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October 625: My 327th post on The War
In this post I am going to do my best to bring everyone up to date on just what the IDF has been able to accomplish inside Iran since the launch of its operations in the early hours of the morning of Friday, June 13th.
October 624: My 326th post on The War
Yesterday, I spent most of my time describing the situation here in Israel – inbound missiles, casualties, how everyone deals with the alarms, etc.
SITREP 6/16/25: Slowly Abandoned, Ukraine Gets Squeezed by Russian Pressure
The Wall Street Journal decided to publish a howler that rivals some of ISW’s best:
SPECIAL BULLETIN: Israel Launches Major Strikes on Iran
The Israeli rogue state added another of its neighbors to the long list of regional nations it is currently bombing.
Iran Ups Ante as Israel Chafes for Face-Saving Escalation
Israel reportedly continues to edge closer toward unilateral Iranian strikes despite all ostensible efforts by the US to pump the brakes on the clash which could spiral out of control.
Russia Strikes Back as Ukraine Bets House on Asymmetric ‘Terror’ War
Russian strikes have been ravaging Ukrainian cities for the past few days, hitting what reports claim has been a combination of energy infrastructure and weapons manufacturing hubs.
SITREP 6/5/25: Another PR Stunt Dies Down as Russia Tightens Vise on Sumy
In response to the last week of Ukrainian provocations Putin released a long statement accusing Ukraine of slipping into terrorism and sabotaging the peace talks:
Ukraine ‘Burns Bridge’ of Peace Talks With New Round of Provocations
Today Ukraine made another major attempt at taking down the Kerch bridge, resulting in its most miserable failure so far.
Ukraine’s ‘Unprecedented’ Operation Spiderweb: Russia’s ‘Pearl Harbor’? Or Just More Soggy Silk?
Ukraine has carried out a mass drone strike operation on Russian strategic bases, damaging and potentially destroying several Tu-95 strategic bombers as well as some additional Tu-22s and transport planes
SITREP 5/31/25: Russian Breakthrough Starts Pouring Through Sumy Sieve
One of the interesting developments of the past few days is the continued rejection by Russian officials of the previous ceasefire ‘status quo’, with the gradual warming up by the West to Russia’s own demands.