“Living under occupation is the same as returning to the time of the USSR,
now we are experiencing the same as then,
as written in history textbooks. There is nothing.”
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Yulia Tymoshenko: We are in World War Three already
Ms Tymoshenko, who is the first and so far only woman to serve as prime minister of Ukraine, said:
“We are in World War Three already,
as there are now 50 countries behind Ukraine.
We need more weapons
to ensure that we crush the Russian army on Ukrainian territory.
That will be the end of Putin’s regime,
because the Russian people will not tolerate such a defeat.”
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Liz Truss: We may support a tribunal to try Putin over war in Ukraine
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The UK is considering supporting a special international tribunal to try President Putin for the war in Ukraine, Liz Truss has said. In a conversation with Oleksiy Goncharenko, a Ukrainian MP, on Times Radio, the foreign secretary said that ministers were looking at the “most effective way” of holding Russia’s leaders to account for “appalling war crimes”. The Ukrainian government wants a special international tribunal to be established to try Putin and other members of the Russian government for the crime of aggression against Ukrainians. Asked by Goncharenko whether she would support the move, Truss replied:
“Well, we are very clear that Putin and all of those who’ve been behind the appalling war crimes that are being committed in Ukraine need to be held to account, and we’re working very closely with the ICC [International Criminal Court]. We’ve sent support into Ukraine to help collect evidence, from witness statements to video evidence.”
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Britain wants Putin to be held personally accountable for the terrible conflict in Ukraine. Back in March, Dominic Raab, the UK justice secretary, pledged the “full support” of the British state to build a war crimes case against Putin and his military commanders in Ukraine. This week the UK foreign secretary has said that Britain will hold Putin to account.
The Bible says that the king of the south (US/UK) will push at Gog – the Russian ruler of Daniel 11 verse 36-39. This push is a personal provocation of the king and we see how personal it is for the UK. Britain is leading the way in pushing and provoking Putin. Britain has supplied thousands of Brimstone missiles that are destroying Russian tanks with pinpoint accuracy. Russia accuses the UK of fighting a proxy war against it. After the push the “king of the north” (Russia itself) invades Israel.
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. (Daniel 11:40)
Andy Walton
Find the Weekly World Watch: 15-21 May 2022
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US bolsters Europe with 3,000 extra troops
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Pushing Russia
Push Russia out of whole of Ukraine, says Truss
BBC, April 28, 2022
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Russian forces must be pushed out of “the whole of Ukraine“, the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said. In a keynote speech in London, Ms Truss said victory for Ukraine was now a “strategic imperative” for the West. This amounts to the clearest statement yet of Britain’s war aims which have, until now, been limited to stating that President Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine
“must fail and be seen to fail”.
She said Western allies must “double down” in their support for Ukraine.
“We will keep going further and faster,”
Ms Truss said,
“to push Russia out of the whole of Ukraine.”
This implies that Russian forces must leave not just the territory occupied in recent weeks since their invasion on 24 February but also those areas they invaded and annexed eight years ago, such as Crimea in the south and parts of the eastern Donbas region. Not all western powers may share Ms Truss’ ambitious target, fearing it is unlikely to be achieved either by arms or negotiation.
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We are reading in this BBC headline the exact same headline written in the Bible 2500 years ago in the book of Daniel.
In the WWW for over a decade we have been saying that Daniel 11 verse 40 – which reads
“at the time end of the end the king of the south shall push at him”
should be interpreted like this…..
“at the time of the end the US / UK will militarily provoke Gog / Putin.”
And now we have the exact headlines before us. The UK is leading the way in “pushing” at Putin the ruler of Russia. We don’t know how far this push will go. But as each week passes the push gets stronger and Putin’s rhetoric increases too. The “push”(Hebrew word for “gore”) causes the king of the north (Russia itself) to descend into the Middle East – specifically into Israel and also Egypt.
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. (Daniel 11:40)
U.S. push for Ukraine “win” raises the stakes for Russia
The Economist April 29
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President Biden‘s request for an additional $20 billion in military assistance is intended to equip Ukraine for the next five months of war. It’s part of a broader mission to ensure “they have what they need to win this war,” an administration official told reporters.
“We gotta move at the speed of war,”
declared Lloyd Austin, America’s defence secretary, as he signalled a new, more intense phase in the West’s effort to help Ukraine repel Russia’s invasion. It involves providing more and heavier weapons, sustaining the effort for months and, above all, embracing the belief that Ukraine can now “win”. The Ukrainians, Mr Austin said,
“have the mindset that they want to win; we have the mindset that we want to help them win.”
What is more, he said,
“We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.”
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The US is also “pushing” Putin. Biden is asking for an astonishing $20 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. This sort of money can help tip the balance. Last month, the United States Congress approved $13.6bn in assistance to Kyiv, but the Biden administration has said it already used much of the funds. So does this “push” from the king of the south immediately lead to Russia invading Israel?
There is a clue in the text that there is a slight gap between the push (in Ukraine) and Russia invading Israel. Notice the colon at the end of the phrase “push at him:” A colon denotes a time gap. Usually a fairly short time gap. After the colon the king of the north (Russia) comes down into Israel. It is in this colon time gap that the initial inner ring war happens around Israel. Russia won’t invade south until it is victorious (somehow or other) in Ukraine…
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. (Daniel 11:40)
Andy Walton
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Britain warns Russia over Ukraine
US bolsters Europe with 3,000 extra troops
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Additional reading
- Chemical warsite and Pushing king of the South
- Swallowing up Crimea, who is next
- Weekly World Watch 24th – 30th May 2015
- Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican
- WWW on our position 50 years after Israel captured Jerusalem during the Six Day War.
- Prepare for Russian invasion of Ukraine, US warns European allies
- President Biden threatened to impose personal sanctions on President Putin if Russia moves to invade Ukraine
- Majority of US weapons promised to Ukraine in February delivered
- Sergey Lavrov dismisses Liz Truss meeting as ‘like talking to a deaf person’
- Putin’s ‘staged atrocity’ plan to justify Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia choose to start a war
- Putin’s Moves Toward War in Ukraine Show How Dangerous He Has Become
- Liz Truss does not see any evidence the Russians are withdrawing from border regions near Ukraine
- Is the war with Gog and Magog different from Armageddon?
- Surrounded by war crimes performing Russians
- The Guardian’s view on Ukraine for the first half of April 2022
- Russia vows to target British weapons as UK missile downs helicopter
- Pledges to send more military assistance to Ukraine and Russian warnings
- How long will it take before Conservative MPs will reach the conclusion that the prime minister needs to go?
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The Vikings Really Got Around, Spread Their Seeds Far and Wide
The period from the 750s to the 1100s is generally known as the Viking era in Scandinavian history. If you have Scandinavian in your DNA, it is probably from this period when the Vikings were exploring, conquering and mating with the maidens of Northern Europe. The Vikings originated in Denmark, spread into what is now Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Northern Scotland and the Hebrides islands, Northern Ireland, Northern Europe, particularly Normandy (now France), over to Kiev, along the Dneiper River in what is now Ukraine, founding the Rus, and even way over to North America — what is now part of Canada, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and New Brunswick. In short, the Vikings really got around, spread their seeds far and wide. They were also great traders, and looking for a higher standard of living.
They were part of the Age of Exploration…
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As Europe Sends $300 Million per day to Russia for Oil and NatGas, TotalEnergies Looks After Customers in Tricky Decision
After the serious and unfounded accusations of “complicity in war crimes” leveled against TotalEnergies, the Company shares with its stakeholders its principles of conduct regarding its Russian related businesses in order to allow them understand how our Company is acting in a responsible manner. Considering the worsening conflict, TotalEnergies is also taking new steps.
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TotalEnergies is a minority shareholder in a number of non-state-owned Russian companies: Novatek (19.4%), Yamal LNG (20%), Arctic LNG 2 (10%) and TerNefteGaz (49%). These companies are managed by their own staff with a limited number of secondees from TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies is also a 20% partner in the Kharyaga joint venture operated by Zarubezhneft. The Company did indeed contribute to the construction phase of these companies’ projects but has no activity or operational responsibility on those sites.
On Social Media.
This is a fascinating post from the Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne and some biting comments about how big business should / shouldn’t react to war. TotalEnergies isn’t abandoning Russia like other companies because that would hurt its customers.
Comments range from:
Sorry,Patrick Pouyanné. Time and again, you pick profits over morals as your primary responsibility to your shareholders. Shame on you for failing to rejectevil.
to
Very well stated Patrick. Thanks for your leadership especially in the face of this complex and dynamic situation……..energy just as water will always remain [a] potential weapon. Sanctions are easy to announce but often implementation comes with unintended consequences.
Here is a snip of Pouyanne’s Post
Patrick Pouyanné• Chairman and CEO at TotalEnergies — 1d • Edited •1 day ago
Responsibility requires us to seek answers to complex, sometimes dramatic,situations.
We are all deeply affected by the conflict in
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UNESCO Fears Ukraine Harm As Russian Culture Backlash Grows
BUCHAREST, Romania – An Amsterdam museum said Thursday it has cut its close links to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and UNESCO warned of damage to Ukraine’s cultural heritage, as international cultural institutions stepped up their condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Hermitage Amsterdam said it has long distanced itself from politics in Russia under President Vladimir Putin as it built close ties with the Hermitage, giving the Amsterdam museum ‘access to one of the world’s most famous art collections, which we could draw from’ for exhibitions.
‘Russia’s recent attack on Ukraine makes keeping this distance no longer tenable’, the Dutch museum said in a statement. ‘Out Board and directors have decided to cut ties with the State Hermitage Museum’.
It added that it hoped to eventually be able to restore ties pending peace and ‘changes in the future of Russia’.
In another move to culturally isolate Moscow…
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Is Putin the Antichrist?
Russia has invaded Ukraine and the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is at the center of it all. Many have likened his invasion to Hitler invading Poland in 1939, which started WWII. This is a fair comparison, I believe, since Ukraine was no real threat to the Russian Federation that would require invasion.
I have already seen two articles on the Internet that accuse President Putin of being the Antichrist and that this is the start of the End Times. This is a standard reaction whenever someone unliked does something bold. I found out just last Sunday that US President George Washington is the only US president who was not accused of being the Antichrist at some point during his presidency. These accusations fly far too often, and usually out of ignorance.
But, on the heels of worldwide pestilence (Covid), is Russia actually fulfilling their place in God’s final chapter of…
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Mode-industrie en Oekraïne
Mode-industrie toont solidariteit met Oekraïne tijdens ‘fashion month’
“We see you, we feel you, we love you”
Tijdens de modeweken in onder andere New York, Milaan, Londen en Parijs uitten meerdere modemerken, maar ook individuele figuren, hun steun aan Oekraïne. Dat melden verschillende modebladen, kranten en de modehuizen zelf. Zo bracht de creatief directeur van het Spaanse modehuis Balenciaga een gedicht voor de Oekraïense bevolking voor de show van start ging. Ook het Franse modemerk Dior en de Italiaanse modemerken Giorgio Armani en Valentino bleven niet stil over de situatie.
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Ukraine war is veering fast towards a big power conflict
Debkafile, March 17, 2022
“Unacceptable and unforgivable,” was the Kremlin’s response to the US president’s branding of Vladimir Putin as “a war criminal,” on Wednesday, March 16.
Incensed rather than cowed by sanctions and international condemnation, the Russian president is likely to double down on his war offensive against Ukraine – regardless of the spreading death, human misery and ravaged cities. An expanding confrontation therefore cannot be ruled out for the foreseeable future. President Joe Biden spoke after the horror of Russia’s bombing of a theater in Mariupol where more than a thousand people including many children were sheltering against the constant shelling. The death toll is unknown as are the numbers still buried under the rubble while rescuers are prevented from reaching the scene.
Moscow was seen in Washington as expanding its targets beyond the Ukraine border with the assault by 30 Russian cruise missiles on the large Ukrainian military facility outside Lviv near the Polish border.
So far this war has been a war between Ukraine and Russia. But many military analysts and commentators are saying World War 3 has never been closer. Western powers have maneuvered extremely carefully to avoid direct conflict with President Vladimir Putin, the man who controls the world’s largest nuclear arsenal and has shown no qualms in boasting about it. But many believe there is now a grave danger that the United States and other NATO allies could be drawn into the war.
It is possible that we do look back and date the start of WW3 or the “time of trouble” from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia has overnight become a pariah state. Instead of backing down the Bible says Putin will continue to destroy until he himself is destroyed by God.
He will cause a shocking amount of destruction and succeed in everything he does. He will destroy powerful leaders and devastate the holy people. He will be a master of deception and will become arrogant This is describing a latter day Antiochus Epiphanes (the ancient king of the north) who lives at the time of the end. Putin clearly fits every description of this man. (Daniel 8:24-25 NLT)
Andy Walton
Find this week’s: Weekly World Watch
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Additional reading
- Ukraine from 2022 March 16-20
- Cool hand Vlad or Crazy Ivan?
- Russian army wants to make Ukraine the Syria from Europe
- Despicable actions that endanger entire regions and historical monuments in addition to citizens
- Full speech of President Vladimir Putin delivered on 18.03. 2022 in the Great Sports Arena of the Olympic Complex Luzhniki
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Russia demonstrated it has the capability to reach out and destroy targets anywhere within 1200 miles
The Russian bear is baring its teeth.
Until a few weeks ago, one could say that Russia had stuck to conventional ordnance. But after some time the ordinary guns, tanks, bombs, were joined by weapons of war banned by international conventions, such as cluster bombs and incendiary bombs, with devastation in human lives and infrastructure in their wake.
On Saturday defence Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov confirmed what the West already suspected, that Russia fired hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, the first known use of the new weapon system in a combat environment.
Moscow claims these missiles fly at exceptionally high speeds — up to Mach 10, or 12,000 km per hour — and that combined with manoeuvrability make it extremely difficult or impossible to intercept. Some Western military experts think however that Russia might be exaggerating the capabilities of their air-to-ground hypersonic weapons.
“The hypersonic missile has a greater penetration capacity and destructive power due to its very high speed,”
explains military analyst Vassili Kachine.
First successfully tested in 2018, Kinjal hypersonic missiles hit all their targets during trials at a range of 1.000 km to 2.000 km, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. But this range can be extended because they’re fired from jets, in particular the Mig-31.
Then there are also the Zircon hypersonic missiles which are fired from a surface ship or submarine.
The advantage of these supersonic weapons is that they cannot be intercepted in time and yet they cause enormous damage when they reach their target within minutes, without being able to reach the enemy who shoots them.
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Please come to read:
- Competing for the fastest hypersonic weapon
- Selection from The Week: 2022 3rd week of March
- The Guardian looking at the third week of March 2022
- Putin Just Escalated The Destruction Of Ukraine
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Further related
- Russians take control of Ukraine biggest nuclear power plant; no radiation released
- Ukraine President issues plea to Russia after nuclear power plant attack
- Russian pilots’ terror after being downed
- “It’s a disaster” say residents fleeing Irpin
- “Russia wants to turn Ukraine into the Syria of Europe”
- Russia raises tension with Europe and the United States into space
- Ukraine loses control of the Sea of Azov
- ‘Meta’ to react against invaders; Instagram banned in Russia
- War could be over by ‘no later than in May’: Ukrainian presidential adviser
- Blast rips new district to shreds as war reaches into Kyiv
- Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Northrop Grumman successfully test fire hypersonic weapon
- Russian cruise missiles target Lviv airport in pre-dawn strike
- London plans to develop hypersonic weapons
- Appeal by the independent labor unions of Ukraine
- A Travel Guide Is Fleeing Ukraine — and Hosting Free Online ‘Tours’ Along the Way
- What We Can Learn from the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis
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Elon Musk challenging Vladimir Putin
Quote of the day
“I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat”
– Elon Musk has seemingly challenged Vladimir Putin to a fight for Ukraine.
Marina Weisband über “Russland verstehen” oder The One Who Must Not Be Named
Gewiss, Lesestoff über den Krieg in der Ukraine und auch über die Situation in Russland gibt es reichlich. Vielleicht interessiert es Euch aber trotzdem, was Marina Weisband aus ihrer persönlichen “sowjetisch-russischsprachig-ukrainisch-jüdischen Perspektive” dazu beigetragen hat, “Russland” zu “verstehen”.
https://marinaweisband.de/russland-verstehen/
Zum Thema “Russland verstehen” weise ich auch noch einmal auf das Portal Dekoder hin, wo Nachrichten und Beiträge zu Belarus, Russland und natürlich Hintergründe über diesen schrecklichen Krieg gesammelt, erklärt und verlinkt werden.
https://www.dekoder.org/de/article/krieg-ukraine-aktuelle-leseempfehlungen
Dort findet sich unter anderem auch der Verweis auf die Übersetzung einer der Stellungnahmen der Nachrichtenredaktion der unabhängigen russischen Zeitung Novaja Gazeta (Ihr erinnert Euch, die Zeitung, deren Chefredakteur Dmitrij Muratov erst vor einem halben Jahr den Friedensnobelpreis für seine lebensgefährliche journalistische Arbeit erhalten hat und der den Preis stellvertretend auch für seine ermordeten wie auch für die mutigen noch lebenden Jounalist*innen entgegengenommen hat, Link zu >>Wikipedia<< und zur >>Homepage der Novaja Gazeta<<)…
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Нет войнe. No war
Weil in heutigen Zeiten gerne polarisiert, polemisiert und absichtlich missverstanden wird: bei der Demonstration heute ging es nicht “gegen Russland” oder gar “gegen Russen” und auch nicht um die Wiederbelebung eines alten russischen Feindbildes. Vielmehr war es ein Statement gegen Putins Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine und für deren staatliche Selbstbestimmtheit und Souveränität. Positiv gedacht wurde auch der Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der russischen Zivilgesellschaft, die sich in immer größerer Zahl offen in Russland gegen den Krieg aussprechen und damit im Zweifel Repressionen in Kauf nehmen.
Im Übrigen beteiligten sich auch etliche Russinnen und Russen und deren Nachkommen an der Kundgebung in Berlin (und sicher auch in anderen Städten) und stellten auf diversen Schildern und Plakaten klar, dass sie sich von Putins durch absolut gar nichts gerechtfertigtes Kriegstreiben distanzieren und sich mit den Menschen in der Ukraine solidarisieren.
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Нет войне
We must not forget that it is often the leaders of a country who use the inhabitants only as cannon fodder. Even when Russia invaded Ukraine, there were Russian conscripts who thought they were going to a training camp and would certainly not have to fight against their blood brothers.
Along both sides of the fighting parties, parents will not see their children alive again. At both camps, there were casualties for no gain. War always involves loss of life and is always a regrettable fact that would have been best avoided.
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English translation below / Перевод на русский язык см. ниже
Angesichts des brutalen Angriffskrieges, den Russland – ein Land, dem ich mich familiär und freundschaftlich verbunden fühle – vollkommen gegen die Ukraine begonnen hat und der furchtbaren Folgen, des Leides, der Angst, der Zerstörung und der vielen Toten, fällt es mir schwer, meine Gedanken auf etwas anderes zu richten als auf den Krieg.
Ich hätte eine ganze Reihe von Fotos aus dem erwachenden Frühling, die ich zeigen könnte, aber mir steht der Sinn nicht danach. Statt verlinke ich ein Lied des in der gesamten ehemaligen UdSSR und darüber hinaus bekannten und von vielen verehrten Sängers und Schauspielers Wladimir Wysotskij, der eine Reihe von Liedern über und gegen den Krieg geschrieben hat. Ich bin mir sicher, würde er heute noch leben, dann gehörte er zu denen, die aufstehen und ihre Stimme gegen diesen Krieg erheben.
Ich habe eine Version gewählt mit…
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Looking at a “Man from the North” endangering the world
From poetry and philosophy to political points of views. Pretty Much almost anything that can be blogged about will be eventually blogged about {About One Lifetime Blog}
at the One Lifetime Blog of . Like us he claims
not to be anything but fools in search of wisdom with the hope of eventually being less foolish and a bit more wise before our time is up on this blue planet. {About One Lifetime Blog}
and looks at matters we are confronted with regularly. For him it
Seems the world is full of anger, fear and distrust now days, Hard to know where to turn for the facts and truth. We have such a vast array of sources of information but unfortunately very few are reliable and the majority is opinion based far more than fact. {Random Thoughts 1-5-2022}
In this world of information overload but also disinformation, one of the difficulties is to distinguish truth from misinformation. There are certain people who are very adept at sending misinformation out into the world as true facts. Some years already, certain people leading a nation were not afraid to call others liars whilst they themselves did nothing more than sending one false message after the other and denying what others said about them. The term “Fake News” seemed to have become the new fashion word.
In the last few years, we could find political chaos happening across the globe. There were not only political unrest and disagreements that ran high; we in many countries could find the politicisation of almost every issue involved with the pandemic. In states where many are proud of the “freedom” racial tensions and all the conspiracy theories floating around caused nothing but trouble in a time when their president instead of uniting the country created more division than ever before.
On top of all that you have the major super powers playing sabre rattling games on top of it, seems to be times of uncertainty to say the least. {Random Thoughts 1-5-2022}
We first had a health problem disturbing the world order.
The pandemic has had many side effects when dealing with society, it has caused much distrust in science, governments and amplified the social problems we were already facing in the world. Watching people argue over mask wearing, vaccinations, political policies and social values is very disappointing during a time we should come together to face the challenges before us as a world. {Random Thoughts 9-06-2021}
When that virus seemed to run on its last legs, we came to face an even more dangerous virus.
The virus of selfishness and lust for power {Marcus Ampe}
You would think that
Most of us take big and small risks in our lives every day. But COVID-19 has made us more aware of how we think about taking risks. {An ancient Greek approach to risk and the lessons it can offer the modern world}
But out of the North seems regularly to come certain danger. Marcus Ampe a few years ago had to suffer the consequences of such a “man from the North” and his organisation, who attacked his church community from the North. He spoke of the “Man from the North” at that time, not referring to the same “Man of the North” he refers to today. The one he refers to today is much much more dangerous than the previous one. This time it is also someone who might not be so clear in his head but bringing not only his nation and its neighbour land in danger but the whole world. By this man, like the other one from the North, it is also a problem of not being satisfied with the power he has. The ‘Aim for Power’ is a serious cancer that can spread very fast.
Watching a Superpower such as Russia invading their neighbor Ukraine seems like a high school fight between the Quarterback on the football team and the average-sized kid who doesn’t play sports. {Random Thoughts 3-7-2022}
, like us, could
not see what Russia would have to fear {Random Thoughts 3-7-2022}
because it would have taken many years of debate and preparation for
“possibly joining N.A.T.O. or possibly the EU“. {Random Thoughts 3-7-2022}
We can only hope that all the parties involved know the danger that looms behind the corner and how a person with a deranged mind could suddenly reach out unexpectedly.
Considering Russia’s Military strength and nuclear arsenal Mr. Barbier thinks that
Even if the U.S. were to go to war with them the use of nuclear weapons would be off the table (I would pray). Since there are no winners in a Nuclear war. {Random Thoughts 3-7-2022}
Two power stations at Enerhodar, about 50 km from Zaporozhye in Ukraine, viewed from across the Kakhovka Reservoir on the river Dnieper. Photo taken from the “Nikopol” shore. The nearer power station is Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the biggest nuclear power station in Europe, consisting of two cooling towers (one largely obscured by the other) at the left and 6 VVER reactor buildings. The large building between the cooling towers and the reactors, and the two tall smokestacks, are at the Zaporizhzhia thermal power station about 3 km beyond the nuclear plant.
But it would be foolhardy as well as unwise to resign oneself to the fact that this “Man of the North” would not (mis)use his power to press the red button and start a nuclear conflict. That he is not even afraid of exposing his own people to atomic radiation he proved last week with the attack on two important nuclear power plants, the one in Chernobyl and on the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, in southern Ukraine’s city of Enerhodar, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
We got to see pictures of those attacks, but also stories from the other side, twisting the facts. At the same time, we should think:
What kind of things do they want you to think about what kind of people as a result of them telling you this??
What is their reason for sharing the story?” {Ask yourself why they’re telling you the story.}
From all sides, certain groups want to bombard the West with messages of doubtful content, by which they aim that bloggers and vloggers would use those messages to increase their attention and likes and as such spread fake news, but also would come to set up people against eachother.
All that disinformation is not helping at all. The other way around, it can help to give others reasons to attack other countries and to enter Europe in a new world war.
Barbier does believe though,
the 3 superpower nations and most nations, in general, do not desire a world war or the destruction of the planet we live on along with all life. Only if world leaders could put aside their differences long enough to work together on the things they all agree on, could you imagine how much as a species humankind could achieve? {Random Thoughts 3-7-2022}
He definitely dislikes war and does believe
there is always an alternative to war, though the parties involved would be required to be more understanding and be willing to find a compromise that is fair and balanced. The War or Military exercise as it’s been called by one side is decimating the poor civilians of Ukraine, be it intentional or unintentional they are getting caught in the crossfire. {Random Thoughts 3-7-2022}
We can see how many beautiful buildings and art pieces are destroyed. Many artefacts gone for ever, only to be in our memories by pictures we have of them. However, that loss of artefacts does not outweigh the loss of human life.
Regardless of which side you are on or support, the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and the loss of lives on both sides militarily should be enough of an incentive to find a peaceful solution to this conflict. Human Lives are a cost that is permanent, buildings, infrastructure, etc can be replaced and rebuilt but once a person dies it is gone. {Random Thoughts 3-7-2022}
Before this awkward affair with Russia and Ukraine completely degenerates, we hope that common sense will prevail, and that diplomacy will be able to steer everything in the right direction in time to bring everything back to a peaceful situation.
But Putin with his language of war does not make it easy. He is saying that Western sanctions are equivalent to war, adding that he wants a neutral, “demilitarised” and “denasified” Ukraine, adding:
“These sanctions that are being imposed are akin to a declaration of war but thank God it has not come to that.”
It is to God that we may pray to ask Him to talk sense into those heads of world leaders.
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“The world is too big for Europe and America to isolate a country, and even more so a country as big as Russia. There are many more countries in the world.”
We can only hope those countries shall also point their finger at Russia, demanding it to be careful before taking actions that can not be turned back.
With Ray Barbier we
pray for peace, world stability, and the return to some form of normalcy. {Random Thoughts 3-7-2022}
Like him, we are sure, that many
desire the peaceful, harmonious, and happy co-existence of all people on earth. {Random Thoughts 3-7-2022}
Together we should be united to aim for peace and brotherhood
Be Blessed, Be Safe and may you all find happiness and show compassion to one another {Random Thoughts 3-7-2022}
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Preceding
US bolsters Europe with 3,000 extra troops
Make Ukraine A Buffer State Between Russia & the EU
The biggest ground offensive in Europe since World War II
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Additional reading
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- A useless but very dangerous challenge game
- Ukraine and Estonia taking further steps to intensify bilateral cooperation
- Russian bombers fly over Belarus as border crisis deepens
- Restrictions in Russia because of sanctions from the West for peace mission in Ukraine.
- Will Ukraine Escape Russian Domination?
- Will the Russian War in Ukraine reset World diplomacy?
- Ukraine keeps standing strong despite Russian predictions
- Russian forces fired at Europe’s largest Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
- Peace Takes You
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The invasion of Ukraine is personal for me…as it is for many of us
We are all gripped – feeling both horror at Russian president Vladimir Putin and immense pride in the strength of the Ukrainians – by the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Readers of this website are likely aware of my personal connections to the sovereign democratic nation of Ukraine. My mother’s father – the man who became Samuel Joseph Kohn – was born in the central town of Shpola in 1904. This is during the period when the eastern edge of the Russian Empire was a vast Jewish region called The Pale of Settlement.
And while my mother’s mother – born Ida Gurmankin, though she later became Irene Goldman – was born in Philadelphia in 1914, Ida’s mother Rachel Debra Shore was born in Uman in 1895. Her first husband, my maternal great-grandfather Jacob “Jack” Gurmankin, was born in Kherson in 1893. This photograph was taken at the wedding of Jack…
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Praying For The Victims Of Ukraine
Although far from the ongoing violence, the terror threat is close by, and we are with the Ukrainian people with our souls, hearts and prayers.
Today, I have decided to postpone my usual Fun Friday post to pause and take some time to pray for the people of Ukraine.
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Overcoming The Terror Of War
From the Bible we know that there will come certain times which shall not be pleasant, but shall be bringing much division and horror in this world.
We are not sure if those Times mentioned in the Scriptures have started now and shall bring God’s Plan into fulfilment. In case it will become that Third World War spoken of in Scriptures, we more than ever should know where our place is and which direction we want to go.
At that prophesied time, there shall come false Christs, and people trying to get people away from God, whilst many shall be suffering. But we should stay strong in our faith, living by the assured faith of hope in the Lord.But it shall be also a time that we shall have to proclaim the Gospel, the message of Good News, even when many will not be willing to give their ear to it. It is for them and for all people in the world that our prayers should be directed to the Host of host, Jehovah our God, Who shall be willing to guide His people in those troubled times.
Let us be Good News Breakers in these troubled times and ask God to give strength to all who love Him.
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