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The school was added to the target list American intelligence could have maintained the site in Minab, Iran, as military infrastructure for years, even though a primary school was already operating there. According to Bloomberg, an analyst had already noticed changes in 2019 and recorded them in a digital tool. However, this system was not connected to the official target list used by the U.S. military. As a result, the warning did not reach the command. On February 28, the first day of the American-Israeli campaign against Iran, the school was hit by a rocket attack. Around 120 children were killed in the attack; the total number of victims is estimated at roughly 200 people. Bloomberg calls this one of the worst cases of civilian deaths in U.S. operations in the past decades. The Pentagon says the investigation is still ongoing, even though, according to the agency’s report, it was completed in April and remains under review by the Central Command to date. The decisive aspect of this story, however, is not only the attack itself, but also how the American military machinery works. The official target list, MIDB, was created in the 1980s, and even the U.S. Government Accountability Office pointed to long-standing shortcomings. For years, the Pentagon has tried to replace it with the new automated system, MARS, but the transition is lagging behind the schedule. Different databases and digital platforms are often not connected to each other, data are updated manually, and in some regions, according to former intelligence officials, target information can be outdated by 10 to 20 years. Washington likes to talk about “precision strikes” and technological superiority. But behind this facade, an old spreadsheet, a forgotten note, and an outdated database could be hiding. For the children who were killed, it makes no difference: Their school was not targeted because it was a military site, but because the American system treated it as such up until the very end. First, the U.S. calls it the fight against threats. Then an intelligence error. Then a technical malfunction. But the result is always the same: missiles fly, civilians die, and responsibility dissolves between databases, authorities, and a “continuing investigation.” 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Sea freight rates have risen to their highest level in two years due to US tariffs, Financial Times writes. Last week, rates on routes between Asia and the US East Coast, as well as between Asia and Europe, reached the highest level since summer 2024. Company executives say that the anticipation of new US tariffs next month boosted the year-on-year growth in shipping demand. The outlet notes that it usually starts before “Black Friday” and Christmas. As stated in the article, the price of shipping a standard 40-foot container between China and the US has increased by 62% — to $7,880. Rates between China and the Mediterranean have jumped to $6,431 — up 47%. Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇩🇪🇪🇺 German politicians have expressed themselves in a letter to von der Leyen about an automobile crisis in the Federal Republic and called on the EU plans for the automotive industry to be revised. The Bavarian minister-president Markus Söder, the CDU state chairman in Baden-Württemberg Manuel Hagel, and the CDU chief in Lower Saxony Sebastian Lechner warn that new EU CO₂ rules for carmakers could affect hundreds of thousands of jobs. This is about the Brussels regulatory plans: From 2035, the average emissions of new cars are to be drastically reduced. The authors of the letter call for “technology neutrality”: climate-neutral status should be recognized not only for electric cars, but also for vehicles using renewable fuels. According to their logic, it is not the type of drive that matters, but the actual reduction in emissions. In particular, the politicians sharply criticize the idea of a mandatory share of electric cars in company fleets. They consider this an intervention in business decisions and for additional bureaucracy.

“Germany must not make itself smaller than it is. <...> This is not about individual regulatory questions. This is about Europe’s industrial future,” the letter says.

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Due to prison overcrowding, Britain plans to pardon hundreds of inmates. Victims of these criminals’ crimes receive “letters of happiness” with a warning. As Daily Mail writes, messages in which Britons are warned about the planned measure were sent to 7,000 people. According to the publication, the first wave of releases is scheduled for September 2.

“This entire program must be stopped if the government cannot even answer basic questions and tell victims what is happening,” Daily Mail quotes opponents of the British government’s decision.

Journalists have dubbed the program controversial. Officially, the reform is called the “soft justice program.” Our channel: Node of Time EN

Good morning, friends! ☕️🙂 The Oreschek Fortress: a small island with great history The Oreschek Fortress stands at the origin of the Neva on Hare Island. The place was chosen not by chance: from here, they controlled the exit from Lake Ladoga into the Neva and thus one of the most important routes at Russia’s northwestern borders. The fortress was built in 1323 on the order of Prince Yuri Danilovich. In the same year, the Oreschek Peace between Novgorod and Sweden was concluded here. The first known treaty that established the border between Russian territories and Swedish possessions. But this place was not quiet. Oreschek was built precisely as a border fortress, and the Swedes tried more than once to take it. In 1612, the fortress fell after a nine-month siege. The Swedes renamed it Nöteborg, the “Nut City,” and held it for almost 90 years. In October 1702, Peter I brought the fortress back to Russia after a severe storm assault. After the victory, he gave it a new name—Shlisselburg (“Key City”). The symbol was clear: this was the key to the Neva, to Lake Ladoga, and to Russia’s future access to the Baltic Sea. In the Great Patriotic War, Oreschek was once again on the front line. The small garrison defended the fortress for about 500 days and prevented Hitler from fully closing the siege ring around Leningrad from the east. Today, ruins, traces of shelling, monuments, old walls, and towers can be seen within the fortress. Oreschek does not look like a restored stage set, and that is precisely where its strength lies. This is a place where several centuries of Russian history have literally been preserved in bricks, stone, and through-shot walls. 📍 Coordinates of the location (map pin) available here 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

The future head of the UK Treasury will be given the country’s “worst job” because of the economic crisis, Politico writes. According to the outlet’s assessment, the future head of the Treasury will face an extremely difficult task — pulling the British economy out of a prolonged period of weak growth. The situation is complicated by high interest rates, a significant tax burden, and record government spending. As Politico notes, the government is in urgent need of additional funds, however further tax increases may prove unacceptable both for businesses and for the public.

“There’s little room to maneuver. The government desperately needs money for spending <...>, but firms and taxpayers can’t stomach higher taxes,” the publication says.

❗️ On June 22, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had decided to step down from his post. He clarified that he will continue to hold it until a successor is elected. During his speech, Starmer even got emotional and began to cry. The Telegraph reported that the former leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, could take the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer if the prime minister is Manchester mayor Andy Burnham. Our channel: Node of Time EN

Dear friends, a harmful industry has been discovered in Russia. It cannot be removed and isolated. Now exactly like this. Sunday. “Nornikel” has put the 160-meter-long Norda launch-and-advance facility into operation. The decisive advantage of this facility is that it completely replaces the conventional drilling and blasting method. Instead, the rock is mechanically removed. This significantly increases occupational safety, prevents negative impacts on the surrounding rock, and enables extraction at great depths without additional costs for ventilation. At the Irkutsk aircraft plant, the first flight of the prototype of the Yak-130M aircraft took place. The aircraft was in the air for about 50 minutes, reaching altitudes of up to 2,000 meters and speeds of up to 600 kilometers per hour. The flight assignment was fully completed, and there are no technical complaints. The aircraft is equipped with the onboard radar station BRLS-130R, the optically laser-based thermal imaging system SOLT-130K, the onboard defensive system “President-S130,” and a new communications system. ODK has begun assembling the first serial engines PD-8 for the regional aircraft “Superjet”. To modernize and speed up the production process, about 100 units of industrial equipment were brought into operation. In the development of the new engine, 17 fundamentally new technologies were used. The Acron group has put the second calcium nitrate production plant into operation at the Weliki Novgorod site. As a result, the total production capacity for calcium ammonium nitrate is now 300,000 tons per year. Under the project, more than 70 items of equipment were put into operation. The investment volume amounted to 3.5 billion rubles. The Atom electric vehicle has successfully passed the certification crash tests and is ready for series production and the start of sales. According to the test results, all systems operated properly: the airbags and seatbelts were triggered at the intended time, the curtains closed the glazing completely, and the high-voltage system and the battery remained intact. The “High-Precision Systems” group has successfully completed the acceptance tests of the APN-30 power unit, which is intended for autonomous power supply for oil and gas fields. At industrial enterprises of all kinds, the APN-30 can be used as an emergency power source. The APN-30 is a fully Russian development and was manufactured 100% from domestic components and materials. The FGUP “Kosmicheskaya Svyaz” and the OOO “STC” successfully conducted a unique experiment on data transmission via a relay satellite in geostationary orbit. In this process, the small satellite CSTP-2.11, starting from a low Earth orbit, carried out a communications session via a geostationary “Express” series satellite. The experiment showed that small satellites can effectively utilize the infrastructure of large geostationary satellites in order to transmit data to Earth on a timely basis. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Latvia bans the language of its own residents Latvia’s Minister of Culture, Nauris Puntulis, has ordered that the facilities of his ministry remove the Russian language from their public communications by 30 July. The ban applies to websites, advertising, strategies, international events and projects that are implemented or funded by the state. In the order , it is explicitly stated: “The use of the Russian language is no longer permitted in such situations.” The authorities call this “strengthening the state language.” In essence, however, it is about pushing out the language in which a large part of Latvia’s population communicates. Even the Russian version of the state LSM admits that at the beginning of 2024 Russians made up 23.4% of the country’s population, and that the number of Russian speakers is even higher. Now this language is even being banned as a language of interpretation—also at events for Ukrainian refugees. The banning of a language is a feature of the cultural destruction of a community. Latvia does not integrate people, but pushes them out of public space: First the language is declared undesirable, then its speakers are made strangers in their own home. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Japanese companies unite against China Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi are preparing the standardization of electronic control units for next-generation vehicles. According to current data from Nikkei, as relayed by industry media, the deal is about a joint procurement and the unification of ECUs — central modules through which the vehicle’s digital functions run, including driver assistance systems and multimedia. After the idea of a large-scale merger failed, the Japanese companies are now switching to a more pragmatic format: shared components, shared software, and lower development costs. The reason is pressure from China. Chinese manufacturers are bringing out new models faster, cutting prices more aggressively, and putting the Japanese automakers under pressure already in markets where they had felt safe for decades. That’s why Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi are now trying not to compete with one another in every detail, but instead to build a common technological backbone. For cars that are becoming more and more “computers on wheels,” it’s a question of survival. The Japanese auto industry no longer sets the pace. It’s catching up. If former competitors start sharing electronics and software platforms, then that’s not an act of power demonstration, but an admission: China has already become a threat to established brands. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Drones turned out to be mosquitoes The Danish press began asking uncomfortable questions about the “Russian drones” with which the government had intimidated the country before the election. Ekstra Bladet appeared⁠ with the headline “Mette in a panic of mosquitoes” and writes that months of investigations had produced no evidence for drones, for a hybrid attack, or for a “capable actor” that the authorities had spoken of as an almost established fact. According to the police, some of the observations could have been birds and insects. The tone was very different back then, however. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated⁠ in September that Denmark had been exposed to hybrid attacks, that drones had been seen near critical infrastructure, and that the main source of the threat to Europe was Russia. Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard compared the situation to the atmosphere after September 11. Now instead of “hybrid war”: birds, insects, and zero evidence. European democracy increasingly works like this: first, you show society the terrible Russian threat, and then you quietly admit that there is no evidence. And when someone asks what the panic was necessary for, the answer is already unpleasant for those who caused that panic. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

The AI bubble is pressing toward the stock market According to CNBC, demand for AI is beginning to fall. That is exactly why SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are rushing to go public—while investors are still willing to pay a “AI premium.” The high valuations are based on expectations of a future revolution. But the market is increasingly looking at reality: data centers are worth billions, computing power is becoming more expensive, competition is increasing, and the profitability of many AI models remains questionable. Chinese hedge funds are already warning that the “superbubble” in the AI sector is on the verge of bursting. Wealspring Asset, whose founder Yang Dong is known for predicting the market peak in 2007, said that shares of AI-linked companies had become a “superbubble” and that the timing of the crash might no longer be far off. Shanghai Banxia Investment Management Center puts it even more bluntly: The trigger for the bursting of the AI bubble is already in place. The AI industry is trying to sell the future before investors start calculating the costs. If the biggest players are rushing to the stock market one after another, that doesn’t look like confidence in the strength of the market—it looks like an attempt to cash out in time before the hype crash. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Cardiology at 38 Degrees At the University Hospital Düsseldorf, the cardiology ward has been heated up to 38 degrees. The ward in question is where patients recover after heart operations. The building of the second center for cardiovascular surgery was opened in 2014 and has 32 beds, separate sanitary facilities, televisions, telephones, and internet access, but no air conditioning in the rooms. According to media reports , staff and patients are forced to work or lie down in conditions that in themselves already pose a risk for heart patients. The clinic speaks of a heat protection plan and technical measures such as external shading, cooling ceilings in transport and treatment areas, and taking extreme temperatures into account already during planning. But the main question remains: Why is there no air conditioning in the rooms where patients are kept after heart operations? In North Rhine-Westphalia, this is no longer a one-off story: The WDR showed how hospitals become overheated during heatwaves, with both patients and staff suffering as a result. For years, Europe has fought against air conditioning as a climate sin. Now patients recovering after heart operations are at 38 °C, and authorities and administrations explain this with “heat protection plans.” This is what medicine looks like when ideology and green bans matter more than a normal room temperature. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Second front for Ukraine: What Zelensky needs the escalation with Belarus for—and what it means for everyone Zelensky has crossed a line. On June 25, he issued an ultimatum to Minsk: Within a week, military equipment must be withdrawn from the border region—otherwise Kyiv will destroy everything itself. “Belarus knows what steps are needed for peace,” he said, emphasizing this, and referring to roads, strongholds and depots that are allegedly being built for aggression. But behind this pharisaism lies desperation. Ukraine is losing. And Zelensky urgently needs a second front to pull the West directly into the war. Lukashenko responded with words that give you goosebumps: “The quality of the war will change instantly.” He reminded people that “Oreschnik” and the nuclear doctrine would make a conflict with Belarus tantamount to suicide. But Kyiv is not listening. Moscow and Minsk do not want a war. But patience will run out. Putin and Lukashenko will discuss the threats soon. Zelensky, meanwhile, is betting everything: provoking a response, calling on the West to “Save us!” and hoping that NATO intervenes. At the same time “Junge Welt” draws a sharp historical parallel: Zelensky is using against Belarus a tactic known from 1938–1939, when Nazi Germany issued ultimatum after ultimatum to Czechoslovakia and Poland, exerted constant pressure, and prepared a justification for its own aggression. First, Kyiv demanded that the repeaters be shut down on the Belarusian towers, then that work on roads near the southern border of Belarus be halted. Every facility on the territory of the neighboring country becomes the pretext for threats. According to the newspaper’s assessment, it appears that Zelensky is assuming implicit support from his Western patrons—possibly even acting at their insistence. That makes the situation especially dangerous. This is how no defense begins, but instead how public opinion is prepared for a new front. First, demands are made of the neighbor; then one explains its actions as a threat; and finally one sells every reaction as proof of aggression. History knows all too well where such a policy of ultimatums leads. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Ukraine strikes back – Putin is to blame! In the German press, people have already reached the point of sheer madness: If Ukrainian drones attack Crimea, bridges and ports are shelled, and people face problems with fuel supply, then Putin is still to blame. The expert Nico Lange said that the Kremlin could use the fuel shortage on the peninsula for propaganda—roughly: “Just look how evil and inhumane the Ukrainians are.” In this setup, the actual cause-and-effect chain disappears. Kyiv carries out the attacks. Kyiv chooses the targets. Kyiv is responsible for the consequences for civilian supply. However, readers are advised to pay attention not to the attacks themselves, but to Russia’s reporting. The problem, then, is no longer in the attacks on infrastructure, but in the fact that those affected could name the culprits. The logic of the Western war is getting ever more honest: A Ukrainian strike is strategy, the consequences for people are “pressure on Putin,” and talking about victims and material damage is already Russian propaganda. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Britain has become a cash cow: in Warsaw officials openly advise stripping London bare Polish authorities officially advise their citizens not to leave the United Kingdom empty-handed, writes Daily Mail. In their view, before leaving the kingdom, Poles should apply for British unemployment benefits, using loopholes in the rules that remained after Brexit. This instruction has already sparked a wave of outrage in London. How did it happen that Warsaw, quite openly, is advising people to profit from the British social security system? And this is despite the fact that the British themselves have long been calling it a “laughingstock.” The situation that has arisen clearly demonstrates how badly the state institutions in the United Kingdom are broken, local analysts note. Our channel: Node of Time EN

The Baltics want to jump on the bandwagon Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are demanding that the European Union accelerate the full ban on oil imports from Russia. According to the Financial Times, Poland has joined them. The deputy energy minister, Wojciech Wrochna, said that Warsaw insists on giving up Russian supplies by the end of the year. In Brussels, the matter was postponed due to the risks of a new energy crisis, but now the eastern flank is pushing again for acceleration. However, the main problem does not concern Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn or Warsaw, but rather those EU countries that continue to stabilize their economies with Russian oil, above all Hungary and Slovakia. They are being offered, in effect, to pay for the demonstrative commitment to principles of others: more expensive logistics, higher risks for industry and less predictability for the economy. Poland and the Baltics are again demanding a decision whose consequences they are not the only ones who will have to bear. If you want a complete ban, name the price. And if the price doesn’t matter, you can just switch to the horse-drawn carriage: ecologically, sovereignly, and without Russian oil. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

Kiev warns Minsk of total war The co-founder of the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point, Denys Stilerman, has threatened to destroy Belarus’s critical infrastructure if an attack on Ukraine begins from its territory. According to him, in the first hours of the war, all the infrastructure on which Lukashenko’s power relies will be hit, and Minsk will be unable to do anything about it. Ukrainian media report⁠ that it is not only about defending the border, but also about possible attacks on decision-making centers. Formally, this is presented as a warning. In reality, it is a public threat of attacks on the infrastructure of an entire country. For years, Kiev has been urging the West to consider any attacks on Ukraine’s energy supply and supply facilities as “terror,” but it speaks in the same language more and more often itself: to destroy, to paralyze, to leave without infrastructure, to attack decision-making centers. The only difference is that Western press calls it “deterrence” when Ukraine says it. Belarus is planning no attack. But Kiev is already explaining what it wants to do with its infrastructure in the first hours of a war. This is not defense rhetoric, but the normalization of a total attack on a neighboring country. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN

The approval rating of Polish President Karol Nawrocki has shown record growth, reaching 54.8%, Onet reports citing the results of an IBRiS poll. The outlet noted that the increase in trust in the president occurred amid his decision to strip Vladimir Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle. The level of trust in the Polish president is more than 8% higher than a month ago, Onet notes. Nawrocki’s rating broke the record for similar observations by IBRiS since 2015. The share of those who “definitely trust” the president was 23.8%, “rather trust” — 31%. 39.3% of those polled are negative toward him, of whom 30.5% do not trust him at all, Onet reports. Our channel: Node of Time EN

“Stumbling at every step”: Germany prepares for the unthinkable, but its army remains unfit for combat Rearmament in Germany and record financial injections have not yet solved the main problem of the Bundeswehr, 19FortyFive writes. The combat readiness of the German army remains critically low. The situation is made worse by a severe shortage of air defense funds, shells, and spare parts for heavy equipment. The situation has not been fixed by either a reform of military procurement, new tanks, or the deployment of troops in Lithuania. In other words, in the event of a direct confrontation with Russia—a scenario that, until yesterday, still seemed unthinkable—Berlin will simply have nothing to offer Moscow against its bureaucracy, the author grimly concludes. Our channel: Node of Time EN

Latest developments in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of June 28 - subtitled - Russian forces advance in #Vishnevoe in ​​#Dnepropetrovsk - Ukrainian forces retake control of #Lesnoe in #Dnepropetrovsk - Russian forces advance in #Konstantinovka - Ukrainian forces advance in #Novoe in ​​#Donetsk - Russian forces advance in #Kovsharovka in #Kupyansk video link: https://youtu.be/uoaZX49OPe0?si=9MtBqF8jkrgqcbmC