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Fuck around and find out is about to happen to Iran. ⬇️

⚡️ Senior Israeli security sources confirm an attack on an Israeli merchant ship in the Persian Gulf by Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)

🗣Attack is an Iranian attempt to take revenge on Israel for attacks Tehran alleges are done by Tel Aviv.

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🤡 Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas : NATO countries must take control of Moscow and forcibly rewrite the mentality of Russian citizens so that the Russians will never be a threat again.

🇮🇷Iran enriched uranium up to 84%. Another 6%, and they will be able to create a nuclear weapon. Bloomberg

🇺🇲🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia can bet on the depletion of Ukraine's human resources - American military expert Michael Kofman

In his opinion, the Russian offensive has already begun and is focused on the Donbass. The likelihood that Ukraine will withdraw from Artemovsk to a defensive line east of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk increases. After Artemovsk, the Russian Army can start moving towards the Seversky Donets and make an attempt to gain a foothold along it.

At the moment, it does not appear that Russia has tapped into existing reserves. They're probably being saved for a bigger breakthrough.

"Given that Ukraine no longer has a human resource advantage, Russia's strategy in 2023 could be to cut Ukraine's human resources," says Kofman. Western supplies of equipment will also serve only as a replacement for losses. The analyst notes that the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south is fraught with a number of difficulties.

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🇺🇲🇺🇦⚡️ Biden said that the United States and allies promised to transfer to Ukraine about 700 tanks, thousands of armored vehicles, more than 2 million artillery shells

Back in time for ice cream ⬇️

🇺🇲🇺🇦 Biden left Kiev - CNN

Russia has stopped deploying its troops in Ukraine as battalion tactical groups or other special structures.

Now the Russian Federation is switching to previously inactive command structures in Ukraine - from the military district and division to battalion, writes the Institute for the Study of War (USA).

Thus, "the Russian military command has returned to the traditional troop command structure, in which all units in a discrete geographical area fall within the area of responsibility of a single military district.

This is indicated by the current pattern of combat operations in the Luhansk region, where combat is conducted almost exclusively by troops of the Western Military District. The Russian Federation has begun deploying full-fledged divisions on the front lines there.

"The Russian Defence Ministry is currently carrying out a series of reforms aimed at formalizing and professionalizing the armed forces and preparing for a protracted war in Ukraine as a conventional army," the Institute states.

Earlier it was reported that Russia had officially introduced the commanders of military districts. That is, in fact, the people in charge of certain areas of the war in Ukraine.


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🇺🇦❌🟥🟩🟥 Reports of Ukrainian troop movements close to the Transnistrian border ‼️

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Ukraine needs the ammunition in the Russian bunkers. Russia will call broken arrow.⬇️⬇️

Looks like it’s going to kick off in Moldova….

🚨BREAKING - Earlier Today Russian President Putin also revoked a decree that reinforced Russia's commitment to respect Moldova's integrity on the Transnistrian issue.

🔹India 🇮🇳 appears to be pulling off a diplomatic high-wire act between Washington & Moscow as imports from Russia have surged nearly 400% so far this fiscal year (Apr '22 - Mar '23), fueled by purchases of discounted crude oil. The total value of Russian 🇷🇺 imports came to $37.31 billion, up from $7.71 billion in the same period of the previous year.

🔹Russia became India's top crude supplier in Nov. 2022, receiving around 1 million bpd 🛢 & in the first two weeks of Jan. '23, nearly 1.3 million bpd.

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💠 Around 70% of Jan. 2023 loading cargoes of Russian Urals was destined to India 🇮🇳.

💠 Russia cuts oil 📉 production in March by 500,000 bpd.

💠 India’s ambassador to Russia, considers jointly building oil-carrying ships & establishing energy insurance companies.

💠 India now buying thirty-three (33) times more 📈 Russian oil than a year earlier.

💠 Russia is now transporting more of it's own crude on its own tankers 🚢.

💠 Russia’s crude grades re-routed from Europe to China 🇨🇳 & India.

Compilation video of India's External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar.

🔹With China’s 🇨🇳 imports from and exports to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 (KSA) now exceeding the major oil-producing country’s combined trade with the U.S. & the EU, China has become the KSA’s dominant trading partner.

🔹Gulf monarchies are concerned that the West may impose sanctions on China – as it did on Russia 🇷🇺. This is pushing Gulf countries & China into projects to shield China-Gulf relations from potential economic coercion, especially in strategic domains such as energy.

🔹The KSA’s oil 🛢 revenues hit $326 billion in 2022, the highest level since Crown Prince MBS’s reign began & led to the booking of its first annual budget surplus in nearly a decade.

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💠 The KSA 🇸🇦 is open to discussions about trade in currencies other than the USD, such as the Chinese yuan.

💠 China 🇨🇳 urges the KSA to help speed up efforts for a Gulf free-trade zone.

💠 The Shanghai Gold Exchange will be used by the KSA for its yuan to gold transactions.

💠 President Xi Jingping boosts cooperation in energy supply chains with the KSA during his state visit.

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ANALYSIS: Iran will have to recognize that geopolitics is a cold-blooded enterprise where there are no permanent friendships, but rather permanent intrigues motivated by national interests. It has largely picked up on this reality as evidenced by its recent decision to strengthen ties with Russia. Such juggling acts will become fixtures of the new multipolar order that’s taking root on the international stage. @JoseAlNino https://geopoliticsandempire.com/2023/02/21/are-sino-iranian-relations-beginning-to-deteriorate/

Klaus and Bill will be ecstatic. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3211060/fast-shrinking-south-korea-breaks-own-record-worlds-lowest-fertility-rate