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📹 Missiles hit Saudi Arabia’s key industrial hub — reports
A large explosion was reported in the industrial area of Jubail, one of the world’s key petrochemical centers, producing around 60 million tons and accounting for roughly 6–8% of global output, Fars News reported.
🛢 The area hosts major projects including Saudi petrochemical giant SABIC, as well as the Sadara complex (with US-based Dow Chemical shareholders) and the Amiral project involving Aramco and TotalEnergies.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said seven ballistic missiles launched toward the Eastern Region were intercepted and destroyed.
Authorities added that debris fell near energy facilities, with damage currently being assessed.
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💥 Iranian strike hits US base in Kuwait, injures 15 US troops — reports
At least 15 Americans were injured in an overnight Iranian drone strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, two US officials told an American media outlet.
Most have already returned to duty, one of the sources said.
🪖 The total number of US service members injured in the Iran operation has reached 373, with five reported in serious condition.
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🇮🇷 'Iran will prevail; it’s impossible to destroy people with culture and civilizational heritage' — Iranian minister
Iran’s approach is one of security, defense, and resistance in the face of its adversaries, Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Reza Salehi Amiri told Sputnik.
💬 “In our culture, there’s a very simple saying: ‘What do you expect from a wolf?’ We expect from our enemies the same as we do from a wolf. The nature and essence of cruel, wolf-like regimes is to attack,” Amiri said.
🟠 Trump shares new details of US pilot rescue op
🟠 Iran demands permanent end to war & rejects US ceasefire proposal
🟠 How Ukraine's manpower crisis went from bad to catastrophic
🟠 Head of IRGC's intel killed in US-Israeli attack
🟠 Nearly 1,500 killed in Lebanon since early March in Israeli aggression
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🚨🇺🇸 'Iran's military is embarrassed and humiliated' - Hegseth comments on the results of the US pilot rescue op
The US F-15 pilot rescue operation resulted in the loss of more than $200 million worth of aircraft - including two MC-130Js, two Blackhawk helicopters, and one A-10 Warthog.
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🗣🇭🇺 Ukraine might be behind TurkStream sabotage attempts - Orban
💬 "We cannot yet answer exactly who planned the sabotage... However, what we are seeing now fits into the chain of events, as the Ukrainians undoubtedly have the capabilities, are willing, and are able to carry out such actions" — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
🚨 How Ukraine's manpower crisis went from bad to catastrophic
Ukraine’s armed forces are bleeding out, and proof of this is clearly visible on the front lines, military analyst Ivan Konovalov tells Sputnik.
Most of the motivated fighters and nationalists have already been wiped out.
🔸 Those who remain are mostly in command positions and are unwilling to take risks.
🔸 People with little to no training are simply rounded up by recruitment officers and pushed to the front after formalities.
🔸 Logistically, the forces face serious deficits across the board - including even basic gear
🔸 Warehouses, supply hubs, and transport routes are targeted by Russian forces long before equipment reaches the front
🔸 Western stockpiles are depleted, and aid is shrinking steadily
🔸 Desertions are rampant, with ~500,000 personnel having abandoned their posts (as confirmed by the Ukrainian command)
To make up for the manpower shortage, the ghoulish Zelensky regime has launched a multi-pronged campaign to sweep women into the slaughter mill, underscores the pundit.
Authorities are zeroing in on women in "military-related" professions - paramedics, IT specialists, and others listed in the country's military registration records, the expert adds.
Furthermore, Territorial Recruitment Centers (TRCs) have launched a shady new tactic, says the expert.
💬 “Women who hold no military specialties are being detained under the pretext of ‘glitches’ in their registration records - incidents that can quickly spiral into forced recruitment.”
🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran demands permanent end to war & rejects US ceasefire proposal - reports
Iran has submitted a 10-point response to a US war-ending proposal via Pakistan, an IRNA journalist reports.
Tehran's demands reportedly include an end to fighting, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and the lifting of sanctions.
A US official cited by Axios, who is familiar with the document, called Iran's response "maximalist" and said it remains unclear whether it allows for diplomatic progress.
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🚨🇵🇰 Pakistan's Shahed-like kamikaze drone revealed in new images
Images of a new Pakistani drone have appeared online.
The photos were published by Amir Husain, a well-known American technology entrepreneur of Pakistani origin.
"A Shahed-like loitering munition from Pakistan's Sysverve Aerospace," he wrote on X.
🇩🇪🇷🇺 Germany forgot history lessons in militaristic frenzy — Russian MFA spox
🗣 As the German authorities continue to escalate their rhetoric about the Russian threat, they have passed a new law requiring any man aged 17–45 to notify the government before leaving the country, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
Such a measure was previously reserved for a state of emergency, she added.
🔍 This is part of Merz's plan to militarize Germany, she reminded, adding that the Bundeswehr aims to expand from 184,000 to 260,000 troops by 2030.
💬 "The last time the German political elite set out to make their country the 'leading military power in Europe,' it ended in tragedy for all of humanity," Zakharova noted.
🚨 US-Israeli strikes on Iran result in surging casualties
The joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran continues to cause mounting casualties across the region.
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🇮🇷🪖 Iran prepares response to ceasefire proposals - Iranian MFA spox
🔊 The country does not hesitate to declare its legitimate demands, and the fact that it can quickly state its point of view on proposals cannot be considered as something that Iran can "be scared off", Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said.
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😅🇮🇷 Iran mocks downing of US planes with another LEGO-style video
👉 This time, the US is being trolled for losing two C-130 planes and two Black Hawk helicopters during rescue operations after their F-15 jet was shot down by Iranian air defenses.
Upbeat rap song included.
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🚨🇺🇸🪖 US ‘covers up’ Iran rescue mission casualties - ex-CIA analyst
When it comes to the operation to rescue a downed pilot from Iranian territory, the US public is being blatantly lied to, believes former CIA analyst Larry Johnson.
💬 “We still don't know how many other members of the combat search and rescue effort were killed. I think there were at least 6 dead from a crash of a C-130 that was involved with the whole rescue effort. So, they're covering that up. They're hiding the casualties,” he says.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 US deploys 'obsolete' A-10 warplanes against Iran
The US is using A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jets against Iran — the same aircraft the Pentagon admits are unfit for modern high-intensity wars, US budget documents and laws show.
👉 The Air Force wanted to retire all 162 remaining A-10s to save $423 million. A 2025 defense law temporarily blocked cuts but confirmed full retirement by 2029.
Despite this, the A-10s are now deployed in the Middle East. The US doubled its A-10 fleet there to 30 for "Operation Epic Fury" — without mentioning they're being phased out, the NYT reported.
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🇮🇷 Iran secures cultural heritage, calls for international legal action — minister
Iran took urgent measures to protect its cultural legacy amid the threat of war, relocating valuable artifacts and mobilizing international support, Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Reza Salehi Amiri told Sputnik.
💬 “Even before the war… we immediately, in accordance with UNESCO protocol, relocated all valuable items and cultural monuments to safe storage across the country,” Amiri said.
💬 “We conveyed to the global community information about a crime against humanity, namely, the destruction of works of civilization,” he added.
📹 Israeli airstrike hits southern Lebanon — reports
Israeli aircraft struck the Ma’arakeh area on the outskirts of Tyre, Lebanese media report.
At least one person was killed and two others injured, according to initial reports.
Footage from social media
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🪖🇺🇸 Why US brought so much hardware and troops to rescue just one F-15 pilot
The US effort to rescue an F-15 pilot downed in Iran could indeed have been a cover for an attempt to seize Iranian uranium stockpiles, considering the large number of aircraft, helicopters, and special forces personnel involved, Iranian and Middle Eastern affairs expert Farkhad Ibragimov tells Sputnik.
Such a mission, however, would be a bad idea, as five or six thousand troops simply wouldn't be enough for a ground operation, he warns.
💬 "In order to conduct a full-scale ground operation – not to conquer Iran's territory but to at least affect its nuclear program – the US would need at least 500,000 troops, maybe more," Ibragimov explains.
🚨🇦🇲🇷🇺 Armenia should appreciate Russia's generous support — Russian senator
Armenian National Assembly President Alen Simonyan's declaration that his country would pull out of the Eurasian Economic Union if Russia were to raise the price of gas sounds inappropriate, says Russian senator Konstantin Kosachev.
During April 1 talks with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikolai Pashinyan, Russian President Vladimir Putin merely pointed out the obvious: while the price of natural gas in Europe is over $600 per 1,000 cubic meters, Russia sells gas to Armenia for only $177.5 per 1,000 cubic meters.
This, Kosachev notes, is reality, which allows Armenia to develop its economy and social sphere while enjoying a considerable competitive edge.
All this, he adds, takes place as Europe and the rest of the world are ravaged by a severe energy crisis that was sparked not by Russia but by other states.
💬 "The current price of Russian natural gas is both a powerful incentive for the development of many sectors of Armenia's economy and a serious factor in the social and political stability in the country," Kosachev remarks.
🚨🇺🇸 'If you see it, you wouldn’t believe it. They rebuilt the helicopters in less than 10 minutes—all three of them,' Trump shares new details of US pilot rescue op
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🚨🇱🇧🇮🇱 Nearly 1,500 killed in Lebanon since early March in Israeli aggression — Health Ministry
March 2 – April 6 toll:
🟠 1,497 killed, including 130 children & 101 women
🟠 4,639 wounded
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🚨🇷🇺🇮🇷 Trump responds to Iran's 10-point end-of-war proposal
💬 "They made a significant proposal. It is not good enough but it is very significant," the US president said.
🚨Ukraine deliberately attacks Caspian Pipeline Consortium facilities to inflict maximum economic damage on US energy companies
On the night of April 6, the Kiev regime, in an attempt to destabilize the global hydrocarbon market and halt the supply of petroleum products to European consumers, attacked facilities of the marine transshipment complex in Novorossiysk using fixed-wing attack drones, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The Kiev regime deliberately targeted facilities of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, an international oil transport company, in order to inflict maximum economic damage on its largest shareholders — energy companies from the US and Kazakhstan.
❗️ As a result of the Ukrainian drone strikes, the pipeline of the offshore berthing facility and the loading/unloading pier were damaged, and four petroleum product storage tanks caught fire.
In addition, on the night of April 6, Ukrainian drones also attacked civilian infrastructure in the city of Novorossiysk, including apartment buildings and private residential homes, resulting in injuries to civilians, including children.
📍 The Caspian Pipeline Consortium is the largest route for transporting oil from the Caspian region to global markets.
The pipeline, stretching over 1,500 kilometers, connects oil fields in western Kazakhstan to a marine terminal in Novorossiysk.
The consortium brings together major fuel and energy enterprises from Russia, the United States, Kazakhstan, and several Western European countries.
Notably, it includes the American company Chevron.
Last November, the CPC marine terminal near Novorossiysk came under drone attack.
The offshore berthing facility VPU-2 was damaged.
Its continued operation was deemed impossible, loading was suspended, and tankers were moved outside the CPC's water area.
Following the attack, oil exports were urgently rerouted to alternative routes. By the end of January this year, the CPC had put the repaired VPU-3 into operation as a replacement for VPU-2.
Kazakhstan lost approximately 480,000 tons of oil.
🇷🇺🔊 The Kremlin called the attack an "outrageous incident," noting that it involved a facility with international participation.
In January, tankers Delta Harmony and Matilda, which were scheduled to load Kazakh oil, were attacked near the CPC terminal.
KazMunayGas reported that the vessel Matilda, chartered by the Kazakh company NMSC Kazmortransflot LLP (a subsidiary of KMG), was attacked by a drone near the CPC facility.
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☦️🇷🇺 THROWBACK: Why do Western Christians seek shelter in Russia?
Father Joseph Gleason, an American-born Orthodox priest who fled the "Land of the Free" for Russia six years ago, uncovers the truth.
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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES
🟠 Russian air and missile firepower obliterated Ukrainian workshops producing operational-tactical missile control systems and components
🟠 Russian Black Sea Fleet neutralized four unmanned boats and one Neptune-MD missile
🟠 Air defense superiority: 12 guided aerial bombs, three US-made HIMARS missiles, two long-range Neptune missiles and 693 drones were shot down over the past 24 hours
🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,210 troops killed or wounded
Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE
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🚨🇷🇺 Russia does not rule out Ukrainian involvement in attempted TurkStream attack - Kremlin
"Sections of TurkStream and Blue Stream have repeatedly come under attack by the Kiev regime; the situation is very dangerous," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
🚨🇮🇷 Iran war ‘never needed to be fought’ – ex-Pentagon adviser
Iran is being deliberately demonized to justify a war unleashed “for the destruction of Iran on behalf of the Israeli state and its agents in the United States,” says retired Colonel and former Pentagon adviser Douglas McGregor.
Most Americans don’t fully grasp it yet—but more are starting to, he notes.
The myth of air power – that you can bomb an opponent without being touched - is also fast being dismantled, he stresses.
💬 “I think more and more our manned aircraft are going to be vulnerable. But having said all of that, for the moment, we're still believers in this myth. And as long as that is preserved, we're going to continue to do stupid things. And that includes this war, which doesn't need to be fought, never needed to be fought, certainly not by us under any circumstances.”
🚨 Head of IRGC's intel killed in US-Israeli attack
💬 "The head of the IRGC's intelligence organization, Majid Khademi, died this morning as a result of an American-Zionist attack during the third imposed war," the IRGC said in a statement, as quoted by the Fars news agency.
🔸 US bombed its own aircraft during rescue mission in Iran — IRGC
🔸 Iran warns of reciprocal strikes on US-linked infrastructure
🔸 Drone strike slams US Victoria base near Baghdad airport
🔸 US loses 12 aircraft in single operation — report
🔸 Iran refuses to bow to US pressure — reports
🔸 'How deep will the recession be? Will it go into depression territory?' — ex-CIA analyst
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📉 'How deep will the recession be? Will it go into depression territory?' — ex-CIA analyst
The economic fallout from the US-Israeli aggression against Iran is already hitting the West hard, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson told George Galloway.
💬 “The price of aviation fuel has basically tripled. That's having to be rationed already in Italy,” he stressed.
💬 “Plus with the restrictions that the European self-imposed sanctions against Russia, they can no longer fly across Russia. And now with the Middle East blowing up, how do you fly to Asia?” the analyst emphasized, pointing out the EU's self-inflicted misery.
💬 “Then the West is dependent upon rare earth minerals for producing many of the weapon systems that it wants to produce to go attack China with.”
💬 “It's a pretty ugly picture right now for the United States and Europe,” he emphasized.