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[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

New campaign invites Brits, Germans to visit Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.

[Middle East Observer @ME_Observer_]

⚡️ 🚫 Columns of smoke rising as a result of an F-18 fighter jet crash in Washington state a short while ago.

[AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 @AMK_Mapping_]

Yesterday afternoon, Russia attacked the Mayaky Bridge in Odesa Oblast with 2 Kh-59/69 cruise missiles launched by a Su-34 over the western Black Sea. Currently, Geran-2 drones are now attacking this same target.

The Mayaky Bridge is one of two land bridges connecting southern Odesa Oblast with the rest of Ukraine. The other is the Zatoka Bridge, which has also been repeatedly attacked over the last few days.

While the Zatoka Bridge is the only bridge connecting southern Odesa Oblast with the rest of the country that runs entirely through Ukraine, the Mayaky Bridge only runs through a small corner of Moldova Oblast for about 7 km, before returning to Odesa Oblast, meaning it is also used extensively by Ukraine for logistics.

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

Berliner Zeitung reports that sanctions on Russian fish supplies to the EU could backfire on Germany.

Germany has reportedly quadrupled its imports of Russian fish over the past five years, and coastal regions such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania could be hit hardest if supplies are cut.

Industry figures are already warning of job losses.

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

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[NSTRIKE @NSTRIKE1231]

🇷🇺🏦 The governor of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, is under de facto house arrest. This was reported by Dmitry Skorobutov, the former chief editor of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), who is in exile in Switzerland.
🗣️ According to Skorobutov, during a heated debate at the end of May / beginning of June, Nabiullina issued an ultimatum to Putin: she would resign and leave the country if the Russian dictator announced general mobilization for the ongoing war in Ukraine.

This report, if confirmed, points to deep internal fractures within Russia’s top economic and political circles. Nabiullina, long seen as one of the few relatively pragmatic figures in Putin’s entourage, appears to be resisting further radical escalation (such as mass mobilization) due to its potentially catastrophic economic consequences. Her reported confinement highlights the Kremlin’s increasing intolerance for any dissent, even from key technocrats, amid mounting war-related pressures.

Video is generated by grok AI

[AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 @AMK_Mapping_]

It seems that two targets were hit in Zaporizhzhia City, each by 2 KAB glide-bombs.

Based on the trajectory of the glide-bombs, these were the M2 (47.87785, 35.17950) and M3 (47.87329, 35.16170) 150 kV electrical substations, although there is always a margin of error with this.

Power outages are reported in parts of the city.

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

@bneeditor 👍

[Lord Bebo @MyLordBebo]

🇵🇱🇷🇺🇺🇦‼️🚨 FULL TALK: The Polish foreign minister spills the beans in this prank with Vovan and Lexus, a must see!

Checkpoints:
- 0:46 mobilization decision took long
- 1:36 Poland wants to send Ukranians back to fight
- 3:35 corruption can lead to end of support by the west
- 4:16 problems with electricity can make Ukraine uninhabitable
- 5:00 don’t involve many countries in peace negotiations, they don’t care about Ukraine
- 6:54 USA cannot pull out if Ukraine, its credibility is at stake
- 7:38 Trump wants to threaten Russia to get a deal
- 8:56 NATO does not get involved directly, not even shooting down missiles
- 10:05 Poland can train a brigade or two for Ukraine
- 11:04 Ukraine can’t join NATO, until it wins. The membership is a bargaining chip for the west with Russia.
- 12:32 Putin must wonder what NATO could do, so it’s not clarified
- 13:42 Joining the EU will take a decade
- 15:52 EU membership is a question of power, Ukraine and Poland would have more votes than Germany
- 16:44 Poland signed the deal at the Maidan knowing the Ukrainian government will collapse soon
- 18:10 The Polish president wants attention and talks about nukes, but Poland does not want US nukes
- 20:24 Ukrainian nukes were not Ukrainian but Russian
- 20:50 USA knew about NordStream and did not stop it!
- 22:04 Belarus and Russia invite migrants and send them to Poland, up to 400 a day
- 22:44 Belarus cannot be coupled until Russia is not regime changed, Belarus is step two not one
- 24:12 Bye inshallah

Sikorsky thinks he’s talking to former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and really says it all. That’s probably the most important prank of them all!

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

Unauthorised GMO tomatoes found

The Plant Protection Service has discovered the sale of unauthorised genetically modified tomato seedlings in Latvia. The variety in question is dark purple in colour and was developed by a U.S. biotechnology company.

https://t.co/MB4Lpp0vK4

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

Source: https://t.co/r1nSS1XOIu

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

Lithuania today issued an air alert after an unidentified object initially believed to be a drone entered its airspace. Authorities later determined it was a meteorological balloon.

NATO fighter jets were scrambled in response, but the alert was later lifted.

[MenchOsint @MenchOsint]

⭕️ Moment Hezbollah used a surface-to-air missile to shoot down a $10 million lsraeli "Heron 1" Drone in the airspace over Nabatieh.

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

"Merz must go!"

Angry protesters marched today in Munich, Germany

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

The UK's public sector net debt is currently hovering around 94% to 101% of GDP (totaling roughly £2.9 trillion). Meanwhile, the budget deficit (public sector net borrowing) sits at approximately 4.3% to 4.5% of GDP, following an estimated £129 billion in government borrowing. 😆

[Kyrylo Shevchenko @KShevchenkoReal]

📉 UK economy contracted 0.1% in April as Iran war hit — exactly as Europe’s energy crisis deepens.
Wars involving the world’s top energy producers (#MiddleEast countries and Russia) have led to oil and gas shock, surging prices, and strangled growth.
Europe’s industries are paying the price for conflicts in key energy regions. Stagflation risks are rising. #UKEconomy #GlobalEconomy

[Patarames @Pataramesh]

The large radar destroyed in Bahrain a few days ago rises questions

- Qatar's 'billion dollar' AN/FPS-132 radar was spared from destruction and only disabled via drones

- Bahrain's key radar was not attacked at all during the war but pulverized via a ballistic missile strike during the ceasefire phase

➡️ Did Bahrain & Qatar shut the radars down on Iran's request after experiencing Iran's capabilities?
(Iran can verfy via emissions/ELINT)

➡️ In the final phase before a deal, did Iran strike Bahraini and Kuwaiti radars—and, allegedly, Jordanian F-16 ➡️ to compel these last remaining enablers of U.S. operations to protest, once they had paid a price in the form of their own military assets?

[TankerTrackers.com, Inc. @TankerTrackers]

Yet another VLCC (which has been violating US OFAC sanctions on Iran and Venezuela over the past five years) has managed to slip past the US Navy blockade line. Did she do anything fancy? Nahh. The crew simply switched off her AIS transponder. Yet another two million barrels of storage space available, should Iran need it. How are those peace talks coming along?

#OOTT #IranWar #Tankers

(Satellite imagery by ESA Copernicus Sentinel-2)

[MenchOsint @MenchOsint]

🛰📍High resolution satelitte imagery of Jabal al-Dukhan Long Range Radar Site, Bahrain.

Iranian source confirms it was a US-made AN/TPS-59 (and not AR-327 ar suggested previously)

Now it's dust.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

Step one in ensuring that any peace deal has a chance: restrain Israel.

Right now, Israel’s ability to conduct consistent strikes into Iran is heavily dependent on U.S. assistance.

As Israel’s own defense minister spells out below, Israel has different objectives than we do, and it’s clear they will not be inclined to adhere to a peace agreement.

The stated intent runs wholly counter to U.S. objectives, yet Israel cannot sustain wars on multiple fronts without financial and military support from the U.S.

Until they are able to do so, their actions will continue to interfere with our strategic goals and drag the U.S. into conflicts that don’t serve us.

Make no mistake—this is a threat to sabotage our deal. But we can remove the leverage:

Take away the military support we are providing Israel, immediately, to preserve the potential of ending this foolish war.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Deal with Iran scheduled to be signed tomorrow, Trump says on Truth Social

However, Iran has claimed that while the signing could happen in the coming days, it would not be taking place tomorrow

https://t.co/2fQtDXXt1w

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

@dumptheguardian Margus doesn't have a university degree, so I'm happy to help out….

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

Russia produces approximately 3.7 to 4.0 million metric tons of primary aluminum annually, but only consumes around 1.0 to 1.5 million metric tons domestically. This creates a massive structural surplus, meaning Russia exports roughly 70% to 80% of its total aluminum production.

[Margus Tsahkna @Tsahkna]

Russia's defense industry depends on aluminum. Aluminum depends on alumina.

Estonia has proposed an EU ban on alumina exports to Russia. If we are serious about raising the cost of aggression, we must close this loophole.

My op-ed @ERRNews.
https://t.co/vAwSMg1z3i

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

@deputinifier @HerkusBaranausk @MyLordBebo Many get deported, like the 23-year-old who was recently arrested in Northern Ireland. Why feeding all those criminals?

https://t.co/dQtqLf3pNd

[Farnak @Farnakyboy]

@deputinifier @HerkusBaranausk @MyLordBebo Lithuanians who have returned home ⬇️