Liber Exitii: Latter days of the Western Civilization vol I 1

A chronicle of contemporary events from 2013 to 2022 March. Praefatio .............................................................................................................. 12 MMXIII 2013 ........................................................................................................... 20 On Gold and Silver .................................................................................................. 34 MMXIV 2014 .......................................................................................................... 63 Ukraine Situation Summary and Expansion ............................................................... 69 Battle of Ilovaisk...................................................................................................... 80 Battle of Donetsk Airport ......................................................................................... 85 MMXV 2015 ........................................................................................................... 88 Battle of Debaltseve ................................................................................................. 90 Shyrokyne Engagement ........................................................................................... 98 MMXVI 2016 ......................................................................................................... 125 MMXVII 2017 ........................................................................................................ 150 MMXVIII 2018 ...................................................................................................... 174 MMXIX 2019 I A.P. .............................................................................................. 181 Notes from 2022 ..................................................................................................... 182 Jeffrey Epstein ........................................................................................................ 188 MMXX 2020 II A.P. ............................................................................................ 190 Second Karabakh War. ............................................................................................ 201 Belarus Election and Aftermath .............................................................................. 206 COVID19 ............................................................................................................... 210 O TEMPORA, O MORES! ................................................................................ 214 MMXXI 2021 III A.P. .......................................................................................... 221 Beginning of Russian Troop Concentration .............................................................. 221 COVID19 ..............................................................................................................222 US “Election” and “Insurrection” ............................................................................ 236 Ecological Narrative Co-opted by Globohomo ......................................................... 239 US Failure in Afghanistan and Other Woes .............................................................. 243 Belarus and Russian-Ukrainian situation ................................................................. 250 Economic Woes ..................................................................................................... 258 Smaller Issues ....................................................................................................... 260 MMXXII 2022 IV A.P. ....................................................................................... 263 Kazakhstan Incident ............................................................................................. 264 Russian Troop Concentration Continues .................................................................. 266 The (intermediate?) End of COVID Narrative ......................................................... 267 Canadian Affairs ................................................................................................... 268 2022.02.24 1st Day of the Russo-Ukrainian War .................................................. 277 Ruminations on Putin’s Motives ............................................................................. 296 Conclusions on Russo-Ukrainian War so far ............................................................ 326 2022.03.24 29th Day of the Russo-Ukrainian War ................................................ 404 Further Ruminations on Putin’s Motives ................................................................. 415 The Evacuation of Lithuanian Embassy from Kiev ................................................... 448 Military Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian War So Far ........................................... 452 Post scriptvm ................................................................................................. 476 Appendix A 32-wind Compass Rose ................................................................... 480 Appendix B Military Time Zone Designators ....................................................... 482 Appendix C DEFCON Levels .............................................................................. 483 Appendix D Military NCO and Enlisted Men Ranks ............................................. 484 Appendix E Military Officer Ranks ..................................................................... 485 Appendix F Abbreviations ................................................................................. 486