Anti-corruption raid in Iraq shocks officials
Authorities searching the home of Iraqi MP Hind Al-Abbasi uncovered a staggering stash: $57 million in cash, 27 kg of gold, and even gold-made underwear.
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Anti-corruption raid in Iraq shocks officials
Authorities searching the home of Iraqi MP Hind Al-Abbasi uncovered a staggering stash: $57 million in cash, 27 kg of gold, and even gold-made underwear.
Hi, since it’s the end of the month, I decided to summarize Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries. I’ve divided it into 6 posts, which will be published daily this week around 6 p.m. If you’d like to read the full article, including tables and photos, check out my Substack - the link is at the end of this post.
June 2026 became the heaviest month yet for Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian oil. Kyiv calls it the "long-range sanctions" plan, and the logic is simple: hit the refineries that fund the war and force its cost onto Russia's home front. The month opened in the south and quickly reached Russia's second city.
On the night of June 1–2, drones set fire to the Ilsky refinery in Krasnodar Krai, an export plant processing about 138,000 barrels per day. By the opposition outlet Astra's count, it was at least the 16th strike on Ilsky since 2022 - a deliberate pattern of returning to damaged plants so repair crews never fully catch up. No casualties were reported, though debris fell on a residential building in Slavyansk-on-Kuban. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed 148 drones intercepted across nine regions and the Azov and Black Seas.
Two nights later, the campaign jumped roughly 1,000 km north. On June 2–3 the St. Petersburg refinery caught fire, and a Stereguschiy-class corvette was hit at the Kronstadt base, headquarters of Russia's Baltic Fleet. The timing was pointed - it landed on the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russia's flagship investment showcase, less than 20 km away. ISW confirmed one large petroleum reservoir destroyed, six others damaged, and two technical overpasses hit.
Ukraine came back on June 6 in what regional governor Aleksandr Drozdenko called an "unprecedented attack." Drones traveled about 1,000 km to reach naval arsenals and Kronstadt; three people were injured in St. Petersburg and more than 600 residents were evacuated from Bolshaya Izhora. The same night, two of occupied Crimea's largest oil depots - Feodosia and Semikolodezanskaya - were struck, plus a fuel depot in Krasnodar Krai with at least three tanks ablaze.
The point of hitting St. Petersburg was less about raw refining capacity than reach and symbolism. Striking Russia's second city during a flagship summit, while degrading naval and fuel sites, put the campaign on front pages worldwide and told Moscow no region sat beyond range. It set the tone for everything that followed in June: depth, persistence, and a willingness to time strikes for maximum political effect.
A note on numbers throughout this series: interception figures come from Russia's Defense Ministry and regional governors and are best read as claims. Damage assessments blend Ukraine's General Staff, OSINT channels like Astra, NASA FIRMS heat data, and Western wire reporting.
Here's a link to the full article, I hope you enjoy reading it - https://t.co/A7pvnuhBiL
The video shows the moment a Ukrainian drone struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg
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On this day in 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner Group, launched one of the most dramatic challenges to Vladimir Putin’s rule. Angered by what he said was the Russian military command’s reckless sacrifice of Wagner fighters in the brutal battle for Bakhmut, Prigozhin turned his forces against Moscow’s military leadership. Wagner troops seized key sites in Rostov-on-Don, rolled out tanks and armoured vehicles, and began what he called a “march of justice” towards Moscow.
As the convoy advanced, Wagner forces shot down an IL-22 command aircraft and five military helicopters sent to monitor and stop them.But the rebellion never reached Moscow. After a phone call with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin abruptly called off the march and agreed to relocate some of his fighters to Belarus. Just two months later, Prigozhin and several of his closest associates were killed
🔹Dear John Paradza: You are asking for the location of the car given to Matinyarare, but on what authority do you claim to be above the law? How are you above the law? If you are above the law, kindly repossess all the vehicles that were gifted to individuals by Wicknell Chivayo, TEMU president, your boss, and Tungwarara. If you truly have the executive power to repossess assets, you should go after all vehicles, ka 🤷🏽♀���!
The constitutional amendment is bad for our democracy and will be resisted to the last Zimbabwean standing. Yet within it lie the seeds of ZANU-PF’s destruction, whether it passes or not. We shall not tire. We shall not rest. Every advantage will be pursued to its legitimate limits.
Apostle Talent Chiwenga raises very pertinent matters here. How can a #pastor reconcile receiving a car from #oligarchs and the same oligarchs pushing policies that destroy innocent and poor people's homes? How do you reconcile your joy for the cars versus empty hospitals
Keir, thank you for all our cooperation, your support, and the joint decisions that have helped make our Europe and our protection of life stronger.
The United Kingdom has been, is, and will remain among the world’s leaders. Here in Ukraine, we deeply value Britain, and every meeting and every conversation we have had has always been filled with real substance.
Thank you for always being in touch, always engaged, and always striving to do what is needed and what will truly help.
I wish the United Kingdom and all British people every success as well as realisation of your national goals. We have confidence in Britain.
Keir, you are always a welcome guest in Ukraine.
@Keir_Starmer
Russian lawmakers want children prepared for war with NATO starting in 5th grade
Members of the State Duma say Russian schoolchildren should begin receiving full-scale military training immediately after elementary school.
According to lawmakers, such classes are necessary to prepare for a potential future confrontation with NATO and the EU.
Why stop there? Just hand out draft notices and assault rifles in the maternity ward.
ED is a good man, and Chiwenga is also a good man. Both of them are good brothers. The real problem is the vultures around them, and everywhere else. Our problems are few, and solutions are available. Cut off the tender mafia, and everyone will obey the Constitution
“Crimea will bring Moscow down. It is the point of psychological collapse,” said Robert Brovdi about the peninsula’s future.
The commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces outlined what he described as a roadmap for the further demilitarization of Crimea: a “complete collapse of air defenses,” destruction of the remaining fleet, strikes against shadow logistics networks, resource depletion, an energy wasteland, a transportation lockdown, and a tourism default.
According to him, the Kremlin will cling to Crimea until the very end because it views the peninsula as the war’s most important trophy and a symbol of its imperial ambitions.
However, he argues that using Crimea as a staging ground for attacks against Ukraine is increasingly becoming “a military absurdity.”
The Voronezh Semiconductor Factory, which provides computer products to the Russian Defense Ministry for use in Kh-101 and Iskander-K cruise missiles as well as the Pantsir-S1 air-defense system, appears to have been entirely destroyed in this morning’s cruise missile attack by Ukraine.