Boris and Ben, the bellicose men, want to "take out" Russian launch sites - UK Column News

Sources: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-16th-december-2022
- Clip—More war: Just what the current and last British Prime Minister want

- AP News: Russia warns of "consequences" if US missiles go into Ukraine
ABC News: Ditto

- Clip—Maria Zakharova, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation:
“All weapons supplied by the West to Ukraine are legitimate targets and will either be destroyed or captured”
- Patrick Henningsen comment: Israel's IRON DOME air defence is an existing example of a Patriot battery being crewed by Americans
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov promises no let-up over winter
Reuters: Russia has no plans for a Christmas or New Year ceasefire | Channels TV

- Clip—Western media are showing footage of Ukrainian attacks on Donbass when discussing Russian aggression
Reuters: Russia launches widespread missile attack on Ukraine
- Brian Gerrish analysis: Cognitive dissonance at Reuters
- Alex Thomson commentary: The increasing sprinkling of "Russian-backed" and "Russian-installed" epithets in the voiceover betrays a growing desperation as war damage becomes apparent
- Patrick Henningsen question: Where is the footage of Russian shelling hitting civilian targets in Ukraine?

- Former CIA chief General David Petraeus tells Fox News why there is no backing down
“That's why the support for Ukraine is so important, especially coming after the withdrawal from Afghanistan, to show that the U.S. can and will lead the world and it has the will to do just that. So again, that has to far and away be the top priority.”
- MarketScreener: EU members fail to reach agreement on new Russia sanctions, say diplomats
Patrick Henningsen analysis: The Poles and Balts are particularly under America's thumb

- Bloomberg UK: Rebel farmers are pushing back on climate action
Patrick Henningsen commentary: Deliberate destruction of Dutch farmland, the most productive in the world

- UK Government: UK programme assistance to Ukraine in 2019–2020
Brian Gerrish analysis: The National Democratic Institute, a Washington deep state creature, is right in the mix
- NDI: The future of observer rights

- BBC Media Action: The challenges of reporting in Ukraine
Brian Gerrish commentary: BBC has been in Ukraine for some time