WarMonitor
The Pentagon is recruiting junior enlisted troops and junior officers to attend Trump's UFC event at the White House in uniform, while requiring them to cover their own travel and lodging costs.

The personnel being recruited come from the military's lowest-paid ranks. https://twitter.com/TheWarMonitor/status/2060462432846483872/photo/1
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The Spectator Index
BREAKING: Trump's meeting in Situation Room lasted two hours, but did not reach a final decision regarding deal with Iran, according to New York Times report.
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Visioner
RT @NSTRIKE1231: 🇷🇺 The Russian Ministry of Defense’s prominent propaganda channel “Военный Осведомитель” continues to sound the alarm over the severe strikes by Ukrainian forces on Russian military logistics in the occupied areas of southern Ukraine.
🟩 “It appears that remote mining of rear roads using Ukrainian drones has begun. This is exactly what we feared,” — states the Russian military propaganda resource.
📍 “The ability to remotely mine roads following direct drone strikes could become yet another extremely serious threat.”
📌 “Even the regular scattering of small mines along the roads could cause a transport collapse on these sections, because traffic will have to be regularly stopped for inspection and demining.”
📌 “If we do not figure out how to counter this problem, the scattering of low-power mines will easily disable unarmored military and civilian vehicles, including ordinary passenger cars and buses.”
📌 “We repeat once again: the mass use of mines on roads creates a far greater risk of transport collapse and road blockages than targeted kamikaze drone strikes on vehicles alone.”
▪️ The channel reports that the governor of Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, has confirmed the remote mining of the R-280 “Novorossiysk” highway by Ukrainian drones. According to him, this morning a “Baba Yaga” hexacopter dropped mines on a section of the highway in the border area between Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, resulting in the death of a KAMAZ driver and damage to several vehicles.
This report from a major Russian propaganda channel reveals deep concern and growing panic in the Russian rear. The shift from direct drone strikes to systematic remote mining of key supply routes represents a new and highly effective phase in Ukraine’s campaign to paralyze Russian logistics. If this tactic continues, it could lead to a serious breakdown in Russian supply lines in southern Ukraine.

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The Spectator Index
The United Nations has added Israel and Russia to sexual violence blacklist, as Israel says it would cut ties with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Visioner
🇺🇸🇮🇷 The US has reached a deadlock in its attempt to avoid the endless war trap with Iran.

Trump is not in a better position than before the war, and Tehran refuses to make concessions.

➡️ The terms of any new agreement remain unclear because the parties hold radically different positions on key issues such as Iran's nuclear program. Trump desperately needs short-term concessions to justify starting a war, but Tehran does not intend to offer them.

➡️ The longer this deadlock continues, the more Americans will feel the inflationary impact caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which will force Trump to make unpleasant compromises to escape the quagmire he created himself.

It is noteworthy that despite today's warming statement from Trump about lifting the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has rejected all proposals and refuses to make concessions on enriched uranium and uranium enrichment, also refuses to concede control of the Strait of Hormuz, and calls on the US to first unfreeze the $12 billion blocked for Iran before any agreement.

Moreover, it is reported that today's situation room meeting convened by Trump ended without a decision because Iran rejected any concessions in response to Trump.
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Visioner
RT @NSTRIKE1231: 🇨🇳🛡️ China is rapidly expanding its already extensive military infrastructure near missile silos located in the remote desert of Xinjiang.
Satellite imagery reveals more than 80 launch pads, fortified bunkers, communication facilities, and large structures.

The construction is concentrated around the Hami missile silo field and includes infrastructure intended to support mobile missile launchers, air defense systems, satellite communications, electronic warfare systems, and command centers.
☢️ Security experts told Reuters that the scale of the project is unprecedented and appears designed to guarantee that no potential first strike by the United States could eliminate China’s ability to launch a retaliatory nuclear strike.
This is a significant development in China’s nuclear modernization program. By heavily fortifying and expanding support infrastructure around its silo fields, Beijing is clearly working to ensure the survivability and responsiveness of its nuclear deterrent against a possible U.S. first strike. It signals China’s long-term strategic preparation for great-power competition.

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Visioner
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Even though Trump has been actively looking for ways to resolve the conflict with Iran for weeks, an agreement remains out of reach. The main reason is that Tehran easily sees through his bluffs. Furthermore, renewing hostilities is risky because it would exacerbate the global fuel crisis and further deplete American weapons reserves.

➡️ Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were entrusted with leading the negotiation process, but Iran does not believe they are reliable. Tehran's skepticism is driven by the fact that, against the backdrop of previous dialogues, Trump ordered missile strikes twice and constantly resorted to threatening rhetoric.

➡️ Trump faces a serious dilemma: in the event of a renewed war, Iran could destroy the Arab energy infrastructure in the region and, moreover, the US could get bogged down in a possible land war.

Ultimately, if Trump cannot secure concessions from Iran (and cannot buy them either), he will have to choose between war and signing a humiliating agreement, which he will then inevitably have to justify to the public.

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Open Source Intel
Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, California, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of acting as an illegal foreign agent for China.

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OSINTdefender
The Commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Gen. Francis L. Donovan, met with Army Corps General, Gen. Roberto Legrá Sotolongo, First Deputy Minister of the Chief of the General Staff, and other senior leaders from the Cuban military today in an exceedingly rare meeting at the perimeter of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Eastern Cuba. During the meeting, the military leaders held a brief exchange on operational security matters in Cuba.
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Visioner
RT @NSTRIKE1231: 🇬🇧🇱🇻🇺🇦 The Drone Coalition, jointly led by the United Kingdom and Latvia, has delivered more than 215,000 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types to Ukraine, according to the UK Ministry of Defense.
🔘 The partners have already supplied Ukraine with:
•45,000 FPV drones;
•Over 150,000 interceptor drones designed to shoot down Russian Shahed-type kamikaze drones;
•20,000 reconnaissance drones with an operational range of up to 200 kilometers
This is a significant contribution to Ukraine’s drone warfare capabilities. The large number of interceptors is particularly important for defending against Russian Shahed attacks on cities and critical infrastructure, while the substantial quantity of FPV and reconnaissance drones strengthens Ukraine’s offensive and intelligence capabilities on the front lines.

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Visioner
RT @NSTRIKE1231: 🟥 Putin stated:
📌 “European politicians are beating their chests, claiming that Russia has aggressive plans against the Western European states. This is simply a crude and blatant lie.”
📌 “As Joseph Goebbels once said: ‘The more monstrous the lie, the more readily people believe it.’ And it is precisely these standards that Western politicians and the media are implanting in their information space and daily activities.”
This is a remarkable example of historical manipulation and projection. Putin quotes Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels while accusing the West of using the same tactics he and his regime have employed extensively throughout the war in Ukraine. The statement is clearly intended to deflect growing European concerns about Russian aggression.

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Visioner
RT @NSTRIKE1231: 🇷🇺🇺🇦 “Under conditions of active hostilities, naming specific deadlines for ending the war in Ukraine is impossible and would be a mistake. I am not going to do that,” — Vladimir Putin.

This is an important admission from Putin. By openly refusing to set any timeline for the end of the war, he is preparing Russian society for a long, protracted conflict and indirectly acknowledging that Moscow’s plans for a quick victory have failed. It also signals that Russia is shifting to a strategy of attrition.

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WarMonitor
Oh, he mad.

I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you though, or sorry that happened https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2060474701714010485/video/1 - Aaron Rupar
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