Author: Steven Sahiounie

On July 20, Kiev forces carried out another attack on the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) which is controlled by the Russian military. Local authorities in Zaporizhia said that none of the power plant’s reactors were damages as a result of the attack, which was carried out with Polish-made Warmate loitering munition. The authorities and RIA Novosti shared photos showing the remains of the munitions. The Warmate, which was developed by WB Electronics, has a range of 40 kilometers and an endurance of up to 50 minutes. The loitering munition relies on a GPS-aided inertial navigation system. For target…

On July 20, Russian sources shared two videos showing recent strikes with Lancet and KUB-BLA loitering munitions on Ukrainian military targets. The first video shows Lancet loitering munitions targeting two fortified positions of Kiev forces on one of the frontlines in the Kherson region. The other video shows a Lancet loitering munition destroying a Ukrainian armored personnel carrier and a strike with a KUB-BLA loitering munition on a gathering of Kiev forces. Both strikes also took place on a frontline in Kherson. Both the Lancet and the KUB-BLA were developed by the ZALA Aero Group, a s subsidiary of Russian…

Sergey Lavrov says the shortage of competent politicians is “convenient” for the EU’s bureaucracy The bureaucrats in Brussels are the real winners from today’s lack of competent leaders in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with RT and Sputnik on Wednesday. “The [current] Western elites are very adequate in their own eyes, but they are restricted [in terms] of political experience and vision,” Lavrov told RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan. “The lack of bright leaders is something really convenient.” “To whom?” Simonyan asked. “To the bureaucrats that make up the European Commission,” he said. “They have become ‘a thing-in-itself’. It’s no…

According to Maria Zakharova, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio continues to look for external causes of his country’s domestic political problems European politicians should search for the causes of domestics crises in their mistakes and unprofessionalism, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday in a commentary distributed in connection with the statements of Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. “We would advise European politicians to look for the causes of their domestic crises in their own mistakes and unprofessionalism, the social and economic consequences of which are increasingly felt by ordinary citizens of EU countries,” the commentary…

Syria severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine in response to a similar decision made by Kiev in June, a Syrian foreign ministry source said. According to SANA, Damascus believes Kiev cut ties in 2018 when it refused to extend visas for Syrian diplomats in Ukraine, preventing them from fulfilling their obligations. After Damascus recognized the independence of the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk (DPR and LPR) in the Donbass region, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky declared on June 29 that “there will no longer be relations between Ukraine and Syria.” The Ukrainian foreign ministry announced the decision to sever diplomatic ties…

Tour group captured smoke rising from historic landmark on Arizona-Nevada border A fire broke out after an explosion at Hoover Dam, a major hydroelectric power plant on the border of US states of Arizona and Nevada, on Tuesday morning. The fire was put out by the time firefighters from nearby Boulder City arrived on the scene, but the moment of the explosion was captured by a tour group. “My goodness, something just blew up,” someone can be heard saying in a short video posted on Twitter by Kristy Hairston, a writer based in Nashville, Tennessee who was visiting the dam with…

Washington approved a major arms deal with Taiwan, drawing a swift rebuke from Beijing. On Monday, Beijing’s foreign and defense ministries issued harsh statements condemning the Biden administration’s approval of a new US arms sale to Taiwan. The Biden administration announced Friday a $108 million agreement to supply Taipei with tank and other combat vehicle equipment, as well as logistical support. The package of arms comes amid rising tension in the region. According to Chinese media, the deal drew a swift rebuke from Beijing, which demanded that the order be canceled. Commenting on the deal, Defense Ministry spokesperson Colonel Tan Kefei said…

On July 19, a Russian fighter aircraft, presumably Su-35, was shot down in the area of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region. The area is under control of Russian military. The incident took place at about 8 p.m. The pilot ejected. Russian rescue helicopters are working at the crash site. a unit of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down The Air Forces Command of Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that the aircraft was shot down by a unit of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Ukrainian Air Forces. On the other…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) in the northeastern region of Syria have raised up the Syrian flag which represents the government in Damascus for the first time in years.  The SDF have been partnered with the US military in the fight against ISIS, but are now facing an even bigger and existential threat from Turkey. On Jul 18, in the northern countryside of Aleppo, two terrorist mercenaries working for Turkey, were wounded which resulted in clashes between militias working for Turkey against the united forces of SDF and Syrian Arab Army (SAA). Ilham Ehmed,…

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that any military attack on northern Syria will definitely harm Turkey, Syria, and the entire region and is rather to the benefit of the terrorists. The Supreme Leader made the remarks in a meeting in Tehran with visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Underlining the need to give a boost to cooperation between Iran and Turkey, Ayatollah Khamenei said that the volume and quality of exchanges and cooperation between the two countries are far less than the existing potential. He urged the need for the issue to…