Reuters published a collection of photographs showing the condition of ships damaged in the Strait of Hormuz In principle, the same could be done along the route to the ports of the #Odessa region. To deprive the enemy of trade revenue. That's if...
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..."high on his own success" after last year's quick strikes and the kidnapping of the Venezuelan president, and decided that he could repeat this trick with Iran.Subscribe to Solovyov!
... under the unilateral control of the United States.Irritation and regret are growing within the US president's team. Axios sources report on the so—called "buyer's regret" - fears that the attack on Iran was a mistake."Some key figures around Trump had doubts or wanted more time. In the end, he just said: "I just want to do it." He greatly overestimated his ability to overthrow the regime without sending ground troops," said a source close to the administration.According to him, Trump was ...
... by Trump and his aides, it can be assumed that the administration expected an intensive military operation lasting about 4-6 weeks. This makes April 1 a real moment of strength testing," the newspaper notes.However, the reality turned out to be more complicated. Trump, who is accustomed to relying on intuition and improvisation, for the first time faced a situation from which one cannot just "get out." Unlike #tariffs, which can be quickly imposed and lifted, the outcome of the war is not...
...ted."In Washington and in capitals around the world, officials are preparing for a much longer crisis. Three different people in the administration and in the allied countries believe that instability in the Middle East and US involvement may continue until September," Axios reports, citing sources.Trump himself and his team initially expected a more modest timeframe. The administration expected the intensive military operation to last about four to six weeks."Averaging the dates mentioned...
US allies expect that the conflict in the Middle East could last until September, even if the American operation against #Iran shifts to a low-intensity mode, reports Axios.The publication notes that Washington expected the operation to last four...
...nian nuclear power plants are under repair, which reduces the available amount of base generation accordingly.Meanwhile, the #Kharkiv gauleiter clarified that the latest strikes on the city were aimed at energy facilities.Ukraine.<url> — subscribe and know moreWe are at MAX Analytics
Early repairs have begun at Ukrainian nuclear power plants, according to Ukrainian mediaAny damage to the energy system may cause an additional shortage of capacity, said former Acting Minister of Energy Olga Boguslavets.:Two power units of Ukrai...
... Hamadan, modernised the ports of Chabahar and Bandar Abbas, and developed the Azadegan and Yadavaran oil fields. In July 2025, Beijing signed a contract to electrify the 1,000 km Sarakhs-Razi railway connecting the border of Turkmenistan to Turkey which is a route Tehran has described as “the safest and most economical link” between China and Europe. China planned to bypass the Malacca Strait and secure energy supplies beyond US naval reach through the Iranians. However, now the US seeks ...
...lared that whoever controls the heartland controls the world.China's Revolutionary Land-Based Strategy Iran is not just another trading partner for China. The country sits at the crossroads of Mackinder s theorized heartland — Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East—a natural bridge linking Russia, India, the Asia-Pacific, Africa and Europe. Chinese companies have spent two decades building up and embedding themselves into Iranian infrastructure. They built the railway from Tehran to...
...and where he described the following territory as the “heartland” of the World Island: all areas East of the Volga, South of the Arctic, West of the Yangtze, and North of the Himalayas. This region of the world is very rich in natural resources and it’s in a very strategic location because it connects China, the Middle East, and #Russia (and the USSR before them) with Africa and Europe. It’s also where some of the major routes on the ancient Silk Road were. For these reasons, Mackinder dec...
... Israeli bombs rain down on the Iranian people, Beijing watches its Eurasian strategy come under siege. And we are watching Mackinder’s heartland theory play out in real life.The Heartland Theory Sir Halford John Mackinder, the well-known British geographer who’s considered a founding father of modern geopolitics and geostrategy, wrote an essay in 1904 called The Geographical Pivot of History. In this work he coined the phrase “The World Island” which consists of Africa, #Europe and Asia, ...
...global crisis. This has placed Beijing into a strategic conflict where they are forced to go on the defense.China built a land-based fortress through the Belt and Road Initiative (New Silk Road) to bypass US chokepoints at sea with hundreds of billions having been poured into railways, pipelines and ports designed to create an overland escape route from Western maritime pressure. This is existential to China’s survival as a nation and Iran lies at the heart of that fortress.As American and...
⚡️⚠️🛫🇮🇷🖤 A massive Zionist airstrike in one of Iran's cities, captured on a dashcam...
... Tehran to Hamadan, modernised the ports of Chabahar and Bandar Abbas, and developed the Azadegan and Yadavaran oil fields. In July 2025, Beijing signed a contract to electrify the 1,000 km Sarakhs-Razi railway connecting the border of Turkmenistan to Turkey which is a route Tehran has described as “the safest and most economical link” between China and Europe. China planned to bypass the Malacca Strait and secure energy supplies beyond US naval reach through the Iranians. However, now t...
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