1/Europe needs its own army because security cannot depend on elections in another country.
The United States can change course overnight. Europe cannot afford strategic whiplash.
Source: ... reuters.com/world/europe
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NATO is vital — but NATO is political.
A European army is not anti-NATO. It is insurance against paralysis, vetoes, and U.S. domestic chaos.
Source: ... nato.int/cps/en/natoh

🧵 Thread: Greenland Will NOT Be Bought — Not by Denmark. Not by the U.S. 🇬🇱🔥
Follow & RT — this is global resistance. 👇
1/ 🇬🇱 “We do not want to be Americans. We do not want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders.”
All five political parties in Greenland’s parliament united to throw down at Trump’s imperial threats. Every. Single. One.
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Trump’s response to sovereignty isn’t diplomacy — it’s bullying. He says the U.S. “needs” Greenland and could take it “the hard way” if not peaceful. This isn’t security. It’s colonial entitlement.
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🧭 Greenland Crisis Timeline (Jan 2026)
🗓️ Jan 5–6, 2026
Donald Trump revives his demand that the U.S. must control Greenland, calling it an “absolute necessity” for American security.
He states the U.S. will act “one way or another” — language interpreted as coercive.
🗓️ Jan 7, 2026
European media and analysts warn the rhetoric amounts to imperial pressure on a NATO partner.
The Guardian publishes an analysis outlining U.S. options — including force — triggering alarm across Europe. 2/
🗓️ Jan 8, 2026
European Union leadership states clearly:
“Greenland belongs to its people. Sovereignty is not negotiable.”
EU officials emphasize that any forced takeover would violate international law.
🗓️ Jan 9, 2026
Giorgia Meloni publicly rules out any U.S. military action on Greenland, warning it would damage NATO and Arctic stability.

On the same day, Greenland’s largest labor union issues a blunt response:
“We are not for sale.”
Greenlandic political parties across the spectrum echo the rejection.

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🇷🇺 Putin is silent — and the silence is loud.
After the U.S. removed Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, Moscow said almost nothing.
No emergency speech.
No strong response.
Just… silence.
That tells us more than any statement ever could. 🧵👇 2/
This is a strategic humiliation for Russia.
Venezuela was a Russian ally.
So was Iran — until the U.S. struck its nuclear infrastructure.
So was Syria — until Assad’s regime collapsed.
Russian “strategic partnerships” now mean nothing.

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'Every new strike only unites us' — Odesa endures 5-day blackout after Russian strikes

ODESA, Ukraine — Rolling into Odesa’s downtown, the constant hum of hundreds of generators drowns the ability to converse.

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Just days earlier, the region came under a massive strike involving Shahed-type attack drones,
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ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles.

The city, home to one million residents, was plunged into near-complete darkness on Dec. 13, with hundreds of thousands of residents left without electricity, while water and heating services became scarce.

“The emergency situation that arose as a result of the enemy's massive attack on the energy infrastructure has acquired the status of a state-level emergency,” Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper wrote on Dec. 17.

Some residents have remained without electricity to this day.

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The worst thing that could happen to Putin.

There's no going back.

The worst thing that could happen to Putin.

The endless, slow, Russian grind forward has been turned or halted. In Pokrovsk and Kupiansk the Russian army is in retreat. Ground formerly gained at great cost is being reclaimed as Russia’s ability to maintain war is depleted.

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Nineteen months of effort and still, after taking more than 60,000 casualties Russia has failed to take #Pokrovsk.

- After nearly four years and 1.2 million casualties, Putin’s three-day military operation has nothing to show for the money and manpower spent.

Russian aircraft are falling out if the sky from lack of maintenance.

This week an Antonov 52, the world’s largest transport aircraft, was filmed snapping in two and crashing to the ground.

The fifty-year-old, six engine jet was a long way past it’s acceptable service date. Two fighter pilots of an SU 34 were killed when their ejection seats misfired in a hangar, and they were propelled into the concrete ceiling of the hangar.

Poor servicing, tired maintenance staff or sabotage, the loss adds to the increasing failures of the Russian military machine.

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Is @ZelenskyyUa finally ready to fire his notorious right-hand man, Andriy @AndriyYermak?

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has consolidated an unprecedented level of power within Ukraine’s government — wielding influence across parliament, the Cabinet, and key state institutions.

“The thinking in the president’s head is shaped by a single person,” Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center’s board of directors said. “And even if Zelensky were a governance genius, that would still be a disaster.”

Image: Lisa Litvinenko/The Kyiv Independent.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has consolidated an unprecedented level of power within Ukraine's government — wielding influence across parliament, the Cabinet, and key state institutions.

(a Ukrainian politician and former film producer who has served as the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine since 11 February 2020 my respons/Lewi )

Despite his dominance, however, Yermak has remained a controversial figure, often viewed with skepticism both inside Ukraine and abroad.

Yermak's reach extends into law enforcement through trusted deputies and places him at the center of high-level diplomatic meetings, frequently sidelining Ukraine's traditional foreign service.

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In Kupiansk, Russian troops are in a worse position than Ukrainian military

This was reported by the spokesperson of the operational-strategic group of forces "Khortytsia," Viktor Trehubov.

He clarified that the improvement was achieved thanks to a series of strikes on those groups of Russian troops trying to infiltrate the city.

The invaders who found themselves in the city cannot either leave or establish supply and replenishment – the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preventing this.

"We see when something is dropped to them – so when they approach it for something, they can be hit," explained Trehubov.
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As of November 15, no more than fifty Russian invaders will remain in #Kupyansk ,
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in the #Kharkiv region ; the situation in this direction, although it remains difficult, has improved significantly over the past week.

And in general, in Kupyansk, the invaders are now

"in a worse position" than the Ukrainian defenders . 😀

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"For them, this is the best finale": in Donetsk region, Azov fighters captured two dozen occupiers. Video
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The Azov

fighters have once again replenished the exchange fund.

This time they captured 21 Russian occupiers in the Dobropol and Konstantinov directions . As the military noted, some of them surrendered voluntarily, while others had to be forced to lay down their arms.obozrevatel.com/ukr/entity/azo…

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List of journalists killed since start of russia’s full-scale aggression (UPDATE)

As of October 23, 2025, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion by the russian federation of the territory of Ukraine, the occupiers had killed at least 135 media workers

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According to the verified data provided by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) and the International Federation of Journalists,
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among those killed were 21 media persons who were performing their professional duties;
- 10 media workers registered as civilian victims, and 104 media representatives mobilized for the defense of Ukraine to the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

“If russia had not unleashed this shameful war, all our colleagues, journalists, and media workers could continue to work successfully, create quality information content for their audience, write articles, make reports, and shoot TV stories and documentaries.

They could benefit people and contribute to Ukrainian and world culture,” says NUJU President Sergiy Tomilenko.

“But the aggressor state decided they should die leaving their families in severe grief, people uninformed, deceived by russian propaganda and intimidated.”

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🤡 Leader of the "DNR" Pushilin boasted about "footage from Pokrovsk"

In turn, Julian @JulianRoepcke, a journalist from the German publication @BILD and a well-known military analyst, geolocated Pushilin's video. ..

It turned out that the leader of the "DNR" militants is actually in #Ocheretino, which is 32 kilometers from #Pokrovsk.

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The leader of the so-called "DPR" Denis Pushilin showed a video allegedly made in the Ukrainian, already surrounded Pokrovsk .
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The collaborator and traitor spoke about the "difficult situation", despite which the Russian occupiers are allegedly "moving forward" , etc.

In turn, a journalist from the German publication Bild, a well-known military analyst Julian Röpke, geolocated Pushilin's video.
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Secret Kremlin poll reveals collapse in support for Putin’s war

The war has dragged on through waves of sanctions, mounting losses, and growing strain on the economy

Nearly four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the conflict continues to shape every aspect of Russian life.

While the Kremlin insists that public unity remains strong, new internal data suggests a very different picture behind closed doors.

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A confidential survey commissioned by the Kremlin has found that a large majority of Russians are weary of the war and increasingly critical of their living conditions.

The findings, shared with regional officials ahead of the 2026 elections, reveal deep exhaustion across the country.

According to Vot Tak, which cited the study reported by Dialog.ua, more than 80 percent of respondents said they felt tired of what Moscow still calls its “special military operation.”

In the data presented by Alexander Kharichev, head of the Presidential Directorate for Monitoring and Analysis of Social Processes, 56 percent of Russians described themselves as “very tired,” and 27 percent as “somewhat tired.”

Compared with last year, those expressing deep fatigue rose by nine points, and partial fatigue by six

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Shocking Must Read:

"They don't care who they reset."

- How executions are carried out in the Russian army

Executions are becoming more widespread and torture more sophisticated.

Ivan Zhadaev,
Olesya Gerasimenko,
Rina Richter,

Verstka editorial staff
Special project
October 28, 2025

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Russian military personnel have been reporting summary executions since the first year of their invasion of Ukraine. Back then, soldiers were shot on the spot
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for refusing to storm a fortress or for drinking in the trenches.

By 2025, executions and torture in the army had become more sophisticated, increasingly driven by personal feuds between soldiers and commanders and refusal to pay quitrent to their superiors.

(The names and call signs of some characters in the text have been changed for security reasons.)

"A boy from my platoon was simply beaten to death on the floor.

Because he was drinking vodka after a combat mission.
- So, we spent a month at the front without communication, without food, and almost all 200 of us (were killed)." ×or 300 (wounded) ×"We drank water from puddles, fucking, slept in water and shit.

And then we went out to rest, all grown men, well, drank a little, and they started scolding us like some kind of puppies.

- Well, the kid went nuts."

Then, as a soldier with the call sign "Kurgan" tells Verstka, commanders "Kemer" and "Dudka" began beating his comrade and smashed his head against a concrete slab.

Then they threw him into a pit. "He was already dying there, something was leaking from his head, foam was coming out of his mouth, he was convulsing. "Shark" then told them to shoot him," Kurgan says.

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⚡️ 'Russian propagandist' — Bessent hits back as Kremlin envoy Dmitriev downplays US sanctions.

"The Russian economy is a wartime economy. Growth is virtually zero," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CBS News.
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(US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addresses a press conference in Rosenbad after the trade talks between the US and China concluded, in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 29, 2025. (Magnus Lejhall /AFP via Getty Images) 2/
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Oct. 26 called Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev a "Russian propagandist" after the latter claimed U.S. sanctions would not impact Russia's economy.

The statement comes as the Trump
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administration, for the first time, imposed fresh sanctions against Russia, targeting its leading oil companies.

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Why does Russia want Donbas? 6 things to know about the region Ukraine is being pressured to give up

Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to seize through political backchanneling what he has failed to capture by force.
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According to the Financial Times (FT),
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Putin once again is trying to entice U.S. President Donald Trump to pressure Ukraine into surrendering the eastern Donbas region — a territory Moscow
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has fought to occupy for more than a decade

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- I owe my Trump-supporting family and friends an apology.

- I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency and am still exhausted from the experience.

But to be fair, President Trump wasn’t that bad, other than when:

He incited an insurrection against the government
Mismanaged a pandemic that killed nearly half a million Americans
Separated children from their families, and lost those children in the bureaucracy

Tear-gassed peaceful protesters on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church

Tried to block all Muslims from entering the country
Got impeached, got impeached again

Had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history

Pressured Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden

Fired the FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia

Bragged about firing the FBI director on TV
Took Vladimir Putin’s word over the US intelligence community

Diverted military funding to build his wall
Caused the longest government shutdown in US history

Called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate"

Lied 30,000 times
Banned transgender people from serving in the military

Ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions

Vetoed the defense funding bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers

Refused to release his tax returns

Increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion

Had three of the highest annual trade deficits in U.S. history

Called veterans and soldiers who died in combat losers and suckers

Coddled the leader of Saudi Arabia after he ordered the execution and dismembering of a US-based journalist

Refused to concede the 2020 election

Hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House

Walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl

Called neo-Nazis “very fine people”

Suggested that people should inject bleach into their bodies to fight COVID 2/
Abandoned our allies the Kurds to Turkey

Pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans
Incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic

Withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords

Withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal

Withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership which was designed to block China’s advances
Insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter

Pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op

Failed to reiterate US commitment to defending NATO allies

Called Haiti and African nations “shithole” countries

Called the city of Baltimore the “worst in the nation"

Claimed that he single handedly brought back the phrase “Merry Christmas” even though it hadn’t gone anywhere

Forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some cult leader

Believed he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe

Suggested the US should buy Greenland

Colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges

Repeatedly called the media “enemies of the people"

Claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID we’d have fewer cases

Violated the emoluments clause

Thought that Nambia was a country

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Putin demanded in a conversation with Trump to end the war in Ukraine – WP

In a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine withdraw its troops from the territory of Donetsk region to stop the war. In return, Russia is allegedly ready to partially withdraw from Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

This was reported by The Washington Post, citing sources. It should be noted that publicly, the American, Ukrainian, or Russian sides have not confirmed such conditions.

The publication's interlocutors claimed that during a meeting on Friday in Washington, the US President's special representative Steve Witkoff allegedly pressured the Ukrainian delegation to hand over Donetsk to Russia, arguing that "the region is mostly Russian-speaking."

Details
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This was stated by The Washington Post , citing sources .
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It should be noted that neither the American, Ukrainian, or Russian sides publicly confirmed such conditions.

"What journalists learned about the negotiations"

The publication's interlocutors claimed that during a meeting on Friday in Washington, US President's special representative Steve Witkoff allegedly pressured the Ukrainian delegation to hand over Donetsk region to Russia, arguing that "the region is mostly Russian-speaking."

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Ukrainian teenager killed in Ireland wanted to become a cybersecurity expert and fight against Russia — media

17-year-old Ukrainian citizen Vadym Davydenko, who died from knife injuries in a refugee center in Ireland, dreamed of becoming a cybersecurity expert and fighting against Russia as part of a cyber unit
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This is reported by the Irish Times
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and the Daily Mail , citing a family friend Vadim.
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According to the sources, Vadym was fond of sports, studied IT, but wanted to study cybersecurity and then return home to fight on the front lines in a cyber unit.

"He wanted to get a better education in Ireland, because, you know, it would be difficult in Ukraine - very difficult.

- I don't understand how such a bright person could be taken from life like that ," the journalists quote a family friend.

The man allegedly missed his flight from Poland to Ireland and his family insisted he fly home, but he decided to continue. He also had a girlfriend in Ukraine who was planning to visit him in Ireland, but she is "absolutely devastated" after learning of his death.

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⚡️US helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure, FT reports.

Sources told the Financial Times that the U.S. is involved at every stage of operational planning, although Kyiv retains control over target selection, with Washington advising on target vulnerabilities.

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The U.S. has been assisting Ukraine in conducting strikes on Russian energy sites for several months, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Oct. 12, citing unnamed Ukrainian and American officials.

Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities
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intensified significantly this summer, disrupting operations and worsening a nationwide fuel shortage.
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( - Interesting thoughts here, by an retired US admiral, he gets some good points here, war today is at big changing, regarding just 1 year ago.
- I will thread this out, hope you will having some points. ../Lewi)
What positive changes are happening in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, what might "trigger" Putin, and why Ukraine needs not only "Tomahawks." An interview with retired US Rear Admiral Montgomery

A conversation with retired US Navy Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery is not just an interview about the course of the war in Ukraine.

It is a strategic discussion about the balance of power, timing, and the limits of the West's political will.
Montgomery is among those military strategists who think not only in terms of the front line but also the security architecture in which that front exists.

His answers are always precise, pragmatic, and at the same time uncomfortably honest—about what Ukraine can and must do on its own, and what it cannot manage without external support.

About the future that is being decided now.
About whether Ukraine can regain the initiative, whether Europe can remain a bastion of stability without the American shoulder,

And whether the West is ready to force the Kremlin to peace not with words but with force?
—his thoughts were shared in an exclusive interview by retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery.
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Montgomery emphasizes three simple but harsh truths:
- modern technology and long-range weapons change the balance, unmanned systems compensate for the enemy's human superiority, and economic and political pressure is perhaps the only real mechanism capable of forcing the Kremlin to make concessions.

At the same time, the interview goes far beyond the Ukrainian context.

At its heart is a broader strategic dilemma:
- is Europe ready to take responsibility for its own security if the United States reduces its military presence on the continent? .....

The administration in Washington increasingly talks about "shifting focus" to the Indo-Pacific region, and in Europe - about the need to "do more."

- However, as Montgomery notes, none of the European armies has the full range of capabilities that American air and naval power or nuclear shield provide.

"And that is why the question is not only about money, but about Europe's ability to act quickly, coherently and decisively"....

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"In fact, a Ukrainian counteroffensive is currently underway": former CIA director urged not to overestimate Russia's successes in Donbas

Retired US General and former CIA chief David Petraeus stated that the situation on the front should be assessed soberly. According to him, Russian forces have not achieved a decisive breakthrough; instead, Ukrainian forces continue counteroffensive actions, liberating new territories.

In an interview with the German publication WELT, Petraeus noted that the Ukrainian army has reclaimed about 200 square kilometers in recent weeks. At the same time, Russia has paid a huge price for its advances – over a million killed and wounded soldiers.

Details

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Retired US general and former CIA chief

David Petraeus said the situation on the front should be assessed soberly . According to him, Russian troops have not achieved a breakthrough, while Ukrainian forces continue counter-offensive actions, liberating new territories.obozrevatel.com/ukr/entity/tsr…