Links — 18 Feb 2022 AM

Dontesk New Service (Ukies attack Donbass. Too much happening too fast to post individual links. Check it out here.)

https://dan-news.info/en/

VZGLYAD (In Russian. Use Translate.)
In the LPR and DPR announced the evacuation of civilians to Russia

https://vz.ru/news/2022/2/18/1144395.html

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)

Why US, NATO Cast Doubt on Russia's Military Drawdown & Turn Blind Eye to Donbass Debacle
Ekaterina Blinova

https://sputniknews.com/20220217/why-us-nato-cast-doubt-on-russias-military-drawdown--turn-blind-eye-to-donbass-debacle-1093120284.html

WATCH First Moments After Blast in Central Donetsk

https://sputniknews.com/20220218/watch-first-moments-after-blast-in-central-donetsk-1093150270.html

Putin Orders Aid to Russia's Rostov Region Amid Influx of Refugees From Donbass

https://sputniknews.com/20220218/putin-orders-aid-to-russias-rostov-region-amid-influx-of-refugees-from-donbass-1093151016.html

Dances with Bears (what's in the box of "military-technical"?)
RUSSIAN BLACK BOX DEFENCE AGAINST AMERICAN BOOBY TRAP OFFENCE
John Helmer

http://johnhelmer.net/russian-black-box-defence-against-american-booby-trap-offence/

Irrussianality
PICTURES OF AN INVASION FORCE? NOT SO MUCH. (former intel officer calls BS)

https://irrussianality.wordpress.com/2022/02/18/pictures-of-an-invasion-force-not-so-much/

THE WAR IN DONBASS MUST END NOW!
Paul Robinson | Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa

https://irrussianality.wordpress.com/2022/02/18/the-war-in-donbass-must-end-now/

TASS (Russian state media)

West will introduce sanctions against Russia in any case, Putin says

https://tass.com/politics/1406157

The Vineyard of the Saker (see the comments for unfolding developments)
The Ukronazis are on the offensive (OPEN THREAD)
The Saker

http://thesaker.is/the-ukronazis-are-on-the-offensive-open-thread/

Putin’s Ukrainian Judo Revisited (good one)

Dimitri Orloff

http://thesaker.is/putins-ukrainian-judo-revisited/

Common Dreams
Russia Announces Nuclear Drills Amid Tensions Over Ukraine

Andrea Germanos

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/18/russia-announces-nuclear-drills-amid-tensions-over-ukraine

The Guardian (UK)
Ukraine crisis brings British intelligence out of the shadows
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/18/ukraine-crisis-bring-british-intelligence-out-of-the-shadow-warning-russian-invasion-information-war-with-kremlin

The Hill (Biden is practically begging Putin to invade Ukraine and occupy it so the US and Europe aren't stuck with the basket case they created.)
Biden to give Ukraine update as Russia adds troops

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2761684730989137546/6259326907302757307#

Oilprice
Europe Is Running Out Of Space For LNG 

Irina Slav

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Europe-Is-Running-Out-Of-Space-For-LNG.html

Moneyness (not a magic bullet?)

Bitcoin failed as a tool for funding the Ottawa protestors, and that's a good thing for Canada
JP Koning

http://jpkoning.blogspot.com/2022/02/bitcoin-failed-as-tool-for-funding.html

Naked Capitalism (Public Service Announcement. Take care.)
New Data: Omicron BA.2 More Contagious and Severe than BA.1, Yet Officials Committed to Relaxing Protections
Yves Smith

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/02/new-data-omicron-ba-2-more-contagious-and-severe-than-ba-1-yet-officials-committed-to-relaxing-protections.html

ECNS (Chinese state media)
U.S. should address systemic racial discrimination: FM spokesperson