Pete McVries | OSINT

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112 coffins in Gaza today — a mass funeral for people killed in one IDF strike at the war's start, buried nearly three years late — per Al Jazeera. The rubble was the grave. The delay is the story. 📜

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “112 coffins in Gaza today — a mass funeral for people killed in one IDF strike at the war's start, buried nearly three years late — per Al Jazeera.”.

Ukraine went after the man, not the machine. A car bomb near Yekaterinburg critically injured Vladimir Tkachuk — director of Uraldronzavod, maker of the Upyr FPV drone — per The Guardian. Same 48 hours: 13 energy sites hit. 🪵

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Buckle in. Ukraine's drone units say they've now hit 15 Wildberries warehouses inside Russia — the country's largest retailer, treated as a logistics map — per Ukrainska Pravda. Not shopping. Supply chain. 🪵

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Buckle in. Ukraine's drone units say they've now hit 15 Wildberries warehouses inside Russia — the country's largest retailer, treated as a logistics map — per Ukrainska Pravda.”.

Real talk — ExxonMobil just DOUBLED its quarterly profit to $14.5 billion. That's about $160 million a day. Same quarter, your gas went up ~37% since the Iran war started. Here's the paper trail nobody's connecting.

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Real talk — ExxonMobil just DOUBLED its quarterly profit to $14.5 billion. That's about $160 million a day.”.

Real talk. 35 dead in a Darfur COURTROOM — hit by a Sudanese army drone mid-session — per BBC. Same 24 hours: 8 killed in Gaza, 5 Lebanese soldiers wounded at Bint Jbeil, two men hanged in Tehran. This is not one war. It's a system going load-bearing.

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Real talk. 35 dead in a Darfur COURTROOM — hit by a Sudanese army drone mid-session — per BBC. Same 24 hours: 8 killed in Gaza, 5 Lebanese soldiers wounded at Bint Jbeil, two men hanged in Tehran.”.

Buckle in. Trump called off what he billed as the "biggest attack since WWII" on Iran's energy sites — hours after the Saudi crown prince raised alarm and Tehran threatened the "fire of war" — per The Guardian. The strike stopped. Hormuz didn't.

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Buckle in. Trump called off what he billed as the "biggest attack since WWII" on Iran's energy sites — hours after the Saudi crown prince raised alarm and Tehran threatened the "fire of war" — per The Guardian.”.

Buckle in. Ukraine hit Saratov refinery and Engels airfield — home base of Russia's strategic bomber fleet — the same night 163 Russian drones came the other way, per Ukrainska Pravda. Both sides are now bombing the fuel, not the front. 🪵

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Two things are happening in the U.S. military at once, and it is no coincidence. The best officers are being pushed out for who they are — while the Iran war is run by the loyal instead of the capable. Here's the paper trail. 🪡

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Two things are happening in the U.S. military at once, and it is no coincidence. The best officers are being pushed out for who they are — while the Iran war is run by the loyal instead of the capable. Here's the paper trail. 🪡”.

A Russian cruise missile just cratered NATO soil in Poland — the first confirmed Russian munition to land on the alliance's territory. In any normal world this triggers Article 4. This time, Warsaw says there are no plans to. Here's why that silence matters. 🪡

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “A Russian cruise missile just cratered NATO soil in Poland — the first confirmed Russian munition to land on the alliance's territory. In any normal world this triggers Article 4. This time, Warsaw says there are no plans to. Here's why that silence matters. 🪡”.

Two tankers hit in 48 hours — one under US Navy escort in the Strait of Hormuz, one struck by an "unknown projectile" off Oman — per The Guardian and France 24. Then Trump cancelled the strike. Riyadh got to him first.

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Two tankers hit in 48 hours — one under US Navy escort in the Strait of Hormuz, one struck by an "unknown projectile" off Oman — per The Guardian and France 24.”.

Real talk — Trump had an Iran strike teed up and Saudi Arabia talked him out of it. He now says the attack is cancelled and a deal "perimeter" is set — per Al Jazeera, Aug 2. The Gulf, not Washington, set the ceiling. ⛓️

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Real talk — Trump had an Iran strike teed up and Saudi Arabia talked him out of it.”.

Buckle in. Ukraine hit Engels airfield — home of Russia's Tu-95MS and Tu-160 nuclear bombers — plus refineries at Saratov and Ufa, 1,700 km deep, in the same night — per Kyiv Post. The war just got a longer arm. 🗝️

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A Russian cruise missile just landed on NATO soil for the first time in history. The alliance's response was to look away. That isn't a glitch — it's the predictable result of a decade of the man in the Oval Office telling the world he admires the one who fired it. ⛓️

A Russian cruise missile just landed on NATO soil for the first time in history. The alliance's resp

Buckle in. An Iranian projectile hit a US-escorted tanker in the Strait of Hormuz at 02:15 UTC. By 04:00 Trump had the cabinet in a room. By 07:30 US jets were over Kermanshah — per The Guardian mid-east live. Three fronts opened in twelve hours. ⛓️

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Buckle in. An Iranian projectile hit a US-escorted tanker in the Strait of Hormuz at 02:15 UTC. By 04:00 Trump had the cabinet in a room. By 07:30 US jets were over Kermanshah — per The Guardian mid-east live.”.

Russia fired 27 ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight. Ukraine stopped one. Nine dead, four of them children — and it isn't a mystery. Kyiv is out of Patriot interceptors. The ones that stop the rest sit behind a decision Trump still hasn't made. 🪡

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Russia fired 27 ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight. Ukraine stopped one. Nine dead, four of them children — and it isn't a mystery. Kyiv is out of Patriot interceptors. The ones that stop the rest sit behind a decision Trump still hasn't made.”.

Real talk — the Global Front went dark today. Israeli forces blowing up structures near Lebanon's Beaufort Castle. A Sudanese classroom hit by a drone. Haiti registering voters at gunpoint. And almost none of it independently verified. The blackout IS the story. 🪡

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Real talk — the Global Front went dark today. Israeli forces blowing up structures near Lebanon's Beaufort Castle. A Sudanese classroom hit by a drone. Haiti registering voters at gunpoint. And almost none of it independently verified.”.

Buckle in. Russia fired 660+ drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight — Odesa high-rise burning, Brovary warehouses hit, Chernihiv grid down. Ukraine answered 1,500 km deep, torching Wildberries logistics hubs. The rear is the front now. 🗝️

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Buckle in. The pause is over — the US resumed air strikes on Iran after days of quiet, one day after the IRGC put missiles into US bases in Kuwait — per Al Jazeera. And now Washington and Riyadh are hitting Iraq too. This isn't a front. It's three. 📜

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Buckle in. The pause is over — the US resumed air strikes on Iran after days of quiet, one day after the IRGC put missiles into US bases in Kuwait — per Al Jazeera.”.

Buckle in. Iran fired ballistic missiles at US positions in Kuwait overnight — the first time Tehran has hit American targets on a third country's soil in this war — per Al Jazeera. Kuwait didn't choose this. It just became a front. 🪡

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Buckle in. Iran fired ballistic missiles at US positions in Kuwait overnight — the first time Tehran has hit American targets on a third country's soil in this war — per Al Jazeera. Kuwait didn't choose this. It just became a front.”.

Zelensky says Russia is massing 100,000 troops near Pokrovsk while Moscow throws 255 drones and ballistic missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight. Eight civilians dead. The summer offensive isn't coming. It's here. ⛓️

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Zelensky says Russia is massing 100,000 troops near Pokrovsk while Moscow throws 255 drones and ballistic missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight. Eight civilians dead. The summer offensive isn't coming. It's here.”.

Part 1 showed they hold oil down by flooding supply. Part 2 is the part that should scare you. While they suppress the price, America's emergency oil reserve sits near 15 days of cover. The buffer is almost gone. ⛓️

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Part 1 showed they hold oil down by flooding supply. Part 2 is the part that should scare you.”.

We noticed something odd: every time the Iran war escalates, oil falls. So we investigated. Jul 23 crude ran +15% on war fear. By Jul 28 it gave the entire move back. That is not panic — it looks engineered. 🪡

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “We noticed something odd: every time the Iran war escalates, oil falls. So we investigated.”.

Here's what happened today. Missiles hit Saudi Arabia — the first direct strike on Saudi soil in this war — and a single QatarEnergy LNG tanker crawled through Hormuz for the first time in three weeks. Escalation and a trickle of trade, same morning. 🪡

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Here's what happened today. Missiles hit Saudi Arabia — the first direct strike on Saudi soil in this war — and a single QatarEnergy LNG tanker crawled through Hormuz for the first time in three weeks. Escalation and a trickle of trade, same morning.”.

Jordan shot down Iranian missiles over its own sky today — a country that fights neither side became the corridor both sides use. The US then hit multiple targets inside Iran, and the IRGC promised retaliation. The map just got a new middle. ⛓️

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Jordan shot down Iranian missiles over its own sky today — a country that fights neither side became the corridor both sides use. The US then hit multiple targets inside Iran, and the IRGC promised retaliation. The map just got a new middle.”.

Kyiv burned overnight — 70+ missiles and 280 drones, at least 8 civilians dead, two of them children. Hours later, Ryazan's refinery went dark. And a 10-metre crater sits in a Polish field. ⛓️

Editorial hero image for an OSINT news thread titled “Kyiv burned overnight — 70+ missiles and 280 drones, at least 8 civilians dead, two of them children. Hours later, Ryazan's refinery went dark. And a 10-metre crater sits in a Polish field.”.