Thomas Cole The Course of Empire – The Savage State 1834 I had some discussion with Andrew about this article, since the December 2022 WaPo article he refers to was not the first time Kiev’s plans to blow up the dam were mentioned. There was this, for instance, 2 months earlier. Then again, Andrew is right in saying that the WaPo piece is the first where people other than Zelensky mention it. And we agree that now blaming
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Jules Adolphe Breton The Song of the Lark 1884 • Hydroelectric Dam In Kherson Partially Destroyed – Mayor (RT) • Ukraine Launches Its Counterattack (MoA) • Ukraine ‘Well Prepared’ For Counteroffensive – Top US General Milley (RT) • NATO Unprepared To Fight Russia – Former US General (RT) • Kiev Renews Offensive In Donbass For 2nd Day – Russian Official (RT) • Ukraine To Forgo F-16s In Summer Counteroffensive: Defense Minister (Az.) • Wagner Captures Russian Commander As Prigozhin
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Rufino Tamayo Perro aullando (Howling Dog) 1960 • Ukrainian Army’s Offensive Attempt Failed – Russian Defense Ministry (TASS) • Ukraine Lacks Weapons To Launch Counteroffensive – Zelensky Aide (RT) • Is the United States Losing Its Control of Ukraine? (Snider) • Belgium Questions Kiev About Attack Inside Russia (RT) • Biden’s Health Is A National Security Issue – Ex-White House Doctor (RT) • EU Desperate To Clamp Down On Musk’s Free Speech As ‘Disinformation’ (Marsden) • Elon Musk Uses
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Vincent van Gogh The harvest 1888 • Kiev Demands $55 Billion Worth Of Weapons From West (RT) • Ukraine ‘Ready’ To Launch Counteroffensive – Zelensky (RT) • Russia’s Newest Satellites To Change Course Of Ukraine Conflict – Ritter (TASS) • Zelenskyy To Be Investigated For “High Treason” In Ukraine (Muir) • Western Weapons Used In Ukrainian Raid Inside Russia – WaPo (RT) • Croatian President Blasts Use of ‘Slava Ukraini’ in Croatia (Sp.) • Russia Controls $12.4 Trillion Worth
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Paul Klee Hammamet with Its Mosque 1914 • NATO’s Big Gamble In Ukraine Has Failed (Zorawar Daulet Singh) • Blinken Dismisses Calls for a Ceasefire: Build Up Ukraine’s Military (Antiwar) • Ukrainian Counteroffensive Would Turn Into ‘Bloodbath’ – Orban (RT) • Orban Delighted At Erdogan’s Victory Over ‘Soros’ Man’ (RT) • Orban Warns Hungary Will Never Fight Russia (RT) • Zelensky Talks Peace Summit With Scholz (RT) • Europe Suffers Sharp Munitions Deficit Due To Military Aid Largesse (TASS)
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Emil Nolde Half Moon Over The Sea 1945 • Ukraine Calls for Massive Demilitarized Zone Inside of Russia (LI) • Zelensky Demands NATO and EU Membership For Kiev (RT) • Germany Tells Zelensky NATO Can’t Consider Ukrainian Membership Now (RT) • Zelensky Warns Doubts On Ukraine NATO Membership Endanger Europe (Az.) • Netherlands Looks To Buy Dozens More Tanks For Ukraine (RT) • The Guardian View On Vladimir Putin’s War: Terror Without Purpose (G.) • Sanctions Against Russia Failed.
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Odilon Redon Wild Flowers in a Vase c1910 • Zelensky Issues Ultimatum To NATO – FT (RT) • Macron Wants ‘Tangible’ Security Guarantees For Ukraine (RT) • West May Change Aid To Ukraine If Conflict Becomes Protracted – Macron (TASS) • Zelensky and Macron Planning ‘Peace Summit’ Without Russia – WSJ (RT) • US Statements On Moscow Drone Attack Encourage Kiev Terrorists – Envoy (TASS) • Britain ‘De Facto’ At War With Russia – Medvedev (RT) • Russian Forces
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John Singer Sargent Palmettos, Florida 1917 • NATO Is Creating Another Battlefield On European Continent (GT) • NATO Is ‘Escalation Factor’ In Kosovo – Moscow (RT) • Maidan-Style Coup Attempt Unfolding In Belgrade — Russian Ambassador (TASS) • NATO To Send More Troops To Kosovo Following Clashes (RT) • Another Strike on Vladimir Putin? (GP) • US ‘Encourage’ Ukraine To Attack Russia – Ambassador (RT) • Russia Will Be Appropriately Represented At BRICS Summit – Kremlin (RT) • Oil
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Vincent van Gogh A Lane near Arles (Side of a Country Lane) 1888 • Russia Hasn’t Started To ‘Act Seriously’ In Ukraine – Envoy (RT) • Moscow Attacked By Drones – Mayor (RT) • Russia Will Not Negotiate Until It Wins In Ukraine Conflict – Borrell (TASS) • Memorial Service (Jim Kunstler) • Russian Arrest Warrant For Lindsey Graham Over ‘Killing Russians’ Remarks (ZH) • Clumsy Excuses: Russian FM On Claim Graham’s Words Taken Out Of Context (TASS) •
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Paul Gauguin Apatarao 1893 • Russia Ready For Ukraine Peace Talks, But On Its Conditions – Envoy (Tass) • Russia Outlines Conditions For Ukraine Peace Deal (RT) • Lavrov: West’s Plans To Send F-16s To Kiev Unacceptable Escalation (TASS) • West Waging Its War Against Russia ‘On All Fronts’ – Kremlin (TASS) • Moscow Warns West Against ‘Playing With Fire’ (RT) • F-16s For Ukraine Won’t Be A Game Changer – Bloomberg (RT) • State Department Won’t Say
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