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Watching the Clash of Civilizations, the Fall of Russia and the U.S. Four and a half decades of Foreign Policy & International Security, Intelligence, Crude Oil, Energy. Inside knowledge. All retired or not much.
Germany should deploy Taurus missile unit in Ukraine to strike North Korean missile unit in Russia. This is WW III anyway. The sooner Europe acts decisively the better.
The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 3h ago⚡️North Korea deploying ballistic missile unit to Russia to wage attacks on Ukraine, intelligence says. The unit, deployed in the region bordering Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, is believed to have six launchers and 120 ballistic missiles, according to the report.
Russia can launch about 100 ballistic missiles per month, businesses should restructure logistics - presidential adviser. #news #uazmi #war #sport #tech #ukraine #russia Russia has the capability to strike Ukraine with approximately 100 ballistic missiles per month, and will ther...
Russia can launch about 100 ballistic missiles per month, businesses should restructure logistics - presidential adviser.
Russia has the capability to strike Ukraine with approximately 100 ballistic missiles per month, and will therefore increase attacks on warehouses and transp...
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One more time (we'll keep on saying this): - Ukraine destroys Russian largest e-commerce warehouses (smaller ones can be easily build and dispersed; large ones are being built in neighboring Kazakhstan); - Russia destroys largest Ukrainian cities. See the difference. Wrong war strategy.
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 11h ago🔝🔝🔝
🇺🇦❗️🇰🇵 Reuters: Ukraine's military intelligence says North Korea has begun deploying a missile unit to western Russia, with plans to provide up to 120 ballistic missiles and 6 launchers for use against Ukraine.
We also wrote a long time ago: the Kremlin is well aware that all bridges have been burned and there is no turning back for Putin. He demands Zelensky and Europe's (AND EUROPE'S!) surrender. What negotiations and compromises with new Hitler are Zelensky and the Europeans talking about?
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦@pravda.ua · 10h ago💔 They missed the last train: eight people killed at railway station in Brovary district
We wrote a long time ago that ALL RUSSIANS living in Germany should be DEPORTED either back to Russia or to Africa (yes, ICE style). By definition, there should be no legal protection for Russians in Europe during the war with Russia. It's just crazy to apply to Russians the same democratic rules.
(((Tendar)))@tendar.bsky.social · 10h agoThe discovery triggered a major police operation, forcing a temporary airport shutdown and flight diversions while bomb disposal robots inspected the site. Investigators suspect Russian sabotage.
All you Trump backers who lie about supporting Ukraine…this is what you actually support. These Ukrainians are being killed partly through the policy choices of the Trump administration. The USA could have saved many of these lives but chose not to. www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/e...
Russian attack kills 17 in Kyiv region, Zelensky says | CNN
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital and nearby areas have killed 17 people and wounded dozens of others overnight, officials said, as both sides step up attacks on facilities that underpin daily life...
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Russia launched a blistering ballistic missile attack on Kyiv and its suburbs before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow takes advantage of Kyiv’s depleted air defenses.
Russia’s Deadly Missile Attack on Kyiv Exploits Ukraine’s Depleted Air Defenses
At least 17 people were killed, officials said, as the country runs desperately low on interceptor missiles that could fend off Russian bombardments.
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Some time ago, we wrote that Russia, having failed the complete capture of Donbas, came to the conclusion that it was necessary not just to escalate the bombing of Ukraine, but to methodically destroy Kyiv. Europe demonstrates either its inability to understand what is going on, or its helplessness.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 9h agoZelenskyy rails at lack of anti-missile defences amid deadly Russian attack on Kyiv – Europe live
Iran Update Special Report, 08.04.26: US officials & Iranian negotiators present competing interpretations of the emerging arrangement on the strait. The Iranians’ inconsistent messaging is likely due to the competing Iranian regime factions’ approaches. (1/6) Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate08...
A nightmarish development of this war. There is very little left before the use of a nuclear weapon by the Russians.
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 19h ago❗️Cluster munitions explode in Kyiv after strikes! The Russians are covering the capital with ballistics, which instantly break into small pieces after the explosion.
1/2 #Ukriane I and others often write about Ukrainian successes. They are real, and things are getting better than last year, but it is incredibly important to stay focused: ▶️The chance of #Russia collapsing is small. ▶️Putin has not changed his war goals. ▶️There will be no negotiations. ⤵️
Mick Ryan@warinthefuture.bsky.social · 2d ago“Kyiv may be in the best position in the war since 2022, but the Kremlin believes it will crush the will of Ukraine & its friends this winter. Russia may be struggling, but Putin has not exhausted his options. He still wants to fight for as long as possible.” www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/why-...
“Our future may depend in part on American voters deciding to give Congress a spinal transplant. But that requires us to…see the catastrophe coming and act decisively before a terrible war swallows the world.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The War That Could Swallow the World
Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.
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UEFA wants to kick Infantino out of FIFA for a good reason. But why does no one raise the issue of expelling the leaders of the International Olympic Committee, from which all these decisions to admit Russians originated?
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦@pravda.ua · yesterday🤦♂️ Russia cleared to compete in next season's Volleyball Nations League
There was a time they in the US talked about 2+1/2 wars at once. Now they aren't prepared even for one conventional war if this is true: www.reuters.com/world/us-has... And NATO, it seems, is not ready for any war - neither old nor new.
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about th...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · yesterday🇺🇦👀 Ukraine is significantly ahead of NATO, which is preparing for the old war, — Zaluzhnyi "It is impossible to join, with the level of development that AFU has, an organization that possesses the doctrines of WW2... 1/2
On August 1, a Russian drone completely destroyed the shrine. This is the 337th Ukrainian church destroyed or damaged by Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The destruction of the church is yet another act of cultural genocide and a deliberate attack on Ukrainian shrines.
Clearly, Ukraine cannot do this alone [quickly]. So don't cry wolf. It must be a collective enterprise in the interests of all, including Europe. Joint US-EU-Ukraine production is the only way possible. Smart move.
hromadske@hromadske.bsky.social · yesterdayWashington is seeking opportunities for joint production with Ukraine and European partners. Whitaker noted that the priority is to enhance Ukraine's air defense capabilities quickly, which can be achieved by transferring surplus missiles or increasing production at U.S. factories.
A Russian FPV drone deliberately targeted a civilian food vendor at a market in Kherson. The 52-year-old man suffered blast trauma, shrapnel wounds and concussion. This is part of what Ukrainians call Russia's "human safari" terror campaign targeting Kherson residents. #Ukraine
We somehow missed this... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w... So, Fire Point is Zelensky's company. Standard post-Soviet style corruption scheme, nothing new for the Former Soviet Union. Both in Russia and in Ukraine, and in any other FSU state (probably less Baltic states) it is all the same. >>>
3 Years Ago It Was a Casting Agency. Now It Has $1 Billion in Drone Contracts.
Among the flood of Ukrainian defense start-ups, one stands out to both its supporters and its critics: the drone maker Fire Point.
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And all these hundreds of gas stations will eventually become the property of the largest oil companies with their own processing (and fuel imports when needed), and which are controlled by the Kremlin mobs.
The Ukrainian Review@theukrainianreview.bsky.social · yesterday⛽️ Hundreds of gas stations have begun closing in Russia due to the fuel crisis, - Izvestia From January to August, 322 stations were closed for repairs, a 70% increase compared to the same period last year. Closures affected 1.2% of the country's total number of operating gas stations (28,400).
Last night,Russian attacks killed& injured civilians in Mykolaiv,Sumy, Odesa region ▪️Sumy:Russian cluster munitions killed three civilians- an 89-year-old woman and two girls aged 5 & 10. ▪️Mykolaiv.Russians killed an 89-year-old woman &injured seven others, including two girls aged 2 & 12 📹Sumy 💔
”At least eight second-hand LNG tankers have been sold and subsequently used to carry Russian cargoes in the past six months” 🇷🇺 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Russia expands shadow LNG fleet to beat EU crackdown
Russia expands shadow LNG fleet to beat EU crackdown
Growing number of ships will help Moscow continue exporting liquefied natural gas when sanctions tighten next year
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"Women in Russia" where everything is under the government's control including wire transfers. So, "women in Russia" mean intelligence operatives.
Jason Leopold@jasonleopold.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW/EXCLUSIVE: Deutsche Bank failed to promptly report to US authorities more than $250M in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein, including funds used to pay women in Russia & other Eastern European countries, according to a new report from @wyden.senate.gov 🎁 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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An Emerging Deal Between Iran and Oman to Reopen Hormuz Would Come at a Cost for Trump (Gift Article)
The deal would address President Trump’s most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again. But it would give Iran strategic leverage it did not have before the war.
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Of course talks are underway. Trump just thinks that Oman is part of the United States, same as Qatar.
CYNC Verity Media@cvmedia.bsky.social · 2d agoOpinion: Trump is becoming the boy who cried wolf as Iran openly rejects his claims that talks are underway, despite repeated announcements of imminent attacks followed by last-minute reversals. #Iran #USA #Trump www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Europe needs Ukraine far more for its security than Trump's unreliable USA. Europe's security is solidified by liberating all of Ukraine and building up the capabilities to unflinchingly deter Russia and their Chinese overlords
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦@pravda.ua · 2d ago‼️ "Twelve years of fairy tales": former commander-in-chief Zaluzhnyi says Ukraine will never join NATO
‼️ "Twelve years of fairy tales": former commander-in-chief Zaluzhnyi says Ukraine will never join NATO
"Twelve years of fairy tales": former commander-in-chief Zaluzhnyi says Ukraine will never join NATO
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's ambassador to the UK, has said he does not believe Ukraine will ever become a member of NATO and argued that the country should instead focus on developing other security ...
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