Ukraine, UK Condemn ‘Sham Trial’ of Britons Sentenced to Death by Firing Squad

"The Ukrainian foreign minister says he and Britain’s defense secretary have discussed the
plight of the three foreign fighters sentenced to death by pro-Russian separatists.

Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter that he and Liz Truss “strongly condemned the sham trial against prisoners of war in Russian-occupied Donetsk” during a telephone conversation Friday."  Breitbart

Explosion Heard in Central Donetsk Near DPR Head's Office

"An explosion has occurred in the center of Donetsk near the office of the head of the DPR
Denis Pushilin, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

A video has emerged online showing plumes of smoke rising above the scene where the incident took place. According to eyewitnesses, two shells exploded in the city, with one hitting the top floor of a residential building. Donetsk has been repeatedly shelled by Ukrainian troops, including with the use of howitzers supplied by Western countries." Sputnik

Now A Ship-Jam In The North Sea

"Tankers and cargo ships are currently jammed in front of the European ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp, as Statista's Martin Armstrong shows in the infographic below, based on a snapshot from FleetMon, an online tracking portal for ships. Further north off the mouth of the Elbe, a number of cargo ships are also moored and waiting to be allowed to enter the port.

This map illustrates how the global economy is once again suffering from delays in container shipping..... almost two percent of global cargo capacity is currently stuck in the North Sea off the ports of Germany, Holland and Belgium. According to the IfW, the affected ships can neither be loaded nor unloaded." ZH

 

Ukraine strikes Russian military targets

"Ukraine's defence ministry on Friday said it struck Russian military positions in the southern Kherson region, where the army is fighting to reclaim occupied territory." France24

Ukraine Dependent on Arms From Allies After Exhausting Soviet-Era Weaponry

"Ukraine has depleted its stocks of Soviet and Russian-designed weaponry and is now
completely dependent on allies for arms to defend against Russia's invasion, U.S. military sources say. 

Once part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's army and its defense industry were built around Soviet and Russian-standard equipment, small arms, tanks, howitzers and other weapons not interchangeable with those of neighbors to the west." MT

Ukraine Belatedly Admits 'Heavy Casualty Rate' In Appeal For More Weapons From West

".....a senior advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky - admitted Thursday that
Ukraine is losing between 100 and 200 troops per day amid the Russian onslaught. The figure is significantly revised upward compared to President Zelensky only last week offering a loss estimate of between 60 and 100 troops each day.... it seems taking daily average casualties public is geared toward getting more arms from the West." ZH

 

Ukrainian forces hold civilians hostage inside factory

"Russia’s defense ministry says there is “credible information” that Ukrainian fighters are using civilians as human shields inside the Azot chemical plant in the Donbass city of Severodonetsk.

According to the ministry, Ukrainian troops were “holding hundreds of the town’s residents and workers inside the plant’s underground facilities.” RT

 

UK Farmers Say Food Supply May 'Grind to a Halt’ as Major Fertiliser Plant Closes Over Energy Crisis

"Concerns were raised of a large-scale food catastrophe since western countries slapped
sanctions on Russia....UK farmers have issued the dire warning that the country’s food supply is now “vulnerable" after soaring energy bills prompted a major British fertiliser plant to shut down operations, reported The Telegraph.

CF Fertilisers, a subsidiary of US-based CF Industries Holdings, Inc., is one of Britain's largest ammonia plants. It announced on Friday that it was closing its Ince manufacturing plant near Chester as it can no longer afford to keep it open." Sputnik

Turkey Threatens Greece Over 'Militarizing' Aegean Islands

"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused Greece of militarizing its
islands in the Aegean Sea with an eye toward threatening Turkey, in but the latest salvo in a series of tit-for-tat accusations between the two NATO members. Erdogan urged immediate demilitarization of the islands, stressing Turkey will never relinquish its "rights" in the Aegean Sea, statements which come weeks after he condemned Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for lobbying the White House to block impending US F-16 sales to Ankara.  

"I warn Greece to avoid dreams, acts and statements that will result in regret. Come to your senses," he said in a televised speech related to the drills. "Turkey will not renounce its rights in the Aegean and will not back down from using rights that are established by international agreements when it comes to arming islands," he added." ZeroHedge

US to run out of Javelin missiles for Ukraine

"The US will soon have no new Javelin anti-tank missiles to spare for Ukraine, Bloomberg
reported on Tuesday.

“The war has already consumed as much as one-third of the US military’s inventory of Javelins. Within months, the Pentagon will be unable to deliver new ones without emptying out its own supply,” it said." RT

 

Al-Qaeda Threatens India with Child Suicide Bombers for ‘Blasphemy’

"In a statement published Tuesday, the al-Qaeda terrorist organization threatened to unleash a
string of child suicide bombings across India in response to an ongoing controversy surrounding remarks about Muhammad made by a now-former spokeswoman for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

During a cable news debate last week, former spokeswoman Nupur Sharma – discussing widespread mockery by Muslims of Hindu gods following the debated discovery of a sacred Hindu relic in a mosque – suggested that Hindus should mock the Islamic hadith, or holy writing, stating that Muhammad married a girl named Aisha when she was six years old. Sharma also mentioned several other Quranic statements she considered potential fodder for jokes." MS

 

British ‘Mercenaries’ in Ukraine Sentenced to Death by Pro-Russia Separatists

"27-year-old Aiden Aslin and 48-year-old Shaun Pinner, said to have been captured in the

Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in April over the course of its long siege by Russian forces, were sentenced to death for, as Russian state media puts it, “violently attempting to overthrow the government of the Donetsk People’s Republic”, as was Moroccan national Saadun Brahim." Breitbart

German Govt’s Vaccine Advisory Panel Now Recommending Jabs for Monkeypox

"Germany’s independent vaccine advisory panel is recommending that shots against
monkeypox be prioritized for people recently exposed to the virus that causes the disease." Breitbart

Ousted Ukrainian Official Breaks Silence, Admits She Lied About Mass Rape By Russians To Garner More Aid/Arms

"Lyudmila Denisova, the former Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights,

was removed from her position following a vote of no confidence in the Ukrainian parliament which passed by a margin of 234-to-9.

Parliament member Pavlo Frolov specifically accused Denisova of pushing misinformation that “only harmed Ukraine” in relation to “the numerous details of ‘unnatural sexual offenses’ and child sexual abuses in the occupied territories, which were unsupported by evidence.”

In an interview published by a Ukrainian news outlet, Denisova admitted that her falsehoods had achieved their intended goal." ZH

Russian Radio Station Hacked to Play Ukrainian National Anthem

"Hackers targeted Russian radio station Kommersant FM on Wednesday, broadcasting the Ukrainian national anthem and anti-war songs to protest Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The station was quickly pulled off the air. “The radio station has been hacked." MT