Reports are surfacing that this explosion was a gas pipeline. Russian state media is already spinning it.
The explosion purportedly took place at the Druzhba pipeline. This is the world's largest oil pipeline.
From Bloomberg recently. This pipeline is massively consequential for Europe.
The targeting of Druzhba or "Friendship" not only has caused what appears to be the largest explosion in a long time, but the selection of Druzhba is a powerful escalation with big consequences if oil stops flowing here.
Map of the pipeline. There is a route through Eastern Ukraine
The pipeline hit may be one of the "feeder" lines for Druzhba
"Defendants’ misconduct has...instigated calls around the world for the imposition of additional sanctions and investigations into the pervasive misuse of Defendants’ products to commit human rights abuses." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Apple's discovery wishlist is... 👀
"NSO’s contacts with U.S.-based clients and potential clients" is particularly interesting. Apple is on the record saying NSO had U.S. clients now... Are they referring to FBI, which, by all accounts, didn't actually deploy anything?
I filed a FOIA request in 2020 seeking "All email correspondence with the keywords "Westbridge Technologies", or "NSO Group" including attachments, from 1st January 2015..."
NYPD said they were "unable to locate records responsive to your request."
Here's their response: "In regard to the document(s) which you requested, this unit is unable to locate records responsive to your request based on the information you provided." a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/F…
A bombshell report out of Israel says that Israeli police used NSO Group's Pegasus to spy on businessmen, activists, journalists, politicians, and even Prime Minister Netanyahu's family.
Netanyahu made Pegasus a cornerstone of his diplomacy, signing billion-dollar deals with Pegasus secretly tucked in, to warm relations in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Back at home, the police were spying on his family using... Pegasus.
Absolutely despicable. Israeli police used Pegasus spyware to spy on disabled activists. (Google Translate)