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[Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis]

Largest Drone Raid Since Start of Full-Scale War Hits Moscow; Oil Depot Burns in Krasnodar

Krasnodar Krai is considered a key logistics hub for the Russian army. Oil depots in the region act as “gas stations” for Russian troops fighting in southern Ukraine. Disabling such facilities could significantly disrupt the refueling of military vehicles and aircraft, potentially creating fuel shortages on the front line.

According to The Moscow Times, the Russian capital has also faced a record drone attack since the start of the war.

The report says Ukrainian forces have carried out a large-scale assault on Moscow for two days. Overnight, 40 drones were shot down while approaching the capital, and 119 more were intercepted over the weekend, according to updates from Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

Ukraine has not commented on its possible involvement in the attack.

[The Battlefield @TTheBattlefield]

🇺🇦🇪🇺 KYIV FIRES BACK: "Send Your Ultimatums to the Kremlin, Not to Us"

‼️The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has issued a scathing official response to the recent energy ultimatums from Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán and Slovak PM Robert Fico, outright rejecting their threats to cut off electricity to Ukraine.

🔍 Key Details of Ukraine's Response:

🔻Calling Out "Blackmail": Kyiv officially condemned the threats from Budapest and Bratislava, labeling their actions as provocative, irresponsible blackmail that endangers the entire region's energy security.

🔻The Reality of the Pipeline: Ukraine reiterated that the disruption of oil transit via the "Druzhba" pipeline is a direct result of Russian military strikes on the infrastructure—evidence of which has already been provided to the EU Commission and both neighboring governments.

🔻Aiding the Aggressor: The MFA argued that threatening to cut off electricity and heating to a freezing country under bombardment directly aids Moscow's winter terror campaign, while simultaneously hurting Hungarian and Slovak commercial energy companies.

💡 Why it matters (Zero-Click Context): This statement marks a boiling point in Central European diplomatic relations. By publicly framing Hungary and Slovakia's threats as complicity with Russian aggression, Kyiv is refusing to back down. Furthermore, by heavily emphasizing their ongoing communication with the EU Commission, Ukraine is attempting to elevate this from a regional pipeline dispute into a pan-European energy security crisis, forcing Brussels to intervene.

👇 Do you think Ukraine is right to frame these energy ultimatums as aiding Russian aggression, or do Hungary and Slovakia have a legitimate right to protect their own oil security by any means necessary? Let's debate in the replies.

▶️ Follow for unfiltered geopolitical analysis: @TTheBattlefield

#Ukraine #Hungary #Slovakia #EnergyCrisis #DruzhbaPipeline #Geopolitics #EU #BreakingNews

[The Battlefield @TTheBattlefield]

‼️🇺🇲👊🇮🇷In anticipation of a big war:

America is assembling large-scale forces in Europe and the Middle East:

This week alone, more than 100 aircraft have flown over the region, while tensions with Iran continue to rise.

The US Navy has already sent 2 aircraft carrier strike groups to the region, led by the flagships of the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald Ford (including both escort and regionally deployed destroyers and nuclear submarines).

✈️In terms of aviation, the following are involved:
▪️ F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets.
▪️ 2 E-3 Sentry AWACS, as well as the U-2 Dragonfly reconnaissance aircraft.
▪️ RC-135 Rivet Joint radio-electronic reconnaissance aircraft (SIGINT).
▪️ Maritime patrol aircraft, including the P-8 Poseidon.
▪️ Air tankers — dozens of KC-135 and KC-46.
▪️ Heavy transport aviation — C-17 Globemaster and C-5 Super Galaxy transport aircraft transport personnel, equipment and equipment necessary to ensure the constant combat readiness of the squadrons.

⬆️And one of the most important - carrier-based aviation, 100+ carrier-based fighters.

The situation is still evolving. If such a large-scale movement were carried out only for the sake of intimidation, it would be a colossal financial expense.

🔴Accordingly, Iran is waiting for what should have been done long ago - to throw the Islamist regime into the dustbin of history.

See the latest updates with us:@TTheBattlefield

[Devana 🇺🇦 @DevanaUkraine]

A Russian historian says that during World War II the Germans fought much better than the Russians in all directions, but the Russians managed to achieve victory only at the cost of enormous bloodshed.

A journalist tries to object that great wars cannot be won by meat and blood alone, but the historian insists that Russia had nothing else. He says that Russia shot one million soldiers at the front, surrendered three million soldiers into captivity, had 1–2 million political prisoners in prisons and just as many guards for them, and carried out mass executions during collectivization (the forced confiscation of peasants’ land and its transfer to the state).

It is no wonder that documents of Soviet history are still classified in Russia. The world would be horrified to see the truth.

[The Battlefield @TTheBattlefield]

‼️‼️ According to CNN, the US is preparing to strike Iran this weekend---

🎯The US military is ready to strike Iran, although President Donald Trump has not yet made a final decision. He is discussing possible actions with advisers and allies and weighing all the "pros" and "cons".

🔹 The Telegraph: A Washington official told the publication: "There is a 90% chance of war with Iran in the coming weeks."

🔹 Wall Street Journal: President Trump has been presented with several options for military action against Iran; all of them are designed to inflict maximum damage on the Islamic regime and its terrorist puppets. This means that the Houthis, Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed militias could also be on the “menu” (target list).

🇮🇱 Israeli media reports that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) estimates that if the US decides to take military action, Israel will be informed in advance. Israeli officials emphasize that even without direct Israeli participation, Iran is expected to launch a massive salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel.

See the latest updates with us:@TTheBattlefield

[Ibrahim Majed @IbrahimMajed]

𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗡

According to Axios, officials inside the orbit of Donald Trump are warning that the United States is closer to a major Middle East war than most Americans understand.
Behind closed doors, members of the U.S. military establishment are urging restraint, cautioning against steps that could trigger direct confrontation with Iran.

The warning is strategic, not emotional.
Military planners reportedly fear that any strike on Tehran would not remain contained.
What begins as a “limited operation” could rapidly expand across multiple theaters, placing U.S. bases, naval assets, and regional allies under immediate pressure.

Advisers are emphasizing that escalation with Iran would unfold asymmetrically and unpredictably.
Once the first exchange occurs, the tempo would no longer be dictated solely by Washington.
The concern is not just entering a conflict, but losing control of its scale.

The message reaching the White House is clear: this is not a symbolic show of force.
It is a potential regional war with global consequences.
The coming weeks may determine whether the U.S. steps back from the edge, or crosses a threshold that cannot be easily reversed.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

WATCH: Argentinians are protesting President Javier Milei after he passed sweeping anti-worker reforms, extending the workday by 50% and allowing companies to compensate employees with food and lodging instead of wages.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

What exactly did our European elite politicians applaud so enthusiastically?

The introduction of high tariffs and trade wars.

Pressure on Ukraine and a reduction in US support.

Criticism and doubts about European allies.

Threats regarding NATO and the withdrawal of US troops.

Attempts to acquire or annex Greenland.

Support for populist and anti-EU movements.

Criticism of European tech and free speech regulations.

Withdrawal from international institutions.

General humiliation and loss of trust.

[Alberto Alemanno 🇪🇺 @alemannoEU]

No, Mr Rubio: Europeans don’t buy your Munich speech about “our common civilization.

No word on Ukraine, democracy, the Trump administration’s nor plans to support Europe’s far right.

That speech sounds deaf to European ears after a year of multi-pronged American threats and coercion.

When your ally spends twelve months pressuring you with tariff blackmail, security abandonment, and active support for your domestic extremists - then shows up talking about shared values while dodging every concrete commitment - Europeans aren’t hearing diplomacy.

They’re hearing AGAIN contempt this time dressed as civilization talk.

#MunichSecurityConference

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

Trump drags Europe through the mud every day, but the European representatives at the Munich Security Conference seem to relish the taste of boot soles.

The supposed guardians of democracy and peace, they stand up and clap like trained seals for Marco Rubio – the foreign minister of a regime that drags Europe through the mud anew each day. Rubio, the smooth-talking messenger of Donald Trump, mutters a few platitudes about "transatlantic ties" and "shared history," and your backbone melts away like snow in the Munich February sun.

A standing ovation? That's not applause, that's surrender!

After a year of Trump 2.0, you're following his MAGA disciples like lemmings toward a cliff. Trump, the man who calls NATO "obsolete," insults Europe as a "freeloader," and mocks your leaders as "losers" – every single day. He threatens you with tariffs that will ruin your economy and alliances that will isolate you.

And Rubio? He serves it all up in a sugary-sweet package: "We belong together!" Sure, together—as long as you pay up, kowtow, and stroke Trump's ego.

Your ovation wasn't thanks for wisdom, but a bow to the perverse Epstein friend. Where is your pride? Where are your principles?

These aren't the politicians with backbone that Europe so desperately needs. These are sycophants, opportunists. You played Putin apologists for four years and now you've been Trump's sycophants for one.

Europe deserves better: leaders who stand up for values, not those who grovel for applause. Wake up before Trump finally throws you into the abyss—or are you already too used to the taste of boot soles?

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Just sent out this free piece. Marco Rubio just called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way.

[il Donaldo Trumpo @PapiTrumpo]

WHO DID THIS???🤣🤣🤣

[Clash Report @clashreport]

JD Vance on Iran:

If the Iranian people want to overthrow the regime, that's up to the Iranian people.

What we're focused on right now is the fact that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Bondi confronted by protester while arriving at Capitol: "Bondi you are a disgrace to the American people! You protect pedophiles who systematically rape children!"

[Zafar Macha @Maaachaaa69]

BREAKING NEWS: Rowan Atkinson, a legendary icon of comedy, television, and cinema, has left even the world’s richest and most powerful figures stunned—not just with his words, but with decisive action.
At a glamorous red-carpet gala in Los Angeles on December 20, attended by film moguls, tech billionaires, and Hollywood’s most elite stars, Rowan Atkinson took the stage to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. But instead of offering a conventional acceptance speech, he chose a moment of truth—direct, fearless, and deeply human.
He did not thank the Academy. He did not reminisce about Mr. Bean, Blackadder, or decades of global laughter. Instead, Atkinson looked straight into the audience of wealth and influence and declared:
“We sit here surrounded by diamonds and artistic glory while the world outside is falling apart. If your voice can move millions and you choose not to use it for those who have no voice, then you are not creating change—you are creating noise.”
The room fell into complete silence. Film executives and invited guests sat motionless, struck by the weight of his words. He continued, unwavering:
“If you have more than you need, it no longer belongs only to you. Your responsibility is to lift up those who are still beneath you.”
And he did not stop at words.
That very night, Atkinson announced that all profits from his archived works and future creative projects—estimated at 160 million USD—will be donated to fund children’s health initiatives, climate action programs, and arts education for underprivileged youth.
His message was unmistakable:
“Legacy is not built on what you earn. It is built on what you give.”
In an era when celebrities are often dismissed as hollow symbols, Rowan Atkinson delivered a powerful reminder to the world:
true impact is not created by applause, but by easing the suffering of others.

[Jari Kuikanmäki @jarikuikanmaki]

Rockmuusikko Kurt Cobainin kuolema 1994 Seattlessa on vahvistumassa henkirikokseksi

Nirvanan perustaja ja kitaristi-laulaja Kurt Cobain kuoli 1994 kotonaan Seattlessa haulikon laukaukseen päähän. Cobainin kuolemaa on virallisesti pidetty itsemurhana.

Jo alkuperäisen kuolinsyytutkinnan julkaisun jälkeen ihmeteltiin, kuinka Cobain olisi käsitellyt 20-kaliiperista Remington Model 11 -haulikkoaan, sekä asetellut heroiinipiikkien suojukset takaisin paikoilleen, ottaen huomioon että hänen veren morfiinitasonsa ruumiinavauksessa oli 1,52 milligrammaa litrassa - määrä, jota pidetään tappavana, ja joka olisi korkea kenelle tahansa.

Tutkija Bryan Burnett on nyt julkaissut laajan katsauksen todistusaineistosta Cobainin kuoleman ympärillä, joka vahvistaa käsitystä siitä, että Cobain murhattiin.

Burnettin ja hänen tutkimusryhmänsä tulokset on nyt julkaistu vertaisarvioidussa tieteellisessä "International Journal of Forensic Sciences" -julkaisussa, ja ne piirtävät häiritsevän kuvan Cobainin kuoleman todistusaineistosta:

Veriroiskeet Cobainin haulikossa ja kädessä

Burnett havaitsi, että veriroiskeet Cobainin kädessä eivät sovi skenaarioon, jossa Cobain itse olisi käsitellyt haulikkoa.

Itsemurhatilanteessa Cobainin vasemman käden olisi täytynyt pidellä pitkää Remington-haulikkoa lähempänä hänen kasvojaan.

Cobainin kämmenselässä ei kuitenkaan näy lainkaan veriroiskeita. Sen sijaan vasemman peukalon tyvessä näkyy soikea ja säännöllinen veriläiskä. Tämä viittaa siihen, että käsi aseteltiin veriselle piipulle vasta laukauksen jälkeen.

Haulikon asento löydettäessä

Cobainin oikea käsi oli noin 30 astetta vartalosta irti, ja haulikko lepäsi vartalon yli tietyssä asennossa ilman roiskeita hihassa, kädessä tai reisissä. Jos Cobain olisi itse vetänyt liipasimesta, haulikko olisi liikkunut epäsäännöllisesti.

Cobainin haulikosta etsittiin sormenjälkiä vasta noin kuukausi ruumiin löytymisen jälkeen, joten sormenjälkitodisteita siitä, kuka asetta oli käyttänyt, ei koskaan saatu.

Heroiinipistoksen sijainti

Cobain oli tunnetusti vasenkätinen ja soitti myös kitaraa käännetysti. Hän olisi todennäköisemmin käsitellyt myös neulaa vasemmalla, dominantilla kädellään, ja antanut pistoksen toiseen, oikeaan käteensä.

Itsemurhassa pistos olisi todennäköisesti tehty laskimoon ei-dominoivassa kädessä - siinäkin tapauksessa, että annos vielä mahdollistaisi painavan aseen käsittelyn ilman nopeaa tajuttomuutta.

Cobainin tapauksessa heroiiniannos oli kuitenkin pistetty lihakseen dominantissa kädessä, mikä viittaisi siihen, ettei Cobain antanut sitä itse, saati käsitellyt asetta sen jälkeen.

Ampumakulma

Sisääntulohaava Cobainin kitalaessa oli noin 35 asteen kulmassa keskiviivaan nähden, tuhoten kallon pohjan ja aivolohkoja.

Itsemurhassa kulma olisi tyypillisesti noin 60 astetta, ja sisääntulo sijaitsisi istuma-asennossa kitalaen takaosassa.

Verivaluma paidassa

Cobainin ruumis löydettiin makuuasennossa selällään lattialla.

Itsemurhassa veri valuisi makuuasennossa päästä lattialle.

Cobainin kohdalla veri on kuitenkin valunut paidan etuosaan. Tämä, sekä epäsäännöllinen verijälki Cobainin housun lahkeessa viittaa siihen, että Cobainin ruumista on siirretty ampumisen jälkeen, mikä selittäisi miten hänen päänsä on voinut olla ylempänä kuin torso, mahdollistaen näin valumajäljen.

Hylsyn sijainti

Cobainin kuolinpaikalla haulikon hylsy löytyi takin päältä, lähellä ruumista. Burnettin mukaan Cobainin käden asento olisi kuitenkin estänyt tällaisen hylsyn ulosheiton, jos Cobain itse olisi pidellyt haulikkoa laukauksen aikana.

Veren puute hengitysteissä, nestettä keuhkoissa

Cobainin ruumiinavauksessa havaittiin nestettä keuhkoissa, verenvuotoa silmissä sekä vaurioita aivoissa ja maksassa - mutta ei havaittu tai mainittu verta hengitysteissä.

Haulikkokuolemassa verta usein imeytyy hengitysteihin nopean hengityspysähdyksen vuoksi varsinkin jos aivorunko vaurioituu ja hengitys pysähtyy nopeasti.

Neste keuhkoissa ja hapenpuute eivät kuitenkaan ole tyypillisiä nopeassa kuolemassa, jonka Cobainin itse ampuma laukaus olisi aiheuttanut.

Tapauksessa veren puute hengitysteissä ja neste keuhkoissa viittaavat heroiiniyliannoksen aiheuttamaan hitaaseen hengitykseen ja hapenpuutteeseen ennen ampumista - mikä jälleen viittaisi siihen, ettei Cobain itse ole pystynyt ampumaan.

Tutkijaryhmän loppulause kuuluu: “Kurt Cobain oli, perustuen pelkästään julkisesti saatavilla olevaan aineistoon ja analysoituna monitieteisellä kriittisellä menetelmällä, henkirikoksen uhri. Hänen ruumiinsa siirrettiin henkirikoksen paikalta ja lavastettiin näyttämään itsemurhalta.”

Cobain oli kuollessaan yksi maailman vaikutusvaltaisimpia muusikoita. Cobainin kuoleman jälkeen hänen musiikkinsa kaupallinen arvo on arvioitu noin 250 miljoonan dollarin suuruiseksi.

Lukuisia teorioita Cobainin kuolemasta on esitetty. Useat teoriat liittyvät suoraan tai välillisesti Cobainin puolisoon, muusikko Courtney Loveen, mutta rikostutkintaa Cobainin tapauksessa ei ole koskaan avattu.

Kuva: Vasenkätinen Cobain soittaa kitaraa käännetysti ("Kurt Cobain" by perishparish Openverse CC BY 2.0.)

[Nervana Mahmoud @Nervana_1]

Turkish parliament today 😉

[ANCA @ANCA_DC]

"Turkey never tires of humiliating America," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "This time, forcing a sitting US Vice President to delete his post about the Armenian Genocide."

"While it's no surprise to see Turkey still strong-arming global leaders to enforce it's Armenian Genocide gag-rule, it is deeply troubling to witness Vice President Vance - a man who loudly proclaims solidarity with Christian victims of persecution - display such weakness in the face of this foreign pressure."

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

3/ In April 2021 President Biden broke from precedent by acknowledging that what the Turks perpetrated against the Armenians was in fact a genocide, which it was.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

2/ The pool report from reporters traveling with the vice president blames the mishap on a staffer.