NewsTongueX lists global conflicts

NewsTongueX posted a thread on X on Wednesday, September 2, that grouped several current wars and military flashpoints into a single running list rather than a single declared world war. The post named Russia’s war in Ukraine, alleged North Korean involvement on Russia’s side, China-Russia ties, Israel’s fighting with Hamas and Hezbollah, and U.S. military operations. The thread also pointed readers to older remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about NATO expansion and Western interventions in Iraq and Libya. The post did not announce a new battlefield development on its own. It assembled already active conflicts and diplomatic arguments into one feed item, using links and prior statements as supporting material. Lavrov’s September 23, 2023 speech to the U.N. General Assembly said Soviet and Russian leaders had received “concrete political assurances” that NATO would not expand eastward, an argument Moscow has repeated in describing the origins of the Ukraine war. (x.com) ### Which conflicts did the thread place side by side? Russia’s war in Ukraine was the central item in the thread, alongside references to North Korean support for Moscow. Reuters reported on August 6 that North Korea had deployed troops, weapons and, according to a Ukrainian intelligence official, a missile unit to support Russia’s war against Ukraine. South Korea’s Defence Ministry said on August 24 that Pyongyang was continuing preparations for an additional troop deployment to Russia, though it had detected no sign that a move was imminent. (news.un.org) Israel’s wars with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon were another major cluster in the post. Reuters reported on June 14 that Israel said it attacked Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs after the Iran-aligned group fired projectiles into Israeli territory. Reuters also reported on June 5 that residents of Gaza, south Lebanon, northern Israel and Kuwait were under fire despite U.S.-arranged ceasefires that were supposed to be in force in their regions. (usnews.com) ### Why did the post bring up China and Russia together? Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin used a February 4 video call to praise bilateral ties as the Ukraine war approached its fourth anniversary, according to Reuters. U.N. coverage of Lavrov’s 2023 General Assembly speech also said he described Western alliances as being directed against both Russia and China and cast the two countries as defenders of what he called a multipolar order. (usnews.com) The thread’s inclusion of China did not appear to claim direct Chinese combat participation in Ukraine. It placed Beijing in the diplomatic and strategic backdrop that Russian officials describe when they argue that the confrontation extends beyond Ukraine alone. ### What older Lavrov remarks were used as context? Lavrov’s September 2023 U.N. speech accused the West of breaking assurances on NATO expansion and pursuing dominance through alliances and coercive measures, according to U.N. (usnews.com) News. A Russian Foreign Ministry text from December 2023 said the outbreak of armed conflict in Eastern Europe could be mentioned “in the same breath” as other regional conflicts and called the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation the “most recent example.” Another Russian Foreign Ministry text said the West had ignited conflicts through interventions in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya and Syria. Those citations are part of Russia’s official narrative of the wars, not neutral findings. Britain dismissed similar Lavrov remarks at the United Nations in 2025 as “false fantasy world distortions,” according to Reuters. ### What can readers verify directly from the thread now? The X post is still accessible as of Wednesday and functions mainly as a map of linked claims rather than a primary source for battlefield facts. (news.un.org) Readers can verify the thread itself on X, then follow the linked reporting and archived Lavrov remarks to see which parts are documented events, which are official Russian assertions, and which allegations remain attributed to Ukrainian or South Korean officials. (x.com) (ca.news.yahoo.com)