High-Ranking NATO military officers were killed last night by 2 Iskander missile strikes launched against the Warehouse they were meeting in. | The two massive explosions also took out newly-arrived American military hardware, destined for the Ukrainian Army. The Novaya Pochta warehouse in Odessa is seen burning in the image above after the missiles struck. Casualties are considered "very high" given the number of Ambulances and nearby NATO helicopters apparently sent to evacuate the wounded -- or dead. Look for more news reports of NATO officers who "died suddenly" within the next few days.

■ SITREP 5/1/24: The Russian Steamroller Rolls On as Ukraine Braces for Impact (Simplicius The Thinker) | Russian Iskanders reportedly destroyed a huge Novaya Pochta mail warehouse in Odessa that, according to some sources, was housing one of the large new weapons shipments—particularly 155mm ammo—from NATO. [...] The fires and explosions were massive and are still raging for an entire day. [...] In the strikes, it’s said that an important Major of the Ukrainian Southern Command was eliminated.

A right-wing thug from Kiev throws a petroleum bomb at
the trade union building in Odessa, Ukraine (05/02/14). At
least 31 people were killed in the blaze. (Stringer/Reuters)

Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the May 2, 2014 Odessa Trade Unions Building massacre, in which 48 anti-Maidan activists were burned alive by neo-Nazi thugs. The violence, coming soon after Kyiv kicked off its ‘anti-terrorist operation’ in the Donbas, demonstrated the new regime’s readiness to drown Ukraine in blood to cling to power. | The US and EU-sponsored insurrection in the Ukrainian capital, which culminated in the ouster of the democratically elected government of President Viktor Yanukovych and his replacement by radical pro-US and ultra-nationalist forces seeking to scupper relations with Russia in favor of closer ties with the West, was met with anger by many residents in Ukraine’s southeast. Holding dear the centuries of common historical, cultural, linguistic, family, economic, and other bonds with Russia, residents of southeastern regions favored Ukraine’s entry into the Eurasian Union, and expressed opposition to the pro-EU, pro-NATO course of the new authorities in Kyiv. ● Odessa, Ukraine’s third-largest city after Kiev and Kharkov, was a crown jewel in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, bearing witness to almost all of the dramatic events of the 20th century. Odessa’s residents were involved in the 1905 Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War of 1917-1922. The city became a key center of resistance to the Nazis during the opening months of the Great Patriotic War, heroically holding out against numerically superior Axis forces for 73 days until mid-October 1941, and liberated in April 1944 after over two-and-a-half years of grueling occupation.

👉 Ukrainian politician names those behind Odessa tragedy in interview with TASS (TASS)
■ Ukraine’s neo-Nazis should face tribunal – Russia’s top senator (RT.com)

■ Burned alive: How the 2014 Odessa massacre became a turning point for Ukraine (RT.com)(2 May, 2022)
■ Ukraine's Whitewashed Odessa Massacre Report (Stephen Lendman)(09/11/14)
■ The West on the Tragic Events in Ukraine: Lies and an Information Blockade (Nikolai Bobkin)(05/09/14)
■ West bent on reviving fascism in Europe: Western cover-up of Odessa massacre (Finian Cunningham)(05/08/14)
■ Washington, Ukrainian puppet regime prepare new fascist slaughter in Odessa (Alex Lantier)(05/06/14)
■ Right Sector Thugs Attack Odessa Activists (Stephen Lendman)(05/03/14)
■ The U.S. Elite Run a Ukrainian Genocide - Americans Are Ignorant of It (Eric Zuesse)(07/04/14)
■ How Odessa residents were killed in the House of Trade Unions - details from the scene (5 Мая 2014)(+ PHOTOS)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that F-16s can be carriers of nuclear weapons, and Moscow would take this into account in its combat operations. | "It’s not only the airplanes, but also the training of the pilots, training of the maintenance and also making sure we have the weapon systems to go with it," US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Charles Brown said. "That is the dialogue that we are having to not only just get to the airplanes but get to a full capability," he said. Kyiv [also] mentioned in early April that five groups of Ukrainian pilots were being trained in flying US F-16 fighter jets in the UK, Denmark, the US, and France. At the end of August 2023, the Netherlands said it would transfer 42 F-16s to Ukraine, while Copenhagen promised Kyiv 19 such machines.

■ NATO's Glaring Weakness On-Display in Moscow; Tanks and Armor Captured in Ukraine (Hal Turner) + VIDEO
■ Western Weapons From Ukraine On Darknet Marketplaces (Oriental Review)

A Geneva-based right group urges an investigation into the apartheid “Israeli” entity’s potential use of banned thermal weapons in its genocidal war campaign against Gaza which could evaporate or melt victim bodies. | Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor in a report on Tuesday said that testimonies received by the rights group show that victims’ bodies appear to have evaporated or melted as a result of the entity’s bombing of residential homes in the Gaza Strip.

💬 “An international committee of experts must be established to look into the weapons ‘Israel’ has been using as part of its genocide in the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, including the potential use of bombs that produce such high heat that victims’ bodies evaporate,” the report said. ● According to the Euro-Med Monitor report, thousands of bodies in Gaza remain missing and they “no longer exist” and may have “turned to ashes,” raising questions about the type of bombs used in the attacks.

The report added that the “shockingly high” death toll in Gaza raises fears about the potential use of “thermal weapons”, or what are known as “vacuum bombs”, well-known in military circles for their efficacy in demolishing caves and underground tunnel complexes.

■ Russia Calls for Independent International Investigation of Mass Graves in Gaza - Russian Envoy (Sputnik News)

The details of the comprehensive 'framework deal' between the Palestinian Resistance and the Israeli occupation have been provided to Al Mayadeen. | Al Mayadeen has acquired the details of the latest proposed deal between the Palestinian Resistance and the Israeli occupation, specifically related to the prisoner exchange deal and related clauses. ● The framework of the agreement aims to achieve the release of all Israeli civilian and military captives, be they dead or alive, held in the Gaza Strip. The agreement will not only encompass captives taken on October 7 but all Israeli captives. ● Primarily, the deal's objective is to achieve calm in the area and work on reaching a ceasefire, the document acquired by Al Mayadeen explains.

Move comes following growing domestic pressure and a meeting between Erdogan and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh | Turkey will join South Africa in its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced on Wednesday. Fidan said that Turkey has been deliberating how to respond to Israel's actions during the war on Gaza for a while and has already taken steps against Israel, such as restricted some exports. “Our legal experts have been studying how to participate in the legal case against Israel at the ICJ,” Fidan during televised remarks. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approved the officials’ plan, Fidan added, so Turkey “will legally support South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ, and file our application to the court soon”.

■ Russia Calls for Independent International Investigation of Mass Graves in Gaza - Russian Envoy (Sputnik News)

Investigation by Middle East Eye reveals that a company owned by an ally of the Egyptian president may have earned at least $118m in three months | A company owned by an influential Egyptian businessman and ally of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is making around $2m a day from Palestinians fleeing Israel's war on Gaza, Middle East Eye can reveal. ● Hala Consulting and Tourism Services, a firm owned by Sinai tribal leader and business tycoon Ibrahim al-Organi, has been charging Palestinians crossing from Gaza's Rafah to Egypt at least $5,000 per adult and $2,500 for children under 16. ● It has a monopoly on providing transfer services at the Rafah crossing, the only Gaza exit not bordered with Israel and the single route out of the coastal enclave for Palestinians.