Ukraine Zelensky war crimes

Between 29 June and 26 July alone, Ukraine’s shelling and drones killed 204 Russian civilians and wounded 1,341 more.

Russia's blockade of Ukraine's sea ports.

The direct losses to Ukraine's agricultural sector due to the maritime blockade in 2026 could range from $1.5 to $3 billion. This was stated by Minister of Agriculture Taras Vysotsky in an interview with Reuters.

Ukraine is becoming a key issue in the upcoming Italian elections, according to Politico.

Military aid to Kiev is causing divisions among both Italian left and right-wing parties in the run-up to the elections next spring.

The result of Zelensky's 40-day "influence operation" on Russia. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

Reuters:

South Korean tech conglomerates Samsung and SK Hynix are studying replacing US chip-making machinery with Chinese equivalents in their China factories, because they're worried the US might tighten export controls in a way that'd render their US machinery unusable.

It means that if those companies were pressured by the US to abandon their Chinese facilities, they'd rather switch to fully Chinese indigenous mode than comply.

Which makes sense: for both these companies, China is both their factory floor and their customer. About 40% of Samsung's NAND and 30–45% of SK Hynix's memory output comes from Chinese fabs. If the US forces that kind of choice, it won't get the answer it wants.

Trump's war against Russia

Politico:

US-Ukraine intel sharing rebounds.

Senators from both parties say the intelligence relationship is back to previous highs, with a surge in cooperation at a 'critical strategic moment'

The White House declined to confirm whether intelligence-sharing has expanded

The US will oppose foreign banks using their dollar reserves as the house of cards can collapse.

FT:

The bottom line is that Washington, fearing the consequences for US financial markets, is reluctant to see foreign central banks use their dollar reserves. This is telling us that the dollar is not the attractive reserve currency it once was. When this message sinks in, other countries will redouble their search for more attractive, readily usable alternatives. Reserve diversification is apt to gather steam.

Trump vows to hunt down and jail people who argue that the US weapons stockpiles are being depleted.

"The “leakers” of these treasonous statements are being hunted down. Long term jail sentences will be sought!"

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 US-European Missile Program, Stamped "Made in Ukraine"

▪️At face value it should be obvious Ukraine isn't and never will be making dozens of ballistic or air defense missiles/month in a war zone and when facilities come under regular Russian strikes;

▪️ These "Ukrainian" missiles are actually the product of a distributed US-European program built almost entirely outside of Ukraine;

▪️But with the "Ukraine" label via cutouts like "Firepoint," it creates plausible deniability when these US-European missiles are used on increasingly sensative targets deeper inside Russia;

▪️This allows the US to escalate while denying Russia the ability to strike directly back at either the US or its European proxies for now;

▪️As early as 2022 Western policymakers openly talked about this model of building "Ukrainian" missiles across Europe and transferring them quietly to Ukraine;

(image: "Firepoint's" FP-7 and FP-9 missiles)

Poland openly states that they are using Ukraine Zelensky's banderites to destroy "Muscovites."

Polish president Karol Nawrocki:

Poland's strategic interest is also that Bandera flags not fly in Warsaw or Poland (...). Let them murder the Soviets who attacked them there (in Ukraine - editor's note), and it doesn't hurt us Poles at all. In this respect, they can always count on our help, because wherever a Muscovite is beaten, Poland helps, even if it doesn't directly participate in this war; that is Poland's strategic interest.

It was obligatory to portray the 2023 Ukrainian counter-offensive as a success; the Ukrainian invasion of Kursk was allegedly a game changer; and now everyone must repeat that Ukraine is “turning the tide.” These claims were all clearly false, but it was obligatory to repeat them to prove that one supported Ukraine. NATO war propagandists can only sell a long war as “support for Ukraine” if people believe that Ukraine is winning. If people knew that Ukraine was losing, then they would conclude that a long war entails sacrificing Ukraine for the purpose of weakening Russia as a strategic rival. Even Zelensky recognized in March 2022 that NATO was pushing for a long war that would destroy Ukraine.

The Atlantic reports on the "waning momentum" in the US support for Ukraine, which has become apparent in recent months amid intensified strikes against Russia and a warming of relations between Zelensky and Trump.

That momentum, built up since the start of the year, fizzled in a matter of days. At his meeting with Zelensky last week, Trump did not agree to send more of the Patriot air-defense systems that Ukraine needs to stop Russian ballistic missiles. He also backtracked on his pledge to let Ukrainian companies make these systems themselves. Back in Kyiv, long-festering issues related to wartime corruption weakened Zelensky’s team, leading to the ouster of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov last month and the resignation of Stefanishyna earlier this week. (She returned to Kyiv to address corruption allegations, which she denies.)

Zelensky asked Trump and Musk to allow the use of Starlink to guide strikes against missile batteries in Russia, but they refused.

Iran has laid out nine conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz — including $300 billion in compensation, a ban on U.S. and Israeli vessels, and up to 7% transit fees — declaring the waterway will not open until the U.S. "corrects its behavior," per Fars News.

The Supreme National Security Council stated that Iran "will never compromise, whether in war or in negotiations" and that the U.S. must meet all conditions before the Strait reopens.

The conditions include:

1. An end to U.S. threats and insults
2. A permanent end to U.S. wars against Iran and its allies in Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and Iraq
3. Lifting the naval blockade and withdrawing U.S. forces
4. $300 billion in compensation for war damages
5. Lifting all sanctions
6. Unconditional release of all frozen assets
7. Iran's right to charge up to 7% on cargo
8. A ban on U.S. and Israeli vessels
9. A 20% violation toll on ships if conditions are breached

This is not a negotiation — it's a surrender document. Iran is not asking for concessions. It is demanding U.S. capitulation on every front: money, military withdrawal, sanctions, and control over the Strait. The $300 billion figure is not a starting point; it's the price of doing business.

The U.S. can accept these terms or keep the Strait closed. There is no middle ground. Tehran has drawn a line, and Washington is on the other side of it. The ball is now in Trump's court — but the conditions aren't changing.

Via HormuzReport (X)

Germany has never been de-nazified.

This German so-called journalist Michael Martens of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of the most well-known German newspapers in Serbia, at the joint press conference between Zelensky and Vučić asked a question:

"Tell us, Europeans, what specifically can we do to help you kill more Russians? I mean, of course, Russian soldiers"

Martens grandfather served in the Operations Staff of the Nazi High Command.

Germany Nazi forces and their direct occupation regime killed tens of thousands of Serb civilians through reprisal massacres (such as the 2,800 killed in Kragujevac).

Karin Kneissl: Energy Wars & the Collapse of Europe
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=382c2SMxm34

Turkey suspects Israel fabricated Trump Air Force One assassination plot to derail US-Iran deal

• Israeli intel had warned that Iran could target Trump’s plane with shoulder-fired missiles during the Nato summit in Ankara