Pressure mounts on Iranian leadership. Shoigu missing. Blinken blasts China, China hits back.(Alexander Mercouris)

A better news summary than you will find on any MSM network.

The video covers Israel's strikes on Hezbollah, including their decapitation attacks that have taken out key figures including their leader. The Iranians are apparently worried about these attacks, considering them as drastic intelligence/security failures, that almost certainly extend to Iran. Will they deploy forces to Lebanon to shore up the Hezbollah defences? 

Alexander points out that assassination attacks of the type conducted by Israel should be discouraged, and that the Ukrainians have tried to do something similar against President Putin.

Shoigu's absence might be due to two reasons, that he's out of favour or that he's gone to Iran in the wake of the Israeli assassination strikes. Russia certainly wants to see Iran and Hezbollah avoid an all out war against Israel since they are playing a long game when it comes to the decline of Western power. 

Blinken's blast against China is part of the China, Brazil and India peace initiative. These major countries are more open to a negotiated settlement that will address Russia's demands whereas the US and Ukraine will only settle for a complete Russian withdrawal (miltary defeat).

On the battlefield the Ukrainian Army continues to be destroyed, with territorial reversals increasing. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 30, 2024.]