АДЕКВАТ Z writes,

Literally right after I stated yesterday that strikes aimed at destroying the Gulf's oil and gas infrastructure were a matter of time, a veritable celebration began on that very front.

First, Israel struck Iranian gas extraction—and at this point, you unconditionally believe that the Americans were idiotic enough to hope that such a strike would force Iran to unblock Hormuz, and that they approved this strike precisely with that goal in mind. For some inexplicable reason, the effect turned out to be strictly the opposite of what was expected: throughout the evening and night, they heavily pummeled the oil refining facilities of every last Gulf Arab state, everywhere with multiple video proofs—big greetings to both the host's air defense and the host's protection racket in general. But the entire effect of the strikes on oil refining pales in comparison to the cheerfully burning Qatari gas liquefaction plant. According to cautious estimates, about 20% of Qatar's LNG production capacity has been lost, for years rather than months (production, delivery, installation, and commissioning of replacement equipment), which amounts to about 5% of global capacity. This shatters the illusion that if the war ends tomorrow, all export flows will spring back to life as if nothing happened the day after.

Therefore, oil is already around $115, and spot gas jumped by a third overnight—and there's a feeling that this price only factors in the direct effect of the last 24 hours' strikes. Believing that these strikes will be the last from either side would be the height of naivety (if a pause in such strikes drags on, Israel will break it the same way—they hate the Arabs there no less than the Persians), so today's price tags will soon be recalled by buyers with a nostalgic tear.

Let us not fall into the sin of ingratitude: to all those involved in the selfless construction of the foundation upon which the basis for the long-term, so to speak, additional well-being of the Russian people and state is being built in real time, we must blow air kisses. To Iran, however, one can and should send something more substantial, in the assortment to be determined by relevant specialists. No one has ever played us so many trump cards in such a short unit of time in our entire history.

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🛢🇴🇲 The price of Omani oil is approaching the mark of $200 per barrel.
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While Brent and WTI are often influenced by "paper" trading—speculative bets and hedging influenced by government policy—Oman crude is anchored by several unique physical factors. Unlike many benchmarks that are purely financial, the DME Oman contract is physically delivered. This means that at the end of the contract, real barrels of oil must change hands. This prevents the price from drifting too far from what refiners are actually willing to pay for immediate supply.

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❗️RT correspondent Steve Sweeney and his cameraman were injured in an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon.

❗️Against the backdrop of the murder of two hundred journalists in Gaza, what happened today cannot be called a coincidence - Maria Zakharova on the injury of RT journalists in the Gaza Strip.

Video: The moment of an Israeli missile strike near RT journalists, while correspondent Steve Sweeney was reporting

Source: СМОТРИ
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Iran and the West are increasingly hitting each other's energy infrastructure. This process can only be welcomed. There should be no oil left except Russian oil.

China, hello! 👋🏻 Time to choose a side.

Source: Пятница
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😱 A scandal broke out in Dnipropetrovsk —a cadet of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry University photographed himself with the body of a missing 14-year-old girl.

An official investigation was launched at the educational institution after the publication of a photo with the corpse, in which he is smiling and posing.

The fact is that the girl went missing, and the very same cadet was involved in the search for her. After the body was found in an abandoned cafe, he took a "funny" photo.

Source: Zvezda
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Satellite captured the aftermath of Iran's strike on Qatar's largest LNG plant

Iran launched two series of strikes on the Ras Laffan industrial complex, which houses the world's largest liquefied natural gas production facility. It supplies about 20 percent of the global LNG supply.

These strikes were Iran's response to Israel's attack on the South Pars gas field.

Source: RG
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From Позывной "Кацман":

The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a request to Congress for additional funding of more than $200 billion for a military operation against Iran, The Washington Post reported, citing sources.

According to the publication's sources, the funds are intended for an urgent increase in the production of critical weapons, whose reserves have been significantly depleted after three weeks of intensive strikes. The proposed amount exceeds the funds already spent on the campaign (estimated at more than $11 billion in the first week) and is close to the amount of aid to Ukraine (about $188 billion over the entire period), notes WP.

Commentary by Позывной "Кацман":

🈁The fact that they spent five to six times more on the campaign than the announced figure is clear. As is the fact that no 200 billion is needed to replenish arsenals (unless it's for everything and over many years, if they don't squander the remaining funds). The amount clearly includes both the costs of the actual campaign and the embezzlement to "the right people".

But the degradation into a Vietnamese or Korean-style quagmire is indeed happening very characteristically. And steadily.

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Iran has shot down an F-35 of the US Air Force for the first time in history, reported the Iranian state television and radio company.

Video: Telegram channel iribnews
Source: TASS
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Every single day, I wake up to some new insanity.

Trump actually brought up Pearl Harbor in front of the Japanese Prime Minister.

When will other nations realize that giving the USA total control over the global system is, perhaps, a bad idea?

One day, the Japanese leadership might remember that it was the USA that used nuclear weapons against them.

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Netanyahu hinted at the possibility of a ground operation in Iran.

"It's impossible to make revolutions only from the air - that's true. There must be a ground component. For this ground component, there are many possibilities. And I will not disclose all these possibilities to you," the Israeli Prime Minister stated at a briefing.
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Hmmm, I wonder if Trump will announce a ground operation in Iran using the ol' "Israel forced our hand" excuse...

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Trump was asked: "If the war is almost over, why is the Pentagon going to ask Congress to allocate another 200 billion dollars?"
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I still don't understand Trump's rambling response.

"The power of some of this weaponry is unthinkable, you don't even want to know about it. You could end this thing in 2 seconds if you wanted to."

Apparently not...

"It's a very volatile world."

Yes, mostly because of you and Israel...

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Trump says that he expected oil prices to go higher after he attacked Iran, and that they are actually lower now than he assumed they'd be.

Does anyone actually believe this? He changes his story about why this war is happening every day. He also said before this that he didn't expect Iran to retaliate against neighboring countries that assisted US strikes. He also clearly had no plan for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and everything he has done since the start of the operation has been damage control, with him scrambling to pick up the pieces.

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The War Zone writes,

The reality is that, even for the F-35, there are risks, especially as the air campaign moves more toward direct attacks, bringing aircraft closer to potential threats. While the U.S. has claimed air supremacy over Iran, it certainly does not yet possess it across the entire country.

Moving to a direct attack-focused campaign comes with new risks. This is especially true when it comes to facing road-mobile air defenses and more exotic types that can pop up virtually anywhere and give aircrews very little time to react. These systems can be hidden pretty much anywhere and will be present on the battlefield long after fixed air defenses are completely destroyed. Electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) surface-to-air missile systems are especially vexing, as U.S. fourth-generation fighter aircraft would have no idea they were being attacked until they are struck, unless they visibly see the missile launch and head their way. These aircraft lack missile approach warning systems. The F-22 and F-35 benefit from different versions of this capability. EO/IR SAM systems are also not affected by radiofrequency jamming, unless they use a radar for initial targeting.

Flying further east in Iran brings more threats, compared to the more-sanitized airspace in the west.

Again, as we warned in the past:

Underestimating Iran’s ability to target and destroy coalition aircraft would be a perilous move. Even the improvised systems cobbled together by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, as well as their hodgepodge of other air defenses, have taken their toll on advanced fighter aircraft operated by Gulf Arab states and challenged even the most advanced fighters in the U.S. inventory. Iran’s capabilities, even in a deeply degraded state, far exceed those of the Houthis.

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