Update on the conflict in Ukraine for September 18, 2023 - Ukrainian offensive operations remain stagnant along the line of contact with Russian counterattacks overturning what superficial progress they do make; - The Western media citing US and other NATO member state officials admits Ukrainian forces lacked the proper training to conduct a successful offensive; - As Western sources begin admitting to Ukraine's catastrophic losses in men and materiel, they also admit Russian losses are near all time lows; - The collective West also acknowledges that the amount of ammunition and weapons Ukraine requires is beyond the West’s ability to provide both in the short and intermediate future; - In order to provide such levels of material support, the West would need to significantly mobilize its population, industry, and military, a prospect that isn’t even being seriously considered let alone planned; References: BBC - War in Ukraine: Is the counter-offensive making progress? (September 18, 2023): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66796358 Mediazona - Russian casualties in Ukraine (Updated September 8, 2023): https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng Guardian - West must focus on preparing Ukraine’s troops – or we will all pay the price (July 23, 2023): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/23/west-must-focus-on-preparing-ukraines-troops-or-we-will-all-pay-the-price Wall Street Journal - The Secret of Ukraine’s Military Success: Years of NATO Training (April 2022): https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-military-success-years-of-nato-training-11649861339 FT - The hard lessons from Ukraine’s summer offensive (September 15, 2023): https://www.ft.com/content/e83bd6fe-43b8-4adf-9bea-07609bc223d0 NYT - Russia Overcomes Sanctions to Expand Missile Production, Officials Say (September 13, 2023): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/politics/russia-sanctions-missile-production.html n.html Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykhyZVI2pxI

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for April 22, 2024… - US passes $61 billion spending bill for Ukraine but lack sufficient weapons and ammunition to sustain Ukrainian forces on the battlefield; - Ukraine faces critical shortages of artillery shells and air defense interceptors that the US and Europe are unable to produce in sufficient quantities; - Western media admits Ukraine faces defeat; References: Guardian - US House approves $61bn in military aid for Ukraine after months of stalling (April 20, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/20/us-house-approves-61bn-aid-ukraine CFR - How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent Ukraine? Here Are Six Charts (February 2024): https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts US DoD - Statement on the House Passage of the National Security Supplemental (April 20, 2024): https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3749740/statement-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-the-house-passage-of-th/ Politico - Ukraine is heading for defeat (April 17, 2024): https://www.politico.eu/article/why-ukraine-losing-russia-war/ BBC - Ukraine could face defeat in 2024. Here's how that might look (April 13, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68778338 Business Insider - Russia's army is now 15% bigger than when it invaded Ukraine, says US general (April 11, 2024): https://www.businessinsider.com/russias-army-15-percent-larger-when-attacked-ukraine-us-general-2024-4 BBC - Russia's meat grinder soldiers - 50,000 confirmed dead (April 18, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68819853 Kyiv Independent - Air Force: Ukraine downs Russian Tu-22M3 bomber for first time (April 19, 2024): https://kyivindependent.com/air-force-ukraine-downs-russian-tu-22m3-bomber-for-first-time/ Forbes - Slovenia Is Giving Ukraine Some Very Old Tanks. But Age Can Be Deceiving (September 2022): https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/09/19/slovenia-is-giving-ukraine-some-very-old-tanks-but-age-can-be-deceiving/?sh=dcefca17b3fe Forbes - The Russians Are Making Their First New Tank Turbines In 30 Years, Likely Signaling A Very Long War (September 2023): https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/09/24/the-russians-are-making-their-first-new-tank-turbines-in-30-years-likely-signaling-a-very-long-war/?sh=3bf783db50c7 Reuters - US to sell to Ukraine $138 million in HAWK air defense upgrades (April 9, 2024): https://www.reuters.com/world/us-sell-missile-defense-upgrades-ukraine-2024-04-09/ Al Jazeera - Saudi Arabia may run out of interceptor missiles in ‘months’ (January 2022): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/9/saudi-arabia-may-run-out-of-interceptor-missiles-in-months-ft Defense News - How Patriot proved itself in Ukraine and secured a fresh future (April 9, 2024): https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/04/09/how-patriot-proved-itself-in-ukraine-and-secured-a-fresh-future/ Kyiv Independent - NYT: US faces missile supply shortage for Ukraine's Patriot air defense systems (January 2024): https://kyivindependent.com/nyt-officials-warn-u-s-faces-missile-supply-shortage-for-ukraines-patriot-air-defense-systems/ Politico - Pentagon prepares to send artillery, air defenses to Ukraine as House approaches vote (April 19, 2024): https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/19/pentagon-prepares-package-of-artillery-air-defenses-for-ukraine-as-house-sets-to-vote-00153328 BBC - Ukraine weapons: What arms are being supplied and why are there shortages? (April 19, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62002218 Kyiv Independent - Czech PM: Allies contract first 180,000 artillery shells for Ukraine (April 16, 2024): https://kyivindependent.com/czech-pm-allies-contract-first-180-000-shell-rounds-for-ukraine-via-czech-led-initiative/ Ukrinform - Still not enough funds for Czech initiative to buy shells for Ukraine – Estonia's defense minister (March 2024): https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3846610-still-not-enough-funds-for-czech-initiative-to-buy-shells-for-ukraine-estonias-defense-minister.html Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VpZO2fbumk

US-funded mobs, US NED-funded fronts like Prachatai, and fugitive billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra’s literal paid-propagandist - Somyot Pruksakasemsuk - are using “free speech” to defend agitators from criminal charges related to serial defamation and asking the UN to intervene in Thailand’s internal political affairs. I explain why these foreign-funded fronts lie about the protests being “peaceful” and how the US has used similar tactics as part of regime change operations around the globe. How to Support my Work (and thank you!): https://youtu.be/wrjet-dH4n8 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PayPal: https://paypal.me/bbATL PayPal email is brian.berletic@gmail.com PromptPay: 0851547235 References: LD - Thailand: Hiding Sedition Behind "Free Speech" (VIDEO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNAi5pQ2G3M 2Bangkok - Threatening Judges Who Defy Thaksin: http://2bangkok.com/threatening-judges-who-defy-thaksin.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT5kZyDEij0

Washington’s Shifting Taiwan Policy Aims for an Asian “Ukraine” 1. Taiwan is to China as Ukraine is to Russia, in other words the US seeks to wage a proxy conflict through the breakaway island province in the same way the US is waging war with Russia through Ukrainian forces; 2. Just as US training and arms sales to Ukraine has done absolutely nothing to “repel” Russia, US training and arms to Taiwan will not only not “repel” any military operation to reintegrate Taiwan fully, it will most likely only accelerate provocations toward such a military operation; Washington’s goal in both Ukraine and Taiwan is not to preserve the regimes administering either territory, but to create and use conflicts involving both territories as justification for isolating Russia and China; 3. The Western arms industry obviously is benefiting to the tune of billions regarding arms sales to not only to Ukraine and Taiwan, but also to nations as part of “preparing” for wider conflict between Europe and Russia as well as Indo-Pacific nations and China; 4. In both cases it is clear that the US is not underwriting security for either Ukraine or Taiwan as well as the regions both territories reside in, and instead, is the greatest threat to both regions and wider global peace, stability, and prosperity. References: New York Times - U.S. Presses Taiwan to Buy Weapons More Suited to Win Against China: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/07/us/politics/china-taiwan-weapons.html My Life Elsewhere - Size Comparison Between Ukraine and Taiwan: https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/taiwan/ukraine#:~:text=Taiwan%20is%20about%2017%20times,fewer%20people%20live%20in%20Taiwan). Taiwan News - US State Department site deletes 'Taiwan is part of China': https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4531925 US Department of State - US Relations With Taiwan (archived May 2021): https://web.archive.org/web/20210512080858/https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/ US Department of State - US Relations With Taiwan (May 2022): https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/ US Congressman Dan Crenshaw (Twitter) - Admits US is waging proxy war against Russia in Ukraine: https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1524454243297546249 Voice of America - US Nearly Doubled Military Personnel Stationed in Taiwan This Year: https://www.voanews.com/a/pentagon-us-nearly-doubled-military-personnel-stationed-in-taiwan-this-year-/6337695.html RAND Corporation - War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable (2016): https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1100/RR1140/RAND_RR1140.pdf Harvard University’s Atlas of Economic Complexity - Taiwan 2019: https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore?country=249&product=undefined&year=2019&tradeDirection=import&productClass=HS&target=Partner&partner=undefined&startYear=undefined Where to Find My Work: Visit The New Atlas Website: https://newatlas.report/ (backup site): https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Telegram Group: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 PayPal: Brian.Berletic@gmail.com Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy2h6xeF3Jo