Elliott Erwitt New York City, USA 1955 • West Considers ‘Ultimatum’ For Ukraine (RT) • Crimea Integral Part Of Russia, Cannot Return To Ukraine – Peskov (TASS) • Musk: Diplomats Want War, Warriors Want Peace (Celente) • NATO Is De Facto At War With Russia – Kremlin (RT) • Russia No Longer At Mercy Of Global Elite – Lavrov (RT) • How Russia Managed To Survive Western Sanctions (RT) • Pushback: The Folly Of Ukraine (Denninger) • It’s Coming
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Édouard Manet Woman with a jug 1858-60 • White House Distances Itself From Covid ‘Lab-Leak’ Theory • Covid Lab Leak Is A Scandal Of Media And Government Censorship (Turley) • Elon Musk Accuses Fauci Of Funding Gain-Of-Function Research (TP) • Ukraine Has ‘Total Dominance’ Over US – Trump (RT) • Wall Street Has Its Eyes Set On Ukraine (Charles Gasparino) • Much Of Global South Isn’t Automatically Supporting The West In Ukraine (Mehta) • North African Nations Voracious Buyers
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Cy Twombly Shield of Achilles 1978 Andrew Korybko: State Of Affairs China has hitherto done its utmost to remain completely away from the NATO-Russian proxy war that’s being waged between them in Ukraine, yet a fast-moving spree of developments over the past few days compellingly suggests that it’s recalibrating its approach to the New Cold War’s top conflict. The present analysis will begin by highlighting those aforesaid events before explaining the larger context in which they’re occurring, which should show
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W.H. Bartlett and J. Appleton The port of Beirut 1838 • Western Leaders Privately Say Ukraine Can’t Win the War (Lauria) • Fewer Americans Think That Ukraine Is Winning – Rasmussen (RT) • Ukraine ‘Most Threatened’ By China – Bolton (RT) • Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media (Nair) • Elon Musk Calls 2014 Ukraine Regime Change A ‘Coup’ (RT) • For the First Anniversary: 24 February 2023 (Batiushka) • Russia Confronted With Whole Empire Of
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Egon Schiele Self-Portrait with Lowered Head 1912 I’ve slept for 24 hours straight and still have the energy level of a slug, so no post today. Food, virus? I don’t know. Support the Automatic Earth in virustime with Paypal, Bitcoin and Patreon.
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Constantin Brancusi Portrait of George 1911 • China Unveils Roadmap To End Ukraine Conflict (RT) • China Publishes Its Proposals On Ukrainian Crisis Settlement (Az.) • Elon Musk Accuses Victoria Nuland Of ‘Pushing War’ In Ukraine (RT) • US Seeks To Discuss New START Implementation With Russia – Nuland (TASS) • 19% Of Americans Have Confidence In Biden’s Handling Of Ukraine Conflict (SN) • Russia-EU Relations ‘No Longer Exist’ – Moscow (RT) • Moscow Analyzes Brazil’s Peace Initiatives On
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Fresco from the Minoan Palace in Knossos, Crete, Greece. 16th century BC • World War III to Sweep Vaccine Genocide Under the Rug (VF) • The Dire Significance of Putin’s Feb 21 Speech (Sant) • Putin’s ‘Civilizational’ Speech Frames Conflict Between East And West (Escobar) • Russia Sees Events In Ukraine As War With West For Survival – Envoy (TASS) • Talks Should Be Held With Washington, Not Kiev – Russian UN Envoy (TASS) • NATO Head Issues Warning
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Banksy Bataclan emergency door 2018 (stolen in 2019, recovered June 2020) • Russia Cannot Be Defeated On Battlefield – Putin (TASS) • ‘Big Difference’ Between Arming Ukraine and Russia – Borrell (RT) • China-Russia Relations ‘Rock Solid’ – Beijing (RT) • China Names US As ‘Top Disruptor’ (RT) • Xi Jinping Planning Moscow Trip – WSJ (RT) • Putin Says West’s Goal Is To Tear Historical Regions Away From Russia (TASS) • Neo-Nazis in Ukraine, Failed Sanctions And Key
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Pierre Dumonstier II The right hand of Artemisia Gentileschi holding a brush 1625 • Recognizing The War Is Lost The ‘West’ Seeks An Exit (MoA) • Between That Rock and The Hard Place (Kunstler) • Trump Reveals How He Would End Ukraine Conflict (RT) • Biden’s Visit To Ukraine Aimed To Encourage Kiev To Start Offensive Soon (TASS) • Medvedev Says Biden Received Security Guarantees Before Going To Kiev (TASS) • Kiev Must Send People To Slaughter As Part
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Marvin Koner New York 1955 • US Will Abandon ‘Unwinnable’ War In Ukraine Like They Left Vietnam (Siracusa) • Ukraine War ‘Over’ Unless EU Boosts Military Support – Borrell (G.) • EU Is In ‘Urgent War Mode’ – Borrell (RT) • Seizure of Bakhmut A Matter Of Time, No Hurry – DPR (TASS) • Kremlin Does Not Consider The West Being Open To Peace Initiatives (TASS) • SITREP: Update 2/18 – Major War Confirmed Imminent (STT) • Prime Minister
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