(2022-09-24). Kremlin: After Referendums, New Territory Will Be Treated as Russia. news.antiwar.com The Kremlin says the security situation will drastically change four areas of Russian-held Ukraine after a vote on joining Russia is completed next week. Moscow appears ready to annex several regions of Ukraine and defend it as it would the rest of Russia. On Friday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to reporters that the new …
(2022-09-24). Attack on annexed areas to be treated as attack on Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that Moscow will treat any potential attacks on annexed areas after the referendums on joining Russia as attacks on its own territory.
(2022-09-24). Video: The Dangers of Nuclear War are "REAL": Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca While one can conceptualize the loss of life and destruction resulting from present-day wars including Iraq and Afghanistan, it is impossible to fully comprehend the devastation which might result from a Third World War, using "new technologies" and advanced weapons, until it occurs and becomes a reality.
(2022-09-24). U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in S.Korea for combined drills. ecns.cn A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea Friday for combined drills with the South Korean navy, according to Yonhap news agency.
(2022-09-24). Washington's nuclear brinkmanship threatens catastrophe. wsws.org The declaration by politicians, generals and the media that the US must not be "deterred' by the threat of nuclear annihilation is an assertion that the American ruling class will accept the deaths of millions in pursuit of its aims.
(2022-09-24). Ukrainian "Hit List" Publishesnewsauthor">S and Addresses of Alleged "Russian Propagandists:" Turns Out to be Based Not in Ukraine But in Langley VA Where CIA Headquarters Is Located. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-24). Has the West stopped diplomatic negotiations over Ukraine? indybay.org As U.S. critic Noam Chomsky points out in an interview, a diplomatic end to the war remains possible. But only if the West, led by the U.S., does not continue to block negotiations. The decisive stumbling block for negotiations is Ukraine's possible membership in NATO. The U.S., however, continues to leave this open, while Russia is strictly against it.
(2022-09-24). Turkey may buy Russia's Su-35 if deal on US F-16 fails. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — Turkey may consider purchasing Russian-made Su-35 fighter jets if the deal on the acquisition of US-made F-16 fails, Defense Industry Agency President Ismail Demir said on Saturday.
(2022-09-24). Lavrov meets with foreign ministers of Persian Gulf countries. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Ministers of the Persian Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) discussed strengthening ties…
(2022-09-23). Russia Mobilizes, Referendums Underway: What Will Change and Why? libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for September 23, 2022 — Russia to mobilize 300,000 in addition to 150,000 already involved in operations in Ukraine; — Russian Ministry of Defense announces nearly 6,000 Russian dead, 61,000 Ukrainian dead plus another 49,000 Ukrainians injured; — Russian MoD claims Ukraine has mobilized 300,000 itself, losing 100,000…
(2022-09-23). Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Zaporozhie Hold Referendums. telesurenglish.net At 8: 00 am local time on Friday, citizens of the Donetsk People's Republic began to turn out to vote in the referendum on their territory's accession to Russia, Vladimir Vysotsky, the chairman of the electoral commission, reported. | RELATED: | The Lugansk People's Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions also began voting on the annexation referendum. The process, however, does not go smoothly everywhe…
(2022-09-23). To Be or Not to Be: One With Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong "REFERENDUM" sign taped to car windshield. Photo: Eva K. Bartlett The right to hold free elections is one of the fundamentals of a democratic society, but it's a freedom which has been outlawed in Nazi-controlled Ukraine where eleven opposition parties have been banned. In August, the Kiev regime warned that anyone who promotes or…
(2022-09-23). Russia To Begin Partial Mobilization — Putin. orinocotribune.com The measure will apply to members of the reserve forces and those with military experience | Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization during an address to the nation on Wednesday morning. He said the Defense Ministry had recommended drawing military reservists into active service as the country faces a protracted conflict in Ukraine and Donbass. | The measure is sensible and necessary under the circumstances, Putin said, considering that Russia is fighting "the entire Western military machine" in Ukraine. He has already signed an order for the call-up to start immediately. | The…
(2022-09-23). Russian Mobilization. Beginning Of End For Kiev And NATO. southfront.org 
Partial mobilization in Russia | Because of the recent failures of Russian forces in the Kharkiv direction, Ukraine's constant attacks on militia's positions in the Donetsk People's Republic, and the ongoing military assistance from Western countries to Kiev, Putin has no choice but to declare mobilization. | Despite the expected increase in discontent among part of the population with the need to take part in this war, even in Ukraine they are forced to admit that the situation may change drastically in the very near fut…
(2022-09-23). EU Members Divided on Giving Asylum to Russians Fleeing Mobilization. news.antiwar.com An EU spokeswoman for the European Commission Anita Hipper, an EU spokeswoman for migration, said that the situation is "unprecedented" and said work was ongoing between EU members to find a common approach. | The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have already
(2022-09-23). IAEA anti-Iran claims political excuse to delay JCPOA revival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says that IAEA's anti-Iranian claims are baseless and are considered a mere political excuse to delay the revival of the nuclear agreement.
(2022-09-23). Ukraine War Escalates—And Nuclear War Threats Grow. liberationnews.org The Ukraine war is escalating—dramatically…
(2022-09-23). Plan A: US-Russia Nuclear War Simulation. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-23). EU states thrust aside Kremlin's warnings of nuclear war over Ukraine. wsws.org The reckless and utterly irresponsible statements of EU officials are leading Europe and the world straight to nuclear war over Ukraine.
(2022-09-23). White House Sent Multiple Threats to the Kremlin Via Backchannels. news.antiwar.com The Joe Biden administration has sent several warnings to Russia via backchannels regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the Washington Post reports. The White House's messages to Russia have been intentionally nondescript to foster uncertainty in Moscow about what the US would do if Russia deployed its ultimate weapon. The White House …
(2022-09-23). On the Current Situation in Pakistan. journal-neo.org 
The topic of political developments in and around Pakistan (remember, a de facto nuclear power!) was left in a state that can be characterized by a few key points. First, the struggle between the faction led by the Pakistan Muslim League (N), which came to power in April this year, and the sidelined faction led …
(2022-09-23). Brainwashed For War With Russia. popularresistance.org Thanks to Establishment media, the sorcerer apprentices advising President Joe Biden — I refer to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jacob Sullivan, and China specialist Kurt Campbell — will have no trouble rallying Americans for the widest war in 77 years, starting in Ukraine, and maybe spreading to China. And, shockingly, under false pretenses. | Most Americans are oblivious to the reality that Western media are owned and operated by the same corporations that make massive profits by helping to stoke small wars and then peddling the necessary weapons. Corporate leaders, and…
(2022-09-23). NATO condemns China for 'its role' in Ukraine and ties with Russia. infobrics.org As the US-led political West has been antagonizing both Russia and China for decades, Moscow and Beijing have been strengthening their ties in virtually all spheres.
(2022-09-23). 87% Of World Doesn't Support West's New Cold War On Russia. popularresistance.org Two former US diplomats have acknowledged that the vast majority of the global population does not support the West's new cold war on Russia. | In a Newsweek op-ed titled "Nearly 90 Percent of the World Isn't Following Us on Ukraine," ex diplomats Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell wrote: | While the United States and its closest allies in Europe and Asia have imposed tough economic sanctions on Moscow, 87 percent of the world's population has declined to follow us. Economic sanctions have united our adversaries in shared resistance. Less predictably, the outbreak of Cold War II, has also led countries that we…
(2022-09-23). UN Secretary-General Urges Removal of Obstacles to Russian Fertilizer Exports. orinocotribune.com The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, urged nations on Thursday, September 22, to eliminate all obstacles stopping Russia's exports, especially fertilizers. Guterres also welcomed the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine. | During his speech at the UN Security Council, Guterres emphasized the need to bring these products to farmers in order to avoid a serious food crisis. | "It is essential that all states remove every remaining obstacle to the export of Russian fertilizers immediately. We need to get them to farmers at a reasonable cost, and on to fields as soon as possi…
(2022-09-23). Iran to Join Naval Drills in Indian Ocean With Russia and China. telesurenglish.net The chief of staff in Tehran says naval maneuvers will take place in the Indian Ocean. This would be the fourth joint exercise by the three navies since 2019, and the first since the escalation of hostilities in Ukraine. | Iran to hold joint naval drills with Russia, China in the Indian Ocean.
(2022-09-23). Russia, Ukraine Carry Out Major Prisoner Swap Brokered by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. news.antiwar.com Russia and Ukraine carried out a major prisoner swap this week Ukraine said Wednesday that it freed 215 people from Russia, including
(2022-09-23). Open to Talks With Ukraine, Russia Sees No Prospect Near Future. telesurenglish.net On Friday, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Ukraine left the negotiating table months ago, noting that dialogue is necessary to "achieve our goals. But, as we have already said, we do not see any prerequisites for the negotiation process." | RELATED: | As Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, Ukraine left the negotiating table several months ago, said the Kremlin spokesman, who also brought up statements by Ukrainian…
(2022-09-23). In Video: Donetsk Forces Target Ukrainian US-Made Counter Battery Radar. southfront.org 
Spc. Samantha Cabigon, radar operator for the Target Acquisition Section of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army, sets up the AN/TPQ- , Lightweight Counter-Mortar Radar for Belgian and Luxemburg. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) | The Russian military and the armed forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) continue to destroy advanced weapons systems supplied to Ukrainian by the United States and other NATO members. | On Sept…
(2022-09-23). 100 Years of Russian Gas for India. infobrics.org As countries around the world compete for LNG shipments, the setting is favourable for India to work on a gas pipeline project from Russia…
(2022-09-23). China Wants to Work with Russia to Promote Shared Interests. infobrics.org China's top foreign policy official states that his country is ready to work with Russia to fill high-level strategic cooperation, protect shared interests, and promote a fairer and more reasonable world order…
(2022-09-23). President Vladimir Putin Signed Decree Awarding the Order of Friendship To Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faría. orinocotribune.com 
September 16, 2022—Through a message published on its social networks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation informed on September 14 about the signing by President Vladimir Putin of the decree of the Order of Friendship with which the Chancellor of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Carlos Faría Tortosa will be decorated. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on the social network Twitter @mae_rusia: "Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to decorate the Chancellor of Venezuela @Fariacrt with the Order of Friendship for his great contribution to strengthening friendship and coo…
(2022-09-23). "If Russia Protects Us, We Are Ready to Vote For It" / Interview by Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net
(2022-09-22). How The War Changed Overnight. popularresistance.org From Russia's perspective, the war in Ukraine until now has been a "special military operation" intended to defend the self-declared independent republics of Luhansk and Donetsk. | For eight years Moscow had rebuffed entreaties from Donbass to recognize those republics. Now Russia is prepared to absorb them as part of the Russian Federation itself, along with the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. | On Wednesday in Moscow President Vladimir Putin announced that referenda to decide whether to join Russia would be held in those four places from this Friday until next Wednesday. After that, the Russian Duma must decide…
(2022-09-22). From 'Special Military Operation' to Open War. libya360.wordpress.com Gilbert Doctorow Significance of the referendums in Donbas, Kherson and Zaporozhie The televised speech yesterday morning by Vladimir Putin and the follow-up remarks by his Minister of Defense Shoigu announcing the partial mobilization of Russia's army reserves to add a total of 300,000 men to the military campaign in Ukraine have been widely reported in…
(2022-09-22). Alejandro Kirk: Kiev 'Tries to Kill as Many People as Possible'. libya360.wordpress.com Kirill Kurevlev © Photo : Alejandro Kirk Kiev troops subjected the Donbass republics to almost daily shelling long before the start of the Russian special military operation at the end of February of this year. Civilians are frequently the victims of attacks carried out by Kiev's military and its national battalions, as the shelling often…
(2022-09-22). Putin bolsters forces with troop call-up. ecns.cn Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a partial military mobilization in the country during a delayed televised address on Wednesday.
(2022-09-22). Yoon Suk-yeol: A U-Turn to Nuclear Power. journal-neo.org 
One area where the difference in strategy between the old and new presidents is particularly evident is the attitude towards the role of nuclear power. It should be recalled that the Moon administration, under the guise of a green agenda, attempted to destroy the country's nuclear power industry, with the president's personal "wants" rather than …
(2022-09-22). Iran: What is the Future of the Nuclear Deal? journal-neo.org 
While many around the world hoped for a positive reaction from the United States to Iran's latest response, the European trio at the talks in Vienna (E3 the UK, Germany, France) have separately issued a statement that could undo all the positive results of a year of painstaking negotiations. After Tehran responded to an …
(2022-09-22). Statement by Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, at the UN Security Council Meeting on Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Madam President, Excellencies, Colleagues, As I understand, today's meeting was motivated by the desire of some delegations to discuss the topic of "impunity" in Ukraine. I think this is very timely. It is a term that fully reflects what has been happening in this country since 2014. National-radical forces, outright Russophobes and neo-Nazis then came…
