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by Michael We are literally in the middle of World War III, but most Americans seem to be under the impression that everything is just fine. Stock prices just set a new record, Taylor Swift just got married, and most of us are partying like it is 1999. Meanwhile, Russian forces are gobbling up more …
🇨🇳 China’s army watched 4 years of drone warfare in Ukraine and decided to get very good at this very fast. Writer: Monica pic.twitter.com/VeiRry9vHz — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 26, 2026
Ukraine has joined Israel in trying to spike global oil prices. This is what they’re doing to Russia’s oil refineries. pic.twitter.com/kYVgTrZ6pP — ADAM (@adamemedia1) June 18, 2026
Ukraine send many drones to Moscow area. They hit Moscow Oil Refinery (Kapotnya, big fuel supplier for city) second time this week. Fire and black smoke visible. Russian say they shoot down almost 200 drones near Moscow, total 555 across country. But some get through and damage refinery. This cause air traffic disruption — all …
Slide 1: A draft President’s Daily Brief, written after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, details threats to Ukraine labs due to dangerous pathogen storage. Biden officials confirmed this on the record. The biolabs in Ukraine and other countries held and may continue to hold… pic.twitter.com/jlYe3mbVK7 — Office of the DNI (@ODNIgov) June 14, 2026 Slide 3: …
Russia says that it may respond to attacks in St. Petersburg with nuclear weapons. This comes as Ukraine began striking at Russia during The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which is hosting attendees from over 130 countries and includes about 20,000 people.
KIEV HAMMERED by 4 missiles in under 60 SECONDS — zero interceptions Bright fireballs and massive smoke plumes erupt across city pic.twitter.com/MdinhzxovJ — RT (@RT_com) June 2, 2026 At least 22 people killed and over 130 wounded across Ukraine. In Kyiv alone, multiple residential buildings, a kindergarten, and civilian infrastructure were hit. Explosions and fires …
More than a dozen people were killed and more than 100 people injured in a large-scale overnight Russian missile and drone strike on Ukraine, officials said. MORE: https://abc7.com/post/russia-launches-horrific-drone-missile-strikes-ukraine-killing-17-officials/19219525/
This marks the first known humanoid deployment anywhere in combat… Company already locked in 24 million dollars of US military contracts… Eric Trump sits as chief strategy advisor…Ukraine turns into the real world test ground for these machines… Dangerous grunt work gets handed off to metal while soldiers stay back… Taxpayers foot the bill with …
Footage shows the strikes clean while the planes sat in repair. These beasts hunt subs and launch long-range strikes. Russia’s air fleet keeps shrinking hit after hit. Ukrainian drones penetrating deep and lighting up high-value targets again. This keeps happening while Russia brags about endless reserves. Moscow bleeding aircraft faster than they replace them. Ukraine …
Are there any GTA fans here? pic.twitter.com/fY3Pw3R0MQ — Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) May 1, 2026 Ukraine shared a video of drone pilots training with “Grand Theft Auto V.” The experience doesn’t replace real training, but is a good way to relax, officials said. Gamers have skills that make them ideal candidates for being drone pilots. …
Newly declassified transcripts and memos released in mid-April 2026 show that the intelligence community (IC) watchdog concealed specific details about Eric Ciaramella’s potential biases from House investigators in 2019. The documents, declassified by DNI Tulsi Gabbard and released by the House Intelligence Committee, confirm that Ciaramella had worked closely with then-Vice President Joe Biden on …
Kyiv’s drones struck a Karakurt-class missile ship overnight, the vessel is capable of launching Kalibr cruise missiles… Zelenskyy confirms the strike also took out a patrol boat and a tanker, the shadow oil fleet is taking direct hits… Satellite data shows massive hotspots at the Primorsk oil terminal, the joint SBU and HUR operation was …
Ukraine’s military says it hit some of Russia’s most advanced combat aircraft deep inside its territory, striking Su-57 stealth fighters and a Su-34 bomber in the Chelyabinsk region, roughly 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles) from the Ukrainian border. The strike took place on April 25, according to Ukraine’s General Staff, which did not disclose the method …
Kyiv contacting Trump aides to dissect details of Moscow’s short-term peace offer… Kallas: Progress unclear after Trump-Putin call; “Russia is openly praising Iran”… Zelenskyy: “Ukraine seeks peace… doing the necessary diplomatic work”… Paradox: EU leaders question why Russia praises Iran while talking peace with US… Zelenskyy demands details of proposed Russia-Ukraine ceasefire following Trump-Putin talks …
It is also creating a huge spilled oil mess in the Black Sea. Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery is now burning out of control this morning after an overnight Ukrainian drone raid. Locals report that additional oil storage tanks exploded. pic.twitter.com/PN6YwLkQ3j — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 28, 2026 Water supply has been suspended in Tuapse after a …
King Charles is telling the United States government to prepare for a war with Russia by getting ready to defend Ukraine and “her most courageous people.” He reminds Congress that they fought together through two world wars, the Cold War, and Afghanistan. *The entire Congress… pic.twitter.com/Uo7DIVwdXa — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) April 28, 2026
NEW RECORDS VIA @DNIGabbard @RepRickCrawford ATKINSON TRANSCRIPTS – First Trump Impeachment + Whistleblower Motive Whistleblower met with Democrats on House Intelligence Committee (then led by Adam Schiff) BEFORE reporting his allegations to the Intelligence Community Inspector General. October 2019: then Congressman now @CIADirector Ratcliffe nailed the timeline in a closed door briefing with Intelligence Community …
via Paul Craig Roberts Below is an interesting article by Alexander Dugin He says Trump who seemed to accept a multipolar world has gone over to the neoconservatives and become a defender of American unipolar hegemony: “The Third World War has been initiated by the United States in the context of preserving, strengthening, and ultimately consolidating …
March 27 (Reuters) – Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement on defence cooperation that lays the foundation for future contracts, technological cooperation and investments, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. During an unannounced visit to the Gulf, Zelenskiy hopes to bolster support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, which is now in …
Russia launched a series of large-scale attacks on Ukraine this week, firing more than 1,000 drones in the last 36 hours, as Moscow launches a new campaign on the battlefield. Some 392 were launched Monday night into Tuesday, the Ukrainian Air Force said. More than 550 were launched at targets across the country in a …
Ukraine should not hold elections this year, officials from the country’s electoral commission have concluded, setting Kyiv on a collision course with the United States. Members of the official working group on elections were due to present draft legislation to parliament late last month, but told The Times they had yet to resolve key questions …
Moscow proposed a quid pro quo to the U.S. under which the Kremlin would stop sharing intelligence information with Iran, such as the precise coordinates of U.S. military assets in the Middle East, if Washington ceased supplying Ukraine with intel about Russia. Two people familiar with the U.S.-Russia negotiations said that such a proposal was …
Ukraine’s president said on Tuesday that his country has so far deployed more than 200 Ukrainian air defense specialists to the Middle East amid the Iran drone attacks on its Arab neighbors. Speaking in the British parliament in London, Zelenskyy added that Kyiv is capable of producing around 2,000 interceptor drones per day and could …
Karoline Leavitt: "we had a very stupid and incompetent leader in this White House for four years who gave away many of our best weapons for nothing, for free, to another country very far away by the name of Ukraine." Honestly, the sheer heartlessness, ruthlessness, and cruelty… pic.twitter.com/RxP0rkcCGL — Kate from Kharkiv (@BohuslavskaKate) March 4, …
BREAKING: 🇷🇺🇮🇷🇺🇸 Putin is the Iran war's one sure winner — Bloomberg The war could benefit Russia by draining US missiles, driving up oil prices, and reviving Russian energy markets pic.twitter.com/SVXFg6yRkI — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 3, 2026 34% of the global fertilizer supply travels through the Strait of Hormuz. If this is a prolonged war …
Could this be the biggest nudge toward a postwar deal yet? There is no official statement yet from the Kremlin confirming that Putin has formally agreed to such guarantees in a signed deal. BREAKING: Putin willing to accept US security guarantees, says Ukraine, per The Sunday Times. — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) March 1, 2026 Putin …
https://twitter.com/steve_hanke/status/2026324205986361602 Factcheck: No. The claim misrepresents events. Supplies to Slovakia (nearly 100%) & Hungary (~70-80% Russian oil via this route) halted Jan 27 after Russian drone strike damaged Druzhba pipeline infrastructure in western Ukraine (Lviv/Brody area; Ukraine released photos of fires/damage). On Feb 23, Ukraine drone-struck a Russian pumping station (Kaleykino, Tatarstan) upstream on the …
Russia has allegedly requested UN security council to investigate – so if true, could be significant. The story is, UK and France want to give Ukraine nukes so that they have a bargaining chip for the negotiations to end the war. Actually I can see this coming easily, the EU-tards will not accept a defeat, …
🇺🇦 Ukraine 'definitely not losing' war with Russia, Zelensky tells AFP President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Ukraine is definitely not losing the war with Russia, during an exclusive interview with AFP news agency. pic.twitter.com/5vz9Ckp7uh — AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 22, 2026