Putin's Speech ~ Russia Created Ukraine And Are One People
Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 billion for 'humanity'
Elon Musk has finally bought Twitter for $44 billion, claiming he has bought it for humanity so that free speech may continue. He could've donated a considerable chunk to United 24, the Ukrainian fundraising platform to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia. Just imagine how many weapons even half that amount, $22 billion could have bought that would've saved lives. Instead, we had Elon Musk complaining that other companies were profiting and his Starlink satellites were costing him money, despite the fact that other governments contribute to the funding of the satellites.
At the Valdai Discussion Club, on 27 October 2022, Putin gave a speech where he dismissed the fact that Ukraine was a sovereign state, and that Russia created Ukraine, therefore, Russia owns Ukraine and Ukrainians and Russians are one people. With this kind of mindset, it is apparent that negotiations on a peace deal or highly improbable because that is not what Putin seeks. He believes Ukraine belongs to Russia, and that he has a right to acquire Ukrainian land, and does not see it as an invasion, whereas the rest of the world sees it as an unprovoked attack and an invasion.
In the speech, he also claims that the West has ‘fuelled’ the war and is responsible for escalating the war. Russia is the country that blocked the Black Sea causing a food shortage in the world, kidnapped staff at nuclear power plants, invaded and occupied Ukrainian regions, detained and tortured people who supported Ukraine while in Ukraine, and murdered innocent civilians to stop them reporting their positions to the authorities, and who have fired missiles and used drone attacks across Ukraine in order to attack the civilians. Who is the aggressor, and who is the one escalating the war? Ukraine has been defending itself, and any attacks were to hinder the Russian troops.
Meanwhile, Russia persists in occupying territory in Ukraine, and continues to attack pavilions with missiles and drones. About 40% of the energy infrastructures in Ukraine have been damaged, where power and energy is being restricted for longer periods to conserve energy, and Russia has targeted this deliberately prior to winter to make people suffer. It is estimated that it will take 2-3 weeks before full power is restored in Kyiv as long as there are no more missile attacks.
After the speech, many consider this to be the most dangerous time since the Second World War. As Russia isolates itself, Russia continues to accuse the west of escalating the war and interfering. He has repeated that he would consider ‘using all available means’ to protect Russia, and that could be a thinly veiled threat to use nuclear weapons. And in his claims he suggested that the west was trying to destroy Russia in, and create a new world order. However, there is no evidence to support either claim and there is video footage of Russian men fleeing Russia so they do not have to be forced to fight in Ukraine, which is essentially a suicide mission. It is Putin who is destroying Russia, but the masses are too afraid to stand up to a government that censors and restrict their movements.
Day 247 (28 October)
Iran continues to deny it has supplied any drones to Russia, and so last night Zelenskyy showed an image of himself standing next to a Shahed – 136 drone. Some say the image is fake, but independent witnesses have examined the remnants of previous drones, and have identified them as the same Iranian model.
In Zaporizhzhia, residents who are found to have Ukrainian ‘propaganda’ on their phones will be warned and then fined by the Russian occupiers. This is a form of censorship, and also it means that the Russian occupiers can keep an eye on those who are not pro-Russian.
Also in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine has asked that the IAEA to inspect the plant use it is conducting ‘some kind of illegal construction’, which we can assume means that Russia could be trying to concoct a dirty bomb.
The Russian Duma, has passed a law allowing convicts to fight in Ukraine. This action contradicts Putin's claim that the partial mobilisation has ended and is no longer necessary, as it appears that Russia is short of expendable cannon fodder. It also means that Russia has no intention of retreating, nor does it care about the lives of Russian citizens who do not want to participate in the war. They are not defending Russia against any threat, and that is what makes the war senseless.
Putin has also claimed in his speech that Russia will retaliate if the EU confiscates any assets that belong to the Russian state or Russian citizens. This is more of a threat because items such as super yachts have been sanctioned and detained, where it is claimed that the items could be sold off and the assets retained by the host country. However, that is exactly what Russia has done with any planes that have been grounded in Russia since the sanctions, or multinational stores that have remained closed, where Russia has threatened to seize those assets.
Reports claim that the CIA Director has made an unannounced visit to Ukraine, where the CIA Director William J Burns met with Zelenskyy and other officials. Obviously this is something that the media may wish to read into, but reaffirms that the US are sharing intelligence to assist Ukraine in this war, and it is a key element in helping Ukraine to defend itself.
Boris Johnson is said to have set up an office to help raise funds to reconstruct Ukraine. It is part of his commitment to help support Ukraine, and shows that he does not need to be the prime minister to do this. There are plans for him to make a high-profile visit to the US to raise awareness in to prevent war fatigue. Despite the domestic issues Johnson has encountered, it must be remembered he was the world leader that lead the way in terms of support for Ukraine when the others, such as the US, France and Germany hesitated. This then gave the other countries no excuse not to supply weapons or to provide aid and support to Ukraine.
Putin showed no regrets in his actions during his speech, and repeated his claim that the West is to blame. On the other hand, Putin praised Saudi Arabia, and repeated his support for China to reclaim Taiwan. He used the speech to spread further propaganda, claiming that Ukraine was making a dirty bomb to attack Russia, making out that Russia was the innocent victim.
In addition, Putin spread disinformation claiming that the people of Novorossiya asked Russia for help, and that he was saving the Donbas.
Francophobia, Germanophobia, these are the same types of racism as Russophobia and antisemitism and Islamophobia. Russia will never make peace with the dictates of this kind of West.
The West is imposing the values and consumer models to standardise these models and I try to expand the markets for the products it's all very simple and they insist that everyone adhere to these values unconditionally.
The West has a blindness of superiority that continues over the last 50 years this racist and neocolonial view has led to a belief of infallibility and they seek to destroy those who do not comply. (Putin)
In Kyiv, the mayor announced that a further 40 streets and square that had Russian names would be changed to Ukrainian names.
Astronaut, Scott Kelly joins United 24 as an ambassador to raise awareness and funds for Ukraine.
In Russian occupied Kherson, the Russians claim to have moved 70,000 civilians out of the region, claiming to have saved them as Ukrainian forces advance. Zelenskyy has stated that Russians have stolen medical equipment from the occupied territories are forcing the medical personnel to go to Russia as well.
Canada is imposing for sanctions against Russia and individuals. They have also introduced a five-year bond to help raise money to help Ukraine. The funding will help the Ukrainian government to provide services for the citizens, such as paying pension and for running infrastructure across the country.
Americans are training Ukrainians to operate NASAMS, National Advanced Surface-to-Missile Systems. This is what Ukraine needed seven months ago, but better late than never.
Reports claim that 100 staff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have signed Russia contracts. Energoatom states that 6,700 staff members refused to cooperate with the occupiers.The IAEA seem quite useless as observers at the power plant, and the problem is that Russia is getting away with their actions under the eye of the UN.
In Zaporizhzhia, Russia is going to force the residents to assume Russian citizenship from 30th of October 2022. Back in August, the occupiers offered the passports to the locals and the majority refused. It appears that Russia is threatening them the locals now, to force mobilisation of the men.
Credit to Boris Johnson for his commitment to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, in and out of office.
Elton Musk has bought Twitter because he can, a personal ego boost for him. Truly altruistic people are very thin on the ground at present.