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Russia is in the 3rd year of a 3 day war.
Russia has lost more the 315,000 soldiers.
They’ve lost nearly 90% of the Russian prewar army.
Russia has lost 9 ships, including a flagship, to Ukraine which does not have a blue water navy.
Russia can end this by simply leaving from the pre-2014 borders of Ukraine.
Russia can stop their own damage tomorrow if they choose to.
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#Israel launches missile strikes into #Iran
The Israeli military has conducted missile strikes against Iran, a snr #UnitedStates #military ofcl told NPR Thurs. There are also reports of explosions in #Iraq & #Syria.
Iran's Fars News Agency says explosions were heard in the central city of #Isfahan, according to the Reuters News Agency.
The extent of Israel's strikes & the weapons used weren't clear.
#geopolitics #MiddleEast #war
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245763498/israel-iran-missile-strikes
We’ve all lived in relative safety, but those times are ending. Trump gave the autocratic world a taste of what a “sphere of influence” world would look like, and they’ve decided they aren’t going back.
Ready yourself for war to preserve the free world and hope it never comes. Be willing to sacrifice the comfort you’ve enjoyed to secure it for future generations throughout the West.
We have to protect each other above all else.
#Israel's #Gantz moves to dissolve parliament
Israeli war cabinet minister #BennyGantz's #centrist party has proposed holding a vote to dissolve #parliament in a bid to bring about an early #election, his party said in a statement on Thurs.
#MiddleEast #geopolitics #Netanyahu #Gaza #war #HumanitarianCrisis
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-gantz-moves-dissolve-parliament-statement-2024-05-30/
#Ukraine pierces #Russia border triggering
major battles
Ukraine strikes border area w/ #drones & #rockets.
Russia said on Wednesday that it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces which had penetrated Russia's #Kursk region in one of the largest incursions into Russia since the Ukraine #war began in Feb 2022.
#geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-keeps-up-air-attacks-russias-kursk-regional-governor-says-2024-08-07/
#IDF confirms strike on #Hezbollah commander in #Beirut, #Lebanon
The IDF said the commander is responsible for Saturday's strike that killed children playing soccer in #MajdalShams in the Israeli-controlled #GolanHeights.
#war #WarExpansion #WiderWar #RegionalConflict #MiddleEast #GlobalSecurity #geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #Israel #Netanyahu
https://abc7.com/post/israel-lebanon-strike-idf-says-targeted-senior-hezbollah/15122507/
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乌克兰将战斗转移到库尔斯克地区到目前为止已经三周。战略目标正在变得更加清晰 —— 不是军事目标，而是政治目标。
根据泽连斯基最近几天所说的话，并考虑到乌克兰“和平计划”的转变方式，这一目标更有可能是为了将西方更深地进入这场冲突，以便将其国际化。
从这个意义上说，主要的政治联系可以追溯到库尔斯克事件后乌克兰向世界发出的“信息”：「我们可以——这意味着我们必须——这意味着你不应该干涉我们—— 至少允许用你的武器进行打击俄罗斯领土上任何深度的任何目标。你们看到了俄罗斯人什么也做不了，所以它的核武器没什么可怕的，所以我们会赢的！」
必须强调这点，以免被误解：将欧洲直接拖入战争是乌克兰的合法军事政治战略。每个人都在尽力保护自己。从这个意义上讲，西方直接参与战争似乎是乌克兰在战争中取得军事胜利的唯一可以理解的战略。
至于西方将如何应对，那是另一个问题。但无论如何，库尔斯克的政治意义就在于此。
#乌克兰 #俄罗斯 #战争 #权力斗争 #美国大选 #Ukraine #Russia #War
JFC
#Iran is preparing an imminent #ballistic #missile attack against #Israel, a #WhiteHouse ofcl said Tues. The #UnitedStates is “actively supporting” Israel’s “defensive preparations…A direct #military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran.” The warning of a strike came after an Israeli security ofcl said Israeli troops crossed into south #Lebanon to “remove threats & to deal w/ #Hezbollah strongholds.”
#geopolitics #MiddleEast #war
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/01/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas-war-news-gaza/
Top #Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on #Beirut - 2 security sources
Top Hezbollah commander #IbrahimAqil was killed on Friday in an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburos, 2 #security sources told Reuters.
One of the sources said he was killed alongside members of Hezbollah's elite Radwan unit as they were holding a meeting.
#Israel #Lebanon #Iran #Gaza #MiddleEast #war #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/top-hezbollah-commander-killed-israeli-strike-beirut-two-security-sources-2024-09-20/
#Satellite footage suggests #Russia #ICBM launch test was a disaster
According to satellite photos, a Russian #Sarmat intercontinental #ballistic #missile probably detonated during a test earlier this month, raising questions about Russia’s #military capabilities & putting a dent in the Kremlin’s #nuclear saber rattling.
#geopolitics #war #Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/23/russia-sarmat-icbm-disaster/
Here’s what we’re reading today:
After Russia’s 2022 invasion of #Ukraine, satellite images revealed unusual activity at a former Cold #War #bioweapons site near #Moscow.
Satellite images showed renovations and new buildings, possibly high-containment bio-labs.
#Russia denies this.
WAR is such a stupid waste of human lives and resources just so that individuals can satisfy their fantasies of illusionary worldviews.
SO INFINITELY IGNORANT/DUMB are apparently many people to go along with this.
Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius warns Ukraine against agreeing to a deal that would involve sweeping territorial concessions in exchange for a Russian ceasefire. "Ukraine could have got a year ago what was included in that proposal, it is akin to a capitulation,” Pistorius said. “I cannot discern any added value.” Read more at @BBCNews:
#Putin has declared a 3-day pause in fighting against #Ukraine, but for bloodied Ukrainian soldiers limping into a field hospital, their wounds testified that the ceasefire was not being respected.
One soldier, who gave his name as Stanislav, sat in the field hospital on Friday night cradling his left arm. It was wrapped in gauze bandage, & blood was soaking through.
“There hasn’t been any ceasefire," said Stanislav.
#Russia #war #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/wounded-ukrainian-soldiers-ask-what-ceasefire-2025-05-10/
#Putin's #Oil Empire Gets Double Boost
The #US will not back an #EU proposal to impose a price cap on #RussianOil that seeks to curb revenues for Russian President Vladimir Putin's #war machine, acc/to Bloomberg.
#Russia could also benefit from the spike in oil prices following #Israel's attack on #Iran, a major producer of the commodity.
#geopolitics #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-putin-oil-sanctions-price-cap-2085549
Israel launched “extensive” new ground operations in the Gaza Strip while airstrikes in its new offensive reportedly killed at least 103 people. Read more from @AssociatedPress
the question everybody should be asking about Trump’s latest human trafficking of migrants should be, WHY TO SOUTH SUDAN?
https://journa.host/@w7voa/114543200547046651
is it because of Erik Prince and this mercenary business deals with the So. Sudan corruptocrats running the show?
“The return of Erik Prince: How a notorious military contractor maneuvered his way back inside Trump’s orbit | CNN Politics - https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/erik-prince-return-maneuvered-inside-trump-orbit
Call it the 911 presidency.
Despite insisting that the #US is rebounding from calamity under his watch, #Trump is harnessing #EmergencyPowers unlike any of his predecessors.
Whether it’s leveling punishing #tariffs, deploying #troops to the #border or sidelining #EnvironmentalRegulations, Trump has relied on rules & laws intended only for use in extraordinary circumstances like #war & #invasion.
#USpol #law #ExecutivePower #AbuseOfPower
https://apnews.com/article/trump-emergency-powers-tariffs-immigration-5cbe386d8f2cc4a374a5d005e618d76a
A rather poignant commentary on #war and the #environment
Because of radio frequency jamming, fiber optic #drones are being used by #Russia and #Ukraine on the frontlines
They just spool the fiber out as they fly
Apparently some areas look like giant spider webs everywhere from the endless #drone flights
And #birds are now using the waste of war to make their nests
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Aminatta Forna: Creative Conversations X UBelong
16 June, free online
A conversation with Aminatta Forna, award-winning author of the essay collection THE WINDOW SEAT: Notes from a Life in Motion, & more.
This event is part of the Building Solidarity & Kinship programme curated by Esraa Husain at the Refugee Festival Scotland 2025, developed in partnership with Creative Conversations and U Belong Glasgow.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aminatta-forna-creative-conversations-x-ubelong-tickets-1387176776079
#Trump to abruptly leave a #G7 in Canada a day ahead of schedule to *deal with* [right, cuz he’s so effective at diplomacy] the escalating conflict between #Iran & #Israel, amid Israeli pressure for the #US to intervene militarily to crush Iran’s #nuclear capabilities.
The White House propagandist, Karoline Leavitt, said that Trump left the 2-day summit “because of what is going on in the Middle East,” but did not elaborate.
#geopolitics #war
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/16/world/iran-israel-news/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share
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Reporter: Is the US moving closer to striking Iranian nuclear facilities?
TRUMP: I may do it, I may not do it. Nobody knows what I'm going to do. Iran's got a lot of trouble.
[yeah Nobody knows what you’re going to do because you are an unhinged chaotic reactionary crazy person. Also, the number of times this guy says, “I’ve never seen anything like this” he is the personification of the phrase “born yesterday”. Idiot]
#geopolitics #NationalSecurity #GlobalSecurity #MiddleEast #Iran #US #war
The calm in the #markets has been unnerving.
You might think the world has been enjoying a season so tranquil that the #stock, #bond & #currency markets have fallen asleep.
Yet the world has been anything but peaceful lately, whether in the #UnitedStates, #Ukraine or the #PersianGulf. And the #FederalReserve gave the markets another reason for concern on Wednesday when it held #InterestRates steady.
#economy #inflation #stagnation #tariffs #employment #immigration #war
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/business/stock-bond-market-investing-israel-iran-gulf.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare