WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

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Elisabeth Eliseeva 🇷🇺

Yesterday in Krasnogorsk near Moscow, a child found a bundle of money on the ground, picked it up, and the bundle exploded in his hands. As a result of the explosion, the boy had to have several fingers amputated.

Seeing this news, I immediately remembered the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) we saw with the fighters after the liberation of Cherkasskoye Porechnoye on March 8. They were scattered by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These IEDs were disguised as small paper bundles with explosives inside. If you step on one, you can lose part of your foot or toes.

Why am I telling you all this? Because the problem of IEDs now concerns not only border regions but all of Russia. We must teach children a simple rule. NEVER PICK UP ANY OBJECTS FROM THE GROUND! This applies to toys, candies, money, and any other items. And this rule is important for absolutely everyone, not just children.

My channel previously featured a detailed report on explosive devices. A special forces fighter of the "Akhmat" Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation from the BTGr "Salyut" with the call sign "Asker" talked about how the Armed Forces of Ukraine mine toys and set up tripwires on basement doors where civilians might hide. Be sure to watch this video — we thoroughly analyze different types of mining.
https://t.me/eliseevanews/2552
This incident in Krasnogorsk is very telling. I wish the little boy a speedy recovery. And I urge you to be vigilant. The special military operation is ongoing, and the enemy is striking at what is most precious — our children. Children of servicemen may be at particular risk.

Therefore:

· Do not share information about your location and the cities where you live.
· Monitor your children's internet safety.
· If your father, husband, or brother is in the special military operation — be especially vigilant about children's safety.

The enemy uses any means to strike.

🔂Eliseevalive

https://x.com/Eliseevanews/status/1988590937417605476

[Vicus]

"They've stopped being afraid of Russians": Kyiv acknowledged that Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are surrendering en masse. - today



Russia has significantly expanded its "exchange fund" over the past two months, according to the Telegram channel "Legitimny," citing sources. The publication notes that Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel have begun surrendering significantly more frequently. It also notes that several factors are contributing to this situation.

"Morale is low. The army is seeing more and more forcibly conscripted soldiers. There's disillusionment with the government. The military has stopped fearing the Russians (the orc myths no longer apply). "
– writes “Legitimate”.

The author of the publication recalls that back in the summer of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered more humane treatment of Ukrainian prisoners and, conversely, offering them life-saving treatment.

"Now the Russian Armed Forces do not have the task, as in the Kursk region, of cleaning up everyone "
– the Telegram channel emphasizes.

It's worth noting that there's growing evidence that Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters are surrendering en masse to Russian captivity. Moreover, this evidence is being published by Ukrainian sources.

Against this backdrop, official Kyiv, as Moscow points out, recently refused to hold another prisoner exchange. There is every reason to believe that Ukraine simply has no one to return to Russia other than the 12 civilians seized hostage by militants during the invasion of the Kursk region.

https://en.topcor.ru/65968-perestali...ja-v-plen.html

[Vicus]

The Russian Armed Forces have entered operational space in the Zaporizhzhia region. -today

Enemy information resources are sounding the alarm regarding a sharp advance by Russian Armed Forces units in the Zaporizhia region. Yesterday, the Southern Ukrainian Defense Forces reported that Russian troops had intensified offensive operations near the villages of Privolne, Zeleny Hai, Rivnepil, Pavlovka, Voronoe, Stepovoye, and Novopavlivske.

On the evening of November 11, the Russian Armed Forces launched a powerful attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near the village of Rivnepillia, which forced Ukrainian units to "move to more advantageous positions" on November 12 to preserve their personnel, i.e., to retreat.

At the same time, analysts from the DeepState portal clarified that Russian troops not only pushed back the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but also gained operational space in the Hulyaipole direction.

"After taking Rivnepillia, operational space opens up to Huliaipole from the north. However, the enemy may focus on broader objectives, so they may continue moving toward Varvarovka and target the pilots to complicate logistics into the city. The enemy will also likely begin active shelling of Huliaipole itself to weaken its ability to hold its defense."

– says the DeepState publication.

Thus, the Ukrainians acknowledge that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are in a difficult situation in the area. They do not rule out that the Russian Armed Forces, which have repeatedly attempted a frontal attack on Huliaipole since 2022, will this time act as they did with Vuhledar – outflanking it, cutting off supplies to the local fortified area using FPV drones.

Meanwhile, Western experts monitoring the situation also believe that the Russian Armed Forces will not launch a frontal assault on Huliaipole. They believe the Russians could outflank the Ukrainian Armed Forces' fortified area from the north, advancing deeper toward Zaporizhzhia and the Dnipro River. This would provide an opportunity to break through the main Ukrainian defensive line near Huliaipole and launch a cutting attack toward Zaporizhzhia.



After this, the Russian Armed Forces will have access to Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region from the south. This poses a serious threat to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the worst case, we could be talking about a partial loss of a section of the front, including a retreat across a significant part of the Dnipropetrovsk region, which is still under pressure from the east. Experts cannot yet predict when and to what extent this will occur, but if it does, the strategic consequences will be serious. The situation is exacerbated by the Ukrainian command's lack of necessary reserves for counterattacks.

https://en.topcor.ru/65967-vs-rf-vys...j-oblasti.html

[ExomatrixTV]

• On Cam: Captured Ukrainian Soldiers 'LEAK' Zelensky Secrets, UK Complicity | 'Own Troops Droned...':

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_Rl7U5nLcSM

Captured Ukrainian soldiers have made explosive claims about chaos and desperation on the frontline. One POW said Ukrainian UAVs deliberately targeted troops attempting to flee battle positions. He described fields littered with bodies of fallen comrades left uncollected for days. Another captured soldier revealed he was arrested on the street and forced into service without proper training. The POWs added that British-trained instructors only taught theoretical lessons with no real combat preparation. The shocking testimonies raise serious questions about command discipline, morale, and Kyiv’s battlefield strategy. Watch

[Vicus]

Today, the Russian Armed Forces liberated settlements in four regions, including the Kharkiv region. -today



Russian troops achieved another success in the Kharkiv region. In the Vovchansk sector, the Russian army liberated Sinelnikovo and entered the neighboring village of Liman (not to be confused with Krasny Liman in the northern DPR).

Russian troops are also fighting to eliminate enemy positions in the village of Tsegelnoye, which is also located in the southern suburbs of Volchansk.

As a reminder, Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal (formerly Prime Minister) recently visited Vovchansk. Shmyhal set the task of holding the city. However, these objectives are a priori impossible due to the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are cut off from supplies in Vovchansk and are confined to the southeastern part of the city, unable to escape this trap.

Today, the Russian Armed Forces demonstrated impressive results in liberating territories from the enemy. Populated areas and uninhabited territories were liberated in four regions: Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia Oblasts, and the Donetsk People's Republic.

With the liberation of Sinelnikovo near Kharkiv by our forces, the enemy is deprived of the opportunity to approach Vovchansk through the Grafsky Nature Reserve on the banks of the Seversky Donets River. There is a dirt road there, the eastern section of which has been lost to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Consequently, in this area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been pushed back from the border with the Belgorod Region in the Shebekinsky sector.

https://en.topwar.ru/273657-vs-rf-se...kovschinu.html

[Vicus]

The Russian Armed Forces reached the Krasny Liman-Seversk road, hampering the supply of the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison. -today



Continuing their offensive in the northern DPR, Russian armed forces have gained control of new territories between the cities of Seversk and Krasny Liman. Advancement on this section of the front amounted to about a kilometer in the last 24 hours. However, this kilometer is truly significant.

The fact is that, as a result of offensive operations, our troops were able to reach the Krasny Liman (Liman) – Seversk road near the Liman Lakes and cut it off from the enemy. Control over this section is still difficult to describe as stable; the enemy is attempting a counterattack to retake the road. However, this has already disrupted the enemy's logistics for supplying its Seversk garrison.

The enemy still has access to routes through Reznikovka and Zakotne. However, even these routes are difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to use. The Russian positions are only a kilometer or a kilometer and a half away from certain sections of these roads, allowing for fire control, with all the ensuing consequences for enemy movements.

Thus, the situation for the enemy in Seversk is becoming critical. If the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to lose control of supply routes (physically), the Seversk garrison will effectively find itself encircled—following the same scenario that befell the garrisons of, for example, Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.

https://en.topwar.ru/273646-vs-rf-vy...izona-vsu.html

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5s-ggFOGGJY

Corruption Scandal Deepens⚖️Zaporizhzhia Defense Line Fails🏹Military Summary And Analysis 2025.11.13

[ExomatrixTV]

• France Deployed Entire Armored Brigade To BULLY Russia:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oD6rrN8iFAk

France wanted to deploy the entire 7th Armored Brigade to Romania as part of Dacian Spring 2025 military exercise to deter Russia. However, due to logistics problems, the operation was canceled. This failure has severe implications for NATO's projection of force capabilities in Eastern Europe.

• 00:00 France’s projection of force to deter Russia
• 04:18 NATO military exercises in Romania
• 06:07 France deploys military to Romania (2022)
• 09:17 First logistics problems
• 15:02 Departure of 7th Armored Brigade
• 18:01 Why Dacian Spring 2025 was canceled
• 20:40 Dacian Fall 2025
• 23:14 Conclusion & Final analysis

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Sergey Lavrov's FULL interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and now also saved to the library.

Print link: https://mid.ru/print/?id=2058998&lang=en

Direct link: https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2058998/

13 November 2025 00:21
Responses by Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, to questions from the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, which the newspaper refused to publish in full without cuts or censorship, Moscow, November 13, 2025

13.11.2025 00:21
Responses by Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, to questions from the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, which the newspaper refused to publish in full without cuts or censorship, Moscow, November 13, 2025

Question: It has been reported that Vladimir Putin’s next meeting with Donald Trump in Budapest did not happen because even the US Administration realised that you are not ready for talks on Ukraine. What went wrong after the Anchorage summit that inspired hope for the launch of a genuine peace process? Why does Russia remain adherent to the demands that Vladimir Putin put forward in June 2024 and on what issues сould you make a compromise?

Sergey Lavrov: The understandings reached in Anchorage was an important milestone in the search for a long-term peace in Ukraine through overcoming the consequences of the violent anti-constitutional state coup in Kiev organised by the Obama administration in February 2014. The understandings are based on the existing reality and closely bound to the conditions of just and lasting resolution of the Ukrainian crisis proposed by President Putin in June 2024.

As far as we know, those conditions were heard and received, including publicly, by the Trump administration – mainly the condition that it is unacceptable to drag Ukraine into NATO to create strategic military threats to Russia directly on its borders. Washington also openly admitted that it will not be able to ignore the territorial issue following the referendums in Russia’s five historical regions whose residents unambiguously chose self-determination apart from the Kiev regime that labelled them as “sub-humans,” “creatures,” and “terrorists,” and chose reunification with Russia.

The American concept that, at the US President’s instruction, his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff brought to Moscow the week before the Alaska summit was also built around the issues of security and territorial reality. President Putin told Donald Trump in Anchorage that we agreed to use this concept as a basis while proposing a specific step that opens a way for its practical implementation.

The US leader said that he should consult with his allies; however, after the meeting with his allies that took place in Washington the next day, we did not receive a reaction to our positive response to the proposals that Steve Witkoff delivered to Moscow before Alaska. No reaction was communicated during my meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in September in New York when I reminded him that we were still expecting it. To help our American colleagues decide on their own concept, we set forth the Alaska understandings in a non-paper and delivered it to Washington. Several days later, at Trump’s request, he and Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation and reached a preliminary agreement to meet in Budapest after thorough preparations for this summit. There was no doubt that they would discuss the understandings in Anchorage.

After a few days, I spoke with Marco Rubio over the phone. Washington described the conversation as constructive (it was indeed constructive and useful) and announced that, after that telephone conversation, an in-person meeting between the Secretary of State and the Russian Foreign Minister in preparation for the top-level meeting was unnecessary. Who and how submitted covert reports to the American leader after which he either postponed or cancelled the Budapest summit, I do not know. But I have described the general timeline strictly based on the facts for which I am responsible. I am not going to take responsibility for bluntly fake news about Russia’s lack of readiness for talks or sabotaging the outcomes of the Anchorage meeting.

Please speak to The Financial Times that, as far as I know, planted this misleading version of what happened, distorting the sequence of events, to put the blame on Moscow and lead Donald Trump off the road he suggested – a road to a lasting steady peace rather than the immediate ceasefire where Zelensky’s European masters are pulling him due to their own obsessive intention to get a repose and inject the Nazi regime with more weapons to continue the war against Russia.

If even the BBC produced a fake video that featured Trump calling for assaulting the Capitol, The Financial Times is capable of something similar. In Russia, we say, “they would not scruple to tell a lie.” We are still ready to hold another Russia-US summit in Budapest if it is genuinely based on the well-elaborated outcomes of the Alaska summit. The date is not set yet. Russia-US contacts continue.

Question: Units of the Russian Armed Forces are currently controlling less territory than in 2022, several weeks into what you call a special military operation. If you are truly prevailing why can’t you deliver a decisive strike? Could you also explain why you are not publicising official losses?

Sergey Lavrov: The special military operation is not a war for territories but an operation to save lives of millions of people who have lived on those territories for centuries and whom the Kiev junta seeks to eradicate – legally, by prohibiting their history, language and culture, and physically, by using Western weapons. Another important goal of the special military operation is to ensure Russia’s security and to undermine the plans of NATO and the EU to create a hostile puppet state at our western borders that, by law and in reality, relies on Nazi ideology. It is not the first time we have stopped fascist and Nazi aggressors. That happened during World War II and it will happen again.

Unlike Westerners who have wiped out entire neighbourhoods, we are sparing people – both civilians and military personnel. Our armed forces are acting extremely responsibly and delivering high-precision strikes exclusively at military targets and associated transport and energy infrastructure.

It is not customary to publicise battlefield losses. I can only say that this year, Russia has transferred over 9,000 bodies of Ukrainian personnel in repatriation. We have received 143 bodies of our fighters from Ukraine. You can come to your own conclusions.

Question: Your appearance at the Anchorage summit in a sweatshirt saying “USSR” raised many questions. Some regarded it as a confirmation of your ambition to recreate, if possible, the former Soviet space (Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, the Baltic countries), if not to restore the USSR. Was that a coded message or just a joke?

Sergey Lavrov: I am proud of my country where I was born and raised, got a decent education, started and continued my diplomatic career. As is well known, Russia is the successor to the USSR, and in general, our country and civilisation dates back a thousand years. The Novgorod Veche emerged long before the West started playing democracy. By the way, I also have a T-shirt with the national coat of arms of the Russian Empire but it does not mean that we want to restore it.

One of our greatest assets, of which we are rightly proud, is the continuity of developing and strengthening our state throughout its great history of uniting and consolidating Russian and all other peoples of the country. President Putin recently highlighted that in his remarks on National Unity Day. So, please do not look for any political signals in this. Maybe the feeling of patriotism and loyalty to one’s Motherland is fading away in the West but to us, it is part of our genetic code.

Question: If one of the goals of the special military operation was to return Ukraine under Russian influence, as, for example, it may seem based on your demand to be able to determine the number of its armaments, don’t you think that the current armed conflict, whatever the outcome, gives Kiev a very specific international role and identity that is increasingly distant from Moscow?

Sergey Lavrov: The goals of the special military operation were determined by President Putin in 2022 and remain relevant to this day. It is not about spheres of influence but about Ukraine’s return to a neutral, non-aligning and non-nuclear status, and strict observance of the human rights and all the rights of the Russian and other national minorities – this is how these obligations were stipulated by Ukraine’s Declaration of Independence of 1990 and in its Constitution, and it was precisely in view of these declared obligations that Russia recognised the independence of the Ukrainian state.

We are seeking and we will achieve the return of Ukraine to the healthy and stable origins of its statehood, which implies that Ukraine will no longer subserviently offer its territory to NATO for military development (as well as to the European Union, which is quickly turning into a military block of similarly aggressive military bloc), sweep out the Nazi ideology prohibited in Nuremberg, return of all their rights to the Russians, Hungarians and other national minorities.

It is indicative that, while dragging the Kiev regime into the EU, the Brussels elites remain silent about the outrageous discrimination of “non-indigenous ethnicities” (as Kiev contemptuously calls Russians who have lived in Ukraine for centuries) and praise Zelensky’s junta for defending “European values.” This is just another proof that Nazism is resurging in Europe. It is something to think about, especially after Germany and Italy together with Japan recently began to vote against the General Assembly’s annual resolution on the unacceptability of glorifying Nazism.

The Western governments do not hide the fact that in reality, they are waging a proxy war against Russia through Ukraine and this war will not be finished even “after the current crisis.” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Brussels bureaucrats Ursula von der Leyen and Kaja Kallas, and US President’s Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg have spoken about it on many occasions. It is evident that Russia’s determination to protect itself from the threats created by the West using the regime under its control, is legitimate and reasonable.

Question: The US also supplies weapons to Ukraine, and there was a recent discussion on the possibility of delivering Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kiev. Why do you hold different views and assessments of the US’ and Europe’s policy?

Sergey Lavrov: Most of the European capitals currently make up the core of the so called “coalition of the willing” whose sole desire is to keep hostilities in Ukraine running for as long as possible. Apparently, they have no other way of distracting their voters from sharply deteriorating domestic socioeconomic problems. They sponsor the terrorist regime in Kiev using European taxpayers’ money and supply weapons which are used as part of a consistent effort to kill civilians in Russian regions and Ukrainians who are trying to flee the war and the Nazi henchmen. They undermine any peace efforts and refuse to have direct contacts with Moscow; they impose more and more sanctions that have a boomerang effect for their economies; they are openly preparing Europe for a new big war against Russia and are trying to talk Washington into rejecting an honest and fair settlement.

Their key objective is to compromise the position of the current US administration that has from the outset advocated dialogue, looked into Russia’s position and showed willingness to seek a lasting peace. Donald Trump repeatedly said in public that one of the reasons for Russia’s action was NATO’s expansion and the advancement of the alliance’s infrastructure to our country’s borders. That is what President Putin and Russia have been warning against for the past twenty years. We hope that common sense prevails in Washington, that it will hold onto its principled position, and will refrain from actions which can propel the conflict to the next level of escalation.

With all that in view, whether the weapons are coming from Europe or the US makes no difference for our military, and they immediately destroy all military targets.

Question: You were the one who pressed the “reset” button together with Hillary Clinton, even if the events then took a different turn. Can relations with Europe be reset? Can common security serve as a platform for improving the current relations?

Sergey Lavrov: The confrontation which has arisen from the European elites’ thoughtless and stillborn policy is not Russia’s choice. The present situation does not meet our people’s interests. We would like to see the awareness of such a disastrous policy sink in with European governments most of whom are pursuing a rabid anti-Russia agenda. Europe already waged wars [against us] under Napoleon’s flags, and last century also under the Hitler’s Nazi banners and colours. Some European leaders have a very short memory. When this Russophobic obsession – I am at a loss for a better phrase for that – fades away, we will be open for contacts, ready to hear if our former partners are going to do business with us further. And then we will decide if there are prospects for building fair and honest ties.

The West’s efforts have totally discredited and dismantled the Euro-Atlantic security system in its pre-2022 form. In that regard, President Putin came up with an initiative to set up a new architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia. It is open for all the nations of the continent including its European part, but it requires a polite behaviour devoid of neo-colonial arrogance, on the basis of equality, mutual respect and balance of interests.

Question: The armed conflict in Ukraine and the subsequent international isolation of Russia might have made it impossible for you to act more effectively in other crisis areas, such as the Middle East. Is that so?

Sergey Lavrov: If the “historical West” decided to fence itself off from someone, it is called self-isolation. However, the ranks there are not solid, anyway – this year, Vladimir Putin has had meetings with leaders of the United States, Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia. Clearly, today’s world cannot be reduced to the Western minority. That is an age gone by since multipolarity emerged. Our relations with the Global South and Global East nations – which make up 85 percent of the Earth’s population – keep progressing. In September, the Russian President paid a state visit to China. In the past few months alone, Vladimir Putin took part in the SCO, BRICS, CIS, and Russia-Central Asia summits, whereas our high-level government delegations attended the APEC and ASEAN summits and are now preparing for the G20 summit. Summits and ministerial meetings in the Russia – Africa and Russia – Gulf Cooperation Council formats are held regularly. The Global Majority countries are guided by their core national interests rather than instructions from their former colonial powers.

Our Arab friends appreciate Russia’s constructive participation in settling regional conflicts in the Middle East. Ongoing discussions at the UN on the Palestine problem confirm that capabilities of all influential external actors must be pooled together, otherwise nothing lasting will come out save for colourful ceremonies. We also share close or convergent positions with our Middle East friends which facilitates our interaction at the UN and within other multilateral platforms.

Question: Do you not think that in the new multipolar world order that you promote and support, Russia has become more dependent on China economically and militarily, which created an imbalance in your historical alliance with Beijing?

Sergey Lavrov: We do not “promote” a multipolar world order as its emergence results from an objective process. Instead of conquest, enslavement, subjugation or exploitation, which was how the colonial powers built their order and went on to bring about capitalism, this process implies cooperation, taking into account each other’s interests, and ensuring the smart division of labour based on the comparative competitive advantages of the participating countries and integration structures.

As for Russia-China relations, this is not an alliance in the traditional sense of the word, but rather an effective and advanced form of interaction. Our cooperation does not imply creating any blocs and does not target any third countries. It is quite common for Cold War-era alliances to consist of those who lead and those who are led, but these categories are irrelevant in our case. Therefore, speculating about any kind of imbalance would be inappropriate.

Moscow and Beijing have built their ties on an equal footing and made them self-sufficient. They did so based on their mutual trust and support, which are rooted in many centuries of neighbourly relations. Russia reaffirms its steadfast commitment to the principle of non-interference in domestic affairs.

Russia-China cooperation in trade, investment, and technology has benefited both countries and fosters steady and sustainable economic growth, while also improving the wellbeing of our people. As for the close military-to-military ties, they ensure that we complement each other, enabling our countries to assert their national interests in terms of global security and strategic stability while also effectively countering conventional and new challenges and threats.

Question: Italy carries the label of an unfriendly country, as you have said so many times, including in November 2024. You made a special point about it. However, in recent months the Italian government has been demonstrating its solidarity with the US administration, even on the Ukraine topic, while Vladimir Putin used the word partner to refer to the United States, even if he did not go as far as call it an ally. Considering the appointment of a new ambassador to Moscow, there are reasons to believe that Rome is seeking some kind of a rapprochement. How would you assess the level of our bilateral relations?

Sergey Lavrov: For Russia, there are no unfriendly nations or people, but there are countries with unfriendly governments. And since this is the case for Rome, the relations between Russia and Italy are going through the most serious crisis in post-war history. We were not the ones who got the ball rolling. The ease and swiftness with which Italy joined those who placed their bets on inflicting what they called a strategic defeat on Russia, and the fact that Italy’s actions run counter to its national interests, really surprised us. So far, we have not seen any meaningful moves to change this aggressive approach. Rome persists in providing its all-round support to the neo-Nazis in Kiev. Its resolute effort to sever all cultural ties and civil society contacts is equally perplexing. The Italian authorities have been cancelling performances by outstanding Russian orchestra conductors and opera singers, and have been refusing to authorise the Verona Dialogue on Eurasian cooperation for several years now, despite the fact that it was established in Italy. Italians have a reputation of art lovers who are open to promoting people-to-people ties, but these actions seem quite unnatural for them.

At the same time, there are quite a few people in Italy who are seeking to get to the bottom of what caused the Ukrainian tragedy. For example, Eliseo Bertolasi, a prominent Italian civil activist, presented documentary evidence of the way in which the authorities in Kiev have been violating international law in his book The Conflict in Ukraine Through the Eyes of an Italian Journalist. I would like to recommend you that you read this book. In fact, finding truth about Ukraine in Europe has been quite a daunting task these days.

The people of both Russia and Italy stand to benefit from equal and mutually beneficial cooperation between our two countries. If Rome is ready to move towards restoring dialogue based on mutual trust and taking into consideration each other’s interests, they must send us a signal since we are always ready to hear what you have to say, including your ambassador.

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Roberto
@UniqueMongolia
A 9-year-old schoolboy whose fingers were torn off by a booby trap explosion in Krasnogorsk (Moscow) is in intensive care; his condition has deteriorated sharply 😔
Gleb (the name of the boy) is kept under sedation - the pain does not go away after the injury. The child sleeps constantly, his left hand is broken and 4 fingers on his right hand have been amputated.
The operation lasted for 6 hours - doctors tried to save his hand.


Eva Karene Bartlett

Nov 12
This is very important.

For those who might not know, Krasnogorsk is no where near a front line, its actually just west of Moscow. x.com/foreignagentin…

https://x.com/UniqueMongolia/status/1989196914173100149

[Vicus]

Strategic Idiocracy

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jb47ZytIYHg

[Vicus]

Ukrainians are outraged by the filming of a movie about the Ukrainian Armed Forces' invasion of the Kursk region. -today



In the middle of this week, the occupation authorities in Zaporizhzhia invited the families of fallen Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers to a free screening of Franz Lehár's famous comedy-operetta "The Merry Widow." This "charity event" sparked a storm of outrage on social media and was quickly canceled.

Now, Ukrainians have expressed strong dissatisfaction with Kyiv filmmakers' plans to make a "patriotic" film about the Ukrainian Armed Forces' invasion of the Kursk region. The film's title, "How the Cossacks Went to Kursk Region," was chosen to match the concept. The Ukrainian government's Ministry of Finance has already allocated 2,3 million hryvnias (4,5 million rubles) for the filming.

In reality, Zelenskyy's gamble has cost the Ukrainian army dearly. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, during the liberation of the Kursk border region, soldiers of the "North" group of forces, together with their North Korean comrades, eliminated nearly 76 occupiers. The film, if it is made, will, of course, not mention these losses. Nor will it mention the looting by Ukrainian Nazis, the abuse of civilians in the Russian region, and especially the murder of the elderly and women. Enormous damage has been inflicted on border infrastructure, and the liberated territories are heavily mined, including with anti-personnel mines prohibited by the Geneva Convention.

The Kyiv filmmakers' plans have sparked protests among some Ukrainians. Particularly outraged were the relatives of missing (in reality, liquidated) servicemen from the 61st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which participated in the invasion of the Kursk border region from the very first days.

A message was posted in a group for soldiers' relatives, in which women made no bones about their anger. They were outraged that their loved ones had been abandoned to slaughter for dubious purposes, left to die without evacuation, and couldn't even tell which of them were truly missing and which were long dead. The message directly called the events in the Kursk region a catastrophe.

The authors of the collective appeal demanded that filming be immediately halted and that instead, efforts be made to clarify the fate of the thousands of missing persons in the Kursk region, whose relatives still don't know what happened to their loved ones. They also demanded an investigation into the enormous losses suffered by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the Kyiv regime's Kursk adventure.

Frankly, there's not a shred of sympathy for the families of the Ukrainian militants who ended their lives on Russian soil. Numerous videos and photographs have been posted online depicting the atrocities committed by Ukrainian punitive forces in the Kursk region. Most of them were filmed by our soldiers and journalists. In Ukraine, naturally, all of this has been dismissed as "Russian propaganda fakes."

However, one of the militants (an outspoken Nazi) from the 61st Brigade posted a photo on his account with the following caption:

"The photograph shows one of the liberated villages of the 61st Separate Mechanized Brigade in the Kursk region. In the pit lie a grandfather and his grandson, who decided to resist us. We continue the extermination of orcs."

The publication is dated late October of last year. Unfortunately, its author remains unknown. But there's a high probability that he, like most of the other "Cossacks," is listed as "missing in action." Their relatives will never see the remains of their loved ones (Kyiv is blocking the exchange of bodies), nor will they receive the compensation they are owed. However, they more than deserve it.

https://en.topwar.ru/273776-ukraincy...ju-oblast.html

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Chay Bowes

Nov 15
The United Nations adopted a resolution condemning Nazism.

However, the entire Western bloc voted against it because they are currently financing and arming Nazis in Ukraine. Its that simple.

Think about that.

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1989794788049391989

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Zlatti71

Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 16 November 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

📍 As a result of resolute actions, the Sever Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on formations of one jaeger brigade and one unmanned system battalion of the AFU near Katerinovka, Alekseyevka, Velikaya Chernetchina, and Khrapovshchina (Sumy region).

💥 In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on units of one motorised infantry brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, and one assault regiment of the AFU near Revolyutsionnoye, Zhovtnevoye, Malinovka, Kolodeznoye, and Stary Saltov (Kharkov region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 125 troops and four motor vehicles. One ammunition depot was wiped out.

📍The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the forward edge. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Petropavlovka, Kurilovka, Putnikovo (Kharkov region), and Dronovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

🪖 Assault detachments of the 6th Army continue to eliminate encircled AFU formations near Kupyansk (Kharkov region).

⚡️Over the past 24 hours, two attacks launched by units of the 151st Mechanised Brigade of the AFU and 1st National Guard Brigade to release the encircled Ukrainian formations were repelled near Osinovo and Zapadnoye (Kharkov region). The AFU losses amounted to up to 10 troops and one pickup truck.

▪️ As a result, the AFU losses in Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 50 troops, two mortars, one electronic warfare station, and five motor vehicles.

▪️ In the Zapad Group's area of responsibility, the AFU losses amounted to up to 230 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, one Romanian-made APR-40 MLRS launcher, two artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system. Four ammunition depots, one Plastun electronic reconnaissance system, and four electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

📍 The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU near Seversk, Raigorodok, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots, and one materiel depot.

📍 The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depths of enemy defence. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, two jaeger brigades, one assault regiment of the AFU, one marine brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades near Artemovka, Rodinskoye, Oktyabrskoye, Novoaleksandrovka, Kucherov Yar, Belitskoye, Toretskoye, Grishino (Donetsk People's Republic), Novopodgorodnoye, and Ivanovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 16 November 2025

Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)

💥 In Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People's Republic), assault detachments of the 2nd Army continued to eliminate the encircled AFU formations in the western part of the town, northwestern and eastern neighbourhoods of the Tsentralny district, and in the western industrial area. Russian troops mop up Ukrainian militants in Rovnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

⚡️ Six attacks launched by units of the AFU 425th Skala Assault Regiment from Grishino (Donetsk People's Republic) to release the encircled group of the AFU troops were repelled.

🪖 An attempt of a unit of the AFU 155th Mechanised Brigade to break through the encirclement in the north was thwarted.

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops and one infantry fighting vehicle.

🪖 In Dimitrov (Donetsk People's Republic), units of the 51st Army continued to advance in the Vostochny neighbourhood and the southern part of the town.

🪖 Assault detachments of the 5th Motorised Rifle Brigade approached the Zapadny neighbourhood. Russian troops liberated 33 buildings.

▪️ Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses in Krasnoarmeysk direction amounted to up to 280 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, and one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer.

▪️In the Tsentr Group's area of responsibility, the AFU losses amounted to up to 470 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and one electronic warfare station.

🚩 As a result of resolute actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Rovnopolye (Zaporozhye region).

💥 Losses were inflicted on formations of two assault brigades of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Gulaipole, Pokrovskoye (Zaporozhye region), Gerasimovka, and Orly (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️The AFU losses amounted to more than 235 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, 14 motor vehicles, one artillery gun, and two materiel depots.

🚩 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces completed the liberation of Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).

🔥 Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of one heavy mechanised brigade of the AFU near Malokaterinovka, Orekhov, and Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 110 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, 14 motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, seven electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots, and one materiel depot.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed two Neptune mobile coastal missile systems, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS launcher, struck fuel and energy infrastructure ensuring operations of Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, one long-range unmanned aerial vehicle workshop as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 141 areas.

🎯 Air defence units shot down one guided aerial bomb, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, two Neptune long-range guided missiles, and 197 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:

▫️ 668 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 96,993 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 636 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 26,056 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,613 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️ 31,340 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 46,799 support military vehicles.

🔹 Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1990010446640742549

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Desperate Zelensky Begs Russia Talks;
Zaporozhye Front Collapses
Pokrovsk Kupiansk next

EU No Asset Theft

https://x.com/GeromanAT/status/1990164755412074506

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Mats Nilsson
@mazzenilsson
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The Sunday Times reports today that Pokrovsk has fallen. This is bitterly noted by
@MarkGaleotti
, considered one of the leading "Russia experts" in Britain. In particular, to support his words, he cites the opinion of a certain British officer who previously advised the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

At the same time, Galeotti blames the weather for everything: he says the Russians reached a turning point solely because of the fog. But Zelensky also gets criticized, who, along with his generals, according to the author, "once again failed to understand when it was time to retreat." 😂

https://x.com/mazzenilsson/status/1990184394972434867

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DD Geopolitics

🇷🇺 Local Donetsk channels report the city is without power after Ukrainian strikes.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1990191243683594501

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News of Donbass

Nov 14
🇮🇹A lecture on Russophobia in #Italy generated a huge stir: thousands attended, despite attempts by a local radical party to ban the speech

Historian Angelo D'Orsi delivered his lecture, "Russophilia and Russophobia: the Truth," to a full auditorium in Turin. Hundreds more listened to him outside through speakers. The lecture was also broadcast on social media and on the national newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano.

📚 Italian journalist Vincenzo Lorusso also spoke at the event. He presented his book, "De russophobia," with a foreword by Maria Zakharova.

Meanwhile, pro-Ukrainian activists staged a picket against the lecture in Turin, attracting only 50 people.

https://x.com/News_of_Donbass/status...34958360388034

[ExomatrixTV]

• Massive Surrender of Ukrainian Soldiers in Pokrovsk Cauldron:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JgwyTJIuD9A

🇺🇦🇷🇺 An entire platoon of Ukraine's 38th Marine Brigade surrendered south of Myrnohrad. They were completely isolated and abandoned by their commanders. If nothing is done, this could be the first batch out of many more as the Ukrainian garrison of Myrnohrad is threatened with total encirclement. The General Staff of the AFU is risking an entire brigade to delay Russian advance into the north of Donetsk Oblast.

• Russian Forces Use Fog to SWARM Pokrovsk: • Russian Forces Use Fog to SWARM Pokrovsk

00:00 Surrender from 38th Marine Brigade
04:02 Myrnohrad taken into a pincer (7 Nov)
06:35 Russian supply moving into Pokrovsk (8 Nov)
08:39 Escape route of AFU in danger (9 Nov)
10:00 Mad Max convoy into Pokrovsk (10 Nov)
12:55 Surrender of 38th Marine Brigade (11 Nov)
18:08 Skala counterattack north of Pokrovsk (12 Nov)
20:22 Russian flag raise over Myrnohrad mine (13 Nov)
22:00 Ukrainian counterattack (14 Nov) and Conclusion

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DD Geopolitics

🇷🇺💥 Moskovsky Komsomolets reports that the Ukrainian SBU tried to assassinate former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow.

According to the report, the target was Troekurovskoye Cemetery, where Shoigu regularly visits his parents’ graves.

FSB had already announced the arrest of a sabotage group but only now is it revealed who the target was.

The SBU allegedly recruited a criminal from Kiev, two drug addicts, and a migrant for the operation.

They placed a flower vase with a hidden camera to track Shoigu’s visits and planned to plant a remote-controlled IED in another vase.

All members of the group were detained before they could carry out the attack.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1990512369064427541