(2022-07-19). Europe Facing Major Economic Crisis from Sanctions Campaign Against Russia. news.antiwar.com The US-led sanctions campaign against Russia has done nothing to stop the war in Ukraine or hurt Vladimir Putin, but the toll continues to mount on Western economies and there are The euro has reached a 20-year low against the dollar, inflation is at a record-high 8.6%, and economists are predicting a recession if the EU is cut off from Russian gas. Russia has already stopped supplying some EU members for their refusal to pay in rubles…
(2022-07-19). U.S. military biological activities warrant closest attention: Lavrov. ecns.cn In an article published on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for closest attention to the Pentagon's military biological activities around the world.
(2022-07-19). Major events expected in Russian-Iranian relations soon. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) — Russia and Iran are actively developing bilateral cooperation and major events are expected to take place in their relations, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said.
(2022-07-19). Russia seeking oil payments from India in dirhams – sources, document. tribune.com.pk 
Russia is seeking payment in United Arab Emirates dirhams for oil exports to some Indian customers, three sources said and a document showed, as Moscow moves away from the U.S. dollar to insulate itself from the effects of Western sanctions. | Russia has been hit by a slew of sanctions from the United States and its allies over its invasion of Ukraine in late February, which it terms a "special military operation". | An invoice seen by Reuters shows the bill for supplying oil to one refiner is calculated in dollars while payment is requested in dirhams. | Russian oil major Rosneft is pushing crude through trad…
(2022-07-19). Washington threatens Tehran, Moscow with more sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) — Threatening Iran and Russia to face more sanctions in case of any transaction of drone technology, the US State Department spokesman said that Washington will continue to watch very closely.
(2022-07-19). Russia fines Google 369 mln USD for not removing banned info. ecns.cn A court in Moscow ruled on Monday to fine Google LLC 21.077 billion rubles (about 369 million U.S. dollars) for repeated failure to delete content prohibited in Russia.
(2022-07-19). Iran preparing documents to join SCO: envoy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) — Tehran is preparing the necessary documents to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said.
(2022-07-18). UPDATED: Overview Of Russian Missile Strikes In Odessa Region On July 16 July 19. southfront.org 
In recent days, the number of Russian missile attacks in the Ukrainian region of Odessa increased. At night on July…
(2022-07-18). Military And Political Victims Reveal Secrets Of Russian Strike In Vinnytsia. southfront.org 
On July 13th, Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. The Russian Ministry of Defence reported that "at the time of the strike, a meeting of the command of the Ukrainian a…
(2022-07-18). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 18, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Up to 2 foreign mercenaries killed as a result of the Russian missile strike in Konstantinovka, according to the Russian MoD; | Russian missiles hit the area of the Udachnoye railway station in the DPR, destroying echelons with military equipment; | 2 Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters were destroyed and two others were damaged by Russian artillery fire near Noviy Donbass, DPR; | Up to 60 servicemen killed as a result of the Russian missile strike on the AFU 118th brigade of terri…
(2022-07-18). Russian Pranksters In Action: Stephen King Promised 'Zelensky' To Write Fake Horror Scripts For Ukrainian Propaganda. southfront.org Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus are known for calling politicians and celebrities on behalf of other famous persons, asking awkward questions and showing the real faces of their interlocutors. This time the victim of their prank was Stephen King, who thought he was talking to the President of Ukraine Zelensky. | Stephen King supported the cancel culture, claiming that Russian writers have to "shut up", and called Zelensky a "great man". | The pranksters asked the American write to provide Ukrainian propaganda with fake scripts on the alleged brutality of Russian servicemen against Ukrainian nationalists. St…
(2022-07-18). Russian Su-34 Shot Down By Russian Air Defence System In LPR. southfront.org 
A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber was shot down by Ukrainian forces in the area of Alchevsk in the Luhansk People's Republic. The incident took place last night. | The city of Alchevsk, as well as the entire territory of the Luhansk People's Republic, is under control of Russian-led forces. According to Russian military reporters, the warcraft was flying over the area at the moment when Ukrainian forces opened fire with MLRS HIMARS supplied by the U.S.. The aircraft was reportedly intercepte…
(2022-07-18). Ukrainian Military Hit Hydropower Plant In Novaya Kakhovka In Kherson Region. southfront.org 
On July 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled again the town of Kakhovka in the Kherson region which is under control of the Russian military. As a result of the attack, the gas pipeline in the area of the local hydropower plant was damaged. | According to local reports, infrastructure facilities of the plant were not affected by the strike. The energy supply of the area was not interrupted. | The town of Raiskoe in the Kherson region was also hit by Ukrainian forces. | As a result o…
(2022-07-18). US Implies Ukraine Can Use HIMARS Against Russian Targets in Crimea. news.antiwar.com The State Department on Sunday implied that Ukrainian forces are allowed to use US-provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) against Russian targets in Crimea, which Russia has controlled since 2014. When the US first announced it was sending HIMARS to Ukraine, Biden administration officials said they received "assurances" from Ukrainian officials that the rockets won't …
(2022-07-18). Russia Orders Troops to Target Ukraine's Western-Provided Long-Range Weapons. news.antiwar.com On Monday, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu "Army General Sergey Shoigu … instructed the commander to use surgical strikes and crush the enemy's long-range missile and artillery means," the Russian Defense Ministry said, Last week, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrain…
(2022-07-18). 8 killed in Ukraine cargo plane crash. ecns.cn The An-12, a Soviet-built turboprop aircraft operated by the Ukrainian cargo carrier Meridian, crashed late Saturday. All eight bodies were found and are being recovered.
(2022-07-18). Ukraine: End War. Lift Sanctions. transcend.org 11 Jul 2022 – NATO's hardline position on expansion and membership is further reinforced by a motive which has become more obvious in the course of the war. Some members of NATO and the US leadership are keen to exploit the war to emasculate Russia as a military power. This is why they would like to prolong the war.
(2022-07-18). In Ukraine, a Proxy War on the Planet. transcend.org 15 Jul 2022 – As the Ukraine crisis causes global havoc, US officials won't negotiate with Russia to end the fighting — and are even willing to "countenance" mounting hunger as a result.
(2022-07-18). The West Is Experiencing a Contraction of Its Power, Not Necessarily Its Decline. transcend.org 15 Jul 2022 – With the same ease with which they foresee being able to reduce Russia (one of the largest nuclear power in the world) to a vassal state or bring it to ruin, they foresee neutralizing China (which is on its way to becoming the first world economy) and soon provoking a war in Taiwan, (like the one in Ukraine) to achieve that purpose. On the other hand, the history of empires shows that contraction goes hand in hand with decline, and that decline is irreversible and entails much human suffering.
(2022-07-18). The Rise of BRICS: The Economic Giant that is Taking on the West. mintpressnews.com The global fight ahead is perhaps the most consequential since World War II. While NATO will continue to fight for relevance, Russia, China, and others will invest in various economic, political and even military infrastructures, in the hope of creating a permanent and sustainable counterbalance to Western dominance.
(2022-07-18). Russian-hating dream of Brzezinski Clan nears fulfillment as Poland agrees to host permanent U.S. base and turn Baltic Sea into NATO Lake. mronline.org 
Mark Brzezinski, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, is the son of the late Zbigniew Brzezinski, a descendent of Polish aristocrats and mastermind of U.S. foreign policy for decades, whose dream was to use Poland as a base to try to weaken and destroy Russia. Mark is now at the center of the implementation of his dad's plans.
(2022-07-18). Why Russia Is Not Running Out Of Ammo. smoothiex12.blogspot.com 
The hint is in the latest statements by Vladimir Putin, Sergei Lavrov, Ushakov and many others. To put it in simple terms: Russia is NOT running out of ammo, high precision stand off weapons, tanks and aircraft because Russia was getting ready for the war with NATO (euphemism for combined West) in which even SMO is but one of many fronts and operations.
(2022-07-18). (Italiano) Perché la NATO è antiquata, pericolosa e merita di essere abolita. transcend.org 13 Luglio 2022 – Da un punto di vista analitico del conflitto è ragionevole dire che la Russia è responsabile della guerra ma che la NATO con la sua espansione noncurante, contro tutte le promesse fatte alla Russia e una serie di ammonimenti d'esperti è responsabile del conflitto soggiacente. Discutiamo del mondo post-NATO.
(2022-07-18). Political 'Lame Ducks' are Fleeing the European Union. journal-neo.org 
The West, in its intention to hurt Russia with sanctions, has shot itself in the foot, many media outlets have been writing for a while now. The result is high inflation, energy and food shortages, recession, and many political and social problems that Europeans don't know how to deal with. The IMF itself admits that …
(2022-07-18). Haitians Looked to China & Russia to End UN Mandate, Renewed for 1 More Year. towardfreedom.org Despite China delaying the vote to hold closed-door negotations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously agreed Friday to renew the UN's mandate in Haiti. Since 2004, as many as 13,000 troops from around the world have served as part of the UN's peacekeeping mission. For many Haitians, the mandate is a foreign occupation, reports TF editor Julie Varughese.
(2022-07-18). Palestinians Face Forced Expulsions As Biden Pledges Allegiance To Israel. popularresistance.org During his presidential campaign, Biden committed to rejoining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. But a year and a half into his term, he failed to return the U.S. to the deal. He has also imposed additional sanctions on Iran, shamefully capitulating to Israeli pressure. | In the Jerusalem Declaration, Biden, on behalf of the United States, signed a "commitment never to allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, and [pledged] that it is prepared to use all elements of its national power to ensure that outcome." When asked in an interview on Israeli television whether he would use military force against Iran, Bi…
(2022-07-18). DPRK Recognizes Donetsk and Lugansk. journal-neo.org 
July 13, 2022 North Korea has officially recognized the independence of the DPR and LPR, becoming the third country in the world after Russia and Syria to do so. DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui sent her counterparts in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics the following letters: "…the DPRK government has decided to recognize the …
(2022-07-18). Russia-Iran Relations Take A Quantum Leap. popularresistance.org When the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan first spoke about a potential Iran-Russian drone deal, Moscow kept quiet and Tehran issued a pro forma rebuttal, which, taken together, suggested that it is a work in progress. Sullivan's disclosure appeared at the fag-end of a White House briefing for President Biden's forthcoming West Asia tour to Israel and Saudi Arabia, and seemed to have an element of grandstanding aimed at fueling the latent anti-Iran sentiments in the Gulf region that could, in turn, inject some degree of contemporaneity to POTUS' signal project to cobble together an Israeli-Arab military…
(2022-07-18). Military Situation In Syria On July 18, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On July 17, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 14 times: 8 in Aleppo province, 6 in Lattakia province; | On July 18, the Russian Military Police carried out a patrol on the M4 highway in the Raqqah province; | On July 18, Turkish drone attacked SAA position in the town of Tal Rafaat; | On July 17, the SDF carried out a security operation in the al-Hawl camp; | On July 17, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turki…
(2022-07-18). Russia not to be separated from rest of world by sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) — Russia cannot develop in isolation from the rest of the world, but the isolation is not going to happen despite the Western sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, according to local media.
(2022-07-18). Rusia rechaza augurios negativos sobre desarrollo de su economía. telesurtv.net Las declaraciones del mandatario ruso llegan a propósito de las medidas coercitivas adoptadas por Occidente en los últimos meses.
(2022-07-18). Biden concludes Mideast trip focused on US conflict with Russia, China. wsws.org The US war drive against Russia and China was the driving force of the US president's four-day trip to Israel, the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia.
(2022-07-18). Demands to escalate war against Russia as Tories back their own confidence motion. wsws.org On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was able to move a confidence motion in his own government because of Labour's refusal to move its own no-confidence vote.
(2022-07-18). Russia, Iran gradually ditch dollar in their trade: Kremlin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) — Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that Iran and Russia will gradually abandon the practice of using US dollars to assess the scope of bilateral trade.
(2022-07-18). The B61-12 Mini-Nukes "Made in America" Coming Soon to Italy, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands. transcend.org 15 Jul 2022 – To Be Used in "a Nuclear First Strike" – Europe is thus being turned by the U.S. into the front line of a nuclear confrontation with Russia, even more dangerous than that of the Cold War.
(2022-07-18). Mehrabad to host 20 planes with Turkish, Russians on board. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) — The Director General of Tehran Mehrabad Airport said Monday that as many as 20 large passenger planes will land at Tehran's airport later today and tommorrow.
(2022-07-17). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine, Kharkiv Region, On July 17, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
This map shows the current military situation in Kharkiv Region in eastern Ukraine. In the recent weeks, the situation in the region remained relatively stable as the most intense military actions took place in Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The Russians already liberated the entire territory of the Lugansk People's Republic from Kyiv's forces and are now preparing for the final advance to push pro-Kyiv units out of the northwestern part of the Donetsk Peo…
(2022-07-17). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 17, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russia struck the AFU 92nd Mechanised Brigade in Chuguyev with high-precision missiles | Russia struck the AFU 97th Battalion of 60th Mechanised Infantry Brigade near Novodanilovka with high-precision missiles | Russia struck military assets of the AFU in Odessa with high-precision missiles | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Krasnoarmeysk with high-precision missiles | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Dergachi with high-precision missiles | Rus…
(2022-07-17). Ukraine Loses Another HIMARS as Russian Advance Continues. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for July 17, 2022 Russian forces continue operations against Bakhmut-Siversk defense line; Russian forces have reportedly destroyed another HIMARS; The Pentagon has been deliberately vague regarding HIMARS performance in briefings; Striking behind Russian lines may be possible for Ukraine, but not in the quantities…
(2022-07-17). Biden's Saudi 'reset' is about China & Russia, and CIA fallout with MBS. multipolarista.com US President Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia to pressure Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to cut ties with China and Russia, after he killed CIA ally Jamal Khashoggi and purged rivals in the royal family most loyal to Washington.
(2022-07-17). Live With Our Eyes Open Without Allowing Ourselves To Be Defeated. popularresistance.org It is July 20, 1969. The Apollo 11 manned space mission lands on our Moon, and a few hours later, Neil Armstrong takes his first steps on the lunar surface, filling the world with amazement and admiration. With this accomplishment emerges the deep emotion of feeling an intimate union with an Earth that impels us to love and protect it, the home of all the humans we have known and, in all probability, will know. | Four years earlier, Aleksei Leonov, the Russian astronaut, made the first spacewalk in history, expressing that the Earth is "our home, small, blue and touchingly lonely," a point lost in the enveloping…
(2022-07-17). In Video: Syrian Army Deploys More Artillery In SDF-Held Areas. southfront.org 
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev | On July 17, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) deployed more reinforcements in areas held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeastern Syria. | The reinforcements including at least three Soviet-made M-46 130 mm towed field guns. The North Press Agency released a video showing the reinforcements passing near the SDF-held town of Manbij in the northern Aleppo countryside on their way to the northeastern region. | The M-46 has an effective firing range of 27.5 kilometers with regular r…
(2022-07-17). Some People Misunderstood My Latest Video… smoothiex12.blogspot.com My latest video was not just about this BSer Mr. Blinkov. If you look at the intro to this video it merely refers to military "analysts" from UTube. Blinkov, who some people say is Croatian gamer, and his pseudo-military BS were used merely as a vehicle to address a larger problem of militant incompetence permeating public space. It is not just about Blinkov, but also about all those Podolyakas, Rozhins (aka "Colonel" Cassad), a bunch of other "pro-Russian" or "anti-Russian" analysts. The issue is much larger than some ignoramus who learned a few big military words beginning to "analyze" something which they cann…