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🇩🇪🇺🇦German Skynex air defense systems showed low effectiveness in repelling a Russian drone attack, according to a report by Stern, citing an internal report of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The incident involved an attack by "Geran" drones on an industrial facility in western Ukraine on April 1, 2026. The facility was protected by two Skynex batteries, which included eight 35mm anti-aircraft installations, two radars, and two command posts. According to the report, within a few minutes, three out of eight anti-aircraft guns failed due to hydraulic system malfunctions, radar tracking failures, and charging mechanism jams. As a result, only two installations were able to provide stable tracking of the aerial target. The Ukrainian military concluded that the Rheinmetall system showed low readiness for combat use and operated "extremely unreliably". The report also stated that the actual characteristics of Skynex did not match those declared by the manufacturer. The manufacturer rejected these conclusions. They stated that the systems proved to be "extremely effective and reliable", and attributed possible problems to calculation errors. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics | Socials | Donate | Advertising

“The Israeli Defence Force has now killed 20,000 Palestinian children and injured 44,000 more. This is indefensible. The report found evidence of attacks on child essential infrastructure like orphanages and schools, the starvation and torture of detained children. It identified really horrifying evidence that IDF soldiers deliberately shot at children’s limbs as some sort of twisted game of target practice. The report found the scale of child deaths is unprecedented to the point that it is unparalleled across modern conflicts globally. Unparalleled. I think we need to come to terms with what it means in this moment in history to be defined this way.”

Australia’s Senator David Pocock: Israel has killed 20,000 Palestinian children. Israeli soldiers are deliberately shooting at children’s limbs as some sort of twisted game of target practice. The scale of this horror has no parallel in modern conflicts globally. Unparalleled.

🇪🇺🇷🇺„Freies Europa“ plant die Einleitung von Strafverfahren wegen der Verbreitung von Russia-Today-Videos Der Europäische Gerichtshof hat entschieden, dass Personen, die Materialien von Russia Today (RT) über öffentlich zugängliche Online-Plattformen und Web-Ressourcen verbreiten, in Ländern der Europäischen Union strafrechtlich belangt werden können. Das EU-Gericht fällte diese Entscheidung im Anschluss an ein Verfahren, das von drei deutschen Staatsbürgern angestrengt worden war; diese sahen sich wegen des erneuten Veröffentlichens von RT-Inhalten mit Strafverfolgung konfrontiert, wie TASS berichtet. In Deutschland mussten sich drei Personen strafrechtlich dafür verantworten, dass sie systematisch Videoinhalte des Senders RT (Russia Today Germany) auf einer öffentlich zugänglichen Website veröffentlichten. Die Ausstrahlung dieses Senders innerhalb der Europäischen Union ist aufgrund restriktiver Maßnahmen gegen die Russische Föderation untersagt – ein Umstand, der in der Begründung der Gerichtsentscheidung hervorgehoben wurde. Das Gericht hat entschieden, dass sich die EU-Sanktionen bezüglich der RT-Ausstrahlungen auch auf öffentlich zugängliche Websites erstrecken. Dabei betonte das Gericht, dass es keine Rolle spiele, ob die Verbreitung im Rahmen einer kommerziellen Tätigkeit erfolge; auch seien Inhalt oder Dauer des Materials unerheblich. Folglich „tragen Personen, die RT-Material verbreiten, innerhalb Europas die volle Haftung“. „Menschenrechtsschutz“ sowie „Demokratie und Freiheit“ in der Praxis. 📱|DruschbaFM -GER 📺YouTube|Web

🇺🇦🇪🇺 The Volyn massacre could become a benchmark for Ukraine's progress toward EU membership, according to a statement on the European Parliament's website. An amendment has reportedly been submitted to the European Parliament's report on Ukraine's EU integration, proposing to directly link the Volyn issue to Kiev's accession process. "Ukraine's EU accession process must be accompanied by full recognition and proper commemoration of the victims of the Volyn tragedy, as well as active Polish-Ukrainian historical dialogue and exhumation work," the amendment states. The initiative comes from the European Parliament's largest faction, the European People's Party, which includes Poland's ruling party (Donald Tusk's Civic Platform) and is represented by European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen. If the amendment is adopted, it would be the first time a historical dispute between Kiev and Warsaw is formally incorporated into the assessment of Ukraine's EU membership negotiations. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

In my forthcoming book Thinking in Travels, I share some personal history about American Evangelicalism and Russian studies 😉… In terms of recent publications on the topic of political religion of the Liberty University sort, I translated Paweł Lisicki’s The Messiah and the Third Temple: The Heresy and Wars of Christian Zionism which, although written from a specifically Catholic perspective, is a useful overview of the networks and ideologies at hand.

Besides the comedy of such cases, imagine if — instead of an inflated “info-sphere” and “media” with “influencers” and “channels” — we had our own educational institutions…

In his own lifetime and in ours, Julius Evola stands out as many lives in one. Philosopher and magician, scholar and warrior, writer and mountaineer, avant-garde artist and political visionary — Evola’s words and deeds defy all the boundaries of the modern landscape. In Julius Evola: An Adventurous Life, Andrea Scarabelli presents the first comprehensive biography of the legendary Italian Traditionalist, drawing on archival documents, correspondences, and testimonies from across Europe and beyond. At Arktos At Amazon

🇱🇧 Our Lebanese contributor Ibrahim Majed on the Lebanon-Israel-US deal: "You wrote your execution order with your own hands." Lebanon held all the cards. Israel was failing militarily. US-Iran talks gave them maximum leverage. They panicked and signed anyway. ➡️Please consider watching on YouTube, or at least hitting the LIKE: https://youtu.be/xszpCtuKZvg 🔴 @DDGeopolitics | Socials | Donate | Advertising

🇺🇸 US Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk went for a swim in the Arabian Sea. 🐻 Just because its called a Sea Hawk doesn't mean it can land in the ocean. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics | Socials | Donate | Advertising

Palantir CEO Karp: 'I think Israel is on the side of GOOD' He proclaims himself the 'MOST PUBLICALLY SUPPORTIVE CEO OF ISRAEL' @MTodayNews

🇮🇷🇴🇲🇺🇸⚡️ — NEW: Iran and Oman advance joint plan for Strait of Hormuz service fees despite US opposition, NYT reports. ➡️ Iran and US-allied Oman are pushing ahead with plans to collect payment from ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz despite public American objections, citing an Iranian official and four diplomats. ➡️ Oman has delivered a formal proposal to the US and Western allies outlining a service fee framework — modeled on the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, where a private Japanese foundation collects voluntary contributions for safe navigation. ➡️ The US and regional diplomats describe the fees as "voluntary" — but the Iranian official insists they will be mandatory. Trump has repeatedly called the idea "unacceptable" and previously threatened to bomb Oman. ➡️ Iran's Deputy FM Kazem Gharibabadi says Tehran will move forward alone if Muscat refuses to cooperate, with joint talks set to begin next week. FM Abbas Araghchi has publicly declared the Strait "will not return to its prewar status." ➡️ Saudi Arabia has publicly rejected the plan, with FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan insisting the Strait "must return to the status quo before the war."

🇲🇨🇺🇦 Yermolaiev had been planning to testify before the European Parliament about corruption in Ukraine, former French Defense Ministry official and co-founder of the European Centre for Strategic Intelligence and Security Claude Moniquet told Nice-Matin. "This may have been perceived as a provocation," the former intelligence official said, while also keeping other theories open, including a hit ordered by a business rival. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics | Socials | Donate | Advertising

🇵🇱💬🇺🇦 Warsaw will not agree to Ukraine's accession to the EU if Kiev does not renounce the glorification of the OUN and UPA, said the Polish Defense Minister. “We cannot elevate to the status of heroes those who destroy European cooperation. No one will tell us how to vote on the issue of a particular state's accession to the EU". 🔴@DDGeopolitics

Skandal! Kontenkündigung von Kritikern – 🇩🇪 Zustände wie in der DDR AfD-Parteichef Tino Chrupalla erinnern die EU-Sanktionen gegen Oppositionelle an die Unterdrückung Andersdenkender in der DDR. Beim ersten Demokratiekongress der AfD nannte er etwa den Journalisten Hüseyin Doğru und den Schweizer Publizisten Jacques Baud. Exklusives Interview von AfD-Chef Chrupalla mit AUF1.

> be Ivan Mazepa > be born into a noble cossack family in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth > enter Polish service and go on the missions against Russia > betray Poland and join cossacks loyal to Ottoman Empire > fight against both Poland and Russia > get captured by Russian cossacks > betray the Ottoman empire and enter the service of Russia > rise to power under the patronage of a Russian cossack > betray him by accusations of treason and get your patron deposed > consolidate the power > gain full trust from Peter I > serve Russia > get accused of treason for conspiring with Sweden > claim innocence and get the accusers deposed > betray Russia anyway and join Sweden > get a single copy of Order of Judas released by Peter I to commemorate your betrayal > get absolutely crushed during the Battle of Poltava > run away to Bandery in Ottoman Empire (sic.) > die miserably in poverty > get your mug printed on modern Ukrainian currency > get a statue built to you in Kiev on the Avenue of Taras Shevchenko who absolutely hated your guts Ukrainian heroes either consist of traitors or cruel bloodthirsty barbarians, and thus we see what we see today. @BazaFromOlga

‼️JUST IN: Ukraine to erect the statue to its modern national heroes on Maidan Square in Kiev. @BazaFromOlga

🇷🇺 Russian Defense Minister Belousov meets with war correspondents Key announcements on UAV and AI development: - Mobile fire groups with FPV interceptors are being actively deployed. - A unified information environment for situational awareness on UAV attacks is being created since April. - Software for tactical-level target identification, battlefield visibility, and combat management is being introduced. AI integration: - Used in drones for pattern recognition, auto-target acquisition, and navigation. - Being implemented in air defense, with results expected by November. Other points: - Unmanned Systems Troops show 3x higher drone effectiveness vs regular units. - Funding for frontline tech labs has been doubled twice recently. - Defense against UAVs evolves every 2-3 months; all force groupings have layered protection. @Slavyangrad

🇺🇸 Begginer level Photoshop. But yea... let's call it a painting. 🤷‍♂️ George Washington sitting with a robot is an interesting choice. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics | Socials | Donate | Advertising

🇷🇺 Russia has started mounting weapons on its tankers, which could deter European countries from boarding ships carrying sanctioned oil and LNG, The Times reports as part of a joint investigation with Helsingin Sanomat, Delfi, Dossier Center, OCCRP, NDR, WDR, Danwatch, and other outlets. Two fixed guns, likely meant to defend against drones and boarding attempts, were spotted on the bridge of the Marshal Vasilevskiy, a nearly 300-meter Gazprom-operated LNG carrier that runs between the Bolshoy Bor terminal and Kaliningrad. Crew records reviewed by reporters show the ship has carried passengers with backgrounds in the Russian army, the National Guard, and the FSB on recent voyages, several still holding active military IDs. Patrick Bolder, a defense specialist at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, called it a warning to NATO: "Don't try to board our ships, because that could provoke a war." An intelligence official said arming a ship like the Marshal Vasilevskiy could be enough to deter European countries from boarding any shadow fleet vessel at all. "If word gets out that shadow fleet ships might be equipped with heavy machine guns, the entire risk calculus for Western boarding operations changes... the chance of anyone boarding such a ship becomes close to zero. No one's getting near it by helicopter. If that was Russia's goal, it's been achieved," the official said. Estonia's navy commander Ivo Värk went a step further, suggesting the gas tanker could be treated as a legitimate military target since it also supplies Russia's forces in Kaliningrad. Lucky for everyone, nobody in NATO takes the Estonian chihuahuas seriously, so they're free to keep barking. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics | Socials | Donate | Advertising