US Embarks On Proxy War Against Iran

A massive US naval deployment in a wide arc of the so-called Greater Middle East is under way — stretching from Crete in the Eastern Mediterranean, into the Red Sea and the Bab el Mandeb and into the Gulf of Aden and all the way into the Gulf of Oman. This deterrent display may transform as large scale offensive operations and aims to rework the geopolitical alignments and bring them back to the traditional grooves of intra-regional rivalries in the Gulf region.

US Embarks On Proxy War Against Iran

colonel cassad: about complacency

Regarding the articles that have become more frequent in the West about how bad things are with the US in Ukraine. The publication of articles is related to the necessary reflection and anti-crisis, in connection with the collapse of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The consumer needs to explain why everything failed. The US is to blame for not giving something on time. Stupid Ukrainian generals who don’t know how to fight are to blame. Stupid Ukrainian soldiers who can’t use Western equipment are to blame. The bushes are to blame. The Christmas trees are to blame. The weather is to blame. The Russians are to blame. Putin is to blame. And so on, it’s necessary to emphasize. Ukraine will certainly continue to receive money and weapons to continue the war, already under the stories about the “successful offensive in 2024.” The US is not going to curtail the war in Ukraine. Neither now nor in the near future. Work on this is going on regularly. The fact that it has become more difficult to do does not mean that it will be given up and the war will end by itself. The best way to end the war on our terms is the military defeat of the opposing enemy. It will not be possible to achieve it quickly, so we must be ready for a long struggle with the US and NATO in Ukraine.

colonel cassad: about complacency

U.S. intelligence says Ukraine will fail to meet offensive’s key goal + General Frost

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Thwarted by minefields, Ukrainian forces won’t reach the southeastern city of Melitopol, a vital Russian transit hub, according to a U.S. assessment

“Russians are known to be capable of fighting in cold weather,” the official said.

U.S. intelligence says Ukraine will fail to meet offensive’s key goal

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‘General Frost’: How the Russian winter terrified the country’s enemies

Who Really Detonated the Car Bomb That Killed Darya Dugina?

Who Really Detonated the Car Bomb That Killed Darya Dugina, Putin’s Brain’s Child? (Archived)

Darya Dugina, the 29-year-old daughter of Alexander Dugin, often called “Putin’s Brain,” died when the car she was traveling in Saturday evening exploded. Sources have said a remote-controlled device was used to detonate a device affixed to the car’s frame and that it had likely been intended for the father, who changed cars at the last minute as the two traveled to Moscow from a cultural festival they attended together. Alexander Dugin was instead in a car behind his daughter when her car blew up, witnessing the devastating explosion.

On Monday, a former Russian Duma member—the only one to vote against the annexation of Crimea, which landed him an expulsion—instead claimed that the National Republican Army of Russian partisans were behind the attack. Ilya Ponomarev, who lives in Kyiv after being expelled from Russia, said in a broadcast on Telegram that anti-Putin forces were behind it.

The bombing comes just days before Ukraine’s national independence day on Aug. 24. Ukraine President Volodymr Zelensky warned Sunday evening that Russia might do something “particularly ugly” in the leadup to the day.

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Russia’s FSB Releases Footage of Ukrainian Agent Held Responsible for Murder of Daria Dugina

Seems like the National Republican Army is either made up or recently started. Yesterday, I searched for it, on Wikipedia, and the National Republican Party of the Italian Social Republic only came up. Today, Wikipedia has a Russian one, with the headline that it’s slated to be deleted. The Italian one now links to the Russian one, as well. If it was just started, it seems like it may be associated with Alexei Navalny, who’s been accused of being a CIA/MI6 asset. I’ll try to look into Ilya Ponomarev, later.

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Who Killed the POWs at Yelenovka? All Signs on the Ground Point to a Ukrainian Attack

by Eva K Bartlett

It was extremely difficult to witness the charred and twisted remains of Ukrainian POWs in the Yelenovka detention center at first hand. The stench of death was overwhelming. Bodies remained in the ruins and melted into the metal bunk beds they were on at the time of the bombing.

Who Killed the POWs at Yelenovka? All Signs on the Ground Point to a Ukrainian Attack