Russia

‘Minsk II Was Agreed On To Arm Ukraine’ – Did Merkel Really Say That?

December 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Europe, Germany, NATO, Russia

by Moon of Alabama, published Popular Resistance, December 10, 2022 Helmholtz Smith, Andrew Korybko and Andrei Martyanov have some thoughts about a recent interview the former German chancellor Angela Merkel gave to the German weekly broadsheet Die Zeit. Smith says it shows that the ‘West’ is not trustworthy. Korybko thinks the interview will prolong the conflict in Ukraine. Martyanov says that Merkel is stupid. She isn’t. In[…]

How Aligned Is the Atlantic Alliance?

December 10, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, War and Peace

by Ted Snider, published on Antiwar.com, December 7, 2022 The Ukraine war has caused some cracks in NATO. Maybe we’ll get lucky and it will break. [jb] The war in Ukraine is stretching the NATO alliance. The pull is still gentle and the cracks still small. But the potentially endless duration of the war, the economic suffering it has caused[…]

Washington’s New Iron Curtain in Europe

December 3, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, Global Alliances, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Diana Johnstone, published on Peace and Planet News, Fall 2022 (originally published, June 2014) This is interesting. Notice that everything that is happening now was foreseen at it’s inception. There was actually a meeting where the gauntlet was thrown down. [jb] NATO leaders are currently acting out a deliberate charade in Europe, designed to reconstruct an Iron[…]

Attempt to Try Russian Leaders for War Crimes is Part of the West’s Weaponization of the International Criminal Cour

November 21, 2022 UNAC Editor International Law, Lawfare, Russia, United Nations, US Foreign Policy

by Robin Philpot, published on Covert Action Magazine, November 14, 2022 International Criminal Court (ICC) continues to serve as a “battering ram for U.S. and NATO policy,” as the former U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes in the Clinton administration defined it. The quote above does not come from President Putin of Russia or from President Xi of China. It comes[…]

US’ Speedy Transfer of Nukes to Europe Gets World Closer to Catastrophe

November 8, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Uriel Araujo, published on InfoBRICS, November 4, 2022 POLITICO reports that, according to a US diplomatic cable, the sending of upgraded B61-12 air-dropped thermonuclear gravity bombs to Europe, formerly scheduled for next spring, is now planned for this December. American officials told this to their NATO allies in a closed-door meeting in Brussels last month. The new version is[…]

Who’s Afraid of US Troops in Ukraine?

November 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, November 2, 2022 Very innocuously, the Biden Administration has ‘sensitised’ the world opinion that American troops are indeed present on Ukrainian soil in Russia’s immediate neighbourhood. Washington made a “soft landing” with an unnamed senior Pentagon official making the disclosure to the Associated Press and the Washington Post. The official gave an ingenious[…]

Strong Message on Ukraine From a Blog Reader

October 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Neo-Nazis, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by David O., published on Bruce Gagnon’s Organizing Notes, October 30, 2022 Just want to relay how much I appreciate and rely on reading “Organizing Notes.” Especially enjoyed your thoughts in the post, October 16, 2022, entitled: Seasons Change and So Did I. Your call for clear-headed analysis and incisive expression in this crucial moment we find ourselves in —[…]

Nuclear War Threat From U.S./NATO, Not Russia

October 28, 2022 UNAC Editor Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

By Betsey Piette posted on Workers World, October 27, 2022 This October marked the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis — when the U.S. and the Soviet Union were on the brink of a global nuclear war. The current conflict between the U.S. and Russia, brought on by U.S./NATO use of the war in Ukraine to promote a broader[…]

US Imperialism’s Trillion-Dollar Fossil Fuel Gambit

October 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Germany, Hybrid Warfare, Militarism, Russia, Ukraine

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, October 21, 2022 The US-engineered sabotage of Russia’s Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, as we shall see, aimed at guaranteeing the success of the US trillion dollar Ukraine fossil fuel war gambit to permanently substitute US-fracked Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for Russia’s significantly less expensive fossil fuels. The US sabotage instantly eliminated[…]

White House Draws up Blueprint for World War III

October 23, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Andre Damon, published on the World Socialist Website, October 13, 2022 Less than one week after President Joe Biden warned that the US conflict with Russia could trigger a nuclear “Armageddon,” the White House published a National Security Strategy pledging to “win” American global hegemony through military violence. The document pledged to expand the US military, “integrate” economic life[…]