ISKANDERS DON'T MISS: How Russia is crippling Ukraine’s NATO-sourced air defense shield

The enemy can do nothing but watch Iskander missiles fly, fully aware that their targets are doomed. Here's why:

🔶Unstoppable force

Iskanders fly along unpredictable trajectories at tremendous speeds (up to Mach 7).

Their G-load during maneuver significantly exceeds what most NATO anti-aircraft missiles can withstand, Rostec says.

Besides their 400-700 kg payload, just the shockwave generated during the missiles’ approach, or munition fragments, can be enough to take enemy defenses out of action. Plus they’re incredibly accurate (5-7M CEP).
NATO has nothing like them.

🔶Swiss cheese air defenses

Ukraine’s air defenses have been decimated over three years of fighting, covering only Kiev plus 2-3 strategic objects elsewhere, says Russian air defense forces historian Yuri Knutov. “The remaining objects are practically defenseless.”

That’s because Russia is using the Fabian strategy – firing missiles and drones to grind down enemy defenses, logistics and defense production in depth, and aiming to achieve victory not through decisive battles, but exhaustion leading to collapse.

🔶Response to provocations

The growing intensity of Russian missile strikes in spite of new peace talks in Istanbul makes sense, Knutov says, given Kiev’s attempts to disrupt negotiations through its own recent drone attacks on Russian military and civilian targets.

Ukraine’s strikes were intended to evoke a tit-for-tat response, but Russia didn’t bite, sticking to strategic targets, like:

✅Ukraine’s Avangard drone plant
✅radio intel sites
✅the Main Intelligence Directorate
✅ drone assembly sites, weapons storage

🗣“We will not reduce the intensity of strikes because the enemy (not just the Kiev regime but the countries supporting it) must understand that the task of strategically weakening Russia cannot be solved by increasing arms deliveries,” Knutov summed up.

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Ukraine uses TERROR to bait Russian retaliation💥

Ukraine “has always used terrorist methods,” from drone strikes to shelling civilian sites — not for military gain, but to provoke a massive Russian response it can then exploit for PR, French journalist Christelle Néant told Sputnik from Donbass.

🎯 Russia is deliberately limiting its own strikes to military infrastructure in Ukraine — a point reiterated by the Kremlin on May 26, stressing that retaliation is aimed only at legitimate targets.

🚫 As for Kiev’s latest call for a 30-day ceasefire, Néant warns it’s a trap: “The idea is not to respect it, but to use it.”

During that window, Ukraine would rest its troops, resupply with Western weapons and prepare for the next phase — all while expecting Moscow to stay quiet.

The real goal? Use a battlefield breather to gain global sympathy — while banking on Russia playing by the rules.

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🚨🇨🇳🇮🇷 China–Iran GAME-CHANGER RAILWAY gains momentum

A cargo train from Xi’an arrived at the Aprin dry port near the Iranian capital Tehran on Sunday — the latest milestone in a new overland trade route that is rapidly taking shape.

The China–Iran rail corridor cuts delivery times from 30 to 40 days by sea to just 15 days by land.

📍 First phase launched on July 21, 2024 — dual-load freight trains now run between China and Iran, bringing the planned China–Iran–Europe railway corridor closer to fruition.

Aprin’s CEO says the inland port will slash transport costs and reduce reliance on congested coastal shipping lanes.

Why it matters:

✅ Speeds up Chinese exports to Europe
✅ Streamlines Iranian oil exports to China
✅ Bypasses US-controlled chokepoints like the Malacca Strait

It isn’t just about logistics — it’s a geostrategic power play, undercutting US efforts to isolate China and cripple Iran’s oil trade.

On May 12, officials from 🇮🇷🇨🇳🇰🇿🇺🇿🇹🇲🇹🇷 met in Tehran to hasten a transcontinental rail network linking Asia to Europe.

They agreed on joint tariffs and operational standards to accelerate regional trade and connectivity, Tasnim News reported.

China and Iran are laying down steel arteries of independence — and Washington can't patrol the tracks.

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🇪🇺 EUROPE WANTS WAR TO DRAG ON FOR YEARS

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s comments about lifting restrictions on long-range weapons “mean more war, more killing, more bloodshed,” Afghan political expert Ahmad Saeedi told Sputnik.

💬 “This is how you declare war — not peace or compromise.”

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🔊 The pipe, the powder and the leak: FBI hits replay on DC’s greatest mysteries

FBI is re-opening several stalled high-profile cases that still spark public outrage, Bureau Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced.

🔍 Cases:

🔹 The DC pipe bomber — devices found near the Republican and Democratic party HQs on Jan 6, 2021

🔹 The White House cocaine case — a mysterious substance found near the West Wing in 2023

🔹 The Supreme Court Dobbs leak — the 2022 abortion ruling draft that got out early

Bongino says he gets briefings “weekly” and asked the public to send tips, adding: “We’re making progress.”

📌 Context:

🔹 The Supreme Court never uncovered the Dobbs leaker.

🔹 The West Wing coke scandal remains unsolved — Trump insists it’s not “plausible” without a Biden connection – Hunter perhaps?

🔹 The DC bomber is still at large after four years — and one in four Americans think the FBI knows more than they let on.

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🔸 ISKANDERS DON'T MISS: How Russia is crippling Ukraine’s NATO-sourced air defense shield

🔸 Merz’ missile intimidation tactics won’t work because America calls the shots

🔸 West’s long-range missiles to Ukraine all essentially the same — and Russia’s SHOOTING THEM DOWN

🔸 RUSSIA TAKES THE HITS, WEST PLAYS DUMB

🔸 China and Indonesia just ditched the dollar — quietly

🔸 Macron's Vietnam trip highlights

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🇷🇴 Calin Georgescu quits politics after Simion's defeat

"The Romanian presidential elections have come to an end. With this in mind, I have decided to end my active participation in the political process, as I believe this stage of the sovereignty movement has come to a close," he said in a video published on social media.

Calin Georgescu was a front-runner in the stolen 2024 presidential election. He was later barred from running again by the Constitutional Court.

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🗣Trump’s Memorial Day message: best wishes to all, including ‘scum’ ‘trying to destroy our country’

The president’s all-caps Truth Social message included greetings to:

🔸 political enemies “who allowed 21,000,000 people to illegally enter our country, many of them being criminals and the mentally insane, through an open border that only an incompetent president would approve,”

🔸 judges “on a mission to keep murderers, drug dealers, rapists, gang members and released prisoners from all over the world in our country so they can rob, murder and rape again,”

🔸 the Supreme Court “and other good and compassionate judges throughout the land,” who Trump hoped “will save us from the decisions of the monsters who want our country to go to hell.”

“Again, Happy Memorial Day, and God Bless America!”

BASED TRUMP.

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🚨 Woke out, war in: Pentagon ad drops DEI agenda

The Pentagon’s new ad features Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Trump pledging to refocus on “war-fighting.”

“No more electric tanks, gender confusion or climate cults,” says Hegseth.

Trump adds: “Our friends will respect us, our enemies will fear us.”

📌 Highlights:

🔹 Cold War-era “peace through strength” makes a comeback

🔹 Tone mirrors Russian-style patriotic ads, contrasting with Biden's DEI videos

🔹 Pentagon still deep in a recruitment crisis — the US Army, Navy and Air Force all missed 2022–2023 goals, and the army just hit the mark in 2024.

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🔥 North Korea exposes threat of Trump's 'Golden Dome'

Hiding behind words about defensive measures and responding to external threats, the US is embodying the scenario of a cosmic nuclear war, according to KCNA.

"The US's plan to build a new missile defense system is the root cause of sparking a global nuclear and space arms race," it warns.

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💥 Israel threatens West Bank annexation after Europe's Palestine push

According to local media reports, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer warned the UK and France that Israel could annex Area C of the West Bank (61% of the territory) and legalize unauthorized outposts.

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💻 USIP tried to delete evidence on expenses

According to DOGE employees, they were able to recover over 1 TB of the Institute of Peace's accounting records after its chief accountant attempted to delete them.

And the findings will shock you:

"They received $55 million a year from Congress. Any money that went unspent, they would sweep it into a private bank account with no congressional oversight."

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📑 Trump considers sanctions against Russia this week — reports

President Trump is considering new sanctions as a final effort before pulling out of the Ukraine conflict resolution process, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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