The New Dark Age

Wednesday, 14 September, 2022 — Moon of Alabama

The ‘western’ media are euphoric about the ‘successful’ Ukrainian counterattack in Kharkov oblast.

Ukrainian forces retake key villages as counteroffensive advances writes the Washington Post. How Ukraine Gained Momentum Against Russia and Took a Critical Hub says the New York Times. WaPo again: Intelligence points to potential turning point in Ukraine war. Ukraine News: In Reclaimed Towns, Ukrainians Recount a Frantic Russian Retreat, headlines the NYT. Is Russia on the run? asks the Economist.

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Tuesday, 13 September 2022– Geopolitics & Climate Change

Roger Boyd

In the past couple of weeks there has been much celebration in the Western media about the Ukrainian taking of territory in the Kharkov area. After the fog of war cleared a bit it has become apparent that the Ukrainians took advantage of a Russian planned retreat (to consolidate forces in the east and south) in a relatively lightly defended area to rapidly gain territory. Russia traded territory for a shorter much more easily held defensive line, on the wide Oskil river to the west and the Siversky-Donets to the south. The latter is still relatively easily passable, but will soon swell in width, depth and speed with the Fall rains.

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Monday, 12 September 2022 — Indian Punchline

by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

The New York Times has disclosed that the US shared vital intelligence with the Ukrainian military and took part in the preparation of the latter’s current “counteroffensive” near Kharkov. No matter the Biden Administration’s motivations in publicising its role in what western media is celebrating as a success story — presumably, with an eye on domestic politics in America — it  could be factually correct. The media leak puts the dramatic happenings in the past 3-4 days in proper perspective.

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Monday, 12 September 2022 — Big Serge

Special Military Operation, Season 2

 Big Serge

The Power’s Out!

September 9 – 11 will go down in history as a period of great significance in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Both belligerent parties crossed very important thresholds, which taken together suggest that the war is entering a new phase. On the 9th and 10th, Ukraine achieved its first concrete success of the war by retaking all the Russian-held territory in Kharkov Oblast west of the Oskil river, including the western bank of Kupyansk and the transit node of Izyum.

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