Fiorella In Moscow

Rafah border is completely sealed now. Friends have evacuated from Rafah to Deir Elbalah. 700, 000 refugees from Rafah to Khan Younis rubble where there's no water supply at all. Israel is bombing everywhere.

Russian forces struck out towards Kharkov over the weekend, slicing up the Ukrainian troops with relative ease, judging by battlefield chatter. Kiev is pulling reserves from Kherson and the Donbass to plug the breach — meaning that we should expect Russian operations there to intensify in the coming days. Don't look for big arrows — this is no longer that kind of war, not with drones that can see just about every move and reach all sorts of places. This is now a steamroller/hydraulic press type of strategy. The appointment of Andrey Belousov as new defense minister seems indicative of just such an approach. The Kremlin is playing an RTS game (if you know, you know) and wants someone who can handle the resource management phase really well. As for Shoigu, he's basically received a sinecure on the Security Council — same place Medvedev gets to sh*tpost from — so it's not really a demotion. Watch for Patrushev and if/where he resurfaces.

MAIN POINTS ON PUTIN’S SUNDAY RESHUFFLING OF POSITIONS IN RUSSIAN GOV SECTORS ☑️ Putin proposed appointing Andrei Belousov as the Minister of Defense of Russia; in the previous government, Belousov was the first deputy prime minister. ☑️ Shoigu, who headed the Ministry of Defense, was appointed secretary of the Russian Security Council; also, as Peskov said, he will oversee the work of the FSMTC and will become deputy president in the commission on the military-industrial complex. ☑️ In the Kremlin, the reshuffle in the Ministry of Defense was explained by Putin’s decision on the need to appoint a civilian - “the department should be open to innovation and advanced ideas.” ☑️ In addition, Peskov noted that it is very important to fit the economy of the power bloc into the country’s economy so that it corresponds to the dynamics. ☑️ Patrushev has been relieved of his post as Secretary of the Security Council; the Kremlin promises to announce his new job later. ☑️ Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov will continue to work at his post. ☑️ The heads of other law enforcement agencies - the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the FSB and the Russian National Guard - will retain their posts if the Federation Council agrees, without changes.

💔🇵🇸This infant, Anas Ashour, is only 40 days old, and was brutally murdered in an #Israeli airstrike, after the genocidal occupation army targeted the house of Al-Jazeera journalist, Anas Al-Sharif for the second time, in northern #Gaza

"This grieving father could not believe that he lost his child when he was not even 40 days old. His firstborn child and his wife were all targets of #Israeli planes in #Gaza City. He flips through pictures of himself smiling in sorrow and takes a picture of him after he was viciously killed. What did this child do to kill him? For what sin?"

@The Children of Gaza

⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the statements by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk 💬 We have took note of the press release of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published on May 7 with the assessments of its head Volker Türk regarding the situation of journalists in Russia. The High Commissioner’s activity has long lacked objectivity and impartiality required by UN General Assembly Resolution 48/141, however this time the degree of his statements’ political bias is really outrageous and inappropriately arrogant. In defiance of his mandate Volker Türk allowed himself utterly politicized, biased and lopsided interpretations of the situation in the media pluralism and free access to information in our country, and did not shy away from gross distortions, misrepresentations and unsubstantiated accusations. In his ill-concealed desire to follow in the wake of the Collective West’s anti-Russian rhetoric that international official broke out with a libel that has nothing to do with the real situation. And at that the High Commissioner has never showed such zeal in dealing with mass evidence of oppressions against Russian and Russian-language media in the West, reprisals against undesirable reporters in the Baltic countries and Moldova, cruel crimes and terrorist acts by Kiev regime against Russian journalists, public figures and publicists. We have yet to see a substantive response to any of our numerous appeals to Volker Türk regarding these gross violations, which just fuel our suspicions about the bias of his conduct and complete loss of basic ideas of good faith in implementing his mandate as the above UN General Assembly resolution requires. ❗️ We reject point blank the High Commissioner’s statements both in form and in substance. We insist on his strict compliance with all the requirements for an international official of such level, primarily in terms of impartiality and objectivity. We are calling on him to appropriately respond to all crimes and violations with respect to media and journalists regularly reported to him, including by the Russian side.

Israeli army carries out random killings, new forced displacement campaign in Gaza City’s Zaytoun neighbourhood Palestinian Territory - As part of its ongoing military operation in Gaza City, the Israeli army carried out a second day of random killings in the city’s southeastern Zaytoun neighbourhood. Israel’s clear aim is to impose a new forced displacement campaign, destroying Gaza City and the Gaza Strip’s northern region, and evacuating its residents. The Israeli army conducted its second military operation in less than three months in the Zaytoun neighbourhood. Amid heavy Israeli air and artillery attacks, a military ground incursion, the forced evacuation of hundreds of families, and the bombing of residential squares, Palestinians in the area are struggling to survive. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6317

Blood-hungry warmonger SC Senator Lindsey Graham suggests Nukes on Palestine & Iran should be ok. “Why was it ok for Americans to drop two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasak…I thought it was ok for Israel to do whatever they have to do to survive as a Jewish state”.

For his new term government, Putin proposes Andrey Belousov (pictured - currently vice Prime Minister) for Minister of Defense. A surprise for most, given Belousov is an economist by speciality. Is the President optimizing ratio of costs and territorial acquisitions? Looks like current Minister of Defense Shoigu edges out Patrushev, Head of Russia's Security Council. MPs will consult on the new government composition on May 14.

The 1st thing you see when you enter the #Cuban embassy in #Damascus #Syria. Fidel Castro with President Hafez Assad in Damascus 1973. Fidel Castro with President Bashar Assad in #Havana 2010. Salute to the resistance leaders.