Links — 10 Apr 2022 Part 1

The Vineyard of the Saker
A disturbing trend in the Ukraine (How do you say "Gestapo" in Ukrainian.)

http://thesaker.is/a-disturbing-trend-in-the-ukraine/

A Skeptic

Victoria's Secret (Nuland, that is)

https://askeptic.substack.com/p/victorias-secret

Global Times (Chinese state-sponsored media)

Will Stoltenberg ever understand China not colluding with – or bowing to – a hegemonic clique?

Editorial

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202204/1258884.shtml?id=12

Sputnik International
Kiev is Preparing Mass Murder of Civilians in Lugansk With West's Support, Russian MoD Says

https://sputniknews.com/20220410/kiev-is-preparing-mass-murder-of-civilians-in-lugansk-with-wests-support-russian-mod-says-1094651040.html

Politico
White House expects more brutality in Ukraine as Russian military reorganizes
Myah Ward (the mighty Wurlizer)
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/10/white-house-brutality-ukraine-russian-military-reorganizes-00024282

War crimes were part of Russia's master plan, [US] national security adviser [Jake Sullivan] says (based on "declassified intelligence" assertion of which is the "proof." No evidence provided.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/10/sullivan-russia-war-crimes-putin-00024278

The Guardain (UK)
‘Criminal and evil’: White House doubles down on condemning Russian attacks
Ed Pilkington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/10/white-house-doubles-down-condemns-russian-attacks-war-crimes

New Russian war chief will bring more brutality in Ukraine, US warns
Luke Harding in Kyiv and Ed Pilkington

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/10/new-russian-war-chief-will-bring-more-brutality-in-ukraine-us-warns

UK could target Russian generals and troops with sanctions, says minister

PA Media

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/apr/10/uk-target-russian-generals-and-troops-sanctions

Independent
Who is General Alexander Dvornikov? The ‘brutal’ Russian commander now in charge of Ukraine invasion
Lamiat Sabin

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/general-alexander-dvornikov-russia-ukraine-b2055032.html

Strategic Culture Foundation (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)
Bucha’s Optics and the Politics of the Last Atrocity (in contrast with established Western atrocities)

https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/04/10/buchas-optics-and-the-politics-of-the-last-atrocity/

Declan Hayes, Irish-born professor of finance, who has published widely in English and Japanese on matters of economics, finance and politics