The bots are mostly gone now, so I have made the channel public again. The chat will remain private for the time being, so if you aren't already a member you will have to make a join request that I or one of my mods will accept. If any other raids happen (which is likely), the channel will be made private again for a period of time.

Unfortunately there are a lot of immature people who don't like news that hurts their feelings or goes against the preferred narrative, so they resort to childish tactics like this in an attempt at getting my channel taken down.

If you were mistakenly banned during the bot purge, let me know in channel DMs and I will unban you.

Ukrainian sources report that Russia has begun deploying large amounts of their new recently-formed interceptor drone units to the frontline. Here, they are providing cover for assault and mechanised forces by shooting down Ukrainian heavy bomber drones and reconnaissance UAVs.

Here are the rules for the channel chat. I'm writing them here so they are easier for people to find:

The following is disallowed, and will result in a mute/ban:

- Spam
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Mods may mute you for reasons not listed here too, so just use common sense and be a decent person. *Most* political ideologies are allowed, but because this channel is focused around very controversial political topics, stronger rules are necessary to keep things calm.

The IRGC announced that they have closed the Strait of Hormuz again, citing the ongoing US blockade.

UKMTO reports that two IRGC gunboats fired on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, 20 Nautical Miles northeast of Oman. The tanker and crew are both safe.

Earlier, the IRGC announced that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed again due to the ongoing US naval blockade.

NAFO tried another bot raid on the channel chat today, but unfortunately for them, all the bots were auto-banned upon joining. If you were mistaken as a bot, please let me know via channel DMs.

Keep wasting your money NAFO. Another strategic AMK victory.

Total bot death

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The IDF stated that one soldier from the 7106th Infantry Battalion of the 769th Territorial Brigade "Hiram" was killed after a D9 Military Bulldozer struck an IED in the village of Kfarkela, southern Lebanon.

9 other soldiers were injured in the incident, including 1 severely, 4 moderately, and 4 lightly. The IDF stated that an investigation is underway into when the explosive device was placed in order to determine whether it counts as a violation of the 10-day-ceasefire.

The IDF stated that one soldier from the 7056th Paratroopers Battalion of the 226th Paratroopers Brigade was killed in recent fighting in southern Lebanon, presumably prior to the implementation of the 10-day-ceasefire.

Additionally, 3 others soldiers were injured in the incident, including 2 moderately and 1 lightly.

Here's a fun fact for the day:

This is what the Russian Ministry of Defence claims the frontline is in the Komyshuvakha direction. They claim control over areas nearly 11 km from the nearest Russian control zones.

Never trust government sources in war.

Russian Geran-2 drones struck an oil depot in Chernihiv City during the recent large-scale attacks on the city, resulting in a large fire breaking out.

Coordinates: 51.473759, 31.2473154

U.S. aerospace manufacturer Bell Textron has established a subsidiary in Ukraine for industrial and defence cooperation involving helicopter assembly, maintenance, and repair.

Ukraine and Bell Textron have a recent history of cooperation, with this current move likely being related to a future sale of AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters.

Spring in Bakhmut...

A Russian FPV drone targeted a Ukrainian passenger train in Kherson City.

Iskander on Kramatorsk

Looks like MLRS