Iran unveils underground airbase tasked with responding to potential Israeli assault

"Iran unveiled what it said was its first underground air force base, with the head of the
Islamic Republic’s military saying the site would be among those used to launch a response to any potential strikes by Israel or others.

“Any attack on Iran from our enemies, including Israel, will see a response from our many air force bases including Eagle 44,” Iran’s armed forces’ Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri told IRNA, according to the Reuters news agency." TimesOfIsrael

Argentina hit by massive blackout

"Millions of Argentinians were plunged into darkness as large parts of the country, including
its capital, suffered a massive blackout caused by a fire on a crucial power line. Argentina has been reeling from a heatwave, with temperatures consistently rising above 35C (95F).

According to the Ministry of Energy, the nation’s interconnected electricity system endured “several failures,” with power outages registered in the central region. It noted that the provinces of Santa Fe, Cordoba, Mendoza, San Juan, and others had also been affected.

The outage was caused by a fire “in the 500 kv High Voltage Line that connects the towns of Campana and General Rodriguez,” both near the capital city of Buenos Aires, the ministry added." RT

Ukraine Army 13 times strikes enemy positions, hits ammo depot

"Ukraine’s defense forces repelled Russian attacks in the Bakhmut area and two other
settlements of Donetsk region, while Ukrainian aircraft struck the enemy 13 times." UKRIN

British Royal Navy Seizes Iran Weapons Shipment off Oman

"A British warship intercepted a boat smuggling Iranian weapons, including anti-tank missiles,
off the coast of Oman in a joint operation with US forces last week. The small craft, travelling at “high speed” after dark in international waters...The boat, travelling south from Iran, was intercepted by forces from British frigate HMS Lancaster before it could navigate back to Iranian territorial waters.? Breitbart

 

Cross-Border 'Terror Attack' On Russia Involved Dozens Of Armed Saboteurs Attacking Villages

"Russian presidency spokesman Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said militants entered
the Bryansk Oblast in Western Russia and attacked villages there, resulting in the death of one civilian and another wounded.  Conflicting initial reports indicated Russia’s Federal Security Service engaged in a gun battle with  the infiltrators, with the Kremlin saying "Measures are currently underway to eliminate these terrorists." ZeroHedge

Pink Floyd Star Roger Waters Accuses Joe Biden of Engineering the War in Ukraine

"Roger Waters, best known as the co-founder and bassist of the rock band Pink Floyd, called
out Joe Biden for his mishandling of the ongoing Ukrainian conflict.

Waters bashed Biden for numerous mishaps over his presidential reign, saying “you could have done better.....You could have kept Secretary of State Baker’s promise not to advance NATO… You could have refrained from engineering the illegal Maidan coup d’etat… You could have supported the Minsk accords....Now we are told by Angela Merkel they were just a ruse to buy time to arm Ukraine for the war that you were engineering.” TP

Zelensky Floats 'Strategic Pullback' From Bakhmut After Pouring In Huge Amount Of Reserve Forces

"Zelensky officials are now openly talking about a possible 'strategic pullback' from the
besieged eastern city of Bakhmut. This comes after Zelensky himself said he's not ready to order a continued defense of the city at all costs. By all accounts both sides are suffering huge casualties, but Russia has the superior artillery fire, which has been sustained around the clock, also as Kremlin forces have the city almost completely surrounded." ZH

Russia Repels 10 Drones Over Crimea As Kiev Denies It's Behind Spate Of Attacks

"The Kremlin said that it prevented another 'massive' drone attack on its territory - this time in
Russian-held Crimea, stating that a total of 10 drones were shot down or disabled through electronic warfare measures.

"An attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a massive drone attack on the facilities of the Crimean peninsula has been prevented," the Russian defense ministry (MoD) said in a statement, as cited in TASS.

"Six Ukrainian attack drones were shot down by air defense systems. Another four Ukrainian drones were disabled by electronic warfare. There were no casualties and destruction on the ground," the MoD said." ZH

Greek Foreign Minister Calls For Immediate End to Ukraine War Without Conditions

"Greek Foreign Minister Dendias made his statements on the one-year anniversary of the start
of the Russian invasion of Ukraine saying, “What we ask is for this war to end immediately, completely and with no conditions because this is the only way for real dialogue to begin.” Breitbart

Ukrainian Air Force launches 11 strikes on enemy positions in past day

 "In the past 24 hours, the Air Force of the Defense Forces launched 11 strikes on enemy
personnel clusters, while the rocket forces and artillery hit 9 clusters of enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as two positions of their anti-aircraft missile systems, an electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot,." UKRIN

'Hackers' Behind Air Raid Alerts Across Russia

"Russian authorities said that several regional television and radio stations that have
recently broadcast air raid alerts had been breached by hackers. Russian media reported that the alerts had been broadcast in the Belgorod and Voronezh regions bordering Ukraine, near Moscow and St. Petersburg and on the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.." MT

Mass Drone Attack Unleashes Chaos, Air Raid Sirens Inside Russia

"The attack on the oil facility happened in Tuapse, which lies about 150 miles southeast of the Crimean peninsula, with Reuters citing local media to report, "Emergency services put out a fire at an oil depot in southern Russia overnight after a drone was spotted flying overhead, the RIA news agency said." Crucially, Tuapse is about 500 kilometers from the nearest Ukrainian-held territory, which exhibits significant reach assuming the UAV was launched by the Ukrainians." ZH

Russia explains halt in oil exports to Poland

"Russian oil flows to Poland have been halted due to the stoppage of payment for deliveries,
Russia’s state-owned pipeline transport company Transneft announced." RT

US Plans to Carry Out False-Flag Op in Ukraine Using Toxic Agents, Russian Military Says

“We regard this information as the intention of the United States itself and its accomplices to
carry out a provocation in Ukraine using toxic chemicals,” Lt. Gen. Kirillov said.

He said Washington hopes that during hostilities it will not be possible to properly investigate the planned US chemical provocation in Ukraine, but added that in case the provocation does take place, the Russian Defense Ministry will identify and punish the true culprits.

Lt. Gen. Kirillov said the United States is likely to try to use the BZ military incapacitating agent (3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate) in Ukraine." IW

Hungary Demands UN Investigation Into "Scandalous" Attack On Nord Stream Pipelines

"Hungary has called for a UN investigation into the “scandalous” attack on the Nord Stream
pipelines, which journalist Seymour Hersh asserted were destroyed by the United States.

The attack left Germany and other European countries dependent on US energy, prompting them to support escalation of the war in Ukraine.

One source told Hersh that the plotters knew the covert operation was an “act of war,” with some in the CIA and State Department warning, “Don’t do this. It’s stupid and will be a political nightmare if it comes out.” ZH