🇷🇺 Leaving NATO behind: Russian rocket ‘flamethrowers’ win battles without a single shot Russia has outpaced NATO countries in the development of heavy thermobaric rocket launchers, with no comparable Western machines in sight, according to Bekhan Ozdoev, Industrial Director of Rostec’s weapons cluster. The experience from the Special Military Operation (SMO) has shown that the launchers, which fire 220mm-caliber rockets with fuel-air explosive warheads, can allow troops to take enemy positions without firing a single shot. The new TOS-2 Tosochka offers several key advantages: 🔴Enhanced firing range: Greater striking distance than previous models 🔴Updated fire control system: Precision targeting for guaranteed destruction of enemy positions 🔴Wheeled platform: Allows for rapid positioning and retreat, increasing the machine’s survivability from counter-battery fire Its features highlight Russia's leadership in heavy flamethrower technology, leaving NATO behind As well as the TOS-2, the tracked TOS-1 and TOS-1A Solntsepyok are also used in the SMO zone. The TOS-1 is nicknamed Buratino (Pinocchio) due to the distinctive shape of its warhead, which sticks out of the body like the nose of the fairy-tale character, Rostec explained.

Indo-Pacific partners and @NATO discussed how to address global security challenges we face collectively, like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine & North Korea’s growing relationship with Russia – threats to the security of both the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions. https://t.co/xfAG9yoL2S

Represented by @MFATNZ Deputy Chief Executive Taha Macpherson, New Zealand 🇳🇿 was honoured to attend the @NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting yesterday in Brussels together with Indo-Pacific partners Australia 🇦🇺, Japan 🇯🇵 and Korea 🇰🇷. https://t.co/5cAR2newfU

1. Nessun paese è mai stato costretto ad aderire alla #NATO# 2. Tutti i nuovi membri devono prima presentare domanda di adesione e soddisfare standard rigorosi 3. La maggioranza dei nuovi membri ha aderito per paura della Russia 4. La NATO non ha mai attaccato la Russia. https://t.co/Th5pqLlEu6

🇺🇸 The US is withdrawing troops from the key military aid hub for Ukraine in Jasionka, Poland, per US Army Europe & Africa Command. The vital work of facilitating military aid will continue under Polish and NATO leadership, with US support. https://t.co/tutUOdyfBy

"Coloro che detengono il potere stanno cercando di spezzare la nostra ossatura etica, di attenuare e dissolvere ciò che rappresenta probabilmente la più grande acquisizione della civiltà, la crescita della nostra sensibilità morale spontanea." Slavoj Žižek, nato #21marzo# 1949. https://t.co/ReCGJHK5TF

@HMCS_NCSM_FRE sailed past the iconic Rock of Gibraltar to enter the Mediterranean Sea and join @COM_SNMG2 as part of #OpREASSURANCE#, Canada’s Support to NATO assurance and deterrence measures. https://t.co/hQDbQHeG3x

普京敢攻击北约吗？ 这是今天经济人学报的署名文章，结论是现在还不敢。正是这个原因，川普一直在千方百计的试图破坏北约组织。 美国前国家安全顾问博尔顿（Bolton）的回忆录《事发之室》川普曾多次在任期内表达退出北约（NATO）的意愿。 那是2018年7月的北约峰会最关键的时刻。 川普“在幕后私下反复提出要退出北约”，并指示幕僚“研究退出的法律程序”，甚至考虑“先斩后奏” —— 直接宣布退出。 是白宫高级幕僚和顾问们努力劝说、拖延，才让川普最终没有付诸行动。博尔顿强调，川普是真心想退出，而不是“只为谈判增加筹码”。

Reflections: Several months ago, I started a website to search federal awards. The idea here was we'd find general waste, cut spending, execute on a vision of smaller government. And there's certainly a lot of bloat. However, what started out as waste-cutting quickly morphed into understanding why so much money is leaving the federal government and going into NGOs. These NGOs have been responsible for trafficking 20 million illegal immigrants into our country during the Biden years, many of them receiving benefits. And many of these NGOs also are the primary beneficiaries of foreign aid. And then I dig deeper - there is an entire ideology, an entire philosophy connecting this web of foreign aid and mass migration. This is the same ideology which led Congress to finance Ukraine, but not Hurricane Helene victims. This is the same ideology which led us into the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. This is the same ideology that George Soros outlined in his essay, "Toward a New World Order: The Future of NATO." This is the same ideology which caused President Biden to declare 74 million supporters of President Trump the greatest threat to our Republic. To defeat government waste, we have to defeat this ideology. I never expected to set on this path. I don't know where it will head. But I will continue to do my part.

What have Europeans been busy with these years? My son said he plans to go to the UK for graduate school after graduating from Berkeley, but I rejected it outright. I said, the UK, Europe, now, they have nothing left. Apart from their inexplicable arrogance, they have absolutely nothing. Today's Europe is simply a replica of the people in the video below. After nationwide blackouts in Spain, Portugal, and France, trains in motion were forced to stop, and all the passengers, bewildered, aimless, and lost, wandered in the fields, looking around with indifference—a vivid image of soulless shells drifting across the European continent. This is the state of Europe today. Europe's decline is beyond imagination. In summer, buses in some European regions dare not turn on air conditioning; in winter, there’s no heating either. Some apartment buildings even inform tenants in advance that there’s no air conditioning. The reason for this dire situation is that the EU, as a whole, has completely tied its energy security to Russia. Today, because of the war, Europe’s demand for energy is as desperate as Zelenskyy’s craving for American weapons. How pathetic. Europe’s dependence is incomprehensible. Europe’s security and defense entirely rely on NATO, with the United States as its absolute pillar. The cunning and schizophrenic nature of Europeans lies in their fear of the Russian bear ravaging their homeland again, yet, after securing America’s protection, they shamelessly do energy business with Putin. How shameful. Europe’s backwardness is irreversible. Europe was the cradle of the First and Second Industrial Revolutions, driving the world from an agricultural era to an industrial one. But when Nokia was abandoned by the AI era, Europe comprehensively fell behind in the information age and the AI age. Europe has calmly accepted this lag, as seen in their serene acceptance of watching their Mercedes and BMWs being crushed by Chinese new-energy vehicles. You can sense that, after their ideals shattered and hope vanished, their mindset has completely flattened. What a pity…

🚨EXCLUSIVE - BOUGHT AND PAID FOR: HOW $472 MILLION BUILT A GLOBAL LEFT-WING MEDIA MACHINE In February 2025, WikiLeaks pulled back the curtain on a government-funded media empire that’s been quietly shaping what billions of people read, watch, and believe. At the center of it all? A group you’ve probably never heard of: Internews Network. Funded mostly by USAID, Internews presents itself as a friendly nonprofit supporting “independent journalism.” But behind that noble-sounding mission lies a global operation that critics say is more about managing narratives than reporting facts. The numbers are jaw-dropping. Nearly $473 million—yes, that’s nearly half a billion—has flowed to Internews from USAID and the U.S. State Department over the past 2 decades. Add in millions more from billionaire-backed organizations like George Soros’s Open Society, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and you’ve got a media Frankenstein stitched together with government cash and private influence. In 2023 alone, Internews claims to have worked with 4,291 media outlets, produced 4,799 hours of programming, and trained over 9,000 journalists. It also says it reached an audience of 778 million people worldwide. That’s more than double the population of the United States. But here’s where things get murky. Internews isn’t just giving media groups equipment and microphones. It’s tying grants to ideological conditions. In Hungary, for example, officials accused Internews of funding anti-government media under the guise of “media development.” If you didn’t toe the line, you didn’t get the money. In Ukraine, it funded 9 out of 10 major media outlets—almost all promoting pro-NATO, pro-conflict content during wartime. And it’s not just about news. In Kosovo, just months before major protests broke out in Serbia, Internews offered grants to reporters to write in Serbian. The pitch? Promote “positive” stories about Albanian-Serb relations. Sounds harmless—until you realize this was a foreign-funded push to shape how people talk about sensitive ethnic conflicts. Then there’s Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, which recently launched a $100,000 media grant focused on climate reporting in Asia. Sounds great—except that the fine print gives Internews and its donors the rights to edit and publish all the content. So yes, they’re funding journalism—but they’re also controlling the output. Even advertising isn’t off limits. Through its “Ads for News” program, Internews partners with GroupM, the world’s biggest media buyer, to funnel ad dollars to “trusted” outlets. If you’re not on the list, you get nothing. It’s a digital loyalty program—except instead of points, you get credibility and cash. Internews is led by Jeanne Bourgault, a former U.S. government official who made $451,000 last year. She previously worked on post-Soviet “transition programs” and oversaw a $250 million budget at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. In 2023, she launched a $10 million media fund at the Clinton Global Initiative—a project backed by Hillary Clinton. The Internews board includes big Democratic donors and political insiders, and WikiLeaks says at least one of its six subsidiaries is based in the Cayman Islands, a notorious offshore haven. Meanwhile, its headquarters in California? Reportedly an abandoned building still listed in official filings. Let that sink in: a half-billion-dollar media empire, pushing narratives in dozens of countries, funded by your tax dollars—and run from a ghost office. Internews says it’s here to “support press freedom.” But as one media analyst put it, “It’s not about giving journalists a voice—it’s about choosing which voices get heard.” So the next time you read a “fact-check” or see a story calling something “disinformation,” remember: it might just be brought to you by the same people who paid $473 million to decide what the world thinks is true. Sources: Anadolu Agency, Hungary Gov, Ukrayinska Pravda, KoSSev, Earth Journalism Network, TRT World, Concordia, Shore News Network