Jul 22 Buonasera Mag

Day 150 of Russia's war vs Ukraine: Readings and posts by Sumlenny, Patrikarakos, Mike Eckel, Rob Lee, Olga Lautman

Jul 22, 2022

Catching up…

EA Worldview’s Ukraine Up-date- hop over to Scott’s amazing hourly Ukraine up-date page. I’ll fill in with some bits and bobs.

I’m travelling today…

I’ll be stepping out of the news today to see family, so I’m directing you to Scott’s EA Worldview for up-dates on Ukraine and the world. I’ll leave you with…

…some readings

Reuters, Russian gas on Nord Stream 1 restart to be 30% of capacity -German regulator

Federal Network Agency chief Klaus Mueller said Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM) had renominated the gas flows to around 530 gigawatts hour per day.
"That would be about 30% utilization. It's better than nothing but of course not what is contractually agreed," Mueller said in an interview with ZDF broadcaster.

US: new sanctions

Mike Eckel @Mike_Eckel

U.S. announces a pile of new sanctions today targeting Gazprombank, Moscow Industrial Bank, a Defense Ministry shipping company, major Russian TV channels including Channel One and NTV, and lots more.

Russian propaganda literature

Please read Sergej’s thread on the Russian book market and how it began to direct readers to propaganda against Ukraine, NATO, the West and the promotion of Stalinism and Nazism. It’s well worth your time and attention.

Sergej Sumlenny @sumlenny

THREAD Let's start a long thread about how Russian book market prepared Russians for a full-scale war against Ukraine, NATO, the West, and promoted stalinism and nazism, and how this was ignored by the West. Keep seat belts fasten, you will see a lot of nasty things here.

Ukrainians in Russian occupied territories

Please remember that close to 2 million Ukrainian citizens were deported to Russia, including over 200,000 Ukrainian children.

Olena Halushka @OlenaHalushka

This is how many people are currently living in all russian-occupied regions of Ukraine. Those who suggest ceding the territories advocate for leaving millions in the hands of the russian repression occupational machine #ArmUkraineNow #MLRSforUkraineNow @ANTAC_ua

Julia Davis on Russian propaganda

Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews

Meanwhile on Russian state TV: military expert Igor Korotchenko—who is often seen in the company of Russia's top military brass—is arguing that Ukraine's occupied regions already belong to Russia, & all of the Ukrainian public administration & infrastructure should be destroyed.

Rob Lee @RALee85

Some Russian volunteers are only receiving a week of training before deploying to Ukraine. themoscowtimes.com/2022/07/20/rus…

Patrikarakos, Russia’s Hunger War

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Kyiv’s digital information war sprang immediately to life. The Ukrainians were ready. Since then, their progress in the online conflict has seemed—to Western observers, at least—unstoppable. Ukraine has rallied international support and attracted almost universal sympathy from European and North American users across the major social-media platforms.

Update: U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres will travel to Istanbul on Thursday as United Nations and Turkish officials seek a general agreement with Russia and Ukraine in writing to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, Reuters reports.