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https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/1gi7fhj/ru_pov_first_north_korean_captured_is_a_fake/

It's fake. Ukraine seems to be doing heavy psyops regarding this, so be very skeptical of any such claims.

And if there really are DPRK troops, they will almost certainly be kept in Russian territory (aka Kursk).

More Su-57 facts:

• It's the first fighter jet to have directional laser countermeasures (DIRCM)
• It's the only stealth fighter with LEVCONs (kinda like canards which are integrated into the wings)
• It has two extra "cheek-mounted" radars for awareness and ability to guide missiles while turning away

Also, China's Zhuhai airshow is in 10 days

Lebanon's military is weak, undisciplined, and unmotivated. They could very well be a burden if they tried to fight alongside Hezbollah.

(Week-old news) AP: One of 3 judges weighing request for ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and others is replaced

The decision is likely to further delay a decision on the request by the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.

I saw the sexual misconduct allegations against Khan, but somehow I missed this story.

Anyway, it's now 164 days since Karim Khan requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. Reminder that it took just 23 days to issue Putin's warrant (for putting injured kids in hospitals).

Ukraine has received only 10% of latest approved aid from US, Zelenskiy says

ISW: Hezbollah’s Military Forces Are Failing in Lebanon

In case you weren't already convinced that ISW is a full-blown propaganda outlet.

The operation has so far successfully destroyed and disrupted many of the capabilities required for Hezbollah to threaten northern Israel

Aren't they still regularly launching rockets?

Hezbollah is attempting to present itself as a competent, confident military organization, but it has so far failed to effectively execute any major military campaign at scale

???

Hezbollah has also routinely claimed it “hits” Merkava tanks with anti-tank missiles but has yet to publish any evidence indicating that these “hits” knocked tanks out of action or slowed Israeli operations.[17] Hezbollah would presumably publish evidence of destroyed vehicles, given that it has a vested interest in portraying its “defensive” operations as effective.

Ukraine brain.

Criticisms directed at the IDF’s slow pace of operations ignore Israeli operational design and lessons learned in the Gaza Strip. Some Lebanese officials implied that the Israeli operation is failing because IDF forces have not penetrated deep into Lebanon.[18] The IDF’s slow movement is a deliberate choice designed to root out and destroy Hezbollah tunnel infrastructure methodically. This approach was presumably derived from a lesson learned in the Gaza Strip, where after a relatively rapid armored assault, the IDF slowed its pace of operations and began methodically reentering areas and ripping out subterranean and above-ground infrastructure.[19]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7dkgz71x6o

One of these structures, known as Taleghan 2, has been previously linked to Iran’s nuclear programme by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

BBC Verify has identified what appears to be damage to a storage unit at the Abadan Oil Refinery based in the south-western province of Khuzestan.

Apparently Israel did (kinda sorta, but not really) strike oil and nuclear sites? Seems kinda like an "I'm not touching you" thing, with minor targets being chosen to avoid serious implications.

I'm hoping Genki Sudo co-opts a party (CDP?) and becomes PM one day. I genuinely think that would be a better outcome than a JCP government.

https://xcancel.com/AryJeay/status/1850237828212375742#m

Fake, unfortunately.

It's a matter of time until

These missiles that are cooking Merkavas are reverse-engineered copies of Israeli missiles captured in the 2006 war.

Nasrallah's fight goes on from beyond the grave

Some tidbits from Putin at the BRICS summit

2,000 Ukrainian military personnel are blocked in the Kursk region, the Russian army has begun to eliminate this group

Footage of North Korean soldiers in Russia is a serious thing, if there are pictures, they reflect something there... I will not confirm or deny Western media reports, but the DPRK is serious about implementing the treaty in terms of joint defense.

Kyiv’s irretrievable and sanitary losses in the Kursk direction amounted to 26 thousand people