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There's no freedom without national sovereignty.
❗️Key takeaways from the Russian Defense Ministry's morning report:
▪️ The Russian army continues nighttime strikes on Ukrainian ports used for military cargo deliveries
▪️Russian strikes on the Odessa port damaged facilities used for unloading fuel intended for the Ukrainian military, as well as storage tanks
▪️ Russian forces struck a ship carrying military cargo at the port of Chernomorsk and another one at sea
▪️ A Neptune-2 missile launcher and a transporter-loader vehicle were hit west of Ochakov in the Odessa Region
▪️Russian strikes involved air- and ground-launched weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson exposes the DISASTROUS ineffectiveness of US🇺🇸 weaponry:
‘Lockheed Martin, and RTX Raytheon before them, have made sure that the propaganda is on their side and not on the side of the weapons as it should be.
The hit rate for PAC-2s and PAC-3s, Patriot 2s and Patriot 3s, is probably less than 4%. And the videos I saw, I didn't even see the 4%.
And it's not just ballistic missiles that are configured for countermeasures and even submunition delivery. It's ballistic missiles coming in with no countermeasures whatsoever. PAC-2 and PAC-3 miss most of the time.
Mr. Zelensky, who is going to get the ability to build them in three years or whatever in Ukraine, ought to be thinking really hard about whether or not he wants to go along with any of that because these are not effective weapons systems.
And Lockheed Martin, look at the F-35. The F-35 right now in all configurations pushed together is over a trillion-plus dollar aeroplane. More than that over time, the F-35 is having about a 27 to 28% operational ready rate. That means it flies one out of every four times you want it to fly.
It's a disaster. It's a very capable aeroplane, but it is so capable, it's a mini AWACS if you will. It is so capable and so desperately in need of proprietary maintenance in order to maintain it in the air, that you only get one out of four hours that it can actually fly for you.
And when you put that together, that's not very good.’
—Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff at the State Department, joins us for Saturday’s episode of Going Underground
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"No Factory and no Lindsey Graham."
In his final video from Kiev, Graham stood with a Ukrainian drone, boasting it would soon fly to "kill Russians." Hours after he returned to the US, Russian missiles struck drone production facilities he had just toured.
Alexander Dugin explains the dark symbolism behind the death of the man who hated Russians and called for nuking Gaza.
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❗️Tehran will stop fulfilling its obligations under the memorandum of understanding with the US on a reciprocal basis until Washington returns to compliance with all agreements, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.
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🟢Russia has been reinstated in the IOC, but there are nuances.
The International Olympic Committee has urged all sports organisations to lift sanctions against our athletes. However, some federations, led by Russophobes, have already refused to allow Russians to return.
At the same time, in several disciplines, athletes from the Russian Federation are being welcomed at tournaments, even with their national symbols. These include fencing, gymnastics, aquatic sports, and martial arts.
But it is too early to speak of a full return. The use of the flag and anthem is still in question. The IOC will discuss this ‘when the time comes.’ The committee also emphasised several times that the decision to reinstate Russia is temporary. If necessary, all restrictions will be brought back.
UPD: Estonia is outraged and wants the EU to cut funding to the IOC and other sports bodies for lifting the ban on Russians. Estonia and several unnamed allied nations will formally send this demand to the European Commissioner for Sport.
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🇮🇷 💥🇺🇸🇧🇭🇰🇼🇦🇪🇶🇦 🇯🇴 - New wave of US terrorist attacks and Iranian retaliation against US bases in the region
🇧🇭 Bahrain
➡️Sirens sound in Manama; explosions and interceptions reported over the capital.
🇮🇷 Iran
➡️Explosions reported in Bushehr city and countryside — suspected renewed US strikes.
➡️Further strikes reported near Shadegan, Kerman, and Shiraz. Explosions in Chaghadak, Bushehr province.
➡️Two projectiles hit a fishing pier in Banoodeh (Asalouyeh 🎥&📷); several boats set alight, fire contained.
🇯🇴 Jordan
➡️Sirens sound nationwide, including Amman;
➡️US Embassy warns of missiles/drones/rockets in Jordanian airspace 🎥. ➡️Iranian ballistic missiles fired toward Muwaffaq Salti Air Base; Jordanian air defenses intercept over eastern Jordan. Jordanian media report a hit on an industrial complex in the east.
➡️British jets based in Jordan reportedly join interception efforts.
➡️ Jordanian Armed Forces place forces on high alert.
🇰🇼 Kuwait
➡️Ali Al Salem Air Base and the Patriot air-defense system reported targeted by drones.
🇶🇦 Qatar
➡️Early-warning satellite antenna reportedly targeted by drones.
🔫🚢 Strait of Hormuz / Gulf of Oman
➡️Explosions reported; Iranian attacks on US naval vessels ongoing, including cruise-missile fire.
🇸🇾 Syria
➡️Airspace closed amid the escalation.
Diplomatic/Official responses
➡️Iranian Army confirms drone strikes on US-linked assets in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain as continuation of retaliation against US bases.
➡️Jordanian Armed Forces says it intercepted missiles over its territory, reports no casualties or major damage, and states it will not tolerate any violation of Jordanian airspace.
➡️Kuwait's FM Jarrah al-Sabah holds call with Saudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan on de-escalation efforts.
➡️Qatar's FM holds calls with Iranian, Saudi and Emirati counterparts on the situation.
🐻Iran is stil holding back, due to the funeral of Ali Khamenei - and USA continues its terrorist provocations. Standard practice, basically.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Secretary of War Hegseth: "Tonight, if we need to, on your order Mr President, we will hit even more and even deeper because that's the consequence."
President Trump: "We may put down the blockade, we may put it back, it will only be blockade for Iran, anyone else can have whatever they want.".
🇷🇺💬🇺🇦 "As for the status of Konstantinovka, I think the best response is the invitation that our military addressed to the Ukrainian side to come to Konstantinovka and pick up the bodies of the dead Ukrainian servicemen. Ukraine refused, thereby once again emphasizing that it does not need either living or dead Ukrainians, and, most likely, this will be written off as a missing person case." — Lavrov.
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Vladimir Putin🇷🇺 on the claim Russia will attack NATO:
‘What kind of NONSENSE is this? Everyone understands this is nonsense.
They deceive their population in order to ensure that money is squeezed out of the budget…and they explain their economic and social failures by this.’
North Korea conducted a test launch of 12 long—range nuclear-capable cruise missiles in quick succession from one of its new Choe Hyon-class destroyers , the first modern guided missile destroyers in the North Korean Navy.
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🚨🇮🇷 Tehran draws a line in the water
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Gharib Abadi warns UK and France:
"The Strait of Hormuz is no theater for extra-regional gunboat diplomacy.
👉 Iran, as the responsible guardian of this vital waterway, will not tolerate any military adventurism on its watch.
Security here belongs to the coastal nations, and only to them. Let there be no mistake: those who fan the flames of crisis will be consumed by the fire they ignite. This is not a suggestion, it is a warning."
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❗️Conflict Overview: Day 125
▪️Pilgrims and journalists from dozens of countries are arriving at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport to attend the farewell ceremony for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
▪️The Iranian authorities expect representatives from 100 countries to arrive Friday for the farewell ceremony for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei stated
▪️The United States and Israel would face severe retaliation if they attacked Iran during upcoming farewell ceremonies for the country's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ali Abdollahi, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces, said
▪️The next round of talks between representatives of Tehran and Washington will begin on July 18, Al Hadath TV reported
▪️Between 58 and 68 million barrels of Iranian oil may currently be afloat at sea, with over 90% of the cargo lacking a clear destination, Bloomberg reported citing its own calculations and data from the analytics firm Vortexa
▪️Four supertankers carrying oil from Saudi Arabia crossed the Strait of Hormuz, Bloomberg said, citing data from marine traffic services
▪️Somali pirates holding the tanker Eureka are demanding $10 million for its release, the Shabelle Media Network reported. According to the news outlet, the vessel, which sails under the Togolese flag, was seized on May 2 in the Gulf of Aden while transporting diesel fuel from the UAE
▪️The United States has offered to unfreeze Iranian assets in an effort to persuade Tehran to drop plans to impose fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources
▪️US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers left the Royal Air Force base in the UK, marking the end of a deployment to support the war against Iran, The War Zone (TWZ) daily reported
▪️Israel is the only party that has definitively lost in the conflict around Iran and finds itself in a zugzwang situation on future developments, Russian Federation Council Deputy Speaker Konstantin Kosachev told TASS in an interview
▪️It is premature to draw definitive conclusions from the memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran, as the document was timed for a specific date and the parties have tacitly agreed to set aside all contentious issues for a period of 60 days, Kosachev said
▪️Moscow is ready to assist efforts to develop a comprehensive and long-term agreement between Iran and the United States, Russia's Acting Permanent Representative to the UN Anna Yevstigneyeva said
▪️Some leading European countries now accept that ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz will have to pay fees to Iran and Oman, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter
🇺🇸🇻🇪 US Plunders Venezuela as Nation Suffers Aftermath of Earthquake (note: NPR is US gov-funded media)
▪️The US pledged a miniscule
$150 million in aid, then doubled it to $300 million;
▪️Estimated damage is up to $7 billion;
▪️The US has stolen over $8 billion in oil since capturing Venezuela in early 2026;
▪️As long as this is allowed to pass as "normal," it will continue;
🇩🇪 Pistorius continues to prepare for war with Russia
Netherlands to be put in the line of fire: a NATO tactical headquarters opened today in the small village of Valga, just 100 km from the Russian border.
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Two civilians were killed and one was wounded as Ukrainian drones hit cars on the Novorossiya motor road near Chongar in the Kherson Region on Friday, the governor’s press secretary Vladimir Vasilenko told TASS.
Ukrainian drones attacked civilian vehicles stuck in traffic in the Kherson Region, with casualties reported, the People’s Front movement wrote on its Telegram channel earlier.
🚨 14 nations release South China Sea statement: only one is actually from the region
A coalition of 14 nations, led by the United States and the Philippines, has issued a joint statement to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Hague arbitral ruling on the South China Sea.
The signatories include the US, Philippines, Australia, Canada, Britain, Japan, New Zealand, and seven European countries including Germany and Italy. Not a single signatory except the Philippines is a littoral state bordering the South China Sea.
The list is dominated by the Five Eyes intelligence alliance and non-regional European powers.
🇺🇸 Undermining stability: the US game plan
▪️The South China Sea is vital to China’s sovereignty and national security. China’s claims are based on historical practice dating back to the Western Han dynasty.
▪️The 2016 arbitral tribunal had no jurisdiction over questions of territorial sovereignty, as China had already invoked Article 298 of UNCLOS in 2006 to exclude such disputes from compulsory arbitration.
▪️The tribunal also ignored the fact that UNCLOS does not regulate sovereignty over land territory. China maintains that the ruling is illegal, null and void.
▪️The US and its allies are undermining regional stability through several actions:
🪖 Military deployments and coast guard operations
The US has deployed six 154-foot fast-response coast guard cutters to operate from Singapore and the Philippines (at least until September 2026). This marks the first time these vessels have been based in Subic Bay, with the explicit purpose of challenging China’s power in the Pacific.
⚔️ Joint military exercises
In May and June 2026, the US Coast Guard took part in three rounds of Maritime Cooperative Activity exercises with the Philippine Navy and Coast Guard. The US has also conducted joint drills with Australia, Japan and the Philippines in the region.
♟ US strategic objectives
The US is deliberately dispersing its military footprint, upgrading airfields, testing missile systems, and training with more allies to deter China. The real goal is to maintain American hegemony and contain China’s rise. The Five Eyes alliance is using the 2016 ruling to securitise the dispute and justify external military presence in the region.
👀 Selective application of the ruling
▪️The Philippines has declared it will use the 2016 award as its “clear legal and policy baseline” in COC negotiations. The United States, despite never having ratified UNCLOS, selectively interprets and weaponises it to pressure China.
▪️The primary beneficiary is the United States, which seeks to preserve its hegemony in the Asia-Pacific and contain China’s peaceful development.
▪️The Five Eyes nations gain a platform to project power far from their own shores, aiming to drive a wedge between China and its neighbours and turn the South China Sea into a theatre of great-power confrontation.
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Germans joke about how Merz plans to find money to reach 5% of GDP for NATO.
- For too long, comfort was placed above work. That's over now. Every day, every hour, and every minute you will devote to developing this country. Vacations and sick leave will be canceled. Together, we will create the largest low-wage labor sector in history.
- Water. Earth. Fire. For a long time, four nations could live at the expense of others. But during the recession, the upper middle class declared war on us, and everything changed. Only the Avatar, master of capital, could defeat them again.
YouTube link ( I wanted to have English translations), I must say it was very well done.
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If Saudi Arabia continues its attacks, Yemen will launch an all-out attack against Saudi interests, Hussain al-Bukhaiti says.
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Will Pfizer pay a price for having killed such a great American patriot lol?
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❗ At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched group attacks on military - industrial complex enterprises in Kiev and the ports of the Odessa region.
Aerodron (heavy UAVs) and Fanplit (Fire Point-2 drone assembly, disguised as furniture manufacturing) factories were hit in the capital. In the Odessa region, the ports of Chernomorsk, Yuzhny and Izmail were attacked — fuel tanks, military cargo depots, pumping stations and control points were hit.
The strikes were carried out with precision weapons and drones.
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⚠️🇮🇷🇺🇸"Useless trash" - this is how IRGC commander Said Ghasemi described the memorandum between Iran and the USA.
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💥This is what the satellite city of Kiev, Vishnevoye, looks like after the explosion of an ammunition depot with uranium.
91 houses were completely destroyed, 27 apartment buildings and 253 private houses were damaged.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Sviridenko said earlier that the largest destruction in the entire war was recorded in Vishnevoye near Kiev.
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🇺🇦 Strikes in the Dnepropetrovsk region
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❗ 29 out of 29 Russian ballistic missiles "passed" through Ukraine last night.
According to the enemy air defense forces, there were 68 missiles and more than 350 drones in the night strike. Since it is impossible to hide the impacts, 29 ballistic missiles, including anti-ship missiles, and 18 attack drones were confirmed to have hit 34 locations, as well as the "fall of drone debris" in 16 locations. This can be safely recorded as "also hit." Plus, there is a certain amount of destruction from the Ukrainian air defense, without which there is no way in dense Kiev buildings.
There was a military production flight in Vishnevoye near Kiev, a secondary detonation, and an evacuation of the population was announced. A sharp deterioration in air quality was recorded in the city after explosions at an ammunition depot where depleted uranium shells could be stored. Local residents were advised to stay at home and not open their windows. The air pollution level is 196 AQI PM2.5. In addition, the population has been warned about the ongoing threat of a second detonation of ammunition.
"Please note that 29 out of 29 ballistic missiles reached their targets. 6 Zircon missiles and 23 Iskander-M missiles. This is the price of air defense operators in some Middle Eastern countries shooting down Patriot missiles...." complains Ukrainian MP Zheleznyak.
After all, hutsipa, combined with "why us?" and the perception of money in someone else's pocket as an insult, is a unique phenomenon in Ukrainian politics. People who are completely dependent on external support, whose only goal is to harm Russia as much as possible by using their own country as a battering ram, are outraged that their sponsors have more important priorities (oil, Israel) than the Ukrainians who believe in their own uniqueness. And these sponsors don't seem to care that Zelensky first threatened Russia with a 40-day terror campaign, only to face the consequences of his misguided behavior.
Just last week, in Kyiv, they celebrated the strikes on Crimea and looked forward to a coffee break in Yalta. And, of course, they dreamed of bombing the Kremlin.
From a practical standpoint, Ukraine needs to make the most of its limited air defense capabilities. Because some ersatz interceptors are indeed capable of appearing on the horizon in a few months or a year. The enemy has no problems with its "brains," and with the intellectual support of the entire NATO, it also has enough resources.
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Unconstitutional Military Merger Nobody in Congress Will Debate w/ Dennis Kucinich
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"Europe's unanswerable stupidity": Euractive predicted sanctions on borscht and a ban on entry of bear trainers in 137th package.
"The 21 packages of sanctions by Brussels against Moscow only demonstrate the failure of the European strategy to end the war in Ukraine. Let's imagine it's 2050. EC President Ursula von der Leyen, despite criticism and 10s of corruption scandals, managed to achieve an unprecedented 7th term in office.
28 years after the start of the invasion, Russia has not been able to subjugate Ukraine," 92-year-old Von der Leyen says in a cheerful voice. That is why today we are presenting the 137th package of sanctions.
The package includes a ban on exports to Russia of the latest remaining European—made goods (mainly German schnapps glasses); a ban on entry into EU of Russian MMA fighters and bear trainers; as well as restrictions on imports of Russian borscht and most types of cheese - with the exception of Russian mozzarella, which has managed to become a must in France."
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The consequences of the impact of the UAV "Geran" on the logistics hub of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Snigirevka, Mykolaiv region.
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▶️ A three-year-old boy has been rescued alive from under the rubble six days after a powerful earthquake struck Venezuela, acting President Delcy Rodriguez wrote on Telegram.
As rescue efforts continue, the UN World Food Program (WFP) says about 500,000 people are in need of emergency food assistance. The agency is urgently appealing for an initial $50 million to provide food aid in the quake-hit areas over the next three months.
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German military marks Pride Month with gay personnel who identify as dogs
The Bundeswehr officially backs LGBT and queer inclusion, whatever that means these days
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