Kursk region. Paratroopers used FPV drone on a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck filled with personnel.

@Slavyangrad

🇷🇸 Aleksandar Vulin, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia:
(2)
"We are showing that we can think for ourselves and we can make our own decisions. No, I am not afraid of the EU reaction. I have already been subjected to US sanctions, I have been told that any connection with Russia is unacceptable. But it is unacceptable for me to lead Serbia without any connection to Russia. Never in history have we turned against the Russians. Never.

The EU, of course, will put pressure on us. Not only the EU, but also NATO. And of course they will pressure our President Aleksandar Vucic. But we are Serbs, we will not get involved in other people's wars. Never in history has Russia opposed Serbia. So why should we now become the first generation of Serbian people to oppose Russia? Europe behaves as a mere collection of territories, not as a union of states. They have no interests of their own. They are decided for them, they are told what they have to do, and they do it. But Serbia does not. What connects us to Russia is not the past, but the future. Because the values that we and you live for are the values of the future. We believe that there is a world where there is no one power, where questions are asked of free countries."

@Slavyangrad

How "Yuzhnodonbasskaya No. 3" was blown up.

The published Footage shows Fighters preparing to blow up huge deposits of Mines and Ammunition that the enemy had left on the territory of the complex. In order not to take any risks, it was decided to blow up the whole thing.

@Slavyangrad

Hong Kong's SCMP gives their view on the pager/radio attack in Lebanon.

Unlike US and British press they are not impressed.

@Slavyangrad

The size of the aid package that the United States may provide to Ukraine next week will exceed $350 million, Reuters reports.

The aid package will include patrol boats, additional ammunition for the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, spare parts, and other weapons, officials told the agency.

The content and size of the aid package could change in the coming days ahead of its expected signature by US President Joe Biden, Reuters reports.

CNN reported earlier that the US is expected to announce a major military aid package to Kiev next week, but the transfer of equipment may be delayed due to a shortage.

@Slavyangrad

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli forces tear up a picture of killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a raid on Al Jazeera's office in the center of Ramallah

#LordBeboExclusive
Join this Exclusive Channel | Free Channel

UK defunds Confucius Institutes in latest example of Western anti-China freakout

The UK government has announced it is pulling funding from Chinese-backed Confucius Institutes across the country in the latest manifestation of anti-China anxiety across the Western world.

“Like any international body operating in the UK, Confucius Institutes need to operate transparently and within the law, and with a full commitment to our values,” read a statement from a spokesperson for Keir Starmer’s Labour government that asserted “challenges” posed by Beijing.

Confucius Institutes are Chinese government-backed institutions on international college campuses that dedicate themselves to promoting Chinese culture and supporting the teaching of the Chinese language.

A report from the UK Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee last year alleged that Confucius Institutes are “Trojan horses” for Chinese soft power and propaganda. Beijing likens the program to similar Western government–backed organizations dedicated to promoting culture and language abroad, such as the UK’s British Council, Germany’s Goethe-Institut and France’s Alliance Française.

A similar controversy over Confucius Institutes has simmered in the United States over the last several years. The US government alleged in 2019 the organizations exercised “undue influence;” the number of Confucius Institutes on US college and university campuses subsequently plummeted from 100 to just five.

The attacks on the program have contributed to a shortage of Chinese language teachers in the United States, threatening cultural ties between the two countries and putting the future of diplomacy between Washington and Beijing in doubt. The United States’ Chinese language interpreter was roundly mocked online after making several major mistakes during a tense US-China summit in Alaska in 2021.

👉 Follow the link for more details

Israel continues crack down on journalists with Al Jazeera raid in West Bank

The Israeli government outraged press freedom advocates when it occupied and forcibly shuttered news broadcaster Al Jazeera’s headquarters in the West Bank, representing the latest escalation of violence in the occupied territory that has often gone overlooked amid the country’s campaign in Gaza.

“Israel said it carried out Saturday’s raid on Al Jazeera’s bureau in the West Bank after concluding that the news network’s offices there were ‘being used to incite terror,’” reported Bloomberg. “An ‘up-to-date intelligence assessment’ determined that ‘the channel’s broadcasts endanger the security and public order,’ the Israel Defense Forces said.”

Staffers at the Ramallah bureau broadcast the initial moments live of the tense confrontation with heavily armed Israeli forces, who ejected workers, confiscated cameras and other equipment and declared the office closed for 45 days.

“Al Jazeera rejects the draconian actions and the unfounded allegations presented by Israeli authorities to justify these illegal raids,” said Al Jazeera in a statement posted to X.

The move comes after the Israeli Knesset voted to close Al Jazeera’s offices in Israel four months ago, raiding the news outlet’s bureaus in Nazareth and East Jerusalem. Legislation passed in May provided Israeli authorities with significant latitude to shut down news outlets accused of threatening Israeli national security.

The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists also slammed the move, saying it was “deeply alarmed” by the forced closure of the Ramallah office.

Al Jazeera denounced the closure of the Ramallah bureau, noting that it lies within territory under the sovereign control of Palestinian authorities under international law. Israel has illegally occupied Gaza and the West Bank since 1967, also seizing control of Syria’s Golan Heights and annexing Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and portions of southern Lebanon until forced to surrender the territory after international pressure.

👉 Follow the link for more details