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It sounds like an attack might be developing to liberate Kherson. Does it look like it might be liberated any time soon?

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"The Russian Federation states that “during the second phase of the special operation” they plan to establish full control over the Donbas and southern Ukraine, providing a corridor to the Crimea and an exit to Transnistria, where allegedly “facts of oppression of the Russian-speaking population are observed.”

And it won't stop there, not at all: " From a geopolitical point of view, the integration of

Romania and Moldova is inevitable, but at the same time Moscow should strive to

carry out this unification for its own purposes in order to include this space in the zone

of its direct strategic control. The culture of Romania is, on the whole, a typical

Orthodox model, directly linking these lands with Eurasia. The only obstacle to the

perfect integration of these lands into Russia is the language factor and geopolitical

proximity to Catholic regions. Moreover,

Through Romania, Moldova and Central Ukraine, there is a continuous strip inhabited

by Orthodox peoples, connecting the lands of Russia with Serbia, the outpost of

Eurasia in the Balkans. It is in the interests of Eurasia to turn this entire region into a

single strategic and cultural region, in fact, into one country. This requires Moscow to

initiate the Moldovan-Romanian integration, the sign of which should initially be

defined as Orthodox and Eurasian. At the same time, it is important that the Romanian

Orthodox enclave from the east and from the west is closed by the Slavic Orthodox

peoples, Ukrainians and Serbs, thus ensuring

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continuity of territorial integration based not so much on ethnicity as on confessional

and cultural kinship. At the same time, such an "Orthodox bloc" from the Dniester to

Montenegro, in the center of which a united Romania should be located, should be

formed in cooperation with Berlin, which is given the more western part of Central

Europe from Prussia through the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Hungary and Austria,

and then to Croatia, i.e. to the Adriatic. If we add to this the eastern protrusion of

Poland and East Prussia, which goes to Germany to the north, then the natural

continuation of Russia to the west in the Balkan region would be logical and

acceptable, not violating the geopolitical balance of Central Europe, which

geopolitically belongs to the sphere of influence of Germany. ... At the same time, Germany itself should initially put forward a fundamental requirement: all integration processes in

Central Europe, where Berlin's geopolitical domination is frank, as well as all transformations in Western Europe, aiming to orient the European powers towards Germany, should exclude the principle of ethnic domination of Germans in cultural , political, confessional or ideological area. Europe should be European, and Central Europe should be Central European, i.e. the entire linguistic, ethnic and spiritual identity of the peoples of Europe must flourish and be encouraged by Berlin, whose priority must be exclusively geopolitical and social, and by no means racial. Moscow is also responsible for many Central European ethnic groups due to racial kinship with them (Slavism).

Moreover, it is ethnocentrism and national the racial arrogance of the Germans has more than once led to bloody conflicts in Europe. Throughout the entire geopolitical reorganization of Europe, Russia must act as a guarantor that Berlin will strictly separate geopolitics and race, "soil and blood" in order to knowingly rule out tragedies like Hitler's adventure. Any signs of German nationalism in matters of the geopolitical reorganization of Europe must be

mercilessly suppressed by Berlin itself; all processes must take place on the basis of the strictest observance of the "rights of peoples", full autonomy of cultures, religions and languages. Any signs of German nationalism in matters of the geopolitical reorganization of Europe must be mercilessly suppressed by Berlin itself; all processes must take

place on the basis of the strictest observance of the "rights of peoples", full autonomy of cultures, religions and languages. Any signs of German nationalism in matters of the geopolitical reorganization of Europe must be mercilessly suppressed by Berlin itself; all processes must take place on the basis of the strictest observance of the "rights of peoples", full autonomy of cultures, religions and languages." https://n01r.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Foundations-of-Geopolitics-Geopolitical-Future-of-Russia-Alexander-Dugin-English-auto-translation-with-appended-original.pdf at p220

Under this particular scheme, "Berlin" is just another name for Moscow, what is in mind is a total Russian domination of Europe - with all that entails... If this were more generally known in Europe, they might have more enthusiasm for nipping this in the bud in Ukraine.

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Did you see the Chinese delivery of an air defense system to Serbia? Meaning?

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