Caravaggio The raising of Lazarus 1609 A Dutch paper tells me that PM Mark Rutte is “very disappointed” that Switzerland has decided not to deliver 96 more tanks, that belong to Swiss “defense company” Ruag, and which Germany, Holland and Denmark wanted to purchase, to send to Ukraine. The 96 would have come on top of another 100 they also apparently bought for the same purpose. Neither would make any difference for the outcome of the battle. 100
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Douglas Percy Bliss High Noon, Windley 1951 • Kiev Must Show ‘Battlefield Results’ In Next Ten Days – Zelensky (RT) • Ukrainian Counteroffensive Will Be Long And ‘Very Bloody’ – Top US General (Az. ) • Ukraine Preparing for Second Stage of Counteroffensive in Zaporozhye Region – Official • Kiev Ready For Talks If It Gains Control Of 1991 Border – Zelensky (TASS) • Ukraine’s Growing Addiction to Foreign Mercenaries (Scott Ritter) • Medvedev Raises Specter Of Poland Using
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Albert Bierstadt Storm in the Mountains c1870 Andrew Korybko: It was earlier advised to “Be Very Skeptical Of US Intel Claiming That Surovikin May Have Helped Plan Prigozhin’s Coup”, and now two new developments lend even more credence to those suspicions. The “investigative project” of exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was designated by Russia as a foreign agent last year due to his operations being funded by Ukraine, shared “documents” with CNN purporting to show that over
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Edward Hopper Approaching a city 1946 • Time To Make Peace In Ukraine, Trump Tells Reuters (TASS) • Arming Ukraine Is A Cynical And Dangerous NATO Ploy – Bowes (RT) • Poland Wants US Nuclear Weapons – PM (RT) • Russia Always Emerged Stronger From All Troubles – Lavrov (TASS) • Russia Will Destroy Foreign Fighters, Western Generals In Ukraine – Lavrov (RT) • Ray McGovern: Russia’s ‘Coup’ Is Actually Biden’s Disaster (SP) • Orban Taunts EU’s Drained Coffers
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Edward Bawden Sahara 1928 • Ukrainian ‘Failure’ A Big Problem For Biden – Seymour Hersh (RT) • Ukraine Suffers ‘Disastrous’ Losses In Counteroffensive – Forbes (RT) • The Darkness Ahead: Where The Ukraine War Is Headed (Maersheimer) • American Troops Will Not Fight In Ukraine – Washington (RT) • US Mulls Sending Long-range Missiles To Kiev – WSJ (RT) • Prigozhin Was The Pinup For Western Regime Change Enthusiasts (Marsden) • Today’s European Union Offers ‘Neither Peace Nor Prosperity’
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Gustav Klimt Lady with a fan 1917-18 (sold for $108.4m June 27 2023) • Standoff Between Russia And West Is ‘War Of Worlds’ – Lavrov (RT) • What Happens In Russia After The Longest Day? (Pepe Escobar) • US Hawks Lose Momentum Amid Faltering Ukrainian Counteroffensive (Sp.) • West’s Foolish Regime Change Policy Only Drives Russia and China Closer (Sp.) • Russia Can’t Give Up Goals Of Special Military Operation – Lavrov (TASS) • Russia Asks States To Boycott
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Ivan Aivazovsky Creation of the World 1864 • Putin Wins – on All Counts (Pepe Escobar) • The Real Casualties Of Russia’s ‘Civil War’: The Beltway Expert Class (GZ) • ‘Whole Logic of West’: US, EU Want to Weaken Russia ‘Through Ukraine’ (Sp.) • US Congress Urges Biden To Send Cluster Bombs To Kiev (RT) • Wagner Troops Are Still Inside Ukraine, Pentagon Says (Az.) • Wagner To Hand Over Heavy Weapons – Russian MOD (RT) • EU Attempt
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Thomas Cole The Course of Empire – Desolation 1836 I’m still full of questions. Prigozhin and his men are now gathering 100 km from Kiev, instead of 200 km from Moscow. With Putin’s full approval. Lucky coincidence? Andrew Korybko thinks he has a few answers. Again, fair enough. Andrew Korybko: The Wagner Chief Speaks Prigozhin released an over ten-minute-long audio message on Telegram in which he shared his version of events from over the weekend. It
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Vincent van Gogh Interior of a restaurant 1887 • Putin: Mutiny Organizers Wanted Russian Soldiers to Kill Each Other (Sp.) • Western Experts Salivated Prospect of ‘Doom’ and ‘Civil War’ in Russia (Sp.) • Washington Expected More Bloodshed From Wagner Mutiny – CNN (RT) • Ukraine Failed To Exploit Wagner Coup Attempt – NYT (RT) • Biden Officials Worry That Ukrainian Offensive is ‘Behind Schedule’ (Sp.) • Prigozhin’s Farce Is Over And It Is Clear Who Has Won (MoA)
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Rembrandt van Rijn The standard bearer 1636 • FSB Spooked The CIA On Prigozhin Coup (Bhadrakumar) • US Ambassador To Moscow Contacts Russian Diplomats Over Wagner Crisis (TASS) • US Intelligence Knew Of Wagner Plot Days In Advance, Briefed Congress (ZH) • Putin Says He Deals With Special Military Op Issues 24/7 (TASS) • Lavrov Slams Biden’s, Zelensky’s Nuclear Remarks On US Nuclear Threat (TASS) • Russia, Internal This Time (Denninger) • A Wild, Conspiratorial, Fantastical View of World
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