(2022-03-31). War In Ukraine Day 35: Getting Ready For The Russian Blow In Donbass. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On March 30, the Russian Ministry of Defence commented on the decision to decrease the military activities in the Kiev and Chernihiv regions, following the Kiev-Moscow negotiations in Istanbul. It was clarified that the main tasks of the Russian forces in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions have been completed. Russian forces are regrouping in order to intensify military actions in other priority areas and, above all, to complete the operation for the complete liberation of Donbass." The first st…
(2022-03-31). Eight-nation Nordic-Baltic bloc touts NATO's role in fighting Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nordic-Baltic 8: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. Baltic TimesMarch 30, 2022 Estonian ForMin secgen meets with Nordic, Baltic counterparts in Vilnius Also see: Joint Expeditionary Force: Britain consolidates Baltic-Nordic military, energy bloc Jonatan Vseviov, secretary general of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is on a visit to Vilnius on March …
(2022-03-31). Russia announces temporary ceasefire in Mariupol. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 31 (MNA) — Russia announced a temporary ceasefire to allow civilians to be transferred from Mariupol to Zaporijya, starting on Thursday, from 10.00 local Moscow time.
(2022-03-31). German government plans missile defence system for war against Russia. wsws.org Four weeks after Chancellor Scholz announced Germany's biggest rearmament since the end of the Second World War, new weapons systems are being purchased in large quantities.
(2022-03-31). New Zealand's ISO backs US-NATO imperialism in Ukraine war against Russia. wsws.org The International Socialist Organisation, a pseudo-left group supportive of the Labour-led government in New Zealand, has declared that anyone opposing Ukraine's integration into NATO's war plans is making "concessions" to Russia.
(2022-03-31). Conflict over Russian demand for payments in roubles. wsws.org Money is still flowing into Russian bank accounts as a result of the payments for oil and gas, but the increased euro and dollar holdings are effectively frozen once they have been made.
(2022-03-31). Pentagon pushes Slovakia to transfer S-300 missile systems to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsMarch 30, 2022 Will Slovakia send Ukraine S-300 air defenses? The Pentagon is working on it. A top Pentagon official told lawmakers Wednesday the Biden administration is working to accommodate NATO ally Slovakia's offer to send more S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine, following Russia's invasion. Slovakia has agreed to provide Ukraine with the …
(2022-03-31). Editorial: Arms merchants, politicians, experts, think tanks batten on corpse of Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 30, 2022 'Vampires' in the war: US warmongers feeding on the bloody turbulence in other countriesConflict-profiteering syndicate Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, arms dealers have made a big fortune in the ongoing war, and financial predators have also missed no opportunity to take full advantage of the situation. Moreover, in the US, there is …
(2022-03-31). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government arms Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. wsws.org The NATO powers' arming of neo-Nazi groups gives the lie to their claims to be defending "democracy and freedom" in Ukraine from Vladimir Putin's Russia.
(2022-03-31). US continues to violate nuclear deal, Resolution 2231. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 31 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman condemned the new anti-Iranian sanctions imposed by the US, saying that the US claims it's ready to return to JCPOA while it is still violating the deal and Resolution 2231.
(2022-03-30). Assault On Mariupol And Developments On Eastern Front Lines. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Developments on the Eastern front lines are slow and static. However, there is some movement both in Mariupol and in the eastern direction as a whole. | The destruction of the Azov regiment and the remaining AFU forces continues in Mariupol. On March 30, Russian troops took control over the Azov headquarters. | On the Donbass front, situation remains the same. Positional battles and small advances are reported. There was some progress in the Izyum area. The Russians are slightly moving closer t…
(2022-03-30). Russia, Ukraine And The Law Of War: Crime Of Aggression. popularresistance.org When it comes to the legal use of force between states, it is considered unimpeachable fact that in accordance with the intent of the United Nations Charter to ban all conflict, there are only two acceptable exceptions. One is an enforcement action to maintain international peace and security authorized by a Security Council resolution passed under Chapter VII of the Charter, which permits the use of force. | The other is the inherent right of individual and collective self-defense, as enshrined in Article 51 of the Charter, which reads as follows: | "Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right…
(2022-03-30). President AMLO Criticizes US Claim It Hosts Russian Spies. popularresistance.org Mexico's left-wing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has criticized the United States for claiming his country hosts more Russian spies than any other. | "We need to send them telegrams, informing them that Mexico is not a colony of any foreign country, that Mexico is a free, independent, sovereign country," declared López Obrador, who is known popularly by the acronym AMLO. | "More and more this should be known, because sometimes it appears that it is not understood well enough," the Mexican president added. The leader of US Northern Command (Northcom), General Glen VanHerck, claimed in a Senate Armed Servic…
(2022-03-30). Global Food Shortages: How Does Your Garden (Or Pantry) Grow? popularresistance.org "President Joe Biden and other leaders of the world's major industrialized democracies pledged action on Thursday [March 24] to address food shortages caused by Russia's war on Ukraine," Politico reports. | Biden says food shortages "are going to be real," although he seems to see them as an opportunity to increase US grain production and food exports rather than a real threat to Americans' own well-being. | After a year of continuing his predecessor's "trade war" policies, Biden seems to be getting some free trade religion, which is nice, but he may be under-estimating the scope of the problem. | The Russian inv…
(2022-03-30). On Mexico's Clash with the EU (Interview). orinocotribune.com Kawsachun News spoke to José Luis Granados Ceja, Mexican journalist, about why Mexico's government has drawn attacks recently from international media and the European Union. | The EU parliament has been passing resolutions condemning the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) labeling him as authoritarian. What's going on here? | Like with many things, the real issue is energy policy. The war in Europe has made the issue of energy even more pressing than before. Europe depends on hydrocarbons from Russia, without it their citizens freeze in their homes. So they want to diversify where they bu…
(2022-03-30). Russia: Gazprom to Activate Measures for Gas Payment in Rubles. orinocotribune.com The largest Russian petroleum company Gazprom, which is majority state-owned, is expected to activate measures to transfer payment for fuel in rubles starting on March 31. President Vladimir Putin announced last week that the country will refuse payments for Russian gas in foreign currency, including the dollar and the euro, as a measure to combat the hundreds of sanction measures imposed by the US, NATO, and their allies. Almost 60% of Russia's international foreign currency reserves has been frozen due to the economic sanctions. | Putin instaura nuevo sistema de pago en Rublos por Gas Natural a partir del 31 de…
(2022-03-30). Russia to Drastically Reduce Military Activity in Kiev Area after Advances in Peace Negotiations. orinocotribune.com Russia has taken "two steps towards the de-escalation of the conflict in Ukraine," one in the military field and the other in the political sphere, said Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation in the peace negotiations. | At a press conference following the meeting held with Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul, Turkey, this Tuesday, March 29, the Russian delegation detailed the steps it will take to de-escalate the conflict: | ‚Ä¢ At the military level: The decision has been made to drastically reduce military activity in the vicinity of Kiev and Chernigov. | ‚Ä¢ At the…
(2022-03-30). Ukrainian S-300 Systems Are Blown Up By Russian Missiles Amid Diplomatic Obscurity. southfront.org 
Click to see the full-size image | Despite alarming reports about the results of the March 29 round of the Ukrainian-Russian talks in Turkey, the Armed Forces of Russia continues their military operation in Ukraine. | On March 30, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that a strike with high-precision air-launched missiles destroyed large fuel depots in the Starokonstantinov and Khmelnytsky regions, from which fuel was supplied for the grouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donbass. | Also, a strike with the operation…
(2022-03-30). Russia says no progress in peace talks with Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — The Kremlin said Wednesday peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have not yet made any significant progress.
(2022-03-30). In Video: Ukrainian President Adviser Praises ISIS. Kiev's Warfare Explained (21+). southfront.org
(2022-03-30). Russian Airstrikes On Central Syria Killed Or Wounded 26 ISIS Terrorists In Last 30 Days. southfront.org 
Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces have carried out more than 270 airstrikes on ISIS's areas of influence in Syria's central region since the beginning of March, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on the 30th of the month. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the Russian airstrikes killed at least nine terrorists of ISIS and wounded 17 others. Most of the airstrikes targ…
(2022-03-30). Pentagon: NATO executes military deployments to Russian border with unmatched speed. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Department of DefenseMarch 29, 2022 General Says NATO Is Stepping Up Defense Investments "We are witnessing a generational moment, a historic demonstration of unity in will and an unprecedented effort by allies to strengthen defense while simultaneously helping those in need," said [Air Force General Tod] Wolters, commander of U.S. European Command and NATO …
(2022-03-30). Stop censoring the opponents of war! wsws.org On Saturday, Facebook deleted a video posted by the Socialist Equality Party of Germany opposing the German government's participation in the US-led NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.
(2022-03-30). Russia Ambassador condoles with NRM on death of party's Vice Chairman Oulanyah. plusnews.ug 
The Ambassador of Russia to Uganda H.E Vladen Semivolos, has Wednesday visited the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party head offices in Kampala where he paid his last respects to the late Rt Jacob L'okori Oulanyah. Oulanyah died on Sunday March 20, 2022 in Seattle, U.S where he was receiving treatment. His candle burned out just …
(2022-03-30). Canadian workers denounce US-NATO war drive against Russia and Putin's invasion of Ukraine. wsws.org In contrast to the pro-war propaganda pumped out by the corporate-controlled media on a daily basis, working people across Canada have no enthusiasm for the aggressive warmongering of American and Canadian imperialism.
(2022-03-30). Russia to reduce military activities near Kyiv, Chernihiv. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin announced after talks with the Ukrainian side in Istanbul that Moscow would reduce its military activity near Kyiv and Chernihiv to pave the way for further talks.
(2022-03-30). Russia, Ukraine hold peace negotiations as US continues to ratchet up tensions. wsws.org Tuesday's peace talks came just days after a visit by US President Joe Biden to Warsaw, in which one highly provocative statement followed another.
(2022-03-30). Dozens Of Terrorists Left Syria's Greater Idlib To Go Fight Russian Forces In Ukraine — Report. southfront.org 
At least 87 terrorists had left the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib to go fight against the Russian military…
(2022-03-30). Iran opposes unilateral actions, sanctions against Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — During a meeting with Sergei Lavrov, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Tehran opposes to the imposition of sanctions and unilateral measures against Russia, while welcoming progress in political talks over Ukraine.
(2022-03-30). Maritime Union of Australia backs US-led war drive against Russia. wsws.org The union is actively campaigning for the Australian government to deepen its involvement in the US-NATO conflict with Russia in Ukraine that threatens nuclear world war.
(2022-03-30). Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia reinforces troops after Azerbaijani armed incursion. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Armenian WeeklyMarch 29, 2022 A View from Baku: How Azerbaijan perceives the Russia-Ukraine conflict Azerbaijan continues to utilize the preoccupation of the international community with the war in Ukraine to pursue its long-term policy of ethnic cleansing against the indigenous Armenian population in Nagorno-Karabakh, by cutting off gas supplies and harassing the people, as well …
(2022-03-30). With All Eyes on Ukraine, the Fight Against Climate Change Is Falling Behind. truthout.org What do a six-year-old in the United States and an 85-year-old in Russia have in common besides being on opposite sides of a war? | They're both feeling the strain of a warming planet. | "Is the earth going to get so hot that we can't survive?" my young son asked me last summer as we plodded through the woods behind our Maryland home. I wasn't certain, I replied hesitantly. (Not exactly the most reassuring answer from a mother to a question I ask myself every day.) We had just left my younger child at home, because she started wheezing when she stepped into that already more than 100-degree July morning. | A few…
(2022-03-30). Australian "cash splash" budget masks military boost and pandemic health cuts. wsws.org Although barely mentioned in the media coverage, a centrepiece of the budget was a further increase to military spending in preparation for participation in US-led wars against Russia and China.
(2022-03-30). Russian MP accuses Azerbaijan of opening second front in Caucasus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzernewsMarch 30, 2022 Envoy: Russian MP's anti-Azerbaijan remarks detrimental to bilateral ties Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Bocharnikov has said that Russian State Duma MP Mikhail Delyagin's earlier anti-Azerbaijan statement is detrimental to relations between the two countries. *** [Delyagin] stressed that Azerbaijan "needs to be punished for its attempt to open a second front". …
(2022-03-30). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government announces record military budget. wsws.org While it claims there is no money for an elimination strategy for COVID-19, the government is showering the military with money amid the war drive against Russia.
(2022-03-30). Chevron, the USW, and the threat of war: What striking oil workers need to know. wsws.org Chevron is the fourth-largest private oil company in the world, with close ties to the US military—industrial complex and interests in controlling the vast oil and gas reserves in Russia.
(2022-03-30). More American Troops in Europe Will Make Old Continent Hostage to US Security Imperatives. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova The US may need more troops in Europe after Russia's special operation in Ukraine ends, Gen. Tod Wolters, commander of US European Command told American senators on 29 March, falling short of specifying whether he meant permanent basing. In recent months, US military forces have soared from roughly 60,000 to 102,000 in Europe….
(2022-03-30). Op-ed: Chapter 2 of the new world order has begun. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahMarch 28, 2022 Chapter two of the 'new world order' is about to openKakki Ocal Excerpts When the entire U.S. national security and diplomatic cadres were wailing that Russia was going to invade Ukraine, was this just a prediction based on international intelligence or was it a move designed to egg on Russian President …
(2022-03-30). Ukraine and the Global economic war: barbarism or civilisation? mronline.org 
DOES the Ukraine war and the action of the U.S., EU, and the UK spell the end of the dollar as the world's reserve currency? Even if the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine reach a 15-point peace plan, as Financial Times has reported, the fallout for the dollar still remains.
(2022-03-30). The Battle for Mariupol is Coming to an End and Civilian Testimonies on the Crimes of Azov are Multiplying. orinocotribune.com By Christelle Néant — Mar 26, 2022 | As the battle for Mariupol draws to a close and the Russian army and the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) people's militia have now taken control of most of the city, civilians are evacuating en masse, and stories of the horrors committed by the fighters of the Azov regiment are multiplying. | Thus, on 23 March 2022, we went to Volodarskoye (renamed Nikolskoye by…
(2022-03-30). Military Situation In Syria On March 30, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On March 30, the Russian Ministry of Defence recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On March 30, two SAA soldiers were killed and two others were wounded by gunmen near Dael; | On March 29, a doctor working in one of the Russian-backed factions was killed as a result of the explosion of an explosive device planted in his car by unknown persons in the town of Mahja; | On March 29, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish…
(2022-03-30). Noam Chomsky: Russia's War Against Ukraine Has Accelerated the Doomsday Clock. truthout.org Since the start of the war in Ukraine, there has been a lot of speculation about Russia's military strategy and President Vladimir Putin's geostrategic aims. Indeed, it is still unclear what Putin wants, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's repeated offers of a face-to-face meeting have been rejected by Moscow, although that could soon change. In the meantime, the destruction of Ukraine continues unabated, while European countries and the United States
(2022-03-30). Divided World: The UN Condemnation of Russia is endorsed by Countries run by the richest, oldest, Whitest people on Earth but only 41% of the World's population. mronline.org 
Just as the imperial core of North America, Europe and Japan does not represent the world in their population numbers, demographics, wealth, or power, neither does the imperial core speak for the world on crucial issues of war, peace, justice, and international law. Indeed the Global South has already spoken to the Global North so many times, in so many ways, with patience, persistence and eloquence, to little avail.
(2022-03-30). Georgian parliament speaker at NATO headquarters. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaMarch 30, 2022 Speaker Papuashvili Meets NATO's Deputy SecGen in Brussels Georgian Parliamentary Chairperson Shalva Papuashvili and NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea GeoanƒÉ met on March 29 in Brussels. The two officials discussed Russia's aggression against Ukraine, Georgia's relations with the Alliance, and regional peace and stability, the Georgian Parliament reported. "It is important …
(2022-03-30). The Geopolitics of the US-Iran Rapprochement. journal-neo.org 
The US push to revive the JCPOA with Iran has accelerated in the wake of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. As many reports have indicated, the ongoing talks in Vienna are very close to a successful outcome. As other reports have also indicated, the US is also willing to lift sanctions on Iran, including …
(2022-03-30). Marine deployment raises recent U.S. Eastern European buildup to 12,000 troops. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Air Force TimesMarch 29, 2022 400 Marines deploy in Eastern Europe as part of US response to Ukraine war Three Marine Corps aviation units have joined more than 10,000 U.S. troops mobilized to Eastern Europe and Germany in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. The Marines already had been on …
(2022-03-30). China completes construction of third-generation nuclear reactor. ecns.cn With the No.6 unit ready for commercial operation, China's Hualong One demonstration project has been completed and put into commercial operation, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation on Friday.
(2022-03-30). How did Biden Decide to Rob Europeans Blind? journal-neo.org 
Forced by Kiev's neo-Nazis and their mass murder of Donbas residents, Moscow's special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine has been going on for a month. Many people in the world hope that this absolutely avoidable conflict will end soon. However, the US and NATO, which initiated this confrontation between the Slavic nations in order …
