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14 August 2025 08:01

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WSJ: Ukraine’s Once Nimble Army Is Mired in Soviet Decision-Making

https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-russia-army-soviet-5fa8e1c9

https://archive.ph/Da1ze

📝 Yaroslav Trofimov: Ukraine was successful the first year of the war because its army fought differently. Once Zelensky replaced Zaluzhny with Syrsky last year, it has turned into a war of a small Soviet army against a big Soviet army, with predictable consequences.

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14 August 2025 07:39

🇹🇼 Taiwan’s New Naval Drones Could Strike Any Chinese Invasion

Taiwan is now rapidly developing a naval drone capability. Several types have been seen being trialled with a range of armaments. These vessels, known as USVs, could enable Taiwan to disrupt and weaken an invasion fleet headed for the island

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/08/taiwans-new-naval-drones-could-strike-any-chinese-invasion/

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13 August 2025 20:20

🇪🇺❌🇷🇺 EU leaders still firmly reject the idea of formal territorial concessions from Ukraine towards Russia,

After discussions with U.S. president, Donald Trump, EU leaders through German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, laid out 5 conditions for the EU to agree to peace in Ukraine:

🔶 Ceasefire (implicitly, Russia must stop its offensives) before negotiations begin

🔶 Ukraine and Vladimir Zelensky must be involved in peace negotiations

🔶 No legal recognition (formal territorial concession) of the territory conquered by Russia, "borders cannot be changed by force".

🔶 Ukraine receive "robust security guarantees"

🔶 Any future negotiations must be part of "a common trans-Atlantic strategy."

📝: The EU makes these demands as if it has any real say in these negotiations and the military strength to back them up. What are they going to do to Russia if the Russians reject them? Sanctions haven't made Russia weaker, they made it stronger. EU politicians live in a fantasy world where if the war just goes on a little longer, the Russians will revolt and overthrow their leaders.

🔗 https://nordot.app/1328385225359377148

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13 August 2025 19:54

🇬🇧 The UK's Home Office is expanding its use of Live Facial Recognition technology

The police forces will get access to 10 new vans equipped with cameras, which scan the faces of people walking past and check them against a list of wanted people.

The government says the technology has been used in London to make 580 arrests in 12 months, including 52 registered sex offenders who breached their conditions.

However, campaign group Big Brother Watch said the "significant expansion of the surveillance state" was "alarming".

🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4wy21dwkwo

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13 August 2025 19:46

🇺🇸👮‍♂️📹 — A Reporter questions Trump on the Federalization of DC Police:

Your federalization of the police has a 30 day limit unless Congress acts to extend it...

"We expect to be before Congress very quickly... We're going to need a crime bill... We're going to be asking for extensions on that—long-term extensions."

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13 August 2025 19:38

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Translation from FT-speak:

“The Trump administration realised that the Russia desk at State was packed full of grifters and people with ethnic grievances and flushed them out. The FT staff know nothing about geopolitics so they’re running PR for these failed humans.”

🔗 Phillip Pilkington

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13 August 2025 19:34

🇺🇸🛢 A lot of the relatively low inflation in the US at the moment is due to low energy prices.

🔗 Phillip Pilkington

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13 August 2025 18:15

Enemy channels:

Russia is expanding the use of laser air defense systems: in the video, a Chinese laser in the Russian Armed Forces intercepts a Ukrainian long-range kamikaze UAV.

The laser burns through the fuel tank of the long-range kamikaze drone FP-1 from a distance of 2-2.5 km, after which it explodes.

Russia received Silent Hunter (LASS) laser air defense systems from China to combat drones. Such systems have also been spotted in Iranian service.

⚡️Two Majors

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13 August 2025 16:34

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- According to Sky News, Europe is requesting a 15-day complete ceasefire on land, air and sea in Ukraine. In return, Europe will begin gradually lifting sanctions off Russia.

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13 August 2025 15:00

🇮🇱 Israeli PM Netanyahu said he feels he’s on a “historic and spiritual mission” attached to the vision of Greater Israel, which encompasses territories designated for a future Palestinian state as well as parts of present-day Jordan and Egypt.

📝: Carolina Lion: Two problems with this. One, they don't have the manpower and a military large enough to take this land and hold it. Two, this is going to bring them into direct conflict with Turkey, Russia and China.

🔗 AF Post

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13 August 2025 12:05

🇺🇸🪖📹 — US National Guard troops are patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C., the capital of United States of America

🔗 Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY)

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13 August 2025 11:02

🇺🇸🇷🇺 According to two White House officials who spoke with CNN, Friday’s meeting between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

Elmendorf–Richardson acts as the Headquarters for United States Alaskan Command (ALCOM), Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR), Joint Task Force-Alaska (JTF-AK), Eleventh Air Force (11 AF), 673d Air Base Wing, 3rd Wing, 176th Wing, 11th Airborne Division, and several other tenant units with the U.S. Air Force and Army.

🔗 OSINTdefender

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13 August 2025 08:51

🇱🇾🇲🇱 9 Aug: Reinforcements for the FLA continue to pour in from Libya into northern Mali, bringing additional fighters, weapons, and ammunition from Libyan Tuaregs. Locals report a noticeable increase in the number of FLA fighters in the region.

🔗 Brant

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13 August 2025 07:46

🇲🇿 Islamic State - Mozambique Province (ISMP) released its documentary entitled 'The Light of Jihad' focused on recent attacks against the Mozambican and Rwandan military in northern Mozambique, including some backstory of the group.

🇮🇱 The first part includes a lesson on how Islam spread from Arabia to the African coastline, and how it reaches Mozambique, the speaker in the video is holding a very rare Israeli Galil ACE rifle, which was captured from Israeli-armed Rwandan forces a few months ago.

🇷🇼 A short clip shows the ambush against the Rwandan forces, which killed 3 soldiers, and where the ISMP terrorists captured two of the rare Galil ACE weapons, as I mentioned then, they will be used as trophies for leaders and propaganda.

🔈 The target audience is the East African Muslim community, that shares the same Swahili language, the group is attempting to attract more recruits both from Mozambique and from the rest of East Africa.

🔗 Brant

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13 August 2025 05:03

🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Netanyahu brags about dragging the US into war with Iran while laughing about it, even though the US had no internal pressure to join the war.

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14 August 2025 07:55

🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Russian tactical penetration in the Dobropillya direction was not immediate but came rather after months of Russian preparation and condition setting using new drone innovations and tactics at scale.

Russia's persistent drone strikes against Ukrainian GLOCs have likely impacted Ukraine's defensive operations, enabling the recent Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group penetration.

Russia's use of sabotage and reconnaissance groups to conduct a tactical penetration is not intrinsically noteworthy, but Russia's drone innovations enabling strikes against Ukrainian GLOCs to achieve the effects of BAI will require a Ukrainian and Western response.

🔗 ISW

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14 August 2025 07:09

🇹🇷 Turkey warns Syrian Kurds: Don't become Israeli pawns

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday issued yet another ultimatum to Syrian Kurdish armed groups, urging them to abandon hopes of cooperating with Israel against Damascus and to honour their agreement to integrate with the central government.

In an unusually sharp tone, Fidan said Ankara was not naive and was fully aware of the Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) activities.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-warns-syrian-kurds-dont-become-israeli-pawns-0

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13 August 2025 20:07

🇪🇺❌🇷🇺 What is the European plan to win the war?

The only explanation for why an army or a bloc refuses to negotiate is that it has a plan to win the war. I still don’t understand what the European plan is so far, because I see the Ukrainian plan as simply having hope in a European plan.

In April of last year, Zelensky lowered the draft age from 27 to 25, but this wasn’t enough to sustain the frontline, since the war is unpopular and many people are seeking ways to avoid conscription. Lowering the age to 22 is unlikely to solve the problem for a med and long time.

Moreover, it would only amplify the catastrophe of the war, as only one-quarter of the last ten Ukrainian brigades received equipment.
What will these recruits fight with? Holding a bayonet?

I look at the Ukrainian contingent, the remaining arsenal in Ukraine and across Europe, and I can't see a clear plan to win the war. And I would say that I have some knowledge of what Europeans have in terms of operational equipment in their stockpiles.

But, what is the European plan to win the war in Ukraine?

🔗 Patricia Marins

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13 August 2025 19:49

🇮🇳🤝🇨🇳 China and India Rebuild Ties After Modi’s Rupture With Trump

India and China are restoring economic links strained by a deadly 2020 border clash, the latest sign Prime Minister Narendra Modi is drawing closer to the BRICS countries after US President Donald Trump hit the South Asian nation with a 50% tariff.

Modi’s latest move is to resume direct flights with China as soon as next month, said people familiar with the negotiations who asked for anonymity to discuss private matters. The deal could be formally announced when Modi is expected to head to China for the first time in seven years and meet leader Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation held in Tianjin from Aug. 31, the people said.

Flights were suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic, which coincided with a sharp decline in relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors after border clashes in the Himalayas killed 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese troops.

Modi’s economic calculus was fundamentally altered this month when Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50% as a penalty for its purchases of Russian oil. The US president’s remarks that India’s economy was “dead” and its tariff barriers “obnoxious” further strained relations.

The blow from India’s largest trading partner hit hard, especially after Modi had lavished praise on Trump and was among the first foreign leaders to visit after his return to the White House.

While there may be a thaw, the two Asian powers are not likely to restore full trust overnight. They have seen each other as rivals for years and friction increased a few months ago when China supplied weapons and intelligence to Pakistan in its recent military dispute with India.

Modi is also strengthening ties with Brazil and Russia, fellow BRICS founding members. In August, he invited President Vladimir Putin to visit India as relations with the US soured.

📝: Every attempt Trump made to weaken BRICS backfired and resulted in BRICS countries becoming more united.

🔗 https://archive.ph/Bpbby

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13 August 2025 19:42

🇺🇸 US July budget deficit up 20% year-over-year despite record Trump tariff income

The U.S. budget deficit in July climbed 20% this fiscal year compared to the last despite the U.S. taking in record income from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to Treasury Department data released Tuesday.

The U.S. saw a 273% increase — or $21 billion — in customs revenue in July over the same period last year, the data showed.

A Treasury official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview the data said overall increased spending is in part due to a mix of expenditures, including growing interest payments on the public debt and cost-of-living increases to Social Security payouts, among other costs. This comes as the federal government’s gross national debt creeps up to the $37 trillion mark.

The deficit grew to $291 billion in July despite tariff revenue surge.

🔗 https://apnews.com/article/us-budget-deficit-trump-tariffs-treasury-992949ccc115fddbf3838a6213cf2c94

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13 August 2025 19:36

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump warns Putin "there will be very severe consequences" for Russia if Putin doesn't agree to stop Ukraine war after Friday.

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13 August 2025 19:33

🇺🇸 Cava has plunged 22% after missing earnings - it's now down a massive ~63% since Dec 2024

Many well known fast food chains are crumbling w/ some in danger of going under

Chipotle, Wendy's, Noodles, Sweetgreen, JITB etc. are well off their highs

What's the issue w/ fast food?

🔗 Triple Net Investor

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13 August 2025 16:34

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia will not make territorial concessions in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye regions. The territorial structure of Russia is enshrined in the country's constitution," - Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Both Ukraine and Russia have rejected President Trump's territorial swapping.

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13 August 2025 16:34

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Russian forces have arrived at the eastern gates of Konstantinovka.

Russian troops captured Predtechino, along with its large fortification line that runs parallel north of the town.

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13 August 2025 12:19

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇲🇺UK to Lease Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius for £35 Billion a Year

The UK has agreed to lease the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius for £35 billion annually — a figure that ballooned tenfold during negotiations compared to the original terms. Despite the staggering cost, the British government has decided to go ahead, passing the financial burden onto taxpayers.

Covering just 62 km² in the Indian Ocean, the archipelago holds exceptional strategic value. It hosts a major naval base with an airfield jointly operated by the UK and the US. The facility plays a pivotal role in sustaining the American military presence in the Indo-Pacific region and is viewed by Anglo-Saxon powers as a key element in their China containment strategy.

#UK #Mauritius

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13 August 2025 11:28

🎉 A legacy erased: Happy birthday, George Soros

George Soros turns 95 today, and for his birthday present America brought him the annihilation of his legacy.

Soros has been known for two things: making money and spending it on political influence. Over the last few years, he has handed over control of his empire to his son, Alex, and Alex seems unable to do either of those things successfully.

Alex took control and In December 2021, Alex invested $2 billion to buy nearly 20 million shares of an electric vehicle company called Rivian at somewhere between $70 and $100 per share. It was one of the largest one-off investments the fund had ever made. A year later, Rivian shares were selling for just $18 and Soros Fund Management sold at a loss of what must have been more than $1 billion.

Perhaps related to the massive losses on Rivian, in July 2023 Open Society Foundations announced that it would be laying off 40 percent of its staff worldwide, halting all new grants until February 2024, and completely changing its operating model. What had once been an international network of influence peddling was slashed to the bone.

The crowning achievement of the Open Society Network under Alex so far was the passage of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Open Society staffers, such as Tom Perriello, were so involved in pushing the legislation that Open Society Policy Center briefly re-opened lobbying operations and became one of the top lobbying spenders in the nation. Perriello was on the floor of the House when the bill was passed.

Billions of dollars for EV chargers (that never got built) and billions more for EV tax credits were crammed into to the bill, seemingly the perfect bandage for Rivian’s revenue troubles. The IRA even allocated $3 billion for purchasing electric delivery trucks for the postal service, and Rivian is one of the biggest producers of electric delivery vans. But, despite the EV subsidies and green energy handouts, the bill came too little and too late to save Soros’ investment in Rivian.

This period coincided with another of Alex’s big political maneuvers: Spending at least $4 million on Stacey Abrams’s failed gubernatorial campaign in Georgia. During that time, Rivian was starting to build a “giga-factory” outside of Atlanta and, most importantly, asking the state government for subsidies. In the eleventh hour of the Biden administration, Rivian was also awarded $6.5 billion loan for the factory from the Department of Energy. Construction on the factory has yet to even start, and Rivian stock currently trades at less than $12 per share.

George’s most notable political achievement, one so famous that his name was used to coin the term for it, was the funding of the “Soros DAs.”

One of George’s goals for decades has been to end of the War on Drugs and implement a total overhaul of the American criminal justice system. To that end, he has funded soft-on-crime think tanks and pro-legalization ballot initiatives.

And then, in a showcase of the financial genius that made him a billionaire, George spotted a political arbitrage opportunity. He realized his immense fortune could make an outsized impact if he supported soft-on-crime politicians running to become local prosecutors and district attorneys.

Coupled with the “reforms” and defunding of the police that were popularized during the summer of 2020, the Soros DA became a nationwide blight on urban areas. While left-leaning pundits, researchers, and think tanks, frequently funded by Soros, tried to explain away the spike in crime and blame it on the pandemic, guns, or economic hardship, Americans grew more discontented with the “reform” they had been promised.

The demise of the Soros DA is more than a rejection of Soros’ legacy on criminal justice policy. It was also a rejection of his legacy on immigration. As one might guess from a name like “Open Society,” Soros is a proponent of open borders. One reason Soros began funding DAs in 2016 was to create “sanctuary cities” that would be the heart of the so-called “resistance.”

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13 August 2025 10:08

🇮🇱🇮🇷 Netanyahu Urges Iranians to Rise Up, Promises Water Technology After Freedom

PM Netanyahu, speaking in English to the citizens of Iran amid the worsening water crisis, said: “As soon as you are free, Israel will provide you with water recycling technology. Take to the streets for your future.”

🔗 Osint613

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13 August 2025 08:11

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Leaks reveal Microsoft helped Israel deploy Azure cloud for mass surveillance and airstrike planning.

Leaked documents reveal Microsoft’s Azure cloud was used by Israel’s Unit 8200 for mass surveillance on Palestinians, recording millions of calls from Gaza and the West Bank. Sources inside the unit told +972 magazine that the data was used for arrests, blackmail, and targeted killings. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella approved the deal in 2022 after meeting with Unit 8200’s commander in Seattle. He called the project “critical,” aiming to move 70% of Israeli intelligence to Azure.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-cloud-used-israels-unit-8200-palestinian-surveillance-airstrike-planning-leaks-1740393

https://www.972mag.com/microsoft-8200-intelligence-surveillance-cloud-azure/

🔗 WikiLeaks

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13 August 2025 07:17

🇷🇺 Pokrovsk-Kostiantynivka ORBAT

The recent battles were shaped by three key aspects:

1. Forming of infiltration groups south of Pokrovsk in the 2nd CAA AO
2. Gradual redeployment of 51st CAA Units towards Rodyns'ke
3. Heavy fighting along Popiv Yar-Katerynivka line by the 8th CAA

🧵 https://fxtwitter.com/WarUnitObserver/status/1955360577506648126

📝 Imi (m):
"Of note here is probably the way the 51st Combined Arms Army is structured due to its DPR roots. Very infantry heavy, with very large brigades like 5th, 110th, 132nd etc due to their numerous attached Rifle Regiments/Infantry Regiments like 110th, 111th, 95th, (101st, 109th etc)"

📝 Vitaly:
"Four Armies and one Corps operating around Pokrovsk (~350K when fully manned)
If that's the case what do you expect from the defenders when there are 4-5 times more russians."

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12 August 2025 20:10

🇺🇦🇷🇺Zelensky refused to withdraw troops from Donbass.

“We will not leave Donbass. If we leave Donbass voluntarily or under pressure, we will start a third war,” Zelensky said.

“During the call, I said that I am not ready to discuss Ukraine’s territories, as this is exclusively a matter of our Constitution. And honestly, with all due respect, I am not ready to discuss these issues over the phone. These are serious matters that are resolved at the leaders’ level,” Zelensky told journalists.