❗️The Lebanese "Hezbollah" reports that it has resumed military operations against Israel.

"In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent: In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's violation of the ceasefire agreement, after the Resistance had observed the ceasefire agreement, while the enemy did not do so:

The fighters of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon fired missiles at the Manara settlement at 02:30 on Thursday, 09-04-2026. Our retaliatory actions will continue until the Israeli-American aggression against our country and our people ceases."

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🛢Brent crude rose above $96 after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again.

Let us see what happens on Thursday

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More Trump...

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‼️🇺🇸🇪🇺 The US may withdraw troops from European countries that did not support the war with Iran, according to the WSJ.

▪️The Trump administration is considering this option.
▪️The option of effectively "punishing" allies that did not support the military campaign is being discussed.

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A leaked phone call from July 2, 2024, between Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, released by VSquare, reveals that Szijjártó offered to share an EU document about the role of minority languages in ​Ukraine's EU accession talks.

➡️ Szijjártó confirmed the previous leaked phone call released by VSquare was authentic.

Lavrov: We are trying to get hold of the exact document.

Szijjártó: Oh, I'll send it to you. It's not a problem.

Lavrov: Please. Because what was reported was that the language says that Ukraine must respect the rights of all national minorities.

Szijjártó: I immediately do it. I send it to my Embassy in Moscow, and my ambassador will forward it to your chief of staff, and then it's at your disposal.

Not a secret document and most people in government know how easy it is to tap phones. What is interesting is the amount of foreign interference in this contest.

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🇺🇸🇻🇦⚡️ — Senior Vatican diplomat Cardinal Christophe Pierre was summoned to the Pentagon in January and given what was described as a “bitter lecture” by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, who said Pope Leo “better take its side” and that the United States has the military power to do “whatever it wants," according to The Free Press.

➡️ As tensions escalated, one U.S. official “went so far as to invoke the Avignon Papacy," the period in the 1300s when the French Crown leveraged its military power to dominate the papal authority.

- Tabz Alternative Media

Unacceptable and I like Colby... Surprised he would say such a thing

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Is the Trump move against NATO really just part of Israel’s strategy in a future conflict with Turkey?

Does Europe come to the aid of Turkey in such a conflict?

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Tucker Carlson responds to Netanyahu’s terror attack on Beirut that destroyed Trump’s ceasefire.

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THE EPSTEIN COALITION
INTERVIEW: Netanyahu needs m*rder and violence to survive

Bathed in blood. It was a regional ceasefire including Lebanon, the Pakistan Prime Minister said so. It's a ceasefire on all fronts or no fronts. How can we trust Trump? Iran prepares to go back to war

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Can Russia do the same with Ukraine and NATO as Iran did?

Extrapolating Iran's actions against the US, although not entirely correct in terms of scale, makes one think about how Russia could adopt this approach. The basis of Tehran's actions lies in the fact that Iran both affects and simultaneously "does not affect" NATO countries.

On the one hand, the IRGC attacked the aircraft carriers "Ford" and "Lincoln", and destroyed French, Italian, and German bases in the Middle East. Legally, this could be interpreted as an attack on the Alliance (Article 5), but NATO considered that the potential victims were not worth it - even without Iran having nuclear weapons. For Russia, the situation is somewhat different with more complex premises: Secretary Rutte regularly talks about a "crushing response" and the possible official deployment of troops to Ukraine if Russia launches some mythical aggression, although Russia, unlike Iran, has nuclear weapons.

On the other hand, NATO countries do not hide their involvement in the conflict: they supply weapons, and the entire war management infrastructure is located outside Ukraine, although they always say that they are not a party to the conflict. It's difficult for Russia to act directly, but this does not deprive it of the right to respond and, most importantly, the ability to implement this response. However, acting like Iran and directly using weapons against aggressors once their involvement in the conflict has been proven (as in the case of Bahrain, Qatar, etc.) is not the time yet, as Russia perceives Ukraine as part of itself and does not plan to lose these territories (unlike Iran, which doesn't care about what will happen to Qatar and Bahrain). It's reasonable to probe NATO's defenses through "painful incidents" in the border areas, which, according to the Iranian scenario, will give Europeans a little understanding of the cost of getting involved in the conflict. For example, in eastern Poland there are critical energy hubs of the east of the country: the "Nova-Sazina" thermal power station, the "Lublin-Wroclaw" thermal power station, the "Stalowa-Wola" thermal power station, and the Polanets GRES.

In the case of the voluntary (and not otherwise envisaged) involvement of Poles in sensitive for Russia events (transit of drones or their use against objects in Russia, raids on the borders of the Kursk or Bryansk regions), "unidentified UAVs" may appear in the border areas, which the Polish air defense will accidentally miss. After the drones hit the generation facilities and there are short-term outages, it is necessary to maintain a plausible denial of the source of the launch (similar to how Kyiv previously sent downed "Herbar" drones to Poland). This will allow to gauge the level of nervousness on NATO's eastern flank and understand the reaction of the decision-making center, which, given the confrontation with Trump, has greatly lost in influence and capabilities. If the lesson is not learned, the geography of "accidental incidents" could expand to countries such as Sweden, which has started supplying anti-ship missiles, or Finland, through whose territory Ukrainian drones fly.

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Gold. 🏆

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🇷🇺🇬🇧Putin is mocking Starmer by sending a frigate to the English Channel - British media.

Russia has openly challenged London: the frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" escorted two authorized tankers, Universal and Enigma, through the English Channel, while the British RFA Tideforce followed behind them. This contrasts with Kira Starmer's March promise to seize the shadow fleet: the UK has not yet detained a single vessel; hundreds have already passed through its waters, and on that day, Desert Kite and Kousai were also spotted.
The shadow fleet consists of about 700 vessels and transports up to 40% of Russian oil; 544 of them are under UK sanctions. Seizures are difficult: they require special forces and port facilities, and many transports take place in French waters. The US has already stormed one tanker, and the French have intercepted others.
Moscow threatens to retaliate in the event of a forcible seizure; Ambassador Andrey Kelin warned London about the consequences.
Amid criticism of the Royal Navy's combat readiness (HMS Dragon's breakdowns, delays in defense investments), the opposition accuses the government of sluggishness.

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The older sister of "Geran-2": the jet UAV "Geran-4".

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 American oil companies don't want to pay for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, — Politico

- According to oil industry representatives, giving in to Iran's demand would increase the cost of each shipment by $2.5 million.

- Moreover, granting Iran control over the strait could set a precedent for other countries, including Singapore and Turkey.

- The companies expressed their concerns directly to Trump.

- "We didn't have to pay before - and I thought we'd won the war," one oil worker complained to the publication.

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