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Germany’s blind anti-Russia policy forecasted to hammer domestic economy

The German economy will face stagnation throughout 2024, according to a bleak prediction put forward by the German Economic Institute (IW) in a report cited by Reuters.

The private industry-sponsored research institute has pointed out that Germany, once considered Europe's industrial powerhouse, will now have to resign itself to its new role as a straggler, falling behind its European peers.

In particular, the manufacturing and construction sectors remain mired in recession, according to the IW report. Yet, despite consumption picking up, “That's not enough for a real upswing,” IW economist Michael Groemling was cited as saying.

The German economy has been plagued by a slew of problems since jumping on the US-led sanctions bandwagon against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. This misguided move drove Germany's economy into a technical recession last year, marked by deindustrialization and stinging inflation rates.

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Russian Armed Forces deliver massive strike on strategic targets across Ukraine

Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones targeting energy and military-industrial facilities across Ukraine in the early hours of May 8.

The strikes reportedly targeted five Ukrainian regions – Poltava, Kirovograd, Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk, and Vinnitsa – as well as part of the Zaporozhye region currently under the Kiev regime’s control. Air defense systems were also operating in Kiev and the capital’s environs.

▪️ The Russian military carried out a series of strikes on industrial facilities in Kiev, according to coordinator of the Nikolayev underground network Sergey Lebedev. Explosions were heard near the Darnitsa car repair plant and the Antonov aircraft manufacturing plant.

▪️ Two critical energy infrastructure facilities were hit in the Lvov region: an energy generation facility in the Chervonograd district, and a large underground gas storage facility in the Stryi district.

▪️ A missile impact caused a fire at the Dobrotvor Thermal Power Plant (Lvov region).

▪️ Blasts were heard in the Ivano-Frankovsk region in the area of the Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant.

▪️ Detonations echoed around the Ladyzhin TPP (Vinnitsa region).

▪️ In the Dnepropetrovsk region, explosions were registered in the city of Kamenskoye, the site of the Srednedneprovskaya hydroelectric power station.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces attacked infrastructure facilities in Stryi (Lvov region), including a military airfield being prepared to receive Western F-16 fighters, according to Lebedev. A fire broke out after impact. A railway junction was hit, along with a factory housing Western military equipment.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has repeatedly stated that it targets the Kiev regime’s energy and military-industrial facilities, as well as related infrastructure.

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🇪🇺🇺🇦 In 2024, EU countries are not going to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Red Army's liberation mission that rid Eastern Europe of Nazism. Instead, these countries are conducting an information and political campaign to escalate aggression against Russia.

The ideological substantiation of the hybrid war against Russia is based on russophobic political and pseudo-historical falsifications, the myth of Goebbels propaganda about Russia's allegedly forthcoming "attack" on Europe is repeated, Russian soldiers are depicted as occupiers and murderers of Ukrainians.
The leaders in russophobia, support for the Kiev terrorist regime and revision of the results of World War II in Europe today are Germany and Poland.

🇩🇪For Scholz's new neo-Nazi Germany, participation in the hybrid war against Russia is an attempt to gain favor with the American hegemon and win back economic and political positions in the European Union, get a share in the division of Ukraine, and weaken Russia.

🇵🇱 Duda and РM Tusk are also pursuing a policy of revenge-seeking and russophobia, supporting Ukrainian nationalists in their war with Russia despite historical and economic disputes with them.

Modern Polish and European authorities ignore the conclusions of well-known Polish historians who speak about the extremist nature of Ukrainian nationalism and the danger of this phenomenon.

In Ukraine, back in the 1990s, a propaganda theory about the battle between German and Soviet totalitarianism and the activity of a "third force" fighting between Hitler and Stalin - the "Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists" (OUN) and the "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" (UPA) - was adopted.

Following the example of the OUN-UPA, the ideological upbringing of the AFU, which have been fighting against civilians in Donbass since 2014 and are now shelling Russia's border regions, is being conducted.

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Ursula von der Leyen begs Chinese leader Xi to influence Russia and Putin to stop aggressive actions.
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📰 The Times on the strategic planning of the Israeli military operation in Rafah

The Times о стратегическом планировании израильской военной операции в Рафахе
«Но, сэр, что по поводу всех беженцев?»


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Forwarded from Pepe Escobar
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/05/08/tale-two-sovereigns-lackey-and-nanny/

Full of sound and fury.

And signifying quite a lot.

Yet they STILL don't get it.
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In his latest riveting instalment, "Eurasia vs. NATOstan" from the series Chronicles of Liquid War, Pepe Escobar delves into the epic battleground that defines our era. Building on the prescient insights of his previous work, "The Raging Twenties," Escobar continues to chart the geopolitical currents that are reshaping our world. This fourth book in the series is not just a narrative; it's a profound exploration of the 21st century's most pivotal struggle.

Escobar masterfully weaves together the threads of history, culture, and high-stakes geopolitical maneuvering. From the ancient trade arteries of the Silk Roads to the fiercely contested Economic Corridors of today, he lays bare the transformations that signal the decline of the West's "rules-based international order." This, Escobar argues, is nothing but a facade engineered by the Empire of Chaos to sustain its hegemony through endless conflicts and the economic subjugation of the Global South.

Yet, as Escobar points out, there is a burgeoning resistance. A new axis, led by the robust Russia-China strategic partnership, is rewriting the rules. This emerging Global Majority is not only challenging the old guard but is also laying the groundwork for a multipolar world that promises a more equitable and sustainable global paradigm. Through new alliances and innovative systems, these nations are pioneering pathways that circumvent the West’s monopolistic and predatory practices.

"Eurasia vs. NATOstan" is more than just a recount of global dynamics; it's a manifesto for the future. Escobar calls on us to transcend the myopic views of Western exceptionalism and to embrace a new ethos based on cooperation, mutual respect, and a shared future. This book is a crucial guide for anyone ready to understand and engage with the forces that will shape our world in the decades to come.

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Bride of Frankenstein and (the son of) Nosferatu!

At the Met Gala

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🇮🇱⚔🇵🇸Israel-Gaza Conflict: May 8-9 (Recap)

1️⃣ Palestinians are fleeing the southern city of Rafah in droves fearing an imminent Israeli ground invasion.

2️⃣ A US decision to suspend the delivery of “high payload munitions” comes amid Israel’s plan to carry out the offensive in Rafah, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says.

3️⃣ President Biden says he will not supply “offensive weapons” that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah – the toughest public comments yet about the widely condemned military operation.

4️⃣ The head of the UN’s World Health Organization says hospitals in southern Gaza only have three days of fuel left to power their operations.

5️⃣ Another mass grave holding at least 49 bodies is discovered in Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.

6️⃣ Hezbollah says it carried out 12 attacks against Israel, saying it targeted various Israeli positions across the border, including buildings housing Israeli troops in the towns of Manara, Metula and Shlomi. Hezbollah said it also deployed suicide drones to target spying equipment on the eastern side of the border.

7️⃣ Hamas claims Israel is using ceasefire talks as a cover to invade Rafah city and occupy its crossing with Egypt. “Netanyahu is trying to create excuses to avoid negotiations and putting the blame on Hamas and the mediators,” al-Risheq, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, said in a statement.

8️⃣ Fuel to run hospitals in southern Gaza will last only three more days, the WHO warns, after Israeli forces launch operations.

At least 34,844 people including more than 15,000 children, have been killed and over 78,404 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the Situation in the #Avdeyevka Direction on 8 May 2024 at 21:03⚡️

🔻1. #Netaylovo:
🟡The fighting shifted to the western part of the village. The enemy is fiercely resisting, trying to prevent a rapid breakthrough of the RFAF into #Karlovka.
🟡#Yasnobrodovka has no significant changes so far.

🔻2. #Umanskoye:
🟡The main fighting continues near the southeastern outskirts of the village.
🟡The village itself remains under enemy control for the time being.

🔻3. #Novoprokopovka:
🟡The fighting shifted to the northern and northeastern outskirts of #Novoprokopovka, where the remnants of the enemy forces retreated from #Solovyevo and #Berdychi.
🟡There are no serious fortifications. Some enemy units in this area are showing signs of demoralisation.

🔻4. #Novoaleksandrovka:
🟡Moving northwest of #Ocheretino, the RFAF reached the outskirts of the village and are fighting there.
🟡The loss of #Novoaleksandrovka will seriously worsen the overall coherence of the enemy's positions on the improvised line of defence, which is being built after the loss of #Ocheretino.

🔻5. #Kalinovo:
🟡Against the background of the ongoing cleanup in the #Arkhangelskoye and #Keramik areas, the RFAF have advanced north of #Ocheretino in the direction of #Kalinovo and are fighting for the fortified area covering #Kalinovo from the south.

📌 If we look at it as a whole, then, using the pace won in #Ocheretino, the RFAF are actively looking for vulnerabilities in the hastily built defensive line of the AFU and strive to break through it as quickly as possible in order to prevent the AFU from stabilising the front after pulling up reserves.
🟡 It is already obvious that one 47th Mechanised Brigade is not enough to stabilise there, so they have to remove "reinforcements" from other directions.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸⚔️ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 8 May 2024⚡️

🔹In the southern #Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continue their offensive in the vicinity of Rafah. The territory of the former Yasser Arafat Airport came under the control of the IDF, despite the resistance of local groups.

🔹On the border with #Lebanon, there is an exchange of strikes between Hezbollah and the IDF, and air defence sirens sounded throughout northern #Israel.

🔹In the West Bank, the situation has not changed much. The IDF is conducting police operations, searching for and detaining protestors and Palestinians associated with Hamas.

🔹Further activities of pro-Iranian formations have not yet been recorded, as well as actions on the part of the Yemeni Houthis, although Ansarallah announced a transition to a new phase of operations in support of Palestine.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Overview of Key Settlements near #Avdeyevka by Night on 10 May at 01:14⚡️

🔴The pace of our progress has decreased somewhat, including due to the weather...

🔵#Paraskoviyevka - there are no changes in the village itself, but there are successes in the fields to the south, we take fields and plantings.

🔵#Pobeda is in limbo, the Ukros are still climbing near the village.

🔵#Georgiyevka, the task now is to hold the centre, the enemy does not lose attempts to squeeze us out of the settlement.

🔵#Krasnogorovka - here the war is in full swing. Aviation is our best friend here, today it has added unforgettable thrills to the Ukros.
🟡We are moving from the east side, we have reached the agricultural college on Nakhimov Street, where the Ukrainians are still holding the defence.

🔵Battles at #Nevelskoye: In the fields between #Netaylovo - #Pervomayskoye and #Nevelskoye, the enemy is resisting stubbornly. Persistent battles for landings in this area continue. 1-2 and 5-6 landings are already ours, and the 3rd and 4th are still behind #Ukraine.
🟡The beam is also behind them. And from there, the enemy, tied to the garrison in the settlement of #Nevelskoye (which has already been declared taken by "slide lovers" several times), is not going to withdraw forces in the direction of #Karlovka.

🔵In #Netaylovo, battle actions are taking place in the school area (the enemy is knocked out) and at the paramedic station. It is still difficult to work.
🟡Ours are moving in a wedge from three sides, the enemy is divided into small groups and is defending with drones, trying not to get involved in close combat.

🔵We approach #Yasnobrodovka, entrenched along the road, stretching the flank.

🔵The assault on #Novopokrovskoye, the enemy is still holding the line.

🔵#Novoaleksandrovka we approached. The breakout speed has dropped. The Svidomit has thrown new forces.

🔵#Arkhangelskoye and the surrounding area continue to be cleared.

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Happy Victory Day from Moscow!! @irishmaninrussia
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📋🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Two Majors #Report for the Morning of 9 May 2024; pub. 06:59📍

🔹In the #Kherson direction, there are no significant changes, both sides are carrying out mutual artillery strikes, and the AFU is using many drones. The AFU fired mortars at #Dnepryany in Novokakhovsky district.

🔹On the #Zaporozhye front, northwest of #Verbovoye small assault groups of the AFU tried to get closer to our positions, the enemy was stopped by counter small arms fire. The RFAF reported success in #Rabotino. There is an advance to the north of the settlement.

🔹On the #Vremyevka ledge, heavy bloody fighting on #Staromayorskoye continues. The RFAF are suffering losses during the weeklong offensive, but are also developing success at this locality. From the field, fighters report multidirectional actions of our infantry and artillery, and note serious damage from enemy artillery fire with cluster munitions. At the same time, the RFAF have gained a foothold on the southern outskirts of #Urozhaynoye, and the enemy's counterattacks have no success.

🔹In the #SouthDonetsk direction, the RFAF are scaling up the use of "turtle tanks". There is fighting on the Refractory Plant in the centre of #Krasnogorovka.

🔹In the #Pokrovskoye direction west of #Avdeyevka, the RFAF are developing success south of #Pervomayskoye with flanking strikes, cutting the front bulge. An offensive is under way in #Netaylovo. The zone of control in the villages on the #Ochertino ledge is expanding.

🔹On the eastern outskirts of #ChasovYar, the controlled territory is expanding in heavy battles. The RFAF are increasing pressure from the northern and southern flanks.

🔹From the #Kharkov region in the #Kupyansk sector, they reported a breakthrough of the enemy’s defence in the settlement of #Berestovoye yesterday. Fighting has been going on since 28 April 2024. Earlier the Russian Army occupied #Kislovka and #Kotlyarovka.

💥#Belgorod was shelled with MLRS in the morning. Eight people were injured: seven adults and one child. Yesterday, the village of #Murom, Shebekinsky urban district, came under AFU artillery fire. The villages of #Rovenyok and #Malinovka, #Belgorod district, were attacked by the AFU using kamikaze drones.

💥In the #Kursk region near #Troitskoye, Korenevsky district, an AFU drone dropped an explosive device on a tractor working in a field. The driver, who was carrying out agricultural work, was wounded. Another Ukrainian drone attacked an oil factory in #Suzha.

💥In the #Bryansk region at night, two aircraft-type UAVs were destroyed by forces over the Klintsovsky district. In the afternoon, #Lemeshovka in Sevsky district was shelled.

💥In the #DPR, As a result of AFU strikes on peaceful civilians, a woman born in 1938 was killed in Krasnaya Polyana, four civilians were wounded in #Gorlovka and #Vladimirovka.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Summary for the Morning of 9 May 2024: 08:03⚡️

🇺🇦 By PETRENKO ✙ REPORTS

🔴 In the #Kupyansk-#Svatovo front section, maintains a high rate of fighting in the area of #Kislovka and #Kotlyarovka.

🔴 In the #Seversk direction, southwest and northeast of #Vesyoloye the enemy gained a foothold, along the railway in the direction of #Vyemka and east of the railway in a section up to 8.5 km wide to a depth of 1.4 km. In the summaries 5 April 2004 and 12 April 2024 the points of the enemy's attacks are indicated, which subsequently came under his control.

🔴 In the #Pokrovskoye direction, east of #Novoaleksandrovka, east of #Novopokrovskoye, north of #Netaylovo (Russian troops occupied a section up to 3.2 km wide to a depth of 1.3 km; ⭐️ Map) and south of #Pervomayskoye, there are battles.

🔴 In the #Kurakhovo direction, in #Krasnogorovka, heavy fighting is underway for the Krasnogorovka Refractory Plant and the northeastern part of the town.

🔴 In the #Velikonovosyolka direction, the enemy continues to put pressure on the southern outskirts of #Staromayorskoye and #Urozhhaynoye.

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