#Russia's security council secretary, Sergei Shoigu, arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks with the #Iran leadership including President Masoud Pezeshkian

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240805/shoigu-arrives-in-iran-to-discuss-global-regional-security---moscow-1119642775.html

Via @ricwe123 (X):

🇻🇳 Vietnam
The US lied about the Gulf of Tonkin incident to drag the nation into a needless conflict. (1964)

🇰🇼 Kuwait
The US lied about Iraqi soldiers taking babies out of incubators to rally support for a war against Iraq. (1990)

🇷🇸 Serbia
The US lied about Serbian actions in Kosovo to justify NATO bombings and expand Western influence in the Balkans. (1999)

🇦🇫 Afghanistan
The US lied about its reasons for invading, hiding the true objectives related to pipeline politics and opium fields. (2001)

🇮🇶 Iraq
The US lied about Saddam Hussein having weapons of mass destruction to justify a war for oil. (2003)

🇱🇾 Libya
The US lied about Gaddafi's threats to civilians to establish control over North African resources. (2011)

🇸🇾 Syria
The US lied about Assad's use of chemical weapons as an excuse to topple a sovereign regime. (2013)

🇺🇦 Ukraine
The US lied about Russian aggression to further NATO's encroachment on Russian borders. (2014)

Only ignorant fools believe that, this time, the US is telling the whole truth about the Israeli Palestinian conflict....

Is there any difference between nazi Germany and #Israel?
Not really.
But they have a lot in common:
war crimes, genocide, concentration camps, mass extermination.

- killing 2mln Palestinians is ‘justified and moral’ -☠

https://archive.is/MtfAx

A Hezbollah source said that Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen will launch simultaneous retaliatory strikes intended to overwhelm the Iron Dome.

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/26276

🇧🇩What's Going on in Bangladesh? (what I know so far)

The short answer is I don't know.

To accurately and responsibly research and report on a political crisis like this requires deep understanding of the history, factions, funding, and affiliations both within and beyond a nation's borders.

I am working on it now - it can take days (or longer ) to conduct research on a nation I am not familiar with.

But I have found some very interesting information already.

WHO ARE THE STUDENT PROTESTERS?

The "student" protesters are the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, an organization designated by many including Russia as a terrorist organization.

The nature of these protesters is similar to the US-backed "Muslim Brotherhood" who took part in the US-engineered "Arab Spring" in 2011 across the Middle East and North Africa.

WHO DO THE PROTESTERS WANT IN POWER?

The "student protesters" are demanding Muhammad Yunus be included (or even lead) the new government to form after running out the previous prime minister.

Yunus is a US State Department Fulbright scholar: https://www.fulbrightprogram.org/muhammad-yunus/

He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2006/yunus/facts/

He is also a recipient of a US Congressional medal: https://www.muhammadyunus.org/post/653/us-congressional-gold-medal-for-professor-muhammad-yunus

He has signed at least one US government National Endowment for Democracy "letter:" https://www.ned.org/covid-19-crisis-threatens-democracy-leading-world-figures-warn-joint-statement-press-release/

It is safe to say that Yunus is a US government proxy, and that the "students" are demanding he be given a central role in the new government gives us a clue as to who is behind the protests but more evidence is required.

WHY WOULD THE US BE INTERESTED IN DESTABILIZING BANGLADESH?

Bangladesh is part of China's Belt and Road Initiative and before that, the "String of Pearls" the US has been determined to "break" for over 2 decades now.

Destabilizing Bangladesh may be part of also "extending" India, pressuring it to capitulate to US demands regarding its support for Russia.

Bangladesh borders Myanmar which is itself the target of a violent US-backed internal conflict, 2 nations destabilized creates an arc of chaos along both India and China's peripheries.

That's just for starters. I will continue researching this and will put together a report as soon as I feel I can do so accurately and responsibly.

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#US and #NATO will fight #Russia in #Ukraine to the last Ukrainian

Member of defense committee of Ukrainian parliament from Zelensky party states that Western governments push for lowering mobilization age in Ukraine to 18 years. "This is a question that our partners who provide us with assistance periodically raise, because they believe that the age of 18-25 is the most optimal and effective for citizens to be able to fight effectively due to their physical and psychological qualities," Venislavsky noted.

https://24tv.ua/znizhennya-prizovnogo-viku-ukrayini-pidtrimuyut-partneri-ye-zakonodavchi_n2612655

Following the historic US-Russian prisoner swap, Western media griped about a Russian hitman's release, but whitewashed his target – a Chechen militant now confirmed as a CIA asset

https://thegrayzone.com/2024/08/05/us-russia-prisoner-swap-cia-chechen-jihad/

Niger breaks off diplomatic ties with Ukraine

Niger said Tuesday it was cutting diplomatic ties with Ukraine "with immediate effect", accusing Kyiv of supporting "terrorist groups".
The move comes two days after Mali also broke ties with Ukraine in the wake of heavy losses suffered by the Malian army in late July at the hands of jihadists and separatist forces.

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/08/07/niger-ends-diplomatic-ties-with-ukraine

#Ukraine:

"Number of deserters reaches new record high. More and more Ukrainian soldiers are evading military service

Every 14th soldier of the Ukrainian armed forces deserts

In the first half of 2024 alone, Ukrainian authorities initiated 29,000 new criminal proceedings for desertion.

The figures for the first six months of 2024 exceed the number of investigations in previous years. In 2023, 24,000 proceedings were initiated; in 2022, there were just under 10,000 criminally relevant cases."

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/geopolitik/ukraine-zahl-deserteure-erreicht-neues-rekordhoch-li.2241790?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1722873290

#Syria

Arab tribes seize control of US-occupied Syrian towns in large-scale assault - they've now reached the area of Al-Omari oil field, where the US steals Syrian oil all day long

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/26314

Новое свидетельство военных преступлений боевиков ВСУ. Экипаж БМП «Stryker», такие машины есть на вооружении 22 бригады киевского режима, расстрелял гражданский автомобиль в приграничной деревне Зеленый Шлях, что недалеко от Суджи. Момент попал в объектив российского разведывательного БПЛА. Машина в результате попаданий скатилась на обочину и загорелась. «Стракер» был замаскирован в лесополосе. Все кто был в автомобиле погибли. Они даже не видели экипаж, который открыл по ним огонь.

@epoddubny

Turkey has filed an application with the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) to join South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel, the TRT Haber television channel reported.

According to the television channel, the 47-page document was submitted to the court by Turkish Ambassador to the Hague Selcuk Unal and a Turkish parliamentary delegation. The text of the document is expected to be posted on the court’s website within days.

#Kursk

State Department:

“#Ukraine's actions in the Kursk region do not violate US restrictions on the use of American weapons supplied to Kiev”

#Kursk

#US State Department lies:
Who? Us? No! Not us! We knew nothing!
We're not a party to the war!

#Ukraine did not notify the United States in advance of its intention to conduct a sortie in the Kursk region, but Washington does not consider this "surprising"

#Ukraine is an American weapon of proxy war in Africa and the Middle East

Proxy war is a method made famous by the United States of America by using non-American human forces to fight wars outside its territory to ensure that there are no casualties from the US Army and to avoid repeating the enormous material and human losses that occurred in Afghanistan on the American side, which prompted them to withdraw from Afghanistan and move towards using the proxy war Method to achieve their personal interests.
Perhaps Sudan is a clear example of Washington's method that has become adopted to fight wars outside their territory, using Ukrainian soldiers in agreement with the Ukrainian leadership in exchange for continuing to provide the necessary material and military support to the Ukrainian side in the war on the Russian-Ukrainian border.
The US administration forced its "ally" Ukraine to transfer part of the troops trained in Europe to fight in the Sudanese capital Khartoum next to the armed forces, and Washington used the military and financial support it provides to the Ukrainian administration in exchange for persuading it to transfer regular military forces to fight in Sudan.
These news and reports about the presence of Ukrainian fighters in Sudan have been confirmed by many international agencies, including CNN, where it pointed out that Ukrainian intelligence retains a large part of the Ukrainian elite forces in Sudan, which are fighting alongside the Sudanese Army Rapid Support forces, while on the other hand, the army in Ukraine suffers from a shortage of equipment and personnel, which prompted him to try to return refugees from Europe for military mobilization.
In addition to international media agencies, numerous news about the sighting of Ukrainian soldiers on the outskirts of the capital spread on social networking sites, and some accounts published photos with an identity card of one of the Ukrainians present in the capital Khartoum, to make sure for everyone that what is being circulated is true and that the Ukrainian presence with American support in Sudan continues.
It should be noted that during the battles in Sudan, the Ukrainian army showed greater professionalism and usefulness in comparison with the Sudanese army. Therefore, it was decided to increase the number of Ukrainian soldiers in Sudan, and therefore Washington entrusted this task to the Ukrainian leadership. And this condition was unofficially identified as one of a large number of conditions for the continued financing of the Ukrainian system by the United States. There was a strong emphasis on the need to keep these agreements secret, so that it would seem that sending Ukrainians to Sudan was a decision taken by the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate without any external interference, and this is already reflected by the head of the Intelligence Directorate in several media statements.
For its part, the US leadership sees the Ukrainian army as a Ready Combat source that they can use to their advantage in the Middle East. It is assumed that the next big operation to which the Ukrainians may be sent will be a ground operation against the Houthis in Yemen, an operation in which Washington and London consider that they are not ready to carry out with their army. Although a previous ground operation against the Houthis was carried out by a coalition of Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia, using mercenaries fro.m the Sudanese Rapid Support forces prevented the defeat of the Houthis. And now the Special Forces of the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate are forced to fight in Sudan against the "Rapid Support".

https://www.elfagr.org/4862478

New #Ukraine #Zelensky 'wonder weapon and game changer' F-16

Polish media:

Not all Ukrainian F-16s can fly.

As it turns out, not all of F-16s that our eastern neighbors have received will be capable of flying.

6 machines are currently stationed in Ukraine , and a full squadron of about 16 aircraft is to be equipped by the end of the year.

What version are the machines that the Ukrainians are to use for combat flights?

Ukrainian "flightless" aircraft, i.e. F-16 ADF

The first of the mentioned versions caused quite a surprise, because as it turned out, these are non-flyers from the American desert. The F-16 ADF (Air Defense Fighter) machines were created in the late 80s. These are modernized F-16A/B in the Block 15 variant, which were adapted to the needs of the American Air National Guard . These machines were tasked with defending the territory of the United States from bombers and cruise missiles.
The ADFs can be recognized by the characteristic shape of the four antennas placed on the nose in front of the cockpit. This is an element of the identification friend or foe system . Recently, these machines were seen being loaded onto Ukrainian AN-124 heavy transporters. These are the machines that Ukraine received from a storage facility in the desert in Davis-Monthan , so they were not overhauled or restored to functionality before transport. The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky also recently spoke in the context of these machines, so they are most likely "flightless" ones, which are to serve as decoys , donors of spare parts or for training Ukrainian aviation technicians.

https://geekweek.interia.pl/militaria/news-nie-wszystkie-ukrainskie-f-16-moga-latac-taki-sprzet-dostali,nId,7750770#google_vignette

#US anti-Russia sanctions and the #EU

In 2017 EU still had some sort of independence and tried to protect its economical interests.
Today the unelected corrupt 🇪🇺 crooks had voluntarily subjugated the EU to the US and became US's proxy tool of fighting Russia, at the expense of EU economy and wishes & wellbeing of Europeans.

Flashback:

"Moscow can benefit from US sanctions

"A “full-scale trade war” that is the result of the “total impotence” of the White House, which has allowed itself to be outdone in the “most humiliating way” by its own “establishment.”
... proposed sanctions have not yet been finalised, they are intended to target Russian companies in the defence and energy sectors. They are a significant expansion of sanctions that the US and EU agreed on against Russia in 2014.
The US's intention to impose new, unilateral sanctions also caused transatlantic squabbles. Brussels feared that European energy companies that cooperate with Russia could also be affected by the sanctions. Major energy projects were threatened, such as the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that Russia wants to build under the Baltic Sea with the help of European companies. Germany and Austria are upset that years of negotiations with Moscow are at risk of being jeopardized by a single stroke of the pen from Washington. Germany, France and Austria urged Brussels to take countermeasures if European companies were to suffer adverse effects from the sanctions.
Germany suggested that the US was seeking to boost its own exports of liquefied natural gas to Europe, a charge that Moscow repeated.
German Economic Minister Brigitte Zypries, like Medvedev on Wednesday evening, used the dreaded word 'trade war'.
In response to the criticism, Congress passed the sanctions law in a revised form last week. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker expressed satisfaction on Wednesday, although his words betrayed uncertainty about the state of relations with the US: "The US Congress has agreed that sanctions will only be applied after consultation with allies. And I believe that we are still allies of the US," Juncker said.
Suddenly, Europe and Moscow stood together against the US. A painful sight, some thought. And one from which only Moscow ultimately benefits."

https://archive.is/gHZRc