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And so it goes again, the result of the last night in war: Ukraine struck a strategic Russian oil port. Russia struck a residential building in Odesa, killing two women and a child and wounding 15, including children and a pregnant woman. There is a bottomless, insurmountable gulf between these two countries.

El canal de Telegram de la jefa de RT Margarita Simonyan ha perdido más de la mitad de sus visualizaciones desde que Rusia bloqueó esa aplicación. Llevo años escuchando a enganchados a RT quejarse de la "censura" de la UE Pero ante un bloqueo total 'made in Moscú' no dirán nada...

Thoughts from a retired Special Operations Officer. Though I am not an aircraft surgeon, nor a Coniurationis Fautor, I have some thoughts that may be on interest, presented in three points, a conclusion, and a hypothesis, regarding the US rescue operation in Iran, with consideration to the photos of the aircraft used. I have flown on the C-130H and the MC-130J in training and in combat, to include static line airborne operations, Military Freefall (HALO) operations, and combat infiltration and exfiltration in austere environs, such as the Kobani Landing Zone (KLZ) in Northeast Syria during Operation Inherent Resolve. Point one: it is important to note that the aircraft used in this operation were NOT the standard C-130 Hercules model, which have 4-blade, steel propellers (see picture #2). The fixed-wing aircraft used were the MC-130J, Commando II, operated by the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command for clandestine operations. The MC-130J uses six-bladed Dowty R391 composite propellers (see picture #1). These blades are constructed from composite materials, specifically featuring a carbon fiber structure rather than the metal (aluminum) used on older C-130 models. Point two: carbon fiber does not melt in the traditional sense, as it does not turn into a liquid. However, the resin matrix holding the fibers does melt and become viscous. Point three: Steel/aluminum blades snap and break. MC-130J R391 blades shatter and can melt. The images we see from the destroyed aircraft (picture #6) show 6 blades. Therefore, these are the MC-130J Dowty blades (they can melt). And as you can see in picture 4 and 5, when not melted, but rather broken, they shred and snap. They do not bend. As you can see from the steel/aluminum variant on the C-130H model, the blades snap and break and bend, they do not shatter or melt. Conclusion: To declare that the aircraft "definitely" were shot down based on the "bent" propellers is false. Could the aircraft have been shot down? Yes. Could the aircraft have been shot down AND the blades melted in the extreme heat of the fire from the BIP (blown in place)? Yes. Both can be true. But it can also be true that the aircraft was not shot down, nor crash landed, and the propellers do indicate burning and melting, not a crash. Hypothesis: The rescue operation expanded to become the desired Delta Force, JSOC, SOF, ST-6 high-risk operation to ALSO seize the uranium in Iran; hence the need for so many operators, support, aircraft, etc. This WAS intended to be that operation. It failed. So what happened to the aircraft. I do not believe that they were "stuck". I have seen MC-130Js plow through dirt, mud, snow, gravel, etc. I doubt they were stuck. It is more likely that the aircraft took hits upon entry and also likely took hits and damage while on the ground at the hasty FARP at the old airfield in Isfahan, "conveniently" close to where the suspected uranium may have been stored. Lesson: A ground war into Iran will be very costly and will be a tactical, operational, and strategic failure (Clausewitz).

Please get a map. We cannot defend America or our interests from Fort Bragg or Norfolk NAS or San Diego. We need forward presence and forward friends and shared intelligence. Half of the Intel we use comes from allies, not US satellites. Allies give us access and bases.

update 🔥 05.04.2026

Todas las refinerías rusas : - nombre - ubicación - distancia - capacidad productiva - las veces y fechas de haber sido alcanzados por los drones y/o misiles ucranianos Autor : @KHoholenko 🇺🇦💪

The math Italy just handed Netflix is terrifying for every subscription company on Earth. 5.4 million Italian subscribers. Up to €500 per Premium user, €250 per Standard user. Netflix launched in Italy at €11.99/month in 2015 and hiked four times to €19.99 by 2024. The court said every single increase was illegal because the contract never stated a justified reason for any of them. The total refund exposure is somewhere in the hundreds of millions of euros. For a single country with ~2% of Netflix's 325 million global subscribers. Here's what nobody is pricing in: Germany and Spain have already filed identical challenges using the same EU Directive from 1993. Berlin and Cologne courts already ruled that generic price-change clauses are void. Italy just gave every consumer group in Europe a finished legal template. Netflix hiked prices globally on March 26. Six days later, this ruling dropped. The company is now simultaneously raising prices worldwide while a court in its fourth-largest European market ordered it to roll prices back to 2015 levels. The real exposure here isn't Italy. Netflix can absorb hundreds of millions. The real exposure is the legal principle: telling customers "we're raising your price, you can cancel if you don't like it" is not consent under EU law. That logic applies to every subscription service operating in Europe. Every SaaS company. Every streaming platform. Every telecom. The freedom to cancel is not the freedom to agree. That one sentence just repriced the entire European subscription economy.

@AmbJohnBolton US support to Ukraine ended over a year ago. Since it has turned into diplomatic pressure to cede uncoquered lands to Russia, signing expoliatory deals... Could you at least tell us what's the objective in Iran? Because so far we're only listening to mad ramblings

The Europeans made a critical mistake by ignoring Iran, and taking Trump’s bait by saying “Iran is not our war.” Europe is well within range of Iran’s missiles. Its economies are threatened by closure of the Strait of Hormuz. They’ve given Trump the perfect opportunity to end US support of Ukraine. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/0…

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@yoen100palabras @panikeroj Hay que exigir siempre unos mínimos. Y eso de que "so nuestros hijo putas" es simplemente una forma de justificar más barbaridades. Netanyahu se ha asegurado un suministro de terroristas para décadas. Y quien lo sufrirá serán los civiles, tanto israelíes como palestinos

@1983Anade @panikeroj Lo que está claro es que el mundo sería mejor sin los monstruos de los unos y de los otros.

Esta gente para muchos es "el faro de la democracia en oriente Medio". Ejecución por horca en 2026. A ver cuánto tardan en llegar los "ejjjque los palestinos..." (los mismos que han estado sin wifi cuando los diputados israelíes llevaban un pin con una horca. Abro ☂️

The massacre of Russia's air defence visualised. Ukraine's drone units have struck 85 SAM systems or "complex radars" in 2026. This is a 240% increase on the previous 3 months and is almost certainly why we're seeing more success from Ukraine's long-range strikes.

Next phase.

@yoen100palabras @panikeroj Es extremadamente fácil distinguir ciertas cosas. Derechos humanos. Igualdad entre las personas. Llevamos con esta cantinela desde el siglo 18. No acepto violaciones de los derechos humanos por nadie. Ni por la banda de fanáticos asesinos de Hamas ni por los neonazis israelies.

@1983Anade @panikeroj No he dicho lo contrario, simplemente expongo un dilema que no es tan fácil de discernir. El mundo no es blanco o negro, es gris de cojones, y un gris con una gama de matices abrumadora.

One month after starting the war in Iran, this is the statement of the President of the United States on Easter Sunday. These are the ravings of a dangerous and mentally unbalanced individual. Congress has got to act NOW. End this war.

On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, uniting the United States, Canada, and 10 European nations in a historic commitment to collective defense and peace. Then, and now, it stands as a powerful example of what strong alliances can achieve. 77 years later, emerging rhetoric from Washington risks undermining the very coalitions that helped secure Allied victory after WWII. Now, as global tensions mount, the United States must remain a steadfast partner to its European allies and its commitment to peace. I look forward to 77 more years of transatlantic partnership. @NATO

Trump has insulted and tariffed his European allies, persuaded Denmark to prepare for a US invasion and, by pressuring Ukraine and not Russia, encouraged Putin to keep fighting. All of which he has forgotten. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/…

@yoen100palabras @panikeroj Me parece que se te ha escapado que hasta Reverte ha rechazado públicamente las barbaridades de Israel

@panikeroj Como dice Reverte, son unos hijos de puta, pero son nuestros hijos de puta. La pregunta es, dónde ponemos el límite de hijoputismo? Al sionismo no se le puede perdonar todo en pro del anti islamismo radical.

@LaConsentidaRHJ @panikeroj Israel tiene una pena de muerte selectiva. Si no eres de la raza "elegida" se te puede ejecutar. Pero si lo eres, solo se te puede meter en la cárcel. Israel pretende ser un país del primer mundo y con ese baremo lo mido. Y me encuentro con una barbarie fascista.

Es curioso, todos los paises de Medio Oriente tienen pena de muerte. Solo el año pasado mataron 335 en Arabia Saudita… ¿por qué Israel no puede? Es el único que falta. Igual sale mucho más barato simplemente no tomar prisioneros … que la sentencia sea estilo Harry el,sucio. Después de todo, ellos viven para morir por Ala. ¿Por que no cumplirles el sueño?

@EstebanCervi Esto es exactamente lo que muchos locales no se dan cuenta. Que desde el 75 España se ha convertido en un país del primer mundo, con todo lo que ello implica. Para alguien que ha podido comparar España con otros países es evidente. Para el que no viaja no.

Qué maravilla conducir por España. Carreteras perfectas. Autovías (+17.000km 🤯) súper seguras y amplias . Salidas a pueblos milenarios cada 10 minutos con la mejor tortilla de tu vida mientras tomas sol y charlas con abuelitos que podrían ser los nuestros. Yacimientos arqueológicos romanos y musulmanes muy bien conservados por cualquier lado, castillos y museos en regiones históricas. Estaciones de servicio todo el tiempo, todo señalizado, pintado y asfaltado 10 puntos, datos móviles 4G y 5G en todo el trayecto, los conductores súper responsables: nadie te tira el coche encima, saben mantener la distancia, sin policías corruptos que te piden coima (al contrario, están para ayudarte si necesitas algo), ni 1 pozo en 700km, preocupados por disminuir las 25 fatalidades que hubo en semana santa 2025 (hay +30 fatalidades diarias en cualquier país de latam por accidentes de tránsito, mi idea es que deberían mandar a todos los ministros de transporte e infraestructura de latam a estudiar a europa), túneles impresionantes que atraviesan montañas imponentes. Toda la tierra está trabajada: paneles solares, olivares, animales. Y lleno de fábricas y naves: construcción, muebles, cerámicas, lo que se te ocurra. Hace casi 5 años que vivo acá y sigo admirando lo espectacular que es este país y lo afortunados que son los que pueden nacer y crecer acá.