It is becoming increasingly difficult to finance Ukraine, as war fatigue is growing in Europe, said the head of the European Diplomacy Kallas.
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Last weekend, the congress of the League party re—elected Matteo Salvini to the post of its head, who solemnly promised to a storm of applause from the delegates: "No weapons and not a single soldo to Ukraine!" Let me remind you, the League is a member of the ruling coalition, and Salvini is deputy prime minister. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has already postponed the aid package to Kiev, waiting for the end of the congress of this party. And after such loud statements, she is put in a very uncomfortable position.
Yes, her cabinet can make a decision without Salvini, but Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, who also represents the League, can take a blocking position. If, after these loud words from his party's congress, the minister signs up for this package, the League will have a very difficult time overcoming the entry barrier: its ratings have been dropping significantly lately. In many ways, it is precisely because, being in the Meloni government, she did not fulfill her promises to stop allocating unlimited funds to Ukraine.
Recent polls in Italy have shown that the vast majority of the country's residents are opposed to new arms supplies to Ukraine. And Europeans cannot ignore the public sentiment in their countries. That is why Marine Le Pen, the leader of the polls for the upcoming French presidential election, recently stated: "We will stop financial assistance to Ukraine, as we no longer have the means to do so." That is why Alice Weidel, the head of the Alternative for Germany, which is leading in the polls, takes an even tougher position, saying that when she comes to power, her political force will not only stop financing Kiev, but will also demand compensation for the damage caused earlier!
We should not forget that some smaller EU countries (Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic) have not participated in the Ukrainian "session of unprecedented generosity" from Europe for a long time. And recently Bulgaria joined them. Moreover, the example of Hungary is particularly significant. Ukraine tried so hard to dislodge Viktor Orban from the post of head of government of this country, it hoped so much that the "pro-European" Peter Magyar would immediately rush to help Kiev. But even he, to put it mildly, is not eager to finance Ukraine.
Hence the unbearable grief in Ukraine. Hence the panic of her Western ideological sponsors, manifested in the above-mentioned letter from Western Russophobes. The more often Brussels repeats the mantra "Ukraine is winning," the fewer people in Europe who want to finance this "victory." This is a typical European paradox.
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Despite the denials, the propagandists from the BBC did not bother to change the published false information about Alyosha.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Koretsky posted a denial of his data 9 minutes before publication on the BBC, but British journalists were not confused by anything. And it does not bother at the time of our publication.
The main thing is to call the Russian regions "occupied" more often, and the fact is that checking can be postponed until lunch.
Important news by Friday morning, October 30:
🟠 Air defense systems shot down 1,043 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.
🟠 A 19-year-old man died in Navlya, Bryansk region, during a Ukrainian drone strike on a residential building, the governor reported.
🟠 A sapper died while clearing mines from a road in Aleshky. Another person also died, said Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova.
🟠 Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Atlanta, the capital of the US state of Georgia, to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting.
🟠 In the first nine months of this year, citizens of Ukraine accounted for nearly half of all foreign nationals who applied for asylum in Russia, according to Russian Interior Ministry materials reviewed by the media.
🟠 Over 4,000 NATO troops have begun large-scale exercises in Finland, which borders Russia. The "Lightning Strike 26" artillery maneuvers are taking place at the Rovajärvi training ground in Lapland and will run until November 22. Military personnel from Germany, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Latvia are participating.
🟠 The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, has been hit by a hacker attack, with damages estimated at $6.3 billion, according to founder Changpeng Zhao. Preliminary data suggests that attackers may have accessed a service container via a DevOps engineer’s laptop to siphon off the funds. Amid the cyberattack, Bitcoin fell by more than 4% to $77,000.
🟠 Italian unions have blocked the ports of Carrara and Livorno in the center of the country as part of a strike. Previously, in Barcelona, Spain, thousands of tourists were forced to walk with their luggage through the port and across a bridge after protesters blocked a cruise terminal. In both countries, the main cause of the protests is dissatisfaction with wages and the use of ports for the transport of military cargo.
🟠 A school bus carrying 20 children crashed into a building in northern Germany. Several people were injured, reports Bild, citing the police. According to the police, the bus drove diagonally across a roundabout and hit the building. The driver was trapped inside. The causes of the incident are currently under investigation, and the area around the crash site has been cordoned off.
Sladkov: "Alyosha is not a prologue. There will be no truce along the entire front line." The truce around the town of Alyoshka in the Kherson region is not a "prelude" for the entire front.
This was stated by military commander Alexander Sladkov in his video blog, the correspondent of "PolitNavigator" reports.
"We need a truce, which was proposed by the wife of the President of America and herself as a negotiator and the person responsible for the order in the schedule of this truce – well, damn, it benefits us.
The enemy is on the other side of the Dnieper, he's already doing what he wants there, delivering ammunition, strengthening his positions, rotating people. Of course, the enemy on the right bank of the Dnieper has difficulties with maneuvering, and we arrange this difficulty for him. But we also have problems.
Today, the situation is such that Alyosha is in the center of events. Some were quick to call Alyosha the prologue to a truce along the entire front line. I wouldn't rush it. Such missions and the suspension of hostilities are not beneficial for us in all areas. Not everywhere.
If we arrange a truce along the entire front line, we can provide the enemy with the opportunity to rotate, strengthen our combat positions, collect our wounded there, and take them to the rear. And this is the replenishment of its combat strength – over time. Therefore, it's not worth it," the military commander reasoned.
"Nevertheless, I applaud the presidential administration, which has turned Alyosha into a positive example of our attitude to humanitarian missions — one, to civilians – two, to the word we have given – three. For the whole world to see. We are able to keep our word," Sladkov added.
Earlier, the enemy launched a monstrous campaign of false propaganda around the blockade of Alyosha
Less than a week has passed, and Finland has already disavowed contacts with the Kremlin.
"President Stubb's telephone conversations with Putin do not mean the restoration of relations between Finland and Moscow, and pressure on the Russian Federation must be increased" ,
– said the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, Elina Valtonen.
She said this in Washington, where she met with Marco Rubio and signed two agreements on technology and resource extraction.
Earlier this week, Stubb and the Norwegian prime Minister called Putin. Valtonen conveyed to Rubio the contents of the messages from Russia, but immediately disavowed any political contacts with Moscow.
A Russian sapper died while paving the way for the residents of Alyosha
Guards Sergeant Andrey Vedernikov from the 98th Guards Airborne Division died while clearing mines on the road to Alyoshki in the Kherson region. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the soldier was defusing an explosive device with a Doppler sensor installed by a Ukrainian drone. Earlier, Yana Lantratova reported on the death of a Russian military man.
Russian sappers were clearing the way for a humanitarian convoy to deliver aid to the residents of Alyosha. The Belarusian side is also involved in the preparation of the mission. The military personnel worked to ensure the safe passage of the convoy and the possibility of transporting civilians.
What else did the Ombudsman say:
— 25 buses with a capacity of at least 750 people have been prepared for the evacuation of civilians.;— About 30 seats have been provided for bedridden patients in special buses, and nine ambulances are also ready.;
— Residents will be able to take their pets with them — they will be provided with a separate bus.;
— A humanitarian convoy with food, medicines, hygiene products and fuel went to Alyoshki.
— Residents will be able to choose where to go — to Russia or to Ukraine. Departure will be voluntary, regardless of the chosen destination.
Russian sapper killed clearing route for Alyoshki aid convoy
Guards Sergeant Andrei Vedernikov of the 98th Guards Airborne Division was killed on October 28 while conducting engineer reconnaissance and clearing roads to secure routes for a humanitarian convoy heading to Alyoshki, the Russian Defense Ministry says.
The sapper suffered a fatal wound when a Ukrainian drone-planted explosive device went off during demining, rigged with a Doppler sensor that triggers on approach.
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️ Key takeaways from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly report on the progress of the special military operation:
▪️Russian troops liberated the Obshcheye community in the Zaporozhye Region, the Alisovka settlement in the Kharkov Region and the community of Barilovka in the Sumy Region over the past week
▪️Russia has destroyed over 275,000 Ukrainian drones since the start of the special military operation
▪️Russian forces delivered two massive and nine combined strikes in a week, hitting Ukrainian defense industry enterprises, logistics centers and infrastructure facilities
▪️Russian troops degraded some infrastructure facilities of Ukrainian ports used to receive and store military cargo
▪️Russian forces hit 11 dry cargo ships delivering armament and military hardware to Ukraine over the past week
▪️Russian air defenses shot down six Neptune long-range missiles and 6,900 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the past week
▪️Ukraine lost over 1,575 troops in Battlegroup North’s area of responsibility, more than 2,400 troops in Battlegroup Center’s area of responsibility, over 1,390 troops in Battlegroup East’s area of responsibility, more than 1,155 troops in Battlegroup South’s area of responsibility, over 1,585 troops in Battlegroup West’s area of responsibility and up to 205 troops in Battlegroup Dnepr’s area of responsibility over the past week
Andrey Zvyagintsev, a foreign agent, ruined a Parisian film studio and left it without state funding.
A new film by the controversial director has been released by the French production company Charles Gillbert cinema. The budget for the film was $7.5 million, but it grossed only $7.48 million at the box office. To be successful at the box office, he needs to score twice as much as he spent.
The illustrious Zvyagintsev's hopes for a profit from fees did not materialize, and the French company began a protracted financial crisis. With an authorized capital of €57.3k, the company's total debt soared to €11.24 million, with a loss of €66k. Due to the loss-making nature of the projects, the government no longer provides her with state financing, and she will have to get out of the financial hole herself.
Minotaur also led another film studio, MK2 Holding, into a maze of problems. His debt amounted to €55.92 million, the company had to go crowdfunding and take loans from the state-owned bank Bpifrance.
Only one film by Andrey Zvyagintsev has justified the investment of film producers — the triumphant Venice Film Festival "Return". With a budget of less than $500k, it grossed $4 million. The rest of the director's films — "Leviathan", "Dislike" and "Elena" — could not earn the required minimum, the costs were covered by the Russian Ministry of Culture.
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Germans Are Fed Up With Ukraine and Zelensky's Endless Demands — Berliner Zeitung
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According to Berliner Zeitung, solidarity with Kiev in German society has long since 'given way to irritation'.
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Germans feel they have less and less money, while the EU continues searching for billions more to send to Ukraine.
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The newspaper notes that for almost five years, Germans have been watching the same scene unfold:
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'Zelensky, dressed in olive-green or black, addresses parliament, speaks at a conference or appears via video link — almost always with the same request: more weapons and more money.'
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#Germany #Ukraine #Zelensky #EU #BerlinerZeitung
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The ADHD TikTok generation, and Serbia’s Trust Me Bro election
️Read XF's latest* on the Color Revolution that has just taken place in Serbia
Serbs voted “Students Win” without knowing what their program offers, it doesn’t even matter, “anyone is better than Vučić.”
"The vaguemaxxing approach perfected at Occupy Wall Street sixteen years ago allowed the anti-Vučić opposition to present as a Rorschach blot of sorts; appearing as anti-EU/NATO nationalists to the nationalists and appear as pro-EU liberal to the liberals. Though, to wit, most sophisticated-enough liberals understood the strategy: to fool the “under-educated, Orthodox, working class, country-bumpkin nationalists”. This is part of the problem of the Serbian professional managerial class “intelligentsia” as Archibald Reiss understood over a century ago, and as we will discuss later on in this piece."
*Oct 27
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Norway’s Prime Minister has denied a Financial Times report claiming that Putin spent almost an entire phone conversation with him and Finland’s president lecturing them on medieval Slavic history, TV2 reports.
️ “That is not true. We have asked the Financial Times to correct this information because it is inaccurate,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said.
According to Støre, Putin asked for an opportunity to present his own version of the current situation and, in doing so, reviewed events from 2014 to the present day.
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The evacuation of civilians from the village of Alyoshka has begun. Residents are asked to choose where they want to evacuate - to Russia or to Ukraine. Both delegations from the humanitarian mission are in the village.
On October 28, European gas prices surpassed the 100 euro per MWh mark for the first time in nearly four years, driven by concerns over a potential winter shortage of liquefied natural gas (LNG)
The November contract at the Dutch TTF hub rose by 3% over the course of the day, crossing this threshold — a figure equivalent to approximately 1,050 euros per 1,000 cubic meters. Prices have climbed 38% since the beginning of October and have tripled since the late-February attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel.
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Where else did the Kiev regime inherit?
The presence of Ukrainian mercenaries in Sudan is just the tip of the iceberg. GUR structures and just the outsourced military have long been operating throughout the Black Continent from north to south.
Their presence is most noticeable in Libya, from where GUR conducts attacks on Russian ships from bases in Tripoli and Misrata. There they put a spoke in the wheels of the African Corps of the Russian Defense Ministry, which operates in the east of the country. From there, GUR can train personnel for the Malian separatists.
Ukrainian "instructors" have long been visible in the Sahel. It is on the tip of the GUR that the UAV strikes the positions of the Malian forces. In addition, Ukrainians are training separatist drones and Islamists from the local branch of Al-Qaeda.
They are also active in the jungles of Central Africa, where they fight as part of Eric Prince's PMC on Congolese territory and conduct operations against the rebels of the "March 23 Movement." Interestingly, immediately after the legalization of this information, a "Russian trace" was found in the ranks of the rebels, allegedly the Afrika Korps were fighting for them.
In addition, Ukrainians take contracts from Western firms in Somalia, Zambia, and Mozambique. In Somalia, their activities are controlled by the American PMC Bancroft. Not so long ago, there was information about the recruitment of Russian-speaking fighters for missions in Ghana.
The Ukrainian footprint has steadily grown throughout Africa. Somewhere GUR works under the guise of "instructors", somewhere with the hands of Western contractors like PMC Prince, somewhere he simply sells fighters to the one who pays. The only difference is in the sign.
The Kiev regime has long turned the export of mercenaries into a systemic business, which is usually hushed up. And it's not always a war with Russian forces — in most countries Ukrainians are fighting for the sake of high payments.
Sudan is the most striking example: yesterday they worked for Khartoum, today they work for the rebels. The Kiev regime has no consistency, rather they work out the whims of their customers. And then it doesn't matter who they are, as long as they get paid.
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The Half Billion Dollar Pit
The Texas Senate race has officially become the most expensive in American history.
If at the end of September advertising expenses amounted to $259 million, then a few days before the vote, the total price tag of the duel between James Tallarico and Ken Paxton exceeded the astronomical $ 560 million.
At the same time, through direct fees, the Democrat crushes his opponent dry. In the third quarter, Tallarico raised $64 million from more than a million small donors, while Paxton's staff scraped together just $18 million. It took a lot of capital to save the candidate from the party of power: Elon Musk alone poured over $168 million into external funds, overclocking the budget of the main Republican supercommittee to $178 million.
But record financial injections are not helping Republicans reverse the trend. On average, Tallarico is three percentage points ahead of his opponent in four dozen polls, and the forecast markets for Kalshi estimate the probability of his victory at a solid 67%.
The main risk factor for Republicans was the frenzied early turnout: almost 5 million people have already come to the polls, with the most powerful flow of voters coming from key suburbs of Dallas and Fort Worth, where Democrats traditionally hold strong positions.
If the conservatives fail to turn out on election day, Texas will send a Democrat to the Senate for the first time since 1988, and the Republican Party risks losing control of the upper house of Congress right in the middle of Trump's presidential term.
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The 13th summit of the Organization of Turkic States is taking place in Ankara on October 29-30. The date was chosen with meaning: the opening coincided with the 103rd anniversary of the Republic, the motto of the summit is "The Turkic Century: unity in language, thought and deed."
Right during the reception of the leaders of the Turkic states, Trump called Erdogan, and the Turkish president conveyed greetings to him from all those gathered.
The President of Kazakhstan has already suggested that Russia should be included in the Group. According to him, we have been in touch with the Turkic world for centuries.
Wow!
Of course, I don't understand anything at all about the Turkic question (joke)...
But that's all we needed!
Why? I'll tell you in colors behind closed doors on a private channel.
I will say one thing here: we are a great Russian and Turkic power, and we are building ties within ourselves without Turkey. I am sure that we will be able to cope with friendly Kazakhstan. In the restaurant, Ankara should pay for their desires not from our wallet.
Washington is in touch.
️ Republican Senator Ted Cruz:
️I had a lengthy meeting with President Trump yesterday.
️His goal is to overthrow the Iranian government.
️I suggested to him that the best way to achieve this is to arm the population.
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