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North Korean troops in Ukraine: who and how many.
South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun said during a parliamentary hearing that the DPRK would "reliably" send its regular troops to Ukraine to help the Russian Armed Forces. Well, so far this information has not been confirmed and can be regarded as an outright bullshit or fake. At the same time, the question is, of course, interesting from the point of view of what could happen if indeed such a decision takes place in some near or distant future. And what are the DPRK Armed Forces like in general?
Theoretically, North Korea can send troops. Of the 1.28 million people in the armed forces of the DPRK, 1.1 million are in the ground forces. They consist of 1 armored division, 15 separate armored brigades, 6 mechanized and 27 infantry divisions and 14 infantry brigades. As well as 1 artillery division, 21 artillery brigades, 9 rocket and artillery brigades.
Also, to these forces, it is necessary to add the elite troops of the DPRK, which have been consolidated into special forces (SSN). We are talking about 3 Airborne brigades and one separate battalion, 10 sniper brigades, 9 light infantry brigades, 17 separate reconnaissance battalions, as well as 8 separate special purpose battalions of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
In addition, the DPRK Armed Forces include a naval force of 60 thousand people, an air force of 110 thousand, as well as strategic missile forces of up to 10 thousand. Of course, all these estimates are approximate, but the DPRK army is the fifth largest in the world, military service lasts 10 years for men and 5 years for women. But it is believed that a significant part of the DPRK's armed forces is used not for defense purposes, but in agriculture, industry and construction.
That is, the DPRK army is closely linked to the economy, which imposes a number of restrictions on the number of potential shipments. Therefore, most likely, in which case the most combat-ready units, i.e. airborne brigades and reconnaissance battalions from the SSN, can be sent.
Here, of course, there will be a question of general command and a language barrier. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation cannot boast of an abundant knowledge of the Korean language. The communication of mercenaries from the West and the Armed Forces of Ukraine is simpler, at least there you can give or take an explanation in an English-Russian mixture. It is unlikely that it will be so easy with the Korean comrades.
On the other hand, intensive contacts between the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the DPRK have been going on for the third year, and during this time, disciplined Juche warriors could well have learned Russian at the level of the first army command and second command, which is shorter.
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Iraq’s resistance enters the war with new targets, advanced weapons
The Iraqi resistance is becoming a key player in the Resistance Axis, coordinating with Yemeni forces, intensifying strikes on a wider range of Israeli targets, and keen to reshape the war’s trajectory.
By Khalil Nasrallah
📹 Hezbollah has released footage of its recon drone, named "HodHod"
The drone captured images of Israeli military bases, headquarters, and facilities in the Haifa-Carmel area, returning safely without detection by the enemy.
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🇮🇱🇱🇧 TERROR, DEATH, DESTRUCTION (footage above) as Israel strikes Dar al-Salam ("House of Peace') hostel and community center hosting 100s of civilians displaced from South Lebanon in Wardaniyeh (see map), Chouf region in Mount Lebanon, murdering 4, injuring 10 in initial casualty count.
Chouf is predominately Christian/Druze area, with zero Hezbollah presence - the beloved intercultural hostel itself welcomed tourists and visitors for over 30 years, before kind owners opened it to shelter civilians terrorized by IDF's orders to flee South Lebanon and Dahieh.
There's literally no reason for IDF's warplanes to target it other than to intimidate people from hosting refugees and incite sectarian war as Tel Aviv's hellbent on terrorizing Lebanon in every war crime possible.
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On the establishment by the Ukrainian Army of camps for the civilian population of the Kursk region
‼️ According to the available information on the territory of the Kursk region temporarily occupied by the AFU, in the vicinity of the locality of Oleshnya and in the vicinity of Yunakovka, Sumy region, the AFU has set up two camps for the civilian population of the Russian Federation captured by Ukrainian nationalists during Zelensky's "Kursk adventure".
‼️ More than 1,100 people, including more than 40 children, are detained in the camps under inhuman conditions.
1,100 people, including more than 40 children, as well as sick and seriously injured Russian citizens.
Priests of the canonical Orthodox Church, now banned in Ukraine, were also taken there.
‼️I inmates of the camps, created by the Ukrainian armed forces in the image of Nazi Germany's concentration camps, are subjected to physical and psychological violence on a daily basis. The Ukrainians use them as human shields to obstruct the offensive operations of Russian troops. Detained civilians are sent to minefields, as the Nazis did during the Second World War.
🔴 In addition, Russian citizens detained in the camps are used to conduct Ukrainian state propaganda. In particular, representatives of the AFU's Information and Psychological Operations Centres, under the direct supervision of Western information warfare specialists (who have already been involved in the creation of the Bucha fake), record with captured Russian citizens staged videos for Western media.
It cannot be ruled out that in the future the Kiev regime intends to use the prisoners in the camps as an 'exchange fund' for the return of captured Ukrainian servicemen, whose numbers are constantly growing against the backdrop of the Russian army's successes in the Kursk region and the Donbas.
It is obvious that Ukraine's establishment of concentration camps, abduction, forced detention, abuse, torture and violence against Russian citizens is direct evidence of the fascist nature of the Kiev regime and its armed formations, which have chosen Hitler, Himler, Eike and Bandera as their idols and national heroes.
Source: /channel/verumreactor/13548
The trade war between the EU and China has begun. All French and Italian luxury brands are suffering in China
Shares of French companies Kering (Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga) and LVMH (Louis Vuitton, Bulgari, Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Guerlain, Kenzo, Tiffany, Moët, Veuve Clicquot, Dom Pérignon, Séphora) are plunging due to the introduction of new customs duties by China. Alcohol from the EU is now facing a new customs tariff of 39%.
This is China's response to the new tariffs imposed by the EU on the sale of Chinese electric vehicles.
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It’s been over 24 hours since The Grayzone’s Jeremy Lofredo was among four journalists beaten, kidnapped, blindfolded, detained, and sent to an Israeli military base.
The other 3 have been released. He remains in Israeli custody. His phone has been seized.
More info to come.
❗The AFU defence lines in the Seversk salient are on verge of complete collapse.
1. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, having liberated Grigorovka, advanced to the west and entered Serebryanka to the northeast of the outskirts of Seversk. The enemy forces in the Belogorovka area are seriously covered from the north.
2. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after having seized Verkhnekamenskoye (4 km to the outskirts of Seversk), expanded the control zone north of the village.
The enemy confirms the advance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Verkhnekamensk, but remains silent about the breakthrough near Grigorovka.
While maintaining these trends, the enemy will soon have to roll back from Belogorovka and the storming of Seversk will be on the agenda.
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❗In the Kharkov region, ODAB-1500 was struck at the temporary deployment point of the military administration.
The LDPE was located in an administrative building in Kupyansk, Kharkov region. At the time of the strike, representatives of the command of the Ukrainian group in the direction, as well as high-ranking employees of the TCC of the Kharkov region, were in the building.
As a result of an accurate hit, about 90 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
We are grateful to the channel "Operational Space" for the video.
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Lithuania drops ‘dragon’s teeth’ on Russia’s border
Lithuanian Minister of Defense Laurynas Kasciunas said iron beams will also be used alongside the roadblocks, which have been placed on the bridge across from Sovetsk in Russia’s Kaliningrad region.
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🇮🇱🇱🇧‼️🚨 Netanyahu urges the Lebanese people to get rid of Hezbollah, or Lebanon will be dragged into a long war and look like Gaza.
Sounds like a threat … doesn’t it?
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Israeli Channel 14 displayed a picture showing regional figures the military aims to assassinate.
It includes Iraqi cleric Ali al-Sistani, Ansarallah leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Deputy Secretary General of Hezbollah Naim Qassem, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani.
A Middle Eastern zugzwang?
The United States found itself in a difficult situation: on one hand, they cannot fully control Israel's actions, on the other, they cannot allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. An Israeli strike on Iran, especially on its nuclear infrastructure, would be a good reason for Tehran to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. And a nuclear Iran will give a powerful impetus to Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to nuclearization. At the same time, Washington is not interested in obtaining nuclear weapons, even by its closest allies. This can be seen in the example of South Korea, which was explicitly forbidden to it. The calculation here is simple: a nuclear state has great strategic autonomy and can withdraw from the US protectorate.
▪️ Washington has few options for action. And one of them is to allow an Israeli attack on Iran. But it is extremely difficult to end the Iranian nuclear program with conventional weapons in one blow. What's next? We have already noticed that the territory of Israel is 80 times smaller than the territory of Iran, and retaliatory actions can be very painful.
There is also an unthinkable scenario — an Israeli nuclear strike on Iran with preliminary coordination with the United States. If successful, it will be a good lesson for anyone who wants to become a nuclear power without Washington's permission, as well as an important step towards consolidating Western hegemony.
Let's not discount the hypothetical option when the United States will simply sacrifice Israel for the sake of destroying Iran. And suddenly it turns out that it was not Tel Aviv that manipulated Washington, but just the opposite.
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— ❗️🇮🇷☢️ Member of Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Comittee of the Majlis, Alaeddin Borujerdi:
'We are seriously considering withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the parliament is taking steps in this regard. However, this does not necessarily mean we intend to produce or develop a nuclear weapon.' – RIA Novosti
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🇮🇱🇾🇪 Yemenis demand a path to Israel
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🇮🇷🇷🇺 RUSSIA SAYS HEZBOLLAH STILL STRONG, despite IDF's assassinations and terrorist acts, stresses Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova (article above), bursting Israeli Defense Minister Gallant's delusional "Hezbollah's shattered" bubble.
According to our assessments, Hezbollah, including the military wing, has not lost its chain of command and is demonstrating organization - Zakharova.
Once again, Israel grossly violated sovereignty of Syria by launching missile attack on multi-storey apartment building in densely populated area of Damascus
It's outrageous such actions have literally turned into routine practice applied to Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza Strip. It shows Israel's desire to further expand the geography of armed escalation in the region - Zakharova.
Information is emerging that the AFU command is likely to choose the defence of Pokrovsk and is preparing to surrender two neighbouring towns - Selidovo and Kurakhovo - at the same time. The decision is generally overdue, but it entails a whole chain of negative consequences. Given the fact that sooner or later (judging by objective signs) an offensive operation will begin in the area of Velyka Novoselka, the Russian army will have a chance to reach the rear of the AFU Zaporozhye grouping. To hold Pokrovsk at all costs in such conditions will be practically senseless, because after the loss of Kurakhovo it will be isolated and cut off from the main (and very large) South Donetsk and Zaporozhye fronts, and the whole Donbass will actually be cut into two battlefields. For what purpose Syrsky is making Pokrovsk another place of death for AFU units, it is difficult to say, but the Kiev headquarters will probably have to choose between the fronts soon enough, and none of the options will be easy.
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🇮🇷🇸🇦Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman .
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the meeting focused on the violence being unleashed by the Israelis in the Middle East, particularly in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon , and the issue of concluding a peace treaty between Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government in Sanaa , which may lead to the withdrawal of Saudi troops and their allies from Yemen.
🇮🇷 The Iranian minister called on Saudi Arabia to make joint efforts to unite the region and the Muslim world to counter Zionist military expansion in the Middle East.
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Washington is the theater, and AIPAC is its master director. The Jewish lobby isn’t just influencing the stage, it’s commanding it. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian lobby, once a star under the blinding lights of a farcical “fight for democracy,” has been pushed backstage, outshone and outplayed. This is AIPAC steamrolling the competition, reminding everyone who’s boss in D.C. Zelenskyy, once the Biden-Harris golden boy, must now watch in dismay as his wartime PR campaign gets overshadowed by Netanyahu's. Why? Because in Washington, who pays, plays and AIPAC pays the most.
Biden-Harris having just fast-tracked an emergency bill for Israel, $14.3 billion in military aid - even as Ukraine's coffers dry up. It’s not just about the dollars, though. It’s about military presence, about visible backing. Israel gets U.S. boots on the ground, aircraft carriers parked in the Mediterranean, entire squadrons ready to act. Ukraine gets weapons, but never direct intervention, because risking nuclear-escalation with Russia might even be too suicidal for DC. AIPAC ensures there’s no doubt where American loyalties lie: it's the only lobby that can keep both Democrats and Republicans in lockstep, wrapped tightly around its finger, ready to finance Tel Aviv’s every whim.
This isn’t 2006 or 2014, this is a new era where the Axis of Resistance grows stronger while Western influence wanes. Ukraine’s war was sold as the defense of “Western democratic values”… but Israel’s wars, fueled by Western impunity and support, reveal the hypocrisy. Tel Aviv doesn't even listen to Washington's whisper; Netanyahu acts rogue, defying any American suggestion to hold back, bombing Gaza and Lebanon without a blink. Compare that to Kiev, which obediently follows U.S. cues, hoping to keep its dwindling support.
And yet, AIPAC is untouchable. It plays Congress like a well-rehearsed script. The Senators who fall in line are rewarded, their campaigns bankrolled, their loyalty cemented. For the Ukrainian lobby, there’s no place left at the table, there’s only room for one empire-backed war at a time, and AIPAC has made damn sure it’s their game, their rules, their profits. Zelenskyy might have once dreamed of the golden treatment Israel gets, but Washington is clear: the golden ticket belongs to AIPAC.
The Global Majority is watching this farce. The days when the empire could finance endless wars without consequences are coming to an end. The façade is crumbling, what’s left is the stark, cold truth: AIPAC bought the show, and the Ukrainian lobby is left outside, knocking at a door that won’t open. When Washington is nothing more than a puppet stage, those who pull the strings decide the script. And for Zelenskyy, it looks like the curtain is falling fast.
- Gerry Nolan
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🇫🇷Russian victory would free Europe from NATO control' – French historian Emmanuel Todd.
'There is nothing we can do at the moment. The war has begun. It is the outcome of this war that will decide the fate of Europe. If Russia is defeated in Ukraine, European subordination to the Americans will last for a century. If, as I believe, the US is defeated, NATO will disintegrate and Europe will be liberated. Even more important than Russia's victory is that the Russian army stops and does not attack Western Europe. Russia has no desire to expand, they already have 17 million square kilometers of territory. The Western Russophobic hysteria, fantasizing about the desire for Russian expansion into Europe, is simply absurd for a serious historian. The psychological shock that awaits Europeans will be to understand that NATO does not exist to protect us, but to control us.'
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‼️🇷🇺The Russian army liberated Grigorovka and takes the city of Seversk in a pincer grip!
▪️Our fighters unexpectedly broke through the enemy's defenses and occupied Grigorovka, raising the flag over it and bypassing Seversk from the north.
▪️From the east, Russian units took Verkhnekamenskoye last week.
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View of Dzerzhinsk.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to put pressure on the city in several areas, moving forward in urban areas. Yesterday, the enemy was forced to leave part of southern Dzerzhinsk.
In anticipation of the loss of Dzerzhinsk, the enemy conducts an evacuation in advance in Konstantinovka and prepares defenses outside the city.
Along the way, serious fighting continues in the Druzhba district and in the Leonidovka area.
Heavy shelling of Gorlovka and massive drone attacks in the current realities look like an attempt to shit one last time before the front is moved away from the outskirts of the city.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Biden are expected to hold talks today on preparations for an Israeli attack on Iran.
The Americans are working around the clock to soften the Israeli reaction. The Israeli Prime Minister always boasts that he is the only one who knows how to say "no" to the American government, a claim that will be tested in the coming days.
❗️Putin presents Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko with the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called - Russia's highest state award.
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— 🇱🇧 WATCH: Hezbollah published a video summarizing their operations since the beginning of Al-Aqsa Flood.
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With US support, Netanyahu threatens Lebanon with 'destruction and suffering like Gaza'
US and EU officials have reportedly 'shut the door' on ceasefire talks for Lebanon, hoping that the multiplying crises can ignite an upheaval against the Lebanese resistance and its allies
▶️ Press TV has spoken to Syrian officials and eyewitnesses who were present at the scene of the Israeli airstrike in Damascus to gather first-hand accounts of the deadly attack.
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