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A fire is also reported near the NLMK steel plant, reportedly after air-defense activity or so called 'debris'. #Russia

⚡️Trump reportedly considering lifting sanctions against Russia's investment fund. U.S. President Donald Trump is considering lifting sanctions against Russia's government investment fund, the New York Times reported Oct. 27, citing an unnamed U.S. official.

🔴 The Trump administration is considering lifting sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), often dubbed Putin’s "slush fund," according to the New York Times. US officials claim the move is meant to improve relations with Moscow and negotiate an end to the war.

Missile alerts sounded across several Russian regions amid reported Ukrainian strike activity. Air defenses were active over Lipetsk against jet-powered targets. Preliminary reports indicate impacts and a fire in the direction of the local airfield, though the extent of any damage remains unclear.

Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil for the United States following his election defeat, Reuters reports. On Monday, he had said he never thought about leaving the country and would surrender his passports and fight what he called a clear attempt to intimidate him. #Brazil

Vous avez dans cette affaire des personnes impliquées dans l'agitation fasciste contre la création d'un centre d'accueil pour demandeur d'asile à Callac, dans les Côtes-d'Armor, en 2022-2023.

"J'ai clairement eu peur de mourir" : à Brest, les trois manifestants agressés samedi par un groupuscule fasciste témoignent ➡️ https://l.ici.fr/59X0

Pour la moitié, casier judiciaire avec une ou plusieurs mentions : violence, conduite sans permis ou alcoolisée, usage de stupéfiant, violence aggravée, violence conjugale, dégradation de biens... Dingue le niveau de délinquance à l'extrême droite ! france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/provence-alp...

Montpellier Un manifestant arrêté samedi par la milice nénonazie qui paradait dans les rues, maltraité avant d'être livré à la police a été condamné en comparution immédiate malgré l'illégalité manifeste de cette "interpellation". lepoing.net/24-octobre-a...

Someone made this comment on Prez's TL and then deleted it. Step forth, silent rogue, and receive your antidote....

His passport is cancelled. So Donald is going to let a South American criminal with no paperwork illegally enter the USA...

⚡️ Longtime Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić has lost the election to the opposition Student List. The student-led victory hits Moscow’s main strategic foothold in the Balkans. Read the full article: united24media.com/world/what-h...

He's fled Brazil....

Samedi prochain c'est Halloween... ça promet.

⚡️ Russian oil refineries boosted output by 25% after drone strikes stopped under a US-brokered "energy ceasefire", Reuters reports. The pause fixes Moscow’s domestic fuel shortages and restores diesel exports, helping fund its war machine.

⚡️ At the premiere of “Artificial”, Andrew Garfield praised Russian actor Borisov as "the purest man", with @neonrated backing an Oscar campaign for his lead role. However, Borisov routinely leads Kremlin-funded blockbusters and illegally filmed “Kalashnikov” in temporarily occupied Crimea. 🧵 1/9 ⬇️

La garde à vue de l'auteur des attaques terroristes de Trappes a repris hier après-midi. La conf de presse du Procureur du PNAT a donné des précisions : 128 munitions tirées, au moins 14 cibles (dont 2 petites filles) et un bilan non définitif le pronostic vital d'un des blessés est encore engagé.

A noter, l'arsenal important découvert dans la voiture du terroriste : de nombreuses armes dont un pistolet-mitrailleur, plusieurs éléments d’armes et de munitions comme un chargeur, un pointeur laser, des couteaux, des menottes, et un brassard police. Pas de tract politique en revanche.

Nancy. Le Parquet a ouvert une enquête sur l'action des groupes de néonazis en fin de manifestation et a saisi la cellule déontologique de la police pour " faire la lumière sur les faits et sur la manière dont se sont comporter les forces de l'ordre ou leur commandement".

⚡️Oleshky ceasefire 'expanded within Kherson Oblast,' Melania Trump says. A ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Russian occupied city began as Russian forces launched ballistic missiles at other parts of Ukraine.

Ukraine says its interception rate against Russian Geran-4 jet-powered attack drones is steadily improving, averaging nearly 60% over the past three months and reaching up to 80% during some attacks. F-16s, Mirages and MiG-29s play a major role. #Ukraine

⚡️Ukraine intercepting more Russian Geran-4 jet-powered drones, General Staff says. Fighter jets, including F-16s, Mirage aircraft, and MiG-29s, play a significant role in intercepting Russian jet-powered drones, according to the General Staff.

⚡️ Norway will provide $45.5 million to secure Ukraine’s energy infrastructure before winter. united24media.com/world/norway...

This smells on all sides. The Trump administration is considering lifting sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund, NYT reports. A US official said the review is part of efforts to “improve US-Russia relations and help end the war,” while praising fund chief Dmitriev as a useful intermediary.

🔴 “The more we are prepared to stand up to Russia and defend every inch of NATO territory, the less likely we are to find ourselves in such a scenario,” UK Defense Secretary Wes Streeting stated. united24media.com/world/uk-def...

The FP-5 Flamingo deserves a more balanced assessment. Yes, its interception rate should be scrutinized, but Fire Point developed it under extreme wartime pressure, without state financing and with minimal European help. It still hit key Russian defense plants. #Ukraine

Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets says everyone wishing to leave Russian-occupied Oleshky will be able to reach Ukrainian-controlled territory. He says the ceasefire is holding, with no violations or Russian advances recorded so far. #Ukraine

⚡️ Unexpected 10-day Starshield speed caps on Ukrainian drones disrupted combat strikes before full access was restored on Oct 24. The source of the restriction remains unknown. 🧵 1/5 ⬇️

NEW: People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed near the Basilan Strait, located within the Philippine archipelago, on October 22. (1/6) Read the full report: isw.pub/ChinaTaiwanU...

"The siege, we hope, is ending — but the assault on truth and perception is just beginning," write Peter Pomerantsev, executive editor of The Reckoning Project, and Aliide Naylor, a British-Estonian journalist and author, in this op-ed.

"Now, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel: U.S. First Lady Melania Trump has helped to broker a temporary, localized ceasefire agreement, which, in theory, should take place from Tuesday, Oct. 27," Pomerantsev and Naylor write.

"But this city of weak, hungry, and vulnerable people will face a new danger as Oleshky slowly opens: under the pressure of living on the brink of death, they could become props for Russian propagandists attempting to rewrite the history of what happened in the city," Pomerantsev and Naylor write.

⚡️Ukraine's 'Veles' pipeline operation near Kupiansk 'eliminates' over 100 Russian troops, Zelensky says. The operation, code-named "Veles," involved an underground advance of more than 15 kilometers (9 miles), according to Zelensky.

More than 100 Ukrainian drones are now moving through Russia’s Bryansk, Kaluga and Oryol regions toward Tula and Moscow regions. #Russia

Satellite imagery confirms a Ukrainian strike near the new polybutadiene production unit at Voronezhsintezkauchuk on October 26. A crater is visible close to the facility, but no visually apparent damage to the production unit itself has been identified. #Russia

⚡️ Norway will provide $455 million to secure Ukraine’s energy infrastructure before winter. united24media.com/world/norway...

India says the US has not pressured it to cut Russian oil imports. Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said refiners are buying more Middle Eastern crude as Gulf supplies become more competitive, while Russian purchases have declined amid stronger competition from China. #India

Russia earned $2.76 billion from seaborne crude exports last week, Bloomberg reports, marking the highest weekly total since the start of the full-scale invasion. Export value jumped by about $430 million as weekly oil shipments increased sharply. #Russia

A large fire broke out at the Rassvet shopping complex, formerly the Traktorozavodsky market, in Volgograd on October 27. The blaze covered around 700 square meters. The cause of the fire remains unknown. #Russia

❗️Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says preliminary Ukraine-US-Russia ceasefire talks could take place in Abu Dhabi on November 4. He said European leaders should establish working contacts ahead of the planned negotiations. #Ukraine

Meanwhile, dozens of Ukrainian drones have been launched into the Bryansk, Oryol, Tula and Kaluga regions.. Heading for Moscow (region). #Ukraine

Ukrainian Su-24M aviation are airborne again in the north. Russians are preparing for missile launches, although these might again be launch simulations and/or preparations. #Ukraine

❗️Melania Trump says the humanitarian ceasefire around Russian-occupied Oleshky has been expanded beyond the city within Kherson region to provide safe passage for aid convoys. The ceasefire took effect at 03:00 Kyiv time on October 27, two days earlier than originally scheduled. #Ukraine

Zelensky says Ukraine’s 2nd National Guard Corps “Khartiia” has killed more than 100 Russian troops and captured over 30 in Operation Veles near Kupiansk. Ukrainian forces have advanced more than 15 km underground using adapted gas-pipeline tactics. #Ukraine

Clarification: Fire Point says the FP-5 Flamingo is still in production and was not cancelled. CEO Iryna Terekh’s comments were taken out of context: she said the company is not planning additional cruise-missile models, while continuing to develop Flamingo and focusing heavily on ballistic missiles

🚨 A Russian missile struck the center of a road in Kyiv’s Podilskyi district, damaging a Skoda auto center and igniting a fire in an office building.

Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov says Finland and Norway told Putin that Zelensky wants direct talks. Putin reportedly replied that Zelensky is “illegitimate” but could come to Moscow. Lavrov separately said the war will continue and is tending to escalate. #Ukraine

Similar to what happened in Hungary, Serbia’s RTV-1 publicly apologized to viewers for years of one-sided and uncritical reporting. Presenter Goran Er(r)or said the public service had failed to ask the right questions and had not fulfilled its role. #Serbia

❗️Civilians leaving Russian-occupied Oleshky for Ukrainian-controlled territory will reportedly first be taken to occupied Crimea or Russia, the Financial Times reports, citing sources. Zelensky had warned Moscow could try to shape evacuation routes so civilians are directed toward Russian territory.