With Anthony Blinken suggesting that Ukraine and Russia should resume negotiations, the US is signaling that they know the war is lost.

NATO will NEVER get into this war, even if there’s a Ukraine provocation in Transnistria—because NATO knows it will lose to Russia.

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So expect a lot of other international news—Iran, China, Solomon Islands, etc.—to start taking up the attention bandwidth.

The only play for the Biden administration at this point is to distract and divert, and make people forget about Ukraine.

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You have to understand what Blinken and Lloyd Austin’s visit with Zelensky in “Kiev” (probably Poland) really was—

It was a kiss-off. It was the signal to the Zelensky regime that US/NATO will not supply heavy weapons or planes, and will not get into this war.

It’s over.

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Originally tweeted by Gonzalo Lira (@GonzaloLira1968) on April 27, 2022.

…on the night of April 24^th or the morning of the 25^th, Russian cruise missiles destroyed a total of six traction substations within the Ukrainian rail system, paralyzing electric train traffic (and thus, all rail traffic) in western Ukraine.

Traction substations house transformers that take power from the grid and convert it to the voltage, amperage, and frequency needed to drive electric train motors through overhead lines or (more often) third rails. 

As you can see from this map, the strikes were clearly intended to paralyze rail traffic throughout roughly the westernmost one-third of the Ukraine. 

link to text and map

99% of this video is Jacob Dreizin analyzing the war in Ukraine. He describes Russia’s first plan and why it was changed into what they are doing now. It’s an excellent talk. ABN