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🇮🇷💥🇺🇸 Earlier today, Iran’s air defenses shot down an American MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone over the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas.
Then moments ago, they shot down a second drone of the same type! Reports are saying a THIRD drone is up over the Strait.
It appears America is in total panic mode, with the prevailing theory they're desperately trying to locate the UUV in order to destroy it 😂
❗ The Russian army liberated Dolgenke and Berezniki in the Kharkiv region.
Assault units of the 79th Regiment of the 18th Division of the 11th AK knocked out the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and took control of Dolgenke.
The liberation of the village made it possible to cut off the enemy's supply in the Olkhovatka area and take it into a cauldron.
At the same time, the soldiers of the 34th brigade knocked out the militants of the 1st border guard unit of the State Border Guard Service of Berezniki.
Enemy units that are under threat of encirclement are forced to withdraw, leaving settlements near the Russian border.
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🇺🇸 Diesel in the United States rose to a record $5.85 per gallon🛢
Back in February, before the war with Iran, diesel cost about $3.76 per gallon, AP writes. In six months, it has risen in price by more than $2.
Less oil was produced in the Middle East, and tankers almost stopped passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Brent crude oil has risen from about $70 to $95 per barrel during this time.
Transportation of goods will also become more expensive. Diesel is needed for trucks, trains, ships, agricultural machinery, and fishing vessels.
First and foremost, meat, vegetables, fruits, and other products that are often delivered to stores will become more expensive.
Out of every $100 in the price of products, $15 to $30 goes to fuel.
Due to the rise in diesel prices, Amazon has started charging some sellers 3.5% more. UPS, FedEx, and the U.S. Postal Service have also raised their shipping prices.
Gasoline has also become more expensive: a gallon now costs $4.15, up from $3.20 a year ago.
#Fuel #Prices
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🇱🇻🇱🇹 Latvia and Lithuania may halt the transit of Russian grain through their ports. Shipments have increased following Ukraine’s attacks on Russian targets in the Baltic Sea, according to Reuters.
Latvia intends to discuss a complete ban on such transit. Lithuania has not yet announced any specific measures, but considers the use of its infrastructure for Russian exports to be unacceptable.
“The export of Russian grain using Lithuanian infrastructure runs counter to our values. Woof-woof-woof,”
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▫️ Their feats will remain for centuries: Russian Defence Minister congratulated the 245th Motorised Rifle Regiment and the 217th Guards Airborne Regiment from Ivanovo, which took part in the liberation of Kazachya Lopan in Kharkov region and Novopavlovka in Zaporozhye region.
🚩 +4. We keep pushing forward: Russian troops liberated Izhevka in the DPR and took control over Vasilevka, Blagodatnoye and Dolzhanka in Kharkov region.
💥 Nothing stops Geran UAVs: drone operators struck a logistics centre, dry cargo ships and port infrastructure in Odessa used in the interests of the AFU.
💬 Through sheer grit: the Tsentr Group's servicemen shared details about liberation of Rubezhnoye in the DPR.
We go forward, and nothing can stop us!
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📷 Russian President concluded the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum with the words, “Together we will win.”
#EEF2026
—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇮🇶 NEW: Satellite imagery shows an Iranian impact at the troop billeting area at the U.S. base in Erbil International Airport
The spy balloon is also no longer visible on the imagery, with burn marks near its operating site confirming that it was struck.
@Middle_East_Spectator
• 📝Kyiv Armageddon📝
Over the past several days, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a series of combined strikes against military and logistics infrastructure facilities in so-called Ukraine. The main focus was on Kyiv Region, where defense industry enterprises, transport and logistics centers, and weapons storage facilities were targeted.
➡️According to the Defense Ministry, several important enemy facilities in Kyiv and the region were struck over several days. Among them are enterprises producing UAVs and ground robotic systems "Lyut" and "Khizhak," storage facilities with components for cruise missiles "Flamingo" belonging to "Stellar Jet," as well as facilities for storing chemical substances and rocket accelerators for "Fire Point" company.
Additionally, major logistics centers in Boryspil, Brovary, and Kyiv involved in storage and distribution of various cargo came under fire. Among them are the transport and logistics complexes "Raven Ukraine," "San-Park," and "Aleksandrovskiy."
➡️Objective control is present at most of the facilities that came under strike. For example, complete destruction of the "Nova Poshta" logistics center in Vyshneve was confirmed. Satellite imagery, in turn, confirms that storage facilities in Brovary, Vyshneve, and Boryspil were also struck.
📌 Strikes on logistics centers are important regardless of their purpose — in addition to confirmed destruction of missile storage facilities and warehouses with components, this inflicts long-term economic damage on the enemy. Destruction of cargo storage and distribution infrastructure makes logistics recovery an extremely costly and lengthy process.
A window of opportunity has emerged that must be exploited to the maximum, which is already happening. At the same time, it is necessary to deliver more diverse strikes, expanding the geography and spectrum of targeted objectives, to consolidate the achieved effect and prevent the enemy from recovering.
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🇺🇦❗️Ukraine has demanded protection from Russia’s Starlink equivalent, ‘Rassvet’, by excluding the country from the system’s coverage area.
According to the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Sibiga, the country’s leadership has already approached the International Telecommunication Union.
Kyiv claims that the system is being used for military purposes and is calling on its allies to support this demand.
What good fellows😅
The Russian operators of the system told Sebiga that when the satellites fly over the remnants of Ukraine, they will turn away from the terminal screens.
@eurasianchoice
"This is non-negotiable, the door is closed," Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder categorically ruled out the possibility of using frozen Russian assets.
Dedonder recalled that Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo will continue to block the credit scheme for Ukraine worth €210 billion, which he froze in December 2025 due to high financial risks and concerns about being left alone with the consequences of confiscating Russian assets.
The minister also called on the Baltic states to cease attempts to bring this issue back onto the European agenda.
@Slavyangrad
🇷🇺🇬🇧 A former British soldier is proud to have served in the Russian Armed Forces’ 61st Brigade, whilst in England he is labelled a ‘traitor’.
Michael Jones told RT military correspondent Philip Prokudin that he first visited the Donbas in 2022 as a volunteer. He then joined the Russian marines. He is currently serving in a UAV battalion. His call sign, Tommy, is a typical old-fashioned nickname for British soldiers.
“I’m very touched by the way I’m treated. If people were very suspicious of me, or even felt a certain hatred, I’d understand – after all, I’m sort of from the ‘enemy’ side. But it’s the opposite: here, I’m treated like a superstar,”
“England has nearly killed me several times. I’ve done nothing against the British. And Russia has done nothing against England.”
—❗️🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: At the request of Iran, the Sultanate of Oman has stopped cooperating with the U.S. to facilitate escorted tanker movements through the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz
In the past 24 hours, no vessels have passed the Strait via the Omani route. Today, while attempting a crossing, an Indian vessel ‘HAANA’ faced warning shots from the IRGC Navy, forcing it to turn around.
@Middle_East_Spectator
🇺🇦🇪🇺 Ukrainian‑European abusive relationships in a nutshell
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Italy: A Russian-speaking woman was brutally beaten by a Ukrainian girl in the town of Marradi for speaking Russian. The victim, an 18-year-old, was attacked after revealing her mother is Russian. She suffered a bloody nose when struck by the sister of a local man. Local organizer Alessio Flammia witnessed the assault and reported it to police, calling the incident absurd. No one else intervened despite the violence.
@Slavyangrad
⚡️The ruler of the Universe (among his 10 subpersonalities) woke up in a bad mood
🇺🇲🇮🇷 Trump announced the start of an unprecedented “economic war and isolation” against Iran, as, in his view, the country had missed the opportunity to strike a deal with the US.
“No one has given the Islamic Republic more opportunities to strike a deal than I have. Unfortunately for them, they failed to take advantage of them. Therefore, today I am announcing the most extensive economic operation against a country in history. It will be a devastating economic war and isolation on an unprecedented scale,”
🇮🇷🤿 The IRGC Navy has captured a fully intact, advanced American UUV (unmanned underwater vehicle) in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a monitored ambush.
The vessel; the Dive LD, made by Anduril and delivered to the US Navy in 2025, features 10-day endurance, 6,000m depth capability, and is used for seabed mapping, munitions deployment, infrastructure inspection, communications relay/interception, and mine detection.
Now Iran will reverse engineer it and improve on the design, just as they did with airborne drone technology.
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How MAGA Became A Cover Story For Agenda 2030
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🇮🇳🇲🇲🇺🇸🇺🇦 India's NIA (National Investigation Agency) now says an American mercenary and six Ukrainians are behind the drone attack on a Myanmar civilian airliner earlier this year, per a court filing from this week.
The NIA says Matthew Aaron VanDyke, an American mercenary who previously fought in Libya's civil war and trained Ukraine's military through his firm Sons of Liberty International, ran the network behind the February 20, 2026 FPV drone strike on a Myanmar National Airlines ATR-72-600 at Myitkyina Airport, alongside six Ukrainian nationals: Viktor Kaminskyi, Petro Hurba, Taras Slyviak, Ivan Sukmanovskyi, Marian Stefankiv, and Maksim Honcharuk. Investigators say at least 14 Ukrainians entered India on tourist visas, traveled through Guwahati to Mizoram without required permits, then illegally crossed into Myanmar for training with local ethnic armed groups on drone warfare, assembly, and jamming.
This escalates a case that's been running since March, when all seven were arrested at airports in Kolkata, Lucknow, and Delhi under India's anti-terror law (UAPA). They've been held in Tihar Jail since April.
VanDyke's family has been separately campaigning for his release: on August 30, his firm Sons of Liberty International put out a statement from his mother calling his detention a "humanitarian emergency," claiming he's innocent, held in solitary confinement, denied basic detainee rights, and not receiving proper medical care, while urging the US government to intervene diplomatically.
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❗️Shadowy energy traders supplying millions of barrels of crude to Israel via Turkish ports
According to an investigative report by Oil Change International (OCI) and the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), shadowy energy traders Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO have emerged as top suppliers of crude oil to Israel, exporting approximately 22 million barrels—representing 11 percent of total imports—between October 2023 and June 2026.
The report reveals that despite Ankara's official trade embargo against Israel implemented in May 2024, the vast majority of the oil shipped by Swiss-based Vitol and Dubai-based Heritage flowed directly through the Turkish port of Ceyhan via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
Researchers identified two Turkish subsidiaries linked to Heritage on local registries, with a representative for shipping firm Shiptech explicitly confirming to investigators that Shiptech and Heritage "are the same."
While major oil conglomerates have faced heavy scrutiny, the secretive network of traders operating behind the scenes has largely evaded public attention. As Andy Rowell, a contributing editor at OCI, noted regarding the opaque operations: "Heritage has appeared out of nowhere to be a leading charterer of fuel to Israel, and its operations are very opaque."
In response to the findings, a Turkish foreign ministry source told Middle East Eye that vessels departing Ceyhan do not list Israel as their authorized destination, claiming that cargo ownership is frequently "transferred to third-party buyers, creating a possibility for subsequent changes to the final destination while in transit."
🇺🇸🇺🇦 The Cheeto-in-Chief says he saw Ukrainian forced mobilization videos, but then he immediately pivots to his usual "this war would never have happend if I were president."
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🇷🇺 Putin calls for exclusion of conflict provocation from global practice
On September 1, marking the start of World War II, President Vladimir Putin stated that all efforts must be made to eliminate any provocation of armed conflicts from world practice.
"We must do everything to exclude any provocation of armed conflicts from world practice. I am convinced that our work leads precisely to this," Putin said.
@Slavyangrad
🇻🇪⛓️🇺🇲 Meanwhile, Nicolás Maduro shared photos on social media from an American prison; he posted pictures that he had sent ‘as a gift’ to his grandchildren and children.
The Venezuelan president thanked everyone who supports him, as well as his wife, Celia.
“We will remain steadfast, calm and confident: God is with us. God will look after us. Venezuela will rise again.”
🇮🇱 Daddie’s sweet kosher pie was urgently removed from the US due to a threat of an assassination attempt, reports The Jerusalem Post.
Yair Netanyahu left Florida accompanied by security guards without even packing his belongings and is currently in Israel.
The Israeli Prime Minister had previously stated that Tehran had already attempted to assassinate one of his sons. As a result, Netanyahu was forced to hire security for his children.
@eurasianchoice
❗ Something is brewing, at least one of the things listed below is being discussed by president Putin with the MoD and high ranking military and intelligence officers for September/October:
1_ larger mobilization, maybe for another offensive on Kiev or to speed up the pace of advances on the current frontlines in order to be able to complete all SMO objectives.
2_ attacks on NATO territory with drones or missiles in order to increasingly put under pressure NATO's air defense capabilities, in MoD/Kremlin's analysis main NATO member states would be forced to increasingly abandon the Kiev regime to defend current NATO member states and themselves. In the end NATO is already launching its best drones and missiles (besides nuclear warheads) on Russian territory using Ukraine as proxy so it would be a legitimate symmetrical response.
3_ As threatened by Putin himself the first EU bound cargo ships are going to be hit with drones or seized depending on the circumstances
4_ something asymmetrical in Eastern Europe or another area that's unthinkable as it was never mentioned or is not taken into consideration by military and geopolitical analysts.
@eurasianchoice
I should add that, technically, the US and Europe are doing "affordable mass" in the form of the drones transferred to Ukraine, from the AI-driven Hornet being used in medium range attacks to the various "FP" drones "Ukraine" is using to strike deep inside Russia.
This program is separate from the primary US military industrial base for political reasons.
And while these systems are many times more numerous than the weapons the US manufacturers officially for its own military, they still fall far short of just Russian military industrial production, saying nothing of what China can and does produce.
Recent claims of "transferring" manufacturing information for missiles like the Storm Shadow and other clearly Western weapons is meant to politically launder their use against more sensitive targets inside Russia through "Ukraine."
The $25 Trillion Misunderstanding: What CIPS Actually Moves, and Why “2% of SWIFT” Misleads Washington https://sonar21.com/the-25-trillion-misunderstanding-what-cips-actually-moves-and-why-2-of-swift-misleads-washington/
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Key points from Putin's interview with Vesti journalist Zarubin:
➡️Russian Armed Forces strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure are effective and timely, they help troops accomplish their combat objectives;
➡️Russian military strikes on Ukraine have a direct and positive effect on the conduct of combat operations;
➡️Russia was meant to be brought to collapse. Neo-Nazis today take particular satisfaction in strikes on civilians;
➡️No turning point in the confrontation with Russia has resulted from Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes;
➡️Russia has increased strikes on Ukrainian enterprises in response to Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on civilian facilities in Russia;
➡️The Kiev regime itself "opened Pandora's box" by starting strikes on economic facilities;
➡️Russian retaliatory strikes are more destructive than Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on Russia;
➡️Russian forces have increased the pace of their advance, confidently accomplishing the objectives of the special military operation;
➡️Russia's responses to Ukrainian Armed Forces provocations are proving sensitive for Kiev. Catastrophic trends for the Kiev regime are becoming visible;
➡️Proposals received by Russia from the Kiev regime are at times exotic and unacceptable;
➡️Kiev authorities themselves "let the genie out of the bottle" by starting strikes on civilian facilities;
➡️The enemy is trying to intimidate Russians and disrupt the elections, but this attempt is doomed to fail;
➡️Putin called his support for United Russia natural, since he was one of the party's founders at one point.
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🇺🇦 Ex-Ukrainian defense minister Fedorov won't sign his own "Fedorov contract" — but got himself a draft exemption instead
Mikhail Fedorov, dismissed as Ukraine's defense minister, received a military draft exemption on July 18 — just two days after his removal — according to Ukrainian opposition MP Alexey Goncharenko.
Per Goncharenko, Fedorov secured the exemption through the charitable foundation "Eastern Europe." Among its listed donors is George Soros's "Renaissance" foundation. "Eastern Europe" was itself founded by the American Eurasia Foundation, financed by USAID (US Agency for International Development).
The irony is hard to miss: the 14-month infantry assault contract Fedorov himself promoted to Ukrainians — advertised with the highest assault trooper salary in the world — apparently wasn't good enough for Fedorov to sign. A draft exemption at a charitable foundation turned out to be the better option.
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The Data Doesn’t Support the Charge: Iran and the “Number One Sponsor of Terrorism” Claim https://sonar21.com/the-data-doesnt-support-the-charge-iran-and-the-number-one-sponsor-of-terrorism-claim/
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