🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Situation in the Konstantinovka Area, Part VIII. Retreat of the remnants of Ukrainian units from the 100th and 156th Mechanized Brigades from the western part of the city.

Nearly an hour ago, the Russian side released extensive video footage from the flagging of the western part of Konstantinovka. It indicates that Ukrainian units belonging to the 100th and 156th Mechanized Brigades, fearing encirclement, withdrew from that part of the city. There may still be, at most, isolated and encircled Ukrainian resistance points there. Everything suggests that the western part of the city is now under the control of Russian units.

The rapid fall of the western part of Konstantinovka took place amid absolute silence from Ukrainian and foreign media. In recent weeks, mainstream media in EU countries, including Poland, focused exclusively on describing the "great" successes of Ukrainian forces and their alleged halting of the Russian offensive.

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🇮🇱 U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says Israel is "successful" not because of military, economic, or political factors, but because God directly favors and protects it.

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🇮🇱🗳 Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes, France says

Israeli firm BlackCore, suspected of interfering in ‌France's local elections in March, is also suspected of meddling in elections in New York City and Scotland, and operating in Angola and Togo, France's disinformation detection service, Viginum, said on Thursday.

Last month, Reuters reported that French authorities suspected BlackCore was behind an online smear campaign targeting three mayoral candidates from the hard-left, pro-Palestine France Unbowed party (LFI) in ​the local elections.

At a press conference on Thursday alongside French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, Viginum chief Marc-Antoine Brillant said technical work had ​led them to BlackCore. Viginum subsequently presented a detailed report on BlackCore's alleged actions around the world.

"This modus operandi ⁠was not limited to municipal elections in France," he said. "It also appears to have been used to carry out foreign digital interference operations in ​other countries or regions, such as Angola, Togo, the elections in Scotland, and the 2025 municipal election in New York."

However, Brillant said it was still ​unclear who had commissioned BlackCore to meddle in France.

Lecornu said the French government had asked Israel for explanations on BlackCore's actions, but also for help in trying to find out who may have ​been behind the smear campaign.

"It goes without saying that obviously we asked them for assistance and explanations," he said. "I do not doubt for a ​single instant that if a French private group, from French soil moreover, had engaged in foreign digital interference in Israel, they would have done the same to its ‌ambassador on ⁠site."

In a subsequent report, Viginum said it detected BlackCore-linked accounts targeting John Swinney, the First Minister of Scotland. Swinney has described the situation ​in Gaza as a "man-made humanitarian catastrophe," saying a genocide may be unfolding, citing civilian casualties, widespread destruction and ​statements by Israeli ⁠officials.

Before scrubbing its online presence following enquiries from Reuters, BlackCore described itself as "an elite ⁠influence, cyber, ​and technology company built for the modern sera of information warfare." It said it ​provided governments and political campaigns with "cutting-edge strategies, advanced tools, and robust security to shape narratives."

🔗 https://www.reuters.com/world/israeli-firm-blackcore-also-suspected-meddling-nyc-scotland-votes-french-2026-06-11/

❓❌🇮🇱 Correspondent for Kan 11, Israel's public broadcaster, Gili Cohen, wrote on X/Twitter:

"A regional country blocked Israel from using its airspace during this week’s airstrikes against Iran. While Israel expected the same cooperation seen in past clashes, one source tells me the sudden shutdown sends a "clear diplomatic message" of shifting regional dynamics".

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💥🚢 State news agency, Mehr, says that repeated explosions can be heard from Sirik Island in the Strait of Hormuz related to Iran's enforcement of the closure of the Strait.

📝: The U.S. is likely trying to guide ships through the straits and the ships are being blown up.

🔗 https://t.iss.one/mehrnews/386247

🇺🇸⚔️🇲🇽 A Pentagon official admitted behind closed doors that targeted strikes part of Operation Southern Spear might've killed victims of human trafficking rather than drug smugglers

Nine months into the Trump administration’s deadly campaign against so-called drug boats, there is a pattern to the strikes. And a glaring anomaly.

The U.S. military has conducted more than 60 attacks, resulting in over 200 extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. In almost all the strikes, between one and four people lost their lives. In only one strike did the death toll of a single boat reach double digits: the first attack on September 2, 2025.

Since then, experts, lawmakers, and even military officials behind the scenes have been asking a simple but haunting question: Why was that boat packed with 11 people?

“Why would 11 people be on board a boat carrying drugs?” said a government source who attended a classified briefing where the large crew on the first boat attacked was discussed. “It’s a high risk for the cartels. That always stood out.”

🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/06/10/trump-boat-strikes-human-trafficking-victims/