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WriteerNg:
Ukrainian strikes on Russian petroleum industry approved and aided by Trump administration were supposed to strengthen Ukraine's negotiating position.

Russia absorbed the hits and intensified own strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

Now Ukraine is in a weaker position.

WriteerNg:
⚡US in talks with Turkey to boost naval shipbuilding amid China rivalry.

WATCH: Saudi Crown Prince MBS welcomed Turkish President Erdogan with an official ceremony at Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh. pic.twitter.com/8wnAzc5tX3

— Clash Report (@clashreport) February 3, 2026

WriteerNg:
⚡Russia's Kh-101 missile trails over Kyiv following the overnight large-scale combined missile and drone attack.

LordAdam16:
statement from president pezeshkian authorizing iran's participation in negotiations

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erdogan is going to riyadh and cairo this week
the arabs and turks believe this is a new, unique, unprecedented opportunity to create the foundations of a new regional security architecture that excludes the israelis and unites the shia-shiite blocs

as always the qataris want to throw cash at iran to get them to be amenable to qatari interests
the turks see this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

iran however only cares about a narrow nuclear deal where the us removes all sanctions, release frozen assets, and there are firm guarantees against a 2019 unilateral withdrawal repeat

the biggest losers so far are the israelis and europeans
the israelis for obvious reasons
the europeans because no one values their input
not the us, not the arabs, not the turks, and certainly not the iranians
the 🤡 show of kaja, merz, macron have destroyed european credibility on the iran file

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the israelis and beltway hawks are still very optimistic about a war
from their perspective, negotiations serve two functions:
1. the loudmouth gets to acquire political legitimacy for war. everyone even the grandma at home will be aware that they tried everything to avoid war. war would seem like the option of last resort because the evil iranians refused to make a deal.
2. talks close off the possibility of an iranian pre-emptive strike while they are reinforcing their positions. consequently, they can derail talks and start the war whenever they're ready without any risk.

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on the question of what concessions the persians are willing to make

the only public concession floated is from admiral shamkhani, former secretary of the nsc, former chief of the irgc navy, and one of the few survivors from the negotiating team that was targeted in the 12d war

the admiral said the enrichment level of the 60% uranium can be reduced to 20%

removal of highly enriched uranium which had been seen as a viable concessions has been publicly shot down

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as i repeated yesterday
the bottleneck remains israel
i don't think the loudmouth has it in him to sign a deal that the israelis severely oppose

i think he has agreed to negotiations as a way to cover his a$$ when this sh*t blows up
because then whatever happens, someone else will be the scapegoat
if the israelis try to derail and f*ck it up, it is netanyahu's fault
if a war starts and they predictably get f*cked up, it is the fault of hegseth and the pentagon generals who were given all the time in the world and all the assets available of a trillion dollar military and couldn't make it count
but if sh*t works, he gets credit

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all reports about demands and concessions should be taken with a grain of salt until the weekend/early next week

witkoff meets the israelis today and the iranians will be coordinating with their allies

-Lord

Icktioaxen:
"Sophisticated Navy ships" like that moskva junk that Ukraine turned into scrap metal? 🤭

WriteerNg:
⚡Ukraine and its western allies have agreed on a three-step enforcement plan for any future ceasefire with Russia.

If Russia violates a truce, the response would escalate from diplomatic warnings (within 24 hours) to European military intervention, and finally to a US-backed military response within 72 hours if attacks continue.

The plan was discussed by Ukrainian, European, and US officials in recent meetings and is meant to prevent a repeat of past failed ceasefires like the Minsk agreements, which collapsed due to lack of enforcement.

Ah yes. The sacred Three-Step Plan™. Because nothing has ever scared a nuclear-armed state like a well-formatted escalation flowchart.

Let’s break down why this is comedy, not strategy.

Step 1: Diplomatic warnings within 24 hours

Fantastic. Russia violates the ceasefire, and the response is… a strongly worded statement. Maybe two. Possibly with the word “deeply concerned.” Moscow has been living off Western warnings since 2014. At this point they probably document them.

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Icktioaxen:
"Sophisticated Navy ships" like that moskva junk that Ukraine turned into scrap metal? 🤭

Icktioaxen:
Why would the US that has the most powerful navy in the world, want to design their warships based on a crappy Russian design that couldn't survive a war with a country with no navy?

The current US Navy fleet where built where?

Na this thing you wan use cope?

Icktioaxen:
Why would the US that has the most powerful navy in the world, want to design their warships based on a crappy Russian design that couldn't survive a war with a country with no navy?

The current US Navy fleet where built where?

Na this thing you wan use cope?

Dvdpity:
I still don't understand why Russia hasn't hit Ukrainian nuclear plant substations. Force them to shut down permanently.

WriterrNg:

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So Turkish built ships are the best quality according to US standards? Beggar no get choice true true 😂 😭 🤣

Türkiye isn't even top 5 globally.

Only US dey beg Turkey, Finland, South Korea to help them build ships. Trump himself don mention am many times.

He even talk say he go bring South Korean shipbuilders to the US to teach American engineers how to do it.

Enjoy your small shipbuilding industry. Soon you'll be begging Kosovo to build your best ships.

Appleyard:
That would be extreme. Radioactive fallout will kill or maim thousands of innocent people.

Icktioaxen:
Well if Russian "sophisticated navy ships" could be sunk by a country with no navy, the US may just need to "reduce the sophistication" of their ships seeing as "non-sophisticated" weaponry can be used to sink Russian "sophisticated ships".

Icktioaxen:
it's not about number of ships. It's about the quality of those ships.

If any other country like, make them build thousands of cheap improvised navy ships made of papermache and cardboard. US navy would still reduce them to scrap.