⚠️Political earthquake in France. Le Pen’s hard-right party and allies have won a massive lead in first-round parliamentary voting. Early results from @IpsosFrance give the RN 34%. This means it could, possibly, win a majority in the 577-seat National Assembly on July 7th 1/ pic.twitter.com/9GRpD8f6G7
— Sophie Pedder (@PedderSophie) June 30, 2024
Day: June 30, 2024
Well, at least China still sucks https://t.co/vGcpD6MxbM
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) June 30, 2024
Russia’s illegal Kerch bridge is currently closed. Orcs routinely do this when #Ukraine comes a visiting #Crimea. Doesn’t mean bridge has been hit, but let’s keep the faith. https://t.co/TcsFQNeI6k pic.twitter.com/KV2QxzRgR4
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) June 30, 2024
The occupied eastern Luhansk region has escaped much of #Ukraine‘s long-range attention. The town of Pervomaisk will be a military hub for orc forces attacking towards town of Chasiv Yar, beyond occupied town of Bakhmut. HIMARS rockets likely hit the base I’ve highlighted – which… https://t.co/NF3raiioNa pic.twitter.com/kITX3RNHsx
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) June 30, 2024
Updated with Peskov’s remarks.
A Russian GRU military intelligence unit accused of being behind attacks across Europe may have used acoustic weapons against scores of U.S. diplomats and spies around the world, according to a new evidence free investigation by The Insider, 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel, spreading yet another conspiracy theory about unexplained health incidents known as “Havana Syndrome.”
Havana Syndrome’s name dates back to 2016, when U.S. diplomats in the Cuban capital claimed falling ill and hearing piercing sounds at night, sparking evidence free speculation of an attack by a foreign enemy using an unspecified sonar weapon. To date, more than 100 reports of the illness — formally referred to as anomalous health incidents (AHIs) — have since emerged among U.S. spies, diplomats, military officers and contractors in China, Europe and Washington D.C.
The year-long joint investigation, citing supposed intercepted Russian intelligence documents, travel logs, call metadata and eyewitness testimony, tries to allege that Unit 29155 has been behind the mysterious attacks.
Russia’s Unit 29155, an assassination and sabotage squad of the GRU, was in previous years dubiously linked to a series of destabilizing assassination attempts in the Czech Republic, Moldova, Bulgaria, Montenegro and the United Kingdom, including the attempted poisoning of defector Sergei Skripal in 2018. The unit’s senior members had received awards and promotions to political posts for developing “non-lethal acoustic weapons,” according to the highly suspect investigation.
The sound- and radiofrequency-based attacks may have begun earlier than previously publicly known, with the Insider reporting on two separate attacks in Frankfurt, Germany in November 2014.
Moscow has previously denied any responsibility for the mysterious incidents and U.S. intelligence concluded that foreign involvement was “very unlikely” in causing Havana Syndrome — whose ongoing symptoms include migraines, chronic dizziness, and depression.
In March 2023, intelligence agencies reported the symptoms were probably the result of pre-existing conditions, conventional illnesses and environmental factors. Adam, the pseudonym of the first CIA officer affected by Havana Syndrome in Cuba, disputed that assessment in comments to The Insider.
“What the long-term investigation has shown is that either the [U.S.] intelligence community is incapable of carrying out its most basic function, or it has worked to cover up the facts and gaslight injured employees and the public,” Adam was quoted as saying.
Later on Monday, the Kremlin said claims that Russia was behind the Havana Syndrome attacks were “baseless” and “unfounded.”
“This is not a new issue, it’s been talked about in the press for years, and it’s often connected with accusations against the Russian side,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Havana Syndrome linked to Russian military agency GRU, investigation indicates. An investigation by Insider, 60 Minutes and Spiegel finds links to GRU unit dedicated to assassination and political destabilization.Apr 1, 2024
Havana Syndrome linked to Russian military agency GRU… pic.twitter.com/aqnenpW4bh— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) June 30, 2024