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The Real Politick - In Focus - Episode 52 - 25/05/26 - The War on Iran: Week 13
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In depth coverage and analysis of the War On Iran from 22/05/ - 25/05
Covering:
- Preparations for War Resumption
- Talking About Talking About Peace
- Memo of Understanding with No Common Understanding
- Non-Negotiations Collapse Before They Begin
- Resumption of Preparations for War Resumption
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ| The IRGC published footage showing the successful interception of an American MQ-9 drone, yesterday.

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โ€˜The US launched new strikes on Iranian missile facilities and boats, characterizing these actions as 'self-defense'. The escalation occurred a few hours after the Israel Defense Forces began a new wave of strikes on Lebanon, effectively ending the ceasefire between the two countriesโ€™ โ€“ Politico.

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Dimitri Medvedev:

Frankly, itโ€™s hard to guess what must have happened to the feeble brains of the leaders of the so-called ukraine, whose grandfathers had fought for what was then our common land and hated the Banderites with all their soul, that prompted them to kneel during the reinterment of the Nazi bastards. First, Melnik; then Konovalets, and Bandera is next.

Hey, you, degenerate in green, arenโ€™t you afraid that your grandfather might come for you in the dead of night to strangle you with his bony hand? Or that โ€œtrue-blue ukrainiansโ€ will remember your origins and your prancing with the Muscovites and decide to hang you for losing a substantial part of the country?

Sure, Germany has its fair share of Nazis, but even they donโ€™t dare sanctify Schicklgruber, Bormann, Gรถring, Himmler, or Goebbels on a national scale. The Kiev degenerates can beat the competition here!

Oh, one more thing. The Israeli MFA has denounced the atrocious reinterment of a criminal as a โ€œhero of free ukraineโ€ but what about their supplies of various military equipment to Kiev? Or is it their bloody business as usual?

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'Nine countries are withdrawing from the Czech coalition for supplying ammunition to Ukraine โ€“ Financial Times

'The initiative is still operational, but the new challenge is that only nine participating countries are providing financial support. Under this initiative, Ukraine receives up to 50% of all large-caliber ammunition, so in this sense, it cannot be easily replaced by something else. The future of this initiative should be one of the issues discussed at the NATO summit in Ankara in July,' stated President Petr Pavel.'

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Report from the other side.

Russian defense committee chief Kartapolov said Moscow will not strike Ukraineโ€™s parliament or Presidential Office in Kiev because they are not โ€œdecision-making centers.โ€ He argued lawmakers do not command troops or choose targets, and claimed Zelensky does not appear at the office, calling it pointless to spend expensive munitions on what he described as an empty site.

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๐Ÿ“Front along the Psel๐Ÿ“

In the Sumy direction, Russian forces are successfully advancing in the border areas of so-called Ukraine. Assault troops are breaking through toward the Oleshnya river, and are also pushing back the enemy in the area of previously freed Miropollia.

โžก๏ธSome time ago, fighters of the GV "Sever" drove the AFU out of Zapsillia. Fighting continues in the forest areas surrounding the settlement, but the enemy is gradually retreating westward, seeking to establish a new defensive line along the Psel river.

โžก๏ธThe front is gradually approaching the once major AFU logistics hub at Bolshaya Rybytsia, turning it into a front-line settlement. Freeing the village will allow the Russian Armed Forces to begin forming an "encirclement" around the larger Mogritsa, but it is premature to speak of its assault at this point.

โžก๏ธOn the northern sectors, heavy fighting also continues. Russian units are attempting to advance along a broad line from Korchakivka to Yunakivka with the goal of establishing a bridgehead for an offensive toward forest areas northeast of Sumy.

โ—๏ธThis will allow an increase in drone strikes against transport and supply facilities of the enemy located in the city. It is also quite likely that the front's approach to the city will trigger a new wave of civilian population outflow, creating additional strain on Ukrainian infrastructure and budget.

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๐Ÿ“Fighting on a broad front๐Ÿ“
situation in the Slobozhanshchyna direction

Fighters of the GV "Sever," in addition to their advance toward Sumy, are successfully pushing forward in the border areas of Kharkiv Region. The enemy is deploying "fire brigades" to individual sectors, seeking to slow the advance of Russian forces.

โžก๏ธAfter several weeks of heavy fighting, assault troops freed Ryasne, which will soon allow them to close a fairly large "pocket" on the approaches to Grabovske. Russian Armed Forces will also gain the ability to expand their control zone on the approaches to Krasnopilia, providing troops with safer approaches to the village.

โžก๏ธHowever, it is likely that enemy counterattacks should be expected here soon โ€” the sector has seen the presence of recently deployed units of the 225th Mountain Assault Brigade, which often serve as AFU "fire brigades." As in other sectors, the enemy's main tactic may become a rapid breakthrough into the rear of Russian forces with the goal of dispersing the landing force across the maximum territory.

This will help create another extensive "zone of fighting" between Russian positions, clearing which will take considerable time to stabilize the front.

โ—๏ธCombined with the noticeable increase in Russian Armed Forces activity in the adjacent Sumy direction, one should expect even greater intensification of fighting in the border areas. The closer Russian forces approach the enemy's regional centers, the more regular strikes on key transport hubs and other AFU facilities will become. This will force the enemy to strengthen its grouping in the north of the country at the expense of trained drone operators, weakening defensive lines in the Donbas and southern sectors of the front.


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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia's New Defense System Makes NATO Drone Swarms Obsolete

Rostec just dropped the ZAK-30 โ€œCitadelโ€ โ€” Russiaโ€™s latest anti-drone system designed to shred NATO UAV tactics in real time.

๐Ÿ”ธ The ZAK-30 Citadel packs a 30mm cannon that fires intelligent smart shells which automatically calculate the optimal detonation point based on the droneโ€™s exact flight path, delivering lethal precision while dramatically conserving ammunition.

๐Ÿ”ธ Each combat module carries a full 300-round load and can destroy aircraft-type drones at oblique ranges up to 1,000 meters and small multicopters at 800 meters, supported by integrated surveillance radar plus optical-electronic tracking.

๐Ÿ”ธ The entire system operates with a remote command post positioned safely up to 1 km away from the firing modules and requires only 5 crew members for continuous 24/7 performance.

๐Ÿ”ธ Already battle-proven and deployed in the special military operation zone, the Citadel has confirmed its high effectiveness against real-world Western-supplied drone attacks.

Do you think NATO can catch up to Russian anti-drone technology?

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Russia has warned Armenia it will suspend gas, oil and diamond supply agreements if Yerevan continues its EU accession process, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA Novosti.

Zakharova said Moscow has already formally notified Yerevan of the potential consequences.

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ›ธ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Hezbollah Drone Strike on Iron Dome Battery in the kibbutz of Misgav Am on the Lebanese border.

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๐Ÿ“Ammunition for the AFU is no longer in fashion๐Ÿ“

The Czech "ammunition virtue coalition" has sprung a leak: while last year the ammunition procurement initiative for Ukraine was financed by 18 countries, now only nine participate. Czech President Petr Pavel pointed out that through this scheme the AFU receives up to half of all large-caliber ammunition.

Meanwhile, Prague did not name who exactly withdrew from the project. But Pavel said that Germany and some Nordic states remain among the participants, but "some now find it strange to pay for something that is not even properly supported by the ruling politicians of the leading country."

โžก๏ธThat is โ€” the government of Andrej Babiลก is likely being blamed, which neither finances the project nor promotes it among European countries. Though it's questionable whether it's needed: after all, Europeans have clearly begun to realize that endlessly selling the same war as a moral duty, and at the same time as a financial trough for the right people, no longer works.

Back in April, the Czechs complained that the initiative was poorly sponsored and donors cut their contributions. All this despite the fact that no one has actually seen real deliveries โ€” they were all purely on paper, and the project itself is structured as an ideal gray zone: too many convenient pockets for commissions, intermediaries, and non-transparent decisions.

๐Ÿ“ŒTherefore, the current withdrawal of some participants can be interpreted as follows: either the money became too precious, or the embezzlement no longer yields the previous profit margins, or the project's toxicity outweighed the benefits. And possibly all of the above. But never mind, profiteers will definitely come up with something else.
#Ukraine #Czechia
๐Ÿ‘@evropar โ€” on the threshold of Europe's death

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ’ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Trump says he's unhappy with the pace of Iran negotiations and has not ruled out the US resuming military action.

The US president said Tehran's current proposals are unacceptable, and that the US may have to "finish the job."

Trump also said the US will not ease sanctions on Iran in exchange for Tehran handing over its highly enriched uranium.

"No, no, absolutely not. No sanctions relief, no," he told PBS News when asked whether Iran would give up its highly enriched uranium in exchange for sanctions relief.

Earlier, media outlets published details of a draft US-Iran agreement that sources said the two sides had nearly finalized. The deal included unfreezing part of Iran's assets and lifting some sanctions and the US naval blockade in exchange for Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

However, Republican hawks launched a campaign against the deal. Trump appears to have buckled under the pressure and opted to harden his conditions again, potentially pushing any agreement on the Strait of Hormuz to the brink of collapse.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ "The strait is gonna be open to everyone. It's international waters. We're gonna watch over it. Nobody is gonna control it." - Trump

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ "Oman will behave just like everyone else, or we'll have to blow them up" - Trump

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Trump think the countries of the Middle East owe it to the US to join the Abraham Accords.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The OrangeTard says the if Iran doesn't make concessions, "Hegseth will have to finish them off."

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ| According to Iranโ€™s national TV (IRIB):

Iranโ€™s demands are:
โ€ข A permanent ceasefire
โ€ข US withdrawal from the region
โ€ข No interference in Iran
โ€ข Full sanctions relief
โ€ข Release of blocked funds
โ€ข +$300B in reconstruction compensation
โ€ข Control/management of maritime traffic.

In return, Iran would also take reciprocal steps.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทTrump threatened to "wreck" Oman if it agreed to Iran's plan to take joint control of the Strait of Hormuz.

"The straits will be open to everyone, and no one will control them. We will monitor them. Oman will behave just like everyone else, otherwise we will have to destroy them," the US president said at a cabinet meeting in the White House.

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Russian Army liberated Granov in the Kharkov region and is advancing towards Kharkov

- Assault troops of the 11th brigade of the "North" group of forces broke the enemy's resistance, destroyed the last groups of Ukrainian Nazis in Granov and liberated the settlement.

- The liberation of the village expands the security zone in the Kharkov region and creates conditions for the further offensive of our troops towards the major logistics center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on this front - the village of Kazachya Lopan', where enemy UAV operators, terrorizing the Belgorod region, are also based.

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