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About the fortifications in the Kharkov region from the AFU soldier:

“There is nothing there, nothing. Nothing was prepared. Everything is being built now by infantry”

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🤖 Monetized Premium Users Must Now Submit Govt-Approved ID and Selfie to X

The company that’s collecting this valuable info? That will be Israeli-based Au10tix.

So, Mossad will know everything about X premium users now.

And people are worried about TikTok.

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CREW MEMBER TESTIMONY ABOUT THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S HELICOPTER CRASH


✍️Written by Hikaru Kitabayashi✍️

The helicopter convoy carrying the presumably assassinated president of Iran and others accompanying him consisted of three vehicles. The president's vehicle was the command helicopter. It had one helicopter flying in front and one in back and its own pilot was commander in chief. The president's helicopter was a Bell 212 whose maintenance was the responsibility of a special office of the Iranian military. Significantly, there had been no previous known accident among military Bell 212 helicopters.

According to the president's chief of staff who was flying in the third helicopter, they were given permission to fly at around 17:30 JST (Japan Standard Time) and, during the flight, the weather had been good. At around 18:00 JST, prior to reaching the Sungun copper mine, although they noticed no fog on the ground, they did see a small compact cloudy mass in front of them at the same height as the helicopter convoy's flight path. The pilot of the president's helicopter then told the other pilots to ascend above the clouds. The other pilots followed orders. The ascension was not difficult and those in the other helicopters didn’t feel any turbulence. After ascending, there were no other clouds. They advanced for about 30 seconds, when the third helicopter realized the main helicopter with the president was missing.

The remaining helicopters reached the copper mine, where there were no more clouds. They then made a U-turn to seek out the missing helicopter. They assumed there had been an emergency landing, because there was no longer any radio contact. By then, it was about 90 seconds after the helicopter convoy commander ordered them to ascend above the clouds. They circled the area a couple of times, but the area within the cloud patch was invisible to them and too risky to enter. They failed several times to make any radio contact and had no choice but to make a landing after a further 30 seconds or so at the Sungun copper mine in order to initiate an investigation. It should be noted that, during the flight, the crews of the other helicopters had continuous cell phone contact with the passengers of the president's helicopter. From the time they noticed the disappearance of the president's helicopter, though they tried calling all of these passengers, they had no luck.

After several times calling the cellphone of the captain accompanying the president, someone picked the phone. It was a cleric who had been on the president's helicopter. He said he wasn't feeling well, that he didn't know what happened, and that he didn't know where he was. All he could tell them was that he was surrounded by trees. He said he was alone and could give no information about the others.

As the copper mine had good facilities and ambulances, a search team was formed and a search started. Because of extremely adverse weather conditions at the presumed crash site, the complex geography, and the mountainous terrain of the region, as well as the presence of advanced Iranian drones equipped with SAR radar on missions in the northern Indian Ocean far from the helicopter crash site, rescue teams had to begin search operations by land.

There remains, however, a time lapse issue. An image capture by an amg-news.com article of an "Israel War Room" posting on X shows an emoji of a helicopter posted at 20:58 JST, which, considering the organization doing the posting, would indicate a knowledge of the crash. Reuters later came out with an article that claimed the said emoji was posted at 21:58 but did not provide a screenshot. They also said Teheran Times posted the news at 21:44 JST and that Reuters, itself, did so at 21:42 JST. The amg-news.com screenshot, though, provides more convincing evidence that this American Eastern Standard Time Zionist organization may have had knowledge of the event approximately 40 minutes before the Iranian news media did.

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Yves Engler makes the case for the similarity between Canada's Zionist movement and the pro-Nazi German American Bund of the 20th century. Hampstead Mayor, Jeremy Levi, is highlighted as an example of this dynamic.

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https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/pro-israel-jewish-community-shows-its-fascist-far-right-face

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⚡️BREAKING: ICJ Orders Israel to Halt its Invasion of Rafah after South Africa's Urgent Request in Accordance with UN Genocide Convention

The judge deemed the humanitarian situation in Rafah “disastrous.”

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🇩🇪 Germany has updated the list of donations delivered to Ukraine. Taurus missiles are not on it.

But there is:
- 10 Leopard 1 A5 tanks;
- 20 MG3 machine guns for Leopard 2, Marder and DACHS;
- 8,500 155- mm shells;
- 54 VECTOR and RQ-35 Heidrun reconnaissance and surveillance drones;
- Biber bridge-layer;
- DACHS armoured vehicle;
- Armored recovery vehicle Bergepanzer 2
- 4 Wisent 1 mine-clearing vehicles;
- 16 Zetros trucks;
- 540 MK 556 assault rifles;
- 80 HLR 338 rifles and 60,000 rounds of ammunition;
- 111 CR 308 rifles;
- 1.8 million shells for hand firearms.

P.S. Three HIMARS missile launchers are in the process of delivery - as promised. At least they're keeping their word on this one!

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🚨Did Ukraine hack local Television (CBS) in New York?

Extremely disturbing. Is Ukraine now directly threatening Trump supporters and MAGA?

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On why the crash of the helicopter with Iranian president Raisi on board was likely a sabotage but it won't be possible to prove it:
1_ the president, the foreign minister, the local imam, the local governor and the head of the security were all on board. This is an incredibly strange circumstance, not even in extremely peaceful states with no foreign policy like Comore islands or Papua they let stay all these high ranking officials in the same plane, so why did this happen? Hard to say what led to this decision, probably we'll never know, but for sure it's impossible to say for security reasons because you normally do the opposite, and negligence is an absurd excuse
2_ live satellite images on weather in the area of the crash disappeared 2 hours before it and did not reappear till more than 1 hour after it, this makes you think someone tried to hide that the weather was not good enough to allow the flight. Was it just a glitch as someone said? Exactly at that time? Would be a really strange coincidence. What if Raisi was not informed about the harsh weather conditions due to lack of updated informations?
3_ analyzing the only few pictures from the accident that have been released it looks like the helicopter crashed at full speed given the level of destruction, as if the pilot didn't even try to carry out an emergency landing. The pilot of the presidential helicopter is generally, everywhere in the world, one of the most experienced in the country. Some say it was cause of the fog as the pilot did not realize he was so close to the ground, but there are all instruments on board telling you the altitude, and of course the helicopter has anti-fog bright lights just like cars but a lot better. Fog is a bad bitch but all of this makes you think there was also a malfunction if indeed it was an accident, or a sabotage if the malfunction for example was caused by a mini detonation in the cabin or instruments were partially disabled before the flight, this difficult situation would have made it impossible for the pilot to do anything...
4_ the presidential helicopter is normally the most accurately checked on a daily basis in every country, people saying it was a old rusty model, as if the Iranian president was risking his life every time he took it, have no clue, they think as if that was the helicopter transporting a plumber to repair a clogged WC.
5_ since the day of the Iranian retaliation to the Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus it was clear that Raisi had a big target painted on his head, as that moment was definitely a big breakthrough event that heavily undermined Israeli impunity in the region and Western exceptionalism as a whole, even more than the Russian SMO as NATO can still say the Ukraine is not a member of the organization to justify the defeat, but Israel instead is a long term ally.
In conclusion everyone will say it was an accident because it's convenient to say it and there will never be a conclusive evidence to say otherwise but the strange circumstances point also to some form of sabotage with at least an equal 50-50% probability for the two scenarios.
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🇮🇱⚔🇵🇸Israel-Gaza Conflict: May 24-25 (Recap)

1️⃣ Judges at the International Court of Justice have ordered Israel to halt its attack on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, citing “immense risk” to the Palestinian population.

2️⃣ Israel has called the World Court’s order “outrageous, morally repugnant, and disgusting” and promises to continue the assault.

3️⃣ The UN Security Council has adopted a Swiss-sponsored resolution resolution calling for the protection of humanitarian workers and UN personnel in conflicts.

4️⃣ Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has agreed with his US counterpart Joe Biden to allow UN aid through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing into Gaza.

5️⃣ The European Union is studying whether it could play a role monitoring the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after Israel’s war with Hamas ends.

6️⃣ The UN’s emergency aid chief says Israel’s war on Gaza has been “a tragedy beyond words”, and it must “end this nightmare”.

7️⃣ Israeli tanks and troops have advanced into Rafah’s southeast and are moving towards the city’s densely populated western district.

At least 35,857 people including more than 15,000 children, have been killed and over 80,293 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 24 May 2024⚡️

🔹Russian Troops continue to strike both along the front line and in rear areas. Enemy targets at the #Kanatovo Airfield in #Kirovograd, a railway depot in #Kharkov, as well as enemy positions in the #Sumy and #Zaporozhye regions were hit.

🔹On the #Karkov front, there are heavy battles along the entire frontline, in particular at the edge of #Liptsy and in #Volchansk. Systematic work continues to reduce the enemy’s combat potential.

🔹In the #Svatovo-#Kupyansk front section, Russian troops are advancing in the direction of #Stelmakhovka, and are also fighting directly in #Berestovoye.

🔹In the #Seversky sector, Russian troops retreated from several strong points northeast of #Belogorovka. At the same time, the AFU were knocked out south of the settlement, and the configuration of the front southwest of #Spornoye was also clarified.

🔹In the #Avdeyevka direction, Russian assault groups completely liberated #Umanskoye, developing a further offensive in the direction of #Yasnobrodovka.

🔹In the #Ugledar direction, the RFAF carried out a successful attack, occupying several forest belts south of #Konstantinovka. West of #Novomikhaylovka, oncoming battles continue.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸⚔️ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 24 May 2024⚡️

🔹In the northern #GazaStrip, IDF units are conducting a ground operation in Jabaliya, where the bodies of three Israelis who disappeared on October 7, 2023 were found in one of the Hamas tunnels.

🔹In the south of the Enclave, the Israelis are shelling the area near the Salah al-Din Gate Cargo Checkpoint, and also conducting counter-terrorism raids deep into Palestinian territory in order to eliminate Hamas infrastructure.

🔹In the West Bank, Israeli security operations are continuing as usual. Thus, major clashes broke out in Jenin, and in the vicinity of Jericho there was a conflict between Jewish settlers and local Bedouins.

🔹On the border with #Lebanon, there have been no significant changes. Hezbollah reported attacks on Israeli military targets in the border zone. In turn, the IDF bombed southern #Lebanon.

🔹In #Iraq, the media resources of the Islamic Resistance reported a kamikaze drone attack on the port of Haifa.

🔹In the Red Sea Region, #Yemen's Houthis have claimed three attacks on Israeli-linked merchant ships.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇬🇧🇾🇪 Escalation of the Conflict in the Red Sea - Chronicle of Events for 24 May 2024⚡️

🔴In the Red Sea Region, the Yemeni Houthis continue to carry out their previously voiced threat to attack any maritime transport that is in one way or another connected with #Israel. Today, the representative of the Ansarallah movement, General Yahya Sari, reported three attacks on civilian ships.

🔹The first victim was the Israeli container ship MSC ALEXANDRA, sailing under the flag of #Panama. It was attacked by ballistic missiles in the Arabian Sea.

🔹Secondly, an antiship missile and UAV were fired at the YANNIS cargo ship flying the Maltese flag, owned by the Greek company Eastern Mediterranean Maritime. However, according to the captain, both munitions did not hit the target, and the ship was able to continue along the previously established route.

🔹Thirdly, there are also reports of ballistic missile launches at the Israeli bulk carrier ESSEX in the Mediterranean Sea. Apparently, it was the hit that the head of the Ansarallah movement, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, reported yesterday when he once again boasted about the successful actions of the Houthis in the Mediterranean.

📌 Only one of the three attack episodes has been confirmed by third-party sources so far, and even then the attack itself was not successful. However, such statements serve the main purpose of forcing Israeli-affiliated shipping carriers to refrain from attempting to sail through the Red Sea, presenting the Houthis as one of the main supporters of #Palestine in the eyes of their own population.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the Situation in the #Avdeyevka Direction until 25 May 2024 at 00:27⚡️

🔻1. #Netaylovo:
🟡The village is almost under full RFAF control.
🟡The 59th AFU Brigade, defending the village, is suffering heavy losses in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The brigade command is trying to shift responsibility for failures to higher management, referring to poor equipment and a general shortage of personnel.
🟡#Karlovka has not yet been entered by Russian troops, the enemy continues measures to strengthen #Karlovka, for which fighting will soon begin.

🔻2. #Umanskoye:
🟡The RFAF have actually completed its liberation and against the background of the ongoing cleanup, they began to expand the control zone to the north and northwest of the village.
🟡South of #Umanskoye, the movement continues onto the outskirts of #Yasnobrodovka, which the enemy is still holding.
🟡The Netaylovo-Umanskoye road, passing to the east of Yasnobrodovka's outskirts of, is under full RFAF control.

🔻3. #Ocheretino:
🟡Fighting continues to the north and northeast of the outskirts of #Novopokrovskoye. So far, no significant progress.
🟡West of #Semyonovka, the pressure of the RFAF remains.
🟡West of #Ocheretino, there are battles towards #Sokol. The enemy is trying to counterattack with the forces of the 47th Mechanised Brigade, actively spending Western equipment and losing Abrams and Bradley quite regularly.
🟡To the northwest, there are battles on the outskirts of #Novoaleksandrovka. The main part of the village is still behind the enemy.
🟡North of #Ocheretino, the RFAF are fighting for the fortified area at #Kalinovo and the enemy positions covering #Rozovka.

📌 If we look at it as a whole, the enemy, having abandoned available reserves to stop the RFAF advance in the #Ocheretino area, weakened its positions south of the locality, which allowed the RFAF to quickly push through the AFU defence in #Netaylovo and #Umanskoye.
🟡This prevented the AFU from stabilising the situation. The crisis west of #Avdeyevka continues to develop, while a significant part of the remaining AFU reserves are now shackled by fighting in the north of the #Kharkov region.
🟡In the case of new front breakthroughs west of #Adveyevka, a situation may arise when it will again be necessary to withdraw troops from other directions due to their weakening, which plays into the hands of the Russian strategy of "tapping" the front to search for critical vulnerabilities.

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