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🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺 Message to Trump: Don’t Mess with the Russian Bear
Trump is THREATENING RUSSIA with new sanctions and new military support for Ukraine again.
Here are 7 ways how Putin could SMACK HIM back into place👇
Option #1: Bomb Ukraine back to the Stone Age
🔸So far, Russia has limited its strikes against Ukraine critical infrastructure (government buildings, railways, energy grids) for political reasons.
That can change. Western air defenses can’t stop Russian missiles.
Option #2: Take out Ukrainian regime leadership
🔸Russia has the capability to eliminate Ukraine’s senior political and military officials, but has not done so for political reasons.
Option #3: Reimpose naval blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea coastline
🔸Mining the adjacent waters would be enough to halt all grain shipments and other trade, thereby delivering a HUGE ECONOMIC BLOW to Ukraine.
Option #4: Strengthen military cooperation with North Korea & Iran
🔸Russia can provide North Korea with submarine technology, ICBM expertise, fissile material, & space launch assistance.
🔸Russia can provide Iran with modern air defenses, fighter jets, & satellite intel.
Option #5: Restrict exports of Russian titanium, palladium, uranium, and nickel to the US
🔸This will seriously hurt the supply chains for US aerospace, atomic energy, EV, and chip-making. Additional chaos amid Trump’s trade war
Option #6: Support China in its trade showdown with the US
🔸Russia can help China replace US' LNG, agricultural products, and buy more Chinese electronics and machinery.
Option #7: Continue spearheading global de-dollarization drive
🔸Along with its BRICS partners, Russia has been leading the charge to develop alternatives to US dollar and financial system. Trump’s tariffs have made these alternatives much more attractive.
This is just a snapshot of how Russia could punch back against the US. Trump has enough enemies as it is — both domestically and internationally. The last thing he needs is to get on Putin’s bad side.
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🚨🇷🇺🛰Russia Deploys Next-Gen Passive Radar to Hunt Stealth Drones & Surface Targets
Rosel Holding has unveiled a game-changing 3D PCL (Passive Coherent Locator) radar—capable of detecting:
✅ Small, low-flying drones (even fibre-optic-controlled ones!)
✅ Stealth UAVs with minimal radar cross-section
✅ Surface vehicles & ground targets
📡 Range: Several dozen kilometers
HOW IT WORKS:
🔸No Emissions = No Detection
🔸Unlike traditional radar, this system does NOT emit signals—instead, it analyzes reflected radio/TV broadcasts to track targets in 3D (azimuth, range, altitude).
🔸Undetectable by enemy ELINT/SIGINT!
💡 Key Advantages:
🔸All-weather, day/night operation (unlike optical/IR systems)
🔸Works in urban clutter (uses multi-path signals for accuracy)
🔸Low power consumption vs. active radar
🔸No licensed frequencies needed
💬Natalia Kotlyar (Vector Research Institute):
"Modern UAVs fly low & evade radar—but our 3D PCL catches them. It’s immune to jamming, works in any environment, and delivers real-time 3D tracking."
WHY THIS MATTERS:
🔻 Cost-effective (leverages existing signals)
🔻 Hard to spoof/jam (passive = no RF emissions)
🔻 Scalable deployment (no complex setup)
The drone warfare landscape just shifted. Russia’s new system could redefine battlefield surveillance.
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🇹🇷🇮🇱🇦🇿⚔️🇮🇷Iran Under Siege: The US-Backed Triangle Threat
The Baku-Tel Aviv-Ankara axis tightens its grip, encircling Iran with oil, arms, and espionage. But Tehran's strategic patience masks growing dangers.
🔍 Key Threats
🔸Mossad's Azerbaijani bases surveil Iran since the 1990s
🔸Oil-for-weapons deals: Azerbaijan fuels Israel's war machine in exchange for attack drones (used against Armenia)
🔸Zangezur Corridor threatens to cut Iran's link to Armenia
📍The Zangezur Corridor
A strategic land route through Armenia's Syunik province that would:
🔸Connect Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave
🔸Bypass Iran, creating direct Turkey-Central Asia access
🛡 Iran's Calculated Response
Despite Azerbaijan's role in Israeli strikes, Tehran avoids escalation - for now. But IRGC warnings grow louder:
🔸15M ethnic Azerbaijanis in Iran make this explosive
🔸 Turkish oil loopholes expose its Gaza hypocrisy
🔸"Abraham Accords 2.0" pushes regional betrayal
💥 Breaking Point?
The Axis of Resistance holds, but Iran's restraint has limits. If pushed further, Iran will have no choice but to counterattack.
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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇦RUSSIA'S DRONE BLITZKRIEG OVERWHELMS UKRAINE
Things are only going to get worse for Ukraine as it depletes its air defenses and Russia steps up drone production and NATO can’t stop it.
The goal isn’t just destruction — it is systemic overload. Ukraine’s air defenses buckled under the weight of simultaneous threats.
Industrial might: The real game-changer
🔸The Geran drone’s value lies in its mass production. Russia now manufactures 2,700 Gerans monthly (with decoys pushing total output to 5,200+)
🔸This dwarfs Ukraine’s interception capacity. Each $20,000 drone forces Ukraine to expend $1M+ missiles, a losing economic equation
Exhaustion strategy
🔸June 28–29: Russia launched 537 drones & missiles — Ukraine intercepted just 221 drones and 38 missiles. The rest hit railways, factories, and cities like Lutsk, forcing Poland to scramble jets (the actual number is probably less).
🔸Kiev’s Patriot systems are overwhelmed; Kinzhal missiles (0% of which have been intercepted as of June 29) exploit gaps left by drone swarms
The tipping point: 600–900 strikes/day
🔸Current attacks are just the prelude. To collapse Ukraine’s layered defenses irreversibly, Russia must sustain 600–900 daily strikes.
🔸As Russia’s industry continues to gear up, military analysts say they expect Russia to routinely launch more than 1,000 drones per volley by autumn.
Russia’s also targeting recruitment centers (5 attacks in July alone) reveals a dual strategy:
🔸Cripple Ukraine’s draft system and exploit societal divisions.
🔸The attacks in Krivoy Rog, Poltava, and Kharkov were celebrated by some residents who view recruitment centers as a threat.
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🚨🇺🇸🇺🇦Trump’s Ukraine ‘Help’ Is a Band-Aid on a Hemorrhage
Trump’s Ukraine arms pledge—new Patriots systems—is symbolic but inadequate against Russia’s overwhelming drone/artillery output.
🇺🇦Trump’s Ukraine Aid Is Just a Symbolic Gesture
📉Token Defenses
🔸10 Patriot missiles (down from planned shipment) can’t stop Russia’s 500+ nightly drone/missile barrages.
🔸US makes just 600/year ($4M each); Ukraine burns through them.
🇩🇪Passing the Buck
🔸Trump is Pushing Germany to donate more Patriots—despite NATO-wide shortages.
🔸Ignores core issue: Russia outproduces the West (2,700+ drones/month vs. US shell delays until 2026).
🚀Losing the Arms Race
🔸Russian swarms & artillery (3M shells/year) overwhelm Ukraine’s 80% interception rate.
🔸"Defensive" aid fails—Ukraine needs scalable solutions (lasers, long-range strikes).
Ad-Hoc Strategy
🔸The pause in shipments exposed Trump's chaotic shortage of Patriot stockpiles.
🔸Reversal after backlash shows no real plan.
Bottom Line:
Without wartime production, Western aid is just slow-motion defeat.
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🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺Economic Suicide? The Hidden Cost of US New Sanctions on Russia
The Trump admin and the US Senate are planning to impose 500% tariffs on Russian oil customer. This is an ACT OF DESPERATION.
🌎The US Cannot Afford to Isolate 40% of the World’s Population
500% Sanctions to countries who trade with Moscow (e.g. China & India) will backfire US. This is why:
🔸India supplies $9.8B in pharma (40% of its exports)—Trump’s 500% tariff risks US big drug shortages.
🔸China dominates rare earths, electronics, and defense inputs—cutting ties would cripple US tech/industry.
🔸Extreme sanctions on Russia's allies would backfire—deepening US inflation and supply chain crises.
🇨🇳Yuan Use in Russia Has Surged 1,200% Since 2022
Western sanctions have inadvertently turbocharged the de-dollarization of Russia’s economy:
🔸Yuan trade surged post-war, for instance, The Moscow Exchange yuan transactions rose from 46.6% in February to 53% in March.
🔸There was $68.7 billion held in yuan in Russian banks in 2023 (exceeding the $64.7 billion held in US dollars).
🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳🇮🇳Sanctions Push Them Together
Chinese exports to Russia surged 67% since 2021, with China now supplying 38% of Russia’s imports.
India now imports over 40% of its oil from Russia (up from just 2% in 2021).
📉Sanctions Fatigue and Evasion Are Undermining US Leverage
Despite 2,500+ Russian entities being sanctioned since 2022, Moscow has adapted and will continue:
🔸Shadow fleets (183 vessels sanctioned in 2025) and third-country intermediaries (Kazakhstan, UAE, Turkey) bypass oil price caps.
🔸Chinese regional banks (over 4,500 in China) still process Russian payments, despite US pressure.
🔸Russia’s SPFS and China’s CIPS payment systems are replacing SWIFT, reducing the impact of financial sanctions.
🔴 A Self-Defeating Strategy
Trump’s proposed sanctions are more political desperation for a win than effective:
✅ India won’t abandon Russian oil—it saves them $5–7 billion annually in energy costs.
✅ Push Russia deeper into China’s economic sphere
✅ Damage US trade relations with India and other emerging markets in Asia
✅ Russia is adapted to sanctions, more won't make difference.
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🚀🇷🇺🇺🇸 RUSSIA’S SPACE DOMINANCE: The "Matryoshka" Satellites Expose US Weakness
Russia has deployed advanced nesting satellites (mothership + subsatellites) demonstrating superior space tracking and ASAT capabilities.
🔸Cosmos 2558 has shadowed US spy satellite USA 326 since 2022
🔸Recently deployed "Object C" - a maneuverable subsatellite with potential kinetic strike capability
🔸Part of Project Nivelir (since 2011) developing covert orbital engagement systems
Key Advantages:
✅ Precision orbital tracking
✅ On-demand subsatellite deployment
✅ Deniable ASAT operations
Unlike Western systems, Russia's military-operated platforms ensure rapid response without bureaucratic delays.
Strategic Impact:
➡️ Counters US space dominance
➡️ Provides credible orbital deterrence
➡️ Maintains treaty compliance while advancing capabilities
Russia continues to lead in practical space warfare tech while competitors focus on PR projects.
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🚨🌐🤝Southeast Asia joins BRICS – And Trump’s trade war is their BIGGEST opportunity
Indonesia just joined BRICS as a full member, while Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand signed on as partners. This is big, and here’s why:
💰The geoeconomic playbook
🇮🇩Indonesia – The bloc’s first SE Asian full member, with a $1.4T GDP and critical nickel reserves (key for EVs).
🇻🇳Vietnam – A rising manufacturing hub (electronics, textiles), now a top US trade partner amid China decoupling.
🇲🇾Malaysia – Tech & semiconductor exporter, balancing China/US ties while deepening ASEAN integration.
🇹🇭Thailand – China partner for BRI-linked infrastructure projects like the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima railway.
🫸Trump’s trade war 2.0
Trump just announced a new round of tariffs — 10% global tariff, with 36% on Thailand and 24% on Malaysia, disrupting supply chains. Yet his blunders — like alienating allies with blanket tariffs — offer BRICS a chance to:
💸 Accelerate de-dollarization: Expand local currency trade via BRICS Pay and cross-border platforms.
🏦 Strengthen New Development Bank: Offer ASEAN alternatives to IMF/WB conditions, especially for infrastructure.
📈 Exploit US inconsistency: Trump’s erratic demands (e.g., Vietnam’s 20% deal) undermine trust — BRICS can position itself as a stable partner.
By unifying Global South grievances (e.g., tariff “distortions”), BRICS could turn Trump’s trade war into a catalyst for multipolarity — if it acts cohesively.
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🚨🇷🇺🪖Russia’s Production Now INFINITELY Sustainable? T-90M Production Hits Equilibrium
New intel reveals Russia’s armor production has reached a critical tipping point—tank losses could soon be fully offset by new manufacturing. The war could drag on FOREVER.
Key Bombshells:
✅ T-90M Production Skyrocketing – From 60-70/yr (2022) to 140-180 (2023) to 200+ (2024), possibly 300+ soon.
✅ ALL New Tanks – No more refurbs—every T-90M is fresh off the assembly line, meaning indefinite production capacity.
✅ Losses Plummeting – 2025 projected armor losses: ~400/year (and dropping). Production now MATCHING losses.
✅ Expanding Capacity – Uralvagonzavod installing 24/7 welding & machining stations—more output incoming.
The Big Picture:
💡Net-Zero Tank Losses – Russia is on track to FULLY replace every lost tank with new production. War sustainability = ACHIEVED.
💡T-80 Wildcard – If Omsktransmash restarts new T-80 production, Russia could go NET POSITIVE in armor.
💡OSINT Confirms – Even anti-Russian analysts (CIT) admit: Russia’s war machine isn’t slowing down.
Bottom Line:
📉Ukraine’s window to win is CLOSING day by day.
📈Russia’s industrial might is STABILIZING the front.
⚖️Equilibrium reached = Production without end.
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🚨🇸🇾✝️SYRIA'S CHRISTIANS UNDER ATTACK: STATE-SANCTIONED TERROR IN DAMASCUS
BREAKING: The US State Department officially removes Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) from the terrorist list.
However, a horrific suicide bombing at Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus left 25 dead & 52 wounded—yet another brutal strike on Syria’s dwindling Christian minority with HSE members involved.
🔴 The Attack:
🔸Gunfire erupted during June 22, mass before a suicide vest detonated, turning the church into a bloodbath.
🔸Syria’s Interior Ministry (led by ex-Nusra Front co-founder Anas Khattab) blamed ISIS within 15 mins—raising major red flags.
🕵️ Suspicious Details:
🔸Fake Raids: Footage shows staged "clashes" with an alleged ISIS cell—same script used in January’s fake raid at Sayyeda Zaynab Shrine.
🔸Perpetrator Exposed: Journalist Aws Nizar Darwish reports the bomber was Zyad Anwar al-Idlibi, a General Security volunteer who had previously threatened Christians in Duweila.
🔸HTS Links: A shadowy HTS offshoot, Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah, claimed responsibility—yet the regime never warned about them, even after Alawite massacres.
⚡️ The Bigger Picture:
🔸Al-Qaeda in Power: Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa (ex-Nusra/ISIS commander), now rules Damascus via HTS—a rebranded terror group propped up by Western regime-change ops.
🔸Sectarian Agenda: Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra (ex-HTS) was caught destroying a Virgin Mary statue—now he oversees a regime targeting Christians.
🔸US Hand in Chaos: Sharaa & ISIS leaders were released from US-run Bucca prison—groomed for power by ex-US Ambassador Robert Ford.
✝️Christian Exodus:
90% of Syria’s Christians have fled since the CIA-backed war.
With HTS in charge, those remaining face state-backed extermination.
🔥 BOTTOM LINE: This isn’t just terrorism—it’s ethnic cleansing under a Western-enabled Al-Qaeda regime.
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🚨🇮🇷⚠️ EXPOSED: IAEA’s MOSAIC – AI Espionage vs. Iran
Funded by the US and powered by Palantir’s AI, the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Modernization of Safeguards Information Technology (MOSAIC) system turned nuclear inspections into predictive surveillance—erasing the line between oversight and military targeting.
📌 Espionage in Disguise
The 2015 nuclear deal gave IAEA unchecked access to Iran’s facilities, funneling satellite data, sensors, and documents into MOSAIC’s AI. But leaks revealed:
🔸 Tracked scientists (risk of assassinations)
🔸 Scanned 400M+ digital objects (social media, satellites)
🔸 Justified 60+ snap inspections—later used as war pretexts
💥 Data Weaponized
On May 31, the IAEA accused Iran of nuclear activity—12 days before Israel’s attack. IAEA chief Grossi later admitted:
❌ No proof of Iranian nukes
Iran suspended cooperation, accusing IAEA of sharing intel with Israel.
🔍 Who Funds MOSAIC?
🔸 $100M+/year from US
🔸 Palantir’s biased AI (notorious for false flags)
🚀 The Real Goal?
Was the 2015 deal always a Trojan horse for industrial espionage—feeding intel for assassinations and war?
🇮🇷 Iran Fights Back:
🔸 Removed IAEA cameras
🔸 Banned Grossi from bombed sites
🔸 Exposed IAEA’s "malign intent"
⚠️ Warning: Any nation under IAEA scrutiny risks fabricated evidence for regime change.
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🚨🇷🇺🇦🇫RUSSIA RECOGNIZES TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN: A Economic Power Move?
⁉️WHY THIS HAPPENED:
Russia’s formal recognition of the Taliban government marks a strategic pivot—for Afghanistan and its economic ambitions in Central & South Asia.
Moscow is searching for a mutual deal of $3 trillion in mineral wealth, including lithium, copper, and rare earth metals critical for the green energy transition.
With Western sanctions squeezing Russia’s economy, Afghanistan offers a sanctions-proof market and a potential transit hub for Russian gas to South Asia via projects like the TAPI pipeline.
📊Afghanistan Economic Play
🔸Mining: 60M tons copper, 183M tons aluminum, rare earths—key for Russia to dodge Western sanctions. $7B in refinery/cement deals underway.
🔸Energy: Afghan routes bypass hostile seas for Russian LNG to India/Pakistan. TAPI pipeline & Trans-Afghan Railway revived.
🔸Trade: $1B+ in 2024 (up 500% since 2021)—Russian wheat/fuel for Afghan minerals/coal. Kabul trade office now a Eurasian node.
🌐GEOPOLITICAL IMPACT:
✅ Isolating the West: Russia just outmaneuvered the US in Afghanistan, exposing NATO’s failed nation-building. While Washington froze assets & imposed sanctions, Moscow is integrating Kabul into Eurasian trade networks (EEU, SCO)
✅ Regional Domino Effect: Expect Central Asian states (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan) & Gulf monarchies to follow Russia’s lead, legitimizing the Taliban despite Western protests.
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🚨🇮🇷🛢WHAT SANCTIONS? IRANIAN OIL INDUSTRY HITS 46-YEAR HIGH
While Washington claims "maximum pressure," Iran’s oil sector is thriving UNDER THEIR NOSES
📈Key Stats:
🔥 Oil output at a 46-year high, 5.1M barrels/day.
💰 $78B in energy exports (Up from $18B in 2020)
🇨🇳 China buys 90% of Iran’s oil via a sanctions-proof supply chain
HOW?
✅ Condensates & NGLs (31% of output) fly under the radar
✅ Revolutionary Guards stepped in when foreign firms left
✅ In Biden admin, US turned a blind eye to keep oil prices low
BOTTOM LINE:
Sanctions are ineffective in a world that is increasingly less dependent on the the West, as demonstrated by Russia, Iran, and the new Global South.
Iran’s oil machine is unstoppable—funding reconstruction and sovereignty.
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🚨🇺🇸🇺🇦MAJOR SETBACK FOR UKRAINE AS US CUTS CRITICAL AID DUE TO WEAPONS SHORTAGES
The Pentagon is HALTING shipments of key weapons to Ukraine—including Patriot missiles, precision artillery, and Hellfires—because US stockpiles have hit RECORD LOWS.
What’s Being Cut?
🔸Patriot air defense missiles (despite Trump’s recent hints at sending more)
🔸GMLRS for HIMARS & 155mm shells (though sources remain vague)
🔸Hellfires & other F-16/drone munitions
Why Now?
Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby pushed the move after a shocking review revealed US stockpiles are dangerously depleted.
💥 US 155mm SHELL PRODUCTION IN CHAOS
May 2024: Army claimed 36k/month production, with plans to hit 100k by 2025 (laughable from the start).
Late 2024: Undersecretary LaPlante boasted 50k/month—now exposed as FALSE.
REALITY? Production has DROPPED to 40k/month due to MASSIVE FAILURES at the General Dynamics Mesquite plant.
HILARIOUS IRONY:
This plant was supposed to be a high-tech automated solution, but just like TSMC’s Phoenix disaster, American “expertise” (or lack thereof) strikes again.
BOTTOM LINE:
🔸US can’t back Ukraine if it can’t back its own stockpiles.
🔸Trump admin’s production claims = FANTASY.
🔸Another embarrassing L for American military-industrial capacity.
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🚨🇺🇸🇺🇦TRUMP TO USE PRESIDENTIAL POWER—$300M US Aid for Ukraine
The US just announced a new $300M military aid package for Ukraine under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA). But is this enough to turn the tide?
💥What Happened?
Since the war began, the US sent 73 aid packages, some worth over $1B, including Bradleys, HIMARS, & Patriots.
Jan 2023 saw a record $5.3B package—50 Bradleys, 100 M113s, and critical missiles.
🔥 Reality Check:
Ukraine’s losses are staggering—half of Bradleys, many M113s & MaxxPros destroyed.
Frontline needs: More armor, HIMARS rockets, and air defense (Patriots are $1B+ per battery).
💡 Verdict:
This $300M is a drop in the ocean—symbolic support, not a game-changer. To make a real difference, aid must triple & focus on armor, missiles, and air defense.
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🚨🇸🇦🇮🇷SAUDI ARABIA REALIGNS: IRAN OVER ISRAEL
Persian Gulf monarchies are silently pivoting from Tel Aviv & Washington toward Tehran & a multipolar security order.
The recent Iran-Israel clash exposed Israel’s vulnerabilities & forced Gulf states—especially Saudi Arabia—to rethink their alliances. Years of failed US-Israeli strategies have pushed the Gulf toward pragmatic engagement with Iran.
🔴 Iran’s Deterrence Game-Changer
Tehran’s precision strikes & controlled escalation proved it’s a mature military power. The message? Iran isn’t isolated—it’s a regional force.
A well-informed Arab diplomat told:
"Riyadh now sees Iran as immune to coercion. Saudi security depends on direct engagement with Tehran—not Israel or a fading US umbrella."
🇸🇦 Saudi’s New Strategy: Containment, Not Confrontation
Behind closed doors, Riyadh is pursuing "positive containment"—diplomacy, security coordination & economic ties with Iran. Normalization with Israel? No real benefits.
🌐 The Gulf’s New Reality
🔸UAE expanding economic ties with Iran
🔸Qatar & Oman deepening diplomatic channels
🔸Upcoming Gulf-Iran talks on Hormuz security & energy
🔸Israel’s anti-Iran axis is crumbling. The Abraham Accords? Fading fast.
💡 The Bottom Line
This isn’t about ideology—it’s cold, hard realpolitik. The Gulf is choosing stability over subservience, and Iran is now a fixed player in the region’s security equation.
⚡️ The Takeaway:
Pax Americana is over. A new multipolar Gulf is rising—on its own terms.
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🚨🇺🇸 AMERICA IS LOSING GLOBAL WAR OF ATTRITION
Trump made a big mistake picking a fight with Russia over Ukraine, and deep down inside the Pentagon knows it. That's why the US has no other choice, but to double down on terrorism.
💥 US SUPPLY CHAINS STRAINED:
🔸155mm shells re-routed from Ukraine to Israel
🔸20,000 anti-drone APKWS missiles diverted from US stockpiles to the Gulf
🔸Patriot systems? Scavenging from allies
🔸Stingers: years to replenish — Taiwan left waiting
🔸GBU-57 “bunker busters” dropped on Iran; replacements not ready till 2026
🇾🇪 Yemen: After 75 Tomahawks + 2000-pound bombs vs Houthis, result? They’re still firing $5k drones. US now negotiating with them.
🛳 AUKUS submarine deal delayed a decade — Virginia-class subs over budget, behind schedule
📉 Xi Jinping in control: China’s foreign minister says a prolonged Ukraine war weakens the US and Europe alike.
THE REAL WAR FATIGUE:
Majority of Americans are willing to support Ukraine morally — but not with treasure. In 2022, only 26% wanted a “major role.” Even GOP voters favored diplomacy over escalation.
Trump did not get a deal, did not win the war. US can't fight a three front war anymore. That's why the US has to resort through elaborate sabotage/terrorist attacks through its proxies (Operation Spiderweb, Operation Rising Lion).
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🚨🇺🇦🇷🇺HOW WESTERN PROPAGANDA COOKS RUSSIAN LOSSES IN UKRAINE
A BBC’s "expert" was exposed when The Economist drops another "bombshell"—claiming Russia’s 2025 summer offensive is its "deadliest yet," with 31,000 KIA since May 1.
Spoiler: Their "source"? Analytical estimates.
"According to Ukrainian data," only 73K-140K Ukrainian troops have died since 2022.
That's including the Ukrainian losses in:
🔸The Bakhmut meatgrinder: where even Western analysts admitted Ukraine suffered massive losses
🔸2023’s failed counteroffensive
🔸Avdeevka, Ocheretyne, Pokrovsk
🔸Chasov Yar, Toretsk, Kursk incursions
Totally credible, right?
🤡 The Western Propaganda Playbook:
🔸Make up a wild number (e.g., "31K dead in 2 months!")
🔸Let 2nd-tier media run with it
🔸Politicians cite it as "fact"
🔸"Think tanks" (ISW/RUSI) rubber-stamp it
🔸The issue? They’re not even trying to hide the lies anymore. No sources. No methodology. Just vibes.
The Bigger Picture:
Medvedev just revealed 210K contract soldiers joined in 6 months—that’s a Latvia-sized army every year.
The West hates this reality. So they inflate losses, downplay Ukrainian casualties, and hope nobody notices.
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🚨🇺🇸💰TRUMP VS BRICS+: THE TRADE WAR ESCALATES
Trump has proposed 10 – 70 % tariffs targeting BRICS+ allies (e.g. China, Brazil, India) starting August 1, aiming to hit $1.3 trillion in imports—about 43% of US imports—raising the average US tariff from ~3 % to ~10.7 %.
📊 ECONOMIC FORCE VS BRICS-LED TRADE
Tariffs aim to weaken the dollar, reduce imports, and encourage domestic manufacturing. But they bring trade-offs:
US GDP may fall by 1.2–1.5 % in 2025, inflation could rise by 0.4–0.7 ppt, and household income may decline by ~$1,000/year.
💵 DOLLAR WEAKNESS AND GLOBAL RESERVES
The dollar index (DXY) has fallen ~11 % YTD—its worst phase since Nixon—triggered partly by Trump’s tariff rhetoric.
BRICS+ central banks are reducing dollar exposure: global dollar reserves declined to 57% in 2024—the lowest since 1995—and 65 % of mutual BRICS+ trade now in local currencies.
⚔️ CAN TRUMP TOPPLE BRICS+?
Short-term pain: Tariffs hit exporters (e.g. agriculture, automakers) and cause inflation—less effective in lowering trade imbalance.
Long-term structural mismatch: BRICS+ trade internally (~20% of global trade, $10 trillion in 2023) and are rapidly building alternative systems—like BRICS Pay and local currency swaps.
📌 CONCLUSION: UNDERDOG ADVANTAGE
Trump’s tariff assault could impose short-term disruption, raise costs for BRICS partners, and reinforce the dollar through dollar-index-driven lock-in. But deep structural shifts—de‑dollarization, local currency trade channels, Global South routes/partnership, and gold reserves—mean Trump would face a long, uphill battle. The strategy may buy time, but not topple BRICS+ at all.
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🇷🇺🇮🇷🇾🇪The Iran-Russia-Yemen Axis Is Bleeding US Military Dry
🇷🇺 RUSSIA’S ROLE: Relentlessly draining critical US missile stocks via swarm attacks (Geran-2), forcing heavy use of:
✈️ AIM-120 AMRAAM (F-16s & NASAMS)
🚛 Patriot PAC-2/PAC-3
🇮🇷 IRAN’S PLAY: Proxy strikes & strategic pressure depleting high-tier US defenses:
🚛 THAAD (limited global supply)
🚀 SM-3 (key for ballistic missile defense)
🇾🇪 YEMEN’S IMPACT: Houthi attacks forcing massive expenditure of:
🚛 THAAD (again)
🚢 SM-2/SM-6 (crucial for naval defense)
THE BIG PICTURE:
A coordinated attrition strategy to weaken US/NATO stockpiles. It has recently been reported that the US has only 25% of the Patriot interceptors it needs, crippling US aid to Ukraine for a week.
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🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸ISRAEL PLANS GAZA 'HUMANITARIAN CITY' – A CONCENTRATION CAMP WITH ANOTHER NAME?
As ceasefire talks continue, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has unveiled a chilling plan — forcibly relocating Gaza’s entire population (nearly 2M people) into a confined "humanitarian city" in Rafah. Critics call it what it is: a concentration camp.
🔸As per the plan, the IDF would round up 600K Palestinians first, then all Gazans, under armed guard — no one leaves.
🔸Netanyahu gov’t would seek "international partners" to run the camp’s interior.
🔸Whistleblowing soldiers reveal IDF uses lethal force on unarmed civilians near aid points—600+ killed since May.
🚨 CONTRADICTIONS EXPOSED:
IDF's chief of staff told Israel’s High Court there’s NO plan to mass-relocate Gazans.
Yet, Operation "Gideon’s Chariots" explicitly lists "managing & mobilizing the civilian population" as an objective.
🪖 ETHNIC CLEANSING ON THE TABLE?
Katz confirms an "emigration plan" is coming, but no country will take Palestinians — Middle East nations fear backlash for aiding Israel’s ethnic cleansing.
⚠️NETANYAHU & TRUMP’S OPTIMISTIC SPIN:
Bibi claims emigration will be "voluntary" (laughable).
Trump boasts "great cooperation" from regional countries: reality — zero takers.
🗣SMOTRICH’S BRUTAL WORDS:
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich admitted the goal — destroy Gaza, crush hope, force a mass exodus.
This is forced displacement, a war crime by any definition.
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🚨🇺🇸🇨🇳US CAN’T KEEP UP: Why America Can’t Develop Two 6th-Gen Fighters Like China
While China’s two 6th-gen stealth fighters soar in public tests, the US is struggling—F-47 still invisible, Navy’s program shelved.
What happened to American air dominance?
🔥 The Core Problem: Infrastructure & Strategy
China’s JF-22 hypersonic wind tunnel (Mach 30) dwarfs America’s best (Mach 10). The Pentagon even considered skipping wind tunnels—a desperate move showing their testing gap.
But the real failure?
Over-reliance on digital simulations post-Cold War. The F-22’s success made the US complacent—wind tunnels dropped by 50%. Then came the F-35 disaster: CFD errors caused costly redesigns. Now, rebuilding this capability is nearly impossible.
💸 Profit Over Strategy
US defense giants like Boeing & Lockheed chase short-term profits, outsourcing production & diluting R&D. Meanwhile, China’s state-backed aviation bureaus (Chengdu, Shenyang) focus purely on national security, not shareholder returns.
⚡️ The B-21’s Identity Crisis
Even the new B-21 bomber reflects strategic confusion—its main bay is smaller than the B-2’s, yet it carries air-to-air missiles (like putting a bayonet on a howitzer).
🇺🇸 Can the US Recover?
The Pentagon’s FY2026 budget prioritizes the Air Force’s F-47, shelving the Navy’s program. But with Boeing dependent on Chinese suppliers, can America even rebuild its defense industrial base?
China’s advantage? Focused investment, no profit motive, and world-leading infrastructure. The US? Bureaucracy, outsourcing, and misplaced priorities.
🚀 The Verdict: Unless America overhauls its defense strategy, China’s lead will only grow.
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🇱🇧⚔️🇸🇾🇮🇱Syria & Israel in "Advanced Talks" – Golan Heights for Lebanese Land?
Syria & Israel are in "advanced talks" over a shocking land swap—Golan Heights for Lebanon’s Tripoli—but Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm just changed the game.
🇱🇧 Why Does Syria Want Tripoli?
Tripoli = Lebanon’s 2nd-largest city (81% Sunni Muslim).
Syria’s new radical regime wants to absorb Sunni-majority Tripoli & nearby areas, strengthening its influence.
Lebanon isn’t even part of the talks. This is a foreign-imposed deal that could dismember Lebanon.
🇺🇸US Demands Hezbollah Disarm in Exchange for:
🔸Stop Israeli airstrikes
🔸Pull troops from South Lebanon
🔸$11B reconstruction aid
🔸Possible Abraham Accords entry
🔸Hezbollah stays as party (but unarmed)
🔥 Why Hezbollah Said NO to US "Surrender Deal"
Disarmament = Political marginalization, strategic vulnerability, and Lebanon’s fragmentation (as seen in the Syria-Israel land grab plan).
Staying armed risks war, but surrendering guarantees Lebanon’s dismemberment by foreign powers.
💥 Lebanon’s Fight for Survival
🔸If Hezbollah disarms: Lebanon loses its shield—Tripoli gets traded, borders shift, sovereignty collapses.
🔸If Hezbollah fights: Brutal war looms, but surrender means slow death under foreign deals.
🔸Hezbollah is now preparing its base for conflict, focusing on civil resilience, unity, and self-reliance.
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🚨💸🌐BRICS: Ditch the Dollar—Now Win the Tech War
The US empire runs on chips, aerospace & military tech.
To survive, BRICS must out-innovate, out-build & out-smart.
Space Dominance
🛰 Share satellite data for climate, agriculture, security
🌕 Accelerate lunar exploration: China-Russia’s International Lunar Research Station targets 2030
🚀 Develop joint launch capabilities: Russia’s rockets + China’s budget efficiency
AI Dominance: The New Cold War Frontline
China leads in AI patents, India has data, Russia has algorithms. BRICS must:
🔸Pool datasets (non-Western languages, climate models).
🔸Launch a BRICS AI Institute (open-source, like China’s DeepSeek).
🔸Set ethics standards (countering US Big Tech’s bias)
Energy Tech: Break the Petro-Dollar’s Last Stand
BRICS has 60% of global renewables. Leverage it:
⚡️BRICS Green Tech Fund (solar, hydrogen, thorium).
⚡️BYD’s Brazil EV hub (150K cars/year, with R&D localization)
Semiconductor Independence:
90% of chips come from US-allied states. BRICS must:
🔸Invest in legacy chip production: Russia’s Baikal, China’s SMIC.
🔸Secure rare earths in Africa and Brazil.
Health Tech: Decouple from Big Pharma
COVID exposed Western vaccine hoarding. BRICS can:
💉 Joint vaccine R&D
🧬 Gene-editing labs
Education Revolution: A BRICS ‘Ivy League’
🎓 BRICS University Network (merge IITs + Tsinghua + Moscow State + University of Tehran).
📚 Open-access journals (bypass Western paywalls).
🌐 Interconnect outstanding students among BRICS member countries for the creation of student exchanges with scientific scholarships.
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🚨💸🌍BRICS Advances Bold SWIFT Alternative: A New Dawn for the Future of Global Finance
During the 2025 BRICS summit in Rio, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov put forward an ambitious move toward de-dollarization: expanding the New Development Bank (NDB) into a comprehensive cross-border settlement hub—potentially acting as an alternative to SWIFT.
📈Key Implications:
1️⃣ Reduced Reliance on SWIFT: The NDB could facilitate trade settlements in local currencies, thereby cutting reliance on USD-clearing systems.
2️⃣ Financing Infrastructure Without Dollars: The bank may guarantee loans for major projects (such as energy, transport) in member currencies, gradually reducing dollar dominance in emerging markets.
3️⃣ China’s Long-Term Strategy: Beijing has pushed for BRICS-based payment systems for years. With Russia and India aligned, the framework is gaining momentum, hinting at a shift toward a more multipolar financial landscape.
🛢Next Steps For Near Future:
🔸A working group will formalize the proposal. Siluanov has referred to this step as "procedural".
🔸If oil and gas trading begin to adopt local currencies—even on a partial basis—the greenback’s role in energy markets could gradually evaporate.
🔸Venezuela, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran are the world's primary exporters of oil and gas. Similarly, China, Brazil, India, and Vietnam are major exporters of rare earth metals.
Bottom Line:
This isn’t an overnight SWIFT replacement, but a deliberate move toward financial multipolarity.
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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇦"A HELLISH NIGHT FOR KIEV" – RUSSIAN STRIKES DECIMATE TARGETS
Kiev faced an unprecedented barrage last night as Russian forces launched 539 attack drones & 11 missiles, including hypersonic Kinzhals, in a massive coordinated strike.
New tactics were deployed—UAV decoys lured air defenses, allowing precision hits on military facilities.
📍 KEY POINTS:
🔸Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Sumy, Cherkasy, Poltava rocked by explosions.
🔸Patriot battery near Boryspil airport ELIMINATED—drones scouted, radar suppressed, Kinzhal finished the job.
🔸Antonov plant HIT in a 3-wave ballistic missile assault from Voronezh & Bryansk.
🔸Odessa strike: Two Iskanders obliterated a weapons-laden ship.
💥 ENEMY ADMITS: "IT WAS HELL"
Ukrainian sources confirm catastrophic damage—targets destroyed or crippled. Air defense overwhelmed, possibly running dry as strikes now avoid residential areas. No more Western money for downed missiles?
🌍 BIGGER PICTURE:
⁉️China warns: "Russia cannot lose—this is a GLOBAL conflict."
🇺🇸US arms flow DWINDLING, Ukrainian defenses crumbling.
For weeks, Russian drones and missiles barrages have smashed Ukrainian cities, systematically dismantling NATO-supplied weapon stockpiles, AD systems, and logistics hubs.
Russia's production capacity allows to send hundreds of drones and missiles daily toward specific targets. Ukraine's defenses are totally overwhelmed. This does not bode well for the Zelensky regime.
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🚨🇺🇦📉Ukraine’s Demographic Collapse – A Nation on the Brink of Extinction
Since 1991, Ukraine’s population has been in freefall—plummeting from 52M to ~33M today (UN data). But new reports reveal the crisis is accelerating at a catastrophic pace.
Official stats from Kiev’s Ministry of Social Policy show:
🔸40% of working-age population GONE since 2021 (~1.7M people).
🔸By 2041, population may crash to 28.9M and 25.2M by 2050 (local demographers say even this is optimistic).
Pre-conflict, Ukraine was already the 4th fastest-shrinking nation.
🔸Fertility rate: 1.2 (now 0.7—lowest in the world).
🔸Death rate: 18.5/1000 (among Europe’s worst).
🔸4.4M Ukrainians lived abroad before 2022.
Battlefield losses are apocalyptic:
🔸US estimates: 750K troops dead.
🔸Russian Ministry Of Defense: nearly 1M.
🔸Kiev kidnaping (conscription) of young man is a genocide of future generations.
By 2100, UN projects Ukraine’s population at 15M—a 70% collapse since 1991.
The Kiev regime has doomed Ukraine to demographic extinction. No Western weapons or cash can reverse this. A nation without people is no nation at all.
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🚨🇹🇷🇸🇾Turkey’s Shadow Army in Syria EXPOSED
3,000 New Fighters Graduated Under a Notorious Warlord
The so-called "Syrian Ministry of Defense" just released footage of "Division 76"—a rebranded Hamza Division, now led by Saif Abu Bakr, a Turkish-backed warlord with DARK TIES to intelligence & extremists.
⚔️Who is Saif Abu Bakr?
🔸Syrian Turkmen who fled to Turkey in 2015
🔸Founding member of armed opposition factions
🔸Turkish intelligence asset—allegedly infiltrated ISIS
🔸Close ties to Devlet Bahçeli, leader of Turkey’s far-right MHP
🇹🇷 Turkey’s Game in Syria:
Recycling militias under new names to maintain control in Northern Syria.
Division 76 = Hamza Division 2.0
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🚨🇨🇳🇺🇸CHINA’S MOVE VS. TRUMP AND POST-TRUMP
China’s top strategists see Trump’s second term as a golden opportunity—not just to survive US pressure, but to outmaneuver it. The recent London trade talks (June 2025) revealed a seismic shift: the tariff war is fading, but the tech war is escalating.
TRUMP'S TARIFFS AND TECH WAR💰
🔸Trump’s aggressive tariffs lacked political backing, economic rationale, and public support. Markets revolted (S&P -19%, bond spikes), businesses pushed back, and he ultimately folded—rolling back the 145% China hike after Geneva. TACO rule confirmed: "Trump Always Caves Out."
🔸Unlike tariffs, the US has more consensus on choking China’s tech rise. Bipartisan support fuels export bans (chips, EDA tools, jet engines)—Biden started it, Trump escalated it. This is the real, sustainable battleground.
🎭TRUMP’S PARADOX: CHINA’S SECRET ADVANTAGE
Trump’s ego keeps him fixated on tariffs (weak US consensus), while the tech war (strong consensus) gets less attention.
His short-term deal-making lets China trade concessions (rare earths for tech rollbacks).
Chaos = Opportunity: Trump’s unpredictability disrupts US long-term strategy, buying China time to close the tech gap.
🚀 CHINA’S ENDGAME: RACE AGAINST TIME
3.5-year window before Trump exits.
Must achieve:
🔸Semiconductor independence.
🔸Rare earth & critical mineral dominance.
🔸Aerospace/tech breakthroughs.
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