(2022-07-09). Biden's reckless new provocation ratchets up risk of nuclear war with China. mronline.org 
Sending U.S. Warships into South China Sea and Taiwan Strait in violation of UN Convention on the Law of the Sea…
(2022-07-09). Pentagon spokesperson refuses to "preclude" Ukrainian attack on Russia's Kerch bridge. wsws.org An attack on the Kerch bridge which connects Russia and Crimea would massively expand the possibility for the war to spiral into a nuclear showdown with unfathomable consequences.
(2022-07-09). (W.E. Talk) What can we learn from the economic battle between Russia and Western countries. ecns.cn While the Russian economy is showing resilience in the face of heavy sanctions in the recent months, the Western countries are suffering from the weaponization of the U.S. dollars started by themselves, which also triggered ripple effects on global trade and financial system.
(2022-07-09). Military Situation In Ukraine O July 9, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russia struck the AFU 99th mechanized battalion near Bereznegovatoe with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 14th and 72nd mechanized brigade near Soledar with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Chasov Yar with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Pershetravneve with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Bakhmut with high-precision missiles; | Russian air…
(2022-07-09). Russian Army Struck Hangar In Donetsk Where US-Supplied M777 Howitzers Were Stored. southfront.org Ukrainian service members firing a M777 howitzer on an unspecified front in the Donbass region. Source: the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. | The Russian military successfully destroyed a hangar in the Donbass region where US-supplied howitzers were being stored, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on July 9. | The MoD's spokesperson Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said a "high-precision weapon" destroyed the hangar near the settlement of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk. According to the spoke…
(2022-07-09). Military Situation In Syria On July 9, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On July 9, the Russian Ministry of Defence recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On July 8, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions north of Manbij; | On July 8, one civilian was killed by unknown gunmen in the town of Jasim; | On July 8, Russia vetoed a draft resolution of the United Nations Security Council on reauthorization of cross-border aid mechanism to Syria. The US vetoed the Russian project.
(2022-07-09). OPEC Keeps Refusing G7 Requests To Increase Oil Production As 'Russian Oil Cap' Reverie Falls Apart. southfront.org 
Maybe the political West can try capping the temperature and prevent it from falling below freezing level. Written by Drago…
(2022-07-09). Upper section of steel containment installed at Linglong One reactor. ecns.cn The upper cylinder of the steel containment in the "Linglong One" reactor was put in place at Changjiang Nuclear Power Base in South China's Hainan Province on Wednesday morning, 70 days ahead of the schedule.
(2022-07-09). Goods transit of Iran, Russia to increase by 30mn tons likely. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) —The two countries of Iran and Russia enjoy high potentials and capabilities to increase transit of goods and commodities up to 30 million tons.
(2022-07-09). Iran-Russia monetary-banking MoUs to put into effect soon. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Referring to political will of two countries of Iran and Russia for developing economic ties, Governor of Central Bank of Iran said that monetary and banking Memoranda of Understanding will be put into operation soon.
(2022-07-09). 20 ISIS Terrorists Were Killed In Recent Syrian-Russian Operations In Southern Raqqa — Report. southfront.org 
Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | At least 20 terrorists of ISIS were killed as a result of recent military operations by the Syrian Arab Army and the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria's central region, A military official in a tribal militia allied with the government forces in the southern Raqqa…
(2022-07-09). Iran, Russia discuss removing dollar from transactions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Ali Salehabadi said that Iran and Russia have discussed removing the dollar and euro from commercial transactions.
(2022-07-09). Presidente Putin resalta ineficacia de sanciones antirrusas. telesurtv.net En particular el mandatario ruso se refierió al conjunto de medidas adoptadas en el campo de las materias energéticas.
(2022-07-08). Putin warns that Ukraine delaying negotiations under Western influence will hamper chances of peace. peoplesdispatch.org Russia also objected to the West's doublespeak on Ukraine, saying that platforms such as G20 were being used to push an anti-Russia agenda instead of trying to find ways to tackle the rising economic hardships the world is facing…
(2022-07-08). G20 Diplomats Fail to Reach Consensus on Ukraine War. news.antiwar.com The G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Friday Many G20 members have not followed the US-led sanctions campaign against Russia, including Indonesia, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. The meeting opened with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi calling for the G20 nations to work together to end the war. | Marsud…
(2022-07-08). NATO's 2022 plan declares second cold war on Russia and China. multipolarista.com 
NATO's 2022 "strategic concept," its first new plan since 2010, declares Russia a "threat" and China "systemic challenge." It demonizes the Eurasian powers as "authoritarian actors" and "strategic competitors," essentially declaring a second cold war to maintain Western hegemony.
(2022-07-08). Russia Warns Lithuania It Could Take 'Harsh' Measures Over Kaliningrad Ban. news.antiwar.com On Friday, Moscow warned Lithuania and the EU "If the situation does not stabilize in the coming days, then Russia will take harsh measures against Lithuania and the European Union," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. "The issue has taken too long to resolve." | Kaliningrad is a Russian enclave sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland on the Baltic Sea. L…
(2022-07-08). Biden's Reckless New Provocation Ratchets Up Risk Of Nuclear War. popularresistance.org On June 25, the U.S. Navy sent a warship, the USS Benfold, to the South China Sea, only one day after a U.S. spy plane provocatively flew over the Taiwan Strait under the close monitoring of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). | According to CNN, the U.S. flyover came after China sent 29 planes into Taiwan's self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ). | From China's point of view, the U.S. spy plane mission on June 24 was especially provocative because it was the first U.S. military activity in the region after China made it clear that there are no "international waters" in the Taiwan Strait.
(2022-07-08). Model Shows Nuclear War Would Cause Millennia-Long 'Little Ice Age'. commondreams.org "We hope that this new study will encourage more nations to ratify the ban treaty," one of the paper's co-authors said, referring to the landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
(2022-07-08). In Kyiv, Sen. Blumenthal Says He Hopes to See a 'Hand-to-Hand Insurgency' in Russian-Occupied Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) visited Kyiv with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Thursday and "Long-range artillery is very, very important. But so is the hand-to-hand insurgency that we are hoping to see in eastern Ukraine, in the territory that's already been occupied by the Russians," Blumenthal said. | Both Blumenthal and Graham voiced support for an insurgency…
(2022-07-08). Analysis Of Military-Biological Activity Of USA And Its Allies In Ukraine And Other Regions Russian Defence Ministry. southfront.org 
On July 7, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on the results of the analysis of the military-biological activity of…
(2022-07-08). Russian Military Is Using Kitolov & Gran Laser-Guided Munitions In Ukraine. southfront.org 
From left to right, the Krasnopol-M2, Kitolov-2M and Gran precision-guided rounds. Source: Sputnik. | Along with Krasnopol guided artillery rounds, the Russian military is also using the similar Gran and Kitolov rounds during the special operation in Ukraine, a security source told the The KM-8 Gran is a 120 mm guided mortar round. On the other hand, the Kitolov is available in two versions, the Kito…
(2022-07-08). Russian Troops Operating In Ukraine Have Begun Using Advanced Anti-Drone Electromagnetic Guns. southfront.org 
The Stupor anti-drone gun. Source: topwar.ru | The Russia military has employed the advanced "Stupor" anti-drone electromagnetic gun for the first time since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, a source in defense circles told the TASS News Agency on July 6. | The Stupor gun was engineered by the Russian Defense Ministry's Main Robotics R&D and Testing Center to counter drones within a direct visibility range. Th…
(2022-07-08). Russia hasn't really started anything in Ukraine yet: Putin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — President Vladimir Putin of Russia has warned Ukraine leaders that prolonging the ongoing conflict would only make peace talks more difficult.
(2022-07-08). Russian Missile Strike Wiped Out Two Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Launchers In Odessa. southfront.org 
160719-N-ZZ999-112.PACIFIC OCEAN (July 19, 2016) USS Coronado (LCS 4), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, launches the first over-the-horizon missile engagement using a Harpoon Block 1C missile. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Bryce Hadley/Released) | A Russian missile strike on Odessa oblast wiped out two Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers which were recently supplied by the UK to the Ukrainian mili…
(2022-07-08). US, Allies Discussing Trying to Cap Russian Oil at $40-$60 Per Barrel. scheerpost.com 
Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Dave DeCamp / Bloomberg reported Wednesday that the US and its allies But the US-proposed…
(2022-07-08). Russian-Flagged Cargo Ship To Leave Turkish Port Of Karasu. southfront.org 
On July 7th, one of the crew members of the Russian-flagged cargo ship Zhibek Zholy which was The cargo ship will reportedly unload grain to a storage vessel and leave the parking lot so as not to lose money due to demurrage. Then, when a large vessel is loaded, it will move to the ports…
(2022-07-08). Turkish Military Is Building New Position Near Russian Camp In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
Turkish forces are seen near Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi | The Turkish military is building yet another position in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on July 8. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the new position is being built near Khirbat al-Naqus, one of the key towns of the al-Ghab Plains in the northwestern Hama countryside. Turkish engineer units are reportedly cons…
(2022-07-08). After Drop in May, Venezuela Oil Exports Rise as Crude Flows to Europe Again. orinocotribune.com The first shipments of Venezuelan crude to Europe helped boost the country's oil exports by 61%, according to PDVSA data. These exchanges had been stopped for two years due to illegal US and European sanctions. | Italy's Eni (ENI.MI) and Spain's Repsol (REP.MC) began taking Venezuelan crude after receiving the green light from the US State Department, a decision that was made to help Europe compensate for the loss of Russian oil, after the blockade of Russia by the US and its junior partners that began with Russia's military operation in Ukraine. | The oil-for-debt swaps, seen by analysts as a sign of Washington'
(2022-07-08). Glory to the Heroes: Sidor Kovpak and the War for Ukraine's Memory. libya360.wordpress.com Evan Reif The Ukrainian identity, complex as it is, was shaped by the many groups that inhabited the territories wedged between forces in Moscow and Warsaw. This rich culture that birthed literary geniuses like Taras Schevchenko, Ivan Kotliarevsky, and Nikolai Gogol, has become coopted by those who glorify a narrow, "Galician" view of what it…
(2022-07-08). The Heat: G20 foreign ministers meeting. america.cgtn.com 
Amid the Ukraine conflict, Russia and China's foreign ministers hold talks as G20 ministers gather in Bali, Indonesia.
(2022-07-08). Washington spends 2 mln USD on biowarfare activities in Ukraine: Russian Defense Ministry. ecns.cn The United States has spent more than 2 million U.S. dollars on military biological activities in Ukraine since 2005, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday.
(2022-07-08). The United States wants to prevent a historical fact—Eurasian integration: The Twenty-Seventh Newsletter (2022). mronline.org 
Over the course of the past fifteen years, European countries have found themselves with both great opportunities to seize and complex choices to make. Unsustainable reliance on the United States for trade and investment, as well as the curious distraction of Brexit, led to the steady integration of European countries with Russian energy markets and more uptake of Chinese investment opportunities and its manufacturing prowess.
(2022-07-08). After Johnson's resignation: Mobilize the working class against capitalism and war. wsws.org Johnson is such a divisive and discredited figure that he could not be entrusted with the next stage of the ruling class offensive against the working class or with prosecuting NATO's war against Russia.
(2022-07-08). EU would grant Georgia "guaranteed" candidacy if it went to war with Russia: ruling party. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaJuly 6, 2022 GD Chair Sees Connection Between Joining War, EU Candidacy Ruling Georgian Dream party chairperson Irakli Kobakhidze has claimed that if Georgia was to go to war against Russia before December, the country would be "guaranteed" European Union candidate status. "You would probably agree that receiving such candidate status is certainly not …
(2022-07-08). Fresh US Sanctions On Iran Despite Wanting To Revive Nuclear Deal. popularresistance.org The current round of sanctions add to the numerous rounds of similar coercive measures imposed by the US on Iran after the Donald Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the multi-party JCPOA in May 2018. | On Wednesday, July 7, the US Treasury and State Departments announced fresh sanctions on various entities involved in Iranian oil trade with China and other East Asian countries. The fresh sanctions come despite the ongoing efforts to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal, in Qatar.
(2022-07-08). Before its Final Defeat, the U.S. Empire Will Try to Take the Rest of the World Down With it. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea If U.S. imperialism gets its way, during our generation it will commit a gargantuan series of atrocities that take many millions of lives. It could carry out nuclear attacks against one or more of the countries challenging it, repeating its great crimes against the people of Japan with the bombings of Hiroshima and…
(2022-07-08). The United States Wants To Prevent A Historical Fact. popularresistance.org Over the course of the past fifteen years, European countries have found themselves with both great opportunities to seize and complex choices to make. Unsustainable reliance on the United States for trade and investment, as well as the curious distraction of Brexit, led to the steady integration of European countries with Russian energy markets and more uptake of Chinese investment opportunities and its manufacturing prowess. | Closer linkages between Europe and these two large Asian countries (China and Russia) provoked the US agenda to prevent that integration or delay it.
(2022-07-08). Johnson remains UK prime minister as Tories lurch to right and Labour offers a "stable" alternative. wsws.org The entire gamut of potential candidates is in favour of cutting taxes and government spending, combined with support for greater military spending to take on both Russia and China.
(2022-07-07). Life in a Time of Conflict in the Russia-Ukraine Frontier City of Belgorod. libya360.wordpress.com Employees of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry are seen near the damaged residential buildings in the border town of Belgorod, Russia. © Sputnik / Taisia Liskovets Mark Bratchikov-Pogrebisskiy reports from –∞ region where an accident of geography has again placed it centre stage. Belgorod is one of seven Russian regions that border Ukraine. In 2014,…
(2022-07-07). Taiwan And The Making Of An 'Asian' NATO. popularresistance.org This year's NATO Summit took place amid a geopolitical seismic wave crashing upon Eurasia: Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. Contrary to the musings of the U.S. foreign policy establishment and its loyal servants in the West, NATO is not a defensive institution but rather the root cause of the dangerous confrontation developing between the U.S. and Russia. NATO provoked Russia to intervene in Ukraine by sponsoring a right-wing coup in 2014 and facilitating a regime of ethnic cleansing in the Donbas region for the next eight years.
(2022-07-07). North Africa Becomes an Arena for NATO's Confrontation with Russia and China. libya360.wordpress.com Abdelhamid Jmahri North Africa is now part of the area of strategic interests of NATO, as it is an arena of confrontation with Russia, writes the pan-Arab media Al Araby Al Jadeed. And Spain will play a significant role in this confrontation. NATO's new strategic concept has placed North Africa in the area of strategic…
(2022-07-07). Fueling the Warfare State. tomdispatch.com This March, when the Biden administration presented a staggering $813 billion proposal for "national defense," it was hard to imagine a budget that could go significantly higher or be more generous to the denizens of the military-industrial complex. After all, that request represented far more than peak spending in the Korean or Vietnam War years, and well over $100 billion more than at the height of the Cold War. It was, in fact, an astonishing figure by any measure — more than two-and-a-half times what China spends; more, in fact, than (and hold your hats for this one!) the national security budgets of th…
(2022-07-07). Let's Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, Before They Eliminate Us. popularresistance.org United Nations – When UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on the successful conclusion of their first meeting in Vienna, his warning was dead on target. | "Let's eliminate these weapons before they eliminate us," he said pointing out that nuclear weapons are a deadly reminder of countries' inability to solve problems through dialogue and collaboration. | "These weapons offer false promises of security and deterrence—while guaranteeing only destruction, death, and endless brinksmanship," he declared, in a video message…
(2022-07-07). Christian Culture: Young Russia vs Young U.S. thesaker.is By Walt Garlington for the Saker Blog It is often claimed that the United States is a Christian country (the most Christian country, according to some), but the development of…
(2022-07-07). You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet. smoothiex12.blogspot.com 
Remember, I was unapologetic What does he mean by this. This is exactly what he means and what I warned about for years, with SMO being a kinetic resolution to a collapsing Pa…