Daily Archives: April 27, 2022

2022-04-27: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-27). Poland delivers tanks to Ukraine, Britain to provide replacements. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsApril 26, 2022 Poland confirms T-72 tank delivery to Ukraine, with Challenger 2 tanks to fill gap Poland's prime minister has confirmed the country supplied its Soviet-designed T-72 tanks to Ukraine… The announcement came shortly after his British counterpart Boris Johnson unveiled plans to supply an undisclosed number of Challenger 2 tanks to Poland …

_____ (2022-04-27). The Ukraine Crisis Can't Save Biden. popularresistance.org The United States, its NATO allies, and their partners in corporate media are engaging in an unprecedented war propaganda effort. Their goal is to get and maintain public support for their actions against Russia which are playing out in Ukraine. The messaging is constant and isn't at all subtle. One cannot go online for any purpose without seeing exhortations to help Ukrainian children, buy products colored in blue and yellow, or somehow "stand with Ukraine." | What passes for news about Ukraine is usually little more than anti-Russian screeds, sourced by "anonymous officials" eager to reveal claims that Vladimir…

SouthFront5 (2022-04-27). Ukrainian Army Planned Provocations On Border Of Belarus And Russia In February 2022 (Video Testimonies). southfront.org

Farooq Sulehria (2022-04-27). Left resists as Sweden tilts at NATO membership. greenleft.org.au Swedish journalist Bella Frank talks to Farooq Sulehria about the debate in Sweden on NATO membership, triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Staff (2022-04-27). Fire breaks out in Ammo depot in Russia's Belgorod. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — An ammunition depot is on fire near the village of Staraya Nelidovka in western Russia's Belgorod Region near the border with Ukraine, the region's governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-27). Second front: Japan-Russia tensions rising. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyApril 26, 2022 Russia warns Japan over military exercises Russia warned Tokyo it will take retaliatory measures should Japan expand the scope of its joint naval exercises with the United States, APA's Moscow correspondent reports citing the Russian Foreign Ministry. The drills near the Russian border are fueling tensions in the region and …

Staff (2022-04-27). Iran, Russia to develop transport ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — Iran and Russia are scheduled to sign transport and transit agreements, including the activation of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and the development of maritime, air, and rail cooperation.

editors of Sozialismus.de, R. Lapuente (2022-04-27). Was the policy of detente a political mistake? indybay.org Under attack is a policy for which today, as in past decades, the top priority is to contain the European war before the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons is crossed… | In the age of nuclear weapons, war can no longer be a means of politics.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-26). NATO warships arrive in Finland for exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersApril 25, 2022 NATO warships arrive at Finnish port for training exercises Three NATO warships arrived in the southwestern Finnish port of of Turku on Monday to train with Finland's navy as Helsinki considers the possibility of joining the U.S.-led alliance amid increased tensions with Russia over Ukraine. Latvian minelayer LVNS Virsaitis and minehunters Estonian …

Barry Sheppard (2022-04-26). Ukraine: US hypocrisy over war crimes. greenleft.org.au While Russia's war against Ukraine was a violation of that country's sovereignty, writes Barry Sheppard, US President Joe Biden's raising of war crimes charges against Russia is the height of hypocrisy.

Aaron Maté (2022-04-26). US weapons, European supplicants block peace in Ukraine. thegrayzone.com Richard Sakwa, scholar and author of "Frontline Ukraine", on the obstacles to peace in Ukraine. As the Russia-Ukraine war opens a new phase in the Donbas, scholar Richard Sakwa on the absence of diplomacy; the Western media's veneration of Zelensky; the European Union's self-implosion over the war; and the crackdown on dissent in both Ukraine and Russia. Guest: Richard Sakwa. Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. His books include "Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands" …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-26). Ukraine: Canada delivers heavy artillery "in conjunction with our American Allies" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 25, 2022 Canada announces military aid for Ukraine The Canadian government has announced the delivery of a shipment of howitzers to Ukraine to strengthen its positions on the battlefield with Russia. "Canada has provided heavy artillery to the Security Forces of Ukraine, as Ukraine has requested," the Canadian government said in a statement …

Anonymous103 (2022-04-26). Military Situation In Ukraine On April 26, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Two radio transmitters were destroyed as a result of explosions near Mayak village in Transnistria; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU in Kurulka with a high-precision missile; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU in Novaya Dmitrovka with a high-precision missile; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU in Barvenkovo with a high-precision missile; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU in Zdolbunov with a high-precision missile; | Russia att…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-26). Strikes On Ukrainian Railways Threaten Military Supplies To Armed Forces. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On April 26th, the Russian cruise missile hit a railway bridge over the Dniester River in the village of Zatoka in the Odessa region. | As a result of the strike, the railway track was damaged. | This is the only bridge that connects Odessa with the western part of the region and Romania. The destruction of the bridge will significantly complicate any transfer of weapons from Europe to Ukraine, as well as a possible advance of foreign troops in the region. | On April 25, 5 Ukrainian rai…

_____ (2022-04-26). Biden's New Arms Czar For Ukraine Has A Lot Of Blood On His Hands. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden's new appointee as arms czar for Ukraine, Terry Wolff, has a lot of blood on his hands. | The three-star general's new job is to coordinate arms shipments to Ukraine that are designed to bog down the Russians, including a new $800 million weapons package that President Biden authorized last Thursday. | A native of Elk Grove, California, who graduated from West Point in 1979, Wolff previously trained Iraqi forces for a deadly siege of Mosul in 2016, and helped plan operations in the illegal war on Afghanistan as a National Security Council senior director for the country. | Between November 201…

Ajamu Baraka (2022-04-26). Ukraine: A New Consensus on Whiteness? orinocotribune.com By Ajamu Baraka — Apr 20, 2022 | The Biden administration and corporate media cover up the existence of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Ukraine. They are disappeared from the official narrative in order to get public buy-in for U.S. policy. | In 1999 US and NATO forces bombed Serbia for 78 days, ushering a new century further characterized by war and militarism. With no negative consequences of military overreach, especially after the dismantling of the Soviet Union, the U.S. unle…

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-26). UK Minister Backs Ukraine Using British Weapons to Carry Out Attacks Inside Russia. news.antiwar.com The UK's armed forces minister said Tuesday British MP James Heappey said that it was "completely legitimate" for Ukraine to be hitting targets inside Russia to disrupt logistics, adding that it was "not necessarily a problem" if the Ukrainians carried out such attacks using weapons London provided to Kyiv. | The Russian Defense Ministry respond…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-26). Russian Communist Leader: The Only Resolution is the Complete Military Defeat of Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Fergie Chambers The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is the largest opposition party in Russia and has criticized detentions stemming from protests that demonstrated against Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine TF contributor Fergie Chambers got the opportunity on April 15 to conduct an in-person interview in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with Roman Kononenko, a…

Ed Corcoran (2022-04-26). Promoting Change in Ukraine and Russia. fpif.org As the war in Ukraine continues to demonstrate, the major strategic blunder of the Twentieth Century was the failure to integrate Russia into the industrialized world. | After World War II, the Western community did a great job of integrating Germany and Japan into the industrialized world. Both of them are now dynamic, democratic countries. But after the Soviet Union collapsed, the West largely stood by as Russia descended into economic chaos, eventually leading to the rise of Vladimir Putin. This blunder had a military dimension, with the totally unnecessary expansion of NATO to the east. | It was absolutely tr…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-26). Japan boosts aid to Ukraine, says Russia "shook foundation of international order to its core" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 26, 2022 Japan to provide food, medicine to Ukraine, Kishida tells Zelenskyy Japan will provide food and medicine to war-torn Ukraine as additional relief supplies, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday after speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by phone. Kishida told reporters after their roughly 40-minute conversation that Japan will step up …

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-26). UN chief tells Lavrov Ukraine ceasefire needed ASAP. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — In a meeting with the Russian Foreign Miniter on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General called for creating conditions for effective dialogue and a ceasefire in Ukraine as soon as possible.

ecns.cn (2022-04-26). UN chief tells Lavrov: Ukraine ceasefire is needed as soon as possible. ecns.cn UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in Moscow on Tuesday that conditions for a ceasefire in Ukraine should be created as soon as possible.

Brett Wilkins (2022-04-26). Sweden and Finland Will Apply to Join NATO, Officials Confirm. truthout.org Officials in the traditionally neutral Nordic nations of Sweden and Finland confirmed Monday that the countries will simultaneously apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization amid increased public support for the move as Russia continues its brutal invasion of Ukraine. | Two newspapers — Finland's

WSWS (2022-04-26). Finland and Sweden prepare to join NATO. wsws.org The ruling elites in both Scandinavian countries, which maintained formal neutrality after World War II, have seized on the Russian government's reactionary invasion of Ukraine to overcome long-standing opposition among working people to the aggressive US-led military alliance.

Anonymous103 (2022-04-26). Lloyd Ostin Declares US Real Goal To Defeat Russia On Battlefield — CNN. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | After the visit to Ukraine by the US Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense on April 24th, CNN reported on Biden's change of strategy towards Russia. The US officials also announced new military assistance and the return of diplomats to Ukraine. | Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters after a trip to Kyiv that "we want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine." The new US goal is "to defeat Russia on the…

SouthFront5 (2022-04-26). AFU Officer Committed Murder And Sexual Violence Against Civilians Detained. southfront.org The military investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation instigated criminal proceedings against Lieutenant Sergei Batynsky, deputy commander of the firing support company for educational work of Unit A-2777 of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on suspicion of a crime under Part 1 of Article 356 of the Russian Criminal Code (ill-treatment of civilians). | It was preliminarily established that in early April of this year, in the city of Mariupol, Ukrainian servicemen from the above-mentioned Marine Brigade detained two civilians riding their bikes past a r…

Staff (2022-04-26). US tries to cause Russia utmost harm: envoy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — Russian Ambassador to the US says that the US tries to prolong Russia's special operation in Ukraine by all means, attempting to cause Russia the utmost harm.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-26). How US Spread Biological 'Poison', Ethnic Division and Ideological Antagonism Around the World. libya360.wordpress.com Zhang Mengxu Poison disseminator Illustration: Xu Zihe/GT GT Editor's Note: Since the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine began, the international community has grown increasingly aware of the roles the US and NATO have played behind the crisis. From funding biological labs to creating ethnic division and ideological confrontation around the world, from imposing sanctions…

russiancouncil.ru (2022-04-26). Experts of RIAC and ECFA Discussed the Situation in Syria. russiancouncil.ru On 26 April, 2022, the workhop "Views from Russia and Egypt on the Situation in Syria" was held in online format…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-26). Military Situation In Syria On April 26, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On April 26, the Russian Ministry of Defence recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On April 26, ISIS attacked an SDF patrol in the town of Diban. One SDF member was killed; | On April 26, three SAA members reportedly were killed and four others were injured by ISIS ATGM attack south of Tabqa; | On April 25, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions in north of Tal Tamar. | MORE ON THE TOPIC:

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-26). The Emergence of the "Multiple Alignment" Doctrine, a Headache for Imperialism. libya360.wordpress.com Fernando Bossi Rojas The confrontation between NATO and the Russian Federation in Ukrainian territory is aligning countries in positions that surprise many. The fact that China is close to Russia is nothing new, as is Iran or the revolutionary governments of Latin America. However, it is important to follow the policies adopted by those countries…

WSWS (2022-04-26). Turkey attacks PKK, YPG in Iraq, Syria. wsws.org As US officials visited Turkey and Greece, calling to end Europe energy imports from Russia, Turkey attacked PKK-linked forces in Iraq and Syria.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-26). The Role of Modern China in a Changing World. libya360.wordpress.com James ONeill We are currently witnessing the greatest change in the geopolitical landscape that has ever occurred in the lives of those alive today. At the end of the Second World War there were two major powers in the world: Russia and the United States. Only one, the United States, then had the atomic bomb,…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-26). Following Karabakh war, Azerbaijan "determines geopolitical landscape of South Caucasus" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com (With no little help from Turkey and Russia) Trend News AgencyApril 26, 2022 Azerbaijan grabs world's attention by being center of power in South Caucasus — official The fact that the 5th Congress of World Azerbaijanis was named the Victory Congress and took place in liberated Shusha [as a result of the 44-day second Karabakh …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-26). Gas price spikes on report of Russian gas cutoff to Poland. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — The European gas prices spiked in late trade April 26 after reports in the Polish media that Russia's Gazprom had suspended gas supplies to Poland.

WSWS (2022-04-26). Turkey hits PKK, YPG in Iraq, Syria. wsws.org As US officials visited Turkey and Greece, calling to end Europe energy imports from Russia, Turkey attacked PKK-linked forces in Iraq and Syria.

Staff (2022-04-26). Russian President, UN chief to meet in Moscow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday who will come to Moscow for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Staff (2022-04-26). Russia expels three Swedish diplomats in tit-for-tat move. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — Russia is expelling three Swedish diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to the expulsion of three of its diplomatic staff by Stockholm, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

_____ (2022-04-26). Japan's Population Opposes Kishida's Intention to Rally APAC in an Anti-Russian Frenzy. journal-neo.org Given that the risk of the US strategic confrontation simultaneously with Russia and China would be, as even US experts rightly point out, a "geopolitical nightmare" for Washington, the US is trying harder and harder to draw its allies into this struggle, especially in Asia. This is why the White House has recently focused its …

Zach Farber (2022-04-26). Decades-long struggle to remove nuclear waste from San Onofre beach continues. liberationnews.org San Onofre, California hosts 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste just 108 feet from the Pacific Ocean.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-26). US max. pressure on Iran failed to produce results: Blinken. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — Despite a halt in talks to revive Iran's nuclear deal, US Secretary of State has defended efforts to revive agreement against congressional criticism, stressing that maximum pressure on Iran failed to produce results.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-26). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Georgia man with neuroendocrine cancer gains quality of life thanks to new nuclear med therapy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editor's note: This story is written by Robert Sobotka, 75. In 2016, he was diagnosed with a mass on pancreas and multiple tumors in his liver. Walking up a steep and long hill in the woods behind our house in Woodstock, Georgia, I notice that I'm not as short-of-breath as I used to be — before open-heart surgery, which was performed May 26, 2021. Bandit, my daughter's Alaskan Husky, eager to go faster, helps me…

teleSUR, SH (2022-04-26). Corea del Norte ampliará su poder nuclear a la mayor brevedad. telesurtv.net Kim Jong-un afirmó que las armas nucleares del país son un símbolo de poder nacional y que deben ser diversificadas.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-04-26). Rusia renueva ante jefe de la ONU compromiso de negociar con Ucrania. telesurtv.net Así lo dijo en una reunión con el secretario general de la ONU, en el preámbulo de una reunión con el presidente Vladímir Putin.

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-04-26). Jefe de la ONU se reunirá con Vladímir Putin en Moscú por Ucrania. telesurtv.net El próximo 28 de abril Guterres prevé reunirse con el presidente de Ucrania Vladímir Zelenski y el canciller de esa nación Dimitri Kuleba.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-26). Moldova holds emergency Security Council meeting after blasts in Transnistria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2April 26, 2022 Moldova holds urgent security meeting after Transnistria blasts Moldovan President Maia Sandu has convened an urgent meeting of the country's Supreme Security Council after two blasts damaged Soviet-era radio masts in the breakaway region of Transnistria. The incidents on Tuesday came after local officials on Monday reported several explosions at the state …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-26). UN Secretary General and Sergei Lavrov Hold a Press Conference in Moscow. libya360.wordpress.com We appreciate your desire in these difficult times to start thinking seriously about how the UN will develop, how the principle of multilateralism, which has been openly flouted by the West for many years, will be implemented in practical matters. True multilateralism must be based on the UN Charter, which enshrines the principle of the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-26). Lavrov: There is a Real Danger of WWIII. libya360.wordpress.com Interview with Sergey Lavrov on Channel One's "The Great Game" Program, Moscow, 25 April 2022 Q: Thank you for agreeing to talk, despite your incredibly busy schedule. Sergey Lavrov: Thank you for the invitation. If the game is great, we must play. Q.: The game is great, the stakes are high. I'm sure a lot…

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