https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/1gi7fhj/ru_pov_first_north_korean_captured_is_a_fake/

It's fake. Ukraine seems to be doing heavy psyops regarding this, so be very skeptical of any such claims.

And if there really are DPRK troops, they will almost certainly be kept in Russian territory (aka Kursk).

Lebanon's military is weak, undisciplined, and unmotivated. They could very well be a burden if they tried to fight alongside Hezbollah.

(Week-old news) AP: One of 3 judges weighing request for ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and others is replaced

The decision is likely to further delay a decision on the request by the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.

I saw the sexual misconduct allegations against Khan, but somehow I missed this story.

Anyway, it's now 164 days since Karim Khan requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. Reminder that it took just 23 days to issue Putin's warrant (for putting injured kids in hospitals).

Ukraine has received only 10% of latest approved aid from US, Zelenskiy says

ISW: Hezbollah’s Military Forces Are Failing in Lebanon

In case you weren't already convinced that ISW is a full-blown propaganda outlet.

The operation has so far successfully destroyed and disrupted many of the capabilities required for Hezbollah to threaten northern Israel

Aren't they still regularly launching rockets?

Hezbollah is attempting to present itself as a competent, confident military organization, but it has so far failed to effectively execute any major military campaign at scale

???

Hezbollah has also routinely claimed it “hits” Merkava tanks with anti-tank missiles but has yet to publish any evidence indicating that these “hits” knocked tanks out of action or slowed Israeli operations.[17] Hezbollah would presumably publish evidence of destroyed vehicles, given that it has a vested interest in portraying its “defensive” operations as effective.

Ukraine brain.

Criticisms directed at the IDF’s slow pace of operations ignore Israeli operational design and lessons learned in the Gaza Strip. Some Lebanese officials implied that the Israeli operation is failing because IDF forces have not penetrated deep into Lebanon.[18] The IDF’s slow movement is a deliberate choice designed to root out and destroy Hezbollah tunnel infrastructure methodically. This approach was presumably derived from a lesson learned in the Gaza Strip, where after a relatively rapid armored assault, the IDF slowed its pace of operations and began methodically reentering areas and ripping out subterranean and above-ground infrastructure.[19]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7dkgz71x6o

One of these structures, known as Taleghan 2, has been previously linked to Iran’s nuclear programme by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

BBC Verify has identified what appears to be damage to a storage unit at the Abadan Oil Refinery based in the south-western province of Khuzestan.

Apparently Israel did (kinda sorta, but not really) strike oil and nuclear sites? Seems kinda like an "I'm not touching you" thing, with minor targets being chosen to avoid serious implications.

I'm hoping Genki Sudo co-opts a party (CDP?) and becomes PM one day. I genuinely think that would be a better outcome than a JCP government.

Military detects over 90 balloons presumed to be sent from N. Korea across border

The balloons that have fallen so far did not carry leaflets but trash and other waste, the source said, with the military and police currently collecting the fallen balloons.

On Sunday, North Korea said it will scatter "mounds of wastepaper and filth" over the border areas in a "tit-for-tat action" against the distribution of anti-Pyongyang leaflets.

Iran is attacking Israel in retaliation for Hamas attacking Israel

Straight up reads like it was generated by a regular old Markov chain.

I am just a random guy and even I know that reusing 50-year-old materials that were bent and submerged in salt water is probably not a good idea.

While SpaceX’s reusable rockets have slashed satellite launch costs to US$3,000/kg, some scientists have estimated that an electromagnetic space launch system could drive those costs down to a mere US$60/kg.

China completely invalidating SpaceX's business model would be hilarious.

Israel has now cut off food, water, gas, and electricity to Gaza. Israel is essentially in full control of Gaza's borders, and residents of Gaza have nowhere else to go.

Israel is denying Palestinians basic requirements for human life, while simultaneously bombing dense residential areas. I see no way to look at this other than genocide.