The “peace president’s” latest target for war: Lebanon

The US had always taken Israel’s side in all wars in the Middle East. So it is nothing new that Trump would meddle in the affairs of Lebanon.

The US had always taken Israel’s side in all wars in the Middle East. So it is nothing new that Trump would meddle in the affairs of Lebanon, where in fact he is demanding of the Lebanese that they disarm Hezbollah and simply surrender to Israel and allow it to invade without resisting. Otherwise our peace president will attack Lebanon unprovoked. And then quickly proclaim “peace.”

We Americans have also always been told that Hezbollah is a “terrorist” organization and that it must not be allowed to fight in Lebanon. even when Lebanon is attacked unprovoked.

However, Hezbollah has always been the only effective military protection that Lebanon has ever had, and in fact, it has always been part of the Lebanese government, where Hezbollah members have long served as members of parliament.

Without Hezbollah, Lebanon would long have been under the complete control of Israel with the blessings of the US regime. The war of 2006 is an example of this.

However, the world has crossed a kind of rubicon into a new era of enlightenment, where people everywhere are waking up to a new but old reality that has long been hidden from view, even in the benighted US – where “Christian” Zionism has long been part and parcel of the Evangelical Church's catechism, so to speak – have long been seeing live-streamed images of children and others being slowly and methodically tortured, starved to death, imprisoned under inhuman conditions and otherwise not only ethnically cleansed but in fact openly and unapologetically exterminated in various ways, such as the bombing and destruction of all hospitals in Gaza and the murder of caregivers and doctors. Under the pretext of “self-defense.”

The most grievous atrocities are no longer hidden and everyone everywhere can see the true face of Israel, which has remained the same since the mid 20th Century but was kept away from the news-consuming public for over 75 years.

But just as the world was being exposed for the first time to the truth of Israeli atrocities and crimes against humanity, the US-Israeli crime syndicate (no, there is no legitimate democratic government here) has begun to clamp down against the people exposing the truth, treating them – and not the criminal regime in Tel Aviv – like criminals.

This repression of decent people of conscience was all the regime had left, and Trump has become the enforcer.

For almost a year now, Trump has far exceeded his constitutional role as chief executive of the law and crossed the red line into micromanagement of private and public institutions of higher education, punishing University administrators for allowing dissident students to stage rallies and protests – a role the universities have always had, for example in the protests against the Vietnam war and in the civil rights protests and marches. So far Trumpism’ jackboots are visible everywhere. Students no longer have the right to criticize Israel, despite its open crimes. Students can be arrested, detained (just like in Nazi Germany) and expelled from campus. Trump has transformed university rectors and presidents into brutal gestapo officers, making them responsible for maintaining a pro-Israel atmosphere on campuses, and to hell with the Constitution.

Trump even threatened to close down Harvard, where students had demonstrated against the genocide of Palestinians.

Washington’s once-subtle management of the American mind went into high gear and no longer tried to hide Washington’s subservience to Israel. Trump openly accepted his role as de facto Israeli governor of the US. After all, he saw what many believe was done to JFK by Mossad and knew they could take him out too and get away with it.

Recently a Turkish grad student studying at a US university was arrested, handcuffed and detained for supposedly “supporting Hamas,” but this is a convenient excuse the Trump regime has long used to criminalize all pro-Palestine protesters. In the MAGA jargon, anti-genocide has come to mean “pro-terrorist.” We are now supposed to smile on the criminal extermination of an entire culture and ethnicity in the name of patriotism.

Is it really so difficult to say no to pure evil?

Firstly, being opposed to genocide and infanticide does not automatically make you pro-Hamas, despite the Trumpist propaganda. But even so, if you haven’t figured it out by now, Hamas is a Resistance group whose role is to protect the Palestinians from genocide and it uses legal military means to fight this criminality.

The perpetrators of the genocide, of course, are the Israeli regime. It is a classic case of the criminals being protected by government and the people of conscience being treated as criminals. Americans who accept the absurd allegation of “terrorism” against the Resistance fighters are unwittingly helping the Washington regime commit the crime of supporting genocide with weapons shipments and falsely charging conscientious protesters availing themselves of their constitutional right to protest with a crime that is not a crime at all. In fact, it is our American duty to defend the Constitution against its violators. Indeed, it is illegal to aid and abet a government that is committing the crime of genocide, and yet, both Trump and Biden before him have committed this crime against humanity, openly sending weapons and money to the Israeli enemy!

The job of every American is to stand up for the Constitution wherever and whenever it is violated by our elected (and unelected) officials.

Of course, the Israel Lobby (notably AIPAC, the Anti-Defamation League and other Israel-controlled groups) has long held sway over the US government, which – particularly under Trump – openly defy the Constitution to maintain control over our government officials and institutions.
Thus it is no exaggeration in the least to say that the US government is wholly in the hands of foreign agents.

This irregular situation is now headed for its logical end, namely, the complete meltdown of law, and the inversion of legitimacy and criminality.

Tyranny is here and now.

Instead of allowing this distortion to be normalized, Americans should unite to defend the Constitution and US statues, but we are being lulled into a state of subservience to an illegitimate nest of thugs who ought to be tarred and feathered and thrown out of our government. But we no longer think of it as “ours.”

I have never referred to Donald Trump as “president” because, while he may have been duly elected, he has acted more on behalf of a foreign government than on behalf of the American people, and hence has abnegated his legitimate role. So have other presidents, and it is time to stop pretending they are our legitimate leaders.

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And now comes Donald Trump and his regime, demanding that the sovereign nation of Lebanon MUST allow the criminal state of Israel to invade, and Hezbollah, the only effective military it has is supposed to stand down and let the invaders have their way with the Lebanese people.

You will recall that Trump had also demanded the same thing of the sovereign state of Iran, and you will recall what Iran did to Israel in retaliation for Israel’s invasion of that state.

However, as for Lebanon, its government is splintered and weak, and there are some pro-US/Israel factions.

This issue is covered by Al-Khanadeq.

Translation from Arabic with my notes in bold and in [brackets]

https://alkhanadeq.com/post/8956/الطرح-الأميركي-للبنان-قبول-وثيقة-الاستسلام-أو-نار-الحرب

The American proposal for Lebanon: Accept the "Document of Surrender" or the Fire of War?

The two main questions facing Lebanon today are: What will be the Lebanese and Hezbollah response to the "Document of Surrender" that will be delivered to US Envoy Tom Barak? Will Israel resort to military escalation to accompany US political pressure?

Anticipating the Lebanese Response to the US "Document of Surrender"

While everyone is anticipating Hezbollah's response to Barak's paper, information indicates that the response may be issued today, Friday, or tomorrow, Saturday, via Speaker Nabih Berri. The information continued, stating that the committee representing the three presidents delivered a preliminary version of the response to the party, via Speaker Berri, and that Berri received a party envoy last Tuesday, the political aide to the Secretary-General, Hajj Hussein Khalil, who conveyed a series of observations to him. Advisor Ali Hamdan, in turn, conveyed these observations to the Presidential Committee, which discussed them on Tuesday. The official response will then be issued. Accordingly, the committee representing Presidents Aoun, Berri, and Salam reconvened yesterday to review the party's initial observations. The issue of Lebanon's response to the American paper was discussed between Presidents Aoun and Berri during a family dinner on Wednesday evening.

Barak arrived in Beirut bearing a "document of surrender" and direct threats to comply with American conditions. The possibility of an Israeli military escalation has returned to the forefront as an additional means of pressure on Lebanon. There is fear that the occupation will resort to military escalation to accompany the political pressure, amid threats and leaks that Israel is prepared for a major military operation in Lebanon to destroy Hezbollah facilities.

Barak revealed that last month he submitted a proposal to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlining, based on objectives and timetables, the Lebanese government's efforts to disarm Hezbollah and reform the economy. He expects to receive an official response next week. The US envoy emphasized that implementing this plan requires a combination of "carrots and sticks." [Actually, this is improper and unlawful interference in the affairs of Lebanon, which has the right to self defense, and if it chooses to let Hezbollah in its traditional role as the legitimate armed forces of Lebanon, then that is Lebanon’s prerogative. (Hezbollah defended Lebanon successfully against Israeli aggression before, for example, in the war of 2006, which was the first war Israel had lost up until then). It is interesting to note that earlier US administration seemed to understand that military interference and threats om Lebanon represent a threat to regional stability. Of course, the US-Israeli method of blatant interference in Middle East affairs has been ongoing for years, but this is precisely what gave us the failed US military interventions in Libya, Iraq, Syria and other regions. It has done no one any good, and as for Israel, that state is entering a phase of near-universal rejection by the rest of the world. One can imagine that secret consultations between Iran and Lebanon may now be taking place.]

The United States Threatens Aid in Exchange for Disarmament, and the Resistance Draws Red Lines

Before returning to Beirut, Barak criticized the ceasefire agreement that ended the war between Israel and Hezbollah last November, describing it as a "disastrous failure," given that Israel continues to bombard Lebanon while Hezbollah continues to violate the terms of the agreement. [Ok, but this does not mean that the US feels the need to be involved, particularly since the US’s default position is always pro-Israel]

In an interview with the New York Times, he explained that the plan includes the Lebanese army conducting house searches for weapons. Barak indicated that the United States is working to secure financial support from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, focusing on the reconstruction of damaged areas in the south. He said, "If the Shiite community in Lebanon receives any of this support, it will be cooperative." [Barak thinks he knows the mindset of the Lebanese resistance. American officials are clueless about this sort of thing]

However, the atmosphere so far suggests that Hezbollah will not enter into the arms bazaar. According to the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, "there must be a natural prelude to any discussion about weapons, with the enemy's withdrawal and full commitment to the ceasefire agreement." [Israel does not respect agreements, so this is a false hope]

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem affirmed the day before yesterday, saying, "We will not accept surrendering our weapons to the Israeli enemy, and we will not accept anyone threatening us with concessions, because we will not give up our right guaranteed by divine laws and the laws of the entire world."

[This tells us that Lebanon is apparently headed for war! The big question: will Iran stand idly by or come to Lebanon’s aid? But even without outside aid, Hezbollah in Lebanon is a formidable force]

This position was imposed on the Lebanese state, which, in turn, demanded explicit and binding American guarantees obligating Israel to fully implement the ceasefire agreement.

Thus, the United States rushed to exert pressure on Lebanon outside the ceasefire agreement and Resolution 1701, with the aim of isolating the resistance and forcing it to abandon its principles and abandon its presence by abandoning its deterrent and effective weapons in the war. This entails a comprehensive program to eliminate the resistance in Lebanon and uproot its sources and material capabilities. [Every entity that has surrendered to Israel under US pressure is now a slave. This may not be allowed to happen]

In contrast, the resistance, which has regained its readiness and adjusted its deployment, plans, and procedures, is now prepared to confront this threat and inflict unprecedented losses on the enemy should it decide to engage in confrontation. [Hebollah has been very effective militarily, which is precisely why Israel has requested US help – just as it did in the Iran conflict]

As for resorting to proposing a trade-off between the withdrawal of the occupation and the weapons of the resistance, it is part of the traditional American policies of cooperation with the Israeli entity. This does not eliminate the constant threat of future Israeli military action, nor does it constitute a real guarantee of Lebanon's protection. Demands that Lebanon make concessions in light of the ongoing aggression for eight months on a daily basis are an unbalanced American policy that nullifies Lebanon's sovereignty and rights in exchange for economic promises that offer no guarantees.

In addition, Hezbollah's abandonment of its heavy and strategic weapons and drones, which the American envoy aspires to, is a prelude to Lebanon relinquishing more of its power and stripping it of its right to defend its territory amidst a volatile region and threats surrounding the state from all directions. This is a prelude to Lebanon's surrender of more of its power cards, stripping it of its right to defend its territory amidst an inflamed region and threats surrounding the state from all sides. This prelude would place it under American and Israeli tutelage, with the goal of normalizing relations with the Israeli entity. The Americans began demanding the disarmament of the region south of the Litani River, and now they are demanding the complete disarmament of the weapons. Tomorrow, they will reopen the issue of normalization with "Israel." Any retreat will lead to new demands.

Today's direct American intervention is emblematic of the failure of Lebanese diplomacy, represented by the failure to pressure the "American mediator" to compel "Israel" to halt its daily attacks on Lebanese territory, as this constitutes a blatant violation of Lebanese sovereignty and a breach of the ceasefire agreement.

Finally, Lebanon has entered a critical moment today, as a result of the new American political escalation, amidst domestic media pressure demanding that the resistance surrender its weapons, in explicit collusion with the American envoy. The threat of a new war with the Israeli occupation looms large, and if it achieves its goals, this would lead to the destruction and dismantling of Lebanon as a state. What is certain, however, is that the resistance [Hezbollah] cannot back down from defending the Lebanese people and their land, nor surrender its control to an external party or an internal conspirator. [This will inevitably lead to a war started by our “peace president.” Recall, however, that the Iran strike was hotly opposed by the MAGA supporters. A new war in Lebanon will certainly not be acceptable to Trump’s own supporers]

Writer: Editorial Room world to Palestine. It is worth noting here that the "Law of Return", which was passed by the Israeli government in 1950 of the last century, gives Jews the right to immigrate to Palestine "Israel" and settle there and obtain Israeli citizenship, with the aim of attracting the Jews of the world to the land of Palestine. [But remember that Israelis are leaving Israel in droves as a result of the conflict with Iran, initiated by the “peace president.” The law of unexpected consequences has worked well. And now, what it Iran gets involved in the Lebanon conflict? It has enough missiles to do colossal damage to Israel]

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Letter from a brazen supporter of Zionism, with my responses in bold and in [brackets]

Hello FIRM,

I appreciate your response because it shows what people of conscience are up against.

My responses in brackets and bold face below.

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From: FIRM — Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries <hello@firmisrael.org>

Sent: Sunday, July 6, 2025 3:58 AM

To: DON HANK <zoilandon@msn.com>

Subject: Re: I just read your biblical justification for Zionism [I did NOT write a justification. I wrote a critique showing Zionism is NOT justified in the scriptures]

Before we respond to your question, we’d like to ask you something first:

What do you understand by the term Zionism?

It’s a word often used - and misused - so it’s important to be clear.

Zionism, in its plain and truthful meaning, is the movement supporting the Jewish people’s right to return to and live safely in their ancestral homeland - the Land of Israel. That’s it.

[Yes, that is the way Zionism has been falsely framed since its inception in the late 1800s.]

Zionism is not about supremacy, hatred, or the destruction of others. It’s about survival, self-determination, and the return of an indigenous people to the land they were exiled from.

[If it is a "right" for Jews to return to "Israel," then Europe must return the continent to the Celts and America must return to the indigenous peoples. Your Pollyanna view of occupied Palestine sounds great and if our target audience is preschoolers, it should work well. But unless you live in a cave, then you know that the way "Israel" was founded was by ethnic cleansing by essentially 3 European Jewish terror groups, ie, the Lehi (aka Stern Gang), Irgun and Haganah, which went from village to village and simply shot and killed Palestinians, particularly children, to scare the population away. You also know (I am not going to pretend you are a small child) the story of Deir Yassin, which was only one of many terrorized villages.

Now to your question: Where in the Bible does God or Jesus enjoin Christians to support a genocide with gifts of weapons?

The answer is: nowhere. Neither God nor Jesus commands support for genocide - and let’s be clear:

Israel defending itself from terror groups that openly call for its destruction is not genocide!

[Again, I will continue to talk to you on the assumption you are an adult. International law, natural morality and common sense tell us — you included — that it is morally wrong — evil in fact — to kill innocent civilians (including children) for something that a few adults did to you. Yet this is exactly what the Israeli regime is doing. And their leaders have actually admitted it and seem proud of it.]

It is a nation's moral and legal right to protect its citizens from those who seek to destroy them! [There were Jews and Christians living in relative peace alongside the Arabs in Palestine for centuries until you Zionists came to the region. It was not until Zionists spread their lie that the Arabs hated you and wanted to destroy you that this absurd myth was born. And this is the lie that you use to defend your criminal practices of ethnic cleansing, including murder. You can only get away with this lie because Americans have been extraordinarily gullible and hyper-religious, having swallowed the deliberate distortions of the scriptures, both Jewish and Christian. For example, today's Zionists portray the Hebrew God primarily — or even exclusively — as a land donor, but never as a giver of moral commandments. You tacitly reject the Torah commandment of Leviticus 19:34, enjoining the Hebrews to love the foreigner living among them as one of their own]

What’s deeply troubling is that you seem to be turning aggressor into the victim and the defenders into villains - a dangerous reversal that the Bible warns against:

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;

Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;

Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”

(Isaiah 5:20)

[How brazen of you to turn this scripture on its head. A defender of a pseudo-state founded by 3 terror groups trying to make the case that the ethnic and cultural group that you have unceremoniously thrown out of their ancestral land pretending to be a victim! Forbes reports on a study by an Israeli researcher who found that only 10% of Israelis have Semitic DNA, and you need to face this reality. After all, the Jewish group is defined on the basis of both ethnicity and religion, and this definition is not met on either count]

The Bible affirms justice, the protection of the innocent, and confronting evil.

Ecclesiastes 3:8 speaks of “a time for war and a time for peace.”

Romans 13:4 describes governing authority as a servant of God to uphold justice.

Jesus taught love and peace - but also truth, courage, and standing against evil.

[Yes, and because I accept the teachings of Jesus, I must reject the evil of murderous Zionism. Jesus referred to the Jewish leaders of his time as a brood of serpents. I agree with Jesus]

So we have to ask:

What media sources are you following?

It seems you may not be getting the full picture. Much of the coverage and commentary out there is heavily biased, omits key context, or distorts facts - especially regarding who initiates violence and who continuously seeks peace. [Almost every US government leader is beholden to Israel due to the power and money of AIPAC and this lobby, together with the ADL, make the US government and media grossly biased toward Israel and against Palestine and the Resistance groups fighting for Palestinian rights, which our government falsely calls "terrorists". So ironic that an entity founded by terrorists should call a resistance group a terrorist group.

Trump received $100 MILLION dollars as a "campaign contribution" from top AIPAC donor Sheldon Adelson's widow Mirian and he is working as a foreign agent defending Zionism, even unconstitutionally having college students detained for daring to criticize "Israel." Yeah, you guys are such victims!]

We hope you can consider that defending one’s people against terror and annihilation is not only morally just - it’s also biblically and historically grounded.

[Israel is the one annihilating a whole ethnic and cultural group, and resistance is NOT terror. Sorry to have to treat you as an adult. I am sure this rarely happens to you. I note with interest that you don't identify yourself as a person. I wouldn't either if I were a defender of genocide!]

Blessings,

FIRM Team

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Curtis Sliwa slams criticism of Mamdani: 'Stick to the issues'

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There is a principle at work that Russia and its allies are slowly learning:

Trying to straddle the fence between non-US-aligned allies on the one hand and the US regime on the other simply won’t work because the US can NEVER be trusted to keep its word.

This explains why Russia did not supply good air defenses to Iran. Better air defenses may well have saved lives of some of the generals killed by Israeli air strikes. But Iran didn’t know if it could trust Russia. And the new Iranian president leans a bit toward the West.

Mark Sleboda breaks down what Russia learned from Iran-Israel war

Iran isn’t sure it can trust Russia, because of not-too-distant past history.

BOTH countries were trying out a rapprochement with the US but the US betrayed its negotiation partners in each case.

That was a lesson learned for both, but the attempts to get too close to the US made them both distrust each other.

The non--aigned world is slowly learning to trust each other and turn their backs on the traitor west.

Part of the problem is that the US offers little carrots but applies BIG sticks. As a result, its negotiation partners get stung each time.

The best example of this was the huge Israeli strike on Iran while the US was supposedly in the midst of negotiations with Iran. The supposed negotiations were just bait to throw Iran off while Israel struck its leaders.

And then, to make worse things worse, the US launched its attack on the underground uranium enrichment sites, which, thankfully, failed (though Trump insists his failed strikes completely ended the enrichment program. Which is why even westerners should never turn their backs on their elected leaders!).

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Israel’s population drain

The security situation in the occupied entity following Operation Protective Edge has brought about a shift in the phenomenon of reverse migration of Jews from Palestine. The number of Israelis who have left the entity since October 7 has now reached more than 470,000 (according to the Zman Israel website). Among the groups who have traveled outside Israel and refused to return are young men who were drafted into the army to participate in the Gaza war but refused to return.

One indicator of reverse migration from Israel to the rest of the world is the number of daily flights at Israeli airports. According to the Flight Radar 24 website, the number of flights from Ben Gurion Airport alone has reached 120 daily, with an average of 24,000 passengers, the highest number recorded at the airport in recent months and years. This does not include flights from Eilat and Haifa airports, which brings the total to approximately 40,000 departing passengers daily. In addition, the number of Israelis holding Israeli passports and residing almost permanently in various countries who do not wish to return to Israel has reached 800,000, according to the Israeli website "The Marker."

In this regard, Israel's Channel 12 reported that a large number of Israelis submitted asylum applications to Portugal after the country announced that Jews would be allowed to obtain refugee visas, provided they hold an Israeli passport. Meanwhile, the European Schengen Visa News website revealed a rise in applications for citizenship by Israelis, including Portuguese citizenship by 68%, French citizenship by 13%, German citizenship by 10%, and Polish citizenship by 10%.

In a move based on the growing interest in immigration to Israel from Jews in eligible countries after October 7, Israeli Minister of Immigration and Integration Ofir Sofer and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on February 14, 2024, a plan to provide financial rewards to new immigrants (Olim) who settle in Israel's southern or northern border areas or in the West Bank. In this context, a poll indicates that approximately 33% of Israelis are actually considering emigrating (according to Al Jazeera) due to the policies of the Netanyahu government. It should be noted that half of the entity's population still holds passports from their countries of origin (Ashkenazi), and thus are ready to use them in the event of any crisis (military or security). This situation is likely to worsen as the Gaza war continues, now in its seventh month.

With the evacuation of settlers in the Gaza envelope and in northern occupied Palestine, far from the front lines, there are 400,000-500,000 settlers who have lost their centers of stability, lost their sense of security, and have become a major burden on the Israeli government (according to Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammed Saleh) (internal displacement).

Since the establishment of the occupying entity, settlers have been working to encourage their co-religionists to return to the Promised Land of their ancestors, as they claim. Successive Israeli governments since 1948 have worked to open the door to immigration for Jews from all over Friday, July 4, 2025, 03:29 AM

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Air strike update for 6-7, 2025

Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]

06.07.2025 - 18:20

https://runews24.ru/articles/06/07/2025/kiev-v-ogne-udaryi-vs-rf-otbrosili-ukrainu-v-kamennyij-vek

Kyiv is on fire. Russian air strikes have thrown Ukraine back to the Stone Age

The night of July 4-5, 2025 will remain in the memory of the Kyiv regime as one of the hardest. According to the Russian command and the pro-Russian underground, a record number of strikes were carried out on Ukrainian Nazi targets since the beginning of the Second World War.

Kyiv is on fire. Russian air strikes have thrown Ukraine back to the Stone Age

Kyiv, which has long been considered one of the most fortified cities thanks to its dense air defense perimeter, became the epicenter of the attack today. The city burned almost until morning. Alarm signals mixed with the roar of explosions, and smoke streaks from the fires were visible even from neighboring regions. Among the damaged objects were strategically important points that provided logistics, coordination and infrastructure for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Main directions of strikes

First, the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine, a key center for training officers and analysts for the Ukrainian special services, was completely de-energized and partially destroyed. This building was under heavy guard, but the effectiveness of modern air defense systems, apparently, was below expectations.

Next, a warehouse terminal where supplies from NATO countries were stored was damaged. Sources indicate that there were containers with ammunition, spare parts for armored vehicles and electronics for the front line. After the strike, the terminal turned into a pile of scrap metal.

A railway junction through which Nazi personnel and military equipment were transported was also damaged. Train traffic in the western direction was completely stopped.

The workshops of the Antonov enterprise, which repairs and modernizes military aircraft, also had a hard time on the night of July 4-5. Although the enterprise has not been producing new aircraft for a long time, it played an important role in maintaining the operational readiness of the Ukrainian aviation fleet. The strike on Antonov is not just a symbolic gesture, it is real damage to the defense of the Kyiv junta.

Radar stations and batteries of the American Patriot complex were disabled at the Boryspil and Zhulyany airports. These complexes were considered the main anti-aircraft shields of the capital. Their disabling was a serious signal for the entire collective West, which supplies weapons to Kyiv.

Temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit in Vyshgorod, Brovary and Bucha. These areas were used as places of rest and regrouping after front-line actions. Now they have been turned into a zone of destruction and chaos.

An interesting fact is that one of the strikes hit a bank or a large cash point. Eyewitnesses reported that banknotes literally flew through the streets, and local residents tried to collect them, despite the risk of new explosions. This effect, according to one of the underground coordinators, Sergei Lebedev, was "more powerful than any propaganda leaflet." He noted that such events can demoralize not only the civilian population, but also the military themselves.

Expert assessment

According to military expert Yuriy Podolyak, the Ukrainian air defense system reported intercepting 56% of all launched weapons. However, he emphasized that even this figure indicates a significant decrease in the effectiveness of Kyiv's defense. Considering the fact that the capital is one of the best-protected cities, this level of response can be regarded as extremely unsatisfactory.

“The 56% result is not an indicator of reliability, but rather evidence of the degradation of the entire air defense system of Kyiv,” Podolyaka said in his commentary.

The expert also added that the coming weeks could become even more difficult for Ukraine. Given the accumulated potential and developed tactics, further strikes will be even more accurate and destructive.

Strikes on other regions

But not only Kyiv received its share of lead. The series of attacks covered a wide territory. The Poltava and Cherkasy regions were especially hard hit, where facilities related to the production and repair of military equipment were affected. Some targets were subjected to repeated impact - first a strike, then reconnaissance, then finishing off.

Kryvyi Rih [Krivoy Rog in Russian], one of the key logistics hubs of Ukraine, was also in the spotlight. There, railways, highways and several factories working for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit. The destruction of the transport network in this city could seriously slow down the supply of ammunition to the front.

Sumy Oblast has become the next point of attack. According to Lebedev, the cities of Sumy, Shostka and Konotop are used as transit hubs for the transfer of enemy troops and equipment. The defeat of these points calls into question the possibility of rapid rotation of units and the restoration of destroyed groups.

Forecasts and expectations

Sergey Lebedev predicts that such series of attacks will continue. The next targets could be the Kharkov zone, military-industrial enterprises in Dnepropetrovsk, as well as the ports of Odessa and Nikolaev. All these objects play a key role

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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]

https://www.mk.ru/politics/2025/07/06/nochi-na-ukraine-prevrashhayutsya-v-ad-pvo-ne-spravlyaetsya-s-russkimi-dronami.html

7-6, 2025 at 09:04

Nights in Ukraine are turning into hell: Air defense cannot cope with Russian drones

Russian Armed Forces carried out pinpoint strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Kiev region and Nikolaev

Russian Armed Forces carried out pinpoint strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Kyiv region and Nikolaev

On the night of July 6, the Russian Armed Forces continued to implement a large-scale campaign to destroy the enemy's military infrastructure. Geran drones carried out pinpoint strikes on important facilities in the Bucha district of the Kyiv region, Vyshgorod, Nikolaev, as well as in the Ukrainian-occupied territory of the Zaporizhia region. Power outages were recorded in a number of Kyiv districts, as reported by local Telegram channels. In addition to drones, hypersonic missiles of the Kinzhal complex were also involved in the operation.

At the same time, attack drones carried out a series of attacks on targets in Balakleya, Kharkiv Oblast, and in Nikolaev.

At the same time, Ukrainian forces attempted to attack Novorossiysk using naval drones, but the operation failed - according to the city administration, several enemy drones were destroyed on the distant approaches to the coast.

"The attempted attack confirms that Kyiv continues to view the Black Sea coast as a priority area for ​​pressure, especially in the area of ​​basing of the naval composition and logistics hubs. However, the technical result is obvious - penetration into the security zone was not possible, and the effectiveness of the interception indicates a high level of readiness of the fleet and coastal units," writes Voyennaya Khronika [Military Chronicle].

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, at least 40 Russian drones, as well as four S-300 missiles, were not intercepted at night.

Of the total of 157 attack drones, the Ukrainian air defense allegedly destroyed 117. Of these, 19 devices were either “lost in location” or jammed by electronic warfare systems – this is how the Ukrainian Armed Forces usually mask accurate hits. It is reported that strikes hit 19 targets, and debris falls were recorded in two more areas. As analysts predicted, Russia is methodically increasing the density of strikes using unmanned vehicles. The main targets are logistics centers and transport hubs in the Kyiv oblast, as well as in the vicinity of Dnieper and Odessa. These strikes destabilize the supply routes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Every evening, Russian drones take to the skies, and in the morning, footage of new fires appears – this not only testifies to the increased professionalism of our military, but also emphasizes the critical degradation of the Ukrainian air defense system. [The US can hardly supply Ukraine or Israel because it is running out of interceptor missiles and the Western military industry is lagging far behind Russia in this area]

The enemy's problems are indeed systemic. In addition to the shortage of shells, Ukrainian crews are facing depletion of anti-aircraft mounts. In particular, the German Gepards have already failed, and no replacements have been received. According to MP Bezuglya, equipment repairs are carried out by the military personnel themselves - often at their own expense, which only worsens the situation at the front. Analysts point out that the scale of the latest attack on Novorossiysk was noticeably lower compared to a number of previous waves. This may indicate both interruptions in the serial assembly of sea drones at facilities in Odessa, and difficulties with their unnoticed entry into the water area. Given the constant aerial reconnaissance and strikes on industrial and port areas in the south of Ukraine, the structure of the launch and withdrawal of unmanned boats is under regular pressure, which gradually reduces the density of their use. However, it is too early to talk about the complete destruction of these facilities and the complete elimination of the threat.