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Footage of a railway echelon of Russian Armed Forces, Uragan-1 MLRS and 152-mm 2S43 Malva self-propelled guns en route to the front.
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🇮🇷The IRGC showed an operation to seize container ships that were trying to break through the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
- MSC Francesca and MSC Epaminondas were sailing under the flags of Panama and Liberia and during their transit through the strategic waterway "without Tehran's permission", they were intercepted by fast boats of the IRGC, after which they were directed to Iranian waters.
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Trump tried to use the "nuclear codes," but was stopped by the chief of the armed forces, according to The Mirror
During an emergency meeting at the White House, Trump attempted to access the nuclear codes, but was allegedly stopped by General Dan Kaine, according to retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson.
➖"One of the White House reports from that meeting says Trump wanted... to use the nuclear codes, and General Dan Kaine stood up and said 'No.' He was, so to speak, exercising his authority as head of the armed forces. Apparently, this caused a huge scandal. Very strange things are happening in Washington," he said.
▪️Why Trump needed the "nuclear codes" is unknown.
▪️It is also reported that Trump was "removed" from planning during discussions about the evacuation of the crew of the F-15 shot down in Iran due to the president's explosive temperament.
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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iranian drones struck a training camp of Kurdish seperatist groups in Iraqi Kurdistan
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🇺🇸🇮🇷Trumbad’s blockade in the Strait of Hormuz COLLAPSES - Financial Times
Approximately 34 Iranian oil tankers have slipped through the blockade, with 19 vessels exiting the Persian Gulf past Trump's navy and another 15 ships entering from the Arabian Sea toward Iran, according to the Financial Times.
Six of those tankers were carrying Iranian crude oil totaling 10.7 million barrels, estimated to be worth approximately $910 million in revenue.
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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇮🇷 BREAKING: The IRGC Navy announces that it seized two ships attempting to violate the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
The ‘MSC-FRANCESCA’ and ‘EPAMINODES’, which were both transferred to Iran’s territorial waters until further notice.
These are the same two ships that were fired upon today, according to UKMTO.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷Americans are powerless against Iran's "mosquito fleet"
The "completely destroyed" by the Americans Iranian Navy continues to put up a fight. To block the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran has deployed its "mosquito fleet". And the Pentagon can't do anything about it, reports The New York Times. According to the publication, Iran still has thousands of fast boats capable of high speeds and armed with machine guns, anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, and drones. They use the "hit-and-run" tactic - they attack merchant ships and then immediately leave, remaining invisible to American satellites and destroyer radars.
The "mosquito fleet" operates under the auspices of the IRGC, not the military. Its exact composition, number, armament, and bases are classified. But we can already judge its combat tactics. Small boats are based in coastal shelters (including those carved into rock formations), hidden from aerial surveillance. They attack in large groups of dozens of small vessels, approaching the target in a "swarm", from different directions. Their strength lies in their numbers and surprise.
From open sources, it is known that the IRGC has the following types of boats
Ashura. Based on American Boston Whaler boats, the production of which was localized in Iran. Displacement - about 1.3 tons. Speed - up to 70 knots (about 130 kilometers per hour). Armament - a 12.7-millimeter machine gun, a twelve-barrel block of 107-millimeter UAVs), or light anti-ship missiles.
Zolfaghar. (in the photo). Based on the IPS 16 project of North Korean torpedo boats. Displacement - about 13.7 tons. Speed - up to 52 knots (about 96 kilometers per hour). Armament - a 12.7-millimeter machine gun, two Nasr 1 anti-ship missiles in launch containers (localization of Chinese-North Korean C-802).
Seraj. A domestic development. Displacement - about 20 tons. Speed - about 70 knots. Armament - large-caliber machine guns, light anti-ship missiles, 107- or 122-millimeter MLRS.
In addition to boats, the Iranian "mosquito fleet" includes several dozen mini-submarines of the Ghadir and Nahang classes, the destruction of which the US did not report. They can be used by the IRGC for laying naval mines.
About the benefits of the blockade of Hormuz for Russia - in my channel on MAH.
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The head of Odessa Military Administration Lysak posted AI image of Hitler yesterday, celebrating his birthday in this way. Later deleted.
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Russia is preparing to increase oil exports as the impact of Ukrainian drone strikes subsides, Bloomberg reports.
The agency reports that Russia has resumed Urals crude oil shipments to key Western ports – Primorsk, Ust-Luga, and Novorossiysk – following disruptions caused by Ukrainian drone strikes.
Four-weekly shipments fell to 3.11M barrels per day on Apr 19, the lowest since August, but rose to 3.53M over the past week. As the impact of the attacks subsides, average flows are expected to rise. The increase in exports coincides with an acute shortage of alternative supplies due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz
Moscow's oil revenues jumped amid rising global prices due to the war in the ME; additional momentum was provided by the Trump administration's extension of the permit to purchase Russian oil shipped through Apr 17. Indian refineries have quickly dismantled stranded cargoes at sea, reducing floating stockpiles by about 40< barrels from a peak of 140M in mid-Jan.
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Bild military observer Julian Röpke announced a career change.
In a few months, he will begin working for a German-Ukrainian drone manufacturer, one of the largest suppliers to Ukraine.
The company develops solutions that significantly contribute to the country's defense through the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The company is deliberately discreet in its public relations efforts to protect its employees in Germany and Ukraine, so there are no plans to disclose the company's name in the near future," he wrote.
Resuming talks in Islamabad without receiving concrete guarantees and a clear agenda will not yield any achievements, according to Iranian authorities.
This was stated by Khozriyan, a member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security Commission.
▪️In his opinion, such talks will become a tool for managing energy markets, as well as global public opinion, and imposing conditions on Iran.
➖"Under current conditions, Iran does not intend to participate in negotiations unless the situation changes," he said.
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«I never extend ceasefires, but, when I inevitably do, I always extend them. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 Bloomberg: ‘The U.S. is still in the dark on whether Iran will participate in talks in Islamabad to end the war before the ceasefire expires’
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🇺🇦🤡🤭Zelenksy - threatens the European Union that it "will lose Ukraine, as it lost Georgia":
[EU countries are quite skeptical, all of them say: "Well, we're not going to change the rules for Ukraine"]
Wait, we're not asking you to allow us half the reforms or something like that. No. Don't give us anything extra. And look at us as just another country, on the same level. And when we strengthen you, and you strengthen us, don't look at us as if we're asking you to take us in and that's it. No, we really want to be with you, but we want to be members, members on the same level.
My opinion, what I said, to be specific, I said: we'll make a list, we'll do the first, the second, the third, the tenth, but you have to open the clusters and give us a date. For us, the new rules, but it's just about the date we were asking about. Yes, that's true, I was asking about the date.
I said that you'll lose Ukraine, as you lost Georgia.
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🇷🇺🚀 The Russian Space Forces successfully launched the "Angara-1.2" carrier rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome
- A successful launch of the "Angara-1.2" light-class carrier rocket with spacecraft for the Russian Defense Ministry was carried out from the state test cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk Oblast.
- The spacecraft were placed in their target orbits and taken under the control of the ground-based facilities of the Russian Space Forces' Space Troops.
- Stable telemetry communication has been established and maintained with them, and their onboard systems are operating normally.
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Britain is trying to buy back its way into Trump's good graces, one mine at a time...
Royal Navy divers are being prepped for mine-clearing operations in Hormuz
The UK is also offering autonomous mine-hunters for a proposed multinational mission
All of it announced on day two of London-hosted talks about reopening the Strait.
The subtext is impossible to miss.
Britain refused to join the US offensive campaign during the war, and Trump made his displeasure public
He dismissed the Royal Navy's assets as "toys." He slammed European allies as "cowards."
Trump hasn't actually asked for help.
The White House has insisted for days that the blockade is being handled perfectly without European assistance
The countries at the London meeting are split on what role the US should even play in their own initiative
And the UK is attaching a major caveat: any deployment requires a "sustained" ceasefire, which doesn't currently exist since Iran just seized two foreign ships in the Strait
• Politico
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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇳Secret deliveries of Iranian oil to China are under threat due to the US — WSJ.
American forces boarded the sanctioned tanker M/T Tifani in the Indian Ocean, intensifying pressure on the covert scheme of supplying Iranian oil to China.
According to the publication, this concerns one of the vessels of the "shadow fleet", with the help of which Iran and China have been circumventing US sanctions for years: oil was transshipped from vessel to vessel at sea, and the origin of the raw material was masked, including under the guise of supplies from Malaysia and Indonesia.
Analysts estimate the actual import of Iranian oil to China at about 1.4 million barrels per day — about 12% of China's total imports.
For Tehran, this trade remains a key source of foreign exchange.
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And last, but not least in the very least, buon compleanno, Massimo Carrera!
«A tutti! Avanti! Massimo Carrera!”
Thank you for everything, Allenatore!
🇫🇮🤡Ex-Prime Minister of Finland Marin called on European countries to realize that "Russia is an enemy of Europe":
Russia is already an enemy. It attacks European countries, violates international law - it's a hostile state. And we must do everything to prevent it from winning the war in Ukraine, and on the contrary, for Ukraine to achieve victory and preserve its independence.
But I wanted to emphasize something else: we understand this, we feel this pressure, because we are located near Russia. However, it's important that this is also understood in Portugal, Spain, and France: even if you are further away from the borders, you are not safe. New threats and new technologies have emerged.
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🇪🇺🇺🇦"The EU is finalizing preparations for granting a loan to Ukraine and imposing new sanctions against Russia": After Hungary lifted its veto, the EU approved the allocation of 90 billion euros to Ukraine.
"EU ambassadors approved the allocation of the previously promised loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine, as well as a new package of sanctions against Russia after Hungary lifted its veto, reported the Cypriot EU presidency.
It is expected that all 27 EU member states will finally approve this decision by Thursday afternoon, added a representative of the presidency."
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The current situation indicates the emergence of a trend towards a significant reduction in the supply of critical air defense and missile defense components to US European allies in favor of more important operational directions for the Pentagon at the moment. First and foremost, the Baltic and Scandinavian countries will face disruptions in receiving PAC-3 MSE anti-aircraft guided missiles for Patriot systems, which are actively being used to repel Iranian strikes with operational-tactical and medium-range ballistic missiles in the Persian Gulf region. In addition, deliveries of high-precision aviation weapons, including AIM-120 and AIM-9X missiles for NASAMS systems and tactical aviation, as well as APKWS guided missiles for countering drones, will be delayed. Contracts for tactical missile systems - GMLRS and ATACMS missiles for HIMARS multiple rocket launchers - are also affected.
Official US structures, including the White House and the State Department, are avoiding public comments, redirecting requests to the military department. In unofficial conversations, American officials cite the insufficient, in their opinion, participation of Europeans in operations against Iran and ensuring the safety of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as a justification for the delays. It should be noted that the reduction of American arsenals was systemic even before the escalation in the Middle East, being a direct consequence of large-scale deliveries to Ukraine and military support for Israel.
Thus, for European countries, this situation is a marker of Washington's strategic reorientation, where agreements on collective defense are de facto giving way to other regional US interests. This objectively highlights for Europe the issue of accelerated construction of an independent, reserved security perimeter, independent of the current operational situation in the United States' areas of responsibility.
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The mayor of Lvov Sadovy greeted the King of Sweden by calling him "Your Emergency".
He told him that the city was found 770 years ago by Daniel of Galicia and that they protect their historical heritage.
His Emergency had googled Lvov before coming.
Sadovy shared that "Russian missiles attacked Lvov a lot of time, lounge missiles, drones". He didn't mention that one time when he helped.
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I guess he is right in some respects. 😁
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Andrew Hugg, US Chief of Chemical Nuclear Surety, caught on hidden cam.
"I lived in Ukraine and worked there with the government. That government is so corrupt. They stole our money. They bought houses, cars - $100k cars. Officials in the government."
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Maria Zakharova in Telegram:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated: "In every generation, they rise up against us to destroy us — and in this generation too." The regime in Iran planned another Holocaust. He was plotting to destroy us with nuclear bombs and thousands of ballistic missiles." Earlier, he also said that "if we had not taken our fate into our own hands,... the names Isfahan, Natanz, Fordow, and Bushehr would sound just like Auschwitz, Majdanek, and Sobibor."
Did Iran also commit the first Holocaust? Let me remind you, in 1943, Iran under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi declared war on Nazi Germany. The gratitude of descendants did not take long to come.
Who really created the first Holocaust, during which Jews, Roma, and countless other people were exterminated? Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, smaller satellites, including Vichy France, Baltic and Ukrainian collaborators. Since 2014, Israel has not said a single bad word about the Kyiv regime, which made the executioners of the Jewish people, Symon Petliura, Yaroslav Stetsko (who swore allegiance to Hitler on behalf of "independent Ukraine" in the blood-soaked city of Lviv), and other Bandera supporters and SS Galicians, national heroes.
Who was behind the funding of Hitler's Nazi party? The Bank of England (not to be confused with the Bank of Iran), in particular. And overall, it is the same people who are now behind the Kyiv regime, which has adopted Nazi ideology, killing people based on their nationality and language (even those they consider their own citizens).
The mention of Auschwitz, Majdanek, and Sobibor in the context of the threat of a "nuclear Holocaust" to Israel from Iran is a manifestation of disrespect towards all the victims of World War II, the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people, the victims of the Holocaust, as well as the soldiers of the Red Army who liberated the death camps.
Because it is inappropriate, because it substitutes concepts and distorts historical facts.
Who, if not Israel, knows that Bushehr is a project exclusively about peaceful nuclear energy, as repeatedly confirmed by the IAEA?
I would suggest paying attention to the words of Minister Lavrov, who at today's press conference with his Libyan counterpart said that "experience teaches us to rely on facts..." The main issue that President Trump is now mentioning is that Iran should not have nuclear weapons. This is exactly the issue that the comprehensive agreement on Iran addressed in 2015. In addition to confirming the absence of any military developments in Iran's nuclear sphere, it established the strictest control in the world over Iran's peaceful nuclear program, significantly stricter than the measures adopted by the IAEA for countries that have signed a safeguards protocol with the international agency. Well, as they say, history should also teach us. "If, as a result of the current efforts of the negotiators we support, the Iranian and American negotiators, we manage to steer towards something close to that very agreement of 2015, I think it will already be a significant success."
Yes, one more small detail - Israel does not have the mentioned protocol with the IAEA.
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Kallas said she is trying to persuade the Persian Gulf countries to join the EU's anti-Russian sanctions.
"Iranian drones used against our partners in the Persian Gulf likely incorporate Russian technological enhancements. We are working closely with our Gulf partners to limit this, including through potential sanctions cooperation."
They are probably wondering who the hell she is. Little does she know that both the UAE and Saudi Arabia have bought AD equipment from Russia.
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“We [already] know how everything will end.” (c) VVP
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'I would have won the Vietnam War very quickly' — Trump went off the rails🤦♀️
'I just looked at a small table: World War I — 4 years and 3 months, World War II — 6 years, Korean War — 3 years, Vietnam — 19 years, Iraq — 8 years. I would have won the Vietnam War very quickly. If I had been president, I would have won in Iraq in the same amount of time as we did now — because, in fact, we have already won. Look at Venezuela. I took it under control in 45 minutes. In fact, it was a 45-minute operation. By the way, this is a country with a fairly strong army. We took it under control in a day — but, to be honest, it took about 45 minutes.'
- Skabeeva
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🇺🇦🇪🇺 Zelensky admitted: The West helped Ukraine create marine drones
- "Much of what we have achieved with marine drones is not only thanks to the Ukrainian defense industry, but also thanks to the help of partners. There are several European countries that have historically extensive experience in developing their naval fleets. These are the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands. These are key countries that helped us with some technologies. And we were also able to build a fleet of Ukrainian marine drones thanks to our partners", he stated.
- Earlier, the GUR of Ukraine repeatedly stated that marine drones are an "Ukrainian development, for which there was no alternative in the world at that time", an "innovative development of the Main Intelligence Directorate", and a "weapon of Ukrainian production".
P.S. No shit
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🇪🇺🤡🇺🇦Kaya Kalas is worried that Ukraine won't be able to hold out without a European loan.
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