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[Euromaidan Press @EuromaidanPress]

Moscow put a German carnival artist on trial for making fun of Putin. His response? Three new Putin floats rolling through Dusseldorf at the Rose Monday carnival.

One shows Putin impaling a tiny jester — who strikes back with a cardboard clapper.

Another has Putin steering an AfD drone. The third: Putin and Trump eating Europe together.
"It is only made of cardboard, it can't kill," said Jacques Tilly, who faces up to 10 years in Russian prison.

He called it "a propaganda trial of a totalitarian regime" and says the verdict is probably already decided: "many, many years in a labor camp."

Other carnival satire targets included German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Jeffrey Epstein as a papier-mache devil, and Trump harassing the Statue of Liberty.

🔗 https://t.co/aPBp8iLyvn

[The Hormuz Report @HormuzReport]

BREAKING: The U.S. is now directly posturing for a large-scale attack, with intense Air Force activity across the Middle East and particularly near southern Iran.

At least seven U.S. aerial refueling tankers are operating over the Persian Gulf, while an MQ-4C Triton conducted a reconnaissance flight just hours ago. Iranian media is also reporting unidentified fighter jets over Bandar Abbas, though the claim has not been independently verified.

The activity comes directly after Iran’s Central Military Command warned it had intelligence indicating possible renewed U.S. strikes and threatened retaliation against American bases and interests across the region.

Tankers are surging. Reconnaissance aircraft are active. Unknown jets are reportedly over southern Iran. Tehran is warning of an attack.

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

NEW: Yemeni government-aligned forces are reportedly repelling Houthi attempts to advance on several fronts in southwestern Yemen on September 13. The current fighting between the Houthis and government forces takes place three days after the Houthis seized a significant stretch of Red Sea coastline near the Bab al Mandeb.

The Houthis do not appear to have made any significant advances towards Ras al Ara or further into Lahij Governorate since September 12. Forces affiliated with the internationally recognized Yemeni government, including the Southern Giants Brigades and Homeland Shield Forces, appear to be repelling Houthi attempts to advance east.

The Houthis are also attempting to advance along multiple axes through mountainous territory in Waziyah and Shamayatan districts. ROYG forces have repelled several Houthi attempts to seize villages in these districts, according to local media. Houthi control over this terrain could reinforce Houthi positions along the coast while also contributing to the Houthi effort to isolate the city of Taiz.

The Houthis have also continued to bombard Taiz City with missiles and artillery, including through significant pressure on the city’s eastern flank. Government forces briefly closed the city’s eastern entrance after Houthi artillery damaged it. Houthi reinforcements from Ibb are reportedly moving towards al Hawban, east of the Taiz.

A Houthi projectile damaged several buildings in al Tuwal, near the Saudi-Yemeni border, on September 13. The attack is part of the broader Houthi effort to raise political and economic costs for Saudi Arabia by targeting oil infrastructure and military positions in Saudi territory. Consolidated Houthi positions along the southern Red Sea coastline could also improve Houthi capabilities to pressure Saudi Arabia by more effectively enforcing their blockade on Saudi ports and vessels.

ISW-CTP will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as events warrant.

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Iranian forces struck another ship as it transited the US-secured lane in the Strait of Hormuz tonight -UKMTO

Locals reported multiple explosions coming from the Strait tonight.

[od2 @iceddri]

Alarming and tragic

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. officials have linked high resolution satellite imagery obtained by Iran from Chinese entities to the July 17 Iranian missile strike on Muwaffaq al Salti Air Base in Jordan that killed three U.S. troops and wounded several others. The below video from Muwaffaq al Salti Air Base first surfaced within hours of the attack.

The officials did not identify the Chinese entities or allege that the Chinese government was directly involved. They say Iran obtained imagery both before and after the attack, and that the finding is the clearest evidence so far of Chinese support having lethal consequences for U.S. forces. China has rejected the allegations and demanded proof.

The report also says that U.S. officials are also concerned Chinese assistance could be helping Iran track American naval forces. That concern comes as Iran's ability to target moving U.S. warships has appeared to improve during recent attacks.

The Trump administration has previously sanctioned Chinese satellite companies over imagery it said could be used to target U.S. forces. The latest finding comes ahead of a planned Sept. 24 meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Source: https://t.co/JPqjuSWPdd

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Trump abandoned Saudi Arabia, refusing it help in the fight against the Houthis

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Trump twice and asked him to join the strikes against the Houthis, but the White House refused.

At the moment, the United States is providing only intelligence support and does not want to enter a direct conflict.

Previously, Saudi Arabia believed it could handle the Houthis on its own, but the situation has changed sharply.

The Houthis, with Iranian support, are conducting a determined offensive against government forces, aiming to capture all of Yemen and, above all, the strategically important access to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

The Yemeni army is fleeing and is not putting up serious resistance to the Houthis.

Oil has risen to its highest level since May, and the Kremlin is already rubbing its hands with satisfaction.

[U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM]

🚫CLAIM: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in a recent statement that strikes by U.S. forces to prevent the IRGC from placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz were an “act of aggression.” This claim is absolutely FALSE.

✅FACT: U.S. forces took limited, precise action against IRGC minelaying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz. In essence, Iran created the threat and the U.S. military eliminated it to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce.

[Olga Bazova @OlgaBazova]

The Prime Minister of Ukraine has acknowledged that an ammo depot exploded near Kiev.

➖"The terrible tragedy in Vishneve [where a missile depot recently exploded] has not served as a lesson," commented Koretsky, referring to the explosions with detonations near the Zhytomyr highway.
▪️The Prime Minister of Ukraine called the repetition of the same mistakes in the fifth year of the full-scale war "criminal negligence" and demanded that law enforcement agencies take immediate action and strictly punish all those responsible.
▪️Rescue workers, police, bomb disposal experts, and emergency services are continuing to work at the scene.
▪️New videos of the massive fire at the exploded depot near Kiev are emerging.

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

MORE: Iran is facing an acute fuel crisis, which has been exacerbated by the US naval blockade. 🧵(1/3)

The lack of trade during the war has also led to shortages in foreign currency and basic goods, causing hyperinflation, all of which have reduced Iranians’ purchasing power and deteriorated Iran’s economic conditions.

[ping @alicejy1]

突发：乌军刚刚用英国“风暴阴影”和法国 SCALP 巡航导弹，把俄罗斯第 51 集团军位于顿涅茨克的总部给全爆了！

最新前线消息：导弹��接砸中了正在召开的俄军高级将领会议！据传第 51 集团军参谋长、作战处处长当场被送走，另有 48 名核心指挥人员失踪。现场至少13次剧烈爆炸，防空系统完全成了摆设。

13 枚导弹定点清除，防空系统当场瘫痪，沦为国际笑话！

最绝的是，当时这帮俄军高级将领正在里面开密会，做着吞并红军村的美梦，结果直接被导弹物理物理送走。

传闻参谋长、作战处长当场变成灰，核心指挥层 48 个人整整齐齐去见上帝！

负责前线指挥的“大脑”直接被炸成浆糊，这下第 51 集团军彻底变成无头苍蝇了。

这就是传说中“不可战胜”的绍伊古式防空？

[od2 @iceddri]

Something is brewing.

[Kongar @ultrarrow]

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin:

ABD geçmişte en ağır askerî müdahalelerini, kendi topraklarından binlerce kilometre uzakta ve Birleşmiş Milletler Güvenlik Konseyi'nden herhangi bir yetki almadan gerçekleştirdi. Yugoslavya'yı hangi gerekçeyle bombaladılar? Yugoslavya nerede, ABD nerede? Bir Avrupa başkentini vurma hakkını onlara kim verdi? Kendileri karar verdiler, müttefikleri de peşlerinden gitti. Uluslararası hukuk anlayışları bundan ibaretti.

Irak'ı işgal etme gerekçeleri neydi? Kitle imha silahları. Ülkeye girdiler, Irak'ı yıkıma sürüklediler, uluslararası terörizmin yayılması için uygun bir ortam yarattılar ve ardından, “İstihbaratımız bizi yanılttı.” dediler. Bir ülkeyi yerle bir ettikten sonra bunun bir hata olduğunu söylediğinizi düşünün: Ortada kitle imha silahı yokmuş.

Peki Suriye'ye nasıl girdiler? Birleşmiş Milletler Güvenlik Konseyi bunların herhangi birine yetki verdi mi? İstediklerini yaptılar. Ancak Ukrayna'da yaşananlar bizim için binlerce kilometre uzakta değil; doğrudan kapımızın dibinde. Şunu anlamaları gerekiyor: Bizim artık geri çekilebileceğimiz başka bir yer yok.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Days before the start of large-scale combat operations against Iran in late February, President Trump summoned his Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to the Oval Office in order to ask her if a war with Iran would work and successfully topple the Islamic Regime, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Gabbard outlined running assessments from the U.S. intelligence community, telling Trump that killing Iran’s supreme leader would likely usher in a more hard-line regime open to acquiring nuclear weapons, while the IRGC would rush to close the Strait of Hormuz, destabilizing the global energy market, and strike U.S. forces and partners across the Middle East.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

The UK Ministry of Defense has discovered that the Royal Navy’s new fleet of spy drones, being operated by elements of the Royal Marines since March, have been secretly transmitting information from the drone’s primary camera to China, according to an investigation from The Telegraph.

Components of the camera on the K3 Scout, a 27-foot-long multirole uncrewed surface vessel (drone boat) built by Kraken Technology in the United Kingdom, were produced in and secretly transmitting data to a device in China. An investigation into the drones revealed that the cameras were transmitting “heartbeat communications” – data to confirm they were online and functioning normally – to an IP address in China.

[od2 @iceddri]

Birth right prevails

[SCOTUS Wire @scotus_wire]

🚨 The Supreme Court has issued its judgment in the birthright citizenship case. The Court held that children born in the U.S. to parents present unlawfully or temporarily are citizens at birth.

Despite President Trump's announcement, the United States did not seek rehearing.

[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

1/ President Alexander Lukashenko's unscheduled two-day meeting with Vladimir Putin is attracting interest and speculation from Russian commentators. Unusually, there has been no official comment about what was discussed, nor even a photo of the two leaders meeting. ⬇️

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐇𝐌𝐀𝐃 𝐕𝐀𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐈��𝐍-𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆

The Institute for the Study of War reports that IRGC Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and his inner circle have 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 over not only Iran’s military response but its 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 as well.

This confirms what the world watched in real time: Foreign Minister Araghchi announced the Strait was open, and 𝐕𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢’𝐬 𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐂 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭, fired on oil tankers, and called Araghchi an “idiot” on state media.

The diplomats have been sidelined. The IRGC is running the show. And 𝐕𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢—𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒 𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐀 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚—is now the one making calls on war and peace.

𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 “𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧” 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬�� 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲.

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘚𝘵��𝘥𝘺𝘰𝘧𝘞𝘢𝘳

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

“China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz. I am doing it for them, also - And the World. This situation will never happen again. They have agreed not to send weapons to Iran…” - President Donald J. Trump

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇲🇾 Malaysia just seized two tankers caught doing illegal ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Malacca Strait, the same waters where Russian and Iranian crude quietly changes hands out of sight.

The U.S. blockades Hormuz. Malaysia cleans up the backdoor.

The shadow fleet is having a very bad week.

[358ちゃん @max358japan]

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