DD Geopolitics

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Someone needs to tell him all the South Americans are not in Ukraine because of a love for Ukraine The only friends they have are Benjamin Franklin, Grant & Jackson 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇸 Q: JD Vance says the Iran war was a major reason why the Republicans lost in the midterms. Do you agree? Hegseth: I respect the vice president greatly, and I’m certainly not going to exchange any finger pointing. And thankfully, politics is not really my thing. 🐻 But what is your thing then..? 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇸 Hegseth: The only people who target civilians are the terrorists that we hunt. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇸 Hegseth: Make no mistake about what is happening. This is not about me. This resolution is the next step: put the secretary on trial today, and the men and women who carried out those orders tomorrow. If they want to come for the warriors, they’re going to have to come through me. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇸💬 Hegseth: I stand behind every one of these operations. I was proud to execute them, and I would do it again tomorrow. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 The language ombudsman did not respond to a complaint regarding Zelensky’s use of the Russian language. During an interview with the American TV channel ABC News, the president addressed a member of his team in Russian, clarifying the host’s question: “The same thing?” The office of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language told “Ukrainian News” that on October 26, they received a complaint about a possible violation by the president of the requirements of the Law “On Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language.” However, no action was taken. Recall that recently, the head of the President’s Office, Budanov, was fined for using the Russian language. Previously, former advisor to the President’s Office, Alexei Arestovich, stated that practically all internal meetings at Bankova under his tenure were conducted by Zelensky in Russian. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺💬🏒Russia will not withdraw its hockey teams from international tournaments, and expectations to the contrary from Moscow are the height of hysteria – Russian Minister of Sports Mikhail Degtyarev "Teams that boycott matches against the Russian national team will be declared to have forfeited, and countries that create obstacles to its participation will lose the right to host tournaments," – the Minister of Sports noted. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

LIVESTREAM ALERT: Join Pepe Escobar LIVE 10am eastern 4pm CET TODAY NOV 10th on Danny Haiphong’s show! Pepe Escobar breaks down Iran’s response to the US’s “limited” strikes, diplomacy theater put on by Trump, and the empire of chaos at a crossroads in the war on Iran as Putin and Xi prepare to meet Trump in Shenzhen. Watch here for all runs and more in a full hour of geopolitical analysis: https://www.youtube.com/live/CMhfPXvJJHo?is=fNEA9E9LRrvkDzMU

🇺🇦 Mysterious "earthquake" shakes Ukraine after powerful explosions Overnight on November 10, residents of Kiev, Zhitomir, Vinnitsa and Dnepropetrovsk reported houses shaking and loud bangs that sounded like explosions or an earthquake, according to Ukrainian media citing local Telegram channels. The strongest tremors were reportedly felt in Vinnitsa, where residents said they woke up to shaking buildings and frightened, crying children. Some claimed doors swung open on their own and plaster fell from ceilings. Explosions were heard in Zhitomir before the shaking began. Powerful blasts were also reported in Kiev region, even though no air raid alert had been declared. Explosions hit Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava as well, where local authorities said a drone struck an energy facility, cutting power and water. No seismological service recorded an earthquake in Ukraine, and the authorities have offered no explanation. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Vesti that the Europeans' presence in Abu Dhabi is a PR stunt and an attempt to give Kiev media support. Nobody understands what the Europeans will be doing there, she said, since their participation in the talks was never planned. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇦🇪🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Trilateral talks between Russia, the US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi wrapped up for the day after more than four hours, according to TASS and Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service. They will resume on Wednesday. A TASS source says the Russian and Ukrainian delegations are speaking to each other in Russian. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Kushner: Putin is ready for peace, but are Kiev and Europe? Speaking at talks in Abu Dhabi, Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and envoy, said that after their conversations with Putin, he and US special envoy Steve Witkoff believe the Russian president is ready for peace "under the right conditions." Kushner added that Moscow is asking Ukraine and Europe the same question: "Are they really, genuinely ready for peace?" 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

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🇮🇷 Photos: the IRGC's new missile city, unveiled in the presence of the chief of staff of Iran's armed forces. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇮🇷 Iran's top commander unveils a new missile city: "Surprises will keep showing themselves in the next war" Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi, chief of staff of Iran's armed forces and commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, toured a new IRGC Aerospace Force missile city with its commander, Brig. Gen. Seyed Majid Mousavi, and hinted at a new surprise. Abdollahi said America had never used so much ammunition and equipment in such a short time in any war, but it was the will of Iran's fighters that made the Americans back down and regret what they did. He warned that if necessary, Iran would put all enemy assets in the region and beyond under fire, and leave the enemy nothing but defeat and rout. He also answered Netanyahu's recent claim that either Israel must destroy Iran or Iran will destroy Israel, saying Iran will certainly destroy them, because they tried everything they had and failed to reach their goal. Surprises will keep showing themselves in the next war, he added. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

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🇺🇦 Mesut Özil added to Ukraine's "Myrotvorets" kill list Former Germany, Real Madrid and Arsenal star Mesut Özil has been added to Myrotvorets, the Ukrainian nationalist database that publishes personal details of people deemed "enemies of Ukraine." Several people listed on the site have later been killed. Özil's entry accuses him of "war propaganda," "manipulation of publicly significant information" and "public support for Russian aggression." His offence: calling out FIFA's double standards. Speaking at a veterans' match between Istanbul Başakşehir and Zenit St. Petersburg in October, the 2014 World Cup winner pointed out that FIFA banned Russian teams in 2022 but has never sanctioned Israel. "I am calling on FIFA to stop applying double standards and to treat everyone equally," Özil said. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 🎾 A confident victory! Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva defeated Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in her opening match at the WTA Finals. Last year, Svitolina actively called for tougher sanctions against Russian athletes. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 A man lost consciousness during mobilization on a bus in Kiev 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇧🇬🇪🇺Ursula von der Leyen's motorcade got a warm welcome in the Bulgarian city of Varna. People gathered for a rally holding signs that read "Varna wants peace, not war!" Ursula arrived in the country for talks on "security issues in the Black Sea" 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 Kiev could be split into two cities due to bridge closures and a transport collapse, according to Vladimir Kreidenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian parliamentary committee on transport and infrastructure. Kiev authorities plan to build pontoon crossings between the right and left banks of the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian capital, but they will not be able to erect them before the end of winter. Even if billions of hryvnia are spent on temporary crossings, they will not be able to replace full-fledged bridges. In that case, Kiev will turn into two separate cities, on the left and right banks respectively. 🔴@DDGeopolitics