— 🇬🇧/🕌 NEW: Islam is now officially the largest religion in Birmingham, UK, with 32.2% of residents reportedly being Muslim, compared to 32% reportedly being Christian

Back in 2021, Christianity was still the largest religion at 34%, while Islam stood at 29.9%.

@Middle_East_Spectator

As a Muslim; what are you doing UK?

Preserve your culture, like we preserve ours.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Ukrainian lines in the Kupyansk direction have also begun to collapse!

After Russian infantry units began storming northern Kupyansk city last night, the Ukrainian defensive lines east of the Oskol River began to crumble. Russian forces captured an incredible 87 sqkm of area. Multiple fortifications have fallen to Russian control.

Note, the area captured is not only some of the most densely trenched territory, but Russia had been unable to move the front in this area for well over 12+ months - until now.

Fighting has begun for the large town of Petropavlovka.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian counterattacks in the Pokrovsk direction seem to have failed.

The decision to counterattack, requiring the greater number of reinforcements from other areas, instead of trying to just stabilize or contain the Russian breakthrough has now left Ukrainian defenses exposed in the other directions.

While Pokrovsk may have stabilized, the frontline is now moving rapidly in Russian favor in the Konstantinovka, Limen and Kupyansk directions.

🪖📝 Nicholas Drummond on X: We live in the era of the $20 million dollar MBT. This is unsustainable when tanks can be eliminated by $300 drones. The two causes of such rampant price inflation are:

1️⃣ Over-specified requirements that create machines of enormous complexity.
2️⃣Small order quantities that prevent economies of scale from being achieved.

Unavoidably, we still need tanks if we want to recapture lost ground, so we must reimagine the brute force and shock effect that only heavy armour can bring. To regain freedom of movement on the battlefield, we will need to invest in counter-UAS defences on a grand scale. This is being done.

Combined arms teams will be comprised of various elements:

✅Armoured units in MBTs to provide direct firepower for eliminating other armoured vehicles and destroying enemy positions
✅Infantry units in IFVs to assault enemy positions
✅Cavalry units in CFVs to provide drone and ISTAR support
✅Artillery units to provide indirect fie support via tube, rocket, and missile systems
✅Engineer units to provide obstacle removal and mine clearance
✅Combat aircraft to provide close air support

(Plus signals, logistics, medical, REME, intelligence, and other miscellaneous units)

To reduce the cost of the orchestra of war, we will need to develop simpler vehicles and produce thousands of them via collaborative international programmes.

🔗 Nicholas Drummond

🌍 Sen. Ted Cruz urges President Trump to formally recognize Somaliland, calling it a strategic ally in counterterrorism and a key player against China’s influence in the Horn of Africa.

@CIG_telegram