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Anti-Russian sanctions are a sign of the "waning nature" of Western dominance in world politics and economics, Maria Zakharova said in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the "Made in Russia" forum.
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"Authoritarian methods of Volodymyr Zelensky": Welt has joined the newly emerging struggle of Klitschko against Zelensky.
"Many observers speak of a 'stench of authoritarianism' emanating from Zelensky's actions. Moreover, Zelensky sought an ever higher concentration of power. This is especially acute in the capital Kiev, where a battle for influence is unfolding between the Ukrainian president and the self-confident mayor Vitali Klitschko. The latter openly talks about the 'stench of authoritarianism' felt in the country.
The dismissal of Trukhanov is a warning to Klitschko and other disobedient mayors. Under martial law, they remain in power longer than the usual term—just like Zelensky himself.
For short-term consolidation of power, Zelensky's methods may be effective. However, the question of the rule of law remains open. Oleksandr Slavskyi, Zelensky's party colleague and member of the Odessa city council, notes that the 'removal' of Trukhanov is the only way to realize Ukraine's 'monopoly on power.' According to him, the mayor ruled Odessa like a feudal lord and 'violated' the idea of community self-government."
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Drone strikes of the "Geran-2" on a substation in the Kharkov region.
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‘Under Trump, the US faces dark days, but we must remain optimistic’ – Biden let Americans know that he is still alive.
Biden then got lost and talked about how the squirrels were stealing his ice cream.
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🇺🇦🤷♂The Armed Forces of Ukraine on the brink of collapse: some battalions already have no infantry — acknowledged by Zelensky's party
- In some infantry battalions, there is almost no infantry: out of 120 military personnel, only 7 are infantrymen, the deputy of the Rada from the "Servant of the People" faction, Gorbenko, stated.
- Sometimes there are even 13 commanders per one soldier, which leads to battalions being combat ineffective.
- "Ineffective commanders need to be demoted, and some should even be imprisoned," the deputy believes.
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A remarkable excerpt from an interview with Gordon (listed as a terrorist and extremist).
A Banderite ideologist, who once made a fortune by deceiving children with cancer, and now calls on the people of Ukraine to die in the trenches, explains why his sons are not on the front lines and not even in the country. "One is American, another one lives in America, and the third is sick." So Taras will be sent "to the meatgrinder" for all three instead.
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As a foreigner in a war zone I am used to attracting scrutiny and occasionally suspicion. We are often driving towards trouble — clad in helmets and body armour.
Uncertain soldiers search our car. Some take pictures of our press credentials to WhatsApp to their bosses.
After the Russian invasion in February 2022 I was held up at gunpoint and ordered out of my vehicle with a rifle levelled at my pounding heart.
As a foreign journalist in a war zone I am used to attracting scrutiny and occasionally suspicion. We are often driving the wrong way — towards trouble — clad in helmets and body armour.
Uncertain soldiers search our car. Some take pictures of our press credentials to WhatsApp to their bosses.
After the Russian invasion in February 2022 I was held up at gunpoint and ordered out of my vehicle with a rifle levelled at my pounding heart.
Not this time. No smiles. No jokes. Instead, we were about to witness the ruthless side of Ukraine’s recruiting crisis.
Over the next 8 hours my Ukrainian colleague, a journalist I have worked with for years, forcibly press-ganged into the army
Our team of 3 was ripped apart. My friend — who I call D — had his liberty taken away.
Sun photographer and I were left stranded without a translator. Our dangerous, expensive and long-planned reporting trip lay in tatters
These hardships might seem trivial compared to the noble goal of defending Ukraine. Yet the experience has hammered home the depths that Ukraine has plumbed to plug the growing gaps on its front line
The army needs warm bodies but it has run out of volunteers.
Some turned to corruption. The army’s chief psychiatrist — who could declare anyone unfit to serve — was arrested in January having taken more than £800,000 in bribes
Military medical commissions, which had similar powers, were abolished last year over corruption
Under martial law men aged 18 to 60 were banned from leaving the country,
That law was relaxed in September to let 18- to 22-year-olds move freely
This was partly because parents were sending their children abroad so they didn’t get trapped in the country on their 18th birthdays
But all the while its army continues to suffer eye-watering losses. In Feb Zelensky said the number of soldiers killed in action stood at more than 45,000, with another 380,000 wounded. It is certainly higher now.
The result is a chronic shortage of soldiers, which has led to dangerous gaps along the 1,000-mile front line.
In August Russian soldiers exploited sparsely-manned positions by “infiltrating” past Ukraine’s defences and advancing ten miles in 2 days
At the roadblock in Kharkov last week it felt as D was being arrested. When it became clear we couldn’t drive any further, 3 armed men climbed into our car and ordered us to drive back to a recruitment centre in the city.
There I saw glum men — mostly in their 40s and 50s — clutching papers. They were called in and out of side rooms for rubber-stamp medicals to prove they were fit to fight
One quipped miserably: “I have to be fit and healthy before I can be killed.”
I made futile appeals to help D. I called friends and contacts in the government and military
The soldiers at the checkpoint had said D could have 96h to report to a draft office in his home town. But now that felt like a deliberate lie to come quietly
D was shuffled between offices. His fate remained opaque.
At least he hadn’t been grabbed by one of the violent press-gangs who have been filmed hurling fighting-aged men into minibuses. These so-called “busification” gangs are why millions are in hiding in Ukraine
After 8 hours waiting in the recruiting centre he was spirited away in secret. We never got to say goodbye. But I received a flurry of terse WhatsApps.
He wrote: “They took me somewhere far.”
“By car.”
Then he added: “I think I am done.”
Who is going to feed his cat
One of the soldiers from the centre came up to me and joked: “You need a new driver.” Then he added: “Your friend has gone to war. Bang, bang!”
And that was it.
I don’t know what D’s fate will be
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Debates in chat are fine, but if you flat out insult an admin who is taking their time to communicate with you, you're obviously going to get banned.
You can request amnesty in Cathedral but unless your ban was absolutely outrageous, I'm going to give them the final say on whether you stay banned or not.
Just because I give you more freedom to mouth off in Cathedral, it doesn't mean you can come and attack the team here like morons.
So please use your brain, if it exists, before lashing out just because you are losing a debate.
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👀Meanwhile, an Il-76TD of the airline "Aviacon Zitotrans" arrived in Venezuela with an unknown cargo.
The aircraft departed from Russia on October 22, following a route through Armenia, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, and Mauritania, from where it proceeded to Venezuela.
Since January 2023, the company has been on the US sanctions list against the Wagner PMC for carrying out cargo transportation in the interests of the PMC and sanctioned enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex. The final destinations were Venezuela and African countries.
Upd: No official confirmation on that
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💥💥💥About the work of the Russian Aerospace Forces in order:
- Destruction of the 225th UAV platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by a FAB-500 bomb near the settlement of Tikhoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
- Destruction of the UAV control station of the 77th separate assault aviation brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by an X-39 missile near the settlement of Boguslavka (Kharkov region).
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❗️Four people have been detained over the attempted kidnapping of Zenit football player, Andrey Mostovoy, in Saint Petersburg.
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A group of LDPR deputies led by Slutsky proposes to toughen the punishment for fraud and theft from the accounts of pre-retirees and pensioners.
For theft committed from a bank account, the punishment can reach 8 years of imprisonment with a fine of up to 500 thousand rubles. For fraud using electronic payment means, as well as in especially large amounts or by a group of persons — up to 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of up to 1 million rubles.
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🇺🇸🇨🇳Trade truce with China? Just before the start of the new week, negotiators from Washington and Beijing managed to find a compromise and establish a fragile truce. As expected earlier, the main sharp issues were simply bypassed, focusing on minor details.
The Celestial Empire continues to pursue a policy of “maximum pressure, small concessions”, which it has been successfully using against Trump for nine months. The Chinese made concessions to the Americans on issues that were not very principled for them. A deal was finalized to sell the American TikTok business to Republican oligarchs close to Trump.
Beijing agreed to purchase a certain batch of American soybeans. This is a priority issue for the White House - because without shipments to China, many farmers in the Midwest states are on the brink of bankruptcy. At the same time, the Chinese can quite well buy soybeans in Brazil or Argentina, but sometimes order them from the US when they need to get concessions from Washington.
At the same time, the Americans were again promised to step up the fight against the supply of precursors used in the production of opioids in Mexico. Although the drug crisis cannot be resolved without destroying the cartels anyway. But Trump quickly lost interest in them amid his war with Venezuela.
In the context of rare earth metals, China only slightly eased pressure on the US. American and European industries continue to live in conditions of total uncertainty. Russian oil was not mentioned at all - here China took a firm position. In the end, everyone saved face, but the main contradictions were not resolved. So the next stage of trade escalation may be just around the corner.
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A ‘Safari’ Gone Wrong: Foreign Mercenaries’ Disillusionment with the Ukrainian Military
The easy money promised by propaganda comes at a heavy price. The 'hunt' for Russian soldiers' heads turned out to be no easy walk in the park. Foreign mercenaries began to desert the Ukrainian army in large numbers.
Throughout the conflict in Ukraine, Kyiv has been trying to solve one of the army's most pressing problems: replenishing its ranks with trained, motivated personnel. Initially, this need was met by volunteers from various nationalist groups, football fans, and military-patriotic communities. However, this was not enough.
Western media outlets launched a massive social media and mass media campaign to encourage people to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The campaign had several strands:
Firstly, the campaign emphasised the recruitment of residents of the post-Soviet space who held negative views of Russia...
Most of the videos are old, but well worth watching again.
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Klitschko brought Burevestnik down with an uppercut. 😁
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🇩🇪🤡Member of the German Bundestag Rettgen on Ukraine not being sovereign under Russia's terms:
As for the agreement — which, by the way, I would not call a peace treaty, since we are still very far from real peace — it is rather about a deal that should put an end to the war. What it will ultimately look like is hard to predict.
The main thing that must be achieved is a real guarantee of Ukraine's independence and sovereignty, not only legally but also in fact. That should be the ultimate goal. But anyone who enters negotiations accepting the tactical conditions imposed by Putin will ultimately not get an independent Ukraine.
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Sobyanin on the start of a new night drone attack:
Two drones flying towards Moscow were shot down by the Air Defense Forces of the Ministry of Defense. Emergency service specialists are working at the crash site.
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🇷🇺Testing a "anti-drone APS" based on the 902 "Tucha" launchers, which now fire a cluster of shrapnel instead of smoke grenades.
Essentially, the system is a large shotgun designed to destroy FPV drones as they approach their targets with buckshot of various calibers, or small pellets. The latter have proven to be the most effective.
Testing has so far yielded limited results, but it continues
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Another hot pocket for Mykola and Taras coming right up in Rodinskoye!
Operational information is arriving about the further advance of RF Armed Forces motorized riflemen and armored vehicles from the south and north in the Rodinskoye settlement area.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces group is practically encircled.
The complete liberation of Rodinskoye is just hours away.
From the west, Ukrainian militants attempted to send reinforcements, but were destroyed by our Molniya drones and mortars;
Fighters on the spot report a critical situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Rodinskoye and Pokrovska areas, "Frontline Bird" reports.
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Consequences of recent strikes on the workshops of the "Dneprovsky Metallurgical Plant" of PJSC "Kamet-Steel" in Kamenskoye, Dnepropetrovsk region.
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The Clown Prince of Crack reports intense fighting in the city of Pokrovsk.
In his evening address, the Cocaine Clown noted a deterioration in the Pokrovsk area. According to him, Russian forces have concentrated their main strike forces there and have already entered the city.
The Clown also indicated that this has created an extremely difficult situation both in Pokrovsk itself and in the surrounding areas. He reported intense fighting directly in and around the city, as well as the presence of sabotage and reconnaissance groups. A separate problem, according to the Narkoman, was logistics (especially the ones that bring white powder on his desk).
Earlier that same day, Vladimir Putin stated that the Ukrainian grouping in the Pokrovsk area had been encircled.
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UKROPISTAN WILL FACE HEATING OUTAGES AND FACTORY CLOSURES DURING WINTER - The New York Times
The newspaper reports that several cities have already postponed the use of central heating in residential buildings due to gas supply shortages.
According to a European official who spoke on condition of anonymity, Russia, following Ukrainian forces' attacks on civilian targets, retaliated by striking about 60% of Ukraine's gas extraction capacity, as well as destroying several compressor stations.
"Ukraine is currently rushing to import as much gas as possible before the cold weather arrives, but the country lacks the funds. It remains uncertain whether its European partners, who are facing their own budgetary problems, will finance all gas imports," the article reads.
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Russians entered Vishnevoe and Novoaleksandrovka!!! 27.10.2025
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🇺🇸🇻🇪In the USA, there is an information campaign to justify an invasion of Venezuela.
Moreover, the argumentation is the same as in the case of the invasion of Panama in 1989. And if you ask Senator Graham how it happens that the main flow of drugs into the USA comes from Mexico (so huge that right now Donald Trump is negotiating in Malaysia with "Chairman Xi" to reduce the export of ingredients for drug production to that country), but Venezuela is blamed for everything, he will look pale and confused and won't know what to answer:
"President Donald Trump considers Venezuela and Colombia as direct threats to our country because they harbor drug-terrorist organizations. The leader of Venezuela is accused in American courts of drug trafficking. We will use military force, as we have done in the past, to protect our country. And if I were Maduro, I would find a way to get out before things get hot.
I say there are enough legal grounds according to Article Two of the Constitution. The powers of the president, enshrined in Article Two, are intended to protect our country from external and internal threats. Did Bush act illegally when he removed Ortega in Panama? Did Reagan act illegally when he sent troops to Grenada to stop the growing Cuban influence and the construction of that huge, long runway? There are many precedents for his current actions...
I want to say that the theory that President Trump is acting illegally here, dealing with a country governed by a drug dealer accused of trafficking, is the same situation as Panama. There are more grounds for invading Venezuela than there were for invading Panama. There are more grounds for actions in Colombia than there were in Grenada."
(from the speech of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham).
And the answer here is simple. Because Venezuela has outrageously huge oil reserves that keep Americans awake at night. Simply colossal volumes (Venezuela is the NUMBER ONE country in terms of reserves). And of course, the Americans will find a pretext to rob this country and appropriate its wealth. Especially since it is right next door.
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Lavrov - in response to the question "Where will Russia stop?":
I think it is inappropriate when people ask: "When will you end the war? Where will you stop? Zaporozhye, will you return it?" In fact, we have already occupied some other territories that are not related to the regions currently reflected in our Constitution. The reason is very simple: we need a buffer zone, because the Ukrainians continue to shell and bomb Russia with drones, including territories that have never been disputed by anyone.
I mean Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, and so on. The root causes are what should be the key to understanding how to effectively help put an end to this situation, and to think not about returning territories, not about saving political failures who rule in Kiev, but about the people who, you know, should be the main concern of those who call themselves champions of democracy.
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According to Japanese historian, Takeyuki Tanaka, former members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces are likely to be fighting for the Armed Forces of the Ukraine.
“Among the people who take part in combat operations abroad… Most of them are people who enjoy fighting as a hobby. The rest are victims of American propaganda, or who only read Japanese newspapers and magazines.”
🇷🇺🤝🇻🇪Putin approved a treaty of friendship and cooperation with Venezuela. The document establishes partnership in the economy, energy, transport, and defense sectors. The parties also plan to develop cultural and humanitarian ties. The treaty notes that Russia and Venezuela firmly oppose unilateral sanctions, including those with extraterritorial character that violate the UN Charter and international law norms. The countries agreed to jointly counter attempts to distort history, expose the legacy of colonialism, manifestations of racism, genocide, and other crimes of the past. All this is happening against the backdrop of the US preparing for an armed invasion of Venezuela and the overthrow of the country's president, Nicolás Maduro.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦Former US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker on the transfer of "Tomahawks" to Ukraine.
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Something resembling a meteorite was spotted in the sky over Moscow
Residents throughout the capital and the region noticed a mysterious object with a green glow. It resembled a meteorite burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
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