World War 3 Knocks On The Door

British troops to enter Ukraine

Oct 02, 2023

Rat-a-tat-tat, World War 3 calling.

It is official, the UK plans to deploy troops to Ukraine. Reported by the now re-worded Telegraph article, Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Defence, declared moving the UK’s troops to Ukraine to train Ukrainians there:

The Guardian more honestly retained their original title (for now):

Per the Telegraph article, the idea of sending British navy vessels to the Black Sea was also floated:

This would however require Turkey’s support, given they control the only means of entrance into the Black Sea:

Entrance and Egress from the Black Sea via Turkey is controlled by the Montreux Convention (‘The Convention regarding the Regime of the Straits’), agreed in Montreux, Switzerland.

It is an international treaty that says whilst civilian ships are granted free and open passage, military ships are restricted (in number, tonnage, and amount of weapons), and the treaty boils down to ‘Turkey can do whatever the hell they want if they choose to’. Especially in times of war.

The US is not a signatory of the treaty, nevertheless if they entered without Turkey’s permission, it becomes a diplomatic incident and risk becoming an act of war. And Turkey can just close the strait, either by mining or filling in sections such no ships can pass.

That’s ‘Chris Cola’ they’re drinking, by the way.

Unelected UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backpedalled on the suggestion of UK troops, in light of public backlash, as it appears Grant Shapps said the quiet part out loud:

The “here and now” is a convenient pedantic ‘get out of jail here and now free’ card; he has not denied planning it in the future. It won’t matter what excuses he makes, as Russia have declared any British troops within Ukraine to be legitimate targets:

On top of this, Shapps suggested exporting British weapons manufacturing overseas to Ukraine, following a discussion with Zelensky on joint weapons production.

So this isn’t an ‘if’ or ‘maybe’ the various powers fight, but a when and where, question. Even as Sunak contradicts Shapps, Shapps continues to inflame tensions by suggesting Russian soldiers aren’t safe from British missiles.

Whilst this verbal distraction is ongoing, UK troops have been placed into Kosovo:

Kosovo isn’t particularly near to either Ukraine or Russia, but it is within striking distance of the Black Sea.

It also shows the UK is becoming noticably very aggressive in their proactive deployment of troops, suggesting the overall battlefield has changed. This comes as Poland recruits a ‘record’ number of troops (a mere ‘1,800’, but we digress; something is brewing).

You’re probably asking yourself, why now? Why have the British government decided now is the time?

The Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Failed

This isn’t hyperbole, either, as the ‘everyone is a Russian troll-bot’ crowd might screech, this is a measurable loss. And we’re not even counting bodies, numbers of which randomly fluctuate as each side argues and counter-argues how many they did or did not lose.

This is within usually pro-Ukrainian media outlets: the New York Times, quoted by ZeroHedge, has shown during the Ukrainian counter-offensive, Russia gained more land than Ukraine did (a whopping 188 square miles more):

This is likely with the New York Times downplaying the amount of land gained by Russia. The UK military, and US military, arrived at much the same conclusion a month earlier, declaring the Ukrainian counter-offensive a failure, blaming Ukraine for what were honestly, impossible odds:

This is compounded by the fact Poland is publicly declaring they won’t send weapons to Ukraine, after Zelensky offended Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The US government queried after Poland, and it has been suggested it is so the current party can shore up votes in the coming Polish election (unsurprisingly, war is unpopular with the electorate).

For those wondering what the ‘insult’ was: Ukraine criticised Poland’s stance on the importation of Ukrainian grain into the EU. There’s fears in Poland importing of Ukrainian grain into the EU via Poland (which borders Ukraine) will deflate local Polish grain prices. Hence the tensions.

It is a very real possibility. Whether political or not, it sets the stage of the nervousness of NATO.

Manpower Losses

In terms of “foreign mercenaries” fighting for Ukraine, official figures supposedly report a decline from approximately 20,000 in 2022, to a mere 1,500 in 2023:

Meanwhile, with manpower losses racking up, Ukraine is looking to draft women into the frontlines, with military registration having started October 1st.

This comes as Ukraine looks to forcefully recruit the disabled as well:

If Ukraine couldn’t achieve success with men, it is very unlikely they will achieve it with women and disabled people. The handful of 31 Abrams tanks the US proposed back in January 2023 is not going to change the course of the war, either.

Then there was that awkward moment Senator J.D. Vance exposed Ukraine’s man in a wig for being an American, whilst asking if they had ties to US intel agencies; they were promptly suspended. Wouldn’t want direct US involvement in Ukraine getting out of the bag.

Despite tanking such losses, Ukraine bizarrely wanted to declare war on Iran and Syria, too, having a Scrappy Doo style ‘let me at ‘em’ moment. Ukraine, you have enough problems right now, stay in your lane.

Sanctions Have Failed

The general public evidently already knew this, but it is nice to have concrete examples.

On September 30th, Russia Today declared income from oil and gas rose 30%, and the Russian government is planning a 70% increase in spending in 2024, even as Western media outlets scream about a weaker ruble and Bulgaria stops importing Russian oil.

Western Oilprice.com declared Russia had ‘evaded’ the G7 Price Cap on oil, by simply, not using Western insurers (for their oil tankers).

It is almost like the world doesn’t solely consist of just the West.

Oilprice.com were then forced to admit Russian oil revenues would increase by a whopping $15 billion, as Russian oil sold for above the sanctions cap of $60 per barrel:

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Meanwhile propaganda outlets like AP news shrieked that the price cap was definitely working, while ignoring any real world oil price data showing it is not.

In-fact, the sanctions were so ineffective, Russia had to ban their own exports of oil, on account of so much oil being shipped overseas for profits, leaving little for their domestic markets, causing local prices to increase:

That awkward moment when you have to sanction yourself because external sanctions make it too profitable to ship overseas.

Why? OPEC+ [Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries] cut oil production back in April, meaning oil prices went up. Saudi Arabia, a big league member of OPEC+, has an on-going spat with the US.

To show how far it has decayed, Saudi Arabia are currently holding a joint naval exercise with China; it is their second one.

At least three other OPEC+ members — Iraq, Venezuela and Iran — also do not have a positive view of the US government. Iran and Iraq on account of the US government’s perpetual warmongering with them, and Venezuela due to sanctions.

The US begged Saudi Arabia to increase oil output: after being offended by US attempts to control them, they simply said no and reduced oil production instead, looking to form ties with Russia and China.

Old time Daily Beagle readers will remember an article where a panicked Macron begged Joe Biden to do something about the oil crisis back in 2022.

Trade between Russia and China has also increased, according to Russia Today, with a 37% increase in Chinese imports into Russia, and a 15% increase in Russian exports to China. Whilst lopsided, it is worth remembering Russia mainly exports energy (which isn’t sent via containerised shipping).

Russia Gears Up Further

Unsurprisingly, unphased by the sanctions, Russian minister Medvedev even declared Russia intends to liberate more Ukrainian regions. It is unclear if due to Medvedev’s remarks or the UK’s plans to install British troops in Ukraine, however Russia have recently drafted in an additional 130,000 conscripts:

Whilst it says they don’t intend to send them to Ukraine, this is a similar kind of technicality to the one Sunak invoked: yet. Conscripts have to be trained first. So yes, it is technically true they won’t be sent straight to Ukraine. Yet.

Medvedev also threatened to strike Germany for sending Taurus missiles (untranslated), although given the Russian ministers often make threats like angry barking dogs, it doesn’t seem to matter until Putin approves.

Wagner have also been redeployed to Ukraine, with Andrei Troshev (former aide to Phigozhin) in charge; Wagner are now under the command of the Russian Ministry of Defence.

Russia may also have a new ally in the form of Slovakia. The pro-Russian party of (former Prime Minister) Robert Fico won the elections (untranslated). He won on a platform opposed to sending aid to Ukraine. The ‘progressive party’ tried to sue Robert Fico for defamation in a flimsy attempt to derail his election.

Meanwhile, Russia has added more members of the ICC (International Criminal Court) to their arrest warrants list, including the president, vice-president and a judge on their wanted list:

Canadian Nazi Worshipping Infuriates Russia

For those of you living under Canadian rocks and haven’t heard this story:

Justin Trudeau led the Canadian Houses of Parliament in a round of applause for Ukrainian Nazi Yaroslav Hunka, a member of the SS Galizien division, who has been responsible for a number of massacres within Ukraine, including the Babyn Yar massacre. All parties applauded, for the record.

What resulted was a lame attempt at scapegoating the Speaker of the House Anthony Rota, who was forced to resign.

Even though anyone who gets near the Prime Minister of Canada will have gone through security background checks by intel agencies (to make sure they’re not a crazed assassin), and thus the sole decision to approve falls to Justin Trudeau.

The Liberal media tried to spin this as an ‘accident’, but the Canadian government knows what they’re doing and got caught. After all, many Nazis do reside within Ukraine.

In typical narcissistic fashion, Justin Trudeau said the ‘people of Canada apologise’, but not himself, although the pro-Trudeau media outlets spun it to try to make it sound like he did.

‘His country’?! You were the one who intentionally worshipped a Nazi, Trudeau

Trudeau then immediately preached empty nothings about ‘reconcilation’ with indigenous people. Wonder if he told them about Hunka?

In a desperate flurry, Liberals went so far as trying to scrub Wikipedia of Hunka’s war crimes by total page deletion, but got caught by eagle-eyed Jessica Rose:

Wikipedia tried cover up the war crimes of Nazis. The ADL were also silent on the matter, despite prior screeching about ‘extremists’ on Twitter.

The University of Alberta had accepted donations from Yaroslav Hunka’s family, but decided as it was now public knowledge, to return it. Hunka’s family are hiding out in Canada, presumably in an attempt to evade retribution for all those Nazi war crimes he committed.

Poland wants him extradited. As does Russia, who demanded an explanation.

And returning to topic: Russia delcared it would not leave Canada’s Nazi-applause without retaliation:

Historic reminder: part of Russia’s claim is that they wanted to ‘denazify Ukraine’. So, it makes sense they’d be infuriated at Canada.

Oh, and before anyone starts cheering the ‘good guy’ Russians, they want a digital currency surveillance state too:

China Enters Via The Backdoor

It wouldn’t be much of a World War if other parts of the world weren’t involved.

Mysteriously, half of the members of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Central Military Committee have ‘disappeared’:

Whilst people say ‘purge’, they may have alternatively gone into hiding to start drawing up war plans. It wouldn’t make much sense for the CCP to arbitrarily mass execute half of their loyalist military cabinet.

Chinese military units are reportedly sneaking in through the backdoor of the US’ open borders:

With Chinese “tourists” trying to forcefully enter US military bases:

Ignoring earlier events involving Chinese balloons, China now have a surveillance post based in Cuba, and are forming a strategic partnership with Syria.

China have also built a KVD002 drone (a CH-4 drone variant) which pro-China asiatimes suggests is for a ‘Taiwan war’. The CH-4 looks noticably like a rip-off US predator drone:

China are also bizarrely working on a nuclear-powered railgun aircraft carrier. If it sounds like a nonsense word salad, we’re just as confused as you are. China have also passed additional anti-espionage laws.

This comes as Business Insider declares China has a 232 times greater shipbuilding capacity than the US, as the US navy begs for handouts (to the tune of $30 billion) as US Secretary of the Navy Del Toro called for a ‘new maritime statecraft’ in response (whatever that means).

Western Forces Respond To China

China and the Philippines are now also involved in a dispute over Chinese-made sea barriers, which the Philippines have cut, declaring it to be within the Philippines’ sea territory.

Australia are forming a long-range missile brigade in response to China, after Australia has started to restructure their military.

Japan have engaged in military spending in response to China, including buying up missiles. In response to China, Taiwan have unveiled their first domestic submarine.

Joe ‘Bribem’ gives away another $40 billion investment to the Pacific Cook Islands and Niue to bring them onboard. No money to Maui fire victims, though. Meanwhile the US is organising a fleet to cover the Indian and Pacific oceans, as China and the US try to pretend they don’t hate each other in flimsy summit talks.

North Korea added their nuclear ambitions to their constitution, but that’s probably the least surprising thing in this list. What’s probably more surprising is North Korea quickly deported the US soldier who fled into their country earlier this year. Apparently they’re not keen on theives either.

Oh, and the US government are laying the groundwork to try to reinstitute the draft.

Feel safer yet, dear reader?

Summary

UK plans troops, ships and manufacturing in Ukraine. Sunak has walked back Shapps comments about troops but with easily escapable technicalities. UK has already deployed troops to Kosovo. Access to the Black Sea is restricted by Turkey.

Ukraine has suffered both land and manpower losses, and is seeking to draft women and disabled, as Poland's political furor over grain for election votes threatens to block weapons to Ukraine from Poland.

Sanctions have backfired as OPEC+ increases oil prices and Russia has to ban diesel and gasoline exports to keep domestic prices low. Trade between China-Russia has increased.

Russia has expressed outrage after Canada's Parliament, led by Justin Trudea, applauded a known Nazi war criminal Yaroslav Hunka, wanted by both Poland and Russia for war crimes. Trudeau claimed the Canadian people apologised, but did not apologise himself. House Speaker Anthony Rota was scapegoated to take the blame and resign, even though Canada knows Ukraine has a history of Nazis.

China is reportedly smuggling military assets over the US Southern border, as Chinese tourists try to barge into US military bases to take photographs and Cuba is host to a Chinese spy base.

China has ramped up production with naval manufacturing outstripping US naval shipbuilding, and have developed a new drone variant and are working on a new type of ship.

The US is trying to bribe Pacific islands into joining with billions of dollars, as Japan and Taiwan build up their militaries, and Australia restructures theirs in response to China. Philippines have gotten into a spat with China, and North Korea have added nuclear powers to their constitution.

The US government appear to be planning a draft.

The Daily Beagle

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