Somewhat Surprised,
According to Russian military-linked Telegram channels and corroborating social media reports, the elite unit known as “Skat-12” landed in Ochakov under cover of darkness, infiltrating a command center believed to be used by NATO-linked operatives. The operation, lasting approximately 15 minutes, resulted in the capture of:
Colonel Edward Blake, a psychological operations specialist;
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Carroll, a UK Ministry of Defence official with prior deployments in the Middle East;
An unidentified individual, presumed to be an MI6 cybersecurity advisor.
The incident has triggered a diplomatic firestorm. British officials, reportedly blindsided by the raid, contacted Moscow demanding the immediate release of the officers. The UK Foreign Office claimed the men were in Ukraine for “tourism purposes,” citing an interest in naval history and World War II battle sites. However, Russian sources dismissed the explanation as implausible, citing the discovery of encrypted data, strategic maps, and classified communications with the British General Staff in the officers’ possession.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has allegedly refused any prisoner exchange, stating that the captured personnel will face trial for direct involvement in hostilities against Russia. The Kremlin views the incident as proof of NATO’s covert engagement in the conflict. https://www.thekhybermail.
The British had the gall to tell the Russians that the men "were interested in naval history and wanted to visit the coast where battles were fought during the Second World War."
The Russians say no beach towels or cameras were found with the detainees, but instead "maps with strategic objects on the territory of Russia, Russian air defense plans, secret instructions on cooperation with Ukrainian drone operators and discs with encrypted data and records of conversations with the British General Staff were found." https://halturnerradioshow.
Steve Witkoff is scheduled to visit Moscow on August 6–7, tasked with delivering new proposals as Donald Trump seeks a way to avoid enforcing his own 100% sanctions threat against Russia. With just ten days left of his reduced ultimatum on the Ukraine ceasefire, Trump has acknowledged that Russia is effectively circumventing sanctions, leaving his administration with few viable options. https://english.pravda.ru/
The Zionist George W. Bush Regime simply ignored the report, sent US Secretary of State Colin Powell to the UN to lie through his teeth, and invaded and destroyed an Arab country for Israel. George W., the son of a former US president and CIA Director, sent American soldiers to die for Israel and asserted he was fighting a “war on terror.” He was fighting with American lives and money a war for Greater Israel.
Fighting wars for Israel has been US policy for the entirety of the 21st century. American parents, brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, uncles, cousins, and friends have been fighting and dying for Israel and paying for their own deaths by financing the war with their own pocket books for three presidencies during which Washington has sacrificed Americans for Israel.
All of this has to be kept hidden from Americans and is by lies, censorship, charges of anti-semitism, and criminalization of criticism of Israel. If truth be known, Israel rules the West. There are only two members in the US house of Representatives with the courage to stand up to Israel. In the US Senate I think there is only one. The bully Trump is afraid of the Israel Lobby and illegally bombed Iran–an act of war–on orders from Netanyahu. Trump is building Greater Israel, not America. When MAGA-Americans elected Trump, they elected Netanyahu. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/08/03/reality-rules-whether-of-not-it-is-acknowledged/
“Trump should not think that the video archive of his past immoralities is only in the hands of Mossad.”
This is to apparently suggest strongly that Trump's foreign policy actions are directed by Israel, in connection with Epstein-related blackmail, and is among the more bizarre and aggressive theories thrown out there by Medvedev of late. [No, Medvedev is clearly saying Russia has the Trump dirty-movies, too.] https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kremlin-urges-careful-use-nuclear-rhetoric-medvedev-pivots-saying-trump-blackmailed
Seth Rich may be the key to the Russia Collusion coup of the Trump Administration. The Deep State DOJ and FBI have gone through extreme efforts to cover-up any information they have on Seth Rich. Rich is who many believe transferred Hillary and Podesta emails to WikiLeaks during the 2016 election. Rich was a Bernie fan who worked in the DNC at that time. Rich was found shot in the back in the summer of 2016 due to what law enforcement labeled a robbery, and yet his wallet, phone, and watch were left on his person.
It is believed that actions involved in the transfer of Democrat and Podesta files to WikiLeaks will show that Seth Rich forwarded those messages. The lie that the Russians were involved would then be found to be a total fabrication. https://joehoft.com/exclusive-after-8-years-of-hiding-documents-deep-state-doj-asks-to-move-seth-rich-case-to-the-dirtiest-federal-courthouse-in-america-dc/
DNI Tulsi Gabbard says intel agencies are using media to subvert Trump and manipulate public opinion. https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/us-national-intelligence-director
Confused, Unable To Remain Silent Any Longer, He Reveals All: "I've Been Living With Some Kind Of Hole In My Brain Since Oct. 7th." https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/stark-proof-again-idf-soldier-blows
Observation Balloons Were Taken Down Before Oct. 7 Attack. All 5 Were Killed. "This Story Must Be Told." https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/the-five-idf-balloonists-who-documented
Fifteen-year-old Abdul Rahman Abu Jazar says Israeli soldiers kept shooting at him even after he was struck by a bullet. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/3/israel-forces-shoot-palestinian-boy-in-eye-at-aid-site-amid-gaza-starvation
Israel is obstructing aid deliveries as people starve and convoy routes become impassable, Olga Cherevko https://swentr.site/news/622425-gaza-starvation-crisis-un/
A two-year-old in Gaza starved to death amid Israel’s military offensive and blockade, which have left food and medicine out of reach for civilians. https://trt.global/world/article/172151062ef6
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that around 28 children are being killed every day in the Gaza Strip due to ongoing Israeli bombing and starvation, which has now continued for over 660 days https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-israeli-strike-on-red-crescent-headquarters-in-gaza/
UN says people in Gaza continue to be killed, injured along UN convoy routes, militarized distribution points while seeking food https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/1-500-killed-while-seeking-aid-in-gaza-since-may-un/3650565
An Israeli official said Netanyahu is pushing for 'the release of hostages as part of a military resolution'
The report describes a coordinated campaign involving threats from British and US officials, alleged Mossad surveillance in The Hague, and what Khan described as reprisals tied to his pursuit of arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-icc-chief-prosecutor-faces-threats-over-israel-war-crimes-probe-report/
“The ambassador’s focus only on graffiti (which obviously get erased) is abhorrent, at a time when an unprecedented genocide is taking place in Gaza. I should also like to inform the ambassador that in the last year the number of Israelis to whom a Greek Golden Visa was granted rose over 90%.” https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2025/08/04/athens-mayor-doukas-israeli-ambassador-antisemitic-graffiti/
The recent declarations by US allies are not merely symbolic and represent the first steps toward a new international reality https://swentr.site/news/622382-west-palestine-state-recognition/
Relatives in Chicago told Arab News that Khamis Ayyad, 40, had died of smoke inhalation on July 31 when he entered a home that was engulfed in flames to save people. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2610478/middle-east
Foreign Ministry says Mike Johnson’s call to annex West Bank violates international law, encourages settler crimes https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestine-decries-us-house-speaker-s-visit-to-illegal-israeli-settlement-in-occupied-west-bank/3650472
'Stop Genocide!' 300,000 March Across Sydney Bridge for Gaza
"One has to be blind not to see that Israel has completely lost the majority of the world—including in the West." https://www.commondreams.org/news/sydney-march-for-gaza
The Department of Defense confirmed the US recently transferred 31 F-16 fighter jets from Kunsan Air Base to Osan Air Base, with a purpose to "consolidate air power and enhance combat readiness" in the region.
The Pentagon indicated this marks the second such "super squadron" the US has stationed in South Korea. Osan lies several dozen miles north of Kunsan, closer to the demilitarized zone with North Korea, and so the Kim Jong Un government will no doubt see this as a serious provocation. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-deploys-f-16-super-squadron-closer-north-korea-border-after-kims-ultimatum
New rocket-powered ‘terminal evasion’ system allows for abrupt, algorithm-disrupting maneuvers seconds before impact https://asiatimes.com/2025/08/chinas-drone-swarms-just-got-smarter-faster-and-harder-to-kill/#
India’s Ministry of Commerce & Industry calmly responded to Trump’s tariff announcement by reaffirming its commitment to talks and declaring that the state “will take all steps necessary to secure our national interest”, which likely infuriated him since he probably expected Modi to anxiously call him...
There were a few references to the fact that there were antecedents of this in Babylonian law and I began to look through the literature in Babylonia. And I found out rather quickly that every ruler of the Babylonian dynasty, whenever they took the throne for their first full year on the throne, they would proclaim a clean slate, annulling the personal agrarian debts that had built up.
Freeing the debt bond servants whose had to go to work for their creditors to work off the debt and redistributing the land, the words that Hammurabi and other rulers used in proclaiming these clean slates were exactly those of, the Judaic, Jubilee in Leviticus, that apparently was, written into Mosaic law when the Jewish exiles were, permitted to return to Israel and brought their familiarity with Babylonian law with them. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/michael-hudson-from-babylon-to-wall-street-how-bankers-make-you-poor.html
“For over four decades, this decree has hampered the federal government from hiring the top talent of our nation,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said in a statement. “Today, the Justice Department removed that barrier and reopened federal employment opportunities based on merit—not race.” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-ends-44-year-old-race-based-hiring-decree