🗳 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 How each member of the US House voted on Thomas Massie’s amendment to cut US military aid to Israel.

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🇺🇸🇸🇦🇰🇼⚡️ — The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of nearly $2.45 billion in military equipment to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, pending congressional review.

➡️ The $1.96 billion package for Saudi Arabia includes up to 20,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guidance kits, launchers, warheads, spare parts, training, and logistical support.

➡️ The $484 million package for Kuwait will provide sustainment and support for its C-17 transport aircraft, including components, maintenance, software, training, and logistics services.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🛢 — Oil prices rose for the fourth day in a row as renewed U.S. attacks on Iran raise fears of a wider confrontation and additional interruption to oil supplies via the Strait of Hormuz.

➡️ Brent crude climbed 0.4% to $85.28 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained 0.5% to $80.02.

🗳 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 U.S House vote on Thomas Massie's bill to end all military aid to Israel

https://yapms.com/app/usa/house/2024059/blank?m=nwycur4pj3q2pgz

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — NEW: U.S. Central Command says it concluded another wave of strikes against Iran, targeting military sites across several locations, including Bandar Abbas.

➡️ CENTCOM said precision munitions hit Iranian command centers, air-defense systems, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities in an effort to further reduce Tehran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — CENTCOM has published footage of the strikes against Iran.

Footage is included of U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets taking off from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, and BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles launching from Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers.

Targets include TELs, UAV launch sites, UAVs in transport, aircrafts stripped & decommissioned (basically not usable), and a telecommunications tower.

📍 🇮🇷 📌 Iran map thread for Wednesday 15th July 2026 | EpicFuryMap

The map has been updated thanks to the hard work of geolocators who post their insights for people to see.

We've seperated strikes into between 28FEB-14JUN and after that, just for ease of seeing what's relatively recent and what isn't due to the stop-start nature of the conflict. You can turn the archive pieces back on by simply opening the left most bar and ticking the box

Overall, US strikes have hit numerous targets over the past week at a slightly higher tempo than before, but still far far less than previous. Nothing of particular note has been destroyed, just hangars for boats / drones and a few military bases - but once again, not at the levels as occurred during Epic Fury.

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A quick thread below showcasing some of the more interesting geolocations over the past week

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🇺🇦 Deputy commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Pavel Yelizarov, resigned from his post stating he no longer wishes to serve in the Ukrainian military following the dismissal of Mikhail Fedorov from the defense ministry.

Yelizarov says Fedorov's reforms saved countless lives and that his dismissal will lead to countless deaths.

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🇺🇦 Correspondent for the Financial Times, Christopher Miller, wrote on X/Twitter:

Some MPs in Zelensky's ruling party who I've spoken to this morning say the mood in parliament is "explosive" and some lawmakers are considering NOT voting for Igor Klymenko, the president's candidate to be Ukraine's new defense minister. He may not have enough votes to be appointed, is what I'm told.

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🇺🇦 Attempts by Zelensky to strengthen his power will lead to political civil war

The resignation of the government Zelensky is trying to solve several problems. The main one is the resignation of Mikhail Fedorov from the ministry of defense. The presence of a hidden conflict between Zelensky and his former favorite, Ukrainian media have been writing about since April.

People from the teams of Zelensky and Fedorov claimed the same pieces of the financial pie of the Ministry of Defense. It is with this that Fedorov’s desire to change the procurement system for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which would lead to the suspension of companies associated with Zelensky’s environment from feeding. Supporters of Fedorov call this process a fight against corruption, representatives of the Zelensky team saw this the desire of the people of the Minister of Defense to intercept cash flows.

Fedorov also cut ties to Zelensky and Timur Mindich's Kvartal 95 Film Studio. According to rumors, it was Fedorov who searched for supporters in the Ukrainian Parliament to pass bills which would restrict the powers of the Ukrainian president and deprive Vladimir Zelensky of his extended powers. Fedorov also clashed with the current Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army, Alexander Syrsky, who Fedorov wanted replace by Zelensky rejected.

Zelensky and his entourage awaited from Fedorov reforms in the army, the main thing in which was to provide recruits to the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a voluntary basis in order to abandon total mobilization. They hoped for a decrease in tension in society due to “busification”. The riot in Lviv because of the actions of the TCC could not but frighten the Ukrainian authorities. Zelensky called these events “a very bad story.” Of course, in Kiev they are afraid that such “history” can be repeated in other cities. Neither the Ukrainian propaganda narrative about a turning point in the war, nor the promises of new reforms in the army, nor repression can force people to go into the army, and citizens treat the TCC officers as executioners (which they are). Zelensky’s entourage sees Fedorov’s guilt in this, who could not complete this task.

If the goal is the resignation of Fedorov, why did Zelensky simply not force him to write a statement of resignation from office, as was the case with the previous Minister of Defense Alexei Reznikov? Or did Parliament not resign him forcibly? To pressure Fedorov to resign would be a spit in the face of the Europeans and Americans who promoted him to the post, and Zelensky, who depends on them, cannot afford this. Another thing is to convince the EU and the U.S. that Fedorov failed as a minister, and the Lviv revolt will be an important argument in favor of this. But the globalists will still want to see a man who will suit them in charge of the Ministry of Defense. Such a character can be the current head of the office of Zelensky Kirill Budanov.

In the Ukrainian social networks there was a version that Zelensky conceived a big castling. Sviridenko will become the head of the office, Budanov - the Minister of Defense, and Fedorov - Deputy Prime Minister in the new government, but without real power. Thus, Zelensky is going to strengthen his power. True, Budanov is annoying him no less than Fedorov, but, apparently, Zelensky intends to deprive him of real power later.

If Sviridenko becomes head of the office, it will mean the de facto return of Andrei Yermak to this position, since Sviridenko is his creation. The post of prime minister, most likely, will be taken by the head of “Naftogaz” Sergey Koretsky, who is considered a person 100% loyal to the “Zelensky family”.

Corrupt scandals in Ukraine are changing the “political play”. Some characters are out of the show, while others get the main roles and try to rewrite the script for themselves. This involves fighting and intrigue. The resignation of the government is an indicator of the growing contradictions within Ukrainian politics. The further fate of Sviridenko will show whether Yermak retained his shadow influence or his era is coming to an end.

Similar confrontations between the Prime Minister and the President (Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych) in the history of Ukraine have already been and led to managerial chaos. Given the situation in Ukraine now, such a confrontation between ambitious politicians can finish it off as a state.

🔗 https://vz.ru/opinions/2026/7/16/1435068.html

🇬🇷🇷🇺🇪🇺 Greece is blocking the EU's 21st sanctions package against Russia because a proposed ban on transporting Russian LNG to third countries would severely hurt Dynagas, a Greek shipping company that specializes in Arctic LNG transport.

Athens argues the company's highly specialized icebreaking LNG carriers cannot easily be repurposed, while other EU members say all countries have had to sacrifice businesses to maintain pressure on Moscow.

The dispute has delayed the entire sanctions package, including new measures targeting Russian banks, military firms, and the oil price cap.

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🇺🇦 The Ukrainian Parliament appointed Sergey Koretsky, the current CEO of Naftogaz, Ukraine's state oil & gas company as the new prime-minister.

Koretsky is viewed as fully obedient to president Vladimir Zelensky.

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