(2022-02-13). Ignorance dominates Western stance on Ukraine crisis. asiatimes.com 
On December 8, 2021, newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told a Chatham House audience that the UK was trying to build a "network of liberty" around the world. On January 30, 2022, Truss, talking on the British Broadcasting Corporation's Sunday Morning show about measures to stop Russian "aggression," said "we are supplying and offering …
(2022-02-13). The United States, war on two fronts and loss of empire. greenleft.org.au The propaganda war against China and Russia got a whole lot worse in the past week. The very real danger of war either in our region, or in Europe, was made abundantly clear, argues William Briggs.
(2022-02-13). Probability of hostilities outbreak between Russia and Ukraine extremely low – expert. tass.com Russian leaders confirm absence of any aggressive plans regarding Ukraine at all levels during several months, head of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrey Kortunov added…
(2022-02-13). UK Defence Secretary Wallace Claims 'Russian Invasion' of Ukraine 'Highly Likely'. sputniknews.com LONDON (Sputnik) – UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace claims that Russia could launch an offensive against Kiev at any time, despite Moscow's repeated assurances that it is not threatening any country.
(2022-02-13). Core US embassy staff to remain in Ukraine, US State Secretary says. tass.com Earlier, the US Department of State ordered most embassy staff to leave Ukraine immediately due to the threat of an invasion by Russia, saying it appeared increasingly likely that the situation headed towards "some kind of active conflict"
(2022-02-13). The West does not need cause for sanctions against Russia – Foreign Ministry. tass.com Russia has already been living for a decade in the phase of active sanctions, while there were indirect sanctions before, concealed as lists, threats of stop lists and pinpoint sequestration, official spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova added…
(2022-02-13). Diplomatic efforts underway to defuse Russia-Ukraine tensions. ecns.cn As uncertainty on the Russia-Ukraine border keeps growing, intensive diplomatic efforts are underway, aiming to resolve the tensions through peaceful settlement.
(2022-02-13). US submarine detected by anti-sub aircraft, Pacific fleet submarine – source. tass.com According to the source, the submarine's coordinates were transmitted to the group of warships led by the Pacific Fleet's frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, with the Russian multi-purpose ship undertaking all the necessary actions on the protection of Russia's state border…
(2022-02-13). Biden, Putin discuss Ukraine crisis over phone. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation Saturday over the situation in Ukraine.
(2022-02-13). Tensions not to ease with Moscow's security concerns ignored: Russian defense chief. ecns.cn Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday that if the West fails to resolve Moscow's fundamental security concerns, it will be impossible to reduce tensions and build Europe's security architecture.
(2022-02-13). But How Do You Stop Putin and the Taliban? warisacrime.org 
When I suggest not stealing billions of dollars from Afghanistan, and thereby not causing mass starvation and death, otherwise intelligent and informed people tell me that human rights demands that theft. Starving people to death is a means of protecting their "human rights," in fact. How else can you (or the U.S. government) stop Taliban …
(2022-02-12). Eileen Gu Controversy Exposes the Importance of Racial Loyalty to the American Empire. orinocotribune.com 
By Danny Haiphong — Feb 9, 2022 | The young skier has become the target of a racist backlash that oozes from every orifice of the US's New Cold War. | Eileen Gu is a world class skier who has already won her first gold medal in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the age of 18. Gu was raised in San Francisco by a mixed-race family. Her mom, who she posts about often
(2022-02-12). US nuclear submarine violates Russian waters — Defense Ministry. rt.com 
The Russian Navy has detected a US nuclear submarine in the country's territorial waters, chasing the vessel away, the country's military has said | A US Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine has been detected and chased away in Russian territorial waters off the Kuril Islands, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday. | The vessel was found submerged off the small uninhabited island of Urup while Russia's Pacific Fleet was holding exercises in the area. Russian vessels contacted the submarine, warning it was in the country's territorial waters and ordering it to surface immediately, the military s…
(2022-02-12). Biden mentioned sanctions in talk with Putin, but it was not in the focus, Kremlin says. tass.com Putin laid out in detail Russia's approaches and explained why it is now high time to address the issues on which Russia's national security really depends, Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov said…
(2022-02-12). Russian Diplomats Start Leaving Ukraine Amid Escalation of Tensions, Source Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian diplomats and employees of the Russian consulates started leaving Ukraine, which made it more difficult to make an appointment at the diplomatic agencies, an informed source told Sputnik on Saturday.
(2022-02-12). Explosion in eastern Ukraine — reports. rt.com 
The news comes amid heightened tensions between NATO and Russia | Several unverified reports on social media and in local media have claimed that a large bang could be heard in the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. Some alleged eyewitnesses said they felt a "shockwave." | Denis Pushilin, the top official in the region, told RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan that the blast occurred in the area controlled by Kiev and that, in his opinion, the situation is "under control" so far. He added that the explosion appeared to come from what he described as a "
(2022-02-12). [Editorial] Health and health care in Ukraine: in transition and at risk. thelancet.com The crisis in Ukraine continues to intensify. Russian troops are massing near the Ukrainian border and the US military is reinforcing its NATO allies in Europe. Meanwhile, diplomatic talks are loaded with accusations but little resolution, and Ukrainian forces are already fighting Russia-backed separatists in the east. With the world's attention on the geopolitical situation in the region, there is a danger that the ordinary lives and health of Ukrainians are forgotten.
(2022-02-12). US & European Partners Finalizing Anti-Russia Sanctions, SWIFT Ban Off Table – Reports. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States and its European partners are finalizing sanctions targeting major Russian banks should the Ukraine situation escalate, but banning Russia from the SWIFT financial system is off the table, Reuters reported citing US and European Union officials.
(2022-02-12). Russia Assembles Unprecedented Grouping Of Warships In Black Sea. southfront.org 
Click to see the full-size image | As part of the fleet exercises in the Black Sea, an unprecedented grouping of Russian warships is being assembled for the first time in many years. | Excluding small landing craft, small missile, small anti-submarine ships, submarines and auxiliary ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, the naval strike group of Russia consists of: | Varyag Cruiser | Cruiser Moscow | Cruiser Marshal Ustinov | Frigate Admiral Grigorovich | Frigate Admiral Makarov | Frigate Admiral Essen…
(2022-02-12). Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sounds warning over threat of nuclear war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsFebruary 11, 2022 Putin reminds everyone that Ukraine joining NATO could lead to nuclear war Excerpts "[T]here will be no winners," [Russian President Vladimir Putin] said, describing a hypothetical future in which Ukraine had joined NATO and then attempted to invade Russian-occupied Crimea, "and you will find yourself drawn into this …
(2022-02-12). US exploits Quad meeting in Australia to condemn Russia. wsws.org The failure of the US, Japan, Australia and India to concur over the Ukraine crisis did not stop the four powers from targeting China, despite the Indian external affairs minister's claim that the grouping was not directed "against" anyone.
(2022-02-12). Ukraine's president asks West to share evidence of alleged Russian invasion. rt.com 
Russia says the West is 'mocking' the Ukrainians and common sense | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on his allies to share information about the alleged Russian invasion, prompting Russia to accuse the West of "mocking" the Ukrainians and common sense. | Zelensky's remarks come as the crisis over Ukraine is deepening, with NATO forces building up their presence in Eastern Europe. They explain their actions as an attempt to prevent Russia from attacking, despite Moscow's numerous denials of such intentions. On Friday, a number of Western news outlets, quoting unnamed US officials, published st…
(2022-02-12). "Appropriate means" used against US submarine in Russian waters – defense ministry. tass.com A nuclear-powered submarine belonging to the US Navy defied the warnings to leave Russia's territorial waters, the Russian Defense Ministry said…
(2022-02-12). Russia issues warning to US. rt.com Another round of negotiations between Moscow and Washington on Ukraine has been held ahead of crucial talks | Another round of Russia-US negotiations on the Ukraine crisis, on Saturday, saw Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warn his American counterpart, Antony Blinken against a "propaganda campaign" over an alleged plan by Moscow to attack Ukraine. | Both foreign and defense ministers of the two countries held phone conversations over "security issues of mutual interest," ahead of crucial talks between the presidents of Russia and the US, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, in the evening. | According to a statement f…
(2022-02-12). US military attache summoned to Russian Defense Ministry over submarine incident. tass.com Virginia-class US nuclear-powered submarine was detected on Saturday morning near the Pacific Fleet's drills near Iturup Island of the Kuril Chain…
(2022-02-12). US State Department Tells Non-Emergency Personnel at US Embassy in Ukraine to Leave Country. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) -The US State Department has told non-emergency personnel at its embassy in Ukraine to leave due to reports of Russian troop build-up near the border with Ukraine and "potential for significant military action," the US embassy in Kiev said.
(2022-02-12). Pentagon sends 3,000 more paratroopers to reinforce 40,000-troop NATO Response Force. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Air Force TimesFebruary 11, 2022 3,000 more paratroopers head to Europe amid White House warnings of Ukraine invasion Thousands more soldiers are preparing to deploy to Eastern Europe as Russia-Ukraine tensions continue, the Pentagon announced Friday. Three thousand members of the 82nd Airborne Division would join 3,000 troops already mobilized to Poland, Germany and Romania. …
(2022-02-12). UK announces urgent troop withdrawal. rt.com 
British soldiers to leave Ukraine amid fears of a Russian attack, the armed forces minister discloses | The UK will remove all of its troops from Ukraine amid fears that Russia could invade its neighbor, Britain's armed forces minister, James Heappey, said on Saturday. | "All of them will be withdrawn," Heappey told BBC Radio 4's Today show. "There will be no British troops in Ukraine if there is to be a conflict there." | "They will be leaving over the course of the weekend," Heappey added. He urged British nationals to leave Ukraine immediately, arguing that Russia can attack "at no notice." On Friday, the U…
(2022-02-12). Putin and Macron discuss Ukrainian crisis. rt.com 
Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron have held phone talks on the standoff centered around Ukraine | Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron held phone talks on Saturday, discussing the Ukrainian crisis as well as other international security issues. | The two leaders discussed "the provocative speculations around the allegedly planned Russian 'invasion' of Ukraine, which provide background while the country is getting pumped with modern weaponry," the Kremlin press service said in a statement. | Russia's president also underlined the "reluctance" displayed by "leading Western…
(2022-02-12). Biden is rooting for Russia to invade Ukraine, Tulsi Gabbard says. rt.com 
The former US congresswoman suggests US and NATO want Moscow to attack so they can impose "draconian" sanctions and enrich the military-industrial complex | President Joe Biden and his NATO allies could easily prevent war in Ukraine but would rather see Russia invade their ally to justify harsh sanctions against Moscow and spur a money-making cold war, former US congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard said on Friday in a Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson. | Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran who ran unsuccessfully for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, made her comments as Biden's administration and US media outl…
(2022-02-12). Russia 'Optimising' Staff Stationed in Ukraine Out of Fear of Provocations, Moscow Says. sputniknews.com According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Western media reports about Russia pulling out its diplomats from Kiev are fake and were used as a pretext for the West to withdraw its diplomats.
(2022-02-12). Pentagon chief assures NATO counterparts of Article 5 commitment. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Defense DepartmentFebruary 11, 2022 Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby provided the following readout: On Friday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with several of his NATO Ally counterparts to share with them his perspectives on Russian military force posture around Ukraine. Secretary Austin spoke with Polish Minister of National Defence Blaszczak, …
(2022-02-12). Russia Has No Intention Of Invading Ukraine. southfront.org 
by Dr. Leon Tressell | Let's be clear about this: Russia is NOT going to invade Ukraine. A cursory study of the history of Ukraine since 2014 reveals how restrained Russia has been in the face of repeated provocations by the Kiev Junta and its American sponsor. | Since 2014 Presidents Poroshenko and Zelenko, both of whom represent the billionaire oligarchs who control Ukraine, have steadfastly refused to implement the Minsk 1 and Minsk 2 Peace Accords. Instead both Presidents have launched "anti terrorist" operations against the Russian speakers of the Donbass region leading to over 10,000 deaths. | The Kiev j…
(2022-02-12). Dozens of Russian Attack Helicopters Have Accumulated Near The Border Of Ukraine. southfront.org 
As part of the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises, dozens of Russian attack helicopters have accumulated in the Belgorod region of Russia. |
(2022-02-12). US accelerates troop deployments as Biden threatens "world war" with Russia. wsws.org Washington and its NATO allies are concocting a strategy to provoke a war with Russia over Ukraine under conditions where they can also try to blame Russia for it.
(2022-02-12). US Submarine Was Discovered And Warning Attacked In Russian Territorial Waters. southfront.org 
On February 12, 2022 at 10.40 (Moscow time), a US Navy submarine of the Virginia class was discovered in the Russian Pacific Fleet exercise area in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation near Urup Island of the Kuril Ridge. | In the mode of sound-to-water communication, a warning message was transmitted to the crew of the submarine in Russian and English: "You are in the territorial waters of Russia. Surface immediately!". | The crew of the US submarine ignored the demand of the Russian side. | In accordance with the guiding documents on the underwater protection of the state border of the Russian Fe…
(2022-02-12). New Zealand joins diplomatic offensive against Russia amid escalating war build-up. wsws.org The Labour-led government, the foreign policy establishment and a layer of pseudo-lefts have lined up with the escalating imperialist operation against Russia.
(2022-02-12). Seventy-Seven Years Ago, U.S. and Russia Signed Historic Agreement at Yalta. covertactionmagazine.com With tensions between the U.S. and Russia at historic levels and threat of a hot war breaking out in Ukraine, …
(2022-02-12). How Chechen terrorists overran a hospital, murdered dozens and made Russia tremble. rt.com 
Chechen separatists captured a hospital in southern Russia. They managed to get what they wanted and get away. | Terrorism — plane hijacking and hostage crises — was not a concept entirely unfamiliar to the USSR, but it was post-Soviet Russia where terrorism became an oppressively grim backdrop to everyday life. While in the USSR, terrorist attacks had been perpetuated by ordinary criminals, the wars that took place in former Soviet countries gave rise to separatists and Islamist zealots. The 1995 Budyonnovsk tragedy, in which Chechen terrorists took an entire hospital hostage, left many wounded and…
(2022-02-12). Meet Russia's Beijing golden girls. rt.com 
The quartet of Russian stars produced a blistering gold medal performance at the Winter Olympics | The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team has its third gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics after an imperious performance from the women's 4x5km cross-country relay team in China on Saturday. | The awesome Russian foursome romped home after a tussle with the second-placed Germans, while powerhouses Sweden were forced to settle for the bronze. | Russia's ROC stars celebrated wildly on clinching victory as youngster Veronika Stepanova anchored the final leg. | There was even a celebratory twirl on the podium…
(2022-02-12). NATO chief holds emergency talks with leaders of main NATO powers, EU. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOFebruary 11, 2022 NATO Secretary General takes part in meeting with US President Biden NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday (11 February 2022) took part in a virtual meeting organised by the President of the United States Joe Biden on Russia's continued military build-up in and around Ukraine, and its implications for European and …
(2022-02-12). US claims of Russian 'invasion' not backed by evidence. en.mehrnews.com US officials' claims that Russia is allegedly planning to attack Ukraine during or after the Beijing Olympics are absolutely groundless, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has said.
(2022-02-12). Central Syria: Russian Airstrikes Kill, Wound Scores Of ISIS Terrorists. southfront.org 
2712070 10/04/2015 Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti | At least 16 terrorists of ISIS were killed and more than 30 others were wounded in recent Russian airstrikes on Syria's central region, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on February 12. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the airstrikes, which targeted different parts of the central region, took place between Febr…
(2022-02-12). Minsk remains only path to Ukraine peace. rt.com 
Increasingly alarmist warnings of a Russian invasion overlook the fact there is a roadmap for de-escalation | Some war scares are short; others don't stop giving. And if they last long enough, they may even lead to a real war. The intense stand-off between Russia and the West over Ukraine that began last October has just escalated again, with US President Joe Biden and his administration issuing new, and once again urgent, alarms about, in effect, an imminent large-scale Russian invasion, complete with instructions for American citizens to leave Ukraine immediately. | Several other governments have followed su…
(2022-02-12). Russia Kicks Off Massive 30+ Ship Drill in Black Sea to Protect Crimea. sputniknews.com The drills are part of a larger series of war games announced by the Russian Navy in January across multiple theatres and involving over 140 warships.
(2022-02-12). Front Line In New Cold War On China. popularresistance.org With a diplomatic boycott by Western governments, corporate media propaganda has demonized China over the 2022 Winter Olympics. | Britain's major newspaper the Financial Times openly declared, "Beijing Winter Olympics: the new front line in the US-China cold war." | China expert Carl Zha joins Multipolarista to pick apart the propaganda and explain what's really happening.
(2022-02-12). Top U.S. European/NATO commander sends F-15s to Poland, F-16s to Romania, nuclear-capable B-52s to Britain. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com These are the five most recent stories on the website of U.S. European Command, which shares its top commander, General Tod Wolters, with NATO as the latter's Supreme Allied Commander Europe. On Memorial Day last year the U.S. deployed B-52s with NATO escorts to fly over NATO's thirty members states in one day: Memorial Day: …
(2022-02-12). US nuclear reactors contain 'fake' parts, watchdog finds. rt.com 
The investigation followed whistleblower allegations about the use of counterfeit items in 'most, if not all' plants | An unspecified number of US nuclear power plants contain counterfeit parts that could potentially lead to "serious" safety risks, an investigation by the federal nuclear industry watchdog has found. The new report revealed that the Energy Department (DOE) had flagged over 100 "incidents" of fake parts in reactors last year. | The
(2022-02-12). Putin y Biden conversarán vía telefónica sobre caso de Ucrania. telesurtv.net Esta llamada se produce cuando Washington ordenó la evacuación de su personal no esencial en la embajada estadounidense en Kiev.