‘Mega strike’ hits Germany

"Airports, bus stops, and train stations were at a standstill across Germany on Monday, as
more than 400,000 public transportation employees took part in a 24-hour strike. The workers are demanding pay rises to compensate for inflation, which has soared in Germany since last year." RT

Ukrainian Forces Shell Villages in Russia’s Kursk Region

"Ukrainian troops shelled three villages in Russia's Kursk Region, disrupted power supply and damaged buildings.

None of the local residents were injured, the committee specified, adding that some agricultural facilities were damaged." Sputnik

UK's Delivery of Depleted Uranium Shells Will Affect Ukraine Agricultural Sector

"The use of depleted uranium ammunition in Ukraine will affect the country's agriculture
sector, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

On Tuesday, UK Minister of State for Defense Annabel Goldie said that the country will provide Ukraine with depleted uranium tank ammunition, including armor piercing shells for Challenger 2 battle tanks." Sputnik

Saudi State TV Torches Biden With Parody

"Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to restore diplomatic relations in an agreement brokered by China. This move comes after years of rivalry and several days of negotiating in China.

This is big news for many reasons. It signals serious Chinese headway into the oil-rich Middle East — previously the sole domain of the United States and its Western allies — as well as an unprecedented unity between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shi’ite Iran. 

Saudi Arabia TV, on its program Saudi Night Live, recently parodied the degenerate American president Joseph Biden.

Joe Biden was portrayed as a hapless buffoon on “SNL” — “Saudi Night Live.”

Saudi Arabia’s state-run television network aired a skit where the actor playing the president stumbles as he climbs the staircase leading to Air Force One while the comic portraying Vice President Kamala Harris looks on in horror.

The skit poked fun at the real-life gaffes of the 80-year-old Biden, who has had a penchant for frequently losing his balance.

In another snippet from the show “Studio 22” that went viral on Friday, the actor portraying Biden is seen wrapping up a speech and waving from a podium at the White House to two flags behind him." PJM

Russia will place nuclear weapons in Belarus

"Russian tactical nuclear weapons might arrive in Belarus as early as this summer, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed. Moscow is completing the construction of a specialized storage facility for such arms, amid repeated calls by Minsk to deploy them on its soil, he added." RT

North Macedonia to transfer 12 combat helicopters to Ukraine

"Slavjanka Petrovska, North Macedonia's Defence Minister, has said that the Macedonian
government will offer to transfer 12 Mi-24 attack helicopters to Ukraine." Pravada

Ukrainian Forces Release Video of ‘Street Fight’ with Wagner Mercs in Bakhmut

"Ukrainian forces have released what they claim is video footage of a “street fight” between the State Border Guard Service and Wagner Group mercenaries in the key battleground city of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast.

The footage, uploaded to video sharing website YouTube by the Ukrainian border guard and highlighted by state media, shows Ukrainian troops firing rocket launcher-like devices from the shattered yard of a residential building while a dog mills around them nonchalantly." Breitbart

Leader of NATO Bulgaria Says No Warplanes, Missiles, or Tanks for Ukraine

"The leader of Bulgaria, a European Union and NATO member-state, says his country will not
use its arsenal of Soviet-era warplanes, air defense missiles, and tanks to bolster the Ukrainian war machine.

President Rumen Radev says “Bulgaria does not support and is not part of the general order for the supply of shells to Ukraine” he said in reference to an EU joint procurement program." Breitbart

Iran-Backed & US Occupation Forces Currently Battling In Eastern Syria

"US forces occupying Syria's northeast are in a high state of alert, and there are reports of
ongoing gunbattles with Iran-backed militias into the night hours. It's being widely acknowledged as the most serious fighting involving American forces there since 2019, with some of the latest rocket launches targeting Omar oil field, which has long been held by US and Kurdish forces.

US officials have acknowledge to the Times that there was some kind of failure in the base's anti-air systems: 

Two U.S. officials said the main air defense system at the base was “not fully operational” at the time, raising questions about whether the attackers had detected that vulnerability and exploited it, or just happened to send the drone at that time, according to people who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation." ZH

Deutsche Bank Bloodbath Reignites Global Bank Crisis Fears

"Last night, amid the Fed's H.4.1 report, we noted an unprecedented surge in foreign official Repo ($60 billion) under the Fed's new FIMA repo facility, which means that the offshore scramble for dollars was alive and well, and someone  really needed access to USD. The assumption was that it was Credit Suisse (or UBS) shoring up some shortfalls, but with the action of the last couple of days, others are worrying that there is more afoot in the EU banking system.....Deutsche Bank stock has crashed to 5-month lows.....Deutsche Bank CDS is soaring (Commerzbank is also rising rapidly) - now higher than at peak of the COVID lockdowns....other Deutsche Bank AT1 bonds have plunged in price...." ZH

Gazprom Invited to Recover Object Found Near Nord Stream Pipeline

"Denmark has invited Russian energy giant Gazprom to help recover a mystery object that was spotted near the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline six months after sections of it were sabotaged....experts believe that the object could be a signal antenna to activate an explosive in that part of the pipeline." MT

Notorious Australian neo-Nazi joins Ukrainian forces to fight Russia

"Daniel Newman, ....extremist and a violent criminal, has flown from Australia to Ukraine to join the fight against Russian troops, Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) newspaper reported. 

The development coincides with efforts by Canberra to prevent violent extremists from traveling to the war-torn country to gain combat experience, SMH said.

Newman first traveled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and then to Europe in February, before arriving in Ukraine this month, the report claims, adding that the man had supposedly told his associates he was planning to take up arms against Russian forces.

Newman is a member of an international extremist group named Combat 18, or C18. Founded in the UK in the early 1990s, it then expanded its network to other nations in Europe and beyond. The group’s members have reportedly been linked to several murders, including in the UK and Germany. In 2019, Canada put C18 on its terrorist list.

Newman himself was previously jailed for violent offenses in the Australian state of Victoria. He then helped Australia’s neo-Nazis forge connections with prison gangs as well as set up a cell in Tasmania." RT

Estonia Expels Russian Diplomat Engaged in Undermining Security and Propaganda

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia announced on Friday that it is expelling an
employee of the Russian Federation embassy from the country.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the diplomat took an active part in undermining the security and constitutional order of Estonia. "The diplomat in question has been engaged in directly and actively undermining Estonia’s security and constitutional order, spreading propaganda that justifies Russia’s military action and causing divisions in Estonian society," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated." Pravada

US launches airstrikes in Syria

"American forces have carried out retaliatory strikes in Syria in response to a deadly drone
attack on a US-led coalition base in the northeastern part of the country, the Pentagon has said.

One US contractor was killed while five American troops and a contractor were wounded after “a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle” struck a maintenance facility near town of Hasakah around midday, the Department of Defense reported. “The intelligence community assesses the UAV to be of Iranian origin,” it added.

In the same statement, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said he had been directed by President Joe Biden to authorize “precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).” RT

Ukraine's Security Service detains 2 Russian agents, including design engineer of Motor Sich plant

"The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) says that its cyber specialists have exposed two
agents of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) who conducted reconnaissance and subversive activities in Kyiv Oblast and Zaporizhzhia.....n early February 2023, the Ukrainians were recruited by a career employee of the FSB Department for the Altai Republic. Recruitment took place via a Telegram channel, where the suspects periodically published their pro-Kremlin comments." Pravada