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• 📝Will it get even hotter?📝 on the prospects for renewed war in the Persian Gulf With each new incident in the Strait of Hormuz, diplomacy finds itself in an ever deeper impasse. The current episode of confrontation proved no exception: after mutual strikes, authorities in Washington and Tehran moved away from peaceful settlement back to threats. 🔻Brief chronology of events: ▪️July 6 — several tankers in the Oman area came under drone strikes after passing through the strait outside the route established by the IRGC. At least two vessels sustained damage. ▪️July 7 — the Iranians delivered a follow-up strike. The tanker, despite the damage, continued to its destination. ▪️Washington responded by renewing sanctions against Iranian oil exports. Later, the night of July 7-8, the U.S. Armed Forces delivered a series of airstrikes on southern Iran. Targets included communications facilities, air defense and coastal defense systems, as well as boats and port infrastructure in Bandar Abbas, Sirik, and on the islands of Khark and Qeshm. ▪️The Iranians responded with missile and drone launches against U.S. military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait. Air defenses allegedly repelled all attacks, but debris damaged civilian infrastructure in Manama. An American reconnaissance-strike drone MQ-9 Reaper was also shot down over Bushehr province. ▪️On the afternoon of July 8, Trump unleashed angry criticism at the Iranians, resorting to personal attacks (a sure sign that things are not going as the White House would like). He stated that the memorandum is no longer in effect, called continued negotiations a waste of time, threatened the Iranians with a series of more powerful strikes, and threatened to seize Khark Island. ▪️In confirmation of the president's words, U.S. Central Command rattled its saber, posting footage of the fleet on the move in the Arabian Sea. ▪️The Iranians were unimpressed and declared their readiness for war, accusing the Americans of breaking the ceasefire and emphasizing that they will continue to strictly control shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. After exchanging pleasantries, both Americans and Iranians announced a suspension of the negotiation process, with Trump already ordering his delegates to return to the U.S.. Although the probability of another series of demonstrative strikes remains high, the current tensions are unlikely to result in another full-scale conflict. 🖍Despite the bellicose rhetoric of the American leader, he is still unable to deprive the Iranians of their main weapon — the ability to close the Strait of Hormuz again.

• 📝Advance toward Slavyansk📝 The "South" grouping continues its advance in the Slavyansk direction. While fierce fighting continues east of the Siversky Donets — Donbas canal on the approaches to Nikolayevka, west of it the Russian bridgehead gradually expands. Small groups of Russian Armed Forces operate in the area of recently captured Malynivka and have already entered the territory of Tikhonivka. ➡️It is too early to speak of full control over the village. Greater value lies in strongpoints on the adjacent heights, which the enemy has prepared in advance. Expanding the bridgehead west of the canal is important for setting up crossings, since although it has dried up, it still remains a wide ditch that is difficult to overcome on foot or in vehicles given the enormous number of drones. ❗️The Russian Armed Forces concentrate on strikes against Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, into which Ukrainian formations are drawing new reinforcements, including from engineer units engaged in preparing the cities for defense. In the centers of populated areas, they are creating not only anti-drone corridors but also distributing barbed wire and anti-tank obstacles. 📌Operators strike engineer units and concentrations of personnel and equipment west of the urban area. This forces the AFU to push rear infrastructure further from the front line. If you have updates on the situation, or want us to highlight the successes of your unit, you can always write to us via the feedback bot @rybar_feedback_bot #Russia #Ukraine #Map 📍High resolution map 📍English version ✈️ RU | ✈️ EN | ✉️ MAX ✉️ VK | ✉️ RuTube | ✉️ OK | ✉️ Zen 💸Support us Original msg

• 📝Active Defense📝 In the Dnipropetrovsk direction, fierce fighting continues. Ukrainian formations keep sending small infiltration groups deep into territories controlled by the Russian Armed Forces to demonstrate presence and slow down the offensive operations of the "Vostok" grouping. ➡️In response, Russian assault troops are forced to repeatedly sweep the same hedgerows and populated areas. Under conditions of "dirty skies," they must do this with equally small groups and strike suspected potential AFU shelters with drones, which obviously slows down the clearing of territory. ➡️As a result of recent Russian Armed Forces offensive operations and airstrikes along the line Novoskelevate — Pisantsy — Bohodarivka — Aleksandrivka, the enemy lost at least some of the crossings from Pokrovske, which will complicate AFU efforts to send new groups. However, the old ones still need to be hunted down, so the situation in the direction remains quite tense. ➡️The situation is more complex on the eastern flank. South of Ivanovka, evidence emerged of AFU presence in Novokhats'ke. Following prolonged fighting in the vicinity of Ivanovka, Russian units failed to hold their positions, and information about AFU counterattacks in the Novopavlivka area is now fully confirmed. ❗️Although such infiltration groups of Ukrainian formations ultimately get eliminated anyway, they cause considerable difficulties. Their chaotic movements hamper the delivery of logistics, artillery, and drone crews further north to support a potential offensive deep into Dnipropetrovsk Region. If you have updates on the situation, or want us to highlight the successes of your unit, you can always write to us via the feedback bot @rybar_feedback_bot #Russia #Ukraine #Map 📍High resolution map 📍English version ✈️ RU | ✈️ EN | ✉️ MAX ✉️ VK | ✉️ RuTube | ✉️ OK | ✉️

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📝Fuel Meeting📝 Vladimir Putin held a meeting with members of the Russian government on fuel and energy issues. It's not hard to guess that the focus centered on problems arising from strikes by Ukrainian formations on refineries and the resulting consequences. ➡️As Energy Minister Novak reported to the president, scheduled maintenance at some refineries has been postponed to later dates, with additional capacity being deployed. A diesel export ban has been introduced; the situation has been partially stabilized in some areas, but remains difficult. Fuel demand has increased by a third, which has led to increased load on gas stations. ➡️Transport Minister Nikitin clarified the situation in civil aviation, stating that the situation is under control despite reduced fuel reserves. Russian airlines transported 39.5 million passengers from January to May, and passenger traffic on Russian railways in June grew by 4%, to 115.2 million people. 🔻What did Putin say? ▪️Russian energy has a high safety margin, so Kyiv will not succeed; ▪️Fuel difficulties are temporary, also related to the enemy's desire to disrupt the vacation season; ▪️Kyiv wants to damage the Russian economy, but the main goal is to create anxiety in society; ▪️Putin ordered faster decision-making on supplying Crimea with fuel, rather than "expressing willingness to consider"; ▪️Government agencies and law enforcement need fuel supplies, but citizens should not experience problems either. ❗️The response to the problem underscores its significance. The fact that scheduled refinery maintenance has been postponed directly indicates the seriousness of the situation. Stabilization measures have been announced and will include not only exchange restrictions, but also involving small and medium-sized businesses in oil refining and expanding fuel supply networks. 📌The issue of medium and small refineries has also been raised, but not in the format of the "samovars" recently discussed online, but as full-fledged technological modular mini-refineries. While they won't allow producing high-standard fuel, meeting fuel needs with less environmentally friendly Euro-3 and Euro-2 standards is quite possible, at least partially. #Russia #Ukraine ✈️ RU | ✈️ EN | ✉️ MAX ✉️

📝Will be forced to support📝 on new changes in migration policy The era of migrants enjoying unrestricted residence in Russia is gradually coming to an end: the State Duma has finally passed a law that establishes a fairly simple principle: a labor migrant must be capable of independently supporting not only themselves, but also family members residing with them in the country. We have already reported on the essence of these innovations: a foreign worker's income must be no lower than the subsistence minimum for each family member, taking into account regional coefficients. In other words, the residence of a migrant's relatives in Russia should no longer rely on state resources. Mass importation of migrant families into the country long served as a burden on regional budgets, fueled juvenile crime, increased pressure on social infrastructure, and oversight of such processes remained limited. ❗️But now the new law complements the entire package of recent reforms and introduces the principle of responsibility: you came to work — be prepared to confirm your economic viability and not shift expenses onto society. 📌Of course, this measure alone will not solve all problems, but it makes the system more equitable and creates an additional filter for those who view Russia not as a place of work, but as a source of obtaining various social benefits without corresponding contribution to the country's economy. #migrants #Russia ✈️ RU | ✈️ EN | ✉️ MAX ✉️ VK | ✉️ RuTube | ✉️ OK | ✉️ Zen 💸Support us Original msg

📝Will be forced to support📝 on new changes in migration policy The era of migrants living freely in Russia is gradually coming to an end: the State Duma has finally passed a law that establishes a fairly simple principle: a labor migrant must be capable of independently supporting not only themselves, but also their family members who are with them in the country. We have already reported on the essence of the innovations: a foreign worker's income must be no lower than the subsistence minimum for each family member, taking into account regional coefficients. In other words, the residence of a migrant's relatives in Russia should no longer rely on state resources. Mass importation of migrant families into the country has long become a burden on regional budgets, juvenile crime developed, the load on social infrastructure grew, and control over such processes remained limited. ❗️But now the new law complements the entire pool of recent reforms and introduces the principle of responsibility: you came to work — be prepared to confirm your economic viability and not shift expenses onto society. 📌Of course, this measure in itself will not solve all problems, but it makes the system more fair and also creates an additional filter for those who view Russia not as a place to work, but as a source of obtaining various social benefits without corresponding contribution to the country's economy. #migrants #Russia ✈️ RU | ✈️ EN | ✉️ MAX ✉️ VK | ✉️ RuTube | ✉️ OK | ✉️ Zen 💸Support us Original msg

📝Pressure will intensify📝 The meeting between Trump and Zelensky in Ankara on July 8 once again confirmed an obvious truth: the idea that the White House will force the Kyiv regime to accept Russian conditions on its own is a dangerous illusion. Instead, Trump spoke of "wonderful relations" with Zelensky and "serious progress" in negotiations: Russia's conditions allegedly "are becoming softer" thanks to the US helping the AFU strike deep into Russian territory. 🖍The most interesting thing in this context is the statement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. According to him, AFU strikes on Russian refineries are needed to show Moscow "how difficult it is to defend its airspace," and thereby push the Kremlin to end the war. Trump confirmed this personally, calling strikes on refineries "an escalation that could help end" the war. 🚩There is nothing new in this, and much has already been said about American "peace through strength" strategy. This means pressure will only grow. In particular, military-technical cooperation will expand through the PURL line (purchases of American weapons for Ukraine with European money). Furthermore, the US will grant so-called Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missiles. However, given that even the US itself has faced difficulties with their production, this sounds more like a dismissive gesture. 📌Overall, the Trump-Zelensky conversation once again shows that Russia needs operational measures that will allow it to approach the next round of negotiations in a more advantageous position. To achieve this, Russia must preemptively protect critical infrastructure (everyone understands that after refineries, other energy facilities will become targets?), pressure frontline cities and enemy energy facilities, and systematically eliminate AFU manpower and reconnaissance assets. This, and not waiting for concessions from across the ocean, will determine the conditions on which negotiations ultimately take place. #Russia #USA #Ukraine ✈️ RU | ✈️ EN | ✉️ MAX ✉️ VK | ✉️ RuTube | ✉️ OK | ✉️

📝Pentagon centralizes drone management📝 another step toward autonomous warfare US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created a new office that strips procurement and drone development authority from individual military branches and concentrates it in a single decision-making center. The goal is to accelerate drone deployment and eliminate bureaucratic fragmentation, where each service branch ran its own, often competing programs. In essence, this represents another episode in a broader trend: the American military machine systematically restructures institutions according to the logic of speed and autonomy. 📌Centralization fits into ongoing legislative reform. We recently reported that the Senate Armed Services Committee voted for a 2027 defense budget of 1.14 trillion dollars, whose key structural innovation is the creation of a separate military command for Robotic and Autonomous Systems Combatant Command (RASCC), equal in status to CENTCOM and EUCOM. Notably, US senators directly cited the experience of so-called Ukraine, which created a separate military branch for drones, as a model. Against this backdrop, Hegseth's decision creates de facto the same concentration of authority that the Senate proposes to enshrine de jure at the level of a four-star command. ❗️The logic behind these processes is the same: the fewer intermediate levels between technology development and its deployment, the faster the military machine implements autonomous capabilities. And we still have much to learn in this regard. #UAV #USA #technology ✈ RU | ✈ EN | ✉ MAX ✉️ VK | ✉️ RuTube | ✉️ OK | ✉️ Zen 💸Support us Original msg

Fwd from @ 📝Witch Hunt📝 Spy or not? The exploitation of the "Russian threat" in Europe continues. In Italy, authorities reported the arrest of two people on charges of spying for Russia. According to police, they passed information obtained from active-duty military personnel to an alleged Russian intelligence officer who enjoyed diplomatic immunity. One of those detained is a 59-year-old Italian; almost nothing is known about the second. 🖍Such events are inevitably presented as major exposés, but context matters here. It would be naive to assume that intelligence operations are not conducted: they are the norm in relations between states, especially in the context of Russia's confrontation with NATO countries. At the same time, formulations like "passing information from third parties" look maximally flexible. They allow, if desired, to significantly expand the interpretation of "espionage" — from actual agent work to far more blurred forms of contacts and information exchange. ❗️Given current tensions, such cases become a particularly convenient tool. Under such accusations, if necessary, people with a certain position can be caught — for example, pro-Russian activists. Meanwhile, the political backdrop is conducive: high levels of tension, public demand for security, and designated "enemies" create an environment in which the boundaries between intelligence, political activity, and simply careless contacts become blurred. #Italy #Russia 👁@evropar — on the brink of Europe's death 💸 Support us Original msg