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France backs Belgium amid unprecedented drone sightings | Euractiv
Russia is a “plausible suspect,” Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken said on Saturday
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France, is the second to pledge support publicly. Drones spotted over military sites, Limburg military nuclear bomber base and, Florennes, Belgium’s new F-35 fighter base. Sightings over Mol nuclear research facility, & above training areas and the army headquarters www.euractiv.com/news/france-...
UK sends troops to Belgium-British military personnel and equipment are sent to Belgium following a direct request for assistance after a series of drone incursions, Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton confirmed the UK had responded ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-sends-tro...
UK sends troops to Belgium after suspected Russian drones
British military personnel and equipment are being sent to Belgium following a request for assistance after a series of drone incursions forced temporary closures of airspace, including Brussels’ main...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
UK sends troops to Belgium-British military personnel and equipment are sent to Belgium following a direct request for assistance after a series of drone incursions, Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton confirmed the UK had responded ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-sends-tro...
France, is the second to pledge support publicly. Drones spotted over military sites, Limburg military nuclear bomber base and, Florennes, Belgium’s new F-35 fighter base. Sightings over Mol nuclear research facility, & above training areas and the army headquarters www.euractiv.com/news/france-...
France backs Belgium amid unprecedented drone sightings | Euractiv
Russia is a “plausible suspect,” Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken said on Saturday
www.euractiv.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
France, is the second to pledge support publicly. Drones spotted over military sites, Limburg military nuclear bomber base and, Florennes, Belgium’s new F-35 fighter base. Sightings over Mol nuclear research facility, & above training areas and the army headquarters www.euractiv.com/news/france-...
German Bundeswehr announced its military, first units of the Luftwaffe – Germany’s air force – already arrived in Belgium, investigating the situation and coordinating with the Belgian armed forces. Further German forces would “soon follow,” the military said. www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
German Luftwaffe dispatches drone-defense experts to help Belgium
Brussels had requested assistance from Germany following a “significant increase” in sightings of unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles.
www.defensenews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
German Bundeswehr announced its military, first units of the Luftwaffe – Germany’s air force – already arrived in Belgium, investigating the situation and coordinating with the Belgian armed forces. Further German forces would “soon follow,” the military said. www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
LATEST-UK military personnel and equipment are being sent to Belgium to help it bolster its defences after drone incursions on its airspace, suspected of being carried out by Russia. UK military to help protect Belgium after drone incursions www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK military to help protect Belgium after drone incursions
Sir Richard Knighton, the UK military chief, says his Belgian counterpart asked for assistance this week in the form of UK personnel and equipment.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
LATEST-UK military personnel and equipment are being sent to Belgium to help it bolster its defences after drone incursions on its airspace, suspected of being carried out by Russia. UK military to help protect Belgium after drone incursions www.bbc.com/news/article...
US meeting off after Lavrov-U.S. Sec of State Marco Rubio exchange. “officials were struck by the intransigence of Lavrov. Lavrov is clearly tired and seems to think he has better things to do than meet-engage with the United States, whatever Putin may want,” www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/07/l...
Lavrov Out of Favor With Putin?: Reports Force the Kremlin to Comment - The Moscow Times
The Kremlin has had to dismiss reports that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had "fallen out of favor" with President Vladimir Putin amid speculation that Lavrov’s diplomacy led to the cancellation of p...
www.themoscowtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US meeting off after Lavrov-U.S. Sec of State Marco Rubio exchange. “officials were struck by the intransigence of Lavrov. Lavrov is clearly tired and seems to think he has better things to do than meet-engage with the United States, whatever Putin may want,” www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/07/l...
LAVROV GONE, diplomat's absence from a key Kremlin meeting and delegation has fuelled speculation that he has fallen out of favour with Vladimir Putin, which may turn into another “falling out of a window episode” youtu.be/k5DgtmVGLRk?...
Putin KICKS Lavrov out of the Kremlin
YouTube video by Business Basics
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
LAVROV GONE, diplomat's absence from a key Kremlin meeting and delegation has fuelled speculation that he has fallen out of favour with Vladimir Putin, which may turn into another “falling out of a window episode” youtu.be/k5DgtmVGLRk?...
Sergei Lavrov has been sidelined by Vladimir Putin, Russia’s long-time foreign minister was absent from a key security council meeting this week. He will also no longer represent Moscow at the upcoming G20 summit, scheduled for November 22/23 in Johannesburg. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Lavrov ‘sidelined’ by Putin after Trump summit failure
Foreign minister ‘deliberately absent’ from key meeting amid reports of tense talks with Marco Rubio
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sergei Lavrov has been sidelined by Vladimir Putin, Russia’s long-time foreign minister was absent from a key security council meeting this week. He will also no longer represent Moscow at the upcoming G20 summit, scheduled for November 22/23 in Johannesburg. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
The new Russian reality, winter blackouts. Russian infrastructure targeted by Ukraine, 5 power stations taken out in one night youtu.be/Qrz6Ha9nofY?...
WAR Comes to RUSSIA and KARMA Hits Moscow Hard!
YouTube video by Business Basics
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November 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The new Russian reality, winter blackouts. Russian infrastructure targeted by Ukraine, 5 power stations taken out in one night youtu.be/Qrz6Ha9nofY?...
Putin's strategy is collapsing, not Ukraine front line, but a "civil war" inside the Kremlin. He gave sweeping powers to the FSB to conduct a Stalinesque purge of army commanders. Civil war erupts in Russia between FSB and its own army: Next phase of the war begins in Moscow youtu.be/NUc6SSw8A8U?...
Civil War Erupts in Russia between FSB & Military Generals
YouTube video by Business Basics
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Putin's strategy is collapsing, not Ukraine front line, but a "civil war" inside the Kremlin. He gave sweeping powers to the FSB to conduct a Stalinesque purge of army commanders. Civil war erupts in Russia between FSB and its own army: Next phase of the war begins in Moscow youtu.be/NUc6SSw8A8U?...
Nato 'will stand with Ukraine' to get long lasting peace, senior official tells BBC. Russia's invasion of Ukraine resulted in two more countries joining the NATO. Adm Dragone described the war as a strategic Russian failure despite any, incremental battlefield advances. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nato 'will stand with Ukraine' to get long-lasting peace, senior official tells BBC
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone tells the BBC the Russia-Ukraine war is bogged down, and it is "almost time to sit and talk".
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Nato 'will stand with Ukraine' to get long lasting peace, senior official tells BBC. Russia's invasion of Ukraine resulted in two more countries joining the NATO. Adm Dragone described the war as a strategic Russian failure despite any, incremental battlefield advances. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Secret location in Ukraine, attack drones assembled in silence striking deep inside Russia.
Strategic targets-oil refineries-fuel depots,-military logistics. Since summer, the long-range drone campaign has pounded energy infrastructure stretching Moscow’s air defences. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Strategic targets-oil refineries-fuel depots,-military logistics. Since summer, the long-range drone campaign has pounded energy infrastructure stretching Moscow’s air defences. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Drones, oil and escalation: Ukraine’s deep strikes impact Russia, altering war
In rural Ukraine, attack drones are assembled in secret to strike deep into Russia
abcnews.go.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Secret location in Ukraine, attack drones assembled in silence striking deep inside Russia.
Strategic targets-oil refineries-fuel depots,-military logistics. Since summer, the long-range drone campaign has pounded energy infrastructure stretching Moscow’s air defences. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Strategic targets-oil refineries-fuel depots,-military logistics. Since summer, the long-range drone campaign has pounded energy infrastructure stretching Moscow’s air defences. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
The Pentagon has given the White House a green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not negatively impact US stockpiles, leaving the final decision to President Donald Trump, according to three US and European officials. www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/p...
Pentagon cleared giving Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles, leaving final decision to Trump | CNN Politics
The Pentagon has given the White House the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not negatively impact US stockpiles, leaving the final politic...
www.cnn.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Pentagon has given the White House a green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not negatively impact US stockpiles, leaving the final decision to President Donald Trump, according to three US and European officials. www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/p...
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed that Russia attacked Ukraine in recent months using the 9M729 cruise missile, a secretive system that prompted President Donald Trump in 2019 to withdraw the USA from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) uatv.ua/en/sybiha-co...
Sybiha Confirms Russia Has Struck Ukraine with Nuclear-Capable Missiles - Freedom
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed that Russia has attacked Ukraine in ...
uatv.ua
November 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed that Russia attacked Ukraine in recent months using the 9M729 cruise missile, a secretive system that prompted President Donald Trump in 2019 to withdraw the USA from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) uatv.ua/en/sybiha-co...
Zelenskyy vows harder, better, faster, stronger strikes on Russian oil facilities
Ukraine’s president also wants the EU to step up by unlocking Moscow’s frozen assets to help Kyiv. www.politico.eu/article/volo...
Ukraine’s president also wants the EU to step up by unlocking Moscow’s frozen assets to help Kyiv. www.politico.eu/article/volo...
Zelenskyy vows harder, better, faster, stronger strikes on Russian oil facilities
Ukraine’s president also wants the EU to step up by unlocking Moscow’s frozen assets to help Kyiv.
www.politico.eu
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Zelenskyy vows harder, better, faster, stronger strikes on Russian oil facilities
Ukraine’s president also wants the EU to step up by unlocking Moscow’s frozen assets to help Kyiv. www.politico.eu/article/volo...
Ukraine’s president also wants the EU to step up by unlocking Moscow’s frozen assets to help Kyiv. www.politico.eu/article/volo...
1,060 RUSSIAN DEAD WOUNDED IN THE PAST 25 HOURS- Russia suffered approximately 1,138,750 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and October 28, 2025, with 1,060 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
1,060 RUSSIAN DEAD WOUNDED IN THE PAST 25 HOURS- Russia suffered approximately 1,138,750 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and October 28, 2025, with 1,060 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
Don’t believe Putin’s lies: Russia is not winning in Ukraine, Putin is only still in the game because of Chinese, North Korean and Iranian support. understandingwar.org/newsroom/don...
Don’t believe Putin’s lies: Russia is not winning in Ukraine
Russia has failed to conquer a smaller and poorer adversary despite nearly four years of campaigning, from Gen. Keane's New York Post op-ed.
understandingwar.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Don’t believe Putin’s lies: Russia is not winning in Ukraine, Putin is only still in the game because of Chinese, North Korean and Iranian support. understandingwar.org/newsroom/don...
Today, St. Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv, family, friends, colleagues said goodbye to Olena Hubanova and Yevhen Karmazin.
Our journalists killed by Russian drone strike on October 23 in Kramators
Eternal memory to Olena and Yevhen
Our deepest condolences to their loved ones youtube.com/post/UgkxfgZ...
Our journalists killed by Russian drone strike on October 23 in Kramators
Eternal memory to Olena and Yevhen
Our deepest condolences to their loved ones youtube.com/post/UgkxfgZ...
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Today, at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv, family, friends, and colleagues said their final goodbyes to Olena Hubanova and Yevhen Karmazin... Our journalists...
youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Today, St. Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv, family, friends, colleagues said goodbye to Olena Hubanova and Yevhen Karmazin.
Our journalists killed by Russian drone strike on October 23 in Kramators
Eternal memory to Olena and Yevhen
Our deepest condolences to their loved ones youtube.com/post/UgkxfgZ...
Our journalists killed by Russian drone strike on October 23 in Kramators
Eternal memory to Olena and Yevhen
Our deepest condolences to their loved ones youtube.com/post/UgkxfgZ...
No surprise, the current US administration is complicit in this action
Russia is amassing nuclear weapons and attack submarines in the Arctic Circle as it prepares for war with Nato,Norway’s defence minister has warned,the Telegraph reports.
▪️"Russia is building up on the Kola peninsula ...where one of the largest arsenals of nuclear warheads in the world is located.⤵️
▪️"Russia is building up on the Kola peninsula ...where one of the largest arsenals of nuclear warheads in the world is located.⤵️
October 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
No surprise, the current US administration is complicit in this action
This film shows the battlefield as it is. Today your friend is alive — tomorrow he falls during the assault. No effects, no acting, no heroics. A battlefield filled with despair, cold determination, and endless loss. Ukraine keeps fighting, but at a price #slavaukraini youtu.be/VYFGGd2NcMk?...
The Bradley trapped the Russians — none of them made it out alive.
YouTube video by Spartan
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This film shows the battlefield as it is. Today your friend is alive — tomorrow he falls during the assault. No effects, no acting, no heroics. A battlefield filled with despair, cold determination, and endless loss. Ukraine keeps fighting, but at a price #slavaukraini youtu.be/VYFGGd2NcMk?...
Why Russians are fighting against Russia: ‘Putin has not only ruined Ukraine, he’s ruined my country’
Sam Kiley meets Russian volunteers in Ukraine’s army in the southern front,who explain why they turned on Putin – and how they’re happy to kill their countrymen www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Sam Kiley meets Russian volunteers in Ukraine’s army in the southern front,who explain why they turned on Putin – and how they’re happy to kill their countrymen www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Why Russians are fighting against Russia: ‘Putin has ruined my country’
Sam Kiley meets Russian volunteers in Ukraine’s army near the southern front line who explain why they turned on Vladimir Putin – and how they’re happy to kill their countrymen
www.independent.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Why Russians are fighting against Russia: ‘Putin has not only ruined Ukraine, he’s ruined my country’
Sam Kiley meets Russian volunteers in Ukraine’s army in the southern front,who explain why they turned on Putin – and how they’re happy to kill their countrymen www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Sam Kiley meets Russian volunteers in Ukraine’s army in the southern front,who explain why they turned on Putin – and how they’re happy to kill their countrymen www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Kremlin in desperate actions announces more information about weapons of mass bullshit —Moscow tests new nuclear-powered cruise missile, says Putin’s top general www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Ukraine war latest: Moscow tests new nuclear-powered cruise missile tested
An intended summit in Budapest between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was called off on Wednesday
www.independent.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Kremlin in desperate actions announces more information about weapons of mass bullshit —Moscow tests new nuclear-powered cruise missile, says Putin’s top general www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
On October 25, a total of 181 combat engagements occurred between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy showing the greatest activity in the Pokrovsk sector of the frontline, where they carried out 76 assault actions. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
War update: 181 combat engagements on frontline in past 24 hrs, fiercest fighting in Pokrovsk sector
On October 25, a total of 181 combat engagements occurred between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy showing the greatest activity in the Pokrovsk sector of the frontline, whe...
www.ukrinform.net
October 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
On October 25, a total of 181 combat engagements occurred between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy showing the greatest activity in the Pokrovsk sector of the frontline, where they carried out 76 assault actions. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
As of October 26, 2025, Ukrainian forces have liberated 185.6 square kilometers of the Pokrovsk district in the Donetsk region and cleared an additional 243.8 square kilometers. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
Defense Forces liberate over 185 km² of Pokrovsk district – General Staff
As of October 26, 2025, Ukrainian forces have liberated 185.6 square kilometers of the Pokrovsk district in the Donetsk region and cleared an additional 243.8 square kilometers. — Ukrinform.
www.ukrinform.net
October 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As of October 26, 2025, Ukrainian forces have liberated 185.6 square kilometers of the Pokrovsk district in the Donetsk region and cleared an additional 243.8 square kilometers. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
The Russian Federation has used more than 50 missiles, nearly 1,200 strike drones, and more than 1,360 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine this week. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
Russia uses more than 50 missiles, 1,200 drones, and 1,360 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine in one week — Zelensky
The Russian Federation has used more than 50 missiles, nearly 1,200 strike drones, and more than 1,360 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine this week. — Ukrinform.
www.ukrinform.net
October 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Russian Federation has used more than 50 missiles, nearly 1,200 strike drones, and more than 1,360 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine this week. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
How many Kremlin aligned South American mercenaries are doing exactly the same as Columbia , Cuba springs to mind !!!
🔴 Colombian mercenaries fighting for Russia received direct orders to execute civilians in Ukraine, including women and children, intercepted calls suggest.
Ukraine Releases Intercept of Colombian Mercenaries Ordered to Kill Women and Children
Ukraine's military intel reveals Colombian mercenaries in Russia received orders to target civilians, including women and children, as war crimes escalate.
united24media.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
How many Kremlin aligned South American mercenaries are doing exactly the same as Columbia , Cuba springs to mind !!!