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[ Kupyansk Front ] Russia launches counteroffensive towards Dvorichna; capturing Horobivka
Breaking news from the Kupyansk Front: Russia have launched a counteroffensive from Tavilzhanka towards Dvorichna direction and had successfully captured Horobivka after days of softening the Ukrainian forces in the region via artillery and airstrikes. Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported fighting at Dvorichna (which is likely to just mean the entire region east of the…
Ukraine SITREP: Day 205 (16/9) – Russian lines at risk! Massive Ukrainian breakthrough NW of Lyman;
Full Report: 00:00 Intro01:19 Putin warns of escalation in Ukraine02:39 Russia claim they have 430 aircrafts and 340 helicopters near Ukraine ready for deployment03:29 1 x Russian Su-25 shot down over Ukraine03:40 Mykolaiv Front (Fighting reported at Pravdyne) 06:09 Davydiv Brid Front (Russian Shelling reported at Sukhyi Stavok) 07:24 Kryvyi Rih Front07:56 Zaporizhzhia Line08:38 Donetsk…
[ Ukraine SITREP ] Day 197 (8/9) – Ukraine forces on outskirt of Kupyansk; blow up Oskil River bridges
Full Report: 00:00 Intro00:51 Zelenskyy: more than 1000 sqkm of territory liberated01:45 Belarus conducts military exercises near the entire Belarus-Ukraine border from Sept 8 to Sept 1402:22 Russian Ka-52 helicopter shot down over Ukraine02:37 Mykolaiv Front 03:35 Davydiv Brid Front (Ukrainian forces captured Chkalove, Kostromka; Fighting reported at Bezimenne; Reinforcement reportedly crossed the river near…
[ Ukraine SITREP ] Day 161-162 (3-4/8) Summary – Fighting now inside Bakhmut as RF enter from east
Full Report: 00:00 Intro01:14 Mykolaiv Front (Russia MoD fixed their mapping; can be used for reference again)02:54 Davydiv Brid Front (Ukraine retains control over Andriivka, Lozove, Bilohirka)04:28 Kryvyi Rih Front (Rumors of Ukrainian redeploying armor from Dnipro and Chernihiv to Kryvyi Rih front) 06:01 Zaporizhzhia Line06:51 Donetsk Front (Fighting reported Marinka, Pisky, Avdiivka) 09:14 Bakhmut…
[ CHINA-TAIWAN ] Pelosi going to Taiwan – Taiwan military on high alert; What is actually happening?
Full Report: 00:00 Intro02:19 China launches 3rd Aircraft Carrier, Fujian04:00 Leaked recording of top-secret military meeting on Taiwan invasion plans07:37 Taiwan scrambled jets as 29 China aircrafts enter defense zone09:09 China ban Taiwanese grouper fish import10:10 PLAN vessels sailed between Yilan and Yonguni for the first time to enter the Pacific Ocean 11:20 China conduct…
[ LITHUANIA-RUSSIA ] Lithuanians pop. threatened w “Serious Negative Impact”; What happened so far?
00:00 Intro00:56 Lithuania to ban transit to Kaliningrad04:27 Russia vows “serious” consequences over Lithuanian rail restrictions on Kaliningrad05:12 Russia plans to make Lithuanian citizens suffer for “hostile actions”07:04 Russia holds major naval exercise in the Baltic Sea07:51 Warning against too much faith in NATO09:25 WW2 Czechoslovakia / Poland situation can repeat itself11:01 NATO today commitment…
[ Event ] “When peace breaks out. The state of international relations after the Russian – Ukrainian conflict”
[ update ] DPA’s Presentation during the event: Original Facebook LIVE Stream: Press Release: “When peace breaks out. The state of international relations after the Russian – Ukrainian conflict“ Date&Time: 23.05.2022 – 08:30 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST) Stefano Ambrosini (Gardone Riviera Municipal Council) and Davide Boni (Toscolano Maderno Municipal Council), local administrators and…
Russia’s Gazprom cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria over non-payment in rubles
Russia Gazprom had cut off gas supplies on Wednesday (27 April 2022) to Poland and Bulgaria over their failure to make payments in Russian rubles, and had warned that siphoning of any gas supplies meant for other European customers will be responded with a reduction of the similar amount in gas supply to those customers…
Shiafication of Syria
It is not a secret that with the Civil War in Syria Iran has tried to increase its influence in the region by actively supporting Bashar al-Assad led-government. The Iranians seek to transform Syria into a stable base of operations and are promoting cultural, demographic and religious changes in some regions to secure their long-term…
[ DW ] Turkey launches new offensive against Kurdish militants in Iraq
Turkey launched a new cross-border offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq early Monday. Turkish warplanes, helicopters and drones hit Kurdish militant targets, camps, tunnels, shelters, and ammunition storage areas in northern Iraq, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency. “Until now, our operation is continuing successfully as planned. The targets…
Yemen President-in-Exile resigned; Presidential Leadership Council to take over all powers
Having failed to stay in power over the course of a seven-year-long civil war, Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi has resigned, handing full authority to an eight-member council led by the country’s former interior minister, Rashad al-Alimi. “I irreversibly delegate to the Presidential Leadership Council my full powers, in accordance with the constitution and the…
[ The Japan Times ] North Korea may be preparing for nuclear test soon, report says
Pyongyang appears to be working on a “shortcut” to a tunnel at its Punggye-ri underground test facility, apparently in an attempt to repair the site, which was shuttered in 2018, the Yonhap news agency reported, quoting unidentified sources in Seoul. South Korea’s military and intelligence authorities detected signs that the North was focusing on restoring…
[ Azatutyun ] Armenia Slams Azerbaijan Over ‘Aggressive Actions’ In Nagorno-Karabakh
In a statement issued late on Thursday the Armenian Foreign Ministry said that “such actions by Baku seriously endanger regional stability and peace.” It said that in late afternoon Azerbaijani armed forces violated the line of contact with Nagorno-Karabakh in the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping mission and moved into the village of…
[ Donetsk Front ] Russian Forces captures Zolota Nyva and Novodonets’ke
Novodonets’ke was previously held once before by the Russian forces. However, the capture of Zolota Nyva signals to complete destruction of the Velyka Novosilka – Volodymyrivka defense line. Full report:
Russia withdrawn and cease to be member of Council of Europe
The general secretary of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejcinovic, had stressed that the process that has ended with that expulsion was opened because the Ukraine attack “goes against everything we defend and constitutes a violation of our status and the European Convention on Human rights”. The ambassadors meeting in the Committee of Ministers to…
[ Reuters ] Time to lift ‘unjust’ sanctions on Turkey’s defence industry, Erdogan tells Biden
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Joe Biden in a phone call on Thursday that it was past time to lift all “unjust” sanctions on Turkey’s defence industry. According to a statement from Erdogan’s office, he also told Biden that Turkey expected its request to purchase 40 new F-16 fighter jets and modernise its…
[ Al Mayadeen ] 450 Arab and foreign extremists from Idlib arrive in Ukraine
Close to 450 extremist Arab and foreign nationals have arrived in Ukraine from Idlib to fight against Russia’s forces, less than only three days after they left Syria, passing through Turkey. Relatives of extremists that have arrived in Ukraine told Sputnik that senior fighters from terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (the rebranded version of Jabhat Al-Nusra, i.e Al-Qaeda)…
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