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Ukraine War: Selected news, views, & analysis

A few good sources of news & analysis

 • Moon of Alabama
 • Antiwar.com

 • Consortium News

 • Caitlin Johnstone

 • Larry Johnson's blog

 • Douglas MacGregor's interviews & articles

 •  Alastair Crooke at Strategic Culture Foundation

 • The Grayzone

 • Simplicius

 • SouthFront

 •  St. Pete for Peace
   - St. Pete's foreign policy news

 • The Duran

 • The Automatic Earth

To understand we must think and compare. We do not agree with all the postings on all these sites. That would be an unrealistic expectation anywhere.

January 2023

Jan 31, 2023

 • The Utter Disconnect between 'Realities', Alastair Crooke, Almayadeen.net, Jan 30, 2023

 • ‘At War with Russia’, Europe Peers Down the Abyss, Alastair Crooke, Strategic Culture Foundation, Jan 30, 2023

 • Size Matters - On A U.S. Ground Intervention In Ukraine, Moon of Alabama, Jan 30, 2023

 • Glenn Diesen: Is NATO helping Ukraine to fight Russia or is it using Ukraine to fight Russia?, RT, Jan 30, 2023

 • Beijing highlights US role in Ukraine conflict, RT, Jan 30, 2023


Jan 30, 2023

Featured • German lawmaker condemns ‘US-led proxy war against Russia’ and EU’s ‘servile vassals’, Sevim Dağdelen, GeopoliticalEconomy.com, Jan 28, 2023

 • Caitlin Johnstone: What MSM Can No Longer Say, Consortium News, Jan 30, 2023

 • Zelensky Says Ukraine Needs More New Weapons, Faster, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com, Jan 29, 2023

 • The New York Times is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth, Edward Curtin, Off-Guardian.org, Jan 29, 2023

 • 'Doomsday clock': 90 seconds to midnight, Pepe Escobar, PressTV, Jan 26, 2023

 • As the Pentagon’s favorite think tank calls for a swift end to the Ukraine conflict, is the mood shifting in Washington?, Felix Livshitz, RT, Jan 29, 2023

 • Update, Aleks, Black Mountain Analysis, Jan 24, 2023


Jan 29, 2023

 • Ukraine - RAND Study Sees Risks In Prolonged War, Moon of Alabama, Jan 27, 2023

 • Douglas Macgregor - We are co Belligerents, YouTube, Jan 28, 2023

 • Nuclear War is the Ultimate Crime Against Humanity, Steven Starr, Schiller Institute, YouTube, Jan 8, 2023

 • Zakharova's POWERFUL Message To Olaf Scholz (EN Translated), YouTube, Jan 27, 2023

 • This time It's Different, Douglas Macgregor, The American Conservative, Jan 26, 2023

 • White House confronted over tanks to Ukraine, RT, Jan 28, 2023


Jan 28, 2023

 • Robert Parry: Ukraine, Through the US Looking Glass, Consortium News, Apr 16, 2014

 • Russia Warns of 'Full-Blown Conflict in Europe', Will Porter, The Libertarian Institute, Jan 27, 2023

 • Twitter Files Debunk Hamilton 68 Dashboard - (We Did The Same Five Years Ago), Moon of Alabama, Jan 28, 2023

 • Pretend-O-Rama, James Howard Kunstler, Jan 27, 2023

 • Rage Against War with Scott Ritter, The People's Party, YouTube, Jan 27, 2023


Jan 27, 2023

 • The Mass Media Used To Publish Perspectives On Ukraine That They Would Never Publish Today, CaitlinJohnstone,com, Jan 27, 2023

 • Ukraine got its tanks. Now it wants jet fighters too, Cristina Gallardo, Politico, Jan 26, 2023

 • The Kiev Purge: What has spurred a wave of resignations among senior Ukrainian officials?, RT, Jan 26, 2023

 • Leopards vs. the Russian Bear, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Antiwar.com, Jan 26, 2023


Jan 26, 2023

 • Ukraine Claims Orderly Retreat From City It Lost Days Ago, Moon of Alabama, Jan 25, 2023

 • The West Is Incentivizing Russia To Hit Back, Caitlin Johnstone, Jan 26, 2023

 • Mission Creep? How the US role in Ukraine has slowly escalated, Branko Marcetic, Responsible Statecraft, Jan 23, 2023

 • Tulsi Gabbard on the Truth of President Zelensky, The Rubin Report, Jan 24, 2023

 • Is this Western war on Russia simply stupidity?, Alastair Crooke, Al Mayadeen, Jan 22, 2023


Jan 25, 2023

 • 90 Seconds to Midnight?, Scott Ritter Extra, Jan 24, 2023

 • Ukraine Russia War / WWII Any similarities? Col Doug Macgregor, Judging Freedom, Jan 25, 2023

 • Scott Ritter: The Nightmare of NATO Equipment Being Sent to Ukraine, Consortium News, Jan 24, 2023

 • Tactics without Strategy is the Noise Before Defeat, The Saker, Jan 24, 2023

 • The War in Ukraine Proves Polish NATO-Skeptics were right by Mike Krupa, Larry Johnson, A Son of the New American Revolution, Jan 24, 2023

 • Ukraine SitRep - No Southern Push Yet, Kiev Government Trouble, Tanks And Escalation, Moon of Alabama, Jan 24, 2023

 • Creating a Russian Bogeyman, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, The American Conservative, Jan 23, 2023

 • The End of NATO, Scott Ritter and Douglas Macgregor, Judge Napolitano, Judging Freedom, Jan 22, 2023


Jan 24, 2023

 • Russia Says Still No Date Set on New START Talks With US, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com, Jan 23,2023

 • Meta takes Ukraine’s controversial Azov Regiment off its dangerous organizations list, Igor Bonifacic, Yahoo News, Jan 21, 2023

 • The Most Egregious Mistake, Alastair Crooke, Strategic Culture Foundation, Jan 23, 2023

 • If You Can't Win on the Battlefield, Get the Media to Publish Fantasy, Larry Johnson, A Son of the New American Revolution, Jan 23, 2023

 • Biden & Neocon War on Russia Leading World to Annihilation, Global Peace Activist Warns, Sputnik International, Jan 23, 2023


Jan 23, 2023

Featured • Right and Left To Join in D.C. Protest: ‘Not One More Penny for War in Ukraine’, John V. Walsh, Antiwar.com, Jan 23, 2023

 • Germany: Ukraine Losing Hundreds of Soldiers Every Day, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com, Jan 22, 2023

 • Situation for Kiev is “Very, Very Difficult” – US Top General, Lucas Leiroz, SouthFront, Jan 23, 2023

 • Did the West Miss Its Window?, Ted Snider, Antiwar.com, Jan 23, 2023

 • The NYT: SHAME!, Julian Macfarlane, SouthFront, Jan 23, 2023

 • AMERICA’S INSULARITY IS A THREAT TO ITS SURVIVAL, Larry Johnson, A Son of the New American Revolution, Jan 22, 2023


Jan 21, 2023

 • Poll indicates big change in American attitude to Ukraine aid, RT, Jan 21, 2023

 • 'I am Tired of This S***show': Washington and Kiev Fume as Berlin Holds Off on Tanks for Ukraine, Sputnik International, Jan 21, 2023

 • Ukraine - Russian Army Activates Southern Front, Moon of Alabama, Jan 21, 2023

 • Russo-Ukrainian War: The World Blood Pump, Big Serge, Jan 20, 2023

 • Ukraine is collapsing under the weight of Russian Offensives, Douglas Macgregor, Jan 20, 2023


Jan 20, 2023

 • US Announces Massive $2.5 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com, Jan 19, 2023

 • Russian Orthodox Church issues apocalyptic warning, RT, Jan 19, 2023

 • Medvedev Warns Russia's Defeat In Ukraine Would Mean Nuclear War, ZeroHedge, Jan 19, 2023


Jan 19, 2023

 • US May Help Ukraine Launch An Offensive On Crimea, CaitlinJohnstone.com, Jan 19, 2023

 • Kremlin: Delivery of Weapons Capable of Striking Russia Would Elevate Ukraine Conflict to New Level, Sputnik International, Jan 19, 2023

 • US may assist Ukrainian strikes on Crimea – NYT, RT, Jan 19, 2023

 • Ukraine: Is the Hammer About to Fall?, Mike Whitney, The Unz Review, Jan 17, 2023

 • ACURA ViewPoint: Guest Post by Branko Marcetic: Diplomatic Cables Show Russia Saw NATO Expansion as a Red Line, American Committee for US-RUSSIA ACCORD, Jan 16, 2023


Jan 18, 2023

 • Highlights of Lavrov's Big Presser: From West's Colonialist Mindset to Ukraine 'Hybrid War' & Beyond, Ekaterina Blinova, Sputnik International, Jan 18, 2023

 • FACTS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE FORCE SHIFT IN MEDIA NARRATIVE, Larry Johnson, A Son of the New American Revolution, Jan 17, 2023


Jan 17, 2023

 • Russia produces first set of Poseidon super torpedoes - TASS, Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters, Jan 16, 2023

 • Kremlin: Enlargement of Russian Army to 1.5 Million Caused by West's Actions, Sputnik International, Jan 17, 2023


Jan 16, 2023 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (official holiday)
Beyond Vietnam,
Apr 4, 1967, YouTube video

 • Imperial Dominance Disguised as Democratic Deterrence, William J. Astore and Tom Engelhardt, Antiwar.com, Jan 16, 2023

 • MLK’s anti-war views are more relevant than ever, William Hartung, Responsible Statecraft, Jan 15, 2023

 • Destroying Monsters by Helmholtz Smith, A Son of the New American Revolution, Jan 15, 2023

 • Emmanuel Todd On The Third World War, Moon of Alabama, Jan 14, 2023

 • This is MUCH worse than they're telling you, Natali and Clayton Morris, Redacted, Jan 13, 2023

 • Grandson of Charles de Gaulle, an Old CIA Nemesis, Condemns West’s Policy in Ukraine, Jeremy Kuzmarov, CovertActionMagazine, Jan 11, 2023

 • 'NATO’s mission' leaves Ukraine destroyed, Aaron Maté, Jan 11, 2023


Jan 15, 2023

 • Scott Ritter: We Are On The CUSP Of Thermonuclear War !!! Situation Is Out Of Control, Finance Mail YouTube, Jan 14, 2023

 • NATO’s Ominous Tank Orders for Ukraine… The Historic Spots of a Leopard, The Strategic Culture Foundation, Jan 13, 2023

 • The 2023 War – ‘Setting the Theatre’, Alastair Crooke, The Strategic Culture Foundation, Jan 13, 2023

 • Teach-In: NATO Expansion—NO! Peace in Ukraine—YES!, The People's Forum, Jan 14, 2023

 • Patrick Lawrence: Europe and the Legitimization of Deception, Scheerpost, Jan 8, 2023


Jan 13, 2023

 • How the US Paved the Way to Moscow’s Invasion of Ukraine, Jonathan Cook, Antiwar.com, Jan 13, 2023

 • Where might Russia commit forces on an offensive? Let's do a quick parsing of the situation and examine the possibilities, Big Serge, Jan 11, 2023


Jan 12, 2023

 • U.S. Strategic Aim: Break and Dismember Russia; Or Maintain U.S. Dollar Hegemony? Or a Muddled ‘Both’?, Alastair Crooke, Strategic Culture Foundation, Jan 9, 2023

 • British-run spy tech powers Ukraine proxy war, putting civilians at risk, Kit Klarenberg, The Grayzone, Jan 3, 2023


Jan 11, 2023

 • Zelensky Tries To Reassure Hollywood A-Listers At Golden Globes: "There Will Be No Third World War", ZeroHedge, Jan 11, 2023

 • Breaking. Russians Captured AFU Stronghold Soledar, SouthFront, Jan 11, 2023

 • Zelensky has achieved unique results in the destruction of Ukraine, Alyona Zadorozhnaya, The Saker, Jan 10, 2023

 • Ukraine And Russia Agree - Russia Is Fighting NATO, Moon of Alabama, Jan 10, 2023

 • Endgame for Ukraine in Bahkmut?, Larry Johnson, A Son of the New American Revolution, Jan 10, 2023


Jan 10, 2023

 • American Activist Enters German Prison for Protesting U.S. Nuclear Weapons Based There, The Nuclear Resister, Jan 10, 2023

 • Biden’s existential angst in Ukraine, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Punchline, Jan 8, 2023

 • Senator Says US Should Remain in Ukraine Until ‘Putin Is Out’, Kyle Anzalone & Connor Freeman, Libertarian Institute, Jan 9, 2023


Jan 9, 2023

 • Caitlin Johnstone: Unprovoked!, Consortium News, Jan 8, 2023

 • The First US Onslaught to “Weaken” Post-Cold War Russia, John V. Walsh, The Unz Review, Jan 6, 2023


Jan 6, 2023

 • Putin Calls for Christmas Ceasefire, Ukraine Rejects, Biden Pushes for More War, Gerald Celente, Trends Journal, Jan 5, 2023

 • Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp From the Ukraine War?, Medea Benjamin - Nicolas J.S. Davies, Counterpunch, Jan 5, 2023


Jan 5, 2023

 • Ukraine Says Russia Shifting Away From Bakhmut, Col Doug Macgregor, Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, Jan 4, 2023

 • Ukraine Was Not Built To Last, David Stockman, Antiwar.com, Jan 5, 2023


Jan 4, 2023

 • Ukraine - The Big Push To End The War, Moon of Alabama, Jan 4, 2023

 • US Climbs Escalation Ladder in Ukraine, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, Jan 4, 2023


Jan 3, 2023

 • Wars make nations, Gilbert Doctorow, Jan 2, 2023


Jan 1, 2023

 • Are There Any U.S. Red Lines?, Moon of Alabama, Jan 2, 2023

 • A Series of High-level Confessions that Reveal the Plot to Provoke Putin, Environmentalists Against War, assembled by Steven Starr, Jan 1, 2023

 • For a Different Angle on Ukraine, (a compendium of articles by various authors), Consortium News, Dec 30, 2022

LASG products & presentations

 • ‘The Real Purpose In Making The Bomb Was To Subdue The Soviets.’ Now It’s Happening Again, On A Vast Scale. Why? – July 22 At Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos Reporter, Jul 19, 2023

 • Bulletin 330: "'The real purpose in making the bomb was to subdue the Soviets.'* Now it's happening again, on a vast scale. WHY?" A conversation with acclaimed historian Peter Kuznick and Greg Mello in Los Alamos, July 22, Jul 7, 2023

 • Ukraine War Makes it Harder to be a Nuclear ‘Dove’ | Our Land, Laura Paskus, New Mexico in Focus, Jun 30, 2023

 • Bulletin 329: Russia rules out nuclear disarmament negotiations; second week of Ukrainian offenses fail; what will US and NATO do? Build 60 projects in LANL's Pajarito Corridor?, Jun 17, 2023

 • Ukraine; Biden's Manicheism; the U.S. cannot even conduct a nuclear arms race, let alone win one, LASG friends ltr, Mar 16, 2023

 • Ukraine protest and updates, pit production delays and cost increases in NNSA's new budget, LASG friends ltr, Mar 14, 2023

 • Antiwar rally 2 pm Saturday in Albuquerque; LANL pits delayed, endorse the "Call for Sanity"; Ukraine update; the Nordstream investigation (and likely impeachment) "imperative" LASG friends ltr, Mar 11, 2023

 • Ukraine losses mount toward critical point; ANSWER rally against the war is now 2 pm (not 1 pm), March 18, Albuquerque; nearly half U.S. citizens believe WWIII is near, LASG friends ltr, Mar 7, 2023

 • Ukraine news and views; antiwar rally March 18; pending guest editorial; pit production precis, LASG friends ltr, Mar 3, 2023

 • Bulletin 325: Understanding the Nordstream sabotage and punishing those responsible, Feb 18, 2023

 • Ukraine news with comments and excerpts; bookmark for future reference if desired,LASG friends ltr, Feb 8, 2023

 • Bulletin 324: Opposition to Ukraine war gains visibility in New Mexico and via our web site, more broadly, Feb 6, 2023

 • Anti-nuclear activist opposes helping Ukraine, encourages peace, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 5, 2023

 • Bulletin 323: "Nuclear Hotseat" interview / Ukraine war updates, Feb 4, 2023

 • Bulletin 322: Right and Left To Join in D.C. Protest: ‘Not One More Penny for War in Ukraine’ / Bulletin of Atomic Scientists resets clock, blames Russia, Jan 25, 2023

 • $10 Trillion for Nuclear War: Racing to the Nuclear Cliff, The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, Jan 10, 2023

 • Bulletin 321: Last day for 2022 donations! / A few quick updates, Dec 31, 2022

 • Bulletin 320: Neocon humiliation -- or nuclear exchange / The centrality of war resistance in moral politics / 3 days left for 1:1 donation match!, Dec 29, 2022

 • Bulletin 319: Ukraine; NDAA: omnibus appropriations bill; fundraising --thank you; some matching funds still available, Dec 21, 2022

 • Stop the war now, Jean Nichols, The Taos News, Dec 19, 2022

 • Bulletin 318: Speak out now against further U.S. escalation in Ukraine; daily updates for your use, Dec 14, 2022

 • Agenda for tonight's emergency Ukraine meeting in Albuquerque, and by Zoom, Nov 15, 2022

 • Bulletin 314: Reminder re next week's antiwar, disarmament, & nuclear safety events: come if you can or tune in, outreach needed; pit interview on KNME tonight 7 pm; fundraising drive continues; erratum, Nov 11, 2022

 • Bulletin 313: Important meeting about Ukraine next week; DNFSB hearing in Santa Fe; more, Nov 7, 2022

 • Biden Administration releases aggressive nuclear strategy envisioning "first use" of nuclear weapons in wars like Ukraine, press release, Oct 27, 2022

 • Bulletin 310: Speak up! We urge you to take up the call for peace in Ukraine, Sep 25, 2022

 • Pope Francis: "World War III has been declared." We agree. Stop LANL's pit factory; Stop the U.S. war against Russia, presentation, Jun 15, 2022

 • Bulletin 301: Oppose the war! Demand and create accountability for lawmakers who fund and promote more war in Ukraine, May 16, 2022

 • Grave dangers loom in Ukraine war votes and escalations; opportunities open for journalists and citizens; We urge news media to widen debate, pose questions, create accountability, press release, May 16, 2022

 • LASG friends ltr: Thursday evening public discussion in Albuquerque: Ukraine, propaganda, progressives supporting Nazis and war, May 10, 2022

 • Escalation in Ukraine: The Nuclear War Danger is Real, Brian Becker & Greg Mello discuss the U.S. policy of waging proxy war on Russia, BreakThrough News, May 4, 2022

 • Bulletin 299: Emergency call to action: stop Biden's proposed $33 billion war escalation, Apr 28, 2022

 • Bulletin 298: Talk on pits & renewed U.S. nuclear weapons production Tuesday evening 4/26/22; antiwar billboard; what you can do, Apr 25, 2022

 • The core debate, Searchlight New Mexico, Mar 23, 2022

 • Bulletin 294: Please consider forwarding this fine statement from UNAC re Ukraine, Mar 23, 2022

 • Nuclear expert speaks on the dangers of war between the US and Russia, World Socialist Website, Mar 15, 2022

 • A Proposed Solution to the Ukraine War, Consortium News, Greg Mello, Mar 7, 2022

 • Bulletin 293: Ukraine conflict: If you want a ceasefire (as we do), stop firing, Mar 5, 2022

 • Bulletin 292: Statement on the Ukraine conflict and war with Russia, Mar 1, 2022

 • "What can we in New Mexico do?," LASG letter, Feb 23, 2022

 • Bulletin 288: US nuclear weapons since 2020: continuity and change, Dec 7, 2021 (see discussion of US, NATO, and Russia)

 • Nuclear experts speak on the dangers of war between the US and Russia, World Socialist Web Site, Apr 15, 2017

 • US Leaders Reject “Nuclear Winter” Studies, Ignore Existential Danger of Nuclear War. Turn a Blind Eye towards Armageddon, Steven Starr, Global Research, Nov 1, 2016

 • The Ukraine Conflict: What's Behind It? Why Is It Important?, Sep 26, 2015

 • Bulletin 200: Warhead budget bloat; U.S.-caused Ukraine catastrophe at the brink; hello peak oil, Feb 8, 2015

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