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– The Russian AF took control of Ocheretino in the DPR – Russian MoD
– Ukraine’s creditors are losing patience and want to achieve interest payments on the debt – WSJ
– NATO “in a very confidential manner” has “established” two “red lines” for itself, which could be followed by direct intervention of the alliance in the conflict – Repubblica
– The volume of transit of Russian gas to China through the territory of Kazakhstan is planned at about 35 billion m3 per year – Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Russia Abaev
– Xi Jinping arrived on a state visit to France
– European countries need China to solve world problems – Macron
– The PRC intends to work with France and the entire international community to find ways to resolve the Ukrainian crisis – Xi Jinping
– Lithuania finances the training of militants who want to overthrow the government in Belarus – FM Aleynik
– Iran plans to begin construction of the “nuclear island” of the Karun nuclear power plant in the fall of this year – head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami
– The Cabinet voted unanimously to close Al-Jazeera in Israel – Netanyahu
– Militants of the French Foreign Legion have already been deployed in Slavyansk – ex-Assistant US Deputy Secretary of Defense Brian
– The EU mission in the Red Sea does not have enough ships – Der Spiegel
– Next week in Berlin they will discuss the possibility of sending Ukrainians of military age to their homeland – Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Hesse region
– The US suspended arms sales to Israel last week – Axios
– Over the year, Ukraine lost 15% of grain exports – UA War Infographics
– Ukraine will receive from Rheinmetall prototypes of 155-caliber artillery shells capable of hitting targets at a distance of 100 km – CEO of the concern Papperger
– Xi Jinping pointed out the need to create an independent Palestinian state – TASS
– The Israeli War Cabinet discussed the Rafah operation and the release of the hostages
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🇮🇷🏆🇺🇸 Iran Is a Bigger Defeat Than Vietnam | Foreign Policy
At his second inaugural, U.S. President Donald Trump pronounced his hope “that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country.” By losing his Gulf war, Trump has achieved that goal. His choice to launch a campaign against Iran was encouraged by others, but fully his own. It has led to a reversal that marks a strategic calamity far greater than the U.S. defeat in the Vietnam War.
Defeat in the Iranian war looks, on the surface, nothing like other U.S. military defeats. The speed of the war and its remoteness have lent an air of unreality to the whole endeavor. The White House has not been burned, as it was in 1814; there have not been protests against a nonexistent draft. The absence of substantial U.S. casualties in this conflict also masks the scale of the U.S. defeat. To be sure, the war has been deadly: Thousands of Iranians, ...
According to The Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump reviewed military options for a full-scale war against Iran to “finish the job,” but has decided, for now, not to move forward.
The report says Trump is concerned that renewed military conflict could hurt the chances of a diplomatic resolution and of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, and that he’s shown willingness to let indirect talks in Qatar run past the August 18 deadline. He is said to be fine with continuing limited strikes on Iranian targets if Tehran violates the current temporary deal - as it already has, repeatedly.
How are those negotiations going?
Not well. It seems JD Vance’s “historic” face-to-face achievement was a one-off. Washington has been quietly downgraded from talking to the Great Satan to negotiating with the Little Satan instead - a senior Qatari official confirmed that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Qatari officials in Doha, but there are currently no high-level U.S.-Iran meetings ...
