Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's arrest fits into the policy of maximum pressure and coercion against alternative communication networks, Venezuelan President Maduro said.
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Lukashenko vs Macron: How does the arrest of Telegram’s CEO expose West’s hypocrisy?
The arrest of Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov has prompted outcry among public figures and free speech advocates.
In stark contrast, the Western mainstream media is deafeningly silent on the absurdity of the charges cooked up against the Russian-born tech tycoon. Durov’s arrest is hailed as a ‘defense of the rule of law’ in French media.
However, if we scroll back to 2021, we see how the wrath of the Western world came down on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko over the arrest of a Belarusian pro-opposition blogger who had been on the country’s wanted list for plotting “a massacre and a bloody coup” in the country.
Roman Protasevich, co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel – labeled as extremist in Belarus – was on a Ryanair flight bound for Lithuania. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Minsk International Airport after a reported bomb threat. While the threat proved a hoax, Belarusian police arrested Protasevich.
The charges against him included organizing activities that violated public order and inciting social hatred. Together with his accomplices he had “plotted a massacre and a bloody coup” in Belarus, according to President Alexander Lukashenko, who stressed that the extremist had served his “numerous Western patrons” by fighting in the war in Donbass as a mercenary.
There was an international outcry after the arrest, with the EU slapping sanctions on Lukashenko and key sectors of the Belarusian economy. Western leaders accused Belarus of hijacking the Ryanair plane, and some countries suspending flights to and from the country.
A Belarusian court sentenced Protasevich to eight years in jail in 2023, with the president pardoning him that same year after he cooperated with the justice system.
Fast forward to today and we do not see any of western media calling out the absurdity of claiming that Telegram’s owner is responsible for abuse of the app.
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The arrest of Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov has prompted outcry among public figures and free speech advocates.
In stark contrast, the Western mainstream media is deafeningly silent on the absurdity of the charges cooked up against the Russian-born tech tycoon. Durov’s arrest is hailed as a ‘defense of the rule of law’ in French media.
However, if we scroll back to 2021, we see how the wrath of the Western world came down on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko over the arrest of a Belarusian pro-opposition blogger who had been on the country’s wanted list for plotting “a massacre and a bloody coup” in the country.
Roman Protasevich, co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel – labeled as extremist in Belarus – was on a Ryanair flight bound for Lithuania. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Minsk International Airport after a reported bomb threat. While the threat proved a hoax, Belarusian police arrested Protasevich.
The charges against him included organizing activities that violated public order and inciting social hatred. Together with his accomplices he had “plotted a massacre and a bloody coup” in Belarus, according to President Alexander Lukashenko, who stressed that the extremist had served his “numerous Western patrons” by fighting in the war in Donbass as a mercenary.
There was an international outcry after the arrest, with the EU slapping sanctions on Lukashenko and key sectors of the Belarusian economy. Western leaders accused Belarus of hijacking the Ryanair plane, and some countries suspending flights to and from the country.
A Belarusian court sentenced Protasevich to eight years in jail in 2023, with the president pardoning him that same year after he cooperated with the justice system.
Fast forward to today and we do not see any of western media calling out the absurdity of claiming that Telegram’s owner is responsible for abuse of the app.
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Hezbollah could end normal life in Israel, drive Israelis ‘underground’ in any major escalation - analyst
Raging tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have approached a boiling point amid a series of increasingly large-scale back-and-forth attacks. But neither side, nor their allies, truly want a full-scale war, since it would end any semblance of normal life in Israel, sink the new Iranian government’s hopes on the diplomatic front, and stretch US’ resources to the breaking point, observers say.
Tashjian believes the recent back-and-forth strikes, serious as they are, remain “managed clashes,” signaling that “both sides are not ready to shift the current status into a major war.”
And there are other reasons Israel and the US don’t want a full-scale conflict, says Sakarya University Middle East Institute researcher Furkan Halit Yolcu.
Hezbollah, unlike Hamas, isn’t “a small-scale non-state actor,” but a force approaching national armies in terms of ground strength, and missile and air defense capabilities which can do great “harm and hurt” to any army attacking it. Hezbollah has the “will and the ground resources it needs [to] have a very, very, very large impact on Israeli soil,” Yolcu warned, noting that ordinary Israelis could literally be driven underground to bomb shelters, and see their day-to-day lives disrupted thanks to Hezbollah’s ability to saturate and penetrate Israeli air and missile defenses.
As for the US, it has its own problems, with the deployment of additional resources to the region costing an arm and a leg. “It’s really, really costly to have that much military power just stationed there to protect Israel at all costs,” Yolcu said.
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Raging tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have approached a boiling point amid a series of increasingly large-scale back-and-forth attacks. But neither side, nor their allies, truly want a full-scale war, since it would end any semblance of normal life in Israel, sink the new Iranian government’s hopes on the diplomatic front, and stretch US’ resources to the breaking point, observers say.
“Regional and international actors indirectly involved in this war such as the US and Iran have no intention to directly be involved,” American University of Beirut Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy IR coordinator Yeghia Tashjian told Sputnik, pointing to the upcoming US elections, as well as Iran’s attempted rapprochement with the West.
Tashjian believes the recent back-and-forth strikes, serious as they are, remain “managed clashes,” signaling that “both sides are not ready to shift the current status into a major war.”
And there are other reasons Israel and the US don’t want a full-scale conflict, says Sakarya University Middle East Institute researcher Furkan Halit Yolcu.
Hezbollah, unlike Hamas, isn’t “a small-scale non-state actor,” but a force approaching national armies in terms of ground strength, and missile and air defense capabilities which can do great “harm and hurt” to any army attacking it. Hezbollah has the “will and the ground resources it needs [to] have a very, very, very large impact on Israeli soil,” Yolcu warned, noting that ordinary Israelis could literally be driven underground to bomb shelters, and see their day-to-day lives disrupted thanks to Hezbollah’s ability to saturate and penetrate Israeli air and missile defenses.
As for the US, it has its own problems, with the deployment of additional resources to the region costing an arm and a leg. “It’s really, really costly to have that much military power just stationed there to protect Israel at all costs,” Yolcu said.
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Human look, animal behavior
A pair of vandals in Czech Prague caused $700 worth of damage and could get up to a year in prison.
A man strolling in the station area with a woman decided to "fool around" and tear off glasses from a sculpture of Nicholas Winton – a philanthropist nicknamed the "British Schindler", who organized the rescue of several hundred Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia – and put them on themselves.
The police estimate the damage at about about $700. If caught, the man faces up to one year in prison.
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A pair of vandals in Czech Prague caused $700 worth of damage and could get up to a year in prison.
A man strolling in the station area with a woman decided to "fool around" and tear off glasses from a sculpture of Nicholas Winton – a philanthropist nicknamed the "British Schindler", who organized the rescue of several hundred Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia – and put them on themselves.
The police estimate the damage at about about $700. If caught, the man faces up to one year in prison.
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Deep state dissidents: Durov in good company among those targeted for free speech
Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest in France sent waves of anger and disgust across the world, with users of his popular independent social media service fearing it will finally fall under the control of the intelligence services after many years of pressure. When it comes to the crackdown against him, Durov is in good company, with his case one of close to half-a-dozen recent attempts to intimidate public figures charged with saying the ‘wrong’ things.
Tucker Carlson
The former Fox News pundit-turned independent journalist has taken his share of flak from the US intelligence community over his principled rejection of overreaching state and corporate power. In 2021, he was contacted by a whistleblower who revealed that his electronic communications were being monitored by the NSA, and that the agency had deliberately leaked confidential emails to media to smear him over his attempts to secure an interview with President Putin. In late 2023, Carlson’s #1 rated show was abruptly taken off the air after he confronted Big Pharma over the Covid vax safety. Throughout his tenure at Fox, Carlson walked a fine line between the acceptable and the unspeakable, decrying the CIA dirty war in Syria, reportedly talking President Trump out of a war with Iran, rejecting NATO’s narrative on the Ukraine crisis, and seeking Russia-US normalization to prevent Ukraine from escalating into a world-ending nuclear war.
Scott Ritter
The former US Marine intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector sealed his status as a deep state pariah in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, when he revealed that there was no evidence that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. Ritter was proven right, and in a series of interviews, articles and a bombshell bestselling book noscriptd “Iraq Confidential,” spilled the beans on CIA’s concerted effort to undermine the UN’s inspection work in Iraq to push for regime change. Ritter’s ‘reward’? Expulsion from a career he loved, a humiliating and reprehensible case of entrapment by police, and, most recently, unconstitutional efforts by the FBI to intimidate him by seizing his passport, searching his home, and confiscating equipment he uses to prepare his reports over suspected “ties to Russian state media.” But Ritter’s only real crime has been to speak truth to power, to present an alternative viewpoint on global geopolitical hotspots, and to earn the respect and trust of millions of viewers and listeners worldwide.
Dimitri K. Simes
Veteran Soviet-born journalist, Russian affairs expert, post-White House aide to Richard Nixon and Trump 2016 campaign advisor Dimitri K. Simes saw a similar violation of his constitutional protections earlier this month, with his family’s estate in Huntly, Virginia raided by the FBI on August 13. Simes, who has been living in Moscow since October 2022, was not notified of the search in advance. A decades-long advocate of dialogue, friendship and relations based on mutual respect between the nuclear superpowers, Simes dubbed the raid on his home “an attempt to intimidate, not only somebody from Russia, but just against anyone who goes against official policies and particularly against the deep state.” Simes enjoys widespread recognition in Russia, cohosting a popular political talk show on Russian TV. He moderated the 2023 SPIEF forum, interviewing President Putin.
Richard Medhurst
Popular Syrian-born British YouTuber Richard Medhurst was arrested at London’s Heathrow airport in mid-August under the Terrorism Act of 2000, and accused of “expressing an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organization.” Medhurst has made a name for himself as an independent journalist and political commentator, and saw an explosive rise in popularity over his reporting on the Israel-Gaza war. Medhurst spent 24 hours in solitary confinement in a cold, windowless cell, and was repeatedly denied requests to speak to his family and a solicitor.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest in France sent waves of anger and disgust across the world, with users of his popular independent social media service fearing it will finally fall under the control of the intelligence services after many years of pressure. When it comes to the crackdown against him, Durov is in good company, with his case one of close to half-a-dozen recent attempts to intimidate public figures charged with saying the ‘wrong’ things.
Tucker Carlson
The former Fox News pundit-turned independent journalist has taken his share of flak from the US intelligence community over his principled rejection of overreaching state and corporate power. In 2021, he was contacted by a whistleblower who revealed that his electronic communications were being monitored by the NSA, and that the agency had deliberately leaked confidential emails to media to smear him over his attempts to secure an interview with President Putin. In late 2023, Carlson’s #1 rated show was abruptly taken off the air after he confronted Big Pharma over the Covid vax safety. Throughout his tenure at Fox, Carlson walked a fine line between the acceptable and the unspeakable, decrying the CIA dirty war in Syria, reportedly talking President Trump out of a war with Iran, rejecting NATO’s narrative on the Ukraine crisis, and seeking Russia-US normalization to prevent Ukraine from escalating into a world-ending nuclear war.
Scott Ritter
The former US Marine intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector sealed his status as a deep state pariah in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, when he revealed that there was no evidence that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. Ritter was proven right, and in a series of interviews, articles and a bombshell bestselling book noscriptd “Iraq Confidential,” spilled the beans on CIA’s concerted effort to undermine the UN’s inspection work in Iraq to push for regime change. Ritter’s ‘reward’? Expulsion from a career he loved, a humiliating and reprehensible case of entrapment by police, and, most recently, unconstitutional efforts by the FBI to intimidate him by seizing his passport, searching his home, and confiscating equipment he uses to prepare his reports over suspected “ties to Russian state media.” But Ritter’s only real crime has been to speak truth to power, to present an alternative viewpoint on global geopolitical hotspots, and to earn the respect and trust of millions of viewers and listeners worldwide.
Dimitri K. Simes
Veteran Soviet-born journalist, Russian affairs expert, post-White House aide to Richard Nixon and Trump 2016 campaign advisor Dimitri K. Simes saw a similar violation of his constitutional protections earlier this month, with his family’s estate in Huntly, Virginia raided by the FBI on August 13. Simes, who has been living in Moscow since October 2022, was not notified of the search in advance. A decades-long advocate of dialogue, friendship and relations based on mutual respect between the nuclear superpowers, Simes dubbed the raid on his home “an attempt to intimidate, not only somebody from Russia, but just against anyone who goes against official policies and particularly against the deep state.” Simes enjoys widespread recognition in Russia, cohosting a popular political talk show on Russian TV. He moderated the 2023 SPIEF forum, interviewing President Putin.
Richard Medhurst
Popular Syrian-born British YouTuber Richard Medhurst was arrested at London’s Heathrow airport in mid-August under the Terrorism Act of 2000, and accused of “expressing an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organization.” Medhurst has made a name for himself as an independent journalist and political commentator, and saw an explosive rise in popularity over his reporting on the Israel-Gaza war. Medhurst spent 24 hours in solitary confinement in a cold, windowless cell, and was repeatedly denied requests to speak to his family and a solicitor.
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Top-5 possible reasons behind Telegram CEO Durov’s detention Pavel Durov, co-founder of the Telegram encrypted messaging app, has been arrested in France. He faces multiple charges of allegedly failing to moderate the service. Why did Durov have a target…
❗️ Durov's detention in France has been extended until Wednesday, French media reported.
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Former Democratic Party Congresswoman Rep. Tulsi Gabbard endorses Trump
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“This administration has us facing multiple wars on multiple fronts and regions around the world and closer to the brink of nuclear war than we ever have been before. This is one of the main reasons why I'm committed to doing all that I can to send President Trump back to the White House where he can once again serve us as our commander-in-chief,” Tulsi Gabbard said, throwing support behind the Republican candidate.
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Hardcore video of revenge for Pavel Durov’s arrest was leaked online. Those with a weak heart should look away.
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An American PMC mercenary from a group of fighters involved in the Ukrainian terrorist attack on the Kursk region complained about the chaos in Ukraine's army.
The man's identity was hidden, his face covered by a mask and dark glasses over his eyes due to fear of retaliation for his crimes committed against Russian civilians on Russian territory.
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“We were actually asked to go into the Kursk incursion area in order to help assist with a sniper operation they were looking at, but it's chaos right now. We ended up not doing that operation,” the mercenary said in an interview with ABC News.
The man's identity was hidden, his face covered by a mask and dark glasses over his eyes due to fear of retaliation for his crimes committed against Russian civilians on Russian territory.
“I am genuinely worried that they're [Ukrainian forces] overextending. I think a lot of people are. I think they are,” the mercenary said.
“I mean, we've been playing this game for two-plus years of fighting with one hand behind their back, basically trying to delay the inevitable,” the mercenary said as Russian forces continue to neutralize Ukrainian terrorists in the Kursk region as well as mercenaries from around the world.
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❗️ The UAE demands that France provide its national Pavel Durov urgent access to all necessary consular services, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement.
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"The UAE is closely following the case of its citizen Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, who was arrested by the French authorities in Paris–Le Bourget Airport, emphasizing that the UAE has submitted a request to the Government of the French Republic to provide him with all the necessary consular services in an urgent manner," the statement said.
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One online prankster is going viral for an appearance at a Florida home where he offered a Harris-Walz campaign sign and an unsolicited pitch for the Democratic presidential ticket.
“You’re not gonna leave it there!” said the annoyed homeowner. “I can’t stand them! … Get it out of my property!”
”You didn’t address me by my pronouns!” said the dejected prankster.
“F**king transgender* is what you are!” she scolded.
*LGBT movements are regarded in Russia as extremist organizations and are outlawed in the country
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❗️ The UAE demands that France provide its national Pavel Durov urgent access to all necessary consular services, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement. "The UAE is closely following the case of its citizen Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, who…
French law enforcement interrogated, then released the bodyguard and assistant of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who remains in custody, French media reported citing a source familiar with the situation.
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Biden’s everlasting vacation/presidency
John Kirby squirms when confronted with an obvious question about how a US president can spend so much time on vacation.
Joe Biden has reportedly spent over 450 days of his presidency on vacation.
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John Kirby squirms when confronted with an obvious question about how a US president can spend so much time on vacation.
“I'm a little confused, John. I know the president took a vacation last week in California after the Democratic convention. He added another week to that in Rehoboth, Delaware, this week. How engaged is he in any of this?” Fox News's Neil Cavuto asked.
“I mean he was being updated on the attacks over the weekend in real time by his national security team… He's watching things very, very closely,” White House National Security Communications Adviser offered.
Joe Biden has reportedly spent over 450 days of his presidency on vacation.
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“The hallmark of dictatorship” – Tucker Carlson on Durov’s arrest
“You see the Biden administration encouraging [French President Emmanuel] Macron to arrest the owner and founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, who is as of right now in a French prison. That’s the hallmark of dictatorship,” the American journalist said.
RFK Jr. also blasted the Democratic Party for its lack of actual democratic values.
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“You see the Biden administration encouraging [French President Emmanuel] Macron to arrest the owner and founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, who is as of right now in a French prison. That’s the hallmark of dictatorship,” the American journalist said.
“We've lost Europe. Europe now does not have free speech,” independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an interview with Carlson.
RFK Jr. also blasted the Democratic Party for its lack of actual democratic values.
“Elon Musk should be the hero of the Democratic Party. [In] the old Democratic Party he would be the hero. Somehow he became a villain, because he was actually the only platform that would allow free speech on his platform,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. emphasized.
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Meta* CEO says they shouldn't have 'demoted' Hunter Biden laptop story on platform - letter
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg in a letter to US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan admitted that the Hunter Biden laptop story was not Russian disinformation and should not have been demoted on the social media company's platform while it was under review.
Moreover, Zuckerberg mentioned that in 2021, Biden Administration officials repeatedly pressured Meta's teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content.
The Meta CEO revealed that he regrets making certain COVID-19-related changes due to the pressure from the US government.
US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said Meta's actions appear to be a First Amendment violation, which includes Americans' rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
*Meta is banned in Russia as an extremist organization.
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Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg in a letter to US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan admitted that the Hunter Biden laptop story was not Russian disinformation and should not have been demoted on the social media company's platform while it was under review.
"In a separate situation, the FBI warned us about a potential Russian disinformation operation about the Biden family and Burisma in the lead up to the 2020 election... It's since been made clear that the reporting was not Russian disinformation, and in retrospect, we shouldn't have demoted the story," Zuckerberg said in the letter.
Moreover, Zuckerberg mentioned that in 2021, Biden Administration officials repeatedly pressured Meta's teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content.
The Meta CEO revealed that he regrets making certain COVID-19-related changes due to the pressure from the US government.
"I believe the government pressure was wrong and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it," Zuckerberg said. "I also think we made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn't make today."
US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said Meta's actions appear to be a First Amendment violation, which includes Americans' rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
*Meta is banned in Russia as an extremist organization.
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🤐 RFK Jr. reveals the intricate peculiarities of American political censorship
“And they had to invent a new word, which is called ‘malinformation,’ which is information that is factually true, but nevertheless inconvenient for the government. And that became ‘disinformation,’ ‘misinformation’ and ‘malinformation,'” RFK Jr. said. Carlson responded by suggesting the action is "illegal".
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“Thirty-seven hours after he took the Oval Office, President Biden's White House opened a portal for the FBI to begin to have access to social media posts on all the different social media sites. And the FBI then invited in the CIA, DHS, the IRS, and CISA. CISA is this new agency that is the center of the censorship industrial complex that is in charge of making sure Americans don't hear things that their government doesn't want them to hear," independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an interview with Tucker Carlson.
“And they had to invent a new word, which is called ‘malinformation,’ which is information that is factually true, but nevertheless inconvenient for the government. And that became ‘disinformation,’ ‘misinformation’ and ‘malinformation,'” RFK Jr. said. Carlson responded by suggesting the action is "illegal".
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'US defense lobbyists need war': Middle East regional war could spiral as US fails to intervene
Israel and Hezbollah launched a heavy exchange of fire against one-another on Sunday morning which threatened to trigger a broader regional war that could negatively affect cease-fire negotiations, a US news outlet reported. Both sides said they were only aiming for military targets, which resulted in the death of three people in Lebanon and an Israeli soldier.
It was first reported on Sunday that Israel had informed the US of their plans to strike Lebanon overnight. Hezbollah fired over 320 rockets and dozens of drones toward Israel in retaliation for the killing of Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander who was killed in Beirut. The Israeli military said about 100 of their warplanes struck more than 1,000 Hezbollah projectiles aimed at northern and central Israel.
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Israel and Hezbollah launched a heavy exchange of fire against one-another on Sunday morning which threatened to trigger a broader regional war that could negatively affect cease-fire negotiations, a US news outlet reported. Both sides said they were only aiming for military targets, which resulted in the death of three people in Lebanon and an Israeli soldier.
“But if they want to go ahead and undertake efforts against Hezbollah, they're going to be meeting a force ten times as strong in Hezbollah because they've got more personnel, they've got more rockets, more high precision missiles,” Michael Maloof, a former senior security policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense told Sputnik’s The Final Countdown.
It was first reported on Sunday that Israel had informed the US of their plans to strike Lebanon overnight. Hezbollah fired over 320 rockets and dozens of drones toward Israel in retaliation for the killing of Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander who was killed in Beirut. The Israeli military said about 100 of their warplanes struck more than 1,000 Hezbollah projectiles aimed at northern and central Israel.
“...also if they want to deal with Iran, that's going to be yet another layer of contention. I think the fact that there has been restraint basically shown by Hezbollah and Iran is really a shrewd tactical effort on their part to, basically, bring about a death by a thousand cuts, if you will, on Israel itself as an entity,” he added.
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Poland is clueless as to how many of its mercenaries are fighting in Ukraine for Kiev – source
The Polish authorities cannot provide even an approximate number of Polish mercenaries fighting for Zelensky, an anonymous source in the Polish Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.
Polish law, in fact, allows its citizens to serve in a foreign army or other foreign paramilitary formation, the source explained.
The violator could face a punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to five years if these requirements are not met, for cases of participation in military operations as part of a foreign armed formation.
In March, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 13,387 mercenaries had arrived in Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation, including 2,960 Polish citizens. At that time, 5,962 mercenaries have been confirmed killed, most of them Poles (1,497).
In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the largest number of mercenaries in Ukraine were from Poland.
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The Polish authorities cannot provide even an approximate number of Polish mercenaries fighting for Zelensky, an anonymous source in the Polish Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.
Polish law, in fact, allows its citizens to serve in a foreign army or other foreign paramilitary formation, the source explained.
"To do this, it is necessary to obtain the permission of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration, and as for former military personnel, [they would need to get] the permission of the Minister of National Defense. At the same time, it is necessary to meet a number of other requirements, for example, to have no criminal record, not have tax arrears and other debts, not to be an active military personnel," the source said.
The violator could face a punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to five years if these requirements are not met, for cases of participation in military operations as part of a foreign armed formation.
"In practice, the overwhelming majority of Polish citizens who are fighting in Ukraine, of course, did not receive any permission, but simply went there at their own peril and risk," the source said.
In March, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 13,387 mercenaries had arrived in Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation, including 2,960 Polish citizens. At that time, 5,962 mercenaries have been confirmed killed, most of them Poles (1,497).
In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the largest number of mercenaries in Ukraine were from Poland.
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