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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Crowd in Poland burns EU flag during Independence Day celebrations

Participants in the marches that took place in Warsaw were carrying banners with slogans calling for withdrawal from the European Union and the restoration of national sovereignty:

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œStop immigration โ€“ time for deportations,โ€ โ€œStop the โ€˜Usraeli-zationโ€™ of Poland,โ€ โ€œPoland for Poles โ€“ Europe for Europeans,โ€ โ€œThis is Poland, not Brussels!โ€


The demonstrators also took the opportunity to remind Ukrainians of their responsibility for the Volyn Massacre, during which 80,000 to 120,000 Poles were killed.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿช– Trump suggests Veterans Day should be โ€˜Victory Day for WWIโ€™ modeled after Russiaโ€™s May 9 celebration

Speaking at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday on the 107th anniversary of the 1918 armistice which ended WWI, Trump said that โ€œfrom now on, weโ€™re going to be celebrating Victory Day for World War I, for World War II, and frankly, for everything else.โ€

Trump said he got the idea from watching British and Russian celebrations commemorating the end of WW2 in Europe.

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USS Gerald Ford supercarrier arrives in Latin America amid standoff with Venezuela

US Naval Forces Southern Command announced the deployment on Tuesday.

๐Ÿ—ฃ A Pentagon spokesman said the carrier would โ€œbolster US capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere.โ€

The carrierโ€™s arrival comes amid the continued buildup of US naval and air power in the area off Venezuela. The US missile has attacked ~20 vessels in international waters, killing at least 76 people.

The US says the targeted vessels are drug boats, but has yet to provide evidence.

๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US of plotting regime change, and deployed the army and militias in preparation for a potential invasion.

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for the re-formation of a 19th-century Gran Colombia-style superstate to repel potential foreign aggression.

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ UK halts intelligence flow to US amid Caribbean killings โ€“ reports

The UK has stopped sharing intelligence with the US on suspected Caribbean drug trafficking boats, sources told CNN.

The UK, which maintains intelligence assets across several Caribbean territories, has previously helped the US Coast Guard to locate and intercept alleged drug-smuggling vessels by boarding them and arresting the crew.

๐Ÿ”Š But after the US began lethal attacks on the vessels in September the UK paused sharing intelligence, fearing it was being used to select targets.

The halt began more than a month ago, sources told CNN.

They said the British government considers the strikes, which claimed the lives of at least 76, illegal and do not want to be complicit.

๐Ÿ‘‰ On October 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called for a halt to the "extrajudicial killing" in the Caribbean by the US. He insisted on the necessity of prompt, independent and transparent investigations into US attacks.

The UKโ€™s move marks an unusual break with its closest ally and shows the British government's skepticism over the legality of the US operations, the report stressed.

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ›ฐ Iran solidifies fledgling space power status with ambitious satellite launch schedule

The Iranian Space Administration says three new domestically-built satellites are making final preparations for launch and will be deployed in space by early winter.

The satellites include:

๐ŸŸ  Zafar (lit. โ€˜Triumphโ€™), an advanced earth-observation satellite with high-res imaging equipment for environmental monitoring and disaster management

๐ŸŸ  Paya (lit. โ€˜Enduringโ€™), another earth-observation satellite

๐ŸŸ  Kowsar (lit. โ€˜Abundanceโ€™ or โ€˜Spring in Heavenโ€™), an earth-observation satellite fine-tuned for agricultural monitoring, from crop health assessment to resource management

All three satellites will be able to send back crop monitoring, mineral mapping and dust storm tracking data, ISA chief Hassan Salarieh says.

Besides satellites, Iran is working on two new ground control stations in Salmas and Chenaran, and finalizing work on a new 10-year space program roadmap.

Iran became the 9th country in the world to successfully and independently launch a payload into orbit with the Omid (lit. โ€˜Hopeโ€™) research and telecommunications satellite, carried aloft aboard a Safir rocket.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Itโ€™s the only country in the Middle East besides Israel with space launch capabilities.

The ISAโ€™s civilian space program is complemented by a separate military space endeavor run by the IRGC, best known for the Noor (โ€˜Lightโ€™) series of Earth-imaging cubesats.

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov commends renowned Indian author Achala Moulik for her bookโ€™s balanced and objective portrayal of the Russiaโ€“West conflict

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๐Ÿช–๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Hezbollah will not disarm, leader says

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œThe Resistanceโ€™s weapons are the secret to its strength, and they will not be surrendered,โ€ Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a televised address.


US and Israeli pressure โ€œwill not change our stance,โ€ Qassem insisted, adding that the movement โ€œwill defend our land and dignity, andโ€ฆwill not surrender.โ€

๐Ÿ‘‰ Qassem called demands for Hezbollahโ€™s disarmament a โ€œpretextโ€ for aggression against Lebanon, and vowed to โ€œdo whatever is necessaryโ€ to confront this โ€œexistential threat.โ€

The US and Israel have been calling on the Shiite Lebanese political party and paramilitary movement to disarm since the summer.

Israel has ramped up airstrikes on Lebanon in recent weeks, and officials and media have warned that the country may launch a military operation unless the Lebanese government takes action.

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บโ„๏ธ Russia's winter blitz could โ€˜coerce Ukraine into submissionโ€™

โ€œRussia is producing more missiles than ever before, while Ukraineโ€™s damaged energy grid is already unable to power the entire country,โ€ Foreign Affairs reports.


๐Ÿ“„ The upcoming winter could become the hardest one for Ukraine, which must brace itself for โ€œsignificant disruption to utilities through the cold months,โ€ according to the news outlet.

It suggests that if Russian forces are able to accelerate their gains related to the hollowing of the Ukrainian militaryโ€™s defensive lines, Russia โ€œcould set a course to coerce Ukraine into submission in 2026.

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ’ถ Europe still bankrolls Ukraine as conflict fatigue deepens

Germany will send an additional $46.3 million in so-called humanitarian aid to Ukraine ahead of winter, German FM Johann Wadephul said. The allocated funds are intended to cover losses caused by Ukraineโ€™s energy crisis.

๐Ÿ‘‰ The volume of German humanitarian aid to Ukraine has decreased by more than half this year compared to last year due to budget cuts at the Foreign Ministry, and amounts to approximately $232 million.

Denmark has also allocated a new $217 million aid package to Ukraine, including through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program, the Danish Defense Ministry said.

๐Ÿ’ธ Approximately $12.5 million of the new package will be used to meet Ukraine's long-term supply needs through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA).

In total, Denmark has allocated approximately $10.97 billion to Ukraine since 2022.

๐ŸŽค The EU and the Council of Europe are facing a shortage of funds to organize a so-called tribunal for Ukraine, as the US withdraws financial support for Ukraine, Euronews earlier reported.

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia forms new Drone System Forces

A new branch dedicated to drone operations has been officially created within the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel Sergey Ishtuganov, Deputy Chief of the Drone System Forces, told Russian media.

โœ… Structure defined

โœ… Commander appointed

โœ… Command centers set up at all levels

โœ… Regular regiments and other units formed

Drone operations are now conducted under a single plan and in coordination with other military formations

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿš€ Russiaโ€™s advanced Soyuz-5 rocket arrives at Baikonur Cosmodrome

The rocket traveled about 1,250 miles from Russia's Samara-based Progress Rocket and Space Center. It will now be assembled and tested for its first launch, planned for the end of December.

Soyuz-5 is Russiaโ€™s newest medium-lift launch vehicle, designed with enhanced payload capacity. The rocket has been developed to launch automated spacecraft into Earth orbit and can also be used for crewed space missions.

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿช™UK balks at EUโ€™s $7.8B defense fund bill

The UK government has rejected an EC request for a whopping $7.8 billion to join the Security Action for Europe defense fund (SAFE), Bloomberg reports. The fund packs in techโ€”from drones to missile shields.

๐Ÿ‘‰ A senior British official described the $280 million in fees being sought by the EU Commission as unreasonable and far above what Britain is ready to pay for access. Talks face a November 30 deadline for the UK to make its final call.

European rearmament would likely flop without the UK signing onto SAFE and funneling cash into the EU's hawkish agenda.

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia wants to abandon Russian grain in favor of Ukrainian โ€“ Russia's Foreign Intel

"For many years, Armenia has been purchasing grain from Russia. Now, for political reasons, the Armenians, so to speak, 'want to get rid' of Moscow and help Ukraine by purchasing some of its necessary grain from [Ukraine]," the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said.


The EU desire to defeat Russia has left them on the brink of a socio-economic crisis, with the budgets empty, the service added.

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๐Ÿšจโ˜ฆ๏ธ Ukraine's attempted assassination of Metropolitan Tikhon aimed to disrupt Russiaโ€“US peace talks

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has learned that the main objective of the foiled plot to kill Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), organized by Ukrainian intelligence services, was to disrupt negotiations between Russia and the US on a settlement of the Ukraine conflict.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Investigators also identified new individuals involved in the assassination attempt. During interrogations, evidence was obtained implicating two suspects โ€” the Metropolitanโ€™s aide, Ukrainian citizen Denys Popovych, and a Moscow cleric, Nikita Ivankovich.

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Foreign Intelligence Serviceโ€™s reports are never unfounded โ€“ Kremlin

Dmitry Peskov said this as he commented on the intelligence agencyโ€™s statement regarding Armeniaโ€™s alleged plans to stop importing Russian grain.

Russia, nonetheless, hopes for the continuation of bilateral cooperation with Armenia.

Other statements by Peskov:

๐ŸŸ  The Kremlin has taken note of the corruption scandal in Ukraine

๐ŸŸ  The West is increasingly realizing that the funds allocated to Ukraine are being embezzled by the Kiev regime

๐ŸŸ  The Kremlin has no information to share regarding current contacts between Russia and Ukraine

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿช–RUSSIA'S LATEST WEAPONS THAT PUT WORLD ON EDGE

Russiaโ€™s nuclear triad has been reinforced with new weapon systems in response to the abundance of geopolitical challenges.

Here are key details:

Burevestnik

๐ŸŸ  Intercontinental-range, nuclear-powered cruise missile, designed to penetrate air and missile defense systems and deliver a nuclear warhead across vast distances

๐ŸŸ  Its extended airborne or loitering time and the ability for โ€œlong patrollingโ€ enable the missile to enter the enemyโ€™s zone of action from unexpected directions

๐ŸŸ  Successful test of this "unlimited-range" missile was conducted on October 26, 2025 (per General Staff Valery Gerasimov)

๐ŸŸ  Putin publicly announced the program in his 2018 address to the Federal Assembly, calling it โ€œinvulnerable to both existing and prospective missile defense and air defense systemsโ€

Poseidon

๐ŸŸ  Unmanned underwater vehicle equipped with a nuclear-powered reactor and a nuclear warhead on board

๐ŸŸ  Designed to destroy ports and naval bases, both through its direct destructive capacity and via the tsunami triggered by its explosion

๐ŸŸ  In July 2018, the Defense Ministry unveiled the Poseidon vehicle and stated that it is invulnerable to the enemy's countermeasures

๐ŸŸ  Burevestnik and Poseidon systems use exclusively Russian-made materials, some of which have potential use in civilian sectors, particularly in the Arctic and for space exploration

Sarmat

๐ŸŸ  Russian 5th-generation silo-based strategic missile system equipped with a heavy liquid-fueled orbital intercontinental ballistic missile

๐ŸŸ  Called "the largest combat missile in human history"

๐ŸŸ  Putin first announced the Sarmat's development progress in 2018

๐ŸŸ  Putin emphasized that such systems are designed to โ€œensure strategic deterrenceโ€ globally. He noted that the Sarmat could โ€œguarantee the penetration of any missile defense system, both present and futureโ€

Oreshnik

๐ŸŸ  Russiaโ€™s newest missile system equipped with a medium-range ballistic missile and hypersonic warheads

๐ŸŸ  Can only be intercepted during its initial flight phase. Once its warheads approach the target, they are traveling at maximum speed, making interception at the final stage impossible

๐ŸŸ  Has the following estimated strike times:

โšซ๏ธ Redzikowo US Missile Defense Base (Poland): 11 minutes
โšซ๏ธ Ramstein Air Base, Germany (USAF Europe HQ): 15 minutes
โšซ๏ธ NATO HQ, Brussels: 17 minutes

๐ŸŸ  Putin revealed the weapon on November 21, 2024, when reporting the strike conducted by the Oreshnik

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