Jackson Hinkle comments on the final chapter in the Azovstal siege, with the last contingents of Azov Nazis finally surrendering to Russian forces, who showed a degree of civilised behaviour never seen among the Azovites when they are in charge of prisoners.
Journalism has virtually now ceased to exist around the entire sphere of activity known as western mainstream news. All pretence to integrity of reporting has vanished when those who laud Hitler and his Nazis can be greeted by wails of sympathy when they are forced to emerge and surrender themselves.
While the fake left applauds and cheers the establishment of a truly Orwellian department to police thought crimes, it is rightwingers like Tucker Carlson and even the despicable jingo-exceptionalist Sean Hannity, or, hard to believe, Ron DeSantis, who step forth to defend the First Amendment. The real left of course still has some powerful voices—Jimmy Dore, Max Blumenthal, Caleb Maupin, Caitlin Johnstone, Fiorella Isabel, Margaret Kimberley, Danny Haiphong, Jeff J. Brown, Jay Janson, Ed Curtin—to name a few in that distinguished and brave handful— but they lack the heavy-duty megaphones the enemies of humanity enjoy.
All the positive and wishful thinking up to now was never going to affect the inevitable outcome in Ukraine. None of the one-sided commentary and reporting has not and is not going to either. Russia is about to achieve its goal of securing the Donbass region against further Ukrainian military attack.
The goal of autonomy first sought by the people of the Donbass in the Spring of 2014 after the insurrection in their then capital city of Kiev will be more than accomplished, full sovereignty is about to become a reality. What the people of the Donbass do then is of course up to them, however, I predict that by a vast majority they will choose to join the Russian Federation in a quickly-held referendum once the region is fully secured.
A resident of the liberated part of Mariupol spoke about the crimes of Ukrainian militants. Her son, while defending Donbass, died near the village of Peski in 2015. After that, the Nazis visited the warrior’s parents, beating both of them. The woman was directly told that she had been subjected to torture because of her “separatist son”.