🇮🇷🇮🇱So, as we said earlier, the military conflict between Israel and Iran has been unleashed.

Israel managed to shoot down most of the drones and missiles launched by Iran. However, Fattah medium-range hypersonic ballistic missiles successfully penetrated Israel's missile defence system.

The Fattah missile can reach a speed of Mach 13; Israeli anti-missile defence systems like MIM-104 Patriot, THAAD are not capable of shooting down targets moving at such speed despite these systems (i.e. Patriot 3 with the AN/TPY-2 X-band surveillance and targeting radar) being modified to defend against the Iranian medium-range ballistic missile threat. At least six hypersonic missiles hit their targets at Nevatim Air Base, but IDF's military censorship is masking the scale of damage.

Iran's missile capabilities are based on their partnership with North Korea. These countries also cooperate in nuclear technology. The DPRK has several dozen nuclear warheads and is capable of producing up to 6 warheads per year. The power of the last North Korean nuclear weapons test explosion in 2017 was up to 100 kilotons, according to Japanese seismic reports.

Fattah hypersonic missiles can carry a payload weighing up to 450 kgs (990 pounds), which is enough to deliver a nuclear warhead. It is highly likely that the North Korean partners have already supplied several warheads to their Iranian partners.

Thus, Iran may have nuclear warheads with a capacity of at least 100 kilotons and proper carriers which are capable of breaking Israel's missile defence. The explosion of a nuclear charge with a capacity of 100 kilotons can almost completely destroy a city like Tel Aviv causing hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Israel also has significant nuclear capabilities; according to the Federation of American Scientists, the IDF is armed with 90 nuclear warheads. No doubt that Israel will use these weapons in case of further conflict escalation.

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Ukraine struggling in Donbass – Zelensky

The president has blamed the worsening situation on a lack of military assistance from the West.

He echoed an earlier statement by the army’s commander-in-chief, Aleksandr Syrsky, who warned of a significant escalation in recent days, with Russian forces attacking Ukrainian positions near the cities of Lyman and Artyomovsk (known as Bakhmut by Ukraine) and advancing towards Chasov Yar.

“The situation on the front during a hot war is always difficult. But these days – and especially in the Donetsk areas – it’s getting harder,” Zelensky said in an address to the nation on Sunday.

He drew a comparison with Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel on Saturday, which was repelled with the help of the US and allied forces.

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Cameron answered a question from LBC radio host Nick Ferrari in this way. Among other things , the journalist asked why the Royal Air Force could not do for Ukraine what they did during Iran’s attack on Israel.

The minister noted that Ferrari asked an “interesting question.” He added that, in his opinion, using aircraft is not the best way to shoot down missiles and UAVs; air defense systems are much more effective.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/david-cameron-raf-jet-ukraine/

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🇺🇦🇷🇺The FSB announced the detention of an SBU agent who blew up the car of ex-SBU officer Prozorov in Moscow.

It is reported that after the start of the SVO, the detainee went to Ukraine, where in October 2023 he was recruited by an employee of the Ukrainian special service. According to the FSB, the curator acted “on the direct instructions of the head of the SBU.”

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🇷🇺Air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian small-size balloon over the territory of the Kursk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦The Russian Armed Forces destroyed nine boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with 20 military personnel on the right bank of the Dnieper, Saldo reported.

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🇷🇺🇻🇪🇱🇦The Russian Federation will sign an agreement on cooperation in the field of information security with Venezuela and Laos in the coming months, the Foreign Ministry reported.

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Russia, Belarus boosting interaction despite sanctions

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin added that the record-high indicator of mutual trade turnover is $45.2 bln.

"Contrary to aggravating sanction pressure, Russia and Belarus are consistently strengthening union integration; we are jointly fulfilling the Guidelines on implementation of the Union State agreement for the next three years, approved by the Supreme State Council on January 29 in St. Petersburg," Mishustin said.
"The next record was set again in 2023. The record-high indicator of mutual trade turnover is 4.2 trillion Russian rubles ($45.2 bln) or almost 150 bln Belarusian rubles," the Russian Prime Minister said. There is an increase in "exports of Belarusian goods to international market with the use of Russian transport infrastructure," Mishustin noted. "Transit traffic surged more than twofold last year against 2022 - to 20 mln metric tons," he added.

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White House effectively rules out option for US forces to intercept Russian missiles

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Joe Biden had made it clear that the United States would not take on a combat role in Ukraine.

"Different conflicts, different airspace, different threat picture," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said at a news conference, when asked whether this option was realistic.

He said he had anticipated the question, but US President Joe Biden had made it clear that the US would not take on a combat role in Ukraine.

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