⛴NOW A PARTY TO THE CONFLICT are Ukrainian ships in the ports of Nikolaev and Odessa, South Ukraine, which must leave by MIDNIGHT after termination of the grain deal or else Moscow will consider them party to war, which is reasonable once one remembers massive fuel storage facilities present at those exact ports.

Kiev then goes full-on Karen and pens begging letter to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on creating mechanism to provide "damage compensation guarantees" to companies and ships visiting Ukrainian ports after Kiev systematically broke grain export deal with Russia.

Should’ve thought ‘bout that before @IntelRepublic

STRIKEDOWN: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detains Ukrainian suspected of spying for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Collecting coordinates of the positions of the Russian military personnel guarding the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and passed them on to his brother, a Ukrainian Army officer, the Ukrainians planned to use this data to launch artillery strikes on our units.

But, before they could, Russian FSB struck him down and out.

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⚡️🇮🇶 Footage from Baghdad, Iraq where protesters stormed and set fire to the Swedish embassy overnight.

Swedish police have allowed to hold a rally near the Iraqi embassy in Sweden with the planned burning of the Quran. Courts uphold the decision saying such acts are protected by the country's far-reaching freedom of speech laws.

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⚡️Early morning Ukrainian drone strike in Crimea kills teenage girl.

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⚡️Third night of Russian strikes on military targets in Odessa, South Ukraine, and clean up.

Biggest threats to the Crimea come from Odessa, which the Russian command appears to have decided to neutralize.

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MUTINY MYSTERY continues, as Wagner PMC Chief Prigozhin emerges publicly for the first time since the aborted mutiny to declare PMC has moved to Belarus “for some time.”

In a poorly-lit dawn video, he said they would train and prepare for “a new journey to Africa,” and may return to Ukraine when “we’re sure that we won’t be asked to embarrass ourselves and our experience.”

A second figure in the video who claimed to be Dmitry Utkin, Wagner’s founder and top commander, said the mercenaries’ work had just begun, adding in English “Welcome to Hell.” 🤷‍♀

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MAKE IT MAKE SENSE, part 28376352: Global wheat prices soar against the backdrop of the Odessa strikes - but Putin says there's plenty of Russian grain to go around for all.

Disingenuous West thought they could use the Grain Deal safety corridor, provided by Russia, to A) sell Ukrainian grain $, B) target the Russian Black Sea Fleet with drone attacks C) stash Western-supplied weapons in the ports of Odessa.

Instead of playing fair, now they'll pay extra for grain - to Russia. 🤦‍♀

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⚡️Ukrainian trade is dead - Zelensky pleads for Turkish military to provide protection for ships entering and leaving Ukraine’s ports.

That would be a highly risky move for Turkey, and the country is unlikely to get involved. Turkey wouldn’t jeopardize its naval ships to assist vessels from Ukraine, and is instead focused on restarting the Grain Deal with Russia’s involvement.

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⚡️Armed forces of Belarus, together with the fighters of Wagner PMC, to carry out training at the Brestsky ground, which is located near the Belarusian-Polish border - press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.

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⚡️The terrible truth from the press secretary of the White House.

It turns out that Kiev needs the air defense systems supplied to Ukraine to fight not only Russian, but also its own, Ukrainian drones.

The United States, which just announced military assistance yesterday, is preparing to announce another $400 million support package for the Ukraine by the end of the week.

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WEST TELLS PORKIES: again. Official UN data shows China was the largest buyer of Ukrainian grain exported under the Grain deal, as Annalena 360 (German FM) cries WOLF that the poorest countries are missing out.

The top five in terms of purchasers of Ukrainian grain are China, Spain, Turkey, Italy and the Netherlands. Hardly the 3rd world going hungry.

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⚡️🇹🇷 Ankara is counting on the restoration of the Grain Deal and continues contacts with its participants - the Turkish Ministry of Defense.

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⚡️ Tornado levels Pfizer plant and warehouse in North Carolina, USA.

Over 50,000 pallets of medicines destroyed. Where was it 2 years ago! 😁

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⚡️German Rheinmetall tank production plant, due to be built in Western Ukraine, will become a legitimate military target - Zakharova, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson.

Why do they need to be told that?

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