🇺🇦✈️ Ukraine plans to receive up to 250 new aircraft. These are the F-16, Gripen and Rafale, - Zelensky. “I am conducting three parallel conversations about aircraft — with Swedes, French and Americans. And the general request for the future of our combat aviation is a fleet of 250 new aircraft.”

"The Dobropillia operation brought 2,200 Russian prisoners. They wiped out many of their troops there. There are 2,200 of their people in captivity — that’s in just over six months of 2025. The entire east — Dobropillia, Pokrovsk — brought 2,200 Russian prisoners." - Zelensky.

Better news by the way a little north of Pokrovsk as Ukraine continues to regain territory from the initial Russian surge on 9 August. Within the last day Ukraine has partially split the remaining invaders just west of Shakhove, as a result of Russia's failed attack there.

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@jonnyjohns.bsky.social @lucy2121.bsky.social Karma Or ukrainian Karma

❗️🇩🇪Germany prepares largest rearmament in a decade for 377 billion euros to make the Bundeswehr a leading force in Europe - Politico

Despite mass arrests and threats, people once again turned out in large numbers on the 333rd day of continuous protest in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. The past year has been very difficult for Georgia’s European and democratic future.

Ahh- good times

❗️🇧🇪Belgium has abandoned the decision to confiscate 🇷🇺Russian frozen assets, in particular because it receives €1.2 billion in income from them annually — Le Soir We are talking about taxes paid annually from the income of €140 billion in frozen Russian assets.

❗️Three European companies Airbus, Leonardo and Thales have joined forces to create a competitor to the 🇺🇸American SpaceX.

Russia turned the site of MS Estonia ferry disaster in the Baltic Sea into secret underwater spy base, according new investigation The sunken ferry, off-limits to divers, is being used to train for covert operations and possibly host spy equipment euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/26/i...

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A fire broke out at the Serpukhov oil depot in the Moscow region after a region-wide air-raid alert over drones. Emergency services are responding. When a state exports war, risks often return to its own infrastructure — another reminder of the cost of aggression.

Stuart Rojstaczer nails it: Reagan may have had his flaws, but even he knew tariffs were poison to American strength. Trump’s trade tantrums with Canada make Reagan look like a visionary. Wild that Trump’s making Reagan look reasonable now. #TrumpTariffs #USDemocracy #Pinks

The Emir of Qatar boarded Air Force One during a refueling stop to speak with Trump Bribing Trump with a $400 million jet turned out to be money well spent for the Qataris.

It was loud overnight in Russia's Ryazan and Tula regions, with multiple explosions heard near Protasovo airport and air defense locations, local residents reported.

It cannot have anything to do with the massive budget cuts implemented in September, can it?

The times when military vehicles looked cool are over.

The EU has included in the 19th package of sanctions the rector of a Russian university that teaches how to circumvent sanctions, "so that he has the opportunity to share his own experience with students," a European Commission official said. t.me/svoboda_radi...

"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both" Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.

EU leaders postponed the decision on using frozen Russian assets. The next meeting to discuss the matter will be in December Certain countries are fearful of the legality of taking assets from a terrorist state and an indicted war criminal, which broke UN Law + kills civilians

Sweden’s Defence Minister says frozen Russian assets worth €7.35 billion could be used to fund Ukraine’s potential purchase of 100–150 Gripen E fighter jets. If finalized, Russia would end up financing Sweden’s biggest fighter export, straight to Ukraine.

🇸🇪🇺🇦 Sweden allows part of Ukraine's reparations "credit" to be used at the expense of frozen Russian assets for the production of 100-150 Jas 39 Gripen E fighter jets, - Defense Minister.

Gray-haired man in civilian coat runs into flames at Kharkiv kindergarten hit by Russian drones y'day. Emerges with child—pink pants and slippers visible under his jacket. Goes back in. 2 journalists recognized him 👇

Tucker Carlson completely melts down when asked about his money. Can’t imagine why

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Police have released bodycam footage from the first moments after yesterday’s Russian strike on a kindergarten in Kharkiv. In it, officers are seen evacuating terrified children from the basement. The kids are visibly shaken. their building had just exploded above their heads.

#FriendlyFire Russia is desperately trying to remove these dramatic photos, after claiming parts of a Ukraine drone came through a bus carrying passengers in Moscow region. But it's clearly part of a Pantsir air-defence missile!

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❗️The moment of the explosion of the 🇷🇺Russian military plant “Zavod Plastmass” in Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk region

The US says it wants to step up sanctions on Russia. The obvious thing to do is to sanction the 359 Russian ships now sanctioned by the EU and UK, which have not yet been sanctioned by the US. This would truly be a body blow to the Russian war machine. @econharris.bsky.social @brookings.edu

Lukoil and Rosneft reaction to being sanctioned by Washington:

A huge blow to Russia as Washington has imposed sanctions on its state oil giants. The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control argets both Lukoil and Rosneft and a range of subsidiaries. Humiliating Trump on national TV proved to not be such a good idea😂

🇺🇸‼️The US has dealt the most severe blow to the Russian economy since the start of the war. ▪️The US Treasury Department has officially imposed full sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, the two main donors to the Kremlin’s war machine.

▪️The sanctions have hit not only the main companies, but also dozens of subsidiaries — oil refineries, mining companies, logistics, and technology centers. ▪️All their property and assets in the US are blocked, any transactions with them are prohibited.

This is the way! 😂👍

❗️Next year may be the beginning of the use of Gripen aircraft, — Zelensky It is necessary to prepare a framework agreement. But the pilots are already preparing, the equipment and infrastructure are being prepared

❗️The 🇺🇦Ukrainian Air Force will become the largest user of the latest 🇸🇪Swedish Gripen E fighters. Currently, the Swedish Air Force has ordered only 60 of these fighters, while Ukraine will have at least 100 of them

❗️🇺🇦Ukraine and 🇸🇪Swedish company SAAB agreed on joint production of air defense systems

❗️A substation is on fire in the 🇷🇺Bryansk region after a drone attack.

The technological heart of the installation, the compressor-gas fractionation unit, has been hit. This is the unit where the gas undergoes recompression, cooling, and separation into fractions — propane, butane, and stable condensate. Without this unit, the plant cannot maintain stable pressure in

What reason is there to think that the Budapest summit will be any more successful than the one in Alaska? There is no indication that Putin is willing to make any new concessions, yet Trump just can’t say no to his Russian counterpart. wapo.st/49eip6r