The rebel attack on Mariupol, Ukraine is underway as noted earlier today in Attack on Mariupol Begins; 7,000-8,000 Ukrainian Forces Nearly Encircled in Northern Cauldron; US Sends Army Trainers.



Disinformation regarding the attack is running rampant, even bordering on the outright ridiculous.



For example, a reader sent me a link to Ukraine@War, a UK website that made these claims regarding Mariupol:





"This is done by RUSSIAN rocket launchers, with RUSSIAN rockets, by soldiers speaking RUSSIAN, running RUSSIAN flags on their vehicles and with RUSSIAN emblems on their sleeves..." Russian Major-General Vyaznikov is relocating his HQ to Soledar, Ukraine.

The reader who sent the link asserted "You wanted photos, satellite images, twitter feed posts, etc....so here you go".The entire website was nothing but allegations. The site has maps with claims like "this is where Russians launched their attack".It's preposterous.I prefer actual evidence of things. For example, please consider this image of a Ukrainian reporter in Mariupol asking a soldier a question.Who is this man? Where is he from?The curious thing about that soldier, hiding his face, is that he responded to a Ukrainian reporter's question,with: "" right at the 2:34 mark in the following video.link if video does not play: Mariupol Soldier Responds "Out of My Face" The rebels have claimed since last June that US special forces were active in Mariupol. They even claimed to have killed one of them by sniper fire. We now have strong evidence, and it doesn't even come from the rebels.The soldier in the video could be a mercenary, but that's illegal unless approved by the US government.headline reads American mercenary/possible US Special Forces filmed in Mariupol, Ukraine today ."Anyone in the military recognize that equipment?Vehicles destroyed in the early footage suggest a targeted attack on a known location.Were those vehicles of theby any chance?Mike "Mish" Shedlockhttp://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com