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[SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre @StratcomCentre]

Russia is expanding infrastructure for launching drones near the border with Belarus.

Radio Liberty journalists, after analyzing satellite images and open data, identified at least five new launch pads for attack UAVs in the Bryansk, Orel, and Smolensk regions of Russia.

▪️ Some of the new facilities are located just a few dozen kilometers from the Belarusian border.

▪️ The largest complex near the village of Tsimbulova in the Orel region was previously called by Russian media the "largest drone port in the world".

▪️ According to Ukrainian military sources, most Russian drones use routes through Belarus or along the Belarusian-Ukrainian border during mass attacks, which complicates the work of Ukrainian air defense systems.

▪️ In Belarus itself, they admit that drones violate the country's airspace almost daily. In just one week of May, they recorded 116 such incidents.

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

This feels increasingly desperate...

[SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre @StratcomCentre]

Russian State Duma Deputy and propagandist General Andrey Gurulev proudly admits to war crimes, the murder of women and children, during the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Video from @den_kazansky

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

The "governor" of Russian occupied Crimea once again relays a dose of bad news to the 10's of thousands of hopeful residents that are currently sitting in fuel lines all over the penninsula - NO GAS.

[Shadow IND @ShadowIND_IN]

The whole country has woken up.

From Muzaffarabad to Rawalakot, the streets are packed. PoJK civilians are out in huge numbers, and Rawalakot is becoming the center of a massive showdown.

The message is getting louder with every hour.

[DroneBomber @DrnBmbr]

🇺🇦23:25 | 09/06

Approximate flight routes of our UAVs:

🔴 Red arrows — directions of strike UAV movement;

According to Russian sources, around 280 drones were reported, though these estimates and the displayed routes remain highly approximate.

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

NEW: ISW and @criticalthreats are monitoring reports of additional US strikes in Iran as of 5:36 PM ET on June 10. We will provide more details on the US strikes in our June 11 morning thread and evening update. MORE ⬇️

▪️ Iran is using force, combined with the threat to suspend US-Iran negotiations, to try to deter the United States from conducting further attacks on Iran that would likely make it more difficult for Iran to achieve its strategic objectives, which include solidifying control over the Strait of Hormuz and preserving the Axis of Resistance. US forces struck around 20 targets in southern Iran, including air defenses, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites, on June 9 in response to Iran’s drone attack that downed a US Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman on June 8.

▪️ Iran has repeatedly used calibrated force as part of a series of campaigns to try to achieve its strategic objectives. Iran launched missiles at Israel on June 7 to pressure US President Donald Trump to convince Israel to halt its operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon. These attacks were part of a broader Iranian effort to preserve Hezbollah, which it views as a key pillar of its deterrence strategy vis-a-vis Israel and the United States.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

I do not feel comfortable to say a word in defense of Trump's actions, but he should not be blamed for killing NATO. He has buried it, but the alliance effectively died when Obama in 2014 and, especially, Biden in 2022 refused to unleash its power to stop naked Russian aggression against free Europe -- the only purpose this organization was formed for back in 1949.

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

This one hits hard.

[Reuters @Reuters]

The Trump family generated at least $2.3 billion in profit from their main crypto ventures, while more than a million investors had net losses totaling $2.3 billion, a Reuters examination finds https://t.co/N8DvTPc6SM @specialreports

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

Pulte nomination shows contempt for the once bedrock principle that intelligence work should be non-partisan. Gift link:
https://t.co/96WudW7uOm

[Ukraine Battle Map @ukraine_map]

Ukraine 🇺🇦 launched 300 UAVs and around a dozen Jet-Powered UAVs at Russia, in the direction of Moscow

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[Georgian Legion @georgian_legion]

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[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: Europe’s internal balance is changing too. Energy companies shaped policy for years through Russian gas and oil.

Now defense industries are moving to the front. As long as Putin’s Russia exists, Europe will keep raising military spending. 6X

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: The U.S. background is shifting.

Vance has disappeared from the political space, Rubio is saying more correct things, Republicans broke the block on Ukraine aid, and generals keep telling Congress Ukraine has the best army and technology. 5/

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: Putin again showed he has no intention of ending the war.

He repeated maximalist demands: Ukraine’s government is illegitimate, Russia must “liberate” all its territories, and the war ends only if Ukraine leaves Donbas. 4/

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: Ukraine showed it can paralyze Russia’s second-largest city.

During the St. Petersburg forum, Kyiv demonstrated it can hit military targets with remarkable precision. If Ukraine sends ten times more drones, St. Petersburg will feel it very hard. 3/

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: Russia violates every treaty, bombs everything, kills civilians and still enjoys legal protections, lawyers, procedures and sovereign-money arguments.

But a missile flies faster than a court process. Europe still has not matched law to reality. 2/

[bob oaks @OaksBob]

@JayinKyiv Did He Fall out a Window on Way to Drivers Seat?
I'm on the Probablity Sites ....
A War Criminal or Out of Favor with Bunker Führer ....?