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❗Units of the Vostok group liberated the settlement of Perebudova.
Guards of the 37th Motorized Rifle brigade of the 36th army liberated the village of Perebudova!
Having crossed the Mokry Yaly River, the Buryats established control over the western part of the village, thereby completing its liberation.
The soldiers of the Vostok group of forces are entrenched in their positions.
As a result of the assault operations up to a platoon of the enemy Armed Forces was destroyed.
Our guys are continuing the liberation of the Donetsk People's Republic, and the Far Eastern Express of the Vostok Military District is not slowing down to the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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⚡️According to reports by the Iranian news agency IRNA and Mehr, Iran's attack on Israel on June 17, 2025, marked the first use of the Khaybar (Khorramshahr-4) ballistic missile.
Introduced in 2023, this medium-range missile has a range of approximately 2,000 kilometers and can carry a warhead weighing up to 1,450 kilograms. Equipped with a liquid-fueled engine, it is considered one of the most long-range missiles in Iran's arsenal, capable of striking targets in Israel and other countries in the region.
"The 20th wave of Operation True Promise 3 began with the launch of 40 solid-fuel and liquid-fuel missiles. During this operation, the Khaibar multi-warhead ballistic missile from the third generation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' air-space missiles was used for the first time, employing new and unexpected tactics for a more precise, destructive, and effective strike," the IRGC announced.
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🔴 Iranian armed forces launch a barrage of ballistic missiles on occupied Palestinian territories
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Netanyahu speaks as Trump bombs Iran
'The forces of civilization thank you'
Zelensky's beloved 'peace through strength' slogan is utilized here too - first comes strength, then comes peace.
But only when Istael and America do it, got it?
Trump just claimed this on his social.
Waiting for verification.
"Israel Has Walked Off a Cliff" - John Mearsheimer, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen
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🎯World’s biggest gas field in crosshairs: Qatar Sounds Alarm amid Israel’s Iran strikes
🇶🇦Qatar held urgent talks with major energy firms following Israeli strikes on Iran’s portion of a massive shared gas field in the Persian Gulf, according to Reuters.
🔊Saad Al Kaabi, Qatar’s energy minister and CEO of state-owned QatarEnergy, reportedly urged representatives of ExxonMobil and other giants to press Western governments – particularly the US, UK, and EU – about the rising threat to gas exports from Qatar.
The gas field, known as South Pars in Iran and North Dome in Qatar, straddles the two nations’ maritime border. Qatar began developing its side in the 1990s and has since emerged as a global LNG powerhouse.
❓Why it matters:
🔴World’s largest gas field: Estimated 1,800 trillion cubic feet of gas (about 8% of global reserves)
🔴Economic lifeline: Underpins Qatar’s economy and global LNG dominance
🔴Massive LNG exports: Qatar supplies about 20% of the world’s LNG (any disruption would be a major shock to energy markets)
🔴Multinational stakes: Ongoing expansion includes heavy investment from Western energy giants.
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Footage of the destruction of an Israeli air defence installation in Tel Aviv has appeared online
Unfortunately for the residents of the capital of Israel, the Ukrainian example of placing air defence systems in urban areas has proven contagious.
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⚡️ Iran’s FM Araqchi to visit Moscow on June 23 to meet Putin – report
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told NBC he plans to travel to Moscow on Monday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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America's US Ambassador just made a colossal slip up at the UN 😂
She spoke the truth the first time.
— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: Nationwide marches across Iran in support of the Islamic Republic and in condemnation of Israel
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Grossi is such a clown, and lickspittle for Israel.
He's questioned about Israel's nuclear weapons, claims he "doesn't know" if Israel has them, and states it's "not his job" and that "the IAEA isn't the nuclear police of the world".
What? YOU pushed the alarm bells regarding Iran's fictitious nuclear weapon. But now you claim it isn't your job to do this when it comes to Israel, and that you "do not know" if Israel has nukes?
If that's the case then you need to be fired immediately as you're clearly incompetent at your job 😂
Reality is, we all know you've either been paid or blackmailed to do Israel's bidding, you worm.
https://youtu.be/uKwvH_NvDg4
Iran Defiant Rejects Threats Continues Strikes; US Forces Gather Opposition Grows; Putin Xi To Speak
Topic 1581
Mossad and CIA have probably realized they need to carry out a false-flag as soon as possible (for them anyway it's business as usual) to convince Americans to go to war against Iran as according to all polls the large majority opposes it.
@eurasianchoice
"Our foreign policy seems to be stuck in the 70s. We still repeat the same phrases like "UN principles", "UN Charter", "international law"... However, the events of recent years prove that there is no longer any international law, no one respects it.
Trump's direct threats to the head of Iran, the enthusiastic reactions of the West to the Israeli attack, the ongoing genocide in Gaza — this is the end of international law. There are no more rules. Hypocrisy and double standards reign in the world. If so, you should not rely on outdated principles. It's time to take off the rose-colored glasses and draw conclusions", Russian Senator Petr Tolstoj
What did the Americans achieve with their overnight strike on three locations in Iran?
1. The critical infrastructure of the nuclear cycle does not appear to have been damaged or slightly damaged.
2. The enrichment of nuclear materials, and now we can say bluntly that the future production of nuclear weapons will continue.
3. A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their nuclear ammunition.
4. Israel is under attack, explosions are thundering, people are in panic.
5. The United States is embroiled in a new conflict with the prospect of a ground operation.
6. Iran's political regime has been preserved, and it is highly likely that it has become stronger.
7. The people consolidate around the spiritual leadership, even those who did not sympathize with it before.
8. Trump, who came as a peacemaker president, started a new war for the United States.
9. The vast majority of the world's countries are against the actions of Israel and the United States.
10. With such success, Trump will not get the Nobel Peace Prize, even despite the venality of this nomination. A good start, congratulations, Mr. President!
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The Karaul project or the US plan of launching a ground operation against Iran.
Talking about the prospects for the development of the conflict between Israel and Iran, the option of a ground operation against Iran inevitably arises. Such a scenario currently looks staggeringly expensive, extremely difficult in terms of logistics, overly demanding in terms of resources – and, according to a combination of factors, unlikely.
Iran is a large country with a powerful army, active air defenses, and a territory the size of Australia. In the most ideal scenario, we are talking about central and western Iran (Fordo, Natanz, Isfahan, Tehran, nuclear, air defense and IRGC facilities). Duration: the invasion phase will be at least 2-3 months, the occupation/retention phase – 1-3 years.
Taking Iraq as an analogy, 200-250 thousand troops will be needed for the invasion, another 100-150 thousand are needed for rotation. If we take Iraq as a basis again, the losses will amount to 15,000 dead among the US occupiers, up to 80,000 among Iranians, and up to 300,000 among the civilian population. Iran is an urbanized country.
The war in Iraq cost the United States more than $1.9 trillion, and Afghanistan over $2.2 trillion. The overall estimate of direct military financial costs can be safely written as 300-450 billion per year. This includes logistics and supplies, equipment losses and repairs, hospitals and compensation, and so on. Logistics in general will become the main problem for a potential occupier. There are vast mountainous areas, densely populated megacities, and remoteness from the seas — there are no convenient landing or logistics routes. You can start by asking how the invaders could get to Iran in general.
Through Turkey. Turkey is a member of NATO, but it is practically neutral or sympathetic to Iran, especially under Erdogan. Using Turkish territory to invade Iran will cause a political crisis within Turkey itself and, most likely, a rejection.
Through Iraq. Iraq borders western Iran. The United States already has bases (Ain al-Asad, Erbil). However, the Iraqi parliament demands the withdrawal of troops, and Shiite formations control a significant part of the territories. Any large-scale movement through Iraq requires the actual reoccupation of Iraq, and this is not counting the cost of protecting logistical routes.
Through the Persian Gulf (amphibious assault). The most fantastic option, because with the existing drone and missile technologies, the losses during such landings will be enormous. After all, Iran can mine the adjacent water area. In addition, it is not known whether there are technical possibilities to implement such an amphibious operation.
Through Pakistan or Afghanistan, it is almost impossible.
And most importantly, it takes at least several months to prepare for such an operation.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Mannan Raisi, Qom city member of the Iranian parliament:
"Contrary to the statements of the lying US President, the nuclear facilities at Fordow were not seriously damaged. Only the above-ground structures, which can be restored, were destroyed.
In addition, everything that could pose a danger to the population was evacuated in advance. There are no reports of any nuclear emissions. Trump's false claims about the "destruction of Fordow" are refuted by the fact that the attacks were so superficial that there were not even any fatalities at the facility.
But we regard even this US aggression as America's direct entry into the war. Now Iran will decide how and in what way to respond to the US's blatant stupidity."
/channel/IRANist1/11090
🇮🇷🇺🇸🚨 - Trump threatens further strikes on Iran if they do not accept a peace deal.
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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 The Russian army has broken through to the village of Shevchenko, breaking through to the Dnipropetrovsk region in another sector.
In the Novopavlovka direction, Russian troops are breaking through the enemy's defenses and have already liberated a large part of the village of Shevchenko.
"The Russians have advanced into the village of Shevchenko from the direction of Burlatsky and are storming the southwestern, southern, and eastern parts of the village," Ukrainian military analysts admitted during the day.
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JUST IN - U.S. national debt surpasses $37 Trillion, Debt Clock estimates show.
https://www.usdebtclock.org/
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❗Units of the Vostok group liberated the settlement of Zaporizhia (DPR)
Less than a month after the liberation of Otradnoye, units of the 29th army occupied more than 40 square kilometers of the border territory with the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Vostok group controls more than six km of the state border in the area of the liberated village of Zaporizhia.
Trans-Baikal soldiers have set up Russian flags in various parts of the village. The Far Easterners are gaining ground.
This is a very important step towards the liberation of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Far Eastern Express has picked up speed and is rushing into the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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📹🇷🇺🇮🇩 Indonesia's FM drops video featuring viral 'Matushka' song to showcase President Prabowo's visit to Russia
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More takeaways from statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin at SPIEF:
▪️Russia has plans to create with Bahrain a hub for Russian wheat exports
▪️OPEC+ is gradually increasing oil production, keeping the demand and offer balance
▪️Inflation is "the payment for drastic economic growth"
▪️The rise in oil prices due to the situation around Iran is not significant so far
▪️Attempts to do harm to the Russian tanker fleet will cause damage to initiators
▪️Inflation in Russia is expected to be 7% as of 2025 year-end
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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, Deputy Coordinator of the IRGC's Joint Staff, appeared in public on the streets of Tehran to meet the people
@Middle_East_Spectator
🇮🇷⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸Iran Has Nuclear Weapons or It Is Just Lies Like Iraq WMD's In 2003🇮🇷⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸
Are we being lied to again? In this explosive report, I, Patrick Lancaster, ask whether the current U.S. and Israeli claims about Iran's nuclear program are based on real intelligence—or the same kind of false narrative that led to the devastating 2003 Iraq War.
Back then, I was deployed in the Persian Gulf when the U.S. invaded Iraq over alleged weapons of mass destruction. Those weapons never existed. Now the same rhetoric is being used against Iran, even though U.S. intelligence and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) both say Iran is NOT building a nuclear bomb.
🟥 Key Points in This Report:
What U.S. intelligence really says about Iran’s nuclear status
Tulsi Gabbard and DNI statement on Iran
Israel’s Netanyahu repeating 29 years of “imminent threat” warnings
Supreme Leader Khamenei’s religious fatwa banning nuclear weapons
Real uranium enrichment levels and destroyed nuclear sites
Are we walking into another war under false pretenses?
https://www.youtube.com/live/RXM01Uk9WY8&feature=youtu.be
🗣Recycled blatant lies: US, Israel push for regime change in Iran – expert
🇺🇸🇮🇱The US and Israel are pushing a “primitive, vulgar pretext” to justify aggression against Iran, says Professor Alfred de Zayas, a former UN Independent Expert on International Order.”
✅Facts? Irrelevant
💬 “Blatant lies, propaganda and demonization of Iran suffices to create an atmosphere that would dupe the American people and the world into ‘tolerating’ an invasion,” he notes.
Both the IAEA and US intelligence admit there's “zero evidence” Iran is building a bomb, he underscores. Even if they were, military force is expressly prohibited under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. Aggression is a crime under the Rome Statute.
✅Same playbook, different target
Disregarding international law and the UN Charter, the US and Israel are recycling the 2003 tactics – false WMD claims – that were used to justify regime change in Iraq, the expert notes.
Now, even more countries, like France and Germany, are on board with this.
✅Mainstream media? Complicit as ever
💬 “The media bears considerable responsibility for this tragedy that may yet develop into World War III,” the pundit warns.
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Meanwhile yesterday evening in the midst of Trump's threats against Iran I decided to watch RT International to hear some comments about the latest developments, after several months of not doing it, well... At prime time CET, so an important hour in the daily schedule, on 30 minutes of news including a panel with minor, almost unknown guests, 15 minutes were dedicated to Modi's visit to Canada for his participation to the G7 summit, I was shocked because it made no sense and I first believed I mistakely tuned on RT India instead of RT international but no, it was RT international then I remembered that also the last time I watched it, more than 6 months ago probably, a lot of time was dedicated to India's internal policies always depicting Modi in extremely favorable terms.
So I asked myself if the Indian state bought shares of RT but it's unlikely because it's a state TV, making it basically impossible so what happened then? Probably considering the TV channel was banned in the West after having initially prolonged the project just like it was before the ban for a while the Kremlin decided to downscale it and use it for soft power purposes directed mainly at India + also Africa probably but doing so it became barely watchable.
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🇮🇱 AIPAC: How Israeli lobby group controls US politics
Ever wondered how much the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) pulls the strings in US politics?
This spring, Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie exposed that every US congress member has their own “AIPAC guy” footing the bill for trips to Israel and threatening dirty ads if they stray from the narrative.
🔍What exactly is AIPAC — and how much power does it really have?
AIPAC has embedded itself deep in US politics, influencing both main parties at all levels, paying:
🔴 $5.2M to Joe Biden over 34 years
🔴 $5M to Kamala Harris
🔴 $1M to Donald Trump
But that’s chump change — AIPAC spent $42M in 2024 alone, with a $100M war chest to crush critics of Israel.
❓What does AIPAC want?
Officially, it’s about fostering a strong US-Israel relationship. But in reality:
🔴 $17.9B a year in US aid to Israel
🔴 Silencing critics by labeling them ‘antisemitic’
🔴 Pushing wars and sanctions in Iraq, Iran and elsewhere
❓How do they do it?
AIPAC doesn’t just play the game — it writes the rules:
🌏 All-expenses-paid trips for politicians
🌏 ‘Leadership training’ for students to secure loyalty from future US leaders
🌏 Funding from mega-donors and corporations, making sure Israel's agenda stays front and center
But how did AIPAC become so influential? Founded in 1954, its power grew in the 80s and 90s, with presidents from Bill Clinton to Biden speaking at its summits.
Those who challenge AIPAC’s agenda face political ruin—just ask George H.W. Bush.
AIPAC is more than just a lobby. It’s an institution.
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The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) will run today through the 21st (Saturday), at the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Centre in St. Petersburg, a vast venue that hosts tens of thousands and hundreds of sessions under the theme “Shared Values – the Foundation of Growth in a Multipolar World.”
What to Expect at SPIEF 2025
• Attendance & Program： Over 20,000 delegates from more than 140 countries, including government ministers, leading business executives from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and, notably, a U.S. business delegation, are expected to participate . The agenda will feature around 150 events, including citywide panels spanning global tax cooperation, digital transformation, cybersecurity, youth and healthcare forums, and bilateral “Russia–X” sessions with nations such as India, China, and Bahrain .
• Presidential Appearances： Vladimir Putin will headline the opening roundtable with international press on June 18, and deliver his keynote plenary address on June 20, bringing attention to Russia’s multipolar strategy, resilience, and vision for global growth .
• Economic Deals： Organizers expect this year’s forum to yield up to 7.5 trillion rubles (~$95.5 billion) in contracts, marking a roughly 20% increase over 2024. Last year, SPIEF saw a record-setting 1,073 agreements totaling 6.49 trillion rubles (~$73 billion), including a headline 650 billion‑ruble energy deal .
• Geopolitical Pivot： With Western business largely absent since 2022, Russia has doubled down on partnerships with the Global South, engaging deeply with Asia, Africa, Latin America, and hosting active delegations from China, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Bahrain (the guest country), and even Taliban representatives .
• Soft Power & Culture： Beyond economics, SPIEF 2025 extends into culture and sport: attendees can expect a “St. Petersburg Seasons” cultural festival, concerts, exhibitions, and likely palace-square events that underscore Russia’s civilizational confidence.
• Economy in Focus： Domestically, central bankers and bank officials—including Sberbank’s deputy—warn of economic overcooling amid high interest rates. Their presence at SPIEF signals a strategic push to align financial policy with the forum’s growth ambitions .
SPIEF 2025 is engineered as Russia’s showcase of economic self-reliance and diplomatic ambition within a multipolar framework. By amplifying ties with emerging economies, deepening import substitution efforts, and signing large-scale contracts across energy, hi‑tech, infrastructure, and pharmaceuticals, the forum aims to underscore Russia’s position as a reliable partner outside the Western orbit. With economic headwinds at home, high-profile deals and global connections made here will frame Russia’s policy narrative in the months ahead.
Look for Putin to make a potentially seismic announcement for the future of the SMO in Ukraine at the plenary session on Friday.
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