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Good morning.

With the addition of 4 tankers out of New Jersey, there are now at least 32 tankers observed in the overnight group.

A considerable portion went to MorΓ³n Air Base in Spain, with others on to UK, Germany, Italy and 1 to Estonia. A few pressed on to CENTCOM AOR.

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My kind of graphic

15.06.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In response to IAEA: Iran orders launching a new enrichment center at "a secure location" & replacement of IR-1 centrifuges with advanced IR-6 ones at Fordow underground nuclear facility.

12.06.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Huckabee Says Muslim Nations Should Give Their Own Land for Palestinian State

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel says the United States no longer supports a two-state solution. When asked to comment, the U.S. State Department can’t say whether that’s actually U.S. policy and suggests asking the White House instead.

Lara Jakes, @nytimes.com:

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/w...

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Institute for the Study of War US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated on June 10 that the United States intends to reduce its budget for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine in 2026.

"Reducing US military aid to Ukraine will neither lead to a sustainable peace in Ukraine nor compel Russian President Vladimir Putin to reassess his theory of victory" understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

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A run through the campaign might be in the cards

11.06.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is zero pressure on Russia to do anything but continue the war.

10.06.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Attack on Tu-95 Strategic bomber by Ukrainian FPV drone

Attack on Tu-95 Strategic bomber by Ukrainian FPV drone

**Operation Spiders Web**

I resisted a hot take. So, on sober reflection…

Op Spiderweb was one of the most impressive, and strategic attacks ever. Short thread 🧡 #russia #Ukraine

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NEW: Kremlin officials and the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on June 8 that Russian forces reached the Donetsk-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border and are conducting offensive operations into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast β€” an oblast that Russia has not illegally declared as annexed. isw.pub/UkrWar060825

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Alert: Up to 600 drones are expected over Ukraine tonight, primarily approaching from the north, with potential launches from multiple directions, monitoring sources report.

Repeated and additional launches are reportedly already underway, especially from Russia’s Kursk region.

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"Trump should know that we will not go below 20 percent enrichment, and our uranium stockpile will never leave the country," said Mahmoud Nabavian, the deputy chairman of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy committee.-Iran Intl

07.06.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Gross

07.06.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ukraine's Operation β€œSpiderweb” is just the beginningβ€”Ukrainian intel is preparing more sophisticated operations.-WaPo

06.06.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants The ICE officers and deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the East African nation of Djibouti. They also face the threat of malaria and rocket attacks.

Wait what? www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

06.06.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking of children in a park who just need to fight it out…

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AI generated β€œsatellite image” slop is becoming a real problem and spreading like wildfire.

This will become the β€œvideo game footage” of 2025 and is even harder for the average person to notice.

The details are more important than ever to noticing these fakes.

05.06.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump privately praises Ukraine's drone strike on Russian bombers as 'badass,' Axios reports While Trump has remained silent in public about the attack, he reportedly expressed enthusiasm behind closed doors.

⚑️ Trump privately praises Ukraine's drone strike on Russian bombers as 'badass,' Axios reports.

While U.S. President Donald Trump has remained silent in public about the attack, he reportedly expressed enthusiasm behind closed doors.

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Incredible results from a historic operation.

04.06.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t understand why this story isn’t leading every American outlet and news broadcast.

This is unspeakably bad for Russia.

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What a shame

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⚑️ The special operation "Web", as a result of which the SBU hit 41 Russian strategic aircraft, was prepared for more than a year and a half.

This operation was extremely complex from a logistical point of view. The SBU first transported FPV drones to Russia, and later - mobile wooden houses.

01.06.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1739    πŸ” 340    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 58

My word

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…

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Wishful thinking

25.05.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russia launches largest aerial assault on Ukraine, killing at least 12, despite major prisoner swap | CNN Russia launched its largest aerial assault of its three-year war on Ukraine overnight, targeting the capital and other regions with missiles and drones for a second night in a row, even as the two sid...

At least 12 people were killed overnight in Russia's largest aerial bombardment on Ukraine, even as the two sides swapped hundreds of prisoners: cnn.it/3ZvN9tY

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US silence 'encourages Putin', Zelensky says after massive Russian attack "Without really strong pressure on the Russian leadership, this brutality cannot be stopped. Sanctions will definitely help," Zelensky wrote in a post on Telegram on May 25.

⚑️US silence 'encourages Putin', Zelensky says after massive Russian attack.

Following a deadly overnight attack on May 25, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that "America’s silence, and the silence of others around the world, only encourages Putin."

kyivindependent.com/americas-sil...

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Senators Grassley, Klobuchar lead introduction of resolution calling for return of kidnapped Ukrainian children Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) led a bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday in introducing a resolution calling for the return of abducted Ukrainian children before ...

www.kaaltv.com/news/senator...

21.05.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.

20.05.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 18251    πŸ” 4063    πŸ’¬ 758    πŸ“Œ 188

400k casualties in 16 months for an area smaller than Delaware bsky.app/profile/thes...

19.05.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🧡 The CNN piece on Bongino and Patel is one of the clearest real-world examples of a key phenomenon in disordered discourse:
The agents who stoke it can become its victims, especially when their disordered discourse meets the reality of the institutions it captures.

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