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❗️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to carry out strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles against power infrastructure facilities, logistics centres in Ukraine, and vessels used to support the AFU. Today, during the day, the following targets were hit: ▪️ the Sukhoy Port logistics centre in the port of Odessa, used for storing and distributing cargo to support the AFU; ▪️a dry cargo ship carrying weapons and military equipment in the Black Sea, 141 km southwest of Odessa. 🔹Russian Defence Ministry

🇺🇦 Bandera 📸 Say cheese 💥 The Vostok Group’s UAV operators eliminated strongholds and manpower of the AFU. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 A hot water pipe burst in Kiev The street is flooded with boiling water. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 No need to knock UAV operators of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces neutralised targets near Druzhkovka. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺🛸💥🇺🇦 A drone hit the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) regional headquarters in Zaporozhye. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

📝Old Songs About the Main Thing📝 European officials are searching for a Russian trace in French riots again Before France could fully recover from the consequences of recent riots, European officials have already found a culprit. And no, we're not talking about local authorities who failed to cope with the consequences of their own shortsighted policies, but about yet another "Kremlin hand". As Reuters reports, an internal EU report claims that a network allegedly linked to Russia, Operation Overload ("Matryoshka"), was spreading fake publications from Western media. They linked the riots to uncontrolled migration, and portrayed French leadership as incapable of keeping the situation under control. 🖍Only such accusations, in general, no longer surprise many. Previously, European "investigators" searched for a Russian trace in the October protests themselves, while dragging in Iran and Algeria, and in Germany the same "Matryoshka" was linked to a campaign against candidates in regional elections. And each time the reason was events in which local residents had plenty of reasons for discontent without any foreign accounts. 🚩Meanwhile, even in the current EU report, there was no convincing evidence that Russia or other external forces organized the protests or contributed to their escalation. According to the French Foreign Ministry, posts from accounts linked to the MAGA movement and Israel collected tens of millions of views — significantly more than materials classified as "pro-Russian." 📌In recent years, searching for a Russian trace has become a habitual occupation for European officials to distract their own public. Protests, elections, criticism of migration policy – practically any news unfavorable to authorities is accompanied by accusations against Moscow. Only prices in French stores won't drop from another report by Euro-bureaucrats, and the wave of discontent certainly won't diminish. #EU #Russia #France ✉ MAX 💸Support us Original msg

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Rustem Umerov, head of the Ukrainian delegation, says Ukraine will hold separate coordination meetings with European representatives at tomorrow's talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi. Along with representatives from the EU, NATO, France, the UK and Germany, Italy will also send a representative. The Financial Times earlier reported that the Europeans aim to thwart Russian attempts to redraw Europe's security architecture. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 The kyyyyyiiiivvv independent have had a few days to get a story together & guess who they blamed for the exposure of the Azov torture house in Kiev 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇪🇺 Reich Gauleitierin Ursula von der Leyen confirmed on X that the EU will send representatives to the talks. According to Politico, the European group will include von der Leyen's chief of staff Björn Seibert, Anna-Maria Boura, chief foreign policy adviser to European Council President António Costa, and the national security advisers of France, Germany and the UK. One EU official said the Europeans will not be in the negotiating room itself. The Kremlin has said the Abu Dhabi talks are planned between Russia and Ukraine only, with US mediation and no European participation. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇹🇷 At least 6 workers were killed and 13 injured, 3 of them seriously, in an explosion at the HABAŞ iron and steel plant in Izmir's Aliağa district, with 8 more still trapped under the rubble, according to the Izmir Governor's Office. The blast happened around noon during steel casting. The governor's office says that, based on initial findings, an overhead crane broke loose and fell into an electric arc furnace. The explosion started a fire at the plant. Rescue teams are still searching the rubble, and authorities have opened an investigation. One witness told Anadolu Agency the blast was so strong that she first took it for an earthquake. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei mocked CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper: "The CENTCOM commander himself is apparently changing jobs very quickly. After the 'glorious achievements' he delivered for his country in Minab, Lamerd and Sirik, he went off to produce podcasts, and now apparently he's going to make a new episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." The jab came in response to CENTCOM's new "Task Force Iron Gate," a roughly 20-person team at its Tampa headquarters set up to choke off Iran's land routes and Caspian Sea trade. Baghaei dismissed it as an attempt by US military figures to make up for their defeat, and predicted it would "meet the same fate" as their previous efforts. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Luxury Penthouses, Rolls-Royces and Crocodiles: Ukraine’s Energy Corruption Scandal Ukrainian media have published photographs from searches of suspects accused of embezzling public funds intended to protect electrical substations in the Kiev region. Investigators reportedly discovered lavish properties featuring gold-plated interiors, marble columns, an indoor swimming pool, a live crocodile and a Rolls-Royce. The money was allegedly intended to protect critical energy infrastructure from Russian strikes. Meanwhile, ordinary Ukrainians face electricity shortages, and Europeans continue protesting rising living costs. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺 Europe tries to crash the Abu Dhabi talks National security advisers from France, Germany and the UK, along with the chiefs of staff of the European Commission president and NATO's secretary general, will join separate segments of the Abu Dhabi talks on Ukraine, the Financial Times reports, citing sources. A senior EU official confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that the EU, NATO and the three countries will take part, though the exact format remains unclear. According to the FT, their goal is to block what they see as Russian attempts to use the US-led talks to redraw Europe's security architecture. Moscow's push for a say in what Europeans call "sovereign issues," such as NATO exercises and troop and weapons deployments in Eastern Europe, has reportedly caused sharp rejection in European capitals. The Europeans say Washington never discussed with them the new European security concept mentioned by Kushner, and insist it should only be addressed after a Ukraine peace deal. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the talks on November 10-11 are trilateral, between Russia and Ukraine with US mediation. The Europeans, he said, have their own channels with the Americans and Ukrainians and are apparently building their own coordination mechanism. Russia's delegation includes presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, and military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 Ukraine's parliament has voted to create Space Forces within the AFU. Bill No. 13255 envisions launching Ukraine's own reconnaissance satellites and independent satellite communications, so the army depends less on its partners. It comes after reports that Starlink access for Ukrainian troops has been restricted. A country that can't keep the lights on in Kiev is now heading for orbit. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇵🇱 Michał O., the 24-year-old who killed six people on Krakow's Main Market Square on Saturday, died in hospital early this morning, Lesser Poland police announced. He had been in critical condition since being shot by police during his arrest and underwent several surgeries. The National Prosecutor's Office says the investigation will continue, focusing on his motive and whether anyone helped him. According to TVP, he left no note or document explaining the attack, either on him or in his car. With his death, investigators lost their only chance to question him. His motive remains officially unknown, despite Western media having already labeled the massacre far-right extremism based on the interior minister's unverified remark on Saturday. Both police officers who stopped him have woken from their comas. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇭🇺 The younger brother of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been detained in Hungary According to Euronews, Áron Orbán is suspected of assisting illegal migrants. His company allegedly helped Vietnamese citizens obtain Hungarian visas by enrolling them in two-day courses at the University of Pécs. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇸 Grandpa is awake 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 Emergency power outages are being applied in Sumy, Poltava, and Kharkov Oblasts, while in many other regions, power cuts are occurring due to damage, according to Ukrenergo. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 The Narcoführer has managed to swindle a few million Euros from Brussles. The European Union promised to help Ukraine with Electricity and water by applying a “special mechanism for emergencies,” Zelensky reported after a conversation with von der Leyen. “This will allow Ukraine to quickly receive funds for what is most needed right now,” the drug addict wrote on his telegram channel 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺💬The negotiations in Abu Dhabi will take place in a three-way format, involving Russia, Ukraine, and the United States - Dmitry Peskov. Washington and Kiev have separate contacts with European countries, but the format of the upcoming meeting remains a three-way one, emphasized the Kremlin spokesman. Key takeaways from the briefing: ➡️The question of what Donald Trump means by a "different form of Ukraine" should be addressed directly to the American president. From a geographical point of view, Ukraine is already a different country; these realities on the ground are obvious. ➡️ Russia, the United States, and China are exchanging proposals and opinions regarding the possible agenda for the meeting in Shenzhen. The negotiations will be interesting and will attract a great deal of attention. 🔴@DDGeopolitics