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'Rusland "onderzoekt samenwerking" met VS in Noordpoolgebied: Trump wil Poetin paaien om oorlog met Oekraïne te stoppen' www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/l...

Kushner took a $50 mn bribe from the Emiratis to orchestrate the firing of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, according to Matt Cole's new book, Princes and Thieves, out today. To be clear, this is a serious felony, if true.

Opinion: Experiencing captivity both as the American Evan and the Russian Vanya, Evan Gershkovich's account of life in a Russian jail is a compelling addition to the lineage of testimony that includes Solzhenitsyn and Ginzburg, writes Polly Jones.

'What to know about the Melania Trump-brokered ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky' apnews.com/article/russ...

Kyiv introduces detour routes for freight, passenger transport over Pivdennyi Bridge closure – police #Ukraine

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New air defense towers have gone up around Putin's Valdai residence, pushing the total past 50 positions within a 50 kilometer radius, running through his backup airfield in Khotilovo and a secret biolab on Lisy island, per satellite images and OSINT analysis. x.com/jembobineuse...

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❗️ Claimed as hole in the canvas of the Southern Bridge in Kyiv due to a night attack. Unconfirmed for now.

International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, Full Enquiry - ohchr.org/sites/default/… It concludes that Russia’s deliberate attacks on civilian energy infrastructure constitute war crimes, and the systematic suffering inflicted on civilians amounts to crimes against humanity.

Kremlev had previously secretly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars towards Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding.

They avoided joint photos, but organisers of Trump Jr.’s trip appeared in Kremlev’s video. Trump Jr. later met Mongolia’s president; a post about the meeting was deleted, and the visit was called unofficial.

Donald Trump Jr. went hunting in Mongolia with Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, the FT reports. He arrived in late August with a US Secret Service detail and Republican donor Kevin Small. Kremlev and oligarch Artur Martirosov flew in later from Kazakhstan.

‘A Rare Cease-Fire, Brokered by Melania Trump, Begins in a Besieged Ukrainian City’ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

Finse en Noorse leiders bellen met Poetin over Oekraïne

Vierde tanker met Russische diesel vertrekt woensdag naar VS

Oekraïne: wapenstilstand Olesjky van kracht tot en met 1 november

Russische aanvallen op energiesector Oekraïne zijn oorlogsmisdaad, stelt VN-rapport

A good summary of the House Judiciary Dems' 50-p report on Trump's history as a violent sexual predator, including a well vetted, under-oath account from Beatrice Keul of how Trump raped her in an Atlantic City hotel room in 1993, after the pair were introduced to one another by Jeffrey Epstein.

The Russians are respecting the regime of silence in the area of the humanitarian mission in Oleshky, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Marine Corps reported. Currently, no violations by the Russians have been recorded. The marines continue to monitor the operational situation.

🇳🇱 The Royal Netherlands Army will receive additional CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), tank bridge layers, new engeneer vehicles and heavy recovery platforms. militarnyi.com/en/news/the-...

- Een federale rechter oordeelt dat Maurene Comey, aanklager en dochter van voormalig FBI-directeur James Comey, onrechtmatig is ontslagen door Justitie en beveelt haar heraanstelling met terugwerkende kracht. Dezelfde dag klaagt Justitie James Comey voor de derde keer aan.

- Trump zegt dat Iran de oorlog met de VS begon. De VS en Israël voerden op 28 februari de eerste aanvallen op Iran uit.

Trump has repeatedly proven impervious to scandals that would end anyone else. Siding with Russian imperial revanchism, however, might just be his kryptonite. His submission to Putin is something that GOP elites who had reliably supported him on other issues cannot abide. www.wsj.com/opinion/codd...

In today's Russian papers, surprise at the the defeat of Moscow ally Aleksander Vučić in Serbia. One paper: “Russia can expect nothing good from this.” Another: “The results benefit the EU.” But several point out: “The Serbs are dependant on Russian gas.” #ReadingRussia

Ukraine says it is honoring a US-brokered ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where 1,700 to 2,000 people remain trapped amid a humanitarian catastrophe. The truce is intended to deliver aid and prepare civilian evacuations. www.kyivpost.com/post/88245

Zelenskyy: injured in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district rises to 12, Russia fires 16 ballistic missiles overnight #Ukraine

Zo maar, voor de taalkundige lol. We horen de volgende leenwoorden voorbij komen: vajbik (vibe), aeroport, rejs (vlucht), terminal, passazjir, zona, kafè, nomer (nummer = kamer), otel, avijakompanija, zala, whiskey, cognac.

'Patriot Missiles Used in Middle East Could Have Protected Ukraine for Years' thegaze.media/news/patriot...

'Russia has seized a Japanese journalist, freezing an icy relationship' www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/r...

The war is going so well for Russia that Putin is cutting off mobile data in downtown Moscow this week during 2 major conferences he is attending, hoping it will keep Ukrainian drones away. Spoiler alert: it won't keep Ukrainian drones away.

Four dead on a campus, seven hurt across the city. A trade university isnt a military target, its where a country builds its future. Moscow keeps aiming at exactly that, and the pattern is the point, not an accident.

Local media report that four people were killed on the campus of Kyiv’s State University of Trade and Economics after a Russian missile struck near a student dormitory. Mayor Klitschko gave an update and said seven people have been injured across Kyiv. #Ukraine

'Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine by attacking its energy grid, UN-backed inquiry says' apnews.com/article/un-r...

The Rokach is a Soviet Shilka anti-aircraft gun given a deep Ukrainian upgrade It got a new three-coordinate radar with a digital antenna array, new optics, and launchers for Igla or Kolibri missiles 🎥 Sunflower

Saudi-Arabië onderschept drones en raketten

'Five European Powers Rush Winter Military Aid to Ukraine' thegaze.media/news/five-eu... #E5

'Kyiv's Brussels blunder leaves EU scrambling over phantom Zelensky visit' kyivindependent.com/how-zelensky...

'Local ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump starts in southern Ukraine as Russia attacks other areas' apnews.com/article/russ... #Oleshky

'Russian Missiles Strike Kyiv University Campus – One Killed, 10 Wounded, Mostly Students' www.kyivpost.com/post/88241

'Russische tv-producent Alexander Kondratov (52) overlijdt onder verdachte omstandigheden: stond bekend als Kremlin-criticus. In 2012 verhuisde de tv-producent naar Oekraïne. Begin dit jaar keerde hij terug naar zijn thuisland om zijn paspoort te verlengen.' www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/r...

Voormalig FBI-directeur Comey voor derde keer aangeklaagd

Kyiv is under ballistic attack again, just five hours after the last one.

Kyiv again under attack by Russian ballistic missiles. Several loud explosions. A strike just hit the Holosiiv and Chabany districts. The missiles were only detected as they were falling on their targets, Telegram monitors say. Around 10 missiles fired.

Oh maaaan, they KEEP raining ballistic missiles down on us here in Kyiv. HUGE EXPLOSIONS. Reports suggest Russia may be using ballistic missiles with cluster warheads.

Local ceasefire in besieged Oleshky begins, Ukrainian, Russian officials say #Ukraine