💠@ejmalrai:
⭕ Israeli Golani crossed 5 km from Metula to the Christian village of Deir Mimas, where there was no resistance. They sneaked to the Litani River, 1 km from Deir Mimas, took pictures as “victory” & returned. People went to give them the “welcome” they deserved but found no one.
⭕ In 55 days, Five Israeli divisions (210, 98, 91, 36 & 146) an equivalent to 60,000 to 80,000 troops failed to occupy the area south of the Litani River with all the mighty Air Force dominance and now begging for a cessation of hostilities. You are indeed weaker than a spider web.
⭕ Which ME country would want to normalise with a fugitive war criminal prime minister who leads an army capable of killing children and women but coward when fighting men in Gaza & Lebanon battlefields? [all soulless desert bedouins, Egyptian/Jordanian/compradore elite]

The Israeli army is worth nothing without the US and NATO supports.
⭕ There will be no Ceasefire between Hezbollah and the Israeli criminal, immoral and unethical army. There will be a cessation of hostilities only.
⭕ Israel is bombing dozens of buildings in the suburbs of #Beirut, which means the ceasefire is almost imminent. #Hezbollah is expected to fire hundreds of missiles and drones at various parts of #Israel so that Israel will remember not to mess with #Lebanon in the future.
⭕ This is the farewell bombing so that this criminal and barbaric entity invented by the coloniser will never be forgotten.
⭕ Expect a very long night on #Lebanon and #Israel, the longest since 2006 when a cessation of hostilities was announced beforehand and both sides bombed the hell out of one another.
⭕ Hezbollah is expected to begin kindly inviting most Israelis to shelters in various parts it occupies in almost an hour and a half.
⭕ Israel agreed on the ceasefire, announced war criminal @Netanyahu, adding that he maintains the right to hit anytime Hezbollah violate the deal.

He stated his “victories,” but he has no confirmation that Hezbollah will allow him to violate the deal without retaliating.
[so if this holds, it appears a truce in their “war” but the support front for Gaza should continue… unless a miracle of a two-month hold was obtained for Gaza too. Highly unlikely]

💠@imetatronink:
⭕ 🔻 Nik Stankovic: Russia will not strike a NATO country any time soon, give it up. It is both risky and unwise. Putin knows it, it won’t happen, but it’s not a handicap for Russia.

If Russia were to strike UK, Germany or another country which supplies weapons and targeting to Ukraine to strike “deep” inside Russia (300 km)–which it would be right to do–it would trigger Article 5, and then things could get ugly fast, especially with the maniacs, children book writers and 360 mental patients in Eastern Europe, Germany, UK and the libtards in the US.

The only way Russia defends against all of NATO is general mobilization and nukes. Certainly less than optimal solution for Russia.

Russia is obviously already at war with all of NATO. Putin knows it. The battlefield is contained to Ukraine and that is just fine with Russia. A lot easier to hit Dniepro or Kiev than Berlin, London or Paris, although they could. Ukraine is getting WIPED in this war for AT LEAST a century, which, ultimately, aligns with Russia’s objectives (since Ukraine CHOSE to align with NATO instead of Russia: ideally Ukraine is aligned with Russia, but if that is not possible then it better not exist, at least its Western parts, then exist as NATO ally. It’s Ukraine’s choice and they made a wrong one.)

This proxy NATO war with Russia is bleeding NATO a lot more than it is bleeding Russia. NATO is sending everything but the kitchen sink to Ukraine, one Wunderwaffe at a time. Other then losing some men, Russia is actually profiting from this war. Politically, economically and militarily.

NATO is the opposite: other then people, it is bleeding on every other axis, politically, economically and militarily. That’s great for Russia. Obviously, it’s not good for Russia when Russians die, but Russia still has a bunch of people (150 million to be precise, including about 5 more million in formerly Ukrainian territories). Russia has often been substandard competing politically and economically, sadly. But now they are winning on this front, so why cut it?

NATO has always been better at economics and politics, but now they are losing in both badly to Russia.

Their only satisfaction is the libtard wet dream of “killing some Russians” in exchange for destroying themselves politically and economically. Russia can live with that.

The alternative of triggering Article 5 and starting a nuclear war is not good for Russia economically and politically. While it wouldn’t lose, it wouldn’t win either. Now it is.

Russia is not going to bomb no European capitals. It will bomb Ukrainian cities, until Ukraine either disappears or realizes Russia is its biggest ally, whichever comes first.
🔻 WS: Perhaps.

I would only note that NATO Article 5 is a misunderstood mirage.
📜 Little Stick [ouch! What a double entendre, and with our Lord Raytheon’s spacious mug too…]
🔻 Nik Stankovic: Perhaps. I am not sure The Empire would trade Riga for NYC, so in that respect I agree. Though there would be consequences.

But I think they would have to (?) trade NYC for London, Paris or Berlin. I mean I wouldn’t, but that’s why I am not an Empire manager.

In the end it’s not so much a question what is “reasonable” but what the maniacs would do. And we have learned they would do a lot of things normal people would not.
🔻 WS: I am still inclined to believe that US/NATO ISR platforms are the most likely “first target” for a Russian counterstrike in response to NATO missile attacks on Russian territory.
📜 Patiently Waiting to Strike
🔻Nik Stankovic: I read that and I agree. *If* Russia is to strike NATO it won’t be cities. It will be ISR platforms first.

But my point is we are still relatively far from it. Russia is indeed winning on every metric but “men”. And it is even winning there, if the total calculus of men lost – (Russian speaking Ukrainian) men gained is considered.

There is no reason for Putin to change his strategy, however painful it may appear on Twitter and Telegram it may appear sometimes. Indeed, it is quite obviously both NATO and Zelensky are trying to provoke Putin into something more radical so they can justify going full Hitler on Russia.
⭕ 🤦‍♂️ This is just silly talk. Britain and France could no more deploy a meaningful force to Ukraine than fly to the Moon. It’s ridiculous posturing to even hint at such a course of action. It will never happen.

Nor could the US deploy and sustain a meaningful force in Ukraine.
[in response to:
🔻 @Glenn_Diesen: The proxy war has been lost, and the options are negotiations or going to war against Russia |media| ]
🔻 C1: The U.S. could but it won’t. No American politician could survive say, 500,000 dead Americans coming home in body bags.
🔻 WS: The US could not assemble more than 250k combat effectives in Ukraine in less than a year. And it would necessitate emptying every major US base on the planet. And then they could not sustain such a force for more than 6 – 8 weeks. It would be a logistical impossibility.
🔻 C2: Will, you are being way too generous. The Active Army Component of 450,000 can not assemble a combat force of 250,000.

They would need to go deep into the Reserve Component and possibly into the Retired Reserve which is now a strategic reserve
🔻 WS: The United States is, plain and simple, not capable of large-scale combat operations.

Nor are they capable of incurring the level of losses that would result from large-scale combat operations. |US Army War College|
🔻 C3: We could if we had to. But we don’t and shouldn’t.
🔻 WS: I submit there is no scenario whatsoever in which the US could assemble an expeditionary force in eastern Europe with the capability to fight a war against Russia. It simply could not be done. Period.
🔻 C4: After the #Oreshnik demonstration, any assembly of substantial combat forces in Europe for a war against #Russia has become even more moot than it already was. Whatever will make it over the Atlantic and the Canal will be annihilated wherever assembled for combat operations
🔻 C5: Absolutely. There is not a single amateur who recognises the importance of logistical needs. The logistical effort of placing a significant contingent of ground forces on European soil is beyond NATO’s capabilities.
[was this ever meant to be fought by ground troops, barring softening up, and mop up duty? What was the signal lesson drawn by failures of Hitler and Napoleon, and the creation of Operation Unthinkable and Lil Truman’s smug mug??]
🔻 @NebojsaMalic: I agree. But do they know that?
🔻 WS: The British and French could not muster and equip even 5 combat divisions between them. They have no armor. They have hardly any artillery tubes, and lack ammo and precision-guided munitions sufficient to fight for even a month or so.

It is impossible that they do not know this.
🔻 @MihajlovicMike: The best regular French combat unit is the Legion and the best regular in the British army is the Gurkha regiment – so foreigners.
Out of 8+K legionaries, at least 1/3 are of Slavic origins including plenty of Russians. Many Ukrainians already left to join their army.
Bottom line: former colonial powers are just a shadow that still live in traditions that is not counting in a modern war.
🔻 C8: They believe they are just going to fly over and drop down bombs like in Gaza.
🔻 C9: It’s like that in scene in Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” about the Romans ; so apart from a lack of combat troops,logistics,ammunition,missiles,artillery,aircraft, what’s stopping the UK& France intervening?
🔻 C10: I think all discussion is not about masses of Brigades Armies and armour but about air force that they think can relieve a braking pressures and as at minimum stabilise a crumbling Ukrainian front
🔻 WS: The combat readiness of European air fleets is as bad or worse than the abysmal rates of the US air fleet.

And the few they can put in the air will then have to face the best-in-the-world Russian IADS, and the most potent Russian Air Force seen since the height of the USSR.
🔻 C11: I imagine that the “negotiations” will look something like this. @ 1:58 min. |media|
🔻 WS: “Take it or leave it. There will be no other terms.”
🔻 C12: I want to see how you twist reality to your favor when Trump stops the war. Are you going to consider it a win for putin when Trump stops the war where it is ?
🔻 WS: Trump has ZERO power to “stop the war where it is”. Anyone who believes otherwise is delusional. The Russians will dictate the terms of surrender in Ukraine, as well as the disposition of territories.

🔻 C13: So…Ukraine was one of the strongest armies in the world, briefly.
🔻 WS: It was, by far, the most powerful army in Europe at the beginning of 2022 (ex-Russia).
🔻 C14: You’re assuming the Europeans are still sane beneath all that bluster …
🔻 WS: It doesn’t really matter in the final analysis. If they tried to take on the Russians militarily, they would be summarily slaughtered; forced to withdraw; their respective governments would be overthrown, and the EU and NATO would cease to be functioning institutions.
[nicely summarized. That about expresses the Denouement all mankind waits for, no?? At this point, the lunatics have left themselves two endpoints. This is the preferred survivable one.]
🔻 C15: maybe they go for the air force, where the myth still lives on.
A dozen Typhoons and another dozen Raphales as wonder weapons.

But the Russians have saved their wings so far..
🔻 WS: In a full-scale US air campaign over eastern Europe, the Russians would establish air superiority early, and would advance rapidly to comprehensive dominance.

The US air fleet would, within days, collapse to <15% combat readiness due to combat losses and maintenance backlog.
🔻 @MihajlovicMike: Air force require sophisticated logistics. If Russia disable major airfields, fighters and bombers can still use alternative ones but the number of available flights will be 30% at it best. Realistically, taking into account attrition, damages, inoperability etc., maybe just 10%.
🔻 WS: For platforms like F-35, F-22, and B-2, combat readiness would plunge to less than 10% in less than a week.

Of course, most people consider this hyperbole. Well … wait and see, folks.

The US air fleet was built to sell to suckers, not to fight a major league war.
🔻 C16: The primary US exports are fraud and war.
🔻 C17: “Let’s fight Russia in the winter,” says France.
⭕ One of the inherent and irredeemable flaws of democracy is that, almost without exception, those who seek to be politicians are grasping incompetent fools.

No one possessing industry, wisdom, and virtue would ever want the job.

So democracy inevitably leads to kakistocracy.
[and that’s why the end of the Last Satanic Empire will also herald the end of manipulable democracy…]
⭕ ‼️ The objective fact is that WE ARE THE MEDIA. Even relatively obscure voices like mine garner 5+ million views a month. Millions of people around the world trust voices on 𝕏 more than they trust legacy media voices — and with good cause: we’re better journalists than they are. |media|
🔻 C1: There’s one point of defence for old media, one role that podcasters and posters have not yet fully replaced, but it’s one that the old media themselves have all but made extinct – the local reporter that sits through boring meetings and digs through budget reports for dirt.
🔻 WS: I grant there may be gaps in the “open source” data. But it never ceases to amaze me how there is almost always someone who will perform the requisite research, and then provide it pro bono on the interwebs.

For example, Mel @Villgecrazylady does first-rate financial reports.
🔻 C2: You write much better also.
Exquisitely even.
🔻 WS: Many languages are exquisite. Italian, Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew. Russian is, imo, as sonically pleasing as Italian.

I know nothing about Asian languages.

English is the great latter-day mongrel of languages, which renders it peculiarly powerful if used to its full potential.
🔻 C3: I can’t recall any media outlet that provided me with the knowledge and insight on international armed conflicts as you have done so here, just saying 🤷🏽‍♂️
🔻 WS: By design, I rarely wade into the tall grass like others of my esteemed colleagues. They do that well, and I profit from their labors.

I try to pick out what I view as the essential elements of understanding. And I’ll repeat them frequently, often with a new verse and chorus.
🔻 C4: Yes, X users like you who share high quality information and analysis are and should be deemed as qualified media, but you’re not exactly the mainstay on X, at least not now. It’s obvious that the majority of X users who garner tacky engagements and views are nothing more than sycophants and mini-ideologues; they simply are the new replacement for their equivalent counterparts for traditional main stream media before, just on a different platform underder a new head (Musk). Shenanigans ranging from bitcoin schemers to Elon Musk circle jerk groups can arguably have a worse impact on information aggregation and dissemination.
Quality contributors like yourself, whether on here, substack, or even publishing on established media will always attract attentive audience, that’s not a problem to be criticized; but imagine the unhinged lot on X with the unrelenting algorithm entirely replaces the MSM platform.
🔻 WS: Yes, as ever, one must be discerning and learn to effectively separate the wheat from the chaff.
🔻 C4: That said, I don’t think this tacky Elon Musk cult should replace MSM. MSMs can be boring and obviously propagandistic, but not all. Plus, when the chaff simply enmeshes the wheat, it won’t matter even if some wheat is still there and some still seek it out, the wheat will be overwhelmed.
🔻 WS: This is a strawman argument. No one is suggesting X is the summum bonum of social media, nor a replacement for one’s own research in what I have long called #TheLibraryOfTheAges — which is what the internet can be for those who learn to intelligently search its breadth and depth.
⭕ [continuing thread:]
‼️ Carrier Update

CSG-8 (USS Truman) has entered the Mediterranean.
🔻 C1: Muh power projection…with old sitting ducks.
The shortest Empire in history is dissolving in real-time. Let’s just hope it doesn’t choose to go fuck itself with a bang.
The last nail in its coffin will be the end of dollar as world’s reserve currency.
🔻 C2: The USA place of many faces many cultures is still the promised land. Greco Roman USA form of government is the gold standard it’s up people to make it work so call out individual people as you please
🔻 WS: There is almost zero meaningful relationship between ancient Greek and Roman forms of government (of which there were many) and the American forms of government (which have been altered dramatically over the past 250 years).
⭕ [continuing thread:]
🌊 Sea Change

In my opinion, there has been a discernible alteration in the tactical deployment of US warships in a potential battle zone.

Especially the carrier strike groups. …
🔻 C1: Carriers aren’t obsolete. They are critical to deploying air power across the world. What is needed is longer range jets and better more robust air defense. The carrier will never go away. Maybe make it smaller and more if them. 20 small drone carriers vs 1 super carrier
🔻 WS: “Aircraft carriers are not obsolete. Well … except for the entire existing fleet. We just need to reconceive and build anew the entire fleet, and its entire air wing and air defense components. Then aircraft carriers would no longer be obsolete.”

🤦‍♂️

circulus in probando
🔻 C2: I theorize that in the same way that land combat is becoming smaller units due to technology, that the sea strategy must also unitize into smaller units to become less of a target and more versatile and lethal. mhop
🔻 C3: [gif of a powerfully surfacing US submarine]
🔻 WS: If given the choice, I would take the current Russian submarine fleet over the US submarine fleet.
🔻 C4: Why is that? (Genuinely curious and not challenging you)
🔻 WS: Obviously because I believe, if it came to actual war, the Russian fleet would prove superior — particularly its attack subs.
⭕🔻 Armchair Warlord: Unfortunately it appears that after several days Ukraine has successfully “wagged the dog” and badgered the United States into endorsement of previously unauthorized ATACMS strikes in pre-2014 Russia. As I pointed out earlier, there was nothing stopping them from “going rogue.”⬇️

NATO has told Ukraine “no” before, but never “stop” (at least successfully), and the Ukrainians took advantage of the paraliberal elevation of policy continuity above all else to box the US into ratifying, as of today, what likely began as an unauthorized missile campaign in “old” Russia. Facing Ukrainian intransigence, the alternative for the Biden Administration was a public denunciation of what has become the cornerstone of their European policy. That would have entailed an unacceptable blow to their “credibility” at Beltway cocktail parties, and thus we took one step closer to World War Three today.

With that being said, however, there have been several positive developments. First, the attacks have been ineffective – of the two confirmed ATACMS strikes thus far neither inflicted noteworthy damage despite the commitment of a substantial number of missiles – despite the best efforts of Ukrainian disinformation networks to claim otherwise! You can immediately see in the video below that there were no secondaries or even fires stemming from this most recent attack.

Second, the Russians are – in line with the winning move I pointed out earlier – not allowing themselves to be boxed into the second part of Ukraine’s “two box gambit” by attacking NATO in retaliation and thus widening the war. The Russian MoD in its report on this attack described the incoming missiles as unknown ballistics rather than fingering the United States as the supplier, and retaliatory action appears to be consisting of exceptionally heavy Geran raids ongoing at the moment. At the end of the day, “do nothing and make professionally angry people on Telegram even angrier” remains the winning move for Russia and they know this.

Third, I have my doubts that NATO is facilitating these attacks regardless of their acquiescence to them. This may go as far as quietly cutting the Ukrainians off from supplies of new long-range missiles – which would be a reasonable backroom deal to make with the Russians to forestall, say, the Houthis somehow acquiring an Oscar-class SSGN. In that case they will quickly run out of ammunition and this episode will pass. You will notice the Russians reacted far more strongly to a Storm Shadow raid in Kursk that definitely had Anglo-French involvement than to these ATACMS raids that the Ukrainians are perfectly capable of conducting on their own.

What should be kept in mind going forward is that given the current state of the “conventional” war in the Donbass the Ukrainians are getting desperate and will seek to do anything – absolutely anything – to draw NATO into the war to rescue them. And if the Russians refuse to be baited into starting a wider war with NATO… well, it would make eminent sense for the Ukrainians to do it for them, now wouldn’t it? Certainly there are plenty of bad actors within NATO who would happily “counterattack” Russia without investigating the origin of a particular drone or missile attack on Western facilities too closely.

We need to have maximum vigilance for Ukrainian false flag attacks on NATO over the next couple months seeking to spark off a wider war. They have the means, the opportunity, and the motive at this point.
🔻 WS: I expect the Russians will “define terms” to suit their own perspective and sense of strategic imperatives. If they decide to attribute a particular strike to the US or one of its NATO vassals, then so it shall be written, and what they do about it will be premised accordingly.
⭕ ‼️ I have seen ZERO evidence that F-16s have EVER been used in Ukraine.

And if they ever ARE used, they will necessarily be flown by NATO pilots.

As for the JASSM, I predict it will be easier to defeat than the Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG have been.
[response to :
🔻 Zlatti71: 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 The US may expand the range of weapons transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The topic has been raised again that Washington is “close to a decision to transfer JASSM missiles to Ukraine.”

It is not yet known which version they plan to transmit – with a range of 360 km or more than 900 km.]
🔻 C2: Why would a low-observable, longer range missile developed specifically for this use case be easier to defeat?
🔻 WS: Because they’re subsonic, not particularly stealthy, and must be launched from high altitude. Even the Syrians have shot them down.
⭕🔻 C1: @imetatronink What would you consider a Russian win if the war ends in a few months ? Legit question.
🔻 WS: The map [above], which I first posted on February 27, 2022, represents the bare minimum of the Russian terms. More likely, it will now demand military bases all the way to the western borders of Vinnytsya and Zhytomyr.
⭕ ‼️ So … apparently the US is determined to continue launching ATACMS missiles into Russia. 13 more were launched over the past two days, of which 10 were intercepted and 3 struck targets.

I guess they figure the Russians will take it lying down.

I wouldn’t make that bet.
🔻 C1: Expect Trump. And for me it is the best move. Fall time in the provocations of Nato would take us the rights in an escalation
🔻 WS: I think I don’t wait for anything. They know that nothing will change when Trump arrives back in the White House.
🔻 C1: Perhaps it is as you say, but what would they have to lose if you expected? Nothing, given that so far the attacks have been harmless. Trump then is unpredictable and it was also voted to put an end to this war. I was in Russian, I’d see what has Trump in his hand.
🔻 C2: If you have figured out how they are launching ATACMS missiles into Russia, please post a tweet as to how they are launching them. Thanks…
🔻 WS: Same way they’ve been launching them for over a year now: HIMARS and M-270 launchers.
🔻 C3: can these missiles be fired without direct involvement of US Americans?
🔻 WS: I consider this an irrelevant question at this point. Why? Because the Russians have already clearly stated that any western missiles launched against them will be considered as direct US/NATO strikes, and Russian retaliation will be predicated accordingly.

💠 @ejmalrai:
⭕ Military analyst Elijah Magnier says Hezbollah’s ability to launch hundreds of rockets and missiles challenges Israel’s claim that “80 percent of Hezbollah’s missile arsenal has been destroyed”. 🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/wh4p33
⭕️ The bad weather is in #Hezbollah’s favour in southern #Lebanon. The invading forces are unable to see the resistance at close range when they attack the advancing Israeli forces.
⭕ When #Israel [was] taught a real unexpected lesson, it bombed empty buildings in #Beirut suburbs to increase the cost of reconstruction & make internally displaced refugees wait longer to return to their newly rebuilt homes after the war—a pathetic, criminal, unethical & immoral army.
⭕ Israel Air Force is bombing al-Khiyam village, an indication that the resistance is still fighting the invasion forces. Occupying Khiyam is not an issue. The point is the following: Can the Israeli occupation forces establish static positions anywhere they occupy?
⭕ Following the bombing of Tel Aviv four times
Forced Half of Israel into shelters
Launched 350 missiles on Israel
Hit Ashdod near Gaza

#Hezbollah to his supporters: “As I always promised you victory, I promise you victory again.”

“كما كنت أعدكم بالنصر دائماً اعدكم بالنصر مجدداً”
⭕ 🔻 Robert Satloff: The real obstacle to a #Lebanon ceasefire is #Iran’s man #NabihBerri, who many wrongly believe is a reasonable Shiite alternative to #Hezbollah. Sanction Berri, target his assets/family, and the walls of opposition to a ceasefire start crumbling down.
🔻 Rania Khalek: This push to go after Berri is I assume part of the US attempt to strip Lebanese Shias of political representation even beyond Hezbollah bc they see them as the base of resistance in Lebanon.

It’s incredibly bigoted and stupid to push this sort of policy. Imperialists never learn
🔻 EM: It is interesting to read how the people at the Washington Institute think. Please continue to advise the #US administration on what to do. It is a blessing to have somewhat idiotic people in high places. Never interrupt them.
⭕ retweet:
🔴IMPORTANT🔴 Israel committed a heinous crime when it triggered the pager attack on 17/9/2024 It blinded some, maimed & dismembered many, but it never broke them or their spirit. The entity will never be able to exterminate the spirit of resistance. These are the sons & students of Sayed Nasrallah’s school, they are back fighting the enemy with a vengeance  |media|
⭕ retweet:
Our terrorist Minister of Finance @bezalelsm: in two years we can eliminate more than half of the Palestinian population in Gaza
⭕ If #Israel believes that #Hezbollah’s missiles will rain down on the Israeli positions in the next 48 hours, it means the ceasefire with #Lebanon is very near.
⭕ What happened on Sunday and in the last 48 hours in southern Lebanon was enough to convince the war criminal Netanyahu that his war was pointless and that he had better end it before collecting more body bags for his soldiers, hence the ceasefire.
🔻 C1: Where do you see Iran’s response in these latest developments ?
🔻 EM: After the cessation of hostilities unless Israel stops the war on Gaza.
⭕ retweet:
We compare and contrast US Senator Lindsey Graham’s reactions to ICC arrest warrants for Russia’s President Putin versus those for Israeli PM Netanyahu and ex-Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.  |media|
⭕ Israel PM @Netanyahu, a @IntlCrimCourt fugitive war criminal, shifted from wanting to change the ME, occupy Syria and impose the Abraham Accords by intimidation to the return of northern settlers, to Ehud Olmert cessation of hostilities UNSCR 1701 he now considerers lesser evil.

💠 @Sputnik Africa:
⭕ 🇷🇺🌐 The world is moving towards a new security system involving the Global South and East, the Russian official says

“Today’s meeting is taking place in the context of a fundamental restructuring of the world order. The BRICS summit recently held in Kazan confirmed this. A multipolar political and economic space is being formed and a new, ‘inclusive’ system of international security is being created with the participation of countries of the Global South and East,” Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), said during the conference of Heads of Security and Intelligence Services of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The FSB chief added that the collective West, led by the US, strives to maintain its dominance and continue its predatory colonial policy.

💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ Hezbollah has announced that they struck a ‘Merkava’ tank with a guided missile near the municipality center in Khiyam, destroying the tank and eliminating its crew.

💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇷🇺🇦🇫 Shoigu visited Afghanistan, where he met with the country’s top leadership. During four rounds of negotiations, he discussed issues of economy, transportation, and security with deputy prime ministers and ministers.

Special attention was given to security matters, both economic and physical, for representatives of Russian businesses.

💠 @Strategika51:
⭕ This no longer surprises anyone.
Correction: it’s a very old convent in Mimas, where ancient manuscripts were kept for centuries.
The Zionists’ hatred of Christians, and of Jesus and Mary in particular, knows no bounds and has not abated in 2000 years. They still rage against this man who has defied them hands down.
[This is the ransacked and mocked orthodox church above]
⭕ Last news: Netanyahu cancels a War Cabinet meeting dedicated to the hypothetical Lebanon deal.
⭕ A survey of 6,400 people of Jewish origin living in the United States revealed that 1/3 of American Jewish teenagers sympathize with Palestinian Hamas.

💠 @Eyes on South:
⭕ Zionists are desperately trying to promote any kind of fake achievement to compensate their failures for two months – despite pouring in all their war and intel massive capabilities.

A special Israeli force said it reached the Litani river. They had a photoshoot then scrammed.
⭕ Head of the Israeli Margaliot settlement in northern occupied Palestine calls on “the settlers of the north not to obey any order to return to their homes and warns of a new October 7.”

💠 @Fotros Resistance:
⭕ — ✏️ Don’t be fooled by the overly exaggerated achievement claimed by Israel to have reached the Litani river.

The location was geolocated by MarioLeb79 on X, and it’s only 500m distanced from the Israeli forces’ checkpoint at the western Deir Mimas junction (aka Morqos Station) from 4-5 days ago.

While it’s true they reached the most southwestern point of the litani river, but it’s only 4km from Metulla. This is merely a photo OP, and they likely quickly left the area. They even brought a special photographer along with them to take these high detail hollywood pictures.
⭕ — Notice how all the photos they’ve taken are at the same bridge?

➡️ This shows they did not scout much further, only came to take a photo op and quickly left the area.

💠 “Germany suggests turning metro stations into bomb shelters”
☝️Are they at least 100m deep and “hypersonic-proof”? The puerile posturing would be amusing if not so tragic and futile. And it is serious throughout North Europe, for the criminals know what they’re about to set off …

💠 @Intel Slava Z:
⭕ 🇩🇪Germany compiles list of bunkers in case of ‘Russian attack’ – Zeit

The list of bunkers where civilians can take refuge will include underground train stations and car parks, as well as government buildings and private properties. People will also be encouraged to create protective shelters in their homes by converting basements and garages.

There are also plans to develop a special application where citizens will be able to see the distance to the nearest shelter.

It is noted that in a country with a population of 83 million people, there are 579 bunkers, most of which were built during World War II and the Cold War. Their capacity is about 480 thousand people.
⭕ 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️The UK delivered a batch of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine before the official approval to launch strikes deep into Russian territory was announced – Bloomberg.

The UK delivered dozens of Storm Shadow cruise missiles weeks ago, before the US , UK and France gave the go-ahead to carry out strikes, the newspaper said. The missiles were delivered after Ukraine ran out of its long-range missiles .

Thus, the flow of conflicting publications about permission, or about the continuing ban, was only a media backdrop for the parallel replenishment of stockpiles and the subsequent use of missiles from the newly created stockpiles against targets deep in Russian territory.
[Note the source. Yanks panicking? “Nuke the bloody Brits, not us!” No honor among thieves]
⭕ 🇷🇺🇦🇫A bill to exclude the Taliban from the list of terrorist organizations has been submitted to the State Duma.

Probably, by the New Year the Taliban will no longer be considered terrorists in our country.
Apparently, this is the result of yesterday’s negotiations between Shoigu and Taliban leaders in Afghanistan.

Overall, this is an expected development.
⭕️ 🇷🇺🇺🇦Western media report that Britain and France have transferred up to 150 Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG missiles to Ukraine for strikes deep into Russian territory. The US has already officially issued instructions for the use of ATACMS missiles on Russian territory.
The next round of escalation is coming soon.

💠 @Strategika51:
⭕ Russia’s Secretary of National Security, General Sergei Shoigu, visited Kabul, where he announced the imminence of a military alliance between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
[That look on Uncle Shoigu’s face.. “Life really is like a Box of Chocolates”]
⭕ This is not a scene from the film Godzilla, but the impact of a Lebanese Hezbollah rocket on Naharya this evening.  |media|
⭕ The Israeli media are beginning to realize the immense damage that the Lebanese Hezbollah has inflicted on the Zionist entity. Most of the media are angry with Netanyahu and are calling for his dismissal. This rhetoric is being heard in the shadow of a possible ceasefire wanted by Washington. The United States says it wants to be the guarantor of a 60-day trick.
On the ground, the Lebanese Hezbollah is stepping up its attacks daily.
⭕ Palestinian resistance targets some twenty Israeli soldiers in the north of the Gaza Strip.
⭕ Netanyahu has lost his bet. He’ll be kicked out by the major shareholders.
[I disagree. He remains on track. Rather, he’ll take down his complicit shareholders]
⭕ Israel no longer has any settlements on its border with Lebanon.

Israeli public opinion is already in shock, and will be even more so when it learns of the extent of the losses and damage inflicted by the Lebanese Hezbollah on the Galilee.
⭕ Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, donated US$1 million to Chabad of the United Arab Emirates after the murder of the young rabbi soldier Kogan.  [The incoming Orange Camacho Gang, led by Epstein’s blond boytoy, will really deepsix what is left of the former Anglo-American Empire. They are unsurvivable]

💠 @Dmitry_Medvedev: 
⭕ US politicians and journalists are discussing the consequences of providing Kiev with nuclear weapons in earnest. Looks like my sad joke about crazy senile Biden, who’s eager to go out with a bang and take a substantial part of humanity with him, is becoming dangerously real. Giving nukes to a country that’s at war with the greatest nuclear power? The idea is so absurd it makes one suspect Joe The Walking Dead and all those weighing the pros and cons of such a step have massive paranoid psychosis.

As ludicrous as these proposals are, here’s my take:
1) the very threat of transferring nuclear weapons to the Kiev regime will be seen as preparation for nuclear conflict with Russia;
2) the fact of transferring such weapons may be considered as the launch of an attack against our country in accordance with Paragraph 19 of the “Basic Principles of State Policy on Nuclear Deterrence”.

The consequences are obvious.

Riveting panel. Ripper is back, fully empowered by the ZioSwamp.

Unless the civilizational-states have many more Oreshnik-grade surprises left, we are screwed.

Prof Postol starts the good part going just after 28:00.
Pay attention to Ritter’s comments around 45:00 regarding the Russian prep for launching Oreshnik in the setting of breakdown in trust..
And later his comments about the prevailing culture of the ignorant knuckle-draggers in charge of the nukes

💠@imetatronink:
⭕ Retweet:
🔻 C1: While the Beechcraft T-6 C Trainer aircraft that US is giving to Vietnam may appear small in size, believe me when I say this: these aircraft coming to Hanoi is one of the most important events in the region.

This is the first time in decades, the US is engaging with Vietnam in a defense deal. The Beechcraft T-6 aircraft are supposed to train the Vietnamese airforce pilots for more complex hardware & roles.

Vietnam will get a total of 12 of these aircraft in the wake of rising Chinese territorial aggression. Besides training the fighter pilots of Vietnam Airforces, these aircraft will also help in monitoring the country’s vast EEZ & coastline.
🔻 C2: Last time they carpet bombed Vietnam actually
[it is funny, hysterically so, how mindless minions of Empire forget whom they savaged just a few decades ago!! But the Global South never forgets.. and these courtesies being shown the degenerate Pirates are other than they appear, like Hamas gratefully taking arms and alms from Qatar, Turkey, USUK and Zion for decades. What is sweeter than misleading and milking a mortal enemy, to paraphrase some, “of buying the rope and “assumed influence” with which to hang the bastards themselves”??]
🔻 WS: The last time, the US lost more than 10,000 aircraft in battle against Vietnam.
⭕ 🤡 Building the Perfect Clown Show

Trump is assembling one of the most impressive collections of foreign policy imbeciles ever seen in the age of American empire. |media|
🔻 C1: More idiotic than Blinken? That is unbelievable. Trump only cares about tax cuts. The Empire spreading chaos? That is SOP. 20 years of destruction. A genocide. Meet the new boss…
🔻 WS: I remember an axiom I learned early in my computer programming career:

Make it idiot-proof, and they’ll make a better idiot.
🔻 C2: I call bs. Trump would never make such a claim because he knows WTP who elected him are strongly against sending ANY of our tax $$ to Ukraine. Trump wouldn’t threaten something he knows he isn’t prepared to do.
🔻 WS: It’s really a moot issue. You can’t roll up hundred dollar bills and fire them in guns or missiles. And the US/NATO doesn’t have any meaningful quantity of the exploding stuff to make a difference in this war.

The Russians will dictate to the US/NATO the terms of surrender.
⭕ [continuation of thread:]
‼️ FPV Attack Drones — now with jam-proof fiber optic datalink — have become an ESSENTIAL implement of 21st century warfare.

The US and its NATO vassals are not prepared to fight such a war — nor any manner of high-intensity industrial-scale warfare.
🔻 C1: If Russia is so ascendant on the battlefield, why is it taking so long to eject NATO from Kursk?
🔻 WS: They are systematically annihilating the AFU/NATO forces in Kursk. It has been a catastrophic massacre. And as long as the AFU/NATO keep feeding men and equipment into the fire bag, the Russians will continue killing them.
📜 The Object of War
“In war, territory is the arena, not the fight.”
[Zio-USUK is buying time at cost of ALL its proxies]
⭕ 🌊 Sea Change

In my opinion, there has been a discernible alteration in the tactical deployment of US warships in a potential battle zone.

Especially the carrier strike groups.

In midsummer, CSG-2 (USS Brave Sir Robin) exhausted its air defenses against the Yemeni, survived several close calls, and had to bravely run away.

Since then, CSG-9 (USS Roosevelt) and CSG-3 (USS Lincoln) took successive turns cruising in the deep waters of the Arabian Sea, well out of range of known Yemeni capabilities.

But, apparently after venturing a bit closer in order to launch its “first ever” F-35C strike, there were credible reports that the Lincoln crew watched helplessly as at least one ballistic missile splashed only a couple hundred yards away.

CSG-3 (leaving its two destroyers behind to get shot at in the Red Sea) made a beeline for calmer waters, and is now gathering its wits somewhere in the western Pacific.

The US Navy *KNOWS* its fleet of supercarriers is acutely vulnerable to the firepower of even lowly Yemen — by far the least powerful of its potential adversaries.

The Battle of the Bab el-Mandeb has proven that, in the context of a big firepower war against Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, the deployment of US carrier strike groups is nothing but a big fat bluff.

#NoEasyWarsLeftToFight
🔻 C1: US aircraft carrier vulnerability and Russia’s new missiles, drones, EW, industrial MIC might etc make US first strike nuke war much more likely. Like Israel, our neocons will deploy the Samson Option, a WW3 last stand at a global Alamo.
🔻 WS: You think the #MastersOfEmpire are suicidal?

I don’t.

At least not yet.
🔻 C1: The Zios are on a suicidal path and may drag the rest of us into their end of times apocalypse. The overlords ( bankers) believe war & chaos will as usual be profitable. Madness is very real. Relying on rational self interest is a huge fallacy, among the rational.
⭕ #EmpireOfPlunder
retweet:
🔻 Patrick Henningsen: This South Carolina peach says the quiet part out loud…. #Ukraine

“This war’s about money…The richest country in all of Europe for rare earth minerals is Ukraine, two to seven trillion dollars worth…So Donald Trump’s going to do a deal to get our money back, to enrich ourselves with rare minerals…” |media|
⭕ [continuation of thread:]
With their Storm Shadow strike into Russia, the UK military brain trust were apparently acting on a strong belief that there was a gathering of top commanders in an underground bunker in Maryino.

They probably got duped. 🤣

British intelligence is an easy mark these days.
[apparently in reposting this, WS agrees with Mercouris that there may be validity to the rumours the Limeys aimed their few remaining stocks of Stormshadows in Kursk a few days ago at Russian generals and the visiting Russian Defense Minister Belousov… what losers. In a war long long lost, they aim potshots at civilian technocratic leadership of Russia in fit of spite and malice]
🔻 C1: Imagine if it has been successful…
🔻 WS: In my opinion, it’s always a good idea, at this stage of any big war, to cull at least 75% of your generals and replace them with majors, captains, and sergeants.

I’m dead serious.
⭕ 🎸 Mother, do you think they’ll drop the bomb? |media|
⭕ If only rolls of $100 bills could be used in rockets and missiles, the US would truly have a wunderwaffe.

I wonder if the nazis, in desperate mode to retain any allegiance in Europe, may rush those US IRBM promised to Germany in 2026 “to counter” the development of the Hazel Grove?

💠 @Eyes on South:
⭕ Hezbollah has launched up until this moment over 400 rockets & missiles, in addition to drones, on dozens of Israeli targets, including in Tel Aviv, all the way to Ashdod near Gaza 150km away from Lebanon.

Still 7 hours left till the day ends.

Most of the operations targeted strategic sites.
⭕ Hezbollah so far today destroyed 6 Israeli Merkavas, 3 in a single operation, and 3 yesterday.

Hezbollah has destroyed over 60 Israeli Merkavas in less than two months since the invasion.

All crews of the destroyed tanks were killed and wounded.
⭕ Zionists withdrew from the town of Al-Bayyada, less than 48 hours after reaching its edges, under fierce fire from Hezbollah fighters.

💠 @Palestinian Commie:
⭕ 🇱🇧🔥Hezbollah announce destroying 6 Zionist tanks in an hour!

1. 16:30 striking a Merkava tank with an ATGM on the eastern outskirts of Bayada, destroying it and killing and wounding its crew
2. 16:45 striking 3 Merkava tanks with ATGMs on the eastern outskirts of Bayada, destroying them and killing and wounding their crews
3. 16:45 striking a Merkava tank with an ATGM on the western outskirts of Deir Mimas (Lubia hill), destroying it and killing and wounding its crew
4. 17:15 As a Merkava tank attempted to advance and pull out a destroyed tank on the eastern outskirts of Bayada, it was targeted with an ATGM, destroying it and killing and wounding its crew

{And victory comes only from God}
⭕ ⚡️🇱🇧 Al-Mayadeen correspondent: We have monitored mulitple enemy forces of tanks and military vehicles withdrawing from the outskirts of Al-Bayada town after fierce battles with the resistance
[Zion cannot keep this up long – being ground outside and attrited inside Palestine. The Last Drang against Iran cannot wait for Dumpster in late January]

💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ All ‘Red Alerts’ in Israel during the past 24 hours as a result of Hezbollah’s missile launches

The alarms sounded more than 504 times, with over 340 missiles entering Israel, according to Israel.
⭕ 🚨 BREAKING: Sirens in Petah Tikva again, the suburbs of Tel Aviv amid long-range rocket attacks from Lebanon
⭕ — ❗️Israeli opposition: ‘Netanyahu and Gallant have lied to our faces, Hezbollah’s missile arsenal has not been destroyed, in fact we are subject to more attacks on our territory than ever before, and the ‘residents of the North’ can not return to their homes’

💠 @Fotros Resistance:
⭕ 🛑| Electricity distribution lines in Petah Tikva have been destroyed in today’s rocket attacks by Hezbollah.

This caused power outages in some areas in Tel Aviv.
⭕ ⚡️| 🇱🇧 WATCH: Hezbollah published footage of their launches towards Nahariya and Akka today.  |media|

💠 @ejmalrai:
⭕️ Hezbollah issue a straightforward warning: Beirut versus Tel Aviv.
Hezbollah prove it can negotiate under fire; has an immense firepower; telling Israel and pro-US in #Lebanon it is stronger than ever. All redlines have been crossed
⭕ Hezbollah says it destroyed 5 Merkava tanks today in al-Bay’ada, near the coastal road, while trying to advance.

More rockets are still raining down on #Israel. I think the night will be difficult in #Lebanon, but the message has been received loud and clear in Israel
⭕ 5 in al-Bay’ada and 1 in Deir Mimas.
⭕ Israel said Tel Aviv was bombed today for the third time, never before in its history.
⭕ BreakingNews:
Tel Aviv bombed for the fifth time today. Millions r in shelters.

Missiles available
Secure storage
Perfect comms harmony
Deterrence imposed
Hezbollah leadership is more aggressive than ever
Hezbollah is determined that it cannot be defeated and Israel cannot win
⭕ Israel’s army: 4 million Israelis took shelter today because of #Hezbollah missiles.

War criminal @Netanyahu will regret assassinating Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
⭕ War criminal @Netanyahu wants to return the inhabitants of Tel Aviv….sorry…the northern settlers to their homes.

If #Hezbollah has lost 80% of its capabilities and is fighting with only 20%, God knows what would have happened with 100% of its capabilities intact.

💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇵🇸⛈ Children trying to survive the winter in Gaza.

🐻 Winter in Gaza is here. This is what people have to live through. No shelter. No heat. Trying to survive in the freezing cold. Many have starved, died from trauma, direct attacks, lack of medicine, and many other horrific things. Now we can add freezing to death to the list.  |media|

💠 @ejmalrai:
⭕ Israel is trying to isolate the #Hezbollah Haidar unit from the Nasr and Aziz units south of the Litani River and occupy the area from south of the Litani to the Lebanese borders. My take to ⁦@AJEnglish
⭕ retweet:
Israel has killed at least 17,400 children in its war on Gaza. Here are the most common names of Gaza’s lost children, listed alphabetically from A to Z.  |media|
[Has useful translation of their Arabic names, according to most common meaning or understanding. Arabic is incredibly rich language. A lion has 50 different names, etc.]
⭕ Israel is not bombing #Hezbollah but invading, destroying #Lebanon and attacking and killing the Lebanese people.
⭕ Israel said it has depleted 80% of #Hezbollah’s missiles capabilities: Hezbollah launched 80 missiles and drones this morning against [an] Israel, led by a fugitive war criminal.
⭕ Israel said #Hezbollah continue launching missiles in an unprecedented number. Over 150 missiles hit several locations including Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion airport is again closed. Sirens in dozens of locations. Hezbollah said it is a retaliation against Israel bombing of Beirut.
⭕ Former minister Beny Gantz said Israel should bomb #Lebanon’s infrastructure. His comments are naive because that would unleash hell and free Hezbollah to bomb any locations with no distinction.
⭕ Israel said it has assassinated the head of Hezbollah operational room, the head of missiles units and all Jihadi council commanders. The only explanation is that all these missiles and drones are fired from these commanders giving orders from heaven.
⭕️ BreakingNews:
#Israel said #Hezbollah fired over 250 missiles today against different areas, including Naharya, Acre, Haifa, Herzliya, Tel Aviv, and Ashdod. Several military bases, including an Israeli intelligence unit base, were hit.

This is unprecedented.
⭕️ In Tyre, south of Lebanon, #Israel bombed the barracks of the Lebanese army, which is not taking part in the war and has not fired a bullet against the Israeli invaders.

If someone is for or against Israel, they are shot at. So how about having some honour and doing your duty?

💠 Elena Panina:
⭕ Drawing “Hazelnut”

The strike of a medium-range ballistic missile in a non-nuclear hypersonic warhead with a strange, almost mocking name “Oreshnik”, which lashed out at the fallen Yuzhmash on November 21, 2024, changed the world.

The point here is not only the first time in world history – or the tenth, it doesn’t matter – that an IRBM was used in war.
It’s not just that there is no escape from hypersonic weapons, either in Ukraine or in the West.
And not only in the fact that Russia took control of the escalation of the conflict, responding to the enemy according to its own rules of the game, rather than those imposed on it.

The fact is that Russia’s very presence of the Oreshnik says a lot – practically everything! – about the achievements of its science and the level of development of its defense industry.

It is impossible to create such a missile without scientific schools, design bureaus, a whole range of industries – and also without the necessary organizational and managerial potential or without the required level of counterintelligence. It is absurd to think that a country that has created such a missile will give in to other tasks.

Alexander Prokhanov captured this in his remarkable figure of speech:

“The hypersonic missile “Oreshnik” that hit the Ukrainian plant “Yuzhmash”, incinerating it, changed the picture of the world with its impact. The course of military actions in Ukraine changed. The level of conflict between Russia and America changed. The political situation in Europe changed. Changes occurred on the future American-Chinese front. The traffic flow through the Strait of Hormuz, OPEC oil production quotas, the price of coffee beans, the state of country roads in the Vologda province, the expression in Vladimir Zelensky’s eyes, blackened with horror, changed.”

…According to legend, Giotto once drew a perfect circle for the Pope without lifting his brush from the paper – this was enough to confirm his mastery. The successful use of “Oreshnik” by “Yuzhmash” became the same confirmation of Russia’s level in the eyes of those who understand. And who are now trying to cope with this dazzling fact.

If Russia has “Oreshnik”, it changes everything.
If Russia has grown such a “Nut Tree”, it means Russia is capable of anything.

💠 @Fotros Resistance:
⭕ 🛑| During Hezbollah’s rocket barrage, with more than 200 rockets since this morning, 4 million Israelis were forced to go into shelters.
⭕ 🛑| Hezbollah has fired more than 250 rockets/drones since this morning — Channel 14
[This doesn’t include the afternoon or the looming long night]
⭕️ — A popular Israeli Telegram channel, in reaction to Today’s Hezbollah attacks, wrote

“Did we return to 7th of October?”

💠 @Eyes on South:
⭕ Hezbollah is proving to Israelis today that after two months of its invasion, thousands of airstrikes, dozens of massacres, it is in a worse position than when the war started.

The longer the war lasts, the deeper the pit “Israel” will fall into, nshallah.
⭕ Your arrows broke in the north. Now the winds from our south are only getting stronger.