By Batko Milacic for the Saker Blog While the Russian special operation is going on in Ukraine, many are wondering what is the reason for launching it. One of the reasons is the Ukrainian fascist forces. Since the Western-backed coup ...

First, the biggest news of the day: the city of Izium fell to the Russian forces.  Here is a map with Izium (Изюм) on the top and then two sets of arrows: the red ones show how the operational cauldron ...

The AAA reported Tuesday that US gasoline prices had reached a never-before-seen record high average of $4.17 per gallon, with the crisis in Ukraine blamed for spiraling costs costs. Energy market experts previously warned that a US move to ban ...

by Michael Hudson posted by permission Empires often follow the course of a Greek tragedy, bringing about precisely the fate that they sought to avoid. That certainly is the case with the American Empire as it dismantles itself in not-so-slow ...

The eleventh day of the conflict were marked by a new round of efforts by Russia, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, Volnovakha and their surroundings in Donetsk Region. Mariupol and Volnovakha remain the key ...

By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted Only self-sufficiency affords total independence. And the Big Picture has also been keenly understood by the Global South. One of the key underlying themes of the Russia/Ukraine/NATO matrix is ...

Dear friends It’s day 10 of the Russian special operation and in this commentary I will try to sum up some of the most critical developments.  So here we go: First, the now obligatory map of the situation as of ...

Good evening, friends, First let’s begin with a map of how the situation was yesterday evening: The main news missing from here is that the Russian Black Sea Fleet conducted strikes on the Ukrainian coast southwest of Odessa.  The other big ...

This video may not stay up long.   Following is an alternative link that is not opening at all because of continual DDoS attacks on the Russia Foreign Ministry, but perhaps later in the day.  https://www.mid.ru/ru/press_service/video/ Link: https://odysee.com/@Unspin:f/2022-03-03—Russia’s-Foreign-Minister-Sergey-Lavrov-holds-press-conference-in-Moscow:5 Foreign Minister Lavrov ...