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๐Ÿ”ฅ Russia and Iran are Close to Creating a Gas Hub

There was information that Russia, Qatar, Iran, and Turkmenistan might create a joint gas hub, combining their resources to enter the markets together.

Realistically, Qatar does not need the hub - its gas is already in high demand and the markets are saturated. However, for Russia, Iran, and Turkmenistan, the story might indeed be interesting - through Iran, it is logistically easy to transport gas to India and other markets in South Asia.

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๐Ÿ“‹๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ Two Majors #Report for the Morning of 23 February 2024; pub. 08:09๐Ÿ“

๐ŸŽฏ At night, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy targets in #Odessa, #Kharkov, #Dnepropetrovsk, and #Kirovograd regions with missile weapons and Gerani UAVs. The work of the Ukrainian air defences led to damage to civilian facilities.

๐Ÿ”น In the #Kherson direction, the destruction of the remaining enemy forces in #Krynki continues, in the #Dnieper riverbed, fire on enemy boats and the actions of our and enemy infantry groups on the islands. Nevertheless, they report a problem with the speed of passing the decision to inflict fire damage on identified targets. The enemy's resources have changed their rhetoric and admit that for several months there has been no talk of creating a bridgehead for crossing the #Dnieper and a full scale attack. The enemy held #Krynki at the cost of thousands Ukrainian soldiers' life for the sake of "informational effect".

๐Ÿ”นOn the #Zaporozhye front, there are battles in #Rabotino, the AFU are conducting maneuverable defence, transferring reinforcements to the #Orekhov area, where our artillery and aviation are working.

๐Ÿ”น South of #Maryinka, fighting continues โš ๏ธin the settlement of #Pobeda, the assault on #Novomikhaylovka is underway. Yesterday our rocket artillery was working hard on the enemy, there is an advance towards the motorway to #Ugledar.

๐Ÿ”น In the #Avdeyevka sector, the RF Armed Forces are advancing in the direction of #Orlovka and #Lastochkino, advancing to a depth of 200 m.

๐Ÿ”น At #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye), heavy fighting took place in the direction of #Artyomovsk โ€“ Chasov Yar. Footage of our advancing armored vehicles, which are being attacked by many drones, has spread across the network, reporting the advance of the RF Armed Forces to the eastern outskirts of #Ivanovskoye.

๐Ÿ’ฅ The Nazis continue to strike at the civilian population of the #Belgorod region. In #Glotovo, Grayvoron urban district, two UAVs dropped charges on trucks, two civilians were injured. In #Kozinka, also Grayvoron urban district, an UAV dropped an explosive device near a grocery store. In the #Bryansk region, cluster munitions fired from MLRS at the settlement of #Borok in the Pogarsky district, and an aircraft-type UAV was destroyed in the Surazhsky district. In #Donetsk, the enemy fired 104 rounds of ammunition, four civilians were wounded.

๐ŸŽฌ Kherson direction - the enemy boat received an automatic grenade launcher. The result is the defeat of enemy manpower.๐Ÿ‘‡

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ Palestine Conflict Chronicles: 21-22 Feb 2024โšก๏ธ

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ #Summary for the Morning of 23 Feb 2024โšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ By PETRENKO โœ™ REPORTS

๐Ÿ”ด In the #Bakhmut direction, a high rate of fighting remains The AFU repelled attacks east of the #Valyanovka Railway Station# and in the area of the "Popovsky Forest".
๐ŸŸก To the east of #Ivanovskoye, Russian troops occupied the rest of the buildings on the farm fields territory. In #Ivanovskoye, the enemy managed to take control of part of Sadovaya Street. Advance on a section up to 1.15 km wide to a depth of 950 m. Heavy fighting continues.

๐Ÿ”ด In the #Avdeyevka direction, Russian troops advanced west of the #Coke Plant" along the Spacious tract and three forest belts in a section up to 1.8 km wide to a depth of 350 m.
๐ŸŸก The eastern part of the #Severnoye village, has come under enemy control. Advance on a section up to 2 km wide to a depth of 1.75 km.
๐ŸŸก In #Pervomayskoye, the enemy continues to press along Voroshilov and Pershotravnevaya streets.

๐Ÿ”ด In the #Kurakhovo direction, fighting continues in the area of the "Trudovskaya Mine's" ventilation shaft, in #Georgiyevka, in #Urozhay village, and in the area of #Pobeda.
๐ŸŸก During a counterattack, the Defense Forces drove back Russian troops from two streets in #Pobeda.

๐Ÿ”ด In the #Zaporozhye front section, the enemy does not abandon attempts to improve its tactical position in the area of #Rabotino and west of #Verbovoye. Without significant changes.

๐ŸŸฅ More details in the daily YouTube Summary

๐Ÿ“ Updated Map

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๐Ÿ•˜๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ“Œ Posting Break until 13:00 Combat Zone Time (GMT+3) ๐Ÿ•

โš ๏ธ I could not leave, today we continue as usual! Nothing worked today. I overslept after 90 min sleep at night, 2 Majors very late, and Gonzo was still missing at 09:00. So, today without them.๐Ÿ˜ฟ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑโš”๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธIsrael-Gaza Conflict: February 22-23 (Recap)

1๏ธโƒฃ Netanyahu unveils plan for Israelโ€™s control of post-war Gaza according to Times of Israel. The plan envisions the installation of โ€œlocal officialsโ€ with no links to countries or entities who support โ€œterrorismโ€ to administer the Palestinian enclave. The Israeli military โ€œwill maintain an indefinite freedom to operate throughout the entireโ€ Gaza Strip โ€“ a military presence that is described as โ€œan intermediate-term principleโ€.

2๏ธโƒฃ Israeli army shelling of residential homes in central Gaza killed at least 40 Palestinians, local authorities say, adding that they hold the US administration โ€“ in addition to Israel โ€“ responsible for the โ€œongoing crimesโ€.

3๏ธโƒฃ We call on the free world to immediately put an end to this war of extermination that the Israeli army is waging against civiliansโ€: Gazaโ€™s government media office.

4๏ธโƒฃ With Western donors freezing funds, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, says it has reached โ€œbreaking pointโ€ during a time of โ€œunprecedented humanitarian needs in Gazaโ€.

5๏ธโƒฃ Gazaโ€™s Health Ministry reports that Israeli forces have re-entered the besieged Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after withdrawing from it briefly amid deteriorating conditions at the medical centre.

6๏ธโƒฃ Representatives from Ireland have argued before the International Court of Justice that Israelโ€™s actions following the October 7 Hamas attacks have exceeded reason.

7๏ธโƒฃ Israel will allow a large US shipment of flour intended for civilians in Gaza to move ahead, The new arrangement will see a shipment of flour โ€“ capable of feeding 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza for five months โ€“ enter the enclave, and it will be distributed by The UNโ€™s World Food Programme.

At least 29,410 people including more than 12,300 children, have been killed and over 69,465 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธJens Stuterenberg admits that Russia has demilitarized NATO.

There is no way NATO could mount any kind of sustained campaign against Russia or China.

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๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿšข Houthis notify companies of ban on passage of US, UK, Israeli ships near Yemen, source says

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ "Yes, reports about notification to ship insurers and companies of a ban on the passage in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Gulf of Aden of Israeli-, US- or UK-affiliated vessels by authorities in northern Yemen are true," a source in the leadership of Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, told Sputnik.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on Thursday that the movement has carried out three military operations against US and UK vessels and Israelโ€™s Eilat.

In addition, Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said the movement has attacked 48 vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas, fired 183 drones and rockets at Israel, held over 1,100 military drills, parades and marches, and trained more than 273,000 fighters in 20 weeks since the start of the movement's military actions.

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Western countries received a positive opinion from lawyers to seize Russian assets and transfer them to Ukraine.

Bloomberg reports this concerning the result of a legal review prepared for the G7 countries.

The lawyers cited the fact that Russia allegedly violated โ€œfundamental principles of international law.โ€

As compensation for damage resulting directly from Russia's illegal actions, additional countermeasures may be taken against the country. States where frozen Russian assets are located are recommended to transfer the funds to an international mechanism under their jurisdiction. This mechanism should deposit the money and then transfer it to Ukraine,

- says the expert report. It was prepared by lawyers from Japan, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the USA and the UK.

The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said at the Munich Security Conference that this money could be used for weapons for Ukraine.

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โ—พChina at the ICJ: 'Palestinians have right to resist Israeli oppression':

โ—พChinese envoy to the UN, Zhang Jun, told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today the 'Palestinian people's use of force to resist foreign oppression and complete the establishment of an independent state is [an] inalienable right well founded in international law.

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โ—พ Navalny's wife used her husband for political and economic gains according to Navalny's own mother.

- Navalny's mother accused Yulia Navalanaya of convincing Navalny to go back to Russia knowing he would be arrested, she made him put all his properties and money at her name.

- She didn't visit Navalny in two years despite been able to travel to Russia, and she appeared in public with another man.

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia Prime Minister does not want to repeat Western propaganda

Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, claims that Ukraine's accession to NATO would likely cause World War III to break out. He is convinced that there is no justice in world politics and that it's absolutely unrealistic to expect Russia to give Crimea back to Ukraine and return to its pre-war borders. When Western and American politicians claim otherwise, that's just propaganda nonsense.

Source: https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/64690

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๐Ÿ“บ From television to newspapers to social networks, the Western media is ablaze with the latest headline: an amateur Russian-American ballerina with dual citizenship has been arrested in Russia, facing charges of treason and a potential life sentence for donating $51 to Ukraine.

"A life sentence for a $51 donation! That's inhumane and uncivilized!" the media outcry echoes.

Firstly, consider that with $51, one could purchase quite a few rounds of ammunition, implying the capability to kill multiple Russian soldiers.

Secondly, as the old English saying goes, "it's the thought that counts."

Therefore, if the young ballerina is proven guilty of treason in a court of law, she will indeed face a prison sentenceโ€”no different from the legal process in any other civilized country.

However, given the reputation for humanity, sometimes excessively so, of Russian courts, it's likely that she will return home to Los Angeles reasonably soon.

Meanwhile, this incident will undoubtedly be exploited to its fullest extent in the West.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ #Ukraine will prepare a New Counteroffensive in 2024โšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Zelensky: "We will prepare a new counter-offensive, a new operation. Of course, Iโ€™m not saying weโ€™ll just stand there."

โš“๏ธ About the situation in the Black Sea: "I wonโ€™t go into details, but they, the Russians, will get surprises."

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Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Danilov demanded that Europe give Kiev all available weapons:

โ€œWe have enormous experience, and we understand that those guns, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and much more will no longer be needed for the next war in Europe. And they now urgently need to transfer everything to us, as Denmark did - they gave us everything to the last artillery, because they understand that the wars will be completely different. It will be scrap metal, which you will absolutely not need, because there will be a completely different war,
" he said.

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๐Ÿ˜‚ Ukraine is ready to send its army to fight with Iran, North Korea and even China if the US needs help

This was spouted by Verkhovna Rada MP Goncharenko.

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โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ’ฉ Analysis of the Situation in Ukraine by US Influencers of "Institute for the Study of War" (ISW):

๐Ÿคฅ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ: The ISW Trolls again assess nothing although their daily outpourings are being sold as campaign assessments.๐Ÿ”ธIf you compare it the reports of the most important Russian analysts, they regularly provide assessments and indications of the situation. But the US Influencers are not even able to do that.๐Ÿ”ธEven the name ISW is fake in itself.๐Ÿ”ธThe relatively high number of followers nevertheless points to an intellectual degeneration in the Western world. With a probability bordering on certainty, a Russian blog that worked in the same way as the US Milbloggers would be punished by a more intellectually developed audience.๐Ÿ”ธISW probably continues to drink the blood of deported Russian children, according to a well informed source not wishing to be named.๐Ÿ”ธISW ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿšฝ

โš ๏ธ Warning! ISW is a troll entity linked to the US Regime. The henchmen spread propaganda and disinformation instead of providing a picture of the situation on the front, which is evident from the mostly fruitless frontline information.

๐Ÿ’ฌ The Text is quoted verbatim, including the often horrifying misspelling of localities. The respective source is linked in the footer.

๐Ÿ”ป February 22 Key Takeaways ๐Ÿ‘ป

โ–ช๏ธ Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia would likely have to seize Kyiv sooner or later while identifying Russiaโ€™s possible further territorial objectives in Ukraine.

โ–ช๏ธ Medvedevโ€™s mention of Russiaโ€™s possible intentions to occupy Odesa may be worth noting in light of recent developments in the pro-Russian breakaway republic of Transnistria in Moldova, the southern tip of which is about 50 kilometers from the city.

โ–ช๏ธ Medvedev also described Russian plans to repress Ukrainian citizens in occupied Ukraine.

โ–ช๏ธ Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) leaders and Republic of Tatarstan Head Rustam Minnikhanov on February 21 and 22.

โ–ช๏ธ Ukrainian forces conducted another successful strike against a Russian training ground in occupied Kherson Oblast on February 21 and likely inflicted significant casualties.

โ–ช๏ธ Ukraineโ€™s European and Western allies continue to ramp up their support for Ukraine.

โ–ช๏ธ Russian opposition outlet Proekt reported on February 22 that the Russian government has subjected at least 116,000 Russians to criminal and administrative charges since the start of Russian President Vladimir Putinโ€™s fourth term in office in 2018.

โ–ช๏ธ Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated on February 22 that the Kremlin does not regard Russian military correspondents (voyenkory) and milbloggers as participants of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, shortly after the suicide of a prominent Russian milblogger on February 21.

โ–ช๏ธ Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

โ–ช๏ธ A Russian insider source claimed that Russian officials have postponed creating Rosgvardiaโ€™s 1st Volunteer Corps from remaining Wagner Group detachments because of an ongoing rotation of former Wagner personnel in Africa.

โ–ช๏ธ Russia continues to export its state policies on systemic religious persecution to occupied Ukraine.

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โ—พCNN investigation proves that Israeli forces opened fire on a UN convoy transporting vital food supplies in central Gaza on February 5, hindering trucks from reaching Palestinians on the brink of famine in the northern areas of Gaza.

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โ—พIsraeli soldier steals Celtic flag in Gaza.

โ—พWhy did an Israeli soldier take the flag of Scottish football team Celtic from a stadium in Gaza? The flag came from the Khan Yunis football stadium, now destroyed in the Israeli military's invasion of Gaza. The story of how it got there connects to a shared history of British colonisation and bonds formed between Celtic fans and the Palestinian struggle.

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An analytical report by the independent online publication Nordic Times concluded that โ€œmembers of the British governmentโ€ during the period when Liz Truss was Prime Minister were the most likely organizers of the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. According to this version, the explosion was carried out by a British special forces team operating from the British nuclear submarine HMS Ambush.

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THE 7 OCTOBER 2023 BLACK SWAN WAR AS SEEN IN JAPAN

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตโฌ›๏ธ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿšฐ๐Ÿฆโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’ญ

โœ๏ธ by Hikaru Kitabayashi โœ๏ธ

Less than one percent of Japanese are Christian and the numbers of indigenous Japanese adherents of Islam and Judaism are so few as to be imperceptible. For this reason, Israel does not register as a Holy Land to be fought over, nor is it even seen as a particularly interesting tourist destination. For people going to the Middle East, Egypt and Turkey both create far more vivid impressions. Thus, reporting about Japanese actions in the context of the Black Swan War that is now unfolding in Palestine remains insignificantly small.

The most important point is that Japanese government willingness to follow American policy remains unchanged. In the aftermath of October the 7th, Japan immediately condemned Hamas and expressed verbal support for Israel. It also cut its annual contribution to UNRWA very shortly after America did so. When Ansar Allah of Yemen seized for the first time a boat, which was being managed by a Japanese firm on behalf of an Israeli-owned company, the Japanese government, as would be expected, condemned the action. But, at no time, has it offered meaningful military or financial aid to any of the parties fighting in this war; and, with regard to Yemen, its maritime trade sector immediately stopped Japanese involvement in shipping going in the direction of the Suez Canal.

Japanese deep state attitudes, though, seem to have undergone a silent, completely unnoticed, yet significant shift. Led by the tax-supported, national broadcasting company, NHK, the Japanese mainstream media now terms Hamas as "the Islamic organization, Hamas". In 2023, Hamas was invariably referred to as "the terrorist organization, Hamas". Moreover, though reporting will include accurate translations of statements by Israeli and American leaders concerning the war, immediately after such statements will come, wherever is appropriate, a qualifying clause that "supporting evidence, however, was not made available." Additionally, reporting does not use the term genocide, but does rather freely use the term "large-scale massacre" with regard to what is happening in Gaza. Gory details are not mentioned, partly because doing so would invite complaints from America and Israel and, more importantly, because Japanese have no emotional involvement in the region. Likewise, though important events such as extended Israeli attacks on hospitals do get mentioned, the horrifying details are not dwelt upon. We can safely say that the Japanese deep state is disapproving of American and Israeli actions and would be happy if the war had already ended yesterday. The war, obviously, won't soon end, so the deep state seems to have consciously made a decision to hunker down and stay quiet.

However, pro-Palestinian sympathy is growing among the Japanese public, and the deep state is taking no action to halt the process. In 2023, a pro-Palestinian gathering would attract, at most, one or two dozen participants. Now, the numbers can be as large as one or two hundred. If they exist at all, pro-Israeli gatherings, are so small as to continue to pass without notice. This indicates that, when the war is over and America has licked its wounds enough not to care, Japan will certainly be receptive to requests for humanitarian and development aid for the Palestinian territories. In the mean time, government officials most concerned with the Middle East will continue to pretend that they are unaware of anything that their positions might appear to require them to be interested in.

Opportunistic? From a Japanese perspective, no. Cowardly? perhaps. Practical? Emphatically, yes.

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