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Besoeker- 07/04/2025 15:15
Well done to him, Frank! May the work bring him joy — as well as being lucrative, of course.
trailing wife- 07/02/2025 19:35
Son #1 got hired by a San Diego law firm. Finally putting that JD degree/bar passage to use ;-)
Frank G- 07/02/2025 18:36
recovering after brining a whole salmon for 12 hours. This required cleaning my wife's whole kitchen both before and after. (Atlantic salmon was on-sale for %5.95 /lb with skin)
Tomorrow it smokes the whole day. Wife has a clean kitchen and shoved some cajun chicken and fries at me.... so processes is still in play. Smoke will be apricot wood. And slow. She wants sealed smoked salmon in the freezer for awhile..
No more than small pieces permitted tomorrow... sigh...
3dc- 07/01/2025 21:15
https://x.com/airplanelanefl/status/1939965606888899039/photo/1
3dc- 07/01/2025 17:22
It is a hosting provider with data centers in Germany and in Finland.
badanov- 06/29/2025 20:51
In Russian from Germany? As I recall, Germans aren’t good about computer security — could that be it?
trailing wife- 06/29/2025 20:15
We just got hit by a some exceedingly mild spam originating from Germany, but in Russian language.
badanov- 06/29/2025 18:44
I ESPECIALLY like when it's a long piece of gibberish with miscellaneous ALL CAPS and anti-Jooo stuff.
Frank G- 06/28/2025 17:24
I rather think you enjoy that.
I know I do.
Skidmark- 06/27/2025 02:30
I am only too happy to smack our Jack+Creantor alter-ego
Frank G- 06/26/2025 19:32
My fault.
I turned off Javascript.
Skidmark- 06/26/2025 10:20
I can no longer SPAMCOP Gleng Whaick2262.
All I get is a screen refresh.
Skidmark- 06/26/2025 10:13
Lots of post-action analysis from the Israel Times tonight.
trailing wife- 06/25/2025 01:56
Noted, badanov.
trailing wife- 06/23/2025 22:46
Trump's ceasefire announcement, and subsequent stories should be a separate set of articles.
badanov- 06/23/2025 18:57
How goes the PT, Fred?
trailing wife- 06/23/2025 14:30
Badanov T64 in East Germany ...
3dc- 06/22/2025 23:25
Himmler's girl friend & the CIA

3dc- 06/22/2025 20:13
AN ancient recording in her day almost as big as Elvis

3dc- 06/22/2025 19:10
best damn central Mexican food in the chicago region
he used to be chief chef at the top Brazilian Steak House in Chicago and quit to found this. He has his food tattooed on his arms so women can just grab his arm and point to the dish they want...

3dc- 06/22/2025 18:28
Noted. Thank you, badanov.
trailing wife- 06/22/2025 12:11
The Tulsa Juneteenth shooting story is set for Monday.
badanov- 06/22/2025 10:44
Fred: my apologies, but this article got zapped with stray gamma rays, killing the content. It’s one of the headlines in the Bloid, so I pasted that much in and reconstituted it as best I could with the articles I’d stacked under your tweet before it all evaporated, but I couldn’t do anything to find the tweet itself.
trailing wife- 06/20/2025 04:42
2 b2s in the air somewhere. Also the most fuel planes since gulf war 1. Lots of c17s. Flying from USA
3dc- 06/17/2025 23:55
13 articles    Editor  O Club  Whois 
-Lurid Crime Tales-
    Waste Of The Day: COVID Loans For 11-Year-Olds (3)
    WATCH ‐ ‘F**k Him Up!': Men Rescue Woman from Suspected NYC Subway Attacker (3)
-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
    The Sun has thrown out another record-breaking prominence (3)
Africa North
    Well-preserved Greek and Roman tombs discovered in Egypt (3)
Britain
    The 'unloved' town abandoned by tourists: How once-thriving seaside jewel is now packed with derelict ghost hotels leaving locals 'heartbroken' (3)
    The Biggest Exodus of Wealth Is Happening in a Western Nation, And the US Should Take Note | The Gateway Pundit (3)
Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
    Current information on the situation on the front line on July 5 (updated) (5)
    Investigative Committee identifies the Ukrainian who ordered the shooting down of the Il-76 with Russian prisoners (5)
    Security forces report hundreds of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers missing near Sumy (5)
China-Japan-Koreas
    China 'is preparing to launch industrial-scale forced organ harvesting', as Beijing reveals plans to triple number of transplant facilities in province home to Uyghur Muslims (3)
Europe
    Macron's Secret Fear: Why He's Asking Russia to Influence Iran (2)
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
    Netanyahu to Discuss Hostage Release Deal with Part of Cabinet (2)
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
    Hidden consequences (2)

In the Hoover...
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Africa Horn
4.
Fifth Column
5. The College-Jew hate nexus
Home Front: Politix
6. By The Numbers: Even CNN’s Expert Pollster Shocked By How Anti-Israel Dems Have Become
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
7. Inside storyIsrael was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself
8. Mivtahim residents held the line as Hamas invaded, preventing deadlier outcome — probe
9.
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
10. The 12-day war and silent transformations of western Asia, Part II: PKK and Iran

     
Waste Of The Day: COVID Loans For 11-Year-Olds
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WATCH ‐ ‘F**k Him Up!': Men Rescue Woman from Suspected NYC Subway Attacker
[Breitbart] A male suspect was charged after an incident at a Brooklyn subway station Sunday in which a 20-year-old woman was targeted, resulting in several Good Samaritans stepping in to rescue her.

The suspect, 42-year-old Fredrick Marshall, allegedly began trying to argue with the woman, then grabbed her and locked her in a bear hug, at which point she screamed, the New York Post reported on Thursday

Marshall was reportedly a stranger to the woman and followed her onto the J train platform at Norwood Avenue in Cypress Hills on Sunday morning. Tensions escalated when he allegedly began arguing with her.

Video footage shows the suspect, wearing white, as he held onto her and tried to move her down the platform. Several people watched in disbelief as she screamed and others followed the pair as they moved away from another train and near the tracks.

Someone is heard shouting “Let her go!” repeatedly until the suspect finally does release her. However, when she tries to run away, the suspect grabs her again and they fall to the ground. Several men then drag the suspect off of the woman and appear to kick him.

“Fuck him up!” one man is heard saying as the group holds him down. The distraught woman then gets to her feet and runs away from the scene.

As one of the men walks away, he says to the suspect, “Somebody try to tell you to something, chill the fuck out! Now you got it”:

Law enforcement said medical personnel treated the woman at the scene for shoulder pain and minor injuries, adding that Marshall was arrested and officers found a knife and blackjack on his person.

According to the Recoil website, a blackjack is a short, weighted, concealable weapon that can be used to bludgeon a person.

The Post reported, “He was charged with third-degree assault, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree attempted assault and second-degree harassment, according to a criminal complaint.”

“Marshall — who cops say has no prior arrests — was granted supervised release during his arraignment the next day, as the charges are not bail-eligible, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office,” the report added.
Suicidally nuts.
Social media users were quick to respond to the Post‘s story, specifically about the men who stepped in to rescue the victim. One user commented, “Justice served fast and fierce.”

In late 2024, crime prevention activist and New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa said his public safety organization known as the Guardian Angels would return to the city’s subways, the news coming after a horrific arson murder of a sleeping passenger, per Breitbart News.

“We’re going to have to increase our numbers, increase the training and increase our presence as we did back in 1979,” Sliwa explained.
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The Sun has thrown out another record-breaking prominence
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Moscow, July 5, 2025, 18:19 — IA Regnum. The Sun has thrown out its sixth prominence of record-breaking size in a week. This was reported on July 5 by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

"The Sun continues to set records for the size of prominences ejected into space. The new video, filmed today in the first half of the day on the right edge of the Sun, is no less amazing than all the previous ones," the laboratory's Telegram channel said.

Scientists have managed to record a new giant plasma structure measuring over a million kilometers. It was ejected toward the north pole of the solar system between 9:00 and 14:00 Moscow time.

About a day before, specialists registered a similar-sized plasma emission near the star's south pole. At the same time, the laboratory emphasized that none of these structures affected the Earth and do not pose a threat to the planet.

Earlier, a large plasma emission occurred in the area of ​​the Sun's south pole. According to experts, a cloud of rare size and density formed as a result of the destabilization of a giant solar prominence. Since it was located on the far side of the Sun, it was impossible to observe it from Earth.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on May 31, scientists recorded the largest solar ejection since the beginning of the year. The power of the flow was only slightly less than that of the flow in May 2024, which caused a category 5 magnetic storm on Earth. At the same time, the plasma cloud traveled to Earth at a speed of more than 1000 km/s. It reached the planet almost a day earlier than scientists predicted.

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Well-preserved Greek and Roman tombs discovered in Egypt
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Aswan, Egypt, July 5, 2025, 17:08 — IA Regnum. Archaeologists have discovered well-preserved tombs from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods in southern Egypt during excavations in Aswan. The discovery was made by a joint Egyptian-Italian mission, the country's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reported.

The rock-cut tombs were found in a cemetery near the Aga Khan mausoleum on the west bank of Aswan. They contain hieroglyphic inscriptions that are in good condition.

As noted by the department, one of the discovered tombs is located at a depth of more than two meters underground, with a stone staircase of nine steps leading to it. Inside this tomb, a limestone sarcophagus about two meters high was found, located on a rocky platform. Its lid is made in the form of a person with bright features of a human face.

The sarcophagus has hieroglyphic texts. Archaeologists have established that the owner of the tomb was a high-ranking official from Aswan. Mummies, including those of children, were also found in the sarcophagus.

Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Mohamed Ismail Khaled said the finds and inscriptions would provide rich scientific material for Egyptologists. He said tomography and biological analysis of the mummies found are planned.

As previously reported by Regnum News Agency, in the Saqqara region south of Cairo, Egyptian archaeologists discovered the tomb of Prince Waser-if-re, the son of King Userkaf.

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The 'unloved' town abandoned by tourists: How once-thriving seaside jewel is now packed with derelict ghost hotels leaving locals 'heartbroken'
[MAIL] While for some it still brings back fond childhood memories of a fun-filled seaside holiday, Blackpool is long past its heyday.

It is now one of the most deprived towns in the UK.

Plagued by drugs, poverty and crime, the seaside resort has been in decline for decades.

It has the highest proportion of alcohol-related deaths in England and was recently named the local authority area where men have the lowest life expectancy.

And while it may come as a shock to those who visited the resort religiously during its booming post-war years, to anyone who takes a stroll down the promenade today, the deprivation is clear as day.

Buildings that once housed shops and cafes lay empty, and the 'forgotten' streets behind the promenade are left in ruins.

But one of the biggest indicators of the 'unloved' town are the plethora of previously bustling hotels that have since shut down and been left crumbling for years.

When MailOnline visited Blackpool, not only were hotels left abandoned and boarded up, but the buildings were seen rotting and disintegrating, becoming a zone for fly-tipping and in some cases, had been targets by gangs for cannabis farms.
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The Biggest Exodus of Wealth Is Happening in a Western Nation, And the US Should Take Note | The Gateway Pundit
[Survive The News] The United Kingdom’s suppressive policies have consequences — with some wealthier individuals seeking greener pastures.

On June 24, Forbes reported that the U.K. is facing a massive transfer of wealth out of the country, "the largest single-year exodus of wealth ever recorded."

Projections indicate 16,500 high-net-worth individuals — those whose "liquid investable wealth [is worth] $1 million or more" — are seeking residency in other countries.

Founder of Apex Capital Partners Nuri Katz helps people like this by offering guidance should they wish to relocate.

Katz stated this shift doesn’t signal that the upper class is fleeing in terror so much as it is making a backup plan that can be used when needed.

"These people are not actually leaving the U.K. They are simply getting paperwork in different countries, but aren’t necessarily making the move," Katz clarified.

"To have one million dollars in liquid assets, basically money in the bank, generally you’d have to be worth close to $10 million," he explained of the criteria to be considered a high-net-worth individual.

Forbes, citing the study released by Henley & Partners, wrote that only 30 percent of high-net-worth individuals "opt for investment migration programs," with most choosing "work visas, ancestry visas, retirement visas, family visas, or... birthright second passports."
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Current information on the situation on the front line on July 5 (updated)
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20:57 From 13.50 Moscow time to 19.00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 48 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

17 UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
11 UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,
Five UAVs – over the territory of the Smolensk region,
Five UAVs – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Five UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region, including 2 UAVs flying to Moscow,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
One UAV – over the territory of the Yaroslavl region
.

19:29 FPV drone operators of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group discovered and destroyed a dugout with Ukrainian militants.

UAV operators of the "East" force group attacked enemy manpower in the South Donetsk direction.

FPV drone crews from the Rubicon Center hit ground robotic systems of various purposes and destroyed a 155mm self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of foreign manufacture in the area of ​​a special military operation.

18:37 Attack aircraft of the "East" force group are practicing tactics for capturing enemy strongholds on motorcycles in the rear area of ​​the special operation zone –VIDEO

17:34 South Donetsk direction. Far Eastern assault troops entered Voskresenka. Also, north of Karl Marx (Mirnoye), the forest area has been cleared of the enemy –MAP

16:31 Operators of the Geranium-2 UAV struck a temporary deployment point for units of the Ukrainian 36th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade in the area of ​​the settlement of Stepanovka in the DPR.

16:01 A selection of combat work by fighters of the Center group of forces on July 5 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction –VIDEO

14:58 In the period from 11.50 Moscow time to 13.50 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 15 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

11 UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Smolensk region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region.


13:20 Krasnolimansk direction. Advance of Russian attack aircraft near Zelenaya Dolina –MAP

12:48 From 9.40 Moscow time to 11.50 Moscow time by air defense systems on dutydestroyed12 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Nine UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Smolensk region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Kaluga region
.

12:14 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of July 5, 2025

Units of the North group of forces in Sumy Oblast improved their position along the front line. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades, assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Khrapovshchina, Kondratovka, Bessalovka, Sadki, Novaya Sich and Andreyevka in Sumy Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 11 cars, five field artillery pieces and three ammunition depots.

Units of the "West" group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Berezovka, Peschanoye and Petrovka in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, eight vehicles and three artillery pieces. Three electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare station and four ammunition depots were destroyed.

The units of the "Southern" group improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Reznikovka, Chasov Yar, Seversk and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 140 servicemen, two pickup trucks, a field artillery gun, a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher, an electronic warfare station and a supply depot.

Units of the "Center" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized, airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades, a naval infantry brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Rodinske, Novoekonomicheskoe, Boykovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Grodovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlovka of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 440 servicemen, five combat armored vehicles, seven cars, a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle and five field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kamyshevakha, Poddubnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Poltavka, Malinovka, Gulyaipole and Temirovka of the Zaporizhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 155 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and six cars.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region, Tokarevka and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 90 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, six cars and two field artillery guns. Six electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots and a supply depot were destroyed.


10:56 Work of the assault detachment of the 136th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade in cooperation with the allied 3rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and the UAV company, –video.

10:53 From 8:00 Moscow time to 9:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:

Two UAVs - over the territory of the Moscow region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Ryazan region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Smolensk region and
One UAV - over the territory of the Kursk region.


09:37 Calculations of unmanned aerial vehicles "Geran-2" destroyed a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries in the area of ​​the Meridian recreation center in the Zaporizhia region, as well as workshops for the production of UAVs and components for them in the area of ​​the village of Konotop in the Sumy region.

09:19 From 6:00 Moscow time to 8:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:

Eight UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Ryazan region, and
One UAV each over the territories of the Oryol and Novgorod regions
.

07:54 During the past night, from 23:00 Moscow time on July 4 to 7:00 Moscow time on July 5, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 94 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type:

34 UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region,
11 UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Nine UAVs over the territories of the Belgorod and Saratov regions,
Eight UAVs over the territory of the Novgorod region,
Six UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
Three UAVs over the territories of the Leningrad and Oryol regions,
Two UAVs each over the territories of the Rostov, Smolensk, Ryazan and Chuvash Republics,
One UAV each over the territories of the Moscow region, Penza and Tula regions.


07:30 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the area of ​​the villages of Poddubnoye and Tolstoy;
Control zone in the area of ​​Melovoe has been expanded;
Advance in the area of ​​Grigorovka.


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Investigative Committee identifies the Ukrainian who ordered the shooting down of the Il-76 with Russian prisoners
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Moscow, July 5, 2025, 13:40 — IA Regnum. The Russian Il-76 aircraft, transporting captured Ukrainian military personnel, was shot down on the orders of the commander of the 138th anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Nikolai Dzyaman. This was established by the Investigative Committee of Russia during the investigation of the disaster that occurred in January 2024 in the Belgorod region.

According to the department, the plane was hit by an anti-aircraft missile from one of the Patriot air defense systems, which are in service with the 138th Brigade.

“The servicemen who struck the aircraft were carrying out an illegal order from the brigade commander Nikolai Dzyaman and the higher command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement.

Dzyaman is accused of committing a terrorist act and is on the international wanted list. Other accomplices in the crime, including high-ranking Ukrainian military officers, are being identified.

The results of the investigation were reported to the Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, at an operational meeting of the headquarters for the investigation of Kiev's crimes, which took place in Donetsk, the department noted.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 24 last year, a heavy military transport aircraft Il-76 of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which took off from the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow, crashed in the Belgorod region, near the village of Yablonovo. There were 74 people on board: six crew members, three escorts and 65 captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who were being transported to Belgorod for exchange. They all died.

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Security forces report hundreds of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers missing near Sumy
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Moscow, July 5, 2025, 18:01 — Regnum News Agency. Hundreds of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have disappeared from the 158th Mechanized Brigade in Sumy Oblast. This was reported by Russian security agencies, citing relatives of the soldiers.

“Relatives and friends of servicemen of the 158th Mechanized Brigade report hundreds of missing persons in the Sumy region and rude treatment from the brigade command,” TASS quoted a representative of the security forces as saying.

The agency's source also said that the 531st battalion of the 21st Army Territorial Defense Corps, which was transferred to the Sumy direction, consists mainly of mobilized Ukrainians of pre-retirement age.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 3, security forces reported that almost all of the fighters from the second assault company of the 425th separate assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had gone missing in action in the Sumy region.

Also missing are the majority of former prisoners mobilized into the Shkval battalion of the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian army. According to social media, they disappeared near Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region in the 20th of June. Most likely, this is the result of numerous unsuccessful attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to conduct counterattacks.

According to the Ministry of Defense, in the first half of the year, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces exceeded 265 thousand people killed and wounded. In June alone, the Kiev regime lost almost 45 thousand servicemen.

More from regnum.ru

In Ukraine, volunteers from air defense groups may be sent to the front
Kiev, July 5, 2025, 17:40 — IA Regnum. In Ukraine, citizens who are part of volunteer air defense groups may be mobilized. They are not provided with a reservation. This was reported by the deputy head of the Ukrainian State Aviation Service, Serhiy Yakubenko.

Commenting on his words, Russian war correspondent Alexander Kots noted that now Ukrainian residents who voluntarily defended Ukrainian skies will be forcibly sent to the front.

"Obviously, mobile fire teams on pickups with machine guns can no longer cope with the Geranium raids. Our drones approach the target at an altitude where they are out of range of the rifles," the military correspondent wrote on his Telegram channel.

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China 'is preparing to launch industrial-scale forced organ harvesting', as Beijing reveals plans to triple number of transplant facilities in province home to Uyghur Muslims
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Macron's Secret Fear: Why He's Asking Russia to Influence Iran
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by Leonid Tsukanov
A few days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron had telephone conversations. The first substantive conversation since autumn 2022 was initiated by Paris and largely concerned the Iranian issue.

A little later, Le Parisien came out with a sensation: Macron’s sudden outburst was provoked by fears that Iranian missiles would reach Paris. However, the French leader had other, less obvious reasons for asking Moscow to influence Tehran.

Within reach
Macron's main secret fear, which French journalists have emphasized, is retaliatory strikes from the Iranians.

In the early days of Israel's Operation Lion Force, Tehran threatened Tel Aviv's Western allies (including France) that any assistance to the latter in repelling Iranian attacks would be regarded as entering the war. This would give Iran the moral right to strike European targets in the Middle East.

And a little later rumors began to spread that Iran had expanded the boundaries of a possible retaliatory operation, preparing (if the situation deteriorated sharply) to strike directly at Europe. And to use “the newest missiles” for these purposes.

Most likely, they were talking about the Kheibar Shekan series of missiles, first introduced in 2022.

The declared range of their upgraded version (Kheibar Shekan 2), which entered service shortly before the conflict, exceeds 2,000 kilometers, which is enough to reach the territory of France. The Ghadr-110 and Sajil-2 missiles have similar characteristics.

And the heavy Khorramshahr-4 missile is capable of traveling more than 4,000 kilometers, which leaves Tehran with the hypothetical opportunity to strike any part of France, including the capital.

Working for the audience
However, Le Parisien journalists seriously exaggerated. Tehran did not plan to strike French territory and thereby provoke all NATO countries to enter the conflict at the same time.

However, he was still able to seriously frighten the Elysee Palace by threatening the country with a possible withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) – following the example of the DPRK.

Such statements should not be considered empty bravado, especially since Tehran is only a few symbolic steps away from withdrawing from the Treaty. In particular, contacts with the IAEA have already been reduced to a minimum, surveillance cameras at the country's key nuclear facilities have been dismantled, and a draft law on withdrawal has been developed, which the Iranian parliament, if necessary, can pass in a few days.

All of this has created serious concerns in Paris that Tehran could embark on the path to developing nuclear weapons, although Iranian officials have strongly denied these plans.

It is no coincidence that in his conversation with Putin, Macron at least several times emphasized the immutability and inviolability of the NPT. Apparently counting on Moscow using its authority to keep the Iranians from taking ill-considered steps and finally ending the negotiations on the “nuclear deal.”

Prisoner exchange
The Elysee Palace also has other pressing issues related to Tehran on its agenda. In particular, the need to repatriate two French citizens, Cecile Coler and Jacques Paris, who were accused of organizing unrest in Iran in 2022 and are still being held in the “political” prison of Evin.

Efforts by the Elysee Palace to pressure reformist Iranian officials – including President Masoud Pezeshkian – to release their fellow citizens have been unsuccessful. Instead, Tehran has hardened its position over time, accusing the Evin prisoners of working for Israeli intelligence.

Given the general tightening of the Iranian law enforcement authorities' attitude towards "Israeli agents" after "Lion Force," the fate of the French is unenviable: with a high degree of probability, they, like other arrested pro-Israeli figures, will soon be sentenced to death.

Macron, who built his political image, among other things, around his readiness to defend the interests of French citizens at any cost, absolutely cannot allow this to happen. And since neither generous promises nor threats have ultimately worked, the only remaining way out is to seek the organization of an exchange process, in which Russia could act as a mediator.

Unlike Tehran’s other foreign policy partners, Moscow enjoys a significant “credit of trust” in the eyes of the Iranian authorities, reinforced by the conclusion of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty in early 2025. This makes it a suitable guarantor of the transparency of the hypothetical exchange procedures.

Tehran has something to demand from France. For example, it could include in the exchange list a group of ethnic Azerbaijanis who were collecting data on military logistics in Cyprus and were arrested by European security forces in late June.

It is also possible to request the return to their homeland of Iranian activists detained in the United States several days ago, or to demand the extradition of several army defectors who previously moved first to Israel and from there to Europe.

In all cases, this will require France to urgently work with its allies to persuade them to comply with Tehran's demands, which, unlike Macron, has nothing to lose regardless of the outcome of the deal.

That is why the Elysee Palace is trying to buy time and is waiting for Moscow to help it in a gentlemanly manner in this matter.

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Netanyahu to Discuss Hostage Release Deal with Part of Cabinet
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Tel Aviv, Israel, July 5, 2025, 22:19 — Regnum News Agency. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a narrow session of the Israeli government. This was announced on July 5 by Dmitry Gendelman, an adviser to the office of the head of the Israeli Cabinet.

“This evening, the prime minister will convene a meeting of the narrow cabinet, at which the issue of the speedy release of all our hostages will be discussed, including sending a negotiating team to Doha,” he told TASS.

According to the Ynet portal, mediators are negotiating a new round of indirect talks between the parties in Doha, the Qatari capital, on July 6 following the response of the Palestinian Hamas movement to the ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip. It is claimed that Israel has received a response from Hamas to the latest ceasefire proposal in Gaza. Now its details are being studied.

As reported by Regnum News Agency, on May 29, Al Arabiya TV channel announced that Hamas and Israel had agreed to a temporary truce in the Gaza Strip for 60 days. Later, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt confirmed that Israel had signed the proposal of US Presidential Special Envoy Steven Witkoff and US President Donald Trump for a peaceful settlement of the conflict. The proposal was then sent to Hamas.

In early June, the Israeli military found and returned the bodies of two hostages during an operation in the Gaza Strip. They were found in the Khan Yunis area. It is noted that the captives were killed on October 7, 2023, after which their bodies were taken to the Gaza Strip. The deceased were a married couple.

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Hidden consequences
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:


Israel hid information about Iran hitting five military facilities, including a major airbase, The Daily Telegraph reported.

In total, Iran struck more than 40 Israeli infrastructure facilities during the 12-day conflict.

As stated earlier, the full consequences of Iran's strikes on Israel and Israel's strikes on Iran have yet to be revealed, as both sides are hiding the military damage they suffered. Hence the pointlessness of comparing damage based only on published videos of strikes and statements by the parties. Some of the damage simply was not included in the videos or statements.

In fact, if satellite images from the war clearly showed traces of attacks on a number of airbases, they were not included in the videos and were not officially commented on.

PS. Yesterday, Iran received the first Chinese J-10C fighter with long-range PL-15 missiles. A total of 40 aircraft of this type will be purchased from the Chinese.

PS2. The IAEA spy mission officially leaves Iran after the law was adopted. She was not allowed into the facilities.

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