🔹🇺🇦 BREAKING: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden will fund $500M in weapons and ammunition for Ukraine. The aid is part of the NATO-coordinated PURL program.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Ukrainian forces hit the Orsknefteorgsintez refinery in Orenburg earlier today. Explosions and fires damaged a primary crude unit. The plant supplies fuels used by Russian forces and assessments of the damage are ongoing, per Ukraine’s General Staff.

🇺🇸🇲🇽 NEW: The Trump administration is planning a new mission to deploy US troops and intelligence officers inside Mexico to strike drug cartels. The operation would target drug labs and cartel leaders with drones. A final decision has not yet been made.

🇬🇧🇺🇦 BREAKING: The UK has delivered another batch of Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, per Bloomberg

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Satellite imagery confirms at least two strikes on the Transneft oil terminal in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, following the recent attack. An oil tanker at the pier was also damaged, and an oil spill into the Black Sea was observed. The Tuapse terminal is one of Russia’s key southern export hubs.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukraine strikes Russia’s Saratov region with drones

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NOW: Explosions are being reported in Russia’s Saratov region amid Ukrainian UAV activity

🇩🇪 NEW: Flights at Bremen Airport were halted for 52 minutes Sunday evening after a drone was spotted near the runway, police said. Air traffic resumed at 20:22, but several flights were diverted or delayed. The drone operator remains unknown, per T-Online.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 NEW: Reuters reveals the US is rebuilding the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Puerto Rico and upgrading airfields in Puerto Rico and St. Croix as potential staging grounds near Venezuela. The buildup is the largest since 1994. 🧵👇🏻 1/5

🇩🇪 NEW: Germany has lifted all financial limits on defense spending under Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s reforms, The Telegraph reports. The move allows for massive investments in tanks, jets, and warships as Berlin prepares for growing threats from Russia.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 JUST IN: Germany has delivered the promised Patriot systems to Ukraine, President Zelensky announced, thanking Chancellor Friedrich Merz for strengthening Ukraine’s air defense and fulfilling prior agreements, per Unian.

🇹🇷🇷🇺 JUST IN: Turkey has sharply reduced imports of Russian crude, with major refineries shifting to non-Russian oil following new US, EU, and UK sanctions. SOCAR’s Turkish refinery recently bought four shipments from Iraq, Kazakhstan, and other suppliers, per Reuters.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 WATCH: US forces, at President Trump's order, struck a narco-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean in international waters, killing three suspected narco-terrorists. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the boat carried drugs and vowed more strikes.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NOW: A tugboat is on fire at the Port of Kavkaz in Russia’s Krasnodar region. Cause is unknown as of now.

🇺🇸🇷🇺 NEW: A Kansas National Guardsman, Canyon Anthony Amarys, has been charged with attempting to supply Russia with US military equipment and intelligence. Prosecutors say he agreed to photograph Fort Riley and obtain a helicopter radio for Russian intelligence, planning to smuggle it via Romania.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: In Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian strike killed four civilians, including two boys aged 11 and 14, according to regional authorities. Ten others were injured, half of them in serious condition.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 BREAKING: Ukraine carried out strikes on energy infrastructure in occupied regions and in Russia: - Tuapse Marine Oil Terminal (Krasnodar) - Oryol CHP – new fire today after yesterday's strike - Substation in Alchevsk (occupied Luhansk) - Substation in Zheleznogorsk (Kursk)

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Local reports indicate a new fire broke out at the local thermal power plant in the Russian city of Oryol following last night’s drone strike by Ukraine.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Ukraine targets port facilities in Tuapse and Temyruk in Russia’s Krasnodar region.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukraine reportedly struck a substation in Zheleznogorsk in Russia’s Kursk region.

🇧🇪 NEW: For the second evening, drones were spotted over Belgium’s Kleine Brogel Air Base, which hosts US nuclear weapons and will host F-35s by 2027. Police couldn’t locate the drones or pilots. Defense Minister Francken urged vigilance and said drones may be shot down.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukraine reportedly struck Crimea, causing fires at the impact sites. Russia’s Defense Ministry confirms the activity of Ukrainian UAVs and claims it destroyed 29 UAVs over several regions and the Black Sea within three hours.

🔹🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: NATO has drafted a 4,400-page plan to counter a possible Russian attack, including major eastern flank reinforcements. WELT reports growing confidence among NATO officials that a Russian attack might become inevitable.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 NEW: An overview by the WP details the US military buildup in the Caribbean amid rising tensions with Maduro's Venezuela. Naval and air assets from the US Navy, Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force have been deployed, with some still en route to the region.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NOW: Ukrainian monitoring channels report about the threat of ballistic missile launches by Russia, affecting most of central and eastern Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇵🇷🇻🇪 WATCH: US Southern Command shows Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conducting training operations in Puerto Rico as part of a rapid-response deployment in the Caribbean amid growing tensions with Maduro's regime in Venezuela.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 JUST IN: US airstrikes on Venezuelan military targets could begin “at any moment,” as Washington moves against both drug cartels and Maduro’s regime. CSIS analysts note President Trump has sufficient firepower in the Caribbean to launch immediate strikes.

🌎🇻🇪 NEW: A poll by Atlas/Bloomberg shows that 53% of Latin Americans support a potential US-led military intervention to depose Nicolás Maduro, while 34.7% are opposed to military intervention. Among Venezuelans living abroad, support rises to 64%.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Ukraine's operation to stabilise Pokrovsk continues, according to Radio Liberty citing military intelligence. Kyiv says reports of a destroyed Ukrainian landing are false. 1/2

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Intelligence Update from the MoD of the UK on Ukraine for the 1st of November 2025

🇩🇪🇷🇺 NEW: Russia continues to run its “Russian House” cultural center in Berlin, despite EU sanctions on its parent agency Rossotrudnichestvo. The center hosts events promoting Kremlin narratives and collects fees for courses, likely breaching EU rules. 1/2

🇺🇸🇻🇪 JUST IN: A US judge has issued an arrest warrant for ex-Green Beret Jordan Goudreau, accused of plotting a failed 2020 coup in Venezuela, after he skipped a court hearing. Goudreau, facing weapons smuggling charges, allegedly threatened his bond guarantor and may be planning to flee the country.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) disabled Russia’s Ring oil pipeline in the Moscow region on Oct 31, hitting all three fuel lines. The 400 km network supplied gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel to refineries in Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and Moscow.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 BREAKING: The Pentagon has approved sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, pending Trump’s final decision. CNN reports the move won’t affect US stockpiles. Zelensky wants them to strike Russian energy facilities up to 1,600 km away.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: “Maduro is ending and a free and prosperous Venezuela is dawning,” a White House source told the New York Post, adding that “within days, Maduro will exist only in the past tense — the regime is going down and the future is looking up.”

🇺🇸🇻🇪 JUST IN: US President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that no strikes on Venezuela are planned at this time.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 JUST IN: Satellite imagery shows US warships positioned in the Caribbean, reportedly in preparation for potential strikes on Venezuela, per Newsweek.

🇺🇸🇻🇪🇷🇺 BREAKING: Russia's Foreign Ministry voiced support for Maduro’s government amid reports of imminent US strikes on Venezuela, saying Moscow “stands ready to respond appropriately” to any requests from Caracas “in light of emerging threats.”

🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: The Trump administration is reportedly preparing airstrikes on military sites in Venezuela that could begin as soon as today, the Miami Herald reports. It marks a major escalation targeting Nicolás Maduro’s regime and drug cartel operations.

🔹🇺🇦 BREAKING: A closed-door meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing” will take place in Spain on November 4 to discuss continued financial and military support for Ukraine, per El Mundo.

I assume this is a Kremlin attempt to hurt Trump’s ego just enough to make him feel left out of the talks and buy more time. The question is whether Trump will fall for it.

🇮🇳🇷🇺 JUST IN: India has resumed buying Russian oil, Reuters reports. State-owned Indian Oil Corp purchased five cargoes from non-sanctioned suppliers, expected to arrive in December. The company says purchases will continue “within sanctions limits” - in other words, quietly and carefully.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 BREAKING: Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Moscow is ready for direct negotiations with Ukraine, signaling a possible shift in strategy amid the canceled Trump–Putin summit in Budapest.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 JUST IN: Ukraine confirmed Russia has used the Novator 9M729 cruise missile in 23 strikes since August, with one flying over 1,200 km. The same missile that led to the US withdrawing from the INF Treaty in 2019. Russia withdrew from the INF Treaty in August 2025.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 JUST IN: The US has cancelled the planned Trump-Putin summit in Budapest after Moscow reiterated demands that Ukraine cede more territory and limit its military. 1/2

🇺🇸🇻🇪 NEW: US officials say the US has identified Venezuelan military sites tied to drug trafficking as potential strike targets, aiming to pressure Maduro to step down. The Pentagon is currently moving some of its most advanced units and weapons closer to Venezuela, per WSJ.

🇮🇱🇷🇺 NEW: Leaked emails show Jeffrey Epstein helped ex–Israeli PM Ehud Barak build a backchannel to Putin during the Syrian war, aiming to advance Israeli and Russian interests. Earlier it was already revealed that Epstein was also in contact with an ex-FSB official, per Drop Site News.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Explosions and drones are now also being reported in Yaroslavl, Russia, as Ukraine continues to strike targets near Moscow tonight.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukrainian forces likely struck a power substation in Russia's Vladimir region, located closely to the Moscow region.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 JUST IN: Polling shows growing Republican support for Ukraine, with Zelensky’s approval among Trump voters more than doubling since March. His outreach to US media, including appearances on Fox and Newsmax, has helped shift GOP opinion toward backing military aid, per WSJ.