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Global Research Fundraising: Stop the Pentagon’s Ides of March

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Currently, the possibility of “direct intervention” by the West in Ukraine is being discussed in newspapers around the world.

What few know, however, is that, in practice, this is already a war between Western and Russian troops. 

Large numbers of mercenaries from NATO countries are fighting in Ukraine, mainly participating in terrorist raids against demilitarized regions on the Russian border.

With the Ukrainian failure in the special military operation zone, the neo-Nazi regime is focusing its attention against Russian border cities.

Since late 2023, Belgorod and Kursk have been bombed frequently.

Western missiles and drones kill Russian civilians in these regions where there is no military mobilization, which makes the attacks truly terrorist.

As experts have already said, these border attacks have no military relevance.

Kiev’s aim is to divert attention from its defeat on the battlefield and show its Western sponsors that the military aid provided is being used “appropriately” – reaching deep into Russia.

The problem is that this “PR stunt” is absolutely illusory. In practice, most of the Ukrainian missiles supplied by the West are shot down by the Russian defense, just as land incursions are quickly neutralized by Russian troops.

Publicly, the West quickly replaces Ukrainian material losses. What is little talked about, however, is that NATO is also already supplying Kiev with human resources. Thousands of foreign mercenaries are fighting against Russia. Border raids are largely being operated by these foreigners. I witnessed this personally in March when I was in Belgorod during a BRICS Journalists Association’s press expedition.

Our main objective was to cover the bombings carried out by the Kiev regime to harm the Russian electoral process.

In Belgorod, I spoke to civilians in the affected regions and received some important information about those responsible for the attacks. For example, on March 12, there was a land invasion in the village of Kozinka (Belgorod oblast). At the time, the enemies were quickly neutralized by the Russians. Fleeing from the fire, the invaders abandoned their dead and wounded soldiers as well as various equipment along the way.

The Russians thus captured the belongings of a Swedish mercenary neutralized on the border.

A notebook and diary were found with personal notes describing his work as a pro-Ukrainian soldier. In his notes, the Swedish citizen had important information about the use of special weaponry and military medicine techniques. There were also notes in his notebook on sabotage tactics and reconnaissance operations, as well as a collection of basic phrases in the Ukrainian language.

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Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military  expert. He is a regular contributor to Global Research. 

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