Alan Watson

British journalist Peter Hitchens has been covering Russia for 47 years. He’s a critic of Vladimir Putin so nobody can say he’s "echoing Putin’s talking points.” Hitchens writes: “You’ve been fed a steady diet of propaganda rubbish about Ukraine and the invented Russian menace.”…

Knowing the war against them goes beyond #Ukraine, Kremlin hardliners are gaining ascendency - preparing for the growing risk of conflict in Azerbaijan, the Finnish Arctic, the Baltic Sea and Romania. The Russians intend to counter #NATO’s increasing aggression with all-out war.

Nothing the Brussels cabal, Trump or the U.S. Congress decides to do will compel #Putin to agree to a ceasefire as Ukraine rests, recruits and regroups, as NATO arms and missiles continue flowing in, and so called European "peacekeepers" prepare to enter the #Ukraine envelope.

There's a new joke circulating in #Russia: "If there's another surge in industrial production, Brussels must have issued its 18th set of sanctions..."

Ukraine has been used as a battering ram in someone else's war. Press gangs, vast casualties, ruined cities, growing repression, millions of refugees. For pity's sake, can we stop trying to keep this stupid war going? mol.im/a/14921075 via @MailOnline

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert dropped truth bombs on Channel 13 today: "In the West Bank, war crimes are occurring daily. Jews are murdering Palestinians. Burning them. When the Israeli government is responsible for them, the Israeli police shuts its eyes. "

2000: Vladimir Putin inherited a bankrupt country on the brink of civil war and collapse. Oligarchs had raided state assets; gangsters roamed the streets. Joblessness and low living standards were widespread. Alcoholism surged; average life expectancy for men fell below age 59.…

1997: State Dept icon George Kennan, "who knew Russia best," fluent in both German and Russian, called Clinton's proposed NATO expansion, “the most fateful error of US policy in the post-Cold War era…" His final words during a Senate hearing: "Don't meddle in the #Ukraine."…

Joe Biden said he wanted to “destroy Russia.” Senators Graham and Blumenthal said their bill contains “bone-crushing” sanctions. Senator John Kennedy boasted, “We can turn Putin and Russia into fish food.” Is this school yard bluster or does the U.S. plan to take on #Russia?

Trump held back from embracing the more radical measures proposed by D.C. hawks. Promising Zelensky endless military aid, Brussels wants to escalate the war. Trump is happy to let them pay for it. The beneficiary is the US arms industry as #Ukraine fights to the last Ukrainian.

Democrats had no more interest in releasing the Epstein files than Republicans. They're in the same club. Trump's refusal to release the files was done to shield the elite, exposing how the govt, courts and law enforcement protect the powerful who commit crimes. #EpsteinCoverup

Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine diplomat and author: “Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please." or, “Stupid people messing around in little wars is how big wars start...” #UkraineWar

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made the claim that the Russian Army has suffered 100,000 KIA just in 2025. No friend of Putin's, Baltic-based Mediazona says confirmed Russian deaths so far in 2025 = 9,849 (and total Russian KIA since 24 Feb 2022 = 117,000.) #UkraineWar

Trump has nothing to offer Putin. The Russians are not going to agree to a ceasefire while Zelensky's forces are able to rest, recruit and regroup - while NATO weapons continue flowing into the #Ukraine envelope. To the Russians, this is an existential war, not a political game.

Vladimir Putin did not wake up on 24 February 2022 and decide, “I think I’ll invade eastern Ukraine today,” nor was the US campaign to expand NATO into Ukraine a last-minute maneuver. (US State Department documents show Ukraine’s future membership was discussed as early as 1994.)…

"We will continue to support Ukraine, as Italy has always been on the right side of history," said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Russian Telegram channels report that #Ukraine is preparing a massive drone/missile attack on Moscow (early as July 12), with 1,000 drones & ballistic missiles. #Russia is readying its population for an internet shutdown; knows an attack of this scope requires #NATO targeting.

Ukrainians, backed by the Europeans, have no intention of ending the war. Their talk of ceasefire and "real peace" is a ruse, a pause to rest & rearm. The Russians know the #Ukrainian Nazis will fight to their death. Why Putin has finally resorted to U.S. style "shock and awe."

"Zelensky has destroyed his country and is unbothered by the human cost of the bad decisions he has made. Continuing to provide weapons to #Ukraine will only prolong the war and the suffering of the Ukrainian people." -- Col. Douglas Macgregor, US Army (retired)