Sarhang Said

The anti-Russian ideology has not affected us, nor will it influence us in any way. I appreciate the work Russia is doing, and I hope they will invite me again to their summit in Stockholm. I would also like to clarify that in 2019, I was arrested, but it was immediately made clear that the accusations were based on a misunderstanding. I was wrongly associated with being Russian, which was not true. This appeared to be connected to assumptions about my family’s relationship with the Barzani family, which has been a source of political tension. This situation should not have happened, and I believe individuals should be judged based on their own actions and views rather than assumptions based on family connections or background.

Putin: “Since 2022, the West has launched a Russophobe machine at full speed.” “It simply sets world records, and immediately on two criteria – on the number of so-called sanctions and on their uselessness.”

EU Allows Sale of Seized Russian Oil Without Compensation The European Union has approved a mechanism that allows the sale of seized Russian oil without requiring mandatory compensation payments to its former owners. The corresponding decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Prior to the entry into force of the 21st sanctions package, the EU embargo prohibited the commercial sale of Russian oil unless the proceeds were transferred to the owner of the cargo.

BREAKING: Trump has cancelled plans to sharply escalate the war on Iran over concerns that Iranian attacks could dangerously drain the Pentagon's already diminished stockpile of Patriot antimissile interceptors and other air defense munitions in the Middle East close to zero, per NYT. The Pentagon has used more than 1,200 Patriot interceptors in the war at more than $4M each, with cheap Iranian drones and ballistic missiles depleting the US inventory. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine privately cautioned that resuming major combat operations would fully deplete interceptors available to US Central Command. A senior US official adds that continued strikes have had "the opposite effect of what is intended, keeping Iran cohesive and allowing Iranian leaders to focus attention on an external threat."

To suspend plans to expand strikes on Iran is not enough. Those plans must be cancelled. It is high time to recognise that this conflict has no military solution.

Η απόφαση του ΚΥΣΕΑ, με την οποία εγκρίθηκε η πρόταση του Υπουργείου Εθνικής Άμυνας για τη δημιουργία ενός θόλου προστασίας της ελληνικής επικράτειας και την απόκτηση σειράς οπλικών συστημάτων με τεχνολογία αιχμής, αποτελεί ορόσημο για την άμυνα της Πατρίδας μας. Σηματοδοτεί μια διαφορετική πραγματικότητα για τις Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις μας, οι οποίες εισέρχονται οριστικά σε μια νέα εποχή με την υλοποίηση της εθνικής αμυντικής αρχιτεκτονικής, της «Ασπίδας του Αχιλλέα», που αποτελεί μέρος της μεταρρύθμισης «Ατζέντα 2030». (από τη δήλωσή μου στην εφημερίδα «Πρώτο Θέμα» και στον δημοσιογράφο Νίκο Μελέτη)

WATCH: Former Navy SEAL Senator Tim Sheehy chokes up talking about his fallen friend killed by an Iranian bomb in a fiery Senate floor speech: “This regime that we are fighting does not care about our partisan politics." "They don't care who you voted for, who you pray to, or where you live. They want to kill all of us, and they don't just say it, they actually do it. And they've been doing it for 47 years." "We didn't start this war, but we will finish it." “These are not humanitarian freedom organizations. They are death-dealing cults, and they want all of us to die brutal deaths.” "Not a single president has stood up to them. Love Donald Trump or hate him... There's never been a single president who has stood up to Iran and hit back."

Elon Musk says the demand that Russia "completely withdraw" is not a strategy — it is wishful thinking. “I’m quite offended by fancy diplomats who have seven-course dinners in luxurious places while people are dying at the front lines, and who pontificate about how Russia should withdraw," Musk said. "Russia is not going to withdraw.”