Israeli Commandos Disguised As Medics Raid West Bank Hospital, Kill 3 Palestinian Militants

"Israeli commandos disguised as medics, patients and other Palestinian civilians raided a hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin in footage widely shared online.

The soldiers killed three people inside Jenin's Ibn Sina Hospital. Footage shared online and in Israeli media showed around a dozen Israeli soldiers in the hospital, armed with assault rifles.The men killed (reportedly Palestinian militants) have been identified as Mohammed Jalamneh, and two brothers, Basil and Mohammed al-Ghazawi.
According to Israeli media, the raid took around 10 minutes and took place at 5.30am." ZH

Victoria Nuland arrives in Kyiv

"U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland arrived in Kyiv for a visit. Ukrainian President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, met with Victoria Nuland to discuss strengthening of bilateral strategic partnership." Ukrin

Ukrainian air defenses intercept 15 out of 35 kamikaze drones overnight

"Ukraine's air defense forces shot down 15 out of 35 enemy kamikaze drones on the night of January 29-30.Later, the Ukrainian Air Force clarified that overnight into Tuesday, January 30, the enemy attacked Ukraine with 35 Shahed-136/131 drones launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk (Russia) and Chauda (temporarily occupied Crimea) and with two S-300 air defense missiles launched from the occupied Donetsk region." Ukrin

Ukraine Says U.S. Money Not Going to Ukraine, ‘Benefiting American Interests’

"The $130 billion sent to Ukraine so far for its war against Russia is apparently not actually going to Ukraine, but is really “benefiting American interests,” a spokesperson for Ukraine told Breitbart News.

The shock claim was in response to a request for information by Breitbart News on whether or not any American tax dollars had gone specifically to Uman, a city in the war-torn Eastern European nation that is currently seeing a condo built on a Jewish mass grave, as previously reported, in violation of a bilateral agreement with the U.S., and in violation of international law.
The spokesperson explained that, instead, a “significant portion” of the billions of dollars to Ukraine is “utilized in the United States for the construction of new weapons or to replenish those dispatched to Kyiv from U.S. reserves,” adding that “an analysis” (not specifically cited) found that “nearly 90 percent” of aid granted by Congress “is benefiting American interests.” The email continues, “The allocation of funds doesn’t imply immediate expenditure.”

“American interests” in this context presumably means weapons manufacturers." Breitbart

74 combat clashes on front lines in past day

"In the past 24 hours, 74 combat clashes were reported on the front lines in Ukraine.

Krasnyi Khutir of the Chernihiv region; Rozhkovychi of the Sumy region came under enemy airstrikes.
More than 110 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions were subjected to Russian artillery fire.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, the operational situation remains without significant changes.

In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna sectors, the enemy keeps military presence in the border area, conducting active subversive activities in order to prevent the transfer of Ukrainian troops to threatening directions and increasing the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled four enemy attacks near Synkivka and east of Pishchane, Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian troops repelled six Russian attacks near Terny and Yampolivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks near Bohdanivka and Ivanivske in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka sector, Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back enemy attempts to encircle Avdiivka. Ukrainian soldiers remain on the defensive, inflicting significant losses on the invaders. Over the past day, Ukrainian defense forces repelled 21 enemy attacks near Ocheretyne, Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Avdiivka and 5 more attacks near Pervomaiske and Nevelske in the Donetsk region." 

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'Largest Ever' NATO Exercise To Rehearse Russian Attack On Europe

"A massive NATO military exercises slated to run all the way through the end of May has kicked off. Exercise Steadfast Defender 24 is being hailed as the largest NATO exercises

since the Cold War. Some 90,000 troops from all 31 members states will take part.
Also, Sweden - which is on the cusp of formally entering the alliance after Turkish parliament belatedly signed off - is expected to sent troops and equipment. "The Alliance will demonstrate its ability to reinforce the Euro-Atlantic area via trans-Atlantic movement of forces from North America," a NATO statement said.
The focus of the exercises is to improve readiness for deploying NATO assets on a rapid and large scale from North America and other parts in order to defend Europe from an invasion." ZH

Congressional Hawks Urge 'Hit Iran Hard' After 3 US Troops Killed By Tehran-Aligned Militants

"It took a mere minutes after the headlines spread across the globe for the hawks to call on the White House to "hit them hard"—in reference to Iran and Iranian-linked groups believed responsible for the attack on a US outpost along the Jordanian border which killed three American troops and injured 25 more.

The government of Jordan has since said that none among their own troops were injured, which suggests all of the injured were Americans too." ZH

Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv

"The death toll from Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv earlier this week rose to 11, officials said." AJ

Russia launched 14 attack drones and five missiles on the southern Black Sea regions

"Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 14 attack drones and five missiles on the southern Black Sea regions with air defense systems destroying 11 of the drones." AJ

Terror Attack on Edmonton City Hall

"The Canadian Edmonton Journal reported that the alleged 28-year-old shooter was armed with a long gun when he “entered the building through the parkade, fired shots and threw a Molotov cocktail.” Some councillors were in the building at the time of the attack but were taken to safe locations by police/security.

Despite these and numerous other gun controls, a 28-year-old attacker–who allegedly made a video mentioning, among other things, the “genocide” in Gaza before attacking–was able to open fire on the Edmonton City Hall Tuesday." Breitbart

Hunter and the hunted: How Joe Biden is being linked to corruption, terror attacks, and political assassinations in Ukraine

"Ahead of the 2024 US presidential election, there’s been much talk about the family of US President Joe Biden and alleged corruption schemes connected with Ukraine. The story itself isn’t new, but facts have recently come to light which make it clear why the American leader and his fellow Democrats remain intransigent on the Ukraine issue.Andrey Derkach, a former Ukrainian parliamentarian who became widely known for publishing recordings of conversations between ex-Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko and high-ranking foreign officials, including Biden (who was then US vice president), gave an extensive interview earlier this month to journalist Simona Mangiante. During this conversation, he disclosed sensational new details about the “special ties” between the Biden family and the Ukrainian authorities.

According to Derkach, “President [Vladimir] Zelensky’s office was involved in distributing the Poroshenko-Biden recordings and helped organize the media coverage [of the story].” At the time, Zelensky and his team were interested in exposing his political rival by any means possible.
Everything changed after the start of the 2020 US election campaign and the arrival of Biden as president. “In a situation when Zelensky and [Ukrainian presidential aide Andrey] Yermak are begging Biden and [US Secretary of State Antony] Blinken for money, a [news] story about how they had once created problems for Biden’s election campaign is a big problem for them,” Derkach explained.
So, instead of exposing the corruption in the previous Ukrainian administration, the Bidens (along with Zelensky and his team) turned against anti-corruption fighters. Derkach, who has been forced to hide in Belarus, was stripped of his citizenship by the Ukrainian authorities and sanctioned by the US. But that’s not all. In addition to criminal investigations and sanctions, Derkach says he has faced assassination attempts ordered by top officials in Kiev and Washington.
On January 19, 2022, US Secretary of State Mr Blinken arrived in Ukraine to meet with Zelensky. Quite a lot of people attended this meeting – at least 14 people. At the meeting, Mr Blinken told Zelensky the following: ‘You urgently need to resolve the issue with Derkach’. Zelensky began talking about some people from the opposition. But Blinken said, ‘If you don’t resolve this issue with Derkach, then we will resolve the Derkach issue with our partners.’ Those who were at the meeting were taken aback, because the position of the US secretary of state was quite harsh. Just think of it, the task for the president of Ukraine is to resolve the issue with Derkach, the former deputy said.
It is noteworthy that in 2021, the Ukrainian police discovered plans to assassinate Derkach and the head of the group of prosecutors in the Burisma energy company case, Konstantin Kulik, but did not initiate a criminal case. The investigation tracked down the criminal gang from Eastern Europe hired to carry out the hit, as well as their base in Transcarpathia. The assassin himself was supposed to be an Albanian, but the information was leaked, and the gang escaped.
There was also an attempt to assassinate former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. According to former US Associate Attorney General and ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Shokin (whose dismissal Joe Biden has openly bragged about) was poisoned with mercury while on a trip to Greece. Nikolay Korpan – a doctor at the Austrian Rudolfinerhaus private clinic who treated presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko in 2004 – reportedly confirmed this to Giuliani. According to Korpan’s findings, while the permissible amount of mercury in the blood is no more than two units, Shokin was found to have 9.2 units and was starting to experience liver failure. It was clearly a murder attempt.
The number of witnesses in the Burisma case – a company though which Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden earned profits via alleged corruption schemes – is also steadily decreasing. Shortly before she was due to testify as a witness in the case, the wife of Nikolai Lisin – a former partner of Nikolai Zlochevsky – was found dead in her apartment. She had been responsible for accounting at Burisma and had been aware of transactions carried out in the interests of the Bidens. Lisin himself died in a car accident back in 2011.
In light of this, it seems Derkach is right to say that anyone who talks about Biden’s corruption in Ukraine is in danger of being physically removed.
The fact that Hunter Biden abused his father’s official position, receiving a profit of several million dollars through corrupt schemes and violating US legislation on foreign agents, isn’t the only problem. There’s much more to it than that.
In order to understand the scale of the potential profits for the Biden family, we need to go back to 2012. The Yuzovsk shale gas field is located on the territory of the Donetsk and Kharkov regions. The total area of the deposit is about 7886 sq km. According to the State Geologic and Subsoil Survey of Ukraine (UGS), the proven resources of the field are up to 10 trillion cubic meters, and it can deliver around 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. In May 2012, the British-Dutch company Shell won the tender (organized by the UGS) for the right to conclude an agreement on its development. On January 24, 2013, Ukraine signed a production sharing agreement with Shell. Incidentally, US company ExxonMobil had participated in the tender along with Shell, but the Europeans won.
At the end of November 2013, when then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign an Association Agreement with the EU, mass protests broke out in Kiev, which became known as the ‘Euromaidan’. One of the officials who greatly supported the protesters and encouraged the establishment of pro-Western power in Ukraine was Biden’s colleague, Nuland, who was dubbed the ‘Maidan midwife’. The State Department official was so active in Ukraine that she became embroiled in numerous scandals. She was known for handing out cookies in the center of Kiev, cursing the EU, and boasting that the US had invested $5 billion into “building democracy” in Ukraine.
On February 22, 2014, the Ukrainian parliament removed Yanukovych from power, in a move of dubious legality. Aleksandr Turchinov became interim president, and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, backed by Nuland, became prime minister. In April 2014, the Ukrainian army started an “anti-terrorist operation” in Donbass, and Shell was forced to stop the development of shale gas deposits.
Meanwhile, on May 12, 2014, Burisma announced that Hunter Biden had joined its board of directors. The energy company was headed by Ukrainian oligarch Nikolay Zlochevsky, who was Ukraine’s minister of natural resources under Yanukovych. While he held that post, Zlochevsky’s firm received nine licenses for the development of various energy deposits, thereby increasing its annual production volume sevenfold. The oligarch’s activities drew the attention of Interpol, since Zlochevsky had ties with Maltese businessman Pierre Pillow. He was involved in laundering huge sums of money in Maltese banks and helped Zlochevsky open accounts for Hunter Biden in Satabank, known for its dubious operations.
In 2018, Burisma took up the development of shale deposits located in the exact same area where the military conflict between Kiev and Donbass was raging. At least $10 billion – i.e. the sum of the contract with Shell – was at stake.
But the story didn’t end there. Sergey Zavorotny, adviser to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov, described the Bidens’ alleged schemes involving reverse gas flows. Derkach’s records state that while he was US vice president, Joe Biden pressured Poroshenko to leave Andrey Kobolev as CEO of Ukraine’s Naftogaz. In turn, Kobolev appointed Amos Hochstein – who may be called Biden’s “wallet” – as an independent director of the Naftogaz supervisory board. It is at this time that the reverse gas flow scheme was organized.
The scheme implied that “Russian gas crossed the Ukraine-Slovakia border through a built-in 1.5 kilometer-long pipe and immediately returned to Ukraine, but with an added cost of $50 per one thousand cubic meters. Biden, Kobolev, and Amos Hochstein collected one and a half billion dollars using this scheme," Zavorotny also claims.
Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko drew attention to the fact that the perpetrators of the corruption scheme were never punished, and said that “the investigation was not carried out under the new president. The president changed, but all the policies that were carried out externally in regard to Ukraine, as well as inside the country, have remained the same.”
While intense fighting was underway in Ukraine, Burisma launched the first shale gas production line in Donbass. Hunter Biden arranged that process, while Hochstein “organized” the reverse gas flows. At that time, Hochstein became the US Special Envoy for Nord Stream 2.
Everybody knows what happened to Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines, built to supply energy to Germany. We won’t accuse anyone in particular, but will only let the interested parties speak for themselves.
In a recent interview, Derkach recalled the criminal case against Burisma lawyer Andrey Kichi, who tried to give a $6 million bribe to law enforcement officials in order to close the Burisma case. On April 21, 2022, with the consent of a Burisma representative, a Ukrainian court transferred the $6 million in cash to the military unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine. According to Derkach, “after a certain period of time, Nord Stream exploded, there were assassination attempts. The heads of the Ukrainian special services do not hide the fact that they commit terrorist acts and political assassinations using off-budget cash. Once again, Biden’s business partners who are involved in the corrupt business in Ukraine also finance terrorist acts, thus avoiding responsibility for corruption in Ukraine.”
These claims are yet to be proven, but the hostility towards the Nord Stream project by representatives of the US administration is indisputable. In his investigation of the explosions, renowned US journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh wrote that the Democrats directly threatened to destroy the gas pipelines. As President Biden stated during a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in February 2022, “If Russia invades [Ukraine], there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it.” Twenty days before that, Under Secretary of State Nuland had said: “I want to be very clear: if Russia invades Ukraine one way or another, Nord Stream 2 will not move forward.”
As a result, the European gas market has undergone a huge transformation in the past couple of years. By the end of 2023, LNG accounted for 42% of the EU’s gas imports. This comes down to about 165 billion cubic meters of natural gas, when converted through regasification. Half of it – i.e. 77 billion cubic meters – was supplied by the US. According to a report by shipbroker Branchero Costa, the US is now the largest exporter of LNG, accounting for 21.7% of global shipments. In total, the US exported 88.9 million tons of LNG last year, which is 12.0% more than in 2022. To compare, the US exported 72.5 million tons of LNG in 2021, and just 48.2 million tons in 2020. What more can we say?
As German Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said in the Bundestag, “We provide military and economic support to Ukraine, as well as to European countries that continue to support Ukraine. Therefore, we spend money – the money is no longer here, and we have to admit that it does not enter our economy.” Habeck admitted that the German economy had lost its competitive advantage due to the rejection of Russian gas, and energy prices in the country have increased." RT

64 combat clashes on front lines, most attacks repelled in Lyman sector

"Sixty-four combat engagements were recorded on the battlefield in Ukraine in the past 24 hours. In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna sectors, the enemy maintains its military presence in the border areas, conducting subversive activities to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to dangerous sectors and increasing the density of minefields along the state border. Enemy artillery and mortar attacks were recorded in more than 30 settlements, including Yeline, Bleshnia, Karpovychi and Leonivka in the Chernihiv region, Chuikivka, Iskryskivshchyna, Andriivka, Volodymyrivka, Basivka and Popivka in the Sumy region, Udy, Kozacha Lopan, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Budarky and Kolodiazne in the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled five enemy attacks outside Synkivka in the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region, where the enemy tried to break through Ukrainian defenses. 

More than ten settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka and Berestove in the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 11 enemy attacks near Terny, Yampolivka and Torske in the Donetsk region, and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops. More than ten settlements came under enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Karmazynivka, Nevske and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region and Torske, Dibrova, Serebrianka, Verkhnokamianske, Spirne and Rozdolivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut sector, Ukrainian forces repelled six enemy attacks near Ivanivske and Klishchiivka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to improve its tactical position. About ten settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Vasiukivka, Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Andriivka and New York in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled eight enemy attacks near Stepove and Avdiivka and 12 attacks outside Tonenke and Pervomaiske in the Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through Ukrainian defenses. About ten settlements, including Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, Avdiyivka and Pervomaiske in the Donetsk region, came under enemy artillery and mortar fire.

In the Marinka sector, Ukrainian forces continue to hold the enemy near Heorhiivka and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to improve its tactical position ten times. Such settlements in the Donetsk region as Maksymilianivka, Heorhiivka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka came under artillery and mortar fire from the occupiers.
In the Shakhtarske sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three enemy attacks outside Zolota Nyva and west of Staromaiorske, Donetsk region. More than ten settlements, including Vodiane, Vuhledar, Bohoiavlenka, Staromaiorske, and Zelene Pole, came under artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Zaporizhzhia sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled an enemy attack west of Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia region. More than 15 settlements, including Levadne, Huliaipole, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, and Lobkove in the Zaporizhzhia region were hit by artillery and mortar attacks." Ukrin

Ukraine appears to be attacking Russia's oil and gas industry with small, cheap drones that can bypass its air defenses

"Several oil and gas facilities in Russia have caught fire in recent weeks following suspected drone attacks.

Ukraine appears to be targeting energy infrastructure to hamper Russian supply lines.
Russia's air defense systems have proven to be less effective against small drones.

Ukraine appears to be targeting Russia's oil and gas industry with small, cheap drones as it seeks to disrupt Russian supply lines.
Fires have broken out at several energy infrastructure locations in Russia over the last few weeks following suspected drone strikes, including at a Rosneft oil refinery in Tuapse, a Rosneft storage facility in Klintsy, and Novatek's Baltic Sea Ust-Luga terminal." MS

China Unveils High-Speed 'Dream Bullet' That Changes Directions Via Instructions Sent by Satellite

"Chinese scientists have reportedly brought to life the "dream bullet," a concept initially

conceived by the United States Navy.
This groundbreaking ammunition has the ability to continuously alter its flight path based on satellite instructions." MS

Troops neutralize 10, arrest bandit kingpin in N’West

"The Nigerian Army says its troops have eliminated 10 terrorists and arrested a bandit kingpin in clearance operations in the North-West region.

The Information Officer, Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin Daji, Capt. Yagata Ibrahim, said this in a statement in Gusau." DailyNigeria

Saudi Tankers Given Passage Through Red Sea By Houthis, Alongside Russia & China

"China and Russia aren't the only countries being given a "pass" from Yemen's Houthi rebels, but Saudi Arabia is also exporting crude oil through the Red Sea as if in perfectly normal times (well, almost).

At a moment that especially Western and any and all Israeli-linked vessels are being targeted by rocket and drone attacks out of Yemen, the head of Aramco’s refining, oil trading and marketing division Mohammed Al Qahtani has confirmed to Bloomberg, "We’re moving in the Red Sea with our oil and products cargoes." He added that the risks remain "manageable"." ZeroHedge

Houthi Rebels Fire Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile "Toward" US Arleigh-Burke Class Destroyer

"Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship ballistic missile "toward" the USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

Also, the president's Operation Prosperity Guardian to use America's military might in the Red Sea to shield commercial vessels from drone and missile attacks has yet to quell the violence." ZH

82 combat clashes on front lines in past day

"In the past 24 hours, 82 combat clashes were reported on the front lines in Ukraine. 

In the past day, 82 combat engagements took place. Russian invaders carried out 2 missile attacks and 19 airstrikes, as well as 68 MLRS attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.The following areas were hit by enemy airstrikes: Komisarove of the Kharkiv region; Serebrianka Forestry of the Luhansk region; Terny, Rozdolivka, Druzhkivka, Avdiivka, Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, Kostiantynivka of the Donetsk region; Stavky of the Mykolaiv region.
More than 100 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions came under enemy artillery fire.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, the operational situation remains without significant changes.
In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna sectors, the enemy keeps military presence in the border area, conducting active subversive activities in order to prevent the transfer of Ukrainian troops to threatening directions and increasing the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region." Ukrin

U.N. Court Orders Israel to Write Report, Ignores Hamas Terror

"The United Nations’ top court censured Israel ordering it to deliver a report on its recent actions in self defense but neglected to directly condemn the pro-Palestinian terrorists who sparked events now embroiling the two major combatants." Breitbart

Israel Attacks Hezbollah Airstrip Believed Built By Iran To Launch Drones

"Israeli strikes have taken out an airstrip which served Hezbollah's aerial unit, described as having an Iranian built runway used to launch drones.

It's located in the Lebanon's Qalaat Jabbour mountain region, and the IDF says it was responding to a drone attack on Israel earlier Thursday. Additionally, Hezbollah has continued raining down a "large number" of missiles on Israel's Mount Meron surveillance base. Israel said the base suffered minor damage." ZH

Former Ukrainian MPs from pro-Russian party stole over 30 vessels of Ukrainian merchant fleet

"Ukraine's Security Service, in cooperation with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, has exposed a large-scale embezzlement scheme involving the state-owned Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company's property.According to the intelligence service, the culprits appropriated 32 barges of the merchant fleet of the enterprise for a total amount of more than UAH 80 million (approx. US$2.126 million)." Pravada

Fighting rages in southern Gaza after deadly attack on UN shelter

"Fierce battles are tearing through the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, where United Nations officials say tank rounds hit a UN facility sheltering displaced Palestinians killing at least nine people and wounding 75 others." France24

US Launches Airstrikes In Somalia For First Time This Year

"US

launched airstrikes in Somalia US Africa Command announced on Tuesday, marking the
first known US bombing of the country in 2024.
AFRICOM said in a press release that the strikes consisted of two separate engagements against al-Shabaab about 20 miles northeast of Kismaayo, a port city in southern Somalia. The command said the strikes were launched at the request of the US-backed Mogadishu-based government." ZH

Ukraine Indirectly Admits It Shot Down Large Russian Transport Plane, Possibly With Own POWs On Board

"The Kremlin is accusing Ukraine of shooting down the Russian Il-76 military transport plane that crashed in a border region near Ukraine. All 74 people aboard have been reported killed,

including the 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were allegedly on board being transported. The Associated Press suggests that Kiev has made an indirect admission of guilt, but there was no mention of Ukrainian POWs dying. "Hours after the crash, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made no mention of the crash in a statement," writes AP. "But it added that Ukraine targets Russian military transport planes believed to be delivering missiles, especially near the border." Ukrin

56 combat clashes on front lines in past day

"Fifty-six combat engagements were recorded on the battlefield in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, with Ukrainian forces continuing to expand a bridgehead in the Kherson sector.
In total, the enemy launched 48 missile strikes and 112 air strikes and carried out 73 attacks using multiple rocket launchers against the positions of our troops and settlements.

Unfortunately, Russian terrorist attacks led to civilian casualties, among them children. More than 200 civilian infrastructure facilities in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, Kharkiv and Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region were destroyed and damaged.

Air strikes were launched in Kozacha Lopan, Lyptsi and Hatyshche in the Kharkiv region, Makiivka, Bilohorivka and Serebrianske Forestry in the Luhansk region, Terny, Serebrianka, Siversk, Bohdanivka, Avdiivka, Novomykhailivka, Kostiantynivka and Urozhaine in the Donetsk region; Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, Kachkarivka, Mylove and Beryslav in the Kherson region.
More than 150 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions came under artillery fire." Ukrin

Russian strike on Kyiv: damage reported in 3 districts, building and vehicles ablaze, unexploded missile in one of the apartments

"Following the morning strike by Russia on Kyiv there are reports of buildings and a

kindergarten being damaged in several areas of the city. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, vehicles are ablaze. Fire has also been reported in several apartments of a residential building in the Solomianskyi district. Emergency services are heading to the scene.Klitschko said that another apartment is on fire at a different address in the Sviatoshynskyi district. As a result of wreckage falling on the building, balconies from the ground to the fourth floor are damaged. One person was found in the apartment where the fire occurred." Pravada

Iraqi Militia Coalition Targets Israeli Port, US Troops at Syrian Gas Field

"A Shia militia-led alliance known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it had

attacked the port in the Israeli city of Ashdod, located on the Mediterranean coast.Israeli officials and media have not commented on the attack, which purportedly took place in the early hours. Footage allegedly shot near Ashdod has appeared on social media showing firefighters battling a large blaze with the help of an excavator, but Sputnik has not been able to independently verify the video's authenticity.

Separately the militia coalition reported targeting a US base at Conoco - Syria's largest natural gas fields, using missiles." Sputnik

Why French farmers are up in arms: fuel hikes, green regulation, EU directives

"French farmers have engaged in a standoff with the government to express anger over a lack

of respect, rising costs and suffocating EU regulation. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal seeks to calm the protesters while the National Rally hopes to take advantage of their anger, just five months before the European elections." France24

68 combat clashes in Ukraine over past day

"There were 68 combat engagements. The enemy launched a total of four missile strikes and 102 airstrikes, as well as 80 MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and at various settlements. Unfortunately, Russia’s terrorist attacks killed and wounded civilians. Private

residential and apartment buildings, and other civil infrastructure facilities sustained damage and destruction.Russian invaders launched another barrage of 10 Shahed-136/131 type one-way attack drones. Eight UAVs were intercepted.
Russian airstrikes hit the settlements of Hrafske, Vovchansk, Mykolaivka, Vilkhuvatka, Ivanivka, Kislivka, Tabaivka, and Pishchane of Kharkiv region; Makiivka, Serebryanske Forestry in Luhansk region; Yampolivka, Hryhorivka, Minkivka, Bohdanivka, Chasiv Yar, Kostiantynivka, Toretsk, Severne, New York, Lastochkyne, Avdiivka, Staromaiorske, Rivnopil, and Novomykhailivka of Donetsk region; Chervonyi Maiak, Zmiivka, Novoberyslav, and Vesele of Kherson region.
More than 100 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under Russian artillery fire." Ukrin

Ukrainian Citizenship for Foreign Fighters, Says Zelensky

"Ukraine will change its citizenship law to allow foreign volunteer fighters to become Ukrainians, as well as “all ethnic Ukrainians” around the world to get passports, no matter how many generations different, the President has said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a raft of new laws he had submitted to the national parliament (Verkhovna Rada) on Monday in a speech marking the Ukrainian Day of National Unity, an annual celebration of the short-lived 1917-era Ukrainian People’s Republic. Among the announcements are a serious liberalization of Ukrainian citizenship law, allowing dual citizens for the first time and opening up passports to the global Ukrainian diaspora, as well as foreign military volunteers." MichaelSavage.com

Israeli strike on south Lebanon kills Hezbollah fighter

"An Israeli strike Sunday on south Lebanon killed a Hezbollah fighter......The strike on a car in south Lebanon “killed a member of Hezbollah’s protection team”, a Lebanon security official told AFP, adding that the senior commander he was protecting “escaped death”.
A source close to Hezbollah confirmed a Hezbollah fighter had been killed, but denied that a high-level official had been the target of the strike." Breitbart

53 skirmishes occur on front over past 24 hours, Russians attempt to advance on Dnipro's left bank

"53 combat engagements have taken place on the front line over the past 24 hours, with the Russian army launching 2 missile strikes and 41 airstrikes and carrying out 28 attacks with multiple rocket launchers. On the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled four Russian attacks near the village of Synkivka (Kharkiv Oblast), where the Russians attempted to break through the Ukrainian defenses.

On the Lyman front, Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian attack near the settlement of Terny (Donetsk Oblast) and four more attacks near the settlements of Makiivka, Bilohorivka, and Serebrianka Forest (Luhansk Oblast), where the Russians attempted to break through the Ukrainian defencss.
On the Bakhmut front, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled seven Russian attacks near the settlements of Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka and Andriivka (Donetsk Oblast), where the Russian army unsuccessfully tried to improve its tactical situation.
On the Avdiivka front, Ukrainian troops repelled nine Russian attacks near the settlements of Stepove and Avdiivka and five more attacks near Pervomaiske and Nevelske (Donetsk Oblast), where the Russians attempted to break through the Ukrainian defenses.
On the Marinka front, Ukrainian Defense Forces are continuing to hold back the Russian army near the settlements of Heorhiivka and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk Oblast), where the Russian troops made 16 unsuccessful attempts to improve their tactical situation.
On the Shakhtarsk front, Russian forces did not conduct offensive operations.
On the Zaporizhzhia front, Ukrainian defenders repelled a Russian attack near the village of Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast), where the Russians unsuccessfully attempted to regain their lost ground.
The Russian occupying forces persist in their efforts to drive Ukrainian units from their footholds on the Dnipro River's left bank. Therefore, the Russians mounted one unsuccessful assault on the positions of the Ukrainian army within the last 24 hours." Pravada

Hamas Defies Critics: Says Its Terrorists Upheld ‘Islamic Values’ During Murderous Attack on Israel

"Hamas terrorist organization released a report Sunday into its October 7 attack on Israel,

claiming its fighters were committed to “Islamic values” and if civilians were targeted “it happened accidentally” in the course of the murderous rampage.
In its first public report on the killing spree that began the war, Hamas said the incursion – referred to as “Operation Al Aqsa Flood” – was a “necessary step” against Israel’. 

This resulted in the deaths of about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, based on official Israeli figures.
Some 360 people were mowed down at the music festival, entire families were burned alive in their homes, parents were shot in front of their children and children and babies were killed or taken captive." Breitbart

China Stocks Crash Through 'Snowball Derivatives' Trigger Levels Overnight

"Specifically, we warned that for those looking for the tipping point, pay especially close

attention to the CSI 1000 Index dropping below the 5,300 level, where a wave of knock-ins triggers could accelerate exponentially.
According to Guotai Junan Futures, there are about 30 billion yuan ($4.2 billion) of snowball derivatives products tied to the CSI 1000 Index are near levels that trigger losses at maturity, according to Guotai Junan Futures Co, as the stock rout in #China's stock market pushes the derivatives to near knock-in levels.
Another 60 billion yuan of the derivatives are 5%-10% away from their knock-in thresholds!
Finally, as Sino Market points out, most Snowball derivatives were opened from Feb to April 2023.
Since the downside knock-in put barriers are set to 75% or 80% of the spot price, dealers estimate that most of those are set at 5,180 points on the CSI 1000 index." ZH