"U.S. forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, according to the U.S. military on Friday, as the Trump administration continues to target sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela."
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US intercepts fifth sanctioned tanker as it exerts control over Venezuelan oil distribution
The U.S. military says U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration continues to target sanctioned ...
There's no one reaction from a blogosphere, but this Z-channel offers a good taste of Russian milblogger doomerism on today's Oreshnik strike in Lviv, complaining that it didn't penetrate deep enough to destroy the gas storage, & that retaliating for Putin's dacha but not civilian attacks is outrageous.
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По удару Орешником. Продуктивные горизонты ПХГ (пласты-коллекторы) залегают на ...
Russia's Defense Ministry confirms today's Oreshnik strike against Lviv, describing it as retaliation for Ukraine's supposed mass drone attack against Putin's Valdai residence — the same drone attack that probably didn't even happen & was claimed to derail recent diplomacy.
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🎖🎖 Сегодня ночью в ответ на террористическую атаку киевского режима по резиде...
It's nearly 10pm here in Portland, and the local media don't know much more than they did hours ago about today's shooting. The main questions are (1) whether the feds have a real case for their "the driver was a Tren de Aragua member" claim, and (2) the condition of the woman shot in the chest. Given how the Trump administration and federal officials tried to spin Renee Nicole Good's killing — by lying through their teeth despite damning evidence against the ICE officer — there's really very little trust for the feds in a town like Portland.
Given the patterns in this war, we should interpret these alerts as a signal that Russia is preparing its latest Oreshnik missile strike and just satisfied the requirements of the 1988 ballistic missile notification agreement by alerting the U.S. image
Krepkii Oreshnik 2: "Ukraine’s Air Force reported a threat of a potential intermediate-range ballistic missile launch from a Russian strategic nuclear testing site shortly before midnight on Thursday."
Russia Says It Used Nuclear-Capable Missile to Strike Western Ukraine
The attack seemed intended to send a message to Europe as it strongly backs Kyiv in the peace talks.