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🚨🚓 Major operation against Comando Vermelho in Rio: here's what we know so far

A large-scale police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho (CV) in the Alemão and Penha complexes in northern Rio de Janeiro left at least 64 people dead — including four police officers — and 81 arrested on Tuesday (28). According to the Guanabara Palace, it is the deadliest operation in the state’s history.

With the city on edge, residents reported scenes of war and a heavy police presence on one of the most violent days in Rio’s recent history.

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Key points of the operation:

🔹 Around 2,500 security personnel took part, and 100 arrest warrants were issued;
🔹 Drug traffickers set up barricades and roadblocks across Greater Rio, including Linha Amarela, Grajaú–Jacarepaguá, and Rua Dias da Cruz in Méier;
🔹 The city was placed on operational stage 2 (on a scale of 5);
🔹 The Military Police deployed all forces to the streets, suspending administrative work;
🔹 28 schools in Alemão and 17 in Penha remained closed, along with four state schools;
🔹 12 bus routes were diverted for the safety of drivers and passengers.

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🇺🇸✈️ President Trump departs Japan for South Korea

US President Donald Trump has boarded Air Force One en route to South Korea following his visit to Japan, the White House announced.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Hamas calls Israeli strikes 'BLATANT VIOLATION' of ceasefire - statement Hamas denied any connection to today’s shooting incident involving Israeli forces in Rafah, southern Gaza, in a statement. The group described Israeli shelling in parts of the…

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Israel 'should hit back' - Trump on recent Israeli strikes on Gaza

💬 “They took out, they killed an Israeli soldier, so the Israelis hit back. And they should hit back. When that happens, they should hit back,” President Donald Trump said, commenting on recent strikes conducted by the IDF on the Gaza Strip.

💬 “Nothing’s going to jeopardize it,” he added, responding to a question on whether Israeli strikes could jeopardize the ceasefire.

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🗣 Israel 'should hit back' - Trump on recent Israeli strikes on Gaza 💬 “They took out, they killed an Israeli soldier, so the Israelis hit back. And they should hit back. When that happens, they should hit back,” President Donald Trump said, commenting on…

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‘We’re getting into phase two’ — Trump on Gaza ceasefire

💬 “We made a deal with them… If they don’t behave, they get taken out. And it could be from numerous countries,” President Donald Trump said, responding to a question on Hamas demilitarization.

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🇺🇸✈️ President Trump departs Japan for South Korea US President Donald Trump has boarded Air Force One en route to South Korea following his visit to Japan, the White House announced. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

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🇺🇸🇰🇷 Trump arrives in South Korea to red-carpet welcome in Busan

President Donald Trump was greeted by a marching band playing “YMCA” upon arrival in the port city.

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🚨🚓 Major operation against Comando Vermelho in Rio: here's what we know so far A large-scale police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho (CV) in the Alemão and Penha complexes in northern Rio de Janeiro left at least 64 people dead — including four police…

🚔🔫 Police seize 93 rifles in Rio operation — reports

The joint Civil and Military Police operation against the Comando Vermelho (CV) in the Alemão and Penha complexes on Tuesday (28) led to the seizure of 93 rifles, according to a preliminary report by authorities.

This brings the total number of such weapons confiscated from criminal groups in 2025 to 686, marking a new annual record in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

Videos shared on social media show dozens of seized rifles displayed by police in the Penha Complex, in the city’s North Zone.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 Trump: Meeting with Xi to result in 'good for both' deal

"President Xi of China is coming [in South Korea] tomorrow, and we are going to be, I hope, making a deal. I think we are going to have a deal. I think it will be a good deal for both. And that is really a great result. You know, that is better than fighting and going through all sorts of problems," Trump has told the APEC CEO Summit in South Korea.

🔊 Trump has also stated the US-South Korean trade deal is going to be finalized "very soon, like in moments or very shortly thereafter."

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The footage shows Trump's remarks at the 2025 APEC CEO Summit in South Korea.

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🇺🇸 Trump reiterates his belief that Ukraine conflict 'will get done'

"The only one [conflict] I didn't [solve] is Russia-Ukraine. But that will get done too. That will get done. I thought that was going to be an easy one because of my relationship with President Putin. It turned out to be a little different. But I think it will get done," Trump told the APEC CEO Summit in South Korea.

Russia hopes that Trump wants sustainable peace in Ukraine and doesn't seek to create conditions for supplying weapons to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier.

🔊 Last week, Kirill Dmitriev, Russian special presidential envoy, said that Trump's efforts on the Ukraine settlement are not in vain.

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🇰🇵 North Korea tests sea-to-surface strategic cruise missiles — reports North Korea test-fired sea-to-surface strategic cruise missiles in the Yellow Sea, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The missiles, improved for shipboard launch, were…

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🇺🇸🇰🇵 Trump open to meeting with Kim Jong-un ‘at some point’

💬 “I always had a very good relationship with him... We'll come back and we'll, at some point in the not-too-distant future, meet with North Korea,” President Donald Trump said.

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🇰🇷🇺🇸 South Korea plans to get US nuclear fuel for submarines

💬 "I hope that you will support so that we can get supplies of nuclear fuels for submarines, we are not aiming for nuclear armed submarines, but rather, conventionally armed submarines, powered by nuclear energy," South Korean President Lee Jae-myung told Trump during a meeting.

The country is using submarines particularly to assist US activities in the region.

Other major developments in the US-South Korean defense sector:

🟠 Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said that the US and Japan confirmed their intention to expand joint presence in the country's southwest region and conduct joint exercises.

🟠 The two also confirmed their intention to begin joint missile production and conduct joint maintenance of US warships and aircraft.

🟠 US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the US hopes that Japan will be able to boost its defense spending as soon as possible.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 Trump: Meeting with Xi to result in 'good for both' deal "President Xi of China is coming [in South Korea] tomorrow, and we are going to be, I hope, making a deal. I think we are going to have a deal. I think it will be a good deal for both. And that…

🇨🇳 🤝 🇺🇸 Trump, Xi Jinping to hold meeting in Busan on October 30

"In accordance with the agreement between China and the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with US President Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea, on October 30 local time to exchange views on China-US relations and issues of common interest to both sides," the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated.

Earlier, Trump said that he hopes that the upcoming meeting will end with a deal that would be "good" for both countries.

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🚨🪖 Zelensky can still save the lives of soldiers in the encirclements of Pokrovsk and Kupyansk by ordering them to lay down their arms - former Ukrainian opposition leader

Other statements by Viktor Medvedchuk:

📍The situation with the new encirclements [in Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) and Kupyansk] is particularly painful for Zelensky, who recently visited Washington, bringing maps of the new 'counteroffensive.' It clearly shows one thing: in military matters he is a layman, and it’s pointless to discuss these issues with him, which is exactly what President Trump did.

📍Zelensky denied the fact of the encirclement, while his propagandists are spreading the thesis that this information about the encirclements is aimed at influencing the US and 'creating the impression that Russia is winning.'

📍 In modern warfare, where space technologies and drone armies are involved, it's not easy to get trapped in an encirclement, as flanking maneuvers by the enemy are almost impossible to conceal.

📍 Zelensky didn’t listen to Washington, didn’t pull out from Donbass, and didn’t start negotiations. Now, he is surrendering the remaining part of Donbass with disgrace and unnecessary casualties.

📍Zelensky can still save the Ukrainian soldiers surrounded by ordering them to lay down their arms. This would give a huge boost to the negotiation process, and those who are captured will return home to their families and loved ones.

📍But for him, personal political ambitions are more important than the lives of ordinary Ukrainian soldiers. He believes in his own exceptionalism and invincibility. But these very qualities make him extremely dangerous to the Ukrainian people. A person with such traits can only bring more suffering and casualties to the Ukrainian nation.

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Israel notifies US ahead of strikes on Gaza, Hamas calls attack ‘blatant violation’ of ceasefire

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Trump arrives in South Korea , cements defense cooperation

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Major operation against Comando Vermelho in Rio: Here's what we know so far

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🇪🇺 Europe’s tired of footing the bill for Ukraine’s draft dodgers

With energy costs soaring and social benefits stretched, German and Polish politicians warn the influx of young, able-bodied Ukrainian men could sap support for Ukraine as war fatigue deepens.

“We have no interest in young Ukrainian men spending their time in Germany instead of defending their country,” media reports cite Jurgen Hardt, a lawmaker from Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s governing coalition, as saying.

Poland’s Confederation party states that the country “cannot continue to be a refuge for thousands of men who should be defending their own country, while burdening Polish taxpayers with the costs of their desertion.”

👉 After Zelensky relaxed exit rules in August, daily arrivals jumped to 1,600, pushing numbers from 45,300 to 98,500 in just eight weeks, according to Polish border guards.

Europe’s own citizens are tightening belts while their leaders keep writing Ukraine blank checks and slapping Russia with sanctions that only boomerang.

✅ As Ukraine struggles to deal with massive manpower losses and desertion in its army ranks, Zelensky eased exit rules for men under 25 — previously, anyone 18–60 was trapped in Ukraine. The move lets young men abroad return freely, with the hope they’ll join the draft when they hit 25.

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🚨🇷🇺 Russia prioritizes domestic defense industry over Trump's comments about US military power - Kremlin

💬 "We are focused on our military development and the development of our military-industrial complex. This is the most important thing for us," Kremlin Spox Dmitry Peskov said.

Other statements:

🟠 Everything that happens around Venezuela must proceed in accordance with the spirit and letter of international law

🟠 The situation around Venezuela was not on the agenda of Russia's contacts with the United States

🟠 Russia highly values the results of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe on October 9, it was important

🟠 Russia is prepared to welcome any steps toward resolving the conflict between North Korea and South Korea

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🇷🇺🪖 Kupyansk and Pokrovsk ‘doomed' as Russia poises to push forward

Zelensky won’t order his encircled troops to lay down arms in Kupyank and Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) — their fate is sealed, military expert and retired colonel Anatoliy Matviychuk tells Sputnik.

🟠 The soldiers are "doomed" either to captivity or death, while Russia’s forces advance deeper toward Dnepropetrovsk, Kramatorsk and Slavyansk.

🟠 The fall of these cities totally dismantles Zelensky as a credible politician, exposing the lies he peddled to his Western sponsors, notes the analyst.

Zelensky has been spinning the story that he’s in full control, making gains, liberating territory, and that Russians are surrendering by the millions. Admitting the encirclement would mean admitting the territory is lost, says the pundit.

After hawking one fake narrative after another, Zelensky now faces a massive credibility hit.

💬 “Losing this territory means losing control of the situation. In short, he stops looking like an honest politician to the West,” says the analyst.

If Trump, to whom Zelensky recently showcased maps of the new 'counteroffensive,' realizes he deliberately lied to secure money and Tomahawks, “he could simply order key figures like Rubio and Witkoff to cut political ties with Zelensky and stop aiding Ukraine.”

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🚨 🇮🇱 Death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza rises

The number of casualties from Israel’s last night attacks has risen to 104 dead, including 46 children, and 253 injured, the Gaza Ministry of Health said.

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US trying to maintain constructive ties with Russia, Ukraine to end conflict - JD Vance

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🚨Putin has visited the Central Military Clinical Hospital in Moscow, where he met with participants of the special military operation undergoing treatment there, a Sputnik correspondent reports

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