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🇩🇰👀 Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen stated that the phone call between 🇫🇮Finnish President Stubb and 🇳🇴Norwegian Prime Minister Støre with Putin was not coordinated with their 🇪🇺European allies. "I really don't understand what these two countries think can be achieved in this way," she added.

❗️ Russia is preparing a massive missile strike on Ukraine by the end of the week, — eRadar. 🟢 Tu-160s have been redeployed to Engels airfield to be equipped with missiles. 4–6 Tu-95MS at Ukrainka. 🟢 Among targets are energy and military-industrial complex facilities in the western regions.

We are in utterly unknown territory now. The sea surface temperature in the El Niño zone is currently tracking at 3.48°C ABOVE the 30 year baseline. Way beyond anything seen before. Brace for catastrophic impact on lives and global food supply chains.

A downed or forced-down Geran-5 jet-powered drone/missile in the Odesa region. Its latest iteration is fitted with a V-tail and low aspect ratio wings alongside a refined fuselage. The system represents a new branch in the evolution of Russia’s jet-powered Geran/Shahed family. #Russia

A hole was blasted through Kyiv’s Pivdennyi Bridge during Russia’s attack, and repairs will take time. Meanwhile, Ukraine is still waiting for delayed approvals for Patriot and NASAMS interceptor missiles from Washington. #Ukraine

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🤔 Donald Trump Jr. traveled with Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev to hunt in Mongolia, — FT. The son of US president arrived in the country in late August, accompanied by the US Secret Service and Republican donor Kevin Small. Kremlev later flew to him from Kazakhstan with oligarch Artur Martirosov.

A large warehouse burned in Vyborg, Leningrad region, overnight. The cause of the fire remains unknown, while local authorities have not publicly detailed what happened at the site. Thick smoke and a large blaze were visible. #Russia

How Elon 'Nazi-Vatnik' Musk helped russia to compromise NATO sattelite: Full post on shitter: x.com/LibertyLynx/...

"In the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, an attack by strike drones has been ongoing for several hours. Ukrainian forces in the area near the village of Khrystall have destroyed an ammunition depot. A secondary detonation has been continuing for over an hour."

1/ Russia is developing the capability to launch tens of thousands of kamikaze drones against European cities such as Paris, says a Russian drone developer. He describes heavy long-range drones such as the Iranian Shahed and Russian Geran as "a new weapon of deterrence". ⬇️

Russian Armed Forces… situation 😄

💻Helsing has developed the Contra autonomous AI-controlled air defense system, which independently controls interceptors. militarnyi.com/en/news/hels...

Ukraine's 475th Separate Assault Regiment CODE 9.2 evacuated two severely wounded soldiers by air using the Ukrainian-made StarGate casevac drone. In one mission, it flew nearly 30 km each way despite heavy Russian EW and loss of satellite navigation. #Ukraine

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The US is ready to launch a large-scale operation against Iran within 96 hours of Trump's order, - CNN The scale of the new operation will likely go beyond attacks on radars, launchers, and other Iranian facilities that can be quickly restored.

In particular, for almost a month we have been waiting for Mr. Hegseth's signature on missiles for "Patriots" and "Nasams". I instructed to discuss this with the American side again. Separately, preparations for the Ramstein meeting in November were discussed.

🇻🇪👀 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela and is meeting with her supporters.

"In addition to the pigsties in Voronezh, the following facilities were hit: - Voronezhsintezkauchuk — an enterprise specializing in the production of synthetic rubbers (used in solid rocket propellant). - VASO (Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Association) — an aerospace industry enterprise."

1/ Voronezh Last night I wrote that a big attack appeared to be underway on occupied Ukraine and border regions of Russian. Well Voronezh come under sustained attack during which time there was a considerably amount of damage to the city.

Voronezh 🇷🇺🛩️💥🔥

Voronezh, russia, military supply chain companies hit overnight.

Ukrainian children play with the wreckage of a downed Russian Shahed drone. For an entire generation of Ukrainian children, war has become such a normal part of everyday life that even the remains of weapons sent to kill them become something to play with.

2/ Ukraine had a slightly lower but still relatively high interception rate of Russian jet-powered drones during the Starshield restrictions in mid-October 2026, but will need innovative jet-powered interceptors to work to sustain and improve these interception rates over the long term.

WE DID IT They had the media, the US influence, the social networks... We had hope, we had love and the will to fight back. There shall be no place for the far right in the brazilian democracy. ⭐🇧🇷 #lula #lulapresidente #brasil #democracia #fotografia #photography #brazil #democracy #elections

Ouch. But I have seen it before.

In Bulgaria the pro EU Andrey Gyurov is leading with 33.5%, followed by Iliyana Yotova on 32.7%. Due to the low voting activity (c. 22.5%), Gyurov and Yotova will run directly against each other to become the next president of Bulgaria next Sunday.

2 down, 3 to go 🇷🇸 Serbia — Vucic lost 🇧🇷 Brazil — Bolsonaro lost 🇮🇱 Israel — 27 Oct 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — 1 Nov 🇺🇸 USA — 3 Nov

For two years, student-led protests have raged against Aleksandar Vučić and his corrupt government in Serbia. Today, in parliamentary elections, he was toppled. One of the most sustained protest movements in recent European history has succeeded. Resistance works.

The aftermath of today’s Storm Shadow cruise missile strike on the Energia plant in Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. Energia is one of Russia’s largest manufacturers of specialized batteries. Its products are used in Iskander-M and Iskander-K missiles, Kinzhal missiles, etc.

❗️Exilenova+ says imagery confirms extensive damage to one production building at the Energia plant in Yelets. A major fire, heavy smoke and damage to the facade and interior across all floors are visible. It assesses the building can no longer continue operating. #Russia

🚀🚀🚀 The moment of Storm Shadow cruise missiles strike on Energia plant in the Lipetsk region. The video shows the blast waves from at least three hits.

More footage from the strike in Yelets.

Thick black smoke is observed in Yelets, Russia, where the AO Energiya plant was just attacked. It is now assumed that 3-4 Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG missiles were launched and hit the facility. #Ukraine

"Proton" plant in Oryol, Octorer 23rd. Another angle of Storm Shadows strikes.

Lithuania has presented the X-12, a jet-powered interceptor drone designed to destroy fast-moving aerial targets, including Russia’s Geran-5 drones militarnyi.com/en/news/lith...

🇺🇦 More than 5 kilometers along underground communications, stormtroopers of the 425th regiment "Skelya" cleared the gas pipeline near Kupyansk, through which the Russian occupiers entered the rear of the Ukrainian military

Norwegian company KONGSBERG has successfully conducted launch tests of its Naval Strike Missile (NSM) anti-ship missile from a standard 20-foot shipping container. The new system is called the NSM Mission Module militarnyi.com/en/news/nsm-...

"A lost Russian soldier surrenders to Ukrainian fighters directly inside a gas pipeline on the Kupiansk front."

Imagine being a CEO of an US energy company and thinking that you work with close associates of the Trump family, only to find out that behind them is a sanctioned Russian company, really pulling the strings.

Starlinked /ˈstɑːlɪŋkt/ adjective Held back, restricted, slowed down or controlled by someone you were paying to support you. Usage: “We were making good progress, then we got Starlinked.”

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if only IT would let you 🙄

Regardless of how the midterms turn out, this creature is no longer fit to hold the office of the presidency. His dementia creates a reality of its own—a parallel universe where even fictitious events and memories are conjured up. America, fire him; this is incredibly undignified

🚁🇺🇦 Mi-24 pilot with the call sign “Air Davy” shared a video showing residents of the Kharkiv region greeting him as he returned from a combat mission in the Donetsk region.

🇦🇱 Anti-government protests in Albania’s capital Tirana continue, with protesters throwing Molotov cocktails and firework rockets at police officers.