Eurasia & Multipolarity

As Musk gets more vocal against the continuation of the war in the Ukraine the possibility his companies may face repercussions in the EU grow significantly. @eurasianchoice

Moscow sees signs of EU preparing for war Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, stated that Moscow is recording growing evidence of systematic preparations by the European Union for conflict. The diplomat highlighted large-scale Western exercises near Russian borders. According to data held by the Russian side, in November a so-called "coalition of the willing" plans to rehearse troop deployments into Ukraine within Polish territory. Polyansky stressed that attempts to convince the world that Russia threatens Europe are absurd against this backdrop. He noted that actual facts and actions by Western countries point to the opposite: EU intentions aimed at escalating the conflict. @Slavyangrad

Roberto Vannacci, the current main political rival of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Futuro Nazionale party, criticized the European Union for allocating billions of euros to support Ukraine, despite the economic crisis in Europe, and accused Zelensky of blackmailing European countries with migration and the lack of political will to achieve peace. @eurasianchoice

On this day in 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis began after President JFK announced a blockade on Cuba🇨🇺, following the discovery of Soviet missile sites in the country. The Soviet Union’s positioning of missiles was a direct response to US nuclear weapons being placed in Turkey and Italy, aimed at the USSR… And the US’ failed CIA Bay of Pigs invasion, which was an embarrassing attempt at removing Fidel Castro from power. For 13 days, the Soviet Union and the United States stood at the brink of nuclear Armageddon. Tense negotiations between General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy averted disaster, with the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, while the US pledged to not invade Cuba and promised to remove its nuclear weapons from Turkey. Arguably, the situation today is far worse than the Cuban Missile Crisis, and is a result of Washington’s and NATO’s hypocrisy. The US took the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962 over Soviet nuclear weapons being placed in Cuba…over the 21st Century, US and NATO nation troops and strike systems, sit on Russia’s borders. US nuclear weapons are stationed in Europe, aimed at Russia. Not once have NATO leaders acknowledged that if the shoe were on the other foot, with Russia or China attempting to build a military presence in Mexico or Canada, the US would react with a ferocious military attack. NATO weaponry is being fired deep into Russia via Washington’s proxy, Zelensky, a scenario that would have been unthinkable even at the height of the so-called Cold War. One strike causing a mass casualty event could start a NATO-Russia direct conflict.

— 🇮🇷 NEW: Brent Crude Oil has reached $117 per barrel @Middle_East_Spectator

Gaza hospitals face looming blackout as generator supplies run out Ghada Ebrahim reports from Gaza City @PressTV

The cargo ship "Horiv" under the flag of the Comoros sank 24 kilometers from the Romanian port of Constanta. This is the seventh vessel attacked by drones in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania. Of the 13 crew members, 10 Ukrainians and 3 Azerbaijanis, nine were rescued, one died, and three are still missing. The ship regularly called at Ukrainian ports on the Danube. The Russian Ministry of Defense earlier stated that it had struck a cargo ship that was used to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine. @eurasianchoice

❗️The White House said Melania Trump has contributed to the Alyoshki ceasefire agreement.

❗️An independent US media organization will monitor and document Russia’s and Ukraine’s actions in Alyoshki, the White House noted.

❗️Russia and Ukraine have agreed to the Alyoshki ceasefire to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians via a special corridor, the White House specified.

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇨🇳 Western media panic over a "new Yalta" in China British and Western outlets are sounding the alarm over a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in Shenzhen on November 18-19. The Telegraph calls it a plan to "carve up Ukraine," comparing it to the 1945 Yalta conference that divided post-war Europe. This time, the paper laments, the third seat at the table would go to China, not Britain. The Telegraph warns the talks would create problems for Washington's "traditional allies" in Britain, Europe and Japan. The Spectator went further, claiming the three leaders are preparing a "Yalta-style carve-up" agreed "over the heads of the Ukrainians." The idea reportedly came from Putin himself during his October 9 phone call with Trump, according to The Wall Street Journal. Eighty years ago, London had a seat when the world's future was decided. Today, it can only write op-eds about it. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇪🇺🇺🇦 EU scrambles to find another €70 billion for Kiev The European Commission wants a political deal by the end of the year to cover Ukraine's €70 billion budget hole for 2027, according to an internal Commission document seen by Rapporteur and circulated to member states. The figure comes from Zelensky, who told EU leaders last week that the war will cost Ukraine €155 billion next year. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the gap "has to be covered." The document argues that "rapidly evolving battlefield needs" call for "some layer of flexibility" in future support, meaning faster money with fewer strings. European Council President António Costa has ordered the Commission to draw up a "concrete proposal," to be discussed at a special summit in Brussels on November 26-27. Officials expect another EU loan along the lines of the current €90 billion package. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇸🛢 Brent crude has climbed to $114.27 per barrel, rising another dollar since yesterday and reaching its highest level in months. Oil prices have now risen more than 12% over the past six months while Trump screeches about controlling the Strait. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇧🇪Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever: Even a country like Germany said, "We do not have the money to keep funding all these new ambitions." And if Germany doesn’t have the money, I can assure you Belgium surely doesn’t have the money to fund all new priorities. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇷🇸 Vučić: Europe is preparing for war with Russia, Serbia won't be part of it Former Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, running for prime minister in Sunday's parliamentary election, says Brussels can't stand that "little Serbia" conducts its own sovereign policy, keeping flights to Moscow, Sochi and St. Petersburg and defying the EU at every forum, when big Romania, Poland, Spain and Italy aren't allowed to. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺 The lands Kiev has lost are not "their territory" but Russia's historical lands, says Putin. Other statements from his interview with Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin: ➡️It has become obvious to everyone that Russia cannot be defeated on the battlefield ➡️Russia wants a peaceful agreement, but if someone wants otherwise, that is their choice ➡️It is inappropriate for Kiev to talk about any territorial losses, as the people of Donbass and Novorossiya voted to reunite with Russia ➡️Kiev keeps its motivated nationalists away from the front lines and sends forcibly mobilized men there instead ➡️European talk of a "threat of war" with Russia is political schizophrenia. Russia is not preparing for any war with Europe 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇫🇮🇺🇦 Finnish satellite firm ICEYE and Nokia have signed a letter of intent with Ukraine's Defense Ministry to explore building a "sovereign" military satellite communications system for Kiev, with Ukraine owning the satellites, ground stations and terminals. The deal came during talks between Zelensky and Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, as one of seven agreements worth a combined €300 million, according to Zelensky. ICEYE, which runs a large radar imaging satellite network, has been working with the AFU since 2022, when it handed Ukraine's military full control of one of its satellites for spotting Russian targets. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

▶️ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has left a European Parliament session after Slovak MEP Milan Uhrik accused her of bringing the EU to the brink of war and giving European money to Kiev. Uhrik posted a video on his X page, showing von der Leyen walking out of the European Parliament chamber in Strasbourg. Video: TASS/MilanUhrik/X

🇮🇷🇺🇸| Brent crude oil prices have reached $114 @FotrosResistancee

The issue of restoring the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines is currently being negotiated, AmCham Russia chief Robert Agee said. Restoration requires the consent of Germany and official approval from the US, he said, adding that there has been no response from Germany so far.