Israel denies reports of ceasefire talks with Hezbollah

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz denied reports about allegedly ongoing ceasefire talks with the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, saying that the operations against the movement will continue until Israel wins.

"There will be no ceasefire in the north. We will continue to fight the terrorist organization Hezbollah with all our might until victory and until the people of the north can safely return to their homes," Katz wrote on X.

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Snubbed by government over 'civil war' claims?

Elon Musk was excluded from the list of participants in the British government investment forum presumably for his posts about the recent riots in Britain, the Telegraph reports.

The newspaper writes that Musk repeatedly "attacked" British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in comments that British ministers called "deplorable." 

According to the article, during the riots in Britain, Elon Musk wrote on his X account that the UK was sliding into a civil war, and that the British PM considered building "'emergency detainment camps' on the Falkland Islands" for "prisoners from the riots."

Protests and riots broke out in Britain after the deaths of three young girls in a knife attack, which caused fiery anti-migration sentiments among the population.

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❗️US President Joe Biden has instructed the Pentagon to allocate the remaining funds to Ukraine under military aid programs until the end of his term

The president has also instructed the Pentagon to transfer an additional Patriot air defense system and missiles for it to Kiev, the Pentagon reported.

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The number of officially registered internally displaced persons has now exceeded 70,000 people. About 530 specially organized shelters are currently hosting refugees, Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said.

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Zelensky trademark? Post-presidential money-making scam?

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has officially registered the trademark "ZELENSKYY," as confirmed by its database.

The trademark covers a surprisingly diverse range of services, including astrology, psychology, gambling, kimono dressing assistance, and even conducting funeral ceremonies.

Registered on October 27, 2022, for a decade—expiring on October 28, 2032—the trademark is owned by Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy of Ukraine. Its registration holds validity in several countries, including the United States, European Union, Switzerland, Israel, Moldova, and Japan, among others.

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❗️The White House has announced its decision to provide Ukraine with the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) long-range munition to "enhance the country's long-range strike capabilities."

Biden also announced that the Department of Defense will allocate all remaining security assistance funds for Ukraine by the end of his term, including $5.5 billion in Presidential Drawdown Authority, to fully utilize available resources and replenish US stockpiles.

Ukraine's Zelensky has been asking his Western patrons for more long-range weapons and permission to use them to strike deep into Russia.

President Vladimir Putin earlier warned that NATO countries granting permission to the Kiev regime to use Western long-range weapons against Russia would mean direct involvement in the Ukraine conflict. This involvement would change the nature of the conflict, and Russia would be forced to make decisions based on the threats created, he added.

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❗️Ukrainian daily losses in the Kursk region amounted to more than 340 soldiers and 12 combat armored vehicles, according to the Russian Defense Ministry

The Russian military repelled three attempts by the Ukrainian troops to break through the border in the direction of the settlements of Novyi Put and Medvezhye.

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What’s behind Putin’s move to change Russia's nuclear doctrine?

A series of updates to the Russian nuclear policy, which has been announced by President Vladimir Putin, is aimed at reducing the nuclear threshold and changing the balance of risk for the West, Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Center for European and International Studies at Russia’s Higher School of Economics, tells Sputnik.

The West currently escalates and even conducts a hybrid war against Russia, also discussing the transformation of it into a hot war, Suslov, who also serves as deputy director of research at the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, notes.

The fundamental reason why the West does so is because it is “convinced that Russia will never use nuclear weapons and that the damage for the West of Ukraine's defeat is much higher than the damage caused by escalation,” according to the analyst.

“So now Russia changes this balance and tries to convince the West that the damage for itself will be just suicidal and that it is better not to escalate further because Russia could use nuclear weapons in an increased number of options and also against Ukraine, which acts in cooperation with nuclear Western countries,” Suslov says.

As for the timing of the declaration, it is linked to the Biden administration discussing the possibility of the West allowing the Kiev regime to fire long-range Western-supplied missiles deep inside Russian territory, per the pundit.

“The decision has not been made yet. So the reason why Putin mentioned those changes even before the nuclear doctrine was published is to alter this decision making and to convince the Biden administration not to take this step,” Suslov concludes.

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🎥🎥 Russian President Vladimir Putin holds plenary session at the Russian Energy Week 2024

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Retired US colonel slams Zelensky’s ‘victory plan' and calls for end to failed ‘Ukraine strategy’

The "victory plan" Volodymyr Zelensky is going to present to the White House this week is unrealistic and dangerous, Earl Rasmussen, a retired lieutenant colonel and international consultant, tells Sputnik, warning that Ukraine is essentially pushing for direct escalation with Russia. According to Rasmussen, "Zelensky's going to say that we need to take the war, the conflict to Russia," targeting both military and civilian infrastructure, which could lead to catastrophic outcomes, especially if nuclear facilities are involved.

Rasmussen highlights the significant involvement of Western intelligence in Ukraine's operations, stating, "When he goes deep into Russia, those weapons systems basically need intelligence from the United States." This, he believes, makes the West a full participant in the conflict, pushing NATO further into the war and risking global escalation. Rasmussen emphasizes that the current US administration’s strategy has failed, noting, "Project Ukraine should be chalked up as a failure, and we should go about trying to rebuild and put an end to the conflict."

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❗️The West has accelerated the development of alternative tools in Russia for insuring energy supply deliveries and conducting cross-border payments, Vladimir Putin stated at the Russian Energy Week international forum in Moscow

Western elites block access to energy technologies for undesirable countries because they cannot cope with competition, while some believe they can use illegal sanctions to their advantage in the energy sector, he added.

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❗️Global Economic growth of the 21st century will be concentrated not in Europe and not in North America, but in BRICS countries - Putin

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❗️Russia's partners interested in switching to national currencies to pay for Russian exports, Vladimir Putin said

Moscow is working with BRICS countries to create its own payment system for independent servicing of foreign trade, the president added.

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Russian nuke doctrine updates: ‘West to now be more hesitant to okay Ukraine’s long-range strikes’

President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on changes to the Russian nuclear doctrine reflects “very tense relations between the West and Russia,” Mikael Valtersson, former officer of Swedish Armed Forces and ex-defense politician and chief of staff with Sweden Democrats, told Sputnik.

Western countries “in practical terms are part of the war - they are waging the war in Ukraine, as a proxy war against Russia,” Valtersson pointed out.

Russian authorities “have to do something to show that they are serious, otherwise the West will only increase what they allow Ukraine to do,” Valtersson said, in an apparent reference to debates about the West’s possible greenlight for the Kiev regime launching Western-supplied long-range missile deep inside Russian soil.

“I believe that the West will now become much more hesitant to give approval for long range strikes into Russia,” he underscored.

When it comes to Putin’s statement that Russia reserves the right to launch a nuclear strike if it is attacked by a non-nuclear state that is being supported by a nuclear power, even if conventional weapons are used, it is “clearly” linked to the fact that Ukraine “can't attack Russian targets without Western satellites,” according to expert.

“I also believe that that will create some hesitancy among the Western states that have satellites because you might see them as a potential target,” Valtersson concluded.

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What's in Russia's proposed new nuclear doctrine?

President Vladimir Putin proposed amendments to the nation's nuclear policy on September 25, citing the emergence of new military threats to Russia and its allies. Putin emphasized that the use of nuclear arms is a measure of last resort.

Below are the proposals which he suggests will supplement the nation's 2020 blueprint:

🔹the list of states and military alliances towards which Russia will conduct nuclear deterrence has been expanded;

🔹Russia will consider using nuclear weapons upon receipt of reliable information about a massive launch of air and space attack weapons, including tactical aircraft, cruise and hypersonic missiles and drones, and their crossing of the nation's state border;

🔹Russia reserves the right to use nuclear arms in the event of aggression against Belarus as a member of the Union State;

🔹aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state with the participation or backing of a nuclear state, would be seen as their joint attack on the nation.

There were four conditions determining the possibility for Russia's use of nuclear weapons under the 2020 doctrine, which said that Russia would exercise nuclear deterrence against states and military alliances that consider it as a potential adversary and possess nuclear and/or other types of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or significant combat potential of general-purpose forces:

◼️receipt of reliable information about the launch of ballistic missiles attacking the territories of the Russian Federation and/or its allies;

◼️the enemy's use of nuclear weapons or other types of weapons of mass destruction on the territories of the Russian Federation and/or its allies;

◼️the adversary is acting against critical Russian government or military installations, which could disrupt the response of Russian nuclear forces;

◼️aggression against the Russian Federation with the use of conventional weapons, when the very existence of the state is threatened.

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🎥🎥 Putin holds meeting with President of Equatorial Guinea Mbasogo

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