Various News - 2025-03-12
New Footage Reveals Massive Hole In Paralyzed US Oil Tanker Hauling Jet Fuel For Navy
by Tyler Durden - ZeroHedge
Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025 - 06:00 AM
New footage shows a massive hole on the port side of a U.S. oil tanker that was struck by a container ship on Monday morning in the North Sea, off the coast of East Yorkshire. By Tuesday morning, the blaze on the tanker appeared to be mostly extinguished.
BBC News released live aerial footage earlier from the incident area, showing the crippled tanker Stena Immaculate. Video revealed a massive hole on the vessel's port side, caused when the container ship Solong plowed into the tanker, which was carrying jet fuel for the U.S. Navy.
Full Article - https://www.zerohedge.com/military/new-footage-reveals-massive-hole-paralyzed-us-oil-tanker-hauling-jet-fuel-navy
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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 US Secretary of State called Zelensky's plan to end hostilities at sea and in the air "promising" but "insufficient", - BBC News.
▪️“I’m not saying it’s enough, but it’s the concession that needs to be seen to end the conflict,” said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
▪️He explained that the US does not plan to set peace conditions for Kyiv, but wants to hear the Ukrainian position, how far they are willing to go, and compare it with Russia's position. Mentioning the suspension of aid from the US, the Secretary of State assured that President Trump "intends to use all available tools to try to bring both sides to the negotiating table" and end the conflict.
▪️According to media reports, Kyiv plans to offer Moscow a partial ceasefire, which concerns drone strikes and long-range missiles, as well as military operations in the Black Sea.
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Russia could occupy western Ukraine while EU builds up military force - The Telegraph
▪️Europe will need 3-4 years to build up a military force capable of changing the balance of the war in Ukraine's favor. However, Kyiv does not have that much time
▪️Russia continues to grow stronger and may launch a massive offensive before the end of the year, but for now the only ones who can stop this offensive are the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the support of the US and the EU, the publication writes.
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‼️ 🇷🇺🏴☠️Massive attack on Moscow and Moscow region continues: there are casualties and destruction
▪️Air defense continues to repel the attack on Moscow. At the moment, 73 enemy drones flying to the capital have been shot down, Sobyanin said;
▪️1 person killed and three injured in Moscow region after UAV attack, governor reports;
▪️A fire broke out in the Miratorg parking lot, 1 employee died due to a UAV attack, rescuers are working at the scene.
▪️ At least 7 apartments were damaged in Ramenskoye, 12 of which were evacuated, Governor Vorobyov reported.
▪️There is no train movement through the Domodedovo railway station towards Moscow and the region;
▪️During the night, calls about UAVs were received from Kolomna, Zaraysk, Serebryanye Prudy, Serpukhov, Ramenskoye, Voskresensk, Lukhovitsy, Bronnitsy, Domodedovo, Leninskoye, Podolsk, Elektrostal and Kotelniki, the governor said.
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‼️🇷🇺🏴☠️11 people injured in enemy attack in Ramenskoye and Vidnoye near Moscow
▪️In Ramenskoye, Moscow Region, air defense forces repelled an attack by 21 UAVs.
▪️Two houses were damaged after the downed UAVs fell, the district administration reports.
▪️In Ramenskoye, 5 people sought medical assistance, the governor reports.
▪️UAV debris hit a residential apartment building in Lyubertsy, there are no casualties, the head of the district reports.
▪️In Vidnoye, Moscow Region, 6 people, including a 4-year-old child, were injured by UAV debris, Vorobyov reported.
▪️More than 20 cars burned down as a result of UAV fragments falling in a parking lot in Domodedovo, the governor added.
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‼️🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 After meeting with Ukraine, the US will contact Russia to find out what its position is — the head of the State Department
▪️Marco Rubio said that the US is not going to sit in a room and draw lines on a map, but will simply get a general idea of what concessions the Ukrainians are willing to make and what they will need in return.
▪️“ And then we’ll find out what Russia’s position is on this. That will give us a pretty good idea of how far apart our positions are,” the Secretary of State said on the eve of his flight to Jeddah, where talks with Ukraine will take place today.
▪️He stressed that the United States acts more as a listener than as an active participant in the dialogue, both in communication with Russia and Ukraine.
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‼️🇷🇺 ☦2 killed, 18 injured in drone attack on Moscow
▪️A man injured in a drone attack in the Moscow region died in a hospital in Vidnoye, Governor Vorobyov reported.
▪️As a result of the attack , 18 people were injured, including three children, and two people died, the Ministry of Health reported.
▪️There are 6 people in hospitals, including a child, one of the victims is in extremely serious condition.
▪️Three children were injured in the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV attack on the Moscow region, two of them are under three years old, Lvova-Belova reported.
❗️In the Moscow region, 1 million rubles will be paid to the families of men killed after a drone attack, and the wounded will be paid from 100 to 500 thousand rubles, the governor said.
▪️Zakharova stated that, apparently, drones were sent to Moscow on the day of the OSCE delegation’s arrival so that its members could see for themselves the essence of the Kyiv regime.
▪️Miratorg confirmed to the media the death of the company's second employee as a result of a drone attack, and will pay compensation to the families of both victims in the amount of 1.5 million rubles.
▪️Zakharova also reported that the OSCE Secretary General, who is in Moscow, is being taken to the site where the Ukrainian Armed Forces drones fell.
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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump's team "doesn't want to hear" Ukraine's requests to return to 2014 or even 2022 borders, — Sky News
▪️The Americans want to hear today in Jeddah what concessions Ukraine is ready to make in order to conclude peace, members of the US delegation said.
➖“It looks like the Ukrainians will have to make some pretty painful concessions, but there is hope that when these negotiations are over, we will see and understand what form the ceasefire will take,” the channel’s correspondent reports from the scene.
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‼️🇷🇺 Statement by the Ministry of Defense on the enemy's attack on Moscow
▪️ "On the night of March 11, on the eve of the American-Ukrainian negotiations, the Kiev regime, in order to demonstrate Ukraine's ability to continue military operations, launched a massive strike on Russian civilian infrastructure facilities using UAVs.
▪️The professional actions of air defense combat crews and electronic warfare systems thwarted the goal of the Kyiv regime’s strike.
▪️343 Ukrainian drones were detected and shot down, including 6 attack UAVs intercepted in the area of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
▪️As a result of the fall of suppressed and fragments of downed Ukrainian UAVs on residential and economic infrastructure facilities, there are dead and wounded civilians."
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‼️🏴☠🇺🇦 NATO Secretary General: European peacekeepers may not go to Ukraine after the end of hostilities.
▪️Mark Rutte said that there are "other ways to ensure security guarantees for Ukraine" after the ceasefire, other than "sending in European forces."
▪️The Europeans have repeatedly stated that they want to receive guarantees for their peacekeepers from the United States, which Trump does not do. Also, the introduction of peacekeepers, within the framework of a peace agreement, will require Russia's consent, which it does not give.
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‼️🇺🇦🏴☠ Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the US proposal to immediately introduce a 30-day ceasefire , - Zelensky's Office
▪️Both delegations agreed to immediately begin negotiations to achieve sustainable peace.
▪️Zelensky and Trump agreed to conclude a comprehensive agreement on the development of Ukraine's critical mineral resources as soon as possible.
▪️The delegations discussed humanitarian aspects of the peace process, in particular, the exchange of prisoners, the release of civilians and the return of forcibly removed Ukrainian children.
▪️The news from the meeting with Ukraine is positive, the meeting was productive, the White House said.
▪️US and Ukraine to issue joint statement summarizing Saudi Arabia talks, — Financial Times
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‼️🇺🇦🇺🇸 US Immediately Ends Intelligence Pause, Restores Aid to Ukraine
▪️Ukraine expressed its readiness to accept the US proposal to immediately introduce a temporary, 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties, upon acceptance and simultaneous fulfilled by Russia,” said the head of Zelensky’s Office, Yermak.
▪️"The US will tell Russia that reciprocity from Moscow is the key to achieving peace.
▪️The delegations discussed the importance of humanitarian efforts as part of the peace process, in particular during the aforementioned ceasefire, including the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of detained civilians and the return of displaced Ukrainian children.
▪️Both delegations agreed to determine the composition of their negotiating teams and to immediately begin negotiations to achieve a sustainable peace that ensures the long-term security of Ukraine.
▪️The United States committed to discussing these specific proposals with Russian representatives. The Ukrainian delegation once again emphasized that European partners must be involved in the peace process. Ultimately, the presidents of both countries agreed to conclude a comprehensive agreement on the development of Ukraine's critical mineral resources as soon as possible in order to strengthen Ukraine's economy and ensure Ukraine's long-term prosperity and security," Yermak said.
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‼️🇺🇦🇺🇸 The US wants a ceasefire, Ukraine is ready for it, the US is waiting for Russia's response, - the head of the State Department
▪️Ukraine has taken a positive step, we hope that the Russians will reciprocate, — added US Secretary of State Rubio.
▪️The US will convey to the Russian Federation proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine through several channels.
▪️ Trump's National Security Advisor Waltz:
➖Ukraine shares Trump's vision for the world;
➖ We will talk to the Russians in the coming days;
➖ We discussed guarantees of long-term security for Ukraine.
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‼️🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukraine has agreed to abandon its idea of an “air-sea” truce and accept the US proposal for a complete ceasefire , Zelensky said
▪️Ukraine is ready for peace, Russia must show its readiness to end the war or continue the war, Zelensky added.
➖"Our Ukrainian proposal for this meeting with the Americans was three things: silence in the sky - missiles, bombs, long-range drones, and silence at sea... Today in the conversation there was a proposal from the American side to take the first step immediately further and try to establish a complete ceasefire for 30 days, not only missiles, drones and bombs, not only in the Black Sea, but also along the entire front line. Ukraine accepted this proposal, we consider it positive, we are ready to take such a step. The United States must convince Russia to do this. That is, we agree, and if the Russians agree - at that moment the silence will work," Zelensky said.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇸 I hope Russia will agree to a ceasefire, - Trump.
▪️"Let's hope that Russia will agree to a ceasefire. We will meet with Russia today and tomorrow," he said.
▪️The US President also said that he is ready to invite Zelensky to the White House again.
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‼️🇺🇸🇷🇺 If we don't force Russia to cease fire, the war will just continue, - Trump
▪️Putin's conversation with Trump will take place on Friday, and it "will be more than just a phone conversation," Kremlin pool journalist D. Smirnov reported.
▪️In Jeddah, the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine was discussed, Waltz reported:
➖ "We moved from 'if the war ends' to 'how the war ends.' And that was an important first step."
▪️The US has unblocked arms supplies to Ukraine on the condition that they will be used "solely for defense purposes," Clash Report reports, citing sources.
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Washington Blinks First: Baby Steps in Moscow, But Russia Holds All the Cards
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff heading to Moscow isn’t a negotiation, not yet. It’s a reality check. The empire knows it’s losing, but it needs to stage-manage the retreat, to make its inevitable defeat look like a strategic recalibration instead of a humiliating collapse.
Because let’s be honest: Moscow won this war before it even started. NATO is depleted, Ukraine is a graveyard, the EU is bankrupt, and the BRICS+ bloc is expanding by the minute. The global chessboard is shifting from unipolar fantasy to multipolar reality. But Washington can’t afford to admit this outright, not to its vassals, not to its media, and certainly not to the American public already seething over another imperial disaster.
So, what’s the play? Face-saving. The US needs a way to exit Ukraine without looking like it’s being kicked out. They’ll demand meaningless “concessions” from Moscow to save political face. But Russia doesn’t need to give them anything. This war ends on Russia’s terms, on the battlefield, not at the negotiating table.
We’ve seen this script before:
• Vietnam, 1975: The US loses but pretends it was a “noble cause.”
• Afghanistan, 2021: The US loses, but Biden blames Trump.
• Ukraine, 2024-2025: The US loses, but Zelensky gets the knife in the back.
And NATO? The great “defensive alliance” that couldn’t even defend its own ammo stockpiles? This is their Suez Crisis moment, an irreversible turning point where the entire world sees Western power for what it really is: a declining empire trying to control the future with outdated threats.
Meanwhile, Russia has all the time in the world. It’s militarily, economically, and diplomatically stronger than ever. The Kremlin isn’t rushing for a less than perfect peace, it’s waiting for reality to sink in. Because when the US comes crawling for a real deal, they won’t be dictating terms.
This isn’t about negotiations. This is about Washington slowly accepting that it lost.
And when the smoke clears, the multipolar world moves forward to the next battle.
-Gerry Nolan
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