Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for February 13, 2023 + US sanctions deliberately compounding Syrian earthquake relief efforts – Brian Berletic – The New Atlas

– US rep admits US sanctions and occupation of eastern Syria are to prevent reconstruction for use as leverage following Washington’s failed proxy war;

– Russian missiles & drones targeted Ukraine’s power grid inflicting heavy damage nationwide;

– The missile/drone strikes included an unmanned naval drone targeting a bridge in Odessa;

– Western governments and analysts admit that it will take years to send Ukraine NATO jets;

– Any appearance beforehand means NATO pilots are posing as Ukrainian pilots;

– CNN claims captured “Wagner” fighters say Russia is suffering heavy losses, CNN suggests 80% of the 50,000 Wagner recruited have died, been injured, or are captured;

– This suggests only 10k Wagner fighters are outfighting/surrounding Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut;

– CNN used US-EU supported front “Russia Behind Bars” to back claims in report, a similar tactic used during the US proxy war in Syria;

References:

WaPo – Lifting sanctions on Syria won’t help earthquake victims: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio…

Archived version with original headline: https://web.archive.org/web/202302101…

US DoD – Dana Stroul: https://www.defense.gov/About/Biograp…

Hands off Syria – “Dana Stroul, Biden official, boasts that Washington “owns” one third of Syria” (2019): https://youtu.be/FSE3FWKFp4g

FT – Russia launches fresh missile bombardment on Ukraine (February 12, 2023): https://www.ft.com/content/3b3433fb-7…

Reuters – Ukraine says three major regions can avoid power cuts after attacks (February 11, 2023): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/…

Telegraph (UK) – Russia strikes key Odessa bridge with first use of drone boat: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-new…

War on the Rocks – UNFOLDING OFFENSIVES AND COUNTER-OFFENSIVES IN UKRAINE: https://warontherocks.com/2023/02/unf…

UK Gov – PM extends Ukraine military training to pilots and marines as President Zelensky makes first visit to the UK since Russian invasion (February 8, 2023): https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm…

Reuters – ‘No magic wand’ in Ukraine war, says UK’s Wallace on question of supplying jets (February 3, 2023): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/…

Air & Space Forces Magazine – Romania Is a Model for Training Ukraine’s Pilots to Fly F-16s (August 2022): https://www.airandspaceforces.com/rom…

Reuters – Ukraine says pilots would need six months for F-16 combat training (January 27, 2023): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/…

CNN – ‘Just to survive’: Wagner fighters recount the horrors of battle in eastern Ukraine (February 2023): https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/12/eu…

CNN – UK sanctions British blogger over videos from Ukraine (July 2022): https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/27/uk…

US NED – 2019 Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellows: https://www.ned.org/events/reporting-…

Bloomberg – When Russian Officials ‘Nightmare’ Your Business, You Can Lose Everything—Even Your Life (2018, admission Russia Behind Bars sought EU funding): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featur…

Khodorkovsky – What is Open Russia? https://khodorkovsky.com/what-is-open…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO75E139NbY

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