Alex Mitchell
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. The Union Forever.
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Evergreen Intel
6 months ago
Good morning. With the addition of 4 tankers out of New Jersey, there are now at least 32 tankers observed in the overnight group. A considerable portion went to MorĂłn Air Base in Spain, with others on to UK, Germany, Italy and 1 to Estonia. A few pressed on to CENTCOM AOR.
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Shipwreck
6 months ago
In response to IAEA: Iran orders launching a new enrichment center at "a secure location" & replacement of IR-1 centrifuges with advanced IR-6 ones at Fordow underground nuclear facility.
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Aron Lund
6 months ago
The U.S. Ambassador to Israel says the United States no longer supports a two-state solution. When asked to comment, the U.S. State Department can’t say whether that’s actually U.S. policy and suggests asking the White House instead. Lara Jakes,
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/w...
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Huckabee Says Muslim Nations Should Give Their Own Land for Palestinian State
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/middleeast/mike-huckabee-israel-palestinian-state.html
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Anne Applebaum
6 months ago
"Reducing US military aid to Ukraine will neither lead to a sustainable peace in Ukraine nor compel Russian President Vladimir Putin to reassess his theory of victory"
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Institute for the Study of War
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated on June 10 that the United States intends to reduce its budget for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine in 2026.
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-11-2025-0
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A run through the campaign might be in the cards
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There is zero pressure on Russia to do anything but continue the war.
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H I Sutton
6 months ago
**Operation Spiders Web** I resisted a hot take. So, on sober reflection… Op Spiderweb was one of the most impressive, and strategic attacks ever. Short thread 🧵
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Institute for the Study of War
6 months ago
NEW: Kremlin officials and the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on June 8 that Russian forces reached the Donetsk-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border and are conducting offensive operations into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — an oblast that Russia has not illegally declared as annexed.
isw.pub/UkrWar060825
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NOELREPORTS
6 months ago
Alert: Up to 600 drones are expected over Ukraine tonight, primarily approaching from the north, with potential launches from multiple directions, monitoring sources report. Repeated and additional launches are reportedly already underway, especially from Russia’s Kursk region.
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Shipwreck
6 months ago
"Trump should know that we will not go below 20 percent enrichment, and our uranium stockpile will never leave the country," said Mahmoud Nabavian, the deputy chairman of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy committee.-Iran Intl
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Shipwreck
6 months ago
Ukraine's Operation “Spiderweb” is just the beginning—Ukrainian intel is preparing more sophisticated operations.-WaPo
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ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants
The ICE officers and deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the East African nation of Djibouti. They also face the threat of malaria and rocket attacks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/05/djibouti-deportations-migrants-ice-trump/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ5MDk2MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUwNDc4Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDkwOTYwMDAsImp0aSI6ImMxNmEzMzNlLWYxYTctNGQ1Ni1hNzRiLWNmZmZiNjRlMmM1NiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi8yMDI1LzA2LzA1L2RqaWJvdXRpLWRlcG9ydGF0aW9ucy1taWdyYW50cy1pY2UtdHJ1bXAvIn0.gTsfYG3cfcmsNG_1zvkbXZydFy2eljbQ88evq2gwmg8
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Speaking of children in a park who just need to fight it out…
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Oliver Alexander
6 months ago
AI generated “satellite image” slop is becoming a real problem and spreading like wildfire. This will become the “video game footage” of 2025 and is even harder for the average person to notice. The details are more important than ever to noticing these fakes.
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The Kyiv Independent
6 months ago
⚡️ Trump privately praises Ukraine's drone strike on Russian bombers as 'badass,' Axios reports. While U.S. President Donald Trump has remained silent in public about the attack, he reportedly expressed enthusiasm behind closed doors.
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Trump privately praises Ukraine's drone strike on Russian bombers as 'badass,' Axios reports
While Trump has remained silent in public about the attack, he reportedly expressed enthusiasm behind closed doors.
https://kyivindependent.com/trump-privately-praises-ukraines-drone-strike-on-russian-bombers-as-badass-axios-reports/
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Incredible results from a historic operation.
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Molly McKew
6 months ago
Don’t understand why this story isn’t leading every American outlet and news broadcast. This is unspeakably bad for Russia.
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What a shame
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦
6 months ago
⚡️ The special operation "Web", as a result of which the SBU hit 41 Russian strategic aircraft, was prepared for more than a year and a half. This operation was extremely complex from a logistical point of view. The SBU first transported FPV drones to Russia, and later - mobile wooden houses.
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Wishful thinking
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CNN
7 months ago
At least 12 people were killed overnight in Russia's largest aerial bombardment on Ukraine, even as the two sides swapped hundreds of prisoners:
cnn.it/3ZvN9tY
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Russia launches largest aerial assault on Ukraine, killing at least 12, despite major prisoner swap | CNN
Russia launched its largest aerial assault of its three-year war on Ukraine overnight, targeting the capital and other regions with missiles and drones for a second night in a row, even as the two sid...
https://cnn.it/3ZvN9tY
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The Kyiv Independent
7 months ago
⚡️US silence 'encourages Putin', Zelensky says after massive Russian attack. Following a deadly overnight attack on May 25, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that "America’s silence, and the silence of others around the world, only encourages Putin."
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US silence 'encourages Putin', Zelensky says after massive Russian attack
"Without really strong pressure on the Russian leadership, this brutality cannot be stopped. Sanctions will definitely help," Zelensky wrote in a post on Telegram on May 25.
https://kyivindependent.com/americas-silence-encourages-putin-zelensky-says-after-massive-russian-attack/
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Senators Grassley, Klobuchar lead introduction of resolution calling for return of kidnapped Ukrainian children
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) led a bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday in introducing a resolution calling for the return of abducted Ukrainian children before ...
https://www.kaaltv.com/news/senators-grassley-klobuchar-lead-introduction-of-resolution-calling-for-return-of-kidnapped-ukrainian-children/
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Chris Geidner
7 months ago
This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.
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Eliot Higgins
7 months ago
đź§µ The CNN piece on Bongino and Patel is one of the clearest real-world examples of a key phenomenon in disordered discourse: The agents who stoke it can become its victims, especially when their disordered discourse meets the reality of the institutions it captures.
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Maria Popova
7 months ago
A pointer for journalists writing recaps of the Trump-Pu call: the call made no progress towards ending the war. Pu refused an unconditional ceasefire and repeated Ru’s 2022 objective of conquering Ukraine. Trump didn’t pressure Pu but stuck to the strategy of trying to coax w a Ru-US reset promise.
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Institute for the Study of War
7 months ago
NEW: Russian forces conducted the largest single drone strike of the war against Ukraine on the night of May 17 to 18 – in disregard of US President Donald Trump's calls for Russia to stop long-range strikes against Ukraine, particularly against Kyiv Oblast.🧵 (1/3)
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He’s not the only one
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Kate from Kharkiv
7 months ago
I've been reading about the planned 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner of war exchange between Ukraine and Russia. It's striking that three categories are involved: civilians, soldiers—and CHILDREN. Once again, Russia has stolen Ukrainian children to fully treat them as hostages.
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Except they aren’t even pretending
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Malachy Browne
7 months ago
In 30 days, the Houthis shot down seven MQ-9 drones (around $30 million each). Several F-16s & an F-35 fighter jet were nearly hit. Two pilots & a flight deck crew member were injured when two F/A-18 Super Hornets fell into the Red Sea from an aircraft carrier 10 days apart
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Why Trump Suddenly Declared Victory Over the Houthi Militia (Gift Article)
The militant group in Yemen was still firing at ships and shooting down drones, while U.S. forces were burning through munitions.
https://nyti.ms/3H4z4x8
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Institute for the Study of War
7 months ago
NEW: Russian officials appear to be setting conditions for Russian President Vladimir Putin to reject Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's invitation to meet on May 15 in Istanbul for bilateral ceasefire negotiations. (1/3) Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment May 12 2025:
isw.pub/UkrWar051225
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The Kyiv Independent
7 months ago
⚡️ 'Clock is ticking' — Germany gives Russia until midnight to implement ceasefire, threatens sanctions.
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'Clock is ticking' — Germany gives Russia until midnight to implement ceasefire, threatens sanctions
"The clock is ticking — we still have twelve hours until the end of this day," German government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius reportedly said.
https://kyivindependent.com/germany-gives-russia-until-midnight-to-implement-ceasefire-threatens-sanctions/
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Institute for the Study of War
7 months ago
Russian officials appear to be trying to define the conditions of any and all ceasefires in a way that facilitates further Russian battlefield gains in the short term and supports Russia's ability to attack Ukraine again in the future. ⬇️
isw.pub/UkrWar051025
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Institute for the Study of War
7 months ago
NEW: Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected another US-Ukrainian general ceasefire proposal on May 10. Read more in the May 10, 2025 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment:
isw.pub/UkrWar051025
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Bob Cratchit's Union Rep
7 months ago
“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration
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Euan MacDonald
7 months ago
Russia has largely halted air attacks on Ukraine to give the impression of a "ceasefire", but don't be fooled - fighting on the ground continues, with Russian forces attacking, and accusing the Ukrainians of breaking the ceasefire when they return fire.
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Ukraine labels Russian ceasefire a farce after reports of hundreds of violations
A three-day truce was called by Vladimir Putin ahead of Russia's World War Two Victory Day celebrations.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8zlyynjv4o
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Sean T. Collins
7 months ago
We need educators like this
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Institute for the Study of War
7 months ago
NEW: Ukrainian forces continued limited attacks across the international border near Tetkino and Novyi Put, Kursk Oblast. Ukrainian forces also continued drone, air, and artillery strikes aimed at isolating Russian units in and near Tetkino. Latest on Ukraine:
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Institute for the Study of War
7 months ago
NEW: The Houthis have learned that they can disrupt international shipping markets at any time and for any reason of their choosing with minimal consequences. đź§µ(1/3) Iran Update, May 6, 2025 w/
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The US sure seems to be losing a lot of fixed wing aircraft.
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Getting this before the tariffs hit.
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Yeah, they’ve been there for about 6 months
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