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🇺🇸🇳🇪The Pentagon confirmed that some of the rebel military leaders in Niger were trained by the United States

Spokesman for the department Patrick Ryder said that there is no connection between this preparation and "their current activities"

"Yes, we know that some of the Niger military related to [unfolding in Niger] events have been trained by the United States in the past," Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said at a briefing. He argued that there was no connection between this preparation and "their current activities."

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☄️Biden Puts Kiev Over Hawaii

Asks Congress for $13.1bn in defense aid for Ukraine

Asks Congress for $12bn for emergency disaster relief at home.

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🦠 Footage of Russian Oil Tanker Struck by Ukraine's Surface Suicide Drone

Did Kiev consider whether it was carrying oil, or just attacked for some 'good press' in the West?

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🇨🇳🕵️‍♂️🇺🇸Chinese State Security Bodies Reveal US Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) Spy

▪️A Chinese national named Zeng worked for a military industrial group as a "secret operative" and offered "a large amount of key intelligence" to Washington in exchange for money and immigration, according to authorities.

▪️ Zeng was sent to Italy for further study, met with an official from the US Embassy in Italy, and gradually became close. Zeng then signed a cooperation agreement with Washington and, after returning to China, carried out several espionage activities.

▪️ The authorities said that "coercive measures" were taken against Zeng, without giving details.

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❗️"United States is Arsenal of Democracy": 🇺🇸Could Expand Artillery Shell Production Line Abroad to Keep Arming Ukraine

A funny name for sending cluster bombs? Washington has already sent more than two million 155mm rounds, but Ukraine 🇺🇦 is churning through them at a rate of over 6k per day.

In order to not deplete its own stocks, the US is now looking to almost quadruple production. (The War Zone)

Key points from the report:

🔠Since Feb 2022, America nearly doubled production to 24k daily
🔠By next year, that number could be around 85k
🔠In April, Ukrainian MP admitted its forces firing 6-8k 155mm shells every day
🔠 New metal and shell production lines being created, two new sites for filling them with explosives
🔠Overseas production may be required for propellant
🔠Official calls it "a success story" that not only US supplying Ukraine - "US Arsenal of democracy"
🔠EU promised 1mn shells over one year
🔠Deliveries to include cluster munitions

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🤯NATO Scathing that X-Man Musk Not Censoring Chinese/Russian Media

The military alliance has lamented the platform giving visibility to narratives that undermine its own information warfare.

NATO has bemoaned the Russian Embassy in the US seeing its views surge 150% - along with media like 🇨🇳's Global Times & 🇷🇺's RT.

Elon Musk did the honest thing by adding state-affiliated to the BBC and NPR once he took over, angering many Western outlets - despite it being the truth.

Now NATO is moaning its lies are not just being called out online... they are going viral.

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❗️Poland to Station 10K Troops on Border with Belarus as “Defensive” NATO Alliance Nation Goes on the Offensive

Warsaw is planning the big military build-up to counter what its govt claims is an increasing security threat – due to 🇧🇾 hosting Wagner PMC fighters.

The goal was to move troops “closer to the border with Belarus to scare the aggressor so that they do not dare to attack us”, 🇵🇱 defense minister Mariusz Błaszczak told national radio.

He did not give a timeframe for the project and the defence ministry appeared to later backtrack on his declaration – clarifying most troops would be training rather than on military ops close to the border.

The ramp-up announcement comes just days after Warsaw confirmed a general election date for October 15, probably just a coincidence…🙂

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