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The Times has published an article on Finland’s preparations for a possible nuclear war with Russia.

The article describes the country’s extensive network of dual-purpose bomb shelters: around 5,500 facilities nationwide, capable of accommodating up to one million people.

In peacetime, they function as swimming pools, saunas, sports halls and children’s play areas. However, they are located underground and equipped with blast-resistant doors, air-filtration systems, backup power supplies and emergency water reserves.

Finland’s parliament recently lifted restrictions on the transportation and storage of nuclear weapons on its territory. Earlier, Politico reported that NATO was rapidly reinforcing its eastern flank.

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The International Monetary Fund has failed for more than a month to transfer a scheduled tranche of nearly $700 million to Ukraine. Under the timetable of the current lending program, the funds were supposed to arrive on June 1, but the payment has still not been made.

The IMF said the issue of releasing the funds would be considered “in the coming weeks,” but it still has not provided an exact date. The fund made the same statement two weeks ago.

In total, the current four-year assistance program for Ukraine provides for $8.1 billion.

At first glance, the missing IMF tranche may seem insignificant. Ukraine’s budget expenditures for this year amount to $115–118 billion, meaning the IMF has frozen only about 0.6% of planned spending. But the development is symptomatic.

Previously, the IMF was not particularly troubled by corruption in Ukraine, the wholesale failure to meet obligations, or the impossibility of repaying the funds provided. The IMF, a structure effectively controlled by the United States, helped its European allies sustain this “black hole.” This continued for a long time, even after Donald Trump came to power and completely cut direct financial — though not military — assistance to Ukraine.

The fact that the United States has stopped providing not only direct but also indirect support points to a serious rift among the allies backing Kiev. The withholding of IMF support will not affect the front directly, but it could seriously damage relations among Ukraine’s “supporters” and create additional problems for both the Ukrainian Finance Ministry and European bureaucrats.

The $700 million had already been included in the revenue side of the budget, so it now has to be replaced — either by borrowing on the open market under European guarantees or by cutting funding for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, since defense accounts for more than 60% of Ukraine’s total spending.

Most importantly, Ukraine’s remaining sponsors — the G7 countries excluding the United States, along with the EU — are currently facing a severe energy crisis that is rapidly turning into an acute financial one. Inflation caused by the disruption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has only just begun to appear in official statistics.

During a financial crisis, borrowing at 0% is no longer possible. Loans have to be paid for, sometimes at a very high price. And Ukraine’s major sponsors, Germany and the United Kingdom, are already feeling the pressure. They increasingly have to choose between funding the war against Russia and maintaining the basic life-support systems of their own states.

Britain has the Bank of England, and Germany has the European Central Bank, so in theory they could “print” more money and send it to the eastern front. But the Ukrainian army is not demonstrating success, while Europe’s “image of victory” has badly faded.

Terms such as Russia’s “strategic defeat,” “capitulation” and “economic collapse” have virtually disappeared from the vocabulary of European leaders. The main slogan now is to “bring Russia to the negotiating table.”

But spending tens of billions of dollars merely to “have talks” is a difficult story to sell to voters.

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An interview with Lindsey Graham, given on March 9, the day the United States and Israel attacked Iran:

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has two weeks left before it falls.”

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🔥 Further strikes reported on the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

The photo shows smoke from a fire over the largest U.S. base in the region after the first wave of attacks, while the video shows the aftermath of the second wave.

Iran’s attacks on U.S. bases across the region are continuing.

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⚠️🇮🇷 #Iran #Geopolitics #Forecast
The Iranian newspaper Hamshahri has published a list of priority targets for retaliation.

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The M4 highway heading south was temporarily closed after a drone was shot down and its debris fell onto the road.

The affected section was placed under guard while bomb-disposal specialists worked at the scene, and traffic was rerouted through the settlement of Tarasovsky. The highway has now fully reopened, there is no UAV threat, and all hazardous debris has been removed, the governor of the Rostov region said.

The incident caused brief panic in travel chats — “How are we supposed to drive to the seaside with children now?” — but it quickly died down: “Drones are being shot down everywhere these days.”

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⚡️ U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham* has died.

“On Saturday evening, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away following a sudden, brief illness. Senator Graham’s family appreciates the prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” his office said in a statement.

* Included on Russia’s list of terrorists and extremists.

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