“The lack of fuel in St. Petersburg has caused transport authorities to say they can no longer run emergency services.”

“Russia’s strike on a Kyiv warehouse destroyed 800,000 books. This isn’t the first time: in 2024, Russia stuck Kharkiv where 80% of Ukrainian books are produced, destroying 50,000. I want to emphasise how extraordinary this is. This isn’t random: this is deliberate targeting of Ukrainian culture.”

“Red Cross warehouses were targeted by Russia. 320,000 relief items worth $1.7 million destroyed. This is not military equipment. This has no use for fighting Russians. Dom touched on the moral aspect of targeting. What is the justification for this?”

“The wargame triggered an international debate. It’s the reason we decided to publish our results in English as well. In this five-part podcast, you’ll hear a simulation of a crisis that many European leaders hope will never happen.”

“In June 2025, Russia seized 480 square kilometres. In June this year, 30. And it cost them nearly 1300 casualties per kilometre.”

“Russia’s shadow fleet has not only been used to evade sanctions, but potentially to launch drones targeting military bases and civilian airports across Europe, raising profound new questions about the Kremlin’s hybrid war against Europe.”

This era of AI is a peculiar form of nightmarish hell in which it is impossible to get customer support.

“The MOU is truly an indictment of years of Trump policy & more than years of neocon/hardline theory of the case. So, if you want to look for silver linings in what for has been a thoroughly disastrous war for everyone concerned, maybe it will discredit those Americans still calling for more force.”

“The US military should be one tool in a broader national security toolbox of wise decision-making that takes into account the concerns & needs of US allies & partners. The US on its own is not good for the international system, & it’s not good for Americans, American safety, security & prosperity.”

“Because of how this war was fought, at a strategic level the United States has made itself less safe, and it’s made the international community less safe.”

“President Zelensky says the equipment Russia has been using to extend the range of drones flying into Ukraine has stopped. He put an ultimatum to Alexander Lukashenko, saying if they weren’t gone by Friday he would do it for him. The equipment stopped operating on Belarussian territory on June 22.”

“What does this tell you about the rottenness of Putin’s state? He and his cronies have robbed the country blind — they launched a vanity project war — and yet there’s no money to spend on the victims of the war, your own soldiers, not enough money for prosthetic legs for amputees.”

“Ukraine’s MOD has just put out the blueprints for all Russian equipment they’ve captured over the last 4.5 yrs, available to governments & partners. They’re showing all components, how these things are made, basically saying don’t buy Russian stuff bc everybody can now work out how to defeat it.”

“Putin spends most of his time micromanaging the war effort & receives briefings from Gerasimov, his top commander, as much as twice a day. That’s Hitler levels of obsession. To quote a former senior Kremlin official, ‘He thinks it’s a question of time: it might be faster or slower, but he’ll get 1/

“No clear explanation emerged as to why Costa, who has made maintaining the unity of the 27 a central theme of his presidency, decided it was the right time to reach out to Moscow.”

“It does narrow Putin’s options. If attacks on Moscow like this continue, you either escalate the war—do a full mobilisation, make it clear with the amount of air defence that’s going to be required in major cities that this war is ramping up—or you calculate that actually you need to deescalate.”

Absolutely extraordinary footage of Moscow on fire.

“Laura Loomer admits she fell for Russian propaganda.” Hell is freezing over.

“A security guard was heard referring to ‘background actors’ on the footage of an impromptu Putin walkabout.”

“The Trump administration really needs to start monitoring their bank accounts, looking into who’s paying Tucker, Candace Owens, all these right-wing podcasters all of a sudden [sic] rallying in support of our adversaries, Iran and Russia and China.” Who’s paying? Iran and Russia and China ofc.

“Those on the yacht claim there were no flares or radio calls & allegations they were on a collision course are not true. Given in the same week the shadow tanker carrying sanctioned Russian oil was seized by Royal Marines, many are interpreting this as deliberate provocation by the Russian Navy.”

“The Kremlin is now spending two-thirds of all its tax receipts on funding its war in Ukraine. A massive number. This is up from about 43% this time last year.”

Bellingcat analysis.

Interesting article.

Good god. These russians are utterly bestial.

America alone.

Terrorist state russia never dissapoints in sinking even lower, now they attacked a horse riding school in Sumy!🤬 #russia #russiaIsATerroristState #Sumy #Ukraine

“Cyber operations often reflect the culture and psychology of the state behind them … If we look at Russia, especially operations in the lead-up to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine and onwards, their cyber operations almost always reflect a sense of cruelty.”

“Russia is like a cornered rat that will lash out in all directions.”

“This … illustrates Trump’s view of global politics: States are just a bunch of playing cards that he can rearrange at will, which makes watching him talk about foreign policy this way like watching someone cheating at solitaire.”

Russian sabotage attacks on Europe since 2022 as part of its hybrid warfare campaign, which aims to deprive Kyiv of support, create divisions among Europeans, identify security weak spots, and consume investigative and security resources. apnews.com/projects/rus...

“The nuclear issue has been very, very useful for the Iranians. By having the US focus on the nuclear issue, we’re not talking about the actual capacities that Iran has used very effectively to bring the US to a halt: its missile program, its drone program, and its closure of the Strait.”

“The Australian Federal Police are investigating claims that Israeli forces raped and tortured a group of activists who were detained after trying to deliver aid to Gaza by boat.”

“Police in Poland are investigating the execution-style murder of a Russian artist and vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin. The 44-year-old was shot five times in the head, chest and back in a car park in the city located about 600m from the Belarusian consulate.”

“The UK MoD has revealed details of a nuclear-powered attack submarine providing diversion while 2 specialised spy submarines from Russia’s main directorate of deep-sea research were surveying vulnerable seafloor infrastructure. Our response was to just watch them. Why don’t they just sink them?”

“A nice riposte to people who say God save the King implies fealty to an absolute monarch. It absolutely doesn’t: it’s a tribute to the constitutional settlement of 1688–9, praising a king willing to uphold the laws issued by parliament. Absolutely not a celebration of the divine right of kings.”

“The American and French revolutionary states have to draw up constitutions from scratch, whereas Britain’s constitution is unwritten, of great pride to the British. They don’t need newfangled constitutions because theirs stretches back over the centuries, ultimately to the Anglo-Saxons.”

“The message from Jerusalem: the deal is short-sighted. Hormuz shouldn’t be the main issue, the nuclear question should be. If you make a deal now, Iran’ll rush for a bomb, close the Strait again & you won’t be able to do anything because they’ve got a bomb. Trump needs to go back & finish the job.”

“The war has been a disaster for Trump and his aims in Iran are unmet.”

“As Rabobank’s Michael Every put it yesterday: ‘The agreement is not really a “deal” at all, or even a deal to have a deal, but rather a memorandum of understanding staking out a framework to discuss a deal over the next 60 days.’”

“Mr Wale has made a sharp pivot towards Australia since taking office, kickstarting negotiations on a new treaty and promising to review the China–Solomon Islands security pact, although he has backtracked on a previous commitment to publish the text of the contentious agreement.”

“The agreement between the United States and Iran fits with a pattern from Donald Trump where the signing of a deal appears to be the major goal and the details often seem a distant secondary consideration.”

Russians bombed Kharkiv zoo (again) killing several animals. 😥

“The Trump administration has claimed South Africa tacitly supports persecution of white Afrikaner farmers — claims not backed by facts. White Africans are less than 10% of the country’s population, own more than 70% of the land.”

“Russian supersonic bomber crashes in Siberia during training exercise.” Good to see russia denazifying itself.

“Hungarian MPs approve PM limits to block potential return of Orbán.”

“EU officially launches Ukraine and Moldova accession process.”

“It’s an appalling outcome for Iranian people but for the regime, if they’re handed $12b before talks have even begun, all they have actually given is to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which was open at the beginning of this war. So, huge concessions by Trump. He’s paying them to reopen the Strait.”

Did anyone wish Trump happy birthday who actually meant it?

“A lot of this MOU matches quite closely an article former Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif wrote in April. He talks about 3.67% … also, the nuclear program hasn’t done us any good, maybe it is time to knock it on the head, we survived this war, we didn’t need a nuke to do it.”