How the Iran War Looks From Russia And what it could mean for Ukraine.

"Russian-born, Kyiv-based Israeli analyst Michael Sheitelman replied, 'It changes everything—depending on the results.'"

I'm unsure how people really think people were downplaying a virus that can kill you, make you go blind, wipe out your immune system for years, and oh yeah come back and kill you a decade after you thought you'd shaken it.

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Command post of the 81st Separate Airmobile Slobozhanska Brigade. The warriors are currently defending Slovyansk from the north – the Yampil and Siversk directions. I spoke with the defenders and presented them with state awards.

Trump will absolutely not stop unless he is stopped. It wouldn't take much to stop him—he's a coward. But if those who have institutional power don't act, the current crisis will get even worse. He has no self-control and is giddy over the death and suffering he's inflicting.

Russia helping Iran target US forces in Middle East, reports suggest One unnamed U.S. official described the support as "comprehensive," the Washington Post reported.

⚡️ Russia 'targeting Americans worldwide,' US senator warns, criticizes Trump over Russia stance.

"Instead of taking action, President Trump is relaxing sanctions on Russia and refusing to support Ukraine," Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen said.

Please just make sure that your investment money goes to the people of Georgia or actual connectivity, not the corruption and repressive apparatus to crack down on the people.

Taiwan's Modern Miracle The AI Boom Has Delivered a 2nd Economic Miracle to Taiwan, Pushing GDP Growth Above 23%. It Must Navigate Rising Geopolitical & Economic Tensions to Keep it.

Interesting stuff from @josephpolitano.bsky.social on Taiwan's ongoing economic miracle:

🤨Fox News showed "American" interceptor drones in action, but there's a catch... the video shows Ukrainian STING drones shooting down Russian drones.

After Khamenei, What Now? Iranians want democracy. Trump wants a brief conflict. Neither seems likely.

"Iran has had coherent opposition movements over the decades that have managed to create nationwide movements and strikes. Almost all of them have been systematically destroyed: people arrested; people killed; people exiled."
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From FT comments

Iran Attacks Azerbaijan: Drones Strike Nakhchivan Airport On Thursday, March 5, Iranian drones launched an attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. One UAV struck the terminal building of the Nakhchi

🇦🇿 Update: UAV struck the terminal building of the Nakhchivan International Airport, while another fell near a school in Shekarabad village. Two civilians were injured.

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So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:

- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

Sam Altman tells OpenAI staffers that military's 'operational decisions' are up to the government In an all-hands meetings with OpenAI employees on Tuesday, CEO Sam Altman said his company doesn't get to choose how the military uses its technology.

Publicly, Sam Altman claimed OpenAI is amending its agreement with the Department of Defense(lies). Behind closed doors, however, he told employees during a Tuesday all-hands meeting that the company doesn’t “get to make operational decisions” about how its AI technology is used by the DoD. #QuitGPT

Russian “Geran-2” Drones Found After Iranian Attack on Dubai Authorities in the United Arab Emirates discovered wreckage of drones marked “Geran-2,” a Russian designation. Preliminary reports indicate air defense syst

💥Russian “Geran-2” Drones Found After Iranian Attack on Dubai

Fragments of “Geran-2” drones appeared near port of Jebel Ali in Dubai. These drones are a Russian-modified version of Shahed-136, produced at a factory in Alabuga, Tatarstan.

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theukrainianreview.info/russian-gera...

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz: "No new territorial concessions from Ukraine."

According to him, he personally presented the US president with a detailed analysis of the situation, using maps of the front line and Ukraine's strategically important access to the Black Sea.

Trump’s strikes on Iran pose a puzzle for Europe’s far right From Paris to Berlin, party leaders face the uncomfortable choice of whether to back American and Israeli bombing — or remain faithful to their sovereignty-first principles.

The U.S. and Israeli bombing of Iran is exposing a fault line at the heart of Europe’s far right.

But whether Trump realizes it or not, he is dismantling Putin's network. Putin no longer has influence in Syria. His buddy Maduro is in a US jail. And now the dickhead that ruled Iran is in a box. Things are unraveling for Putin and he might go ballistic.

Is that a pun? I don't know.

Iran seems to want to take on everybody in the Middle East. An Iranian drone even hit Cyprus yesterday (first "intercontinental drone attack" in history), which touched Europe. But you know who they still haven't attacked? Turkey.

That's a risk of a full NATO collective defense response.

Russian manufacturers can’t find workers—but they’re cutting the ones they have Production declined for the 12th straight month, but firms are now shedding workers, too.

Russia's manufacturing has now contracted for nine consecutive months—and factories are firing workers despite the country's worst labor shortage in decades.

February PMI: 49.5. Output falling for 12 months straight. Defense gets 46% of the budget. Civilian industry gets the leftovers.

"We in our country today cannot produce anything high-tech." - And in Russia, they’re once again looking for someone to blame, because now in the swamps there are "no specialists who can create a product from scratch".

❗️Iran is copying the Russian tactics during strikes on Middle Eastern countries, — WSJ

Tehran is using the principle of massive combined attacks involving missiles and drones to overload and overcome the air defenses of target countries, the publication writes.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 John Bolton on Iran:

This isn’t something that is going to end in days or weeks. I think it is going to be months if we are going to be successful.

Regime change does not consist of eliminating Supreme Leader and replacing him. Entire structure of Ayatollahs and IRGC needs to be removed.

⚡ Ukrainian soldiers have successfully evacuated unique 12th-century stone monuments, known as “stone babas,” from the frontline town of Novomykolaivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

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💔🇺🇦 Since mid-January, food has been successfully delivered to occupied Oleshky in Kherson’s left-bank region only once, while other attempts ended in the deaths of those trying to bring civilians even just bread, - Ukrinform

The fact that Iranian drones are striking targets across the Middle East and reaching even Cyprus (btw. Hallo, Fidias) while facing 8 countries with highly advanced Air Force’s and air defense assets underlines how skilled Ukrainian air defense has become.

Hubris Without Idealism Donald Trump has embraced a warped version of the neoconservatism he once derided.

“Trump’s hubris resembles that of the neocons—like them, he believes in American supremacy and is fascinated by the overwhelming power of the U.S. military—but he shares none of their idealism. His only commitment is to himself”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Georgia’s legitimate President Salome Zourabichvili comments positively on the Opposition Alliance launched yesterday:

“This strategy should become the basis of the joint fight of political and societal forces — to ensure the change of the regime.”

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