🚨 NATO plans to turn Baltic Sea into internal waterway destined to fail - Russia's FM Spox

NATO has made no secret of its plans to turn the Baltic Sea into an internal waterway, isolating Russia, but these plans are not destined to come true, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.

💬 "NATO has long dreamed of turning the Baltic Sea into its internal waters, completely isolating Russia. They don't particularly hide these plans," Zakharova said, noting that these plans are not destined to come true.

NATO seeks to maximally restrict maritime cargo transportation carried out in Russia's interests in the Baltics, she added.

💬 "During [NATO] exercises, scenarios such as the blockade of the [Russian] Kaliningrad region are being practiced. The region is being actively militarized, pumped up with coalition forces and assets," Zakharova said.

NATO countries are not demonstrating openness to discussing ways to de-escalate tensions in the region, she concluded.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ VESELOYE IN ZAPOROZHYE LIBERATED

The liberation of the settlement of Veseloye in the Zaporozhye region allows the Russian Armed Forces to strengthen their positions in the area for a subsequent advance towards the city of Gulyaipole.

🟠 Russian forces repelled six counterattacks which tried to break the encirclement north and north-west of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk)

🟠 Russian troops continue clearing the city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) from remaining Ukrainian militants

🟠 Russian air and missile forces destroyed two HIMARS missile launchers and struck Ukrainian defence and energy infrastructure

🟠 Air defense superiority: four British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and 119 UAVs were shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,370 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🚨 Russia hands over 1,000 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers to Ukraine within framework of Istanbul agreements, a source told Sputnik

In return, Russia has received 30 bodies of its servicemen

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 There are no formal Russia–US consultations on resolving the situation in Ukraine, but contacts do exist – Kremlin

Other statements by Peskov:

🟠 The Kremlin has nothing new to add regarding the Russia–US dialogue on Ukraine settlement beyond what was said in Anchorage

🟠 There is no meeting with US military representatives in Putin’s schedule following their visit to Ukraine

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🚨🇷🇺 Ukraine’s accession to EU could finish the union off from within - Russia’s MFA spox

Other statements by Maria Zakharova in her interview with Sputnik, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials:

🟠 The Kiev regime uses the topic of EU integration to “stay afloat” and to show at least some kind of result on the domestic front

🟠 Ukraine does not meet a single criterion for joining the EU

🟠 Russia is observing active militarization in the Baltic region, with the buildup of coalition forces and NATO assets

🟠 Russia notes the first international attempts to respond to the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine

🟠 Russia consistently opposes the rehabilitation of Nazism by all possible means, including through cooperation with all international organizations

🟠 The outcomes of the Nuremberg Tribunal are a starting point for shaping the post-war order, providing hope for a just and bright future

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🇺🇸 US greenlights export of AI chips to Saudi Arabia & UAE

The US Commerce Department has authorized exporting up to 35,000 Nvidia Blackwell chips to two major AI players in the Middle East: G42 in the United Aran Emirates (UAE) and Humain in Saudi Arabia.

👉 The deal is worth roughly $1 billion, although the sum can vary, the department said, as it refused to elaborate on “rigorous security and reporting requirements” baked into the agreement.

🔊 Meanwhile, the UAE hailed the department’s approval as "another milestone" in its relations with the US. "The authorization […] reflects the confidence that underpins our collaboration in advanced technology and national security," UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba pointed out.

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🚨 Nuremberg Trials: Bringing Nazis to justice for crimes that shook world

On November 20, 1945, in a city scarred by war, the Allied powers - the Soviet Union, the US, the UK, France - convened to hold the architects of horrendous atrocities accountable before the eyes of humanity.

For nearly a year, 199 Nazi officials stood in the dock, confronted with overwhelming evidence of the war crimes committed during WWII.

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🚨🇷🇺🪖 Russian armed forces take control of the Shakhtersky district in the town of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk)

In the footage, servicemen from the Tsentr battlegroup freely move through the liberated area.

The military personnel continue to provide medical assistance, as well as supply civilians with medicine and food.

Additionally, during inspections of private properties, the servicemen check roads and surrounding areas for explosive devices.

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🔥🇿🇦 G20 comes to Africa: Johannesburg welcomes world leaders

Portraits of all G20 leaders have appeared across the city—including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian PM Narendra Modi.

👉 For the first time, the G20 Leaders’ Summit will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event is scheduled on November 22–23.

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📹🇿🇦 Sputnik reports from Johannesburg, where the G20 summit is scheduled to take place this weekend

Stay tuned!

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🚨💸 Ukraine corruption scandal: the latest

Probes into Zelensky's inner circle over embezzlement and bribes totaling over $100 million continue.

🟠 Zelensky will meet a faction of his Servant of the People party on Thursday evening, said Zelensky's communications advisor Dmytro Lytvyn, to discuss their demand that Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak resign

🟠 National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov has returned to Ukraine after extending a business trip after claims he is implicated in the Mindich corruption scheme

🟠 European Solidarity MP Iryna Gerashchenko said her party had tabled a motion in the Rada parliament demanding Zelensky sack Yermak and Umerov

🟠 Opposition Voice party MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak claims Zelensky has decided not to fire Yermak

🟠 MP Dmytro Razumkov argued that Zelensky's backing of Yermak could provoke a new ‘Euromaidan’-style coup in Ukraine

🟠 The Assocciated Press reported that Yermak sought a meeting with ambassador to the UK Valeri Zaluzhny — a former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces — but was snubbed

🟠 Against the backdrop of the scandal, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warned Zelensky that his Western handlers might "remove" him

🟠 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Zelensky may soon "overtake" Western leaders in public disapproval, and fewer Ukrainians believe in "fairy tales" as they witness corruption

🟠 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto accused the European Union of "madness" after some member states argued the corruption scandal was a reason to fast-track EU membership for Ukraine

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🚨🇮🇷 Iran ends Cairo Agreement with UN nuclear power watchdog

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the Islamic Republic had cancelled the agreement reached with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in September in response to the agency’s latest resolution.

The IAEA board urged Iran to give the agency’s inspectors “precise information” about its enriched uranium stockpile and grant access to its nuclear sites.

Araghchi slammed the resolution as harmful to the IAEA's cooperation with Tehran and undermining the agency's authority and independence.

Iranian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Reza Najafi had called the IAEA resolution non-constructive and politicized.

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🔥 🇦🇪 First-ever air taxi flight stuns Dubai Airshow

An electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi successfully conducted its first manned flight at the Dubai Airshow 2025.

The flight from the Margham gas field to Al Maktoum International Airport took just 17 minutes—a clear signal of the readiness to bring this kind of innovation into the smart-city mobility system.

🟠 Vehicle is fully electric with zero operational emissions

🟠 Has six electric motors and can carry one pilot and up to four passengers

🟠 Max speed of 320 km/h

🟠 Its noise level is low, making it suitable for use in urban environments

The eVTOL has undergone almost 50,000 kilometers of flight testing and is currently participating in an aircraft certification program to ensure the highest safety standards.

🟠 Construction of the first air taxi station near Dubai International Airport is 60% complete, and the first test flights are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2026.

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🚨🇷🇺 Putin visits one of the command posts of the Zapad battlegroup on Thursday - Kremlin

Other statements by Peskov:

🟠 Putin noted that all the tasks set at the previous meeting with the servicemen have been completed

🟠 Putin held a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the head of the Main Operational Directorate, and the commanders of the Zapad and Yug battle groups

🟠Putin listened to detailed reports on the situation in Konstantinovka and the Kramatorsk direction, as well as around Kupyansk

🟠 Putin asked Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gerasimov to report on the situation in the area of responsibility of the Tsentr battlegroup

🟠 The president stated that the commander of the Tsentr battlegroup was not invited to the meeting, as he must focus on solving the tasks at hand

🟠 Putin: Ukrainian soldiers should have the opportunity to lay down their arms and surrender

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📹LIVE NOW: Putin visits one of the command posts of the Zapad battlegroup 🇷🇺

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🚨🇷🇺 Kupyansk has been liberated - Gerasimov told Putin

The city of Kupyansk is the logistical linchpin of northeastern Ukraine. Its capture secures Russia's northern flank and enables rapid deployment of troops and supplies.

🟠 The political leadership of Ukraine does not give orders to its troops to surrender, Gerasimov said

🟠 The political leadership of Ukraine is not such, Putin noted

🟠 The president called the Kiev authorities an organized criminal group that has usurped power

🟠 Russian forces took control over 80% of Volchansk, Gerasimov said

🟠 70% of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) has been liberated, Gerasimov said

🟠13 settlements in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions have come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces - Gerasimov

🟠 The Russian army continues to carry out their tasks as part of the special military operation, advancing in almost all directions - Gerasimov

🟠 Ukraine's 'political leadership' is clinging to power for its own enrichment - Putin

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🚨🇺🇸 Zelensky agrees to talk to Trump about US’s proposed peace plan - report

The embattled Ukrainian ‘leader’ informed US Army chief Dan Driscoll of readiness to speak to the US president about the draft proposal, anonymous US and Ukrainian officials told Axios.

Driscoll was said to have given Zelensky a physical copy of the 28-point plan during Driscoll’s visit to Ukraine, and the two “agreed on an aggressive timeline for signature.”

🗣 In a social media post, Zelensky's office said he and Driscoll had “agreed to work on the points of the plan in such a way that it leads to a dignified end” to the conflict.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly plans to talk to top European national security officials about the plan on Friday, sources told WSJ.

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🟠 Putin visits one of the command posts of the Zapad battlegroup

🟠 Kupyansk in Kharkov region LIBERATED

🟠 Zelensky agrees to talk to Trump about US’s proposed peace plan – report

🟠 Ukraine corruption scandal: the latest

🟠 Nuremberg Trials: Bringing Nazis to justice for crimes that shook world

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🔊 Ukraine's leadership is a 'criminal gang' — Putin

"They have retained power under the pretext of the need to continue the war with Russia for the purpose of personal enrichment," Putin said during his visit to one of the Zapad battlegroup's command posts.

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