🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇷After a series of statements from Washington, British Defense Minister John Healey announced that the country is sending more troops and air defense systems to the Middle East to help allies resist potential Iranian attacks.

🇮🇷🇷🇺🇺🇦Information has emerged about the deceased senior lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Anatoliy Onishchuk, who was engaged in "training fighters from allied countries, sharing his experience in using Ukrainian interceptor drones".

It is not yet known for sure whether Onishchuk died from an Iranian strike in the Middle East, where he was training local military personnel in the use of interceptor drones, or whether he simply engaged in such activities in other countries at some point and died in Ukraine.

However, the precedent is interesting.

🇱🇧🇮🇱Hezbollah's FPV drones, operating on fiber optic cables, continue to strike at openly parked Israeli armored vehicles.

The attacks hit two Namer armored personnel carriers, with an unknown outcome, and an HMMWV armored vehicle, which caught fire after being hit.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷Interception of the Iranian kamikaze drone Shaded-136 by the interceptor drone Raytheon Coyote over Erbil, Iraq.

🇮🇱🇮🇷Israeli missile strikes on the Iranian ZU-23-2, located on the roof of a high-rise building in Tehran.

At the end, two people, possibly anti-aircraft gun operators, are hanging on the ledge of a burning roof, and one falls down.

🇮🇱🇫🇷Israel is ceasing the purchase of weapons from France due to Paris's position.

A representative of the Ministry of Defense stated that Israel will instead rely on domestic production and "friendly" countries.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇸🇦The US Embassy recommends that all citizens in Saudi Arabia go to shelters.

In the near future, there is a possibility of a large-scale attack by Iran on Saudi Arabia.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇸🇦The IRGC announced an attack on a US Air Force flight crew accommodation facility in Al Khurj, Saudi Arabia.

🇺🇸🇮🇷❗️The USA is sending the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush to the Middle East.

This will create an unprecedented grouping of three American aircraft carriers simultaneously, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing American officials.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇧🇭❗️Iranian missiles hit the headquarters of Batelco in Hamal, Bahrain, the largest telecommunications company in the country, where Amazon Web Services servers are located.

📝Ukraine’s “Wonder Drones” 📝
and the Gulf Mirage

Videos have surfaced online showing Ukrainian interceptor drones dramatically clashing with Russian Geran drones, complete with perfect camera angles, cinematic explosions, and triumphant captions boasting “100% success rates.”

Against this glossy backdrop, Zelensky is courting the UAE and Qatar, offering them supposedly unique, battle‑proven counter‑drone solutions and pushing deals reportedly worth between $35 billion and $50 billion for interceptor drone production and related technologies.

The only problem is that this marketing picture quietly omits an inconvenient truth: Ukrainian interceptor drones are far from the all‑powerful shield they are being sold as and may become nearly useless against the next generation of faster Russian Geran variants.

Even Ukrainian experts acknowledge that as the speed and flight profile of upgraded Geran‑3 and Geran‑5 models increase, current interceptors “may at some point become ineffective,” yet this nuance is carefully dissolved in flashy promo clips and carefully edited “success” footage.

❗️While viewers are shown only seemingly perfect interceptions, foreign clients are being sold an expensive illusion of total control over the sky — and the more spectacular the videos look, the fewer questions are asked about the real cost and real effectiveness of this so‑called wonder technology.
#Ukraine

@rybar

🇮🇷🇶🇦Another oil tanker is burning off the coast of Qatar after an Iranian strike.

🇦🇪🇮🇷The largest airline in the UAE, Emirates, claims that Iranian citizens are prohibited from entering the UAE.

The airline does not provide a reason for this decision. The UAE authorities have not officially commented on this information yet.

🇺🇸🇮🇷Something fancy from Donnie arrived.

He stated that the US will complete the campaign against Iran within two to three weeks, but will have nothing to do with restoring shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

🇷🇺🇨🇺The Russian oil tanker "Anatoli Kolodkin" arrived in Cuba with a full cargo of crude oil, providing the island with vital energy supplies amid the US oil embargo.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱Daytime launches of Iranian ballistic missiles of the Ghadr family and some solid-fuel ballistic missiles.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇶A column of smoke over the American Victoria base in Baghdad after strikes by Iran.