It never started on the 7th of October. https://t.co/H27Q7DQPKF pic.twitter.com/HFmBe7aqLW

— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) May 7, 2024

■ Witnessing the killing of Muhammad al-Durrah in Gaza - the cameraman's tale (Al Jazeera)

Her arrest follows the detention of Syrian-British journalist Richard Medhurst in London and Telegram founder Pavel Durov in Paris | British human rights activist and social media influencer Sarah Wilkinson was arrested by UK police on 29 August, reportedly over “content she posted online.”

“The police came to her house just before 7.30am. [Twelve] of them in total, some of them in plain clothes from the counter-terrorism police. They said she was under arrest for ‘content that she has posted online.’ Her house is being raided, and they have seized all her electronic devices," Jack Wilkinson is quoted as saying by the social media account Suppressed News.

“The pro-genocide UK regime has arrested [MENAUncensored's] roving reporter and Human Rights Activist Sarah Wilkinson for supporting the Palestinian resistance and relaying what is really happening in Gaza and the West Bank to the world,” MENA Uncensored announced via social media, alleging Wilkinson was accused of supporting “terrorism.”

Washington has effectively become a party to the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova has said | Washington is prepared to lift its ban on Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia’s territory with the use of US-supplied weapons, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. ● Last week, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said that US “policy does allow for Ukraine to conduct counter fires to defend itself from Russian attacks coming over that border region,” including Kursk Region, where an incursion by Kiev’s forces has been ongoing since early August. ● On Monday, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Washington was aware of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s “desire” to be allowed to fire US weapons such as ATACMS missiles, which have a range of up to 300km (186 miles), deep into Russia.

■ US gives Ukraine carte blanche for attacks inside Russia, diplomat says (TASS)
■ Ukraine Apparently Given Carte Blanche for Operations in Russian Regions - Moscow (Sputnik News)
■ The West does not want to avoid escalation. The West is looking for trouble — Lavrov (VIDEOS) (08/30/24)

Initial reports indicate that the jet wasn’t shot down, but likely crashed due to pilot error, the official said | A US official confirmed that Ukraine lost the first of its F-16 fighter jets, the Wall Street Journal reported. The crash happened on Monday, just weeks after the first of the US-made aircraft arrived in Ukraine, according to the report. Initial reports indicate that the jet wasn’t shot down, but likely crashed due to pilot error, the official said. The incident occurred during a massive missile attack.

■ Ukraine: The gang who couldn't shoot straight (Hal Turner Show)

$1.5 billion in interest earned from immobilized funds are being used to aid Kiev, the bloc’s foreign-policy chief has announced | The EU has made its first transfer of interest earned on Russia’s frozen central bank assets to Ukraine and other states aiding Kiev, the bloc’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, announced on Thursday. A total of €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) was transferred, he said. ● Speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting with EU foreign ministers, Borrell called the development “good news” and said that the funds would be used for Kiev’s military needs and to finance Ukrainian industry.

■ EU's total military aid to Kiev reaches 43.5 billion euros — foreign policy chief (TASS)

Ukrainian forces started a major attack on the Kursk Region on August 6 | Russia's readiness for peace talks with Ukraine was beyond doubt, but it was wrecked by Kiev's reckless move in the Kursk Region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference following talks with Senegalese Foreign Minister Yassine Fall. 💬 "We always remember that President [of Russia President Vladimir] Putin made the latest peace proposal in June, after all previous initiatives and agreements were ruined and sabotaged by the Kiev regime and its Western backers. Our readiness for talks was beyond anyone’s doubt, although, of course, after the reckless move in the Kursk Region, any discussion of this subject is no longer relevant," he said.

■ Oтносительно мирных инициатив по Украине (МИД России 🇷🇺)
■ Zakharova Calls Ukraine Attacking Kursk Region Way of Responding to Putin's Peace Initiative (Sputnik News)

Harold Turner | “The West does not want to avoid escalation. The West is looking for trouble. Western countries are like small children playing with matches.” — Lavrov | The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, again warned the United States and the West that they are "playing with fire" - and specifically mentions nuclear weapons - as they encourage Ukraine to invade Russia. ■ In [a] video with English sub-titles Lavrov tells reporters "The West does not want to avoid escalation. The West is looking for trouble. Western countries are like small children playing with matches.” He specifically references people doing this when nuclear weapons are involved ■ So that readers are aware that Lavrov did not mis-speak, he reiterated his remarks at a full blown press conference. Lavrov makes clear Russia is viewing developments in Ukraine as having potential for "World War 3"if the US and NATO continue causing Ukraine to escalate, Americans THINK they're safe across the ocean, [but they're not]. ■ Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Ukraine is collapsing. The Russians are making very significant gains in territory and Ukraine is running out of weapons and ammunition.

[...] It seems that Ukraine is deliberately escalating to cause...something...to take place that causes NATO to actually enter the conflict and begin fighting Russia. Apparently, to that end, former President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose Presidential Term of Office expired in May, publicly stated "Ukraine has developed new ballistic missiles which will destroy something important in Moscow. Then, Ukraine will issue an ultimatum "Leave Ukraine or we will destroy Moscow and St. Petersburg."