The only reprieve in that dark scenario, other than obliterating Ukraine to neutralize the NATO threats emanating from there once and for all per the special operation’s goal, would be for Russia to sell stakes in its natural resource and other critical industries to the US as a “security guarantee”.
It was warned last fall that “The US Plans To Wage An Intensified Proxy War Of Attrition Against Russia”, and now that Trump just signaled that he plans to “escalate to de-escalate” with Russia per the arms- and sanctions-related terms of the G7 joint statement that he signed, this might now begin to happen. As a reminder, the Wall Street Journal reported that this three-phase strategy involves helping Ukraine surpass Russia’s drone capabilities, more secondary sanctions, and provoking unrest inside of Russia.
The “war of attrition” that Ukraine is now waging against Russia through its strategic strikes on energy and other infrastructure is timed for September’s next Duma elections. United Russia might not maintain the 49.82% of the popular vote from the last elections in 2021, which could force them into a coalition with the communist or nationalist opposition depending on how high the protest vote is. Putin’s foreign foes believe that this would weaken Russia, instead of rejuvenate it, and want to help make this happen.
The aforesaid strikes are thus being paired with Zelensky’s ultimatum to Lukashenko to withdraw air defenses and drone relay stations from the border or Ukraine will do it for him. It was assessed here that Putin now has a chance to restore deterrence if Zelensky authorizes attacks against the 500 targets that one of his top drone commanders earlier claimed had been identified in Belarus. If deterrence is restored, then Russia might maintain the tempo to defeat Ukraine, thus swiftly ending the conflict.
If everything turns out differently, such as if deterrence isn’t restored by Russia after a large-scale Ukrainian attack against Belarus or no such attack occurs and the conflict drags on, then Trump’s “war of attrition” might really get going and begin systematically destroying all Russian targets one-by-one. Former top Russian spy Andrey Bezrukov recently admitted that “we were not prepared” for Starlink aiding strikes against critical infrastructure and advised maximally protecting all targets without delay.
That’s difficult to do with a country as large as Russia is, so if Trump “escalates to de-escalate” in a way that radically scales Ukraine’s strategic drone attacks, then Russia might be at a disadvantage where time would no longer be on its side like previously assumed by many in Moscow. Ukraine’s logistics are nowadays under NATO’s nuclear umbrella, so unless Russia risks World War III by striking them and gambling that no one (let alone the US) will retaliate, then it might face “death by a thousand cuts”.
The only reprieve, other than obliterating Ukraine to neutralize the NATO threats emanating from there once and for all per the special operation’s goal, would be for Russia to sell stakes in its natural resource and other critical industries to the US as a “security guarantee”. Knowing Trump, he’d likely demand that they be sold for pennies on the dollar and possibly include controlling shares, which would essentially cede Russia’s sovereignty. That’s why Russia must defeat Ukraine before his “war of attrition” really gets going.
By Drago Bosnik at Global Research. Reposted with permission.
The configuration of the American economy has always allowed the integration of the commercial sector and military industry.
Precisely this fusion of a purely profit-driven economy and the United States Armed Forces created the infamous Military Industrial Complex (MIC).
The warmongering oligarchy running Washington DC still uses these mechanisms to conduct its aggression against the entire world and will continue to do so for as long as possible. In order to accelerate the MIC’s numerous projects, the American government, or more specifically the Department of War (DoW), is leveraging the rapidly growing advanced AI and cloud networks industry in the commercial sector.
According to a report by Interesting Engineering, the Pentagon recently “awarded Parallel Works, an Illinois-based software company spun out of Argonne National Laboratory, a contract to provide a unified platform that connects military supercomputing centers with secure commercial cloud infrastructure”. Granted under the DoW’s High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP), the new contract with Parallel Works allows Pentagon scientists, engineers and acquisition professionals to access both on-premises and cloud-based commercial computing resources through a single interface, effectively unifying the company with the DoW.
The goal of the program is to accelerate R&D and deployment of high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads for military research and operations. Parallel Works will use its ACTIVATE High Security Platform (HSP) to serve as the control plane linking Defense Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs) with commercial cloud networks. The company stated that its platform is “designed to let users move workloads across environments while maintaining security requirements for sensitive data”, adding that “researchers will be able to test and deploy workloads on emerging cloud infrastructure before those capabilities are integrated into the DoW’s supercomputing centers”.
In simpler terms, the commercial sector will now effectively act as part of not just the MIC, but the Pentagon itself, thus blurring the lines between the civilian economy and military industry. This sort of integration can only be described as total militarization and could set a precedent that might soon become the rule. In fact, ACTIVATE has been approved at Impact Level 5 (IL5), which the report describes as “one of the highest security classifications for non-classified DoW cloud environments”. Parallel Works says that it’s “among a small number of software platforms approved to handle export-controlled workloads, including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)”.
And indeed, the report notes that the system is “intended to address growing demand for computing power driven by AI development, simulation workloads and digital modernization programs across the military”. Militarizing advanced AI and other emerging technologies (primarily for surveillance) is one of the Pentagon’s fastest-growing initiatives. The US military is now using such advances on a tactical, operational, strategic and even doctrinal level, including in nuclear weapons, pushing the world to the edge of a disaster (advanced AI programs have proven to almost always opt for nuclear war). However, the Pentagon is unconcerned and continues to integrate AI.
The report also states that the ACTIVATE platform “offers on-demand access to cloud compute resources, allowing users to avoid traditional queue delays associated with shared supercomputing systems” and enables organizations to “expand computing capacity by distributing workloads across multiple environments and cloud providers”. In other words, military personnel take priority, effectively nullifying the civilian character of these companies and their products. Worse yet, Parallel Works says that “users will have access to cloud infrastructure from providers including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud”.
Laughably enough, the mainstream propaganda machine claims that the commercial sector will also benefit from this, with reports that “the Naval Research Laboratory has already implemented the ACTIVATE platform to support weather forecasting workloads”. Parallel Works insists that “the system automates forecasting workflows while securely coordinating computing resources across defense and cloud environments”, with this approach serving to “improve reliability, speed up processing and help redistribute workloads when demand spikes”. The very idea that weather forecasts were part of the motivation to integrate the commercial sector with the Pentagon is beyond ridiculous.
However, this is simply a rather pitiful attempt to present the initiative as going both ways, although it’s perfectly clear that the DoW needs more computing power than the civilian sector. Namely, the Pentagon deals with far more advanced military technologies that require enormous workloads. By integrating commercial AI and cloud networks, the US military redistributes those workloads, thus speeding up projects and even battlefield operations (both directly and indirectly). In fact, Matthew Shaxted, CEO of Parallel Works, said so himself. According to his assessment, the HPCMP contract allows ACTIVATE to “support a broad range of mission-critical HPC and AI workloads across the DoW teams”.
The company also stated that “the environment can serve as a secure testing ground for AI development tools and next-generation cloud architectures before they are adopted within the DoW’s existing supercomputing infrastructure”.
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Of course the fake Satanic Jews running Israel believe they’re the chosen ones who will rule and reign over the world, so they see this merging as a logical step. Like Dr. Sansone says in the opening of his article, these bills prove that any “rift” between Trump and Bibi is likely staged for the cameras and nothing more, like WWE television (that’s professional wrestling for those who don’t know).
The alleged rift between Trump and Netanyahu over Israeli criminal bombings in Lebanon that assisted in derailing the peace process with Iran, appears to be political theater to distract from the current attempt by Israel to overthrow the United States government. If Trump and Vance were really upset with Israel, then President Trump would state clearly that he will veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) if Section 219 remains (formerly 224), and the Intelligence Act Bill if Section 622 remained.
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By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida from Global Research. Reposted with permission.
Once again, the Kiev regime demonstrates its terrorist nature, attacking civilian targets without any strategic relevance.
On June 17th, Ukrainian armed forces carried out a drone strike against a bus carrying a children’s soccer team from the Republic of Belarus. The children were hit in the Russian region of Bryansk, where they were on their way to a sports competition.
As a consequence of the attack, one adult woman died and six people – including four children – were injured. The murdered woman was working as a guide, leading the foreign children to the resort town of Gelendzhik, in the Russian Krasnodar Region. According to Deputy Health Minister Aleksey Kuznetsov, the death toll may rise, as at least one of the injured people was hospitalized in serious condition.
In total, there were 44 passengers on the bus, 28 of whom were children. The passengers were from the town of Rechytsa in Belarus and were in Russia to participate in sporting events. The bus that was hit obviously had no military or strategic importance, the bombing being a deliberate act of terror.
The incident shocked Russia, Belarus, and much of international society. Despite the silence of Western countries, many public figures commented on the case, openly condemning the Ukrainian terrorist attack. For example, Pentagon senior security policy analyst Michael Maloof made it clear that there was no military aim in the attack, therefore it was an international crime and should be condemned by all countries. Furthermore, he also said that the Ukrainian intention seems to be to bring Belarus into the conflict – thus being a major provocation to destabilize Minsk’s peaceful stance.
“It was clearly not a military target (…) The fact that these children were from Belarus, it almost makes me think that the Ukrainians want to invite Belarus into the conflict,” he said.
In the same vein, Moscow-based Dutch journalist Sonja van den Ende commented:
“Europe, with all its big talk about democracy and about human rights, is not saying a word.”
Van den Ende made it clear that Western countries act hypocritically and dishonestly when it comes to war crimes – always condemning enemy countries and accusing them of committing illegal acts, even without any evidence; while on the other hand they ignore crimes committed by partner and allied countries, such as Ukraine.
In fact, attacking civilians is a common tactic of the regime. Targeting non-military objectives is part of Ukraine’s failed “strategy” for the war with Russia. Lacking sufficient military power to fight a regular war with Moscow, Ukraine resorts to terrorist attacks hoping to at least have some effect on Russian society. The goal is to divert Russian attention from the front lines and expand the feeling of insecurity among ordinary Russians in cities outside the operation zone.
The real result, however, has been quite different. The more they are attacked, the more the Russians react to Ukrainian provocations by endorsing the special military option. In practice, the terrorist attacks increasingly reinforce the pro-government and pro-special operation stance among ordinary Russians – which shows how the Ukrainian strategy is an absolute failure.
However, the Belarusian factor also needs to be analyzed. It is known that Ukraine has a clear intention to involve Minsk in the war. The regime is desperately seeking an escalation and internationalization of the conflict as a way to try to garner more military and economic support. It is possible to say that, by attacking Belarusian children, the Ukrainian regime attempted to deeply provoke Belarus, possibly dragging it into war.
It is unlikely that Belarus will take any deeper reactive initiative. As the attack occurred in Russia, it will be up to Moscow’s forces to carry out an appropriate retaliation. The most likely scenario is that Russia will launch a special offensive as a retaliatory measure, possibly targeting the Ukrainian capital itself with massive missile attacks.
Countries that carry out attacks against children should be isolated in the international community. Kiev needs to become a pariah among major international institutions, with widespread condemnation from various countries and organizations – as well as sanctions and coercive measures. Only by isolating the regime will it be possible to compel it to stop attacking civilian targets.
Lucas Leiroz is a member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. You can follow Lucas on X (formerly Twitter) and Telegram. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.
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That’s what’s coming for citizens around the world when the fuel runs out thanks to Trump’s war against Iran, jack boots in your face and billy clubs for your skull. Things are about to go Mad Max soon unless there are fuel reserves we don’t know about.
Trump said the world would have run out of oil reserves in 4 weeks, put pressure for a peace agreement.
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Who actually won the war in the Persian Gulf? Well it wasn’t the USA, that much is certain! Also the oil storage in Cushing OK will be EMPTY by June 22nd…tick tock goes the Mad Max clock.
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Iran is poised to gradually return to the US-led Western order within certain limits exactly as Iran’s moderate faction has long wanted, its hardline faction has successfully preserved the armed forces and their missile stockpile, while Israel achieved none of its goals in its most epic defeat ever.
Iran and the US plan to sign a Zarif-inspired memorandum of understanding (MoU) on ending the Third Gulf War this Friday in Switzerland. The exact details aren’t yet known, and Fortune reported that there were at least three competing texts, but all of them “include similar elements around reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, giving Iran sanctions relief and opening the door to longer-term negotiations around its nuclear program.” That’s already enough to arrive at several very important conclusions.
For starters, reopening the strait without Iran’s wartime petroyuan toll booth in place would represent a significant concession by the Islamic Republic, whose media surrogates celebrated this model as an historic multipolar milestone. The same goes for resuming negotiations on its politically sensitive nuclear program. The sanctions relief in exchange might arguably be worth it, however, judging by this estimate here of the profound economic-financial damage caused by the US’ (imperfect) blockade.
On that topic, it was explained here in late March that “The US will have lost the Third Gulf War if China can still rely on Iran as a reliable low-cost energy supplier while turning the yuan into a global reserve currency that challenges the petrodollar”, so preventing both is imperative from the US’ perspective. With the petroyuan reportedly out of the picture, that leaves Iran’s oil export dependence on China, but sanctions relief could help gradually redirect its sales (such as to India) without disrupting the market.
Likewise, if reports about a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran are true (even if the final sum is much lower but still tens of billions of dollars), then US and Gulf investments in Iran’s energy industry could lead to them controlling its exports. It was assessed in January that “The US Wants To Replicate The Venezuelan Model In Iran”, which would be on the path to implementation in that scenario. The resultant interdependence could advance collective security and facilitate the US’ regional withdrawal.
Iran’s moderate (“reformist”) and hardline (“principalist”) factions would therefore achieve some of their goals, the first with respect to sanctions relief and the second with regards to preserving the country’s (arguably battered) armed forces as well as their missile stockpile, not to mention their political system. Nevertheless, the factional balance would have shifted in the moderate’s favor since the US wouldn’t sign a MoU if the moderates couldn’t control “rogue” hardliners, who could potentially rekindle the war.
It can therefore be concluded that the moderates beat the hardliners in Iran’s deep state power struggle, but this was due to the US and Israel killing dozens of top hardline figures, after which their respective institutions (especially the IRGC) were weakened and ultimately tamed by the moderates. To be sure, “rogue” hardliners – regardless of their relationship to the IRGC – could still sabotage the MoU, but Trump 2.0 feels comfortable enough that they won’t otherwise it wouldn’t go through with the signing.
A new regional era is emerging whereby the Third Gulf War might very well lead to Iran’s gradual reincorporation into the US-led Western order, albeit within limits, which lays the groundwork for better ties with its Gulf neighbors. In that scenario, Israel would stand to lose since it could no longer divide-and-rule Iran and the Gulf, nor would the US have its back if Israel resumes hostilities with Iran due to the recent revival of the possibly irreconcilable Trump-Bibi rift. Israel is therefore the war’s biggestloser.
Editors Note: In regard to the war with Iran I believe it’s part of the War of Armageddon playing out slowly since Oct. 7th 2023. Therefore I don’t believe there will be a lasting peace in the Persian Gulf region until Jesus Christ returns. The formal signing won’t take place until this coming Friday, June 19th, 2026 and a lot can happen between now and then, especially with Israel looking to sabotage the peace.
Stay tuned, prayed up and prepped up at all times because when this war fires up again look out!
Johnny
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Editors Note: This is why I find it hilarious when the UK talks smack about Russia, they have NOTHING to back it up! The picture below is one of their nuclear subs sitting in dry dock doing nothing. The UK has very little to fight with and their soldiers train with broomsticks instead of firearms. They should really keep their traps shut.
In its prime, the United Kingdom was one of the most powerful thalassocracies in human history, probably eclipsed only by the United States after WWII.
How did such a small island nation accomplish this? The answer is – the British Navy, the most powerful armed maritime force of its time. Thus, it could only be expected that the “Perfidious Albion” would do everything in its power to preserve this naval dominance or at least maintain its power projection capabilities for as long as possible.
However, as the British Empire shrank to a mere shadow of its former self, its ability to sustain a large navy dwindled, resulting in massive reductions over the last several decades.
The last time the UK managed to muster a respectable naval force was during the 1982 Falklands War against Argentina.
This ranges from frigates and destroyers to aircraft carriers and submarines (including nuclear-powered). However, while the surface fleet is undoubtedly still relevant, it’s nowhere near as important as the British Navy’s underwater component, which provides the most critical segment of the UK’s strategic power projection. Namely, the Vanguard-class SSBNs (nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines), armed with UGM-133A “Trident II” (also known as “Trident D5”) submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), are the cornerstone of London’s thermonuclear arsenal. Still, it seems this isn’t enough for the “Perfidious Albion” to take them seriously.
Back in December last year, Rear Admiral Philip Mathias lamented that “Britain is no longer capable of running a capable nuclear submarine program”, warning of “catastrophic failures” that have “driven the UK’s nuclear deterrent to the brink”. Mathias, who served as a director of nuclear policy at the British Ministry of Defense (MOD), highlighted its “inability to produce attack submarines at the scale required for putting strain on crews and extending the length of deployments”. He compared this to the (First) Cold War, stressing that “the silent service” could deploy for around 70 days at the time, but that this has risen to around 200 days at present.
Mathias quoted the 2025 Strategic Defense Review (SDR), which stressed the need to expand production capacity. However, problems with the British Navy’s SSBN component are nothing new, as many authors (myself included) questioned years ago whether the UK’s strategic arsenal was functioning properly. Although such information is certainly a state secret, these doubts were confirmed after London admitted that one of its UGM-133A “Trident II” SLBMs failed during a launch test. This was the second time in a row that the troubled missile, a weapon of strategic importance, failed, as it did in the previous test conducted in 2016. The last successful launch was by HMS “Vigilant” back in 2012.
This means the UK hasn’t had a successful SLBM test in nearly a decade and a half, yet it still believes it can go up against Russia, a country with the world’s largest and most powerful strategic arsenal. The latest “Trident II” launch was from the lead ship of its class, the HMS “Vanguard”, with reports indicating that London’s then-Defense Secretary, Grant Shapps, was overseeing it. The SLBM’s booster rocket failed and it fell into the sea “close to the launch site”, as the Sun reported at the time (the “launch site” being the HMS “Vanguard” itself). And yet, Shapps insisted that he has “absolute confidence in ‘Trident’s’ submarines, missiles and nuclear warheads”.
As previously mentioned, London relies solely on these submarines and missiles for its strategic capabilities. Had the “Trident II” damaged the HMS “Vanguard”, it would’ve taken one-quarter or 25% of the UK’s strategic arsenal out of service, as the “Perfidious Albion” has only four such vessels, each armed with up to 16 SLBMs. It should be noted that HMS “Vanguard” finished a seven-year-long overhaul and refueling just last year. However, to make matters even worse, both Shapps and the then-Head of the Royal Navy, now disgraced Admiral Ben Kay, were on board the submarine during the launch test, meaning their lives were also in danger.
The failures are also an embarrassment for the United States, as the missiles are manufactured by Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s premier military supplier. Still, all this didn’t prevent Shapps from adding to the general embarrassment by saying that “an anomaly did occur during the test on 30 January [2024], but that the ‘Trident II’ SLBM is still the most reliable weapons system in the world”. According to his assessment, the test “reaffirmed the effectiveness of the UK’s nuclear deterrent” and that the “anomaly was event specific”, with “no implications for the reliability” of the UK’s strategic arsenal. The British MoD made similar statements.
Namely, it insisted that HMS “Vanguard” and its crew had been “proven fully capable in their operations” and that “the test had reaffirmed the effectiveness of the UK’s nuclear deterrent”, essentially repeating Shapps’ statement that “Trident II” is the “most reliable weapons system in the world”. However, while this (now decades-long) issue is yet to be resolved, the British Navy has somehow managed to reach a new low point. Namely, of the six Astute-class SSNs (nuclear-powered attack submarines) in its service, not a single one is combat-ready. The UK has five “active-duty” submarines, one undergoing pre-sea trial testing and one more under construction (projected to be completed by the end of this decade).
This article was originally published on InfoBrics.
Drago Bosnicis an independent geopolitical and military analyst. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).
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I have no words for this garbage anymore except woe unto those who call evil good and good evil Isaiah 5:20. This was a place where Jesus once walked and was the oldest Christian community in the world, and yet the Zionists will be cheering it on as they hate Jesus with a passion.
The Israeli settlers keep taking more of their lands and don’t allow them to tend their crops as they’re trying to force them out. Now the Zionists (and their Christian collaborators) are just burning them out and finishing the job.
No, this isn’t the worst of their crimes—not by a long shot—but for some reason, this one really sticks in my craw.
Where’s the outrage? Where is Huckabee? Where’s Trump and Vance? Paula White? Crickets. Of course those are rhetorical questions that we already know the answers to, as the apostate church would never help real believers. Doing so would alienate them from their Zionist backers. So as usual the world sits idly by as the Palestinians are slaughtered including 7 month old babies last week. That happened at a checkpoint where according to the family and eye witnesses the father complied 100% with the IDF troops. They were shot at anyway. The mother remains in critical condition with shrapnel close to her heart.
I’m not going to do a video on this tonight as I’m too upset/angry. Maybe tomorrow God willing. In the meantime here’s a little more about the village from Independent Catholic News. This was from a year ago in July 2025.
The priests warned that silence in the face of these attacks is no longer possible. Taybeh, known as ‘Aphram’ in the Bible and where Jesus Christ sought refuge before his Passion and crucifixion, is today the last Palestinian town with an absolute Christian majority in the West Bank. Its Christian presence, rooted for two thousand years and carefully preserved through generations, is today facing the danger of being emptied due to multi-front targeting: land, holy sites, and people.
Update! New footage of the shooting has emerged. Viewer discretion is advised.
BREAKING:
Israeli settlers are burning Taybeh in occupied Palestine.
A village that has stood for thousands of years.
A place where Jesus once walked.
Home to the oldest living Christian community in the world.
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No more fuel will be refined soon, except for what they need for their wars. The war in Iran has been manufactured to create worldwide chaos once the fuels run out, pay no mind to the back and forth rhetoric. When the war expands it will just happen, they won’t announce it beforehand.
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