(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" …
(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 …
(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.
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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 …
(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.
(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.
(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 …
(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.
(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.
(2022-04-26). 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.
(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.
(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…
(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.
(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.
(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.
(2022-04-25). After Kyiv Visit, Lloyd Austin Says US Goal Is for Russia To Be 'Weakened'. news.antiwar.com After a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin "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,"
(2022-04-25). How Obama-Biden Team Empowered Terrorists in Syria. transcend.org 20 Apr 2022 – Ukraine is the Obama-Biden team's second major proxy war against Russia. The first was Syria, where US support for the insurgency helped create an Al Qaeda safe haven.
(2022-04-25). Russia warns United States against sending more arms to Ukraine. tribune.com.pk 
Russia told the United States to stop sending more arms to Ukraine, warning that large Western deliveries of weapons were inflaming the conflict and would lead to more losses, Moscow's ambassador to Washington said. | Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands of people, displaced millions more and raised fears of a wider confrontation between Russia and the United States – by far the world's two biggest nuclear powers. | The United States has ruled out sending its own or NATO forces to Ukraine but Washington and its European allies have supplied weapons to Kyiv such as drones, Howitzer heavy ar…
(2022-04-25). "Breaking the back" of Russia: US war aims emerge in Ukraine. wsws.org Two months after the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine, US officials are making it clear that their goal in the conflict is not a ceasefire or end to the war, but a decisive strategic defeat for Russia.
(2022-04-25). Renounce the Geopolitical War between the U.S. and Russia. transcend.org 18 Apr 2022 – Stopping the Geopolitical War being waged by the United States against Russia is a precondition for ending the aggressive war initiated by Russia against Ukraine and also a return to semi-responsible statecraft, which is the most we can expect or hope for in the present. Diplomacy seeking a ceasefire and a political compromise is the only sane path.
(2022-04-25). Remarks to the Press by First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy on Risks of WMD Provocations in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Informal comments to the media by Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, on Ukraine. Remarks to the Press by First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy on risks of WMD provocations in Ukraine Dmitry Polyanskiy: Dear colleagues, as you may have noticed, we do our best to keep…
(2022-04-25). Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill on the Russia-Ukraine War, the Media, Propaganda, and Accountability. transcend.org 14 Apr 2022 – Noam Chomsky spoke with Jeremy Scahill in a wide-ranging discussion on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
(2022-04-25). British Brinkmanship And Myth Of German Neutrality In Ukraine War. popularresistance.org Russia's state investigative body issued a stark warning that it was looking into media reports alleging "sabotage experts" from Britain's special forces had been deployed to western Ukraine. On Saturday, a defense source told RIA Novosti that at least two teams from the UK's elite Special Air Service (SAS) forces arrived at a military base near the city of Lviv in western Ukraine. | In a statement, the Investigative Committee said it would follow up the report that covert operators had been sent in "to assist the Ukrainian special services in organizing sabotage on the territory of Ukraine." It was not clear wha…
(2022-04-25). Ukraine: The Fakes of Anti-Russian Propaganda. transcend.org 18 Apr 2022 – The New York Times published on April 4 a satellite photo, dated March 19, showing a street in the Ukrainian city of Bucha strewn with corpses. The photo, disseminated by the mainstream on a global scale, was presented as evidence of a "war crime committed by Russian troops in Ukraine."
(2022-04-25). Mapping Faultlines: NATO is fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian. peoplesdispatch.org Two months into the war in Ukraine, NewsClick's Prabir Purkyayastha talks about what has clearly become a conflict between NATO and Russia. He explains NATO's aims and methods and the problems that may be caused by the massive supplies of weapons to Ukraine. He also analyzes the latest developments on the energy front as European countries realize that halting Russian supplies is easier said than done.
(2022-04-25). In Video 21+: Russian Forces Destroyed Ukrainian Positions In Kherson Region. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | In the southern Ukrainian regions, clashes continue in the border area of the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions. According to various reports, the front line follows the Black Sea — Alexandrovka — Snigirevka — Velikaya Alexandrovka — Ivanovka — the Dnieper River line. | Fierce clashes continue in the village of Alexandrovka in the west of the Kherson region. On April 21, the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that they had repelled an attack by the Russian Armed Force…
(2022-04-25). Russia Launches Serial Production Of S-500 Prometheus. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The newest Russian S-500 Prometheus air defense system has been put into mass production. It will be delivered to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in accordance with contracts concluded with the Ministry of Defense. | The CEO of the Almaz-Antey concern Yan Novikov confirmed that "batch production of the S-500 system has been organized using the latest achievements of domestic science and technology. The combat capabilities of this system significantly exceed the capabilities of…
(2022-04-25). Fighting In Kreminna Area (Video, Photos). southfront.org 
Fighting for the town of Kreminna and its vicinity came to an end the last few days. The town and its surroundings are now under full control of the Russian Armed Forces. | | The offensive on Kreminna area began around 14-15 April. | On 21 April, the Russian Defence Ministry officially announced that units of the Russian Armed Forces and the LPR People's Militia had taken full control of the…
(2022-04-25). Western Claims Of Russian Mass Graves Near Mariupol Another Fake News Hoax. popularresistance.org According to Western media, now copy-paste reporting the same claims, Russian forces apparently secretly buried up to 9,000 Mariupol civilians in "mass graves" in a town just west of the city. | Except, it never happened, there is no mass grave. | It's actually just a normal, small, cemetery…no pits, no mass graves, just an orderly cemetery whose grave diggers refuted Western claims. | On April 23, with journalist Roman Kosarev, I went to Mangush (Manhush in Ukrainian), found a normal cemetery setting, and spoke with the men responsible for burials, who refused the allegations and said they buried each person i…
(2022-04-25). WSJ: Expand NATO Article 5 to Southern Hemisphere, include colonies, territories. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Wall Street JournalApril 24, 2022 Expand NATO to HawaiiBy Arshan Barzani* Americans understand that an attack on one ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an attack on all. If Russia bombed Warsaw, Washington would be obligated to come to its aid. But if Pearl Harbor were attacked again, this rule wouldn't compel U.S. …
(2022-04-25). Why Non-Western Countries Tend to See Russia's War Very, Very Differently. transcend.org 18 Apr 2022 – The West appears blind to its own hypocrisy and narrow interests in calling for a rules-based order.
(2022-04-25). Large fire breaks out at Russia oil depot in Bryansk (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — A large fire broke out early Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, the emergencies ministry said, adding that no one was injured.
(2022-04-25). EU and UK to meet Russia's demand to pay for gas in rubles. mronline.org 
A scheme proposed by the European Commission will allow EU companies to pay for Russian gas in rubles without violating EU sanctions.
(2022-04-25). Russia not preparing for new meeting between Lavrov, Kuleba. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Moscow is not yet preparing for a new meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said on Monday.
(2022-04-25). Putin, Xi congratulate Macron on re-election in French vote. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of China congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his re-election on Monday.
(2022-04-25). What way forward for the nurses strike at Stanford Health? wsws.org The strike is a major episode in the growing upsurge of struggles by the international working class, driven by the catastrophic social impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the reckless drive to war with Russia by US and world imperialism.
(2022-04-25). Russia expels 40 German diplomats in tit-for-tat move. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Russia has decided to declare 40 German diplomats personae non gratae in a tit-for-tat response to Berlin, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
(2022-04-25). The Role of Modern China in a Changing World. journal-neo.org 
We are currently witnessing the greatest change in the Geo political 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, which …
(2022-04-25). Marxist IQ: May Day history. cpusa.org 
The working class faces both old and new crises this coming May Day—from the continuing Covid pandemic to the cold war revival and its economic political and military dangers. This quiz looks at what we can learn from the history of May Day and its meaning for today. 1. The first May Day was …
(2022-04-25). Turquía ofrece mediar en negociaciones entre Rusia y Ucrania. telesurtv.net De igual manera el presidente de Turquía confirmó que también sostendrá un diálogo con el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin.
