Trump denied reports of damage to refueling aircraft at a Saudi base.

According to him, a number of media outlets, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, are "deliberately spreading false information." He believes they "want the [US] to lose the war."

Source: TASS

🌒@EastCalling

We are totally winning, BUT PLEASE HELP US!

Trump asked China, France, Japan, and other countries to help restore shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. He proposed that they send their military ships to the strait, while the US would be able to bomb the coastline to prevent Iran from doing anything.
➖➖➖
Schrödinger's Iran. Simultaneously defeated yet still a massive threat...

🌒@EastCalling

Footage of the attack on Citibank in Dubai.

Video: X/ADVOCATE ARIF MAIDA

Source: TASS

🌒@EastCalling

We'll be trying something new on the channel to make it easier for our subscribers to find our highlighted content. You will be able to find the following East Calling exclusives with these hashtags:

#VneshVrag

-for Mikhail Borkunov's posts (also his colleagues' works)

#EastCallingTranslations

-for Russian videos which Jelena translates herself.

#MaratBattlefieldSummaries

-for the reports from Marat Khairullin

#EastCallingInterviews

-for our exclusive interviews with our special and often recurring guests.

#MomentofZin

-if you like to laugh

We may add more later!

🌒@EastCalling

❕The Strait of Hormuz is open, but not for US, Israeli, and their allies' ships, said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

He noted that the Americans are using the territories of neighboring countries to strike at the Islamic Republic. In particular, Kharg Island was attacked from the UAE. Arakchi promised a response to the attack on oil and energy infrastructure.

📍Trump previously stated that the US would continue to "bomb the hell out of" Iran's coast to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. He claimed that 100% of the enemy's military potential had been destroyed, but expressed hope that "China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK," and other "affected" countries would send military ships to the area of the strait.

Source: Zvezda
➖➖➖
🌒@EastCalling

Araqchi: I will not go into details, but we enjoy excellent cooperation with China and Russia in political, economic, and even military fields.

😉

🌒@EastCalling

The National Interest:

Among most people in the financial world, the idea of a near-total halt in flows of oil through the Strait of Hormuz has long been considered a “fat tail” risk scenario: one that would be immensely important, but would probably never happen. The political risk consultants like me who they deal with were often seen as “crying wolf” when they had the idea that there was even a small probability of that happening. Time and again, there were brief periods where things looked like it was at least possible that the Persian Gulf would see a conflagration, with concerns about Israel going it alone in 2007 and 2012, President Donald Trump pulling out of the JCPOA in 2018, the 2019 Iranian drone attack against critical Saudi oil infrastructure at Abqaiq, the US killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani in January 2020, and other episodes. None of them ended up having a major impact on the availability of oil. Those of us professionally involved in this even spoke of “Iran fatigue,” where clients would be eager to move on to the next subject during a presentation.

Now, however, the wolf is actually here.

...

What has proven to be the core logic of the situation is the unwillingness of tanker operators to take extreme risks with their vessels, their potential liability for oil spills, and the lives of their crews. I had picked up on this back in the late 2000s, when I dealt with some shipping industry and ship broker clients at a former employer, and had the opportunity to discuss this at length with senior managers there. Sending ships into dangerous waters is not merely a matter of obtaining insurance. Tanker companies and captains need to believe that they are not taking an imprudent level of risk. As long as Iran is able to strike against tankers in the Strait, with missiles, mines, fast boats, and the like, and has clear intent to do so, it will not be business as usual. The Trump administration clearly underestimated Iran’s asymmetric leverage here.

🌒@EastCalling

The Lanaiz refinery in the Erbil province of northern Iraq has been set on fire following an attack by kamikaze drones.

🌒@EastCalling

Via Tasnim:

Video showing the areas where sirens started in Occupied Palestine (Israel) due to missile and drone launches from the beginning of the war with Iran until 06:56 AM today

Red - launches from Iran
Yellow - launches from Lebanon

🌒@EastCalling

From the channel for the 105th regiment of the NM DPR:

Ukrainian media have confirmed the reality of the Iranian threat

Iran's ballistic missiles "Khorramshahr" and "Sajil", with a range of 2000 km, are capable of hitting any point in Ukraine.
➖➖➖
I consider this unlikely, but still))

🌒@EastCalling

Trump, perhaps, considers me his son, — Zelensky

Zelensky: Trump and I are not the same age. Maybe that's why he sees our relationship as a father-son one.
Reporter: Do you think he sees you as his son?
Zelensky: I don't know. Maybe not his favorite son. But why not?
➖➖➖
I have no further comment))

🌒@EastCalling

The EU should start negotiations with Russia on Ukraine, said Belgian Prime Minister De Wever.

According to him, Europe is not able to indefinitely support Ukraine and supply weapons to Kyiv without the participation of the USA.

A deal with Russia seems to be the only possible solution.

Source: RIA Novosti

🌒@EastCalling

When I'm on the normie-web, I'm shocked by the number of comments that I read accusing "Putin trolls" of supporting Trump. I can think of exactly 0 people who are simultaneously pro-Russia and pro-Trump. Really, I can't think of any person with an IQ above room temperature that is pro-Trump.

🌒@EastCalling