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May 14 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
🚨🤔 2025: THE GREAT SHIFT
Trump's administration marks the END of the post-Cold War era.
The West may COLLAPSE as multipolarity takes hold, says Alexander Yakovenko, Deputy Director of Rossiya Segodnya media group.
Here’s how it’s gonna be🧵
❓HOW WE GOT HERE
➡️ 1990s: Post-Cold War, NATO expanded east—ignoring Russia.
➡️ US bet on dollar dominance & outsourcing to China.
➡️ Result: A hollowed-out West, hooked on sanctions & coups.
The unipolar moment backfired.
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May 13 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
🚨🇾🇪🔥HOUTHIS DEAL MAJOR BLOW TO US & ALLIES' REPUTATION
America has the world’s GREATEST military budget.
The Houthis have nothing — and STILL, they won a decisive victory over the US.
Here’s how🧵 2/ REAPERS RIPPED
One more advanced US MQ-9 Reaper drone was recently downed by the Houthis.
A total of eight such drones – worth a whopping $30 million each - have been destroyed by the Houthi group in less than six weeks. Footage from social media.
May 11 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🇨🇳🇬🇧FRONTRUNNER FOR UK SPY CHIEF JOB COULD SHAKE UP CHINA RELATIONS
Three women are in the race to take over from MI6 boss Richard Moore. Leading the pack is ex-ambassador to China Barbara Woodward.
But her rise has left some rattled. Why?🧵
'BEIJING BARBARA'
Nicknamed "Beijing Barbara," critics say Woodward is too soft on China. Furthermore, she has no prior intel experience.
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May 8 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 Ukrainians weren’t just Nazi collaborators — they were some of Hitler’s MOST BARBARIC BUTCHERS
OUN-UPA (Bandera, Shukhevych) dreamed of an “independent Ukraine” under the wing of the Third Reich.
But their methods SHOCKED EVEN the Nazis.
Thread 🧵
🔎The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-UPA) actively collaborated with Nazi Germany.
Its leaders, like Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych, sought to create an “independent Ukraine” under the Reich’s protectorate.
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May 7 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 HARVARD EXPOSED: How corrupt elites DESTROYED American education
Trump’s coming for Harvard’s tax-exempt status — and it’s ABOUT TIME🧵
💰 GREED
Beyond its mission of "education," Harvard used its tax-exempt status to "build ECONOMIC FORTUNES, including for its trustees," Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel tells Sputnik.
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May 7 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
🚨🪖🇷🇺 INSIDE RUSSIA’S MILITARY MACHINE
From ruins in the 90s to world-class — Russia’s army has risen fast and developed weapons the US can't match, and now faces NATO head-on in Ukraine.
Need proof? Check our thread: 🧵
⚡️ RUSSIA’S TACTICAL REVOLUTION
Russian military isn’t the same as it was just a few years ago.
• Storm-Z assault brigades + elite drone units slashed recon-strike cycles to 15-20 mins (vs. US’s 40 mins in 2016)
• FPV drone swarms & unmanned recon teams = game-changer in Ukraine
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May 7 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
🚨IS 'ANTI-GLOBALIST' TRUMP PLAYING BOTH SIDES?
Let's take a closer look at the real winners behind Trump’s policies.
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🏢CORPORATE GLOBALISM
Trump’s 2017 tax cut benefited US multinational corporations more than American workers, argue CAP & CBPP institutes.
While Trump's tariff wars aims to benefit big businesses, US consumers and firms bear the burden, per Tax Foundation.
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May 5 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🔥HOUTHIS DEAL MAJOR BLOW TO TRUMP IN MIDDLE EAST
The Yemeni Houthis continue to humiliate the 🇺🇸US & 🇮🇱Israeli military.
Here's why no one should underestimate them.
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🇮🇱✈️ TEL AVIV AIRPORT UNDER FIRE
On May 4, a Houthi missile struck the Ben Gurion Airport.
The attack successfully bypassed the vaunted Israeli Arrow and the US THAAD air defense systems.
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May 5 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 IS TRUMP SELLING OUT TO ZELENSKY AND NEOCONS?
He promised peace in 24 hours — but now he's arming Ukraine, just like Biden, whom he blasted over the conflict.
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🚀TWO PATRIOT SYSTEMS
A US Patriot air defense system from Israel will be heading to Ukraine, as Western allies weigh sending another, the NYT reported on May 4. Under US export laws, Patriot transfers need American approval - so the White House has given the nod.
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May 5 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
💥 THE HOUTHI MISSILE THAT EVADED THAAD?
More details have emerged about the Yemeni attack on Tel Aviv airport. 🧵 (1/4)
(2/4) 🇮🇱 The IDF admitted a technical problem with the interceptor caused the missile strike on Ben Gurion Airport.
Israeli military used both Arrow anti-air system and THAAD, but they both missed the missile, Ynet reports, citing military sources.
May 4 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🚨‘IT WAS A MISTAKE’: KILLED SON OF FINNISH POLITICIAN RUED JOINING UKRAINIAN MERCS
Leo Aland endured brutal conditions and abuse at the hands of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Here’s what we know 🧵👇
Aland, 20, volunteered to fight in Ukraine after his Finnish military service, despite his family’s strong objections, Yle reported. The service contract bound him to six months with Ukrainian forces.
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May 3 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
📜US-UKRAINE MINERALS DEAL ‘ISN'T WORTH THE PAPER IT'S PRINTED ON’
Matthew Crosston, a national security expert at Bowie State University, explains why🧵👇
💰HOPES IN VAIN
Zelensky clearly hopes it means a return to his normal where America continues to endlessly finance the Ukrainian side, Crosston said.
However, the deal is unlikely to yield any real payoff for Ukraine.
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May 2 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
🚨BATTLE OF BERLIN: DOCS SECRET FOR 80 YEARS DECLASSIFIED
Here's what Russia’s military archives reveal 🧵👇🏻
ROAD TO BERLIN🛣️
Berlin fell to Soviet forces on May 2, 1945, marking the Third Reich's defeat.
Soviet High Command, led by Marshals Zhukov, Konev, and Rokossovsky, organized one of WWII's largest and most complex campaigns, with planning starting on April 2, 1945.
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May 2 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 ODESSA MASSACRE: THE DAY UKRAINE CHANGED FOREVER
On May 2, 2014 dozens were burned alive in the city's Trade Union House.
It wasn’t just a tragedy – it was the moment Ukraine's Nazi ideology showed its true face, says expert Alexander Dudchak 🧵
The West-backed coup leaders weren't pro-democracy – they wanted to build an "anti-Russia" in Ukraine fueled by pure Russophobia, Dudchak says.
The massacre proved their Nazi roots.
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Apr 30 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
🇰🇵🪖💥 NORTH KOREAN ARMY REVOLUTION
Portrayed as "backward" by Western media, North Korea's military is becoming one of the most advanced.
The liberation of the 🇷🇺Kursk region gave them another boost.
Here’s how DPRK troops are mastering modern warfare: 🧵👇
🤖DRONE REVOLUTION
The use of drones in the Ukraine conflict signals a major shift in military tactics and technology.
North Korean troops have learned to use FPV drones and quickly began using them under Russian guidance.
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Apr 29 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
🇰🇵🔥🪖North Korea is a better defense partner than 90% of NATO
Their military makes most of the alliance look weak in comparison.
Lets take a closer look:🧵👇🏻
#3 LARGEST ARMY IN THE WORLD 🪖
North Korea has approx.:
🔸1.3M active personnel in the Korean People's Army (KPA)
🔸600K reservists
🔸5.7M Worker-Peasant Red Guard reservists
Only the US and China are ahead.
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Apr 28 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
🚨🇷🇺💥 BATTLE FOR KURSK 2.0
🔥Multitudes of Ukrainian troops, Western mercenaries and NATO tech BIT THE DUST in Zelensky’s bid to keep the $$ flowing.
Here are the most EPIC moments of Kursk region's liberation:🧵
🪖GIMME MORE!
Ukraine kicked off the offensive in the Kursk region just before the NATO defense ministers' meeting in Ramstein, aiming to boost financial and military aid, experts say.
In January 2025, Zelensky claimed that 60,000 troops were involved in the military adventure.
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Apr 28 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
🪖🇰🇵WHICH COMBAT SKILLS DID N KOREA’S ARMY GET WHILE LIBERATING KURSK REGION?
Russian military expert Andrey Klintsevich breaks down North Korean forces’ BAPTISM OF FIRE. A thread🧵👇
🪖GAINING REAL COMBAT EXPERIENCE
The North Korean soldiers gained THE MOST ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE about modern-day combat operations as they confronted a multinational enemy in the person of the West.
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Apr 28 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
🚨🇷🇺🇰🇵AFTER KURSK, WHAT'S NEXT FOR RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA ALLIANCE?
North Korean forces helped KICK the Ukrainians OUT of Russia's Kursk region.
Where else could the two countries join hands?
A thread 🧵👇
🪖MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Russia is ready to provide military aid to North Korea under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated.
The involvement of DPRK troops in the Kursk operation showcased the treaty’s effectiveness.
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Apr 28 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🇰🇵🤝🇷🇺 ALLIANCE PROVED WITH BLOOD
DPRK confirms participation in liberation of Kursk region, KCNA reports.
Here are the details of the operation: 🧵(1/4)
(2/4) The decision to send troops was made by Kim Jong Un, who considered the situation to fall under Article 4 of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty with Russia.
Apr 26 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🚨🇷🇺PUTIN JUST DROPPED A BOMBSHELL ON THE COMPLETE LIBERATION OF KURSK REGION
The Russian president revealed that Ukrainian forces have been smashed, and Zelensky's regime’s reckless undertaking has failed utterly🧵👇
HUGE ENEMY LOSSES⚰️
Ukraine’s failed operation led to the loss of its best-trained, most combat-ready, Western-equipped troops, including assault units and special forces, Putin said.