanzler. @cducsubt pic.twitter.com/iYIzORU74j
— Johann Wadephul (@JoWadephul) January 6, 2023

Translation:
.@world: #Scholz could only follow. There was no longer any argument at all to refuse the #Marder delivery. 🇩🇪 must show the way with 🇫🇷 in #Europe. We must stop Russian aggression. That requires determination, also from the @Bundeskanzler. @cducsubt

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jan 15th, 2023 at 11:05:32 PM EST

Germany Searching For A Minister of War (none / 0)

To prepare the future Bundeswehr for war. Die Christine Lambrecht ist eine deutsche Politikerin (SPD) seit dem 8. Dezember 2021 ist sie Bundesministerin der Verteidigung.

Criteria for candidates reflecting on this position ... 💪🏽💪🏽

Es wurden keine Gründe angegeben, alles deutet darauf hin, dass ein neuer Kriegsminister mit langjähriger Erfahrung in der Kriegsführung gesucht wird. Sehr wahrscheinlich muss er oder sie ein überzeugter Atlantiker sein, pro-westlich und anti-Russland und China.

In her role as Minister of Defence, Christine Lambrecht exercises several important functions at the same time. Not only is she a member of the federal government's cabinet, she is also the highest‑ranking superior of all soldiers as well as the commander in chief of the armed forces in peacetime.
The minister can thus make decisions on all issues concertino the armed forces. This includes the deployment of combat units, the introduction of new weapon systems or the closure of garrisons. It is only upon the promulgation of a state of defence that the power of command over the armed forces passes to the Federal Chancellor.

It was her decision to sack the highest Navy commander when he spoke the truth at a summit in Asea ...

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Mon Jan 16th, 2023 at 10:11:54 AM EST

Re: Germany Searching For A Minister of War (none / 0)

German Navy Chief Resigns After Saying Ukraine Won't Get Crimea Back And Putin 'Probably' Deserves Respect | Forbes - Jan. 24, 2021 |
Germany's top naval officer stepped down following comments he made about Russia, including a call to show respect to Russian President Vladimir Putin and claiming Ukraine would never win Crimea back from Russia.

Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach apologized for his "rash" comments and said they were a mistake in a tweet, and added in a statement to multiple news outlets his "position is increasingly burdened by the ill-advised comments on security and military policy."

Schönbach asked German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht to relieve him of his duties effective immediately, which he said she did, according to the statement.

Schoenbach's comments drew criticism from the German and Ukrainian governments after a video recording of him speaking at an event in India surfaced earlier this week.

It is the decision of the Bundeskanzler im Krieg to deliver Leopard 2 tanks for the war in Ukraine starting in 2024 ... ein Wechsel des Oberbefehlshabers zu Auftragsverwalter.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Mon Jan 16th, 2023 at 10:15:32 AM EST
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⚡️Bild: Germany's leading defense manufacturer Rheinmetall can't deliver Leopard tanks before 2024

Rheinmetall has 22 Leopard 2 models and 88 Leopard 1 in stock, but preparing the decommissioned tanks for battle will take "just under a year," the CEO told German media.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) January 15, 2023

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