A blueprint in good faith | On the one-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine military conflict, China restated its calls for political settlement of the Ukraine crisis with more specific plans that accommodate the concerns of both Russia and Ukraine, in a neutral and consistent manner. In a 12-point position paper dubbed "China's Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis," issued on Friday morning, the Chinese Foreign Ministry called for ceasing hostilities and resuming peace talks, stopping unilateral sanctions and abandoning the Cold War mentality. It also called for respecting the sovereignty of all countries and expressed opposition to the use of nuclear weapons. Chinese experts said the document should be viewed as a blueprint that has made China's principles clear for resolving the crisis and pointed out the basic path to achieve it constructively.

■ Time will prove the enormous value of China’s position paper: Global Times editorial (Global Times)

Comment by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, M.V.Zakharova, in connection with the publication of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's "China's position on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis" | On February 24, a document entitled "China's position on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis" was published on the official website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry. ● We highly appreciate the sincere desire of Chinese friends to contribute to the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine by peaceful means. ● We share Beijing's considerations. We are committed to the principles of compliance with the UN Charter, the norms of international law, including humanitarian law, the indivisibility of security, according to which the security of one country should not be strengthened at the expense of the security of another, which applies to the security of individual groups of countries. Like our Chinese colleagues, we consider any restrictive measures unauthorized by the UN Security Council to be illegitimate. It is a crude instrument of unfair competition and economic warfare. ● It was these considerations that dictated our proposals, put forward at the end of 2021, to conclude an Agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on security Guarantees, as well as an Agreement on measures to ensure the Security of the Russian Federation and the Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. We regret that our constructive proposals were rejected by Western countries. ● As for the Ukrainian crisis, Russia is open to achieving its goals through political and diplomatic means. This implies the cessation of supplies of Western weapons and mercenaries to Ukraine, the end of hostilities, the return of Ukraine to a neutral non-aligned status, recognition of the new territorial realities that have developed as a result of the realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as well as the elimination of all threats emanating from its territory. ● Citizens of Ukraine, including the Russian-speaking population and representatives of national minorities, should be guaranteed all inalienable rights, including the right to speak and study in their native language. All illegal restrictive measures should be abolished and politicized lawsuits in international courts should be withdrawn. ● We are confident that moving along this path will lead to a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace. ● The main obstacle to a peaceful settlement today is the "impossibility" of negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the initiatives of the Ukrainian leader, which testify to the complete isolation of official Kiev from modern realities, including the demand for the withdrawal of Russian troops from our new territories – Donbass, Crimea, which was legislated by the Decree of V. Zelensky on September 30, 2022., Zaporozhye and Kherson region. At the same time, we would also like to remind you that it was Ukraine that in April 2022 stopped the peace talks initiated by it with Russia.(Translation: yandex.ru)

Russian Army units stationed in Crimea are on high alert after the second(!) announcement by the Russian Ministry of Defence, which speaks of "preparations for the invasion of Ukrainian forces in Transnistria" | In the next few hours Russia will have to start reinforcing its forces in Transnistria if it does not want to face unpleasant developments. It remains to be seen how this will be achieved. ● Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that Kiev is preparing a provocation, according to which militants dressed in Russian military uniforms will enter Transnistria from Ukrainian territory as "Russian troops" and then attack Ukrainian forces. ● Russian intelligence services have documented the accumulation not only of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, but also of military equipment near the border with Transnistria. There is a deployment of Ukrainian artillery units in firing positions. The Russian Ministry of Defence is at the same time recording an unprecedented increase in the number of flights of drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of Transnistria. According to the second statement by the Russian Ministry of Defence, Ukraine is preparing an invasion of Transnistria. (Translation: DeepL.com) (free version)

■ Russia warns US, NATO, and Ukraine over Transnistria (RT.com)

Russian media comment on the developments as follows:

💬 "Immediately after Vladimir Putin's message yesterday, a decree appeared that cancels the 2012 decision, which included, among other things, 'active participation in the search for ways to resolve the Transnistrian problem on the basis of respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and neutral status of the Republic of Moldova in determining the special status of Transnistria'. "The document was formed when false hopes of constructive relations with the US and the EU reigned in the Kremlin. Now this decree has become a relic of an outdated era and I dare to hope that Russia's foreign policy will now be driven by its national interests, including the situation of compatriots abroad, including Moldova," said Nikolai Kostyrkin, head of the International Union of Free Journalists.

It was no coincidence that the repeal of the decree coincided with the message from the President of Russia and the response speech by US President Joe Biden. When the West speaks openly about its intention to "defeat Putin", there can be no talk of any cooperation, including various forms of resolving frozen conflicts. However, it is the conflict in Transnistria that the collective West is trying to thaw with all available forces. Recently the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky made another attempt to drag Moldova into a military confrontation with Russia. To this end, he made statements about an upcoming armed coup in Moldova "involving citizens of Russia, Belarus, Serbia and Montenegro" and about Moscow's desire to seize the airport in Chisinau and use it as a transshipment base.

💬 "The Moldovan authorities are deliberately fomenting a conflict with Transnistria in order to draw Russia into it. President Sandu and the new Prime Minister Dorin Recean are not sovereign politicians, they are ruled by the US. And Washington seeks to weaken Russia's position by opening a 'second front' in Moldova."

This is the task assigned to Sandu and the new Prime Minister Dorin Recean. In the last few days alone, Moscow has issued a series of warnings to the Moldovan leadership: from the mild ones, through the mouth of the head of the Russian president's press service, Dmitry Peskov, to the harshest ones, expressed by the leader of the Duma faction "Just Russia - For Truth" Sergei Mironov. Western curators convinced the Moldovan authorities that Russia is a "clay-footed colossus", has been unsuccessfully liberating Bakhmut and Avdeevka for more than a year and should not be afraid of actions on its part.

According to the head of the CIS Institute of Countries department Kirill Frolov, Moscow has no choice but to immediately recognize the Moldovan Republic of Transnistria:

💬 "The threat of genocide of more than 200,000 Russian citizens living in Transnistria is a reality. Moreover, Russia has no other choice after Biden's actual declaration of war on Russia, who announced on 21 February the trial of Putin and the Russian leadership. But there are strong legal grounds for recognizing Transnistria, including a series of referendums on reunification with Russia."

However, Moscow should also understand that Transnistria's resources of resistance are not unlimited. Hundreds of thousands of people who believe in Russia may be left without protection against the occupiers, who consider the pro-Russian population as "collaborators". (Translation: DeepL.com) (free version) (Map: en.topcor.ru)

Hal Turner: The United Nations, meeting in New York, has voted to DEMAND Russia withdraw from Ukraine "immediately and unconditionally." The vote was 141 in favor, 7 opposed, with 32 abstaining. The same UN that indefinitely delayed the meeting about the Nord Stream pipeline being blown up. The same U.N. that won't even investigate the evidence that Russia submitted showing the illegal biolabs in Ukraine. The UN/WHO, when it came to Covid-19, was full-on Karen-Gestapo Liberal. (HT REMARK: You think those same sociopaths can judge anything else fairly, honestly, logically and ethically?) Battle lines drawn is what I see. God’s Will Be Done! As is customary, the ones that opposed, or abstained, tell a story of what countries will be forming a coalition behind Russia. WE (US & UK) created the UN to impose OUR WILL, "the now Satanic West" on the world. You can bet every nation was TOLD how they would vote. [This editor: Try and find any UNGA resolution demanding the U.S. exit / stop bombing other countries. (None.) Try anyway, and good luck with that.]

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■ Russia responds to UN vote on Ukraine (RT.com)
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■ US 21st-century wars (Wikipedia)

■ Comment by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution "Principles of the UN Charter underlying the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine" | Read completely | On February 23, during the resumed 11th emergency special session of the UN General Assembly, the resolution "Principles of the UN Charter underlying the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine" was adopted by vote. ● The Western authors of this latest anti-Russian initiative, hypocritically hiding behind their alleged adherence to the UN Charter, sought to condemn the measures taken by Russia to resolve the situation within the framework of a special military operation. The proposed document lacked such basic concepts for achieving sustainable peace as dialogue, a call for negotiations without preconditions, as well as the inadmissibility of the supply of weapons to the conflict zone. The corresponding unification amendments proposed by our Belarusian friends were blocked by Westerners. ● Thus, the essence of the initiative is the continuation of the indiscriminate criticism unleashed in the West against Russia, support for the criminal nationalist regime in Kiev, which the collective West has been purposefully preparing for war against our country in recent years. When promoting the project, the United States and its satellites used their favorite methods of influencing dissenters, including blackmail and threats of sanctions.[...] The resolution, which is advisory in nature, did not receive more support than the previous documents of the 11th emergency special session of the General Assembly. ● A larger number of countries opposed the proposed project. Dozens of countries abstained, including China, India and South Africa. We are grateful to all partners for their support. ● The Russian side will continue its progressive work aimed at developing fair assessments of the situation in and around Ukraine, defending the national security and identity of our country, the need to comply with all the principles of the UN Charter, including the sovereign equality of states. (Translation: yandex.ru)

The Budapest-born billionaire has constructed an incredible global network of influence | A new report from the US-based Newsbusters has exposed a vast web of media and activist organizations, funded with millions of dollars, annually, by the billionaire George Soros. The outlet bills itself as “an online rapid-response vehicle for documenting, exposing, and neutralizing liberal bias in the media.” ● The extensive global influence of the Hungarian tycoon is well-known, and Soros himself has admitted it on countless occasions – including boasts about his efforts in Ukraine. Soros openly declared his role in promoting the 2014 US-orchestrated Maidan coup in Kiev, stating at the time: 💬 “I set up a foundation in Ukraine before Ukraine became independent of Russia [sic]. The foundation has been functioning ever since. And it played an important part in events now.” In a lengthy interview with the New York Times in October of 2019, Soros explained: “The arc of history doesn’t follow its own course [and] needs to be bent,” and he was “engaged in trying to bend it in the right direction.”

■ India slams 'dangerous' George Soros (RT.com)