⚡️Russia has handed over another 1,200 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers to the Ukrainian side as part of the implementation of the Istanbul agreements, a source told Sputnik

Ukraine has not handed over a single body of fallen Russian soldiers

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📹 Tehran's air defenses have been reactivated, IRIBNEWS reports

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📈 Israel’s strike on Iran’s gas field could BLOW BACK on global energy markets

Oil prices are already climbing amid the Israel-Iran conflict — and Israel’s latest strike on Iranian energy infrastructure could supercharge that rally.

◻️ Israel hit an onshore gas processing facility, Phase 14, linked to Iran’s massive South Pars field, forcing it offline, according to Tasnim.

◻️ The fallout could extend well beyond Iran’s borders, Bloomberg warns, forecasting sharper swings in hydrocarbon prices, with US oil spiking as much as 14% on Friday alone.

◻️ Iran, OPEC’s third-largest oil producer, also controls the Strait of Hormuz — a chokepoint for up to one-third of global oil trade, or roughly 20 million barrels a day.

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🇮🇷 Iran launched a retaliatory strike on Israel with older generation missiles, while the latest missiles have not yet been used, stated Ali Saidi, the head of the Supreme Leader's political ideology bureau

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📹 Who is the REAL bogeyman?

"Combined NATO force is 10 times the force of Russia. And yet they paint Russia, as some sort of threat. Which it cannot possibly be. So obviously it's a case of making bogeymen to keep the population in check," Errol Musk told Sputnik.

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🇮🇱📉 Iran-Israel conflict HITS Middle Eastern markets HARD

Regional stock indices have slid amid Iran-Israel escalation prompted by Tel Aviv's strikes, Bloomberg reports.

🔸Israel's Tel Aviv Stock Exchange 35 Index went down 1.5% at the open on June 15, exacerbating the previous decline.

🔸Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share Index slid 2.5%

🔸Egypt's EGX 30 Index plunged 7.7%

The Israeli currency, the shekel, slipped the most in 11 months on June 13, whereas oil prices went up 7%. The intensifying conflict rattled financial markets, triggering a flight to traditional safe-haven assets like gold.

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☦️ Russian Orthodox Church сondemns violence against Moldovan clergy protesting LGBT* parade

🔸 "We categorically condemn the violence against the clergy of the Orthodox Church of Moldova who protested the gay pride parade. The imposition of gender ideology on Moldovan society, aimed at destroying the traditional family, is not a political issue, but a moral one. Both the Church and other healthy social forces must unite against this anti-Christian project," the ROC representative said.

🔸 "We know that what started as supposedly defending the rights of minorities has ended in Western countries with the adoption of children by same-sex couples, the introduction of anti-family lies into school education, and, finally, children changing their gender," he added.

🔸 "I hope that Moldovan believers will not allow such things to happen in their homeland. We pray for those of our fellow believers who are not allowing the spiritual heritage of the Moldovan people to be destroyed," he said.

*banned in Russia as extremist

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🥴 Europe’s PERVERTED logic: Israel has the ‘RIGHT’ to attack, Iran is ‘GUILTY’ for defending itself

European leaders have effectively blamed Iran for being attacked, Responsible Statecraft reports.

No legal basis for self-defense

Israel’s strike violated article 2(4) of the UN Charter — it was launched with no legal basis for self-defense, per RS. But instead of condemning it, Europe parroted Israeli justifications.

The claim that Iran is building nuclear weapons was dismissed by US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard in March: “Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.”

Still, EU leaders leaned on a June 12 IAEA resolution accusing Iran of Non-Proliferation Treaty violations to rationalize Israel’s actions.

What do European leaders say?

🔸Macron: "France has repeatedly condemned Iran’s ongoing nuclear program... In this context, France reaffirms Israel’s right to defend itself and ensure its security."

🔸Merz: "[Iran's] nuclear program violates the provisions of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty... We reaffirm that Israel has the right to defend its existence and the security of its citizens."

🔸Ursula von der Leyen: "I reiterated Israel’s right to defend itself and protect its people."

None of these leaders addressed the legality of Israel's initial strike. None acknowledged Iran’s right to defend its own sovereignty.

Double standards in the making🤡

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🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iran launches a third wave of strikes against Israel - state TV

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🇮🇷🇮🇱 Rockets are striking Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Ashkelon, according to the state broadcaster IRIB

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🇮🇷 Think you're the smartest in the room? IRAN OUTDOES ISRAEL WITH DECOY BLITZ

Tehran outmaneuvered Israeli forces using deception tactics, Iranian media reports.

"Iran was expecting these attacks. It may have implemented a deception operation along with the precautions, and Israel may have bombed different facilities," retired General Fahri Erenel, professor at Istanbul Istinye University, tells Sputnik.

Iranian decoys fooled Israeli aircraft

🔸"Notice how no secondary explosions were observed upon impact," tweeted Tehran University’s Mohammad Marandi, sharing footage of apparent Israeli strikes on false missile and radar sites.

🔸Press TV explained that Iran used radar decoys emitting fake signals. Israeli drones mistook them for real targets, wrongly believing radar defenses were destroyed.

🔸This led Israeli jets deeper into Iranian airspace, assuming the skies were clear. That miscalculation proved costly, with Iranian media claiming around three Israeli F-35s were shot down.

Nuclear sites largely unscathed

🔸Israel hit Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow nuclear sites. Despite surface damage at Natanz, Iran’s core enrichment facilities stayed intact.

🔸Business Insider suggested the bunkers are too deep for Israeli weapons to reach — only US heavy bombers with massive bunker busters could succeed.

🔸Or was it Iran's art of deception at play again?

"If the Israeli attack is ineffective as a result of the deception operation implemented by Iran, and no results are achieved, Netanyahu and his government may come to an end," notes Erenel.

The general adds that Iran still holds many strategic cards — including its Axis of Resistance, which remains operational despite Israel's ongoing assaults.

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