Larry Johnson Strategic Update July 7, 2026

Ukraine Update
NATO
Economics of War
China goes after the criminals, why can't we?
Ayatollah Khamenei funeral procession is the biggest in history
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Here is the link to the video I told Larry about

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Exclusive. Our big report on tankers who spent half a year behind enemy lines under the tracks of their own vehicle

This is a story of courage and resilience beyond human limits. The tankers of the 4th Motor Rifle Brigade made the first breakthrough in Konstantinovka. When their T-72 lost its drive, the crew of the commander with the call sign "Caucasus" did not surrender and did not abandon their position. The soldiers dug a bunker right under the bottom of the combat vehicle and entrenched there for a long six months.

In conditions that are hard to even imagine, the guys of steel not only survived behind enemy lines. They turned the immobilized tank into an advanced observation post: they continuously gathered intelligence for the headquarters, helped intercept over fifty "Baba Yagas" and meticulously adjusted the work of our strike drones.

Special attention deserves the vehicle itself. The tank with the "tsar-barbecue", which is called here "Kolyan-armor", withstood hundreds of enemy attacks. The enemy was never able to destroy this legendary fortress on tracks.

Watch exclusive footage and the story of people whose will proved stronger than any armor.

Source: Военкор Кулько
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Real life super heroes.

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The US Treasury Department revokes the license allowing the sale of Iranian oil

New deals are prohibited from July 7, but old ones can be completed until July 17, added the US Treasury Department.

Source: СМОТРИ
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⚡️Ukraine has sent Putin a realistic proposal to end the war - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sibiga.

That is, Khokhol himself admitted that the previous proposals were unrealistic. Apparently, something happened. Or maybe nothing happened. The fact itself is just amusing.

Source: Каргач 🇷🇺⚡️Ꙃ
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Some kind of cirkus... Well, that's Ukraine, what else to expect, after all. This is what you get when you have comedian in power.

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Source: RIA Novosti
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Good background for NATO summit.

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🗣️The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, accused the US of violating the memorandum of understanding and assured that Tehran would not surrender.

"The era of intimidation and extortion is over. It won't lead to anything. We won't surrender," - wrote Ghalibaf on the X social network.

He called "major violations" of the memorandum of understanding Washington's non-compliance with Iranian rules for the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as "constant threats of new strikes, the resumption of oil sanctions, attacks on southern Iran" and Israel's actions in Lebanon.

Photo: Zuma\TASS

Source: Interfax
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 A strike has been carried out on the "Samsung-Ukraine" enterprise in Kyiv, where components for the FP-5 "Flamingo" cruise missiles were produced and stored.

Also, a workshop for the assembly of long-range UAVs was hit, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Source: Russian media
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📰 "Iran will pay a very high price tonight"

This was stated today by a high-ranking UAE official to Haaretz.

Meanwhile, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a new warning to all European airlines, recommending that they avoid the airspace of Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon.

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“May the precepts of the Declaration of Independence be fully realized for all people.” Lavrov’s July 4 message to the U.S. carried a nuanced diplomatic point.

Over the past two and a half centuries, the United States has traversed a path at an accelerated pace that has taken other nations many hundreds of years. This path has been marked by both profound creative impetus and expansion, as well as domestic upheavals. “At critical moments in United States history—during the struggle for independence from the British Crown and throughout the course of the Civil War—Russia consistently rendered support for the establishment and preservation of American statehood.

The alliance between our nations during the Second World War continues to serve as a testament to our shared resolve to oppose any manifestations of fascism, Nazism, and the ideology of national exceptionalism.

Russia remains steadfast in its commitment to the principles of the United Nations Charter, which our country, together with the United States and other victorious powers, placed at the foundation of the post-war system of international relations – a system that, to this day, stands as a legal and moral touchstone for humanity.

I am confident that, by fostering candid dialogue grounded in equality, mutual respect, and non-interference in internal affairs, and by prioritising the mutual consideration of fundamental national interests, Russia and the United States are well placed to achieve substantive results and jointly identify effective solutions to the most complex global and regional challenges.

I extend my congratulations to the American people. I wish them peace and prosperity, in the hope that the precepts of the United States Declaration of Independence enshrining the right of every individual to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness may be fully realised.

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❕ Iran is suspending negotiations on a final settlement with the US, a high-ranking Iranian source told TASS.

Any military aggression by the US will be met with a more massive response than before, a high-ranking Iranian source told TASS.

Source: TASS
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