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Slavyangrad.org — Nuestra Ira No Tiene Limites — There is No Limit to Our Anger — (c) V. M. Molotov
Intelligence telling him no nukes but he believes in Netanyahu.
This is a guy since the 1990s who has claimed Iran is months away from building nuclear weapons..
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Iran and European countries made no progress in talks in Geneva today that could lead to an end to hostilities, The Wall Street Journal reports.
According to the publication, Great Britain, France and Germany have joined the US position and demanded that Iran completely stop enriching uranium on its territory, but Tehran categorically refuses.
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With the help of the talks in Geneva, Europe is trying to give Trump time to reconsider getting involved in a war against Iran, Politico writes.
According to the publication, European officials are privately hoping to give Trump an opportunity to turn away from his current path to military action.
"There is something holding Trump back," a European diplomat told Politico.
He recalled how Trump said the US was ready to join military strikes against Israel, but “nothing is happening – there is an opportunity here.”
"We should not underestimate how much Trump hates war," the diplomat added.
We wrote in more detail about Trump's doubts about involving Israel in the war against Iran here .
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Haifa Mayor says an Iranian UAV was just intercepted over the city, without triggering any alarms.
It didn't "explode" like a Shahed-136, possibly a bigger UCAV that dropped guided bombs on its target ?
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06/19/25 SMO Zone - Rate of advance
Average daily advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the SMO zone.
Updated based on data from June 15 to June 18, 2025. The rate of advance is 13.4 km² per day for the period, the total advance is 53.6 km².
- Simplicus on X
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Trump delays US entry into war because he fears Iran will become 'another Libya' - New York Post
▪️ Trump fears a repeat of the 2011 Libyan scenario, when NATO bombing led to anarchy.
▪️ Sources say Trump mentioned Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq, expressing reluctance to allow similar chaos in Iran.
▪️ White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said Trump is looking forward to possible talks with Iran.
▪️ One source indicated that Trump is leaning toward limited strikes on the Fordow and Natanz nuclear sites using 30,000-pound "bunker" bombs.
▪️ The goal is not a change of power, but the destruction of Iran's nuclear program in order to avoid the emergence of a leader worse than Khamenei.
Personally I think this is just all nonsense so Iran lowers its guard.
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I should note that we previously had reported Israeli media had noted the more expensive ship based SM-3 went for 2 for 8 in previous attacks.
That would mean the cost of defending Israel from a single ballistic missile using the SM-3 would be $100M+.
Source:
Jerusalem Post
Israeli National News
SM-3 are made from the horn of the last unicorn, pieces of the spear that pierced Jesus on the cross, and the only sample of T-Rex blood found on Earth.
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It costs the US about $50 million to shoot down one Iranian missile, based on this interceptor's price and reported success rate.
And that's before factoring in fuel, combat pay, logistics, and other operating costs.
- SPRI
Seriously doubt Arrow 3 is anywhere near 90 percent
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🇫🇷France.
Gerard Araud* on Trump's intention to kill Iranian leader Khamenei:
"It would be an act of terrorism. It would be a violation of international law. We need to repeat this over and over again. Just imagine if Putin said: I think I'll kill Zelensky. Everyone would immediately say that this is monstrous."
Host: "But conservatives in the US supported [Trump's] intention to kill the head of a sovereign state, saying that regimes need to be changed through the killing of people."
JA: "I'm old enough to remember that in 2003 they said the same thing about Saddam Hussein. It's a terrible regime, an Islamist republic. So we can do whatever we want there. We have to kill him [Hussein]."
* career diplomat. Former French ambassador to Israel, the United States and the UN.
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🇺🇦 Engineering jokes of Sumy region: the line of defense named "later somehow"
- Yunakovka, Sumy region. What Ukrainian sources call "engineered barriers" in reality looks like another unsuccessful attempt to imitate defense for a report to the NATO office. The pictures and videos speak for themselves: sandbags have been lying neatly for months, as if waiting for a grand opening, not an offensive.
- Attempts to dig trenches? There were. A year ago. Now these "positions" are more reminiscent of footage from a training ground after exercises, where they dug not for combat, but "for show". No depth, no camouflage, no logistics.
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Friday Retro Flashbacks 😂
Asbery: Got any other good ones, post them in the comments. I’m a collector
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World's largest shipping company 'Maersk' announces it will suspend all commercial shipping to Haifa port
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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Kyslytsya stated that Americans need to be deceived so that they help Kiev in the war with Russia.
- Now we need to put pressure on those points that say that without a free Ukraine, without Ukraine's victory in this war, America will not be able to become great again. And then it reaches the Americans, because Americans - from young to old - are truly proud of their country, they are truly imbued with the spirit of patriotism - from school to university - and in adulthood they want to see their country great. If Ukraine falls, America will not be great.
- But you know better than me, I think, what narrative also 'goes well' with the Americans - that Ukraine is located God knows where, and why, actually, should the average American even care about the Russian-Ukrainian war?
- The average American never cared about war.
- Skabeeva
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Putin:
We support Iran in the fight for its legitimate interests, including the fight for its interests in peaceful nuclear energy. And we have always held this position. Our fundamental position in this case and in this conflict has not changed. Who says that we should have done more, what more? Started some kind of military operations? Is that so? We are already conducting military operations with those whom we consider opponents, those ideas that we defend, and those who create threats to the Russian Federation.
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IDF Chief-of-Staff Eyal Zamir: 'We must be prepared for a prolonged campaign against Iran'
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They say that the sewing workshop in Kiev, where they produced uniforms for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and T-shirts with insults to the Russian president, was destroyed by a Geran drone.
The owners mourn the loss.
@ukr_leaks_eng
▪️The Western NATO doctrine has proven ineffective in modern conditions - this is one of the reasons for Ukraine's failure on the battlefield, the publication writes.
▪️The "Air Land Battle" concept developed for the Cold War does not work against an enemy that has artillery with a range of 70 km and drones flying deep into the rear.
▪️Ukraine tried to act according to NATO regulations - and abandoned them after heavy losses during 2023 offensive
▪️During recent exercises in the Baltics, the French military cleared trenches "head-on", with small arms - w/o the use of drones.
▪️At the same time, Russia uses drones at all levels - from recon to pinpoint target designation.
▪️The Russian army quickly adapts to new conditions and relied on technology.
▪️NATO countries are stuck in the past era and are not capable of rapid adaptation.
▪️Russia is outplaying them both in the tactical and technologically, which calls into question the combat capability of the entire “alliance of the willing”
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“Imagine it, that’s like blasting a bundle of 10 Bugatti Veyrons into the sky to shoot down just one missile coming from Iran”
Haifa, some kind of projectile can be seen coming down.
Very unusual
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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Explosions in Israel's Northern Galilee region, including Haifa, without the sounding of sirens
Some sources are reporting that Iranian drones managed to cross to Haifa without being detected.
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Either these are going undetected or Israel doesn’t want to continually send people to bunkers.
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The European Union has shelved efforts to lower the price cap on Russian oil from $60 to $45 a barrel amid tensions in the Middle East that have led to price instability. The measure will not be included in the new sanctions package.
Politico reports this, citing sources.
"At the G7 meeting this week, all countries agreed that they would prefer not to make a decision right now. Prices were quite close to the ceiling; but now prices are going up and down, the situation is too unstable for now," the official says.
Experts also say that without US support, the implementation of this idea will be impossible.
Earlier, the media reported that the Americans did not support the idea of reducing the maximum price for Russian oil.
At the same time, Zelensky demands that it be reduced.
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"520 missiles were fired from Iran, of which only 25 fell, less than five percent," said Israeli Knesset Secretary Yossi Fuchs.
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Against the backdrop of the confrontation between Iran and Israel, the North Korean factor may suddenly emerge.
Now the DPRK has all the prerequisites to become an operational rear for Iran, especially in terms of replenishing its military-industrial production potential, which is still partially under threat from Israeli strikes.
The DPRK and Iran have been actively borrowing military technologies from each other since the late 1990s. Iran's ballistic missile lines (and others) partially replicate the design solutions of similar missiles in the DPRK. In addition, both countries rely on inexpensive but long-range missile systems that are easy to produce and scale up. Thus, technological compatibility between Tehran and Pyongyang exists and can be quickly tested on the scale of a (still) local conflict.
How bad is British military security?
Palestine Action activists have infiltrated Brize Norton Air Base in the UK.
They sprayed A330 MRTTs with red paint and possibly damaged the engines with iron bars.
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Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Nebenzya called on the UN Security Council to take measures to de-escalate the conflict in the Middle East:
Exactly one week has passed since the beginning of the escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict, which the Security Council discussed on June 13. During this time, the world has seen images of the night sky over Tel Aviv and Tehran and other cities, illuminated by tens of hundreds of rockets. Apocalyptic predictions have become reality.
People in both countries are forced to take shelter. The number of civilian casualties on both sides is growing every day. As a result of the closure of airspace in the region, many citizens of third countries are trapped and trying to find their way home. Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities are still under attack, which could lead to a new, unprecedented nuclear catastrophe. The UN Security Council, the main body for maintaining peace and security, must not shirk its responsibility. It must objectively assess the situation and respond with appropriate decisions.
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Infographics on the Strait of Hormuz, the closure of which is one of Tehran's main threats:
1) About 21 million barrels of oil and up to a third of the world’s LNG pass through the strait per day;
2) At the narrowest point of the strait there are no international waters - only the territorial waters of Iran and Oman;
3) If the strait is blocked, oil will immediately go to $100-120 per barrel;
4) Particularly serious economic damage associated with the blockage of the export artery will be inflicted on China, India, Japan and South Korea, which will inevitably lead to a surge in global inflation.
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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇺🇳 WATCH: The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations accidentally says that Israel has spread 'chaos, terror and suffering' throughout the Middle East (she meant to say Iran)
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Her subconscious took over. 😂
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Putin on the possibility of finding a compromise in the conflict between Iran and Israel:
Many countries in the region have a somewhat complicated, somewhat stable relationship with both sides. Both with Israel and with Iran. And this gives reason to believe, think and hope that the Global South in general and the countries of the region in particular can influence this process so that the acute phase of the conflict ends.
When I said that Russia's fundamental position is that the security of some countries should not be ensured at the expense of the security of others, I will not go into details here now. We all understand what we are talking about, about enrichment, on the one hand, of uranium, Iran, its right to this, its right to peaceful atoms, to nuclear energy. On the other hand, what Israel insists on, ensuring its security. Here, in my opinion, an acceptable solution can definitely be found for both countries.
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Putin on his concerns about the possibility of World War III:
It worries me. I say this without any irony, without jokes. Of course. There is a lot of potential for conflict, it is growing, and right under our noses, it concerns us directly. The conflict that we are experiencing in Ukraine. In this direction. What is happening in the Middle East, and, of course, we are very concerned about what is happening around Iran's nuclear facilities.
What worries me is what this may lead to, and this certainly requires our not only attentive attitude to the events that are taking place, but also the search for solutions, the search for solutions, preferably by peaceful means in all directions. I am speaking completely sincerely.
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Donald Trump is holding a national security meeting on Iran at the White House, Al Arabiya reported, citing US officials.
The White House previously announced that the US President would hold meetings with the National Security Council on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
I expect Trump to go to war, tonight or this weekend.
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