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A champion like no other: The curious life of a Unit 29155 operative Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s military Intelligence, the GRU, has dramatically stepped up its activities across Europe — from assassinations and acts of sabotage...

Read our latest crazy story on the spy who was so successful at pretending he's someone else that the GRU "killed off" his real persona and stranded him with the fake one. From a fake environmental expert to a purveyor of fake news:
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Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon

....with her tentacles?

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.

Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.

She was later released with NO CHARGE.

A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.

You decide…

1/ The vast number of Russian casualties sustained in the war in Ukraine will one day require a reckoning, warns a Russian warblogger. He laments that Russia missed the opportunity to conquer Ukraine in 2014 after the revolution which ousted the pro-Russian leadership. ⬇️

Guests cheer on women dancing for them at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.

This is the same group of people that gets offended by NFL halftime shows.

Women dancing for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago guests

Russian forces tried to break through the 33rd Mech Brigade’s line with five armored vehicles from Novotoretske. Three got stuck in the mud, forcing troops to dismount into water. Ukrainian artillery and HIMARS quickly struck the exposed infantry. Three vehicles sank, two were destroyed.

According to the Telegram channel Dossier of Spy, an attack on Tuapse’s Black Sea port using 12 UAVs destroyed the vessel Nord, ignited fires on 4 tankers, including Pollux (40000 tons) and Chai (56000 tons) of petroleum products, damaged port equipment and a transport pipeline:

I am more interested in the ability of translating app to translate quite difficult sentences from one quite difficult language to another..

At a recent presentation at Cambridge, (prince) Andrew biographer Andrew Lownie claims Epstein and Melania Trump were in a relationship before he introduced her to Trump. When his biography on Andrew was released, Trump forced the publisher to redact those portions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=62j0...

DOZOR border guard unit eliminated 13 Russian soldiers and struck five more with aerial drones during a raid on enemy positions in Donetsk region in coordination with 3rd Army Corps and HUR's Artan unit, the State Border Guard Service reported.

Trump says he's instructing the Department of Defense to prepare for military action against Nigeria

Five Russian paratroopers from the 234th Regiment of the 76th Division have been formally charged for war crimes committed in Bucha. Investigators say they executed 17 civilians, tortured others, and tried to cover up their crimes by burning the victims’ bodies.

Russia struck Mykolaiv with a cluster warhead ballistic missile this morning, killing one person and injuring 15, the regional military administration reported. A gas station and several cars were damaged.

The biggest potential deterrent to Russian actions with the least US control is Ukraine's domestic missile programme.

Putin's obsession with the US and inability to process Kyiv's agency means he'll misread how dynamics shift after this.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Lina and Wendy went with our moms to the local school and registered the children to attend in person classes. Most of our children have not sat in a classroom for years...

Ukrainian forces advanced in eastern Rodynske north of Pokrovsk and struck Russian positions in the city's north during counteroffensive operations, ISW reported.

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Ukrainian forces are conducting counteroffensive operations near Pokrovsk, The Economist correspondent reports. Footage reportedly shows a HUR helicopter conducting a landing behind enemy lines, though the correspondent notes this cannot be confirmed with certainty.
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Starting November 21, Lithuania will halt transit of Russian oil products to Kaliningrad via Lithuanian Railways, complying with U.S. and UK sanctions. Nearly all of the 194,000 tons shipped this year came from Lukoil. A major choke on Russian energy logistics.

A-I captain! 🫡

Ukraine transferred a Russian serviceman to Lithuania for war crimes prosecution for the first time since the full-scale invasion, with a Vilnius court ordering detention on 30 October. The military police sailor faces torture charges involving a Lithuanian citizen.

Following a call between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Rubio informed Trump that Moscow showed no readiness to negotiate.
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Planet Labs satellite pic of part of the massacre in Al-Fashir/El-Fasher taking place the last few days when RSF took control of the Darfurian city. Shared by the UN's HRW.

Sat pic of a massacre in Al-Fashir/El-Fasher taking place the last few days when RSF took control of the Darfurian city. An estimated 270,000 civilians are trapped. Estimates of those murdered since the city fell range from 2000 to 3500, perhaps higher.

SBS News (AU) calls it Rwanda-level.

Haven’t read full article, but the thesis that Ukraine is about to collapse is false: Ukraine has secured billions in funding commitments until 2030, and it’s long-range strike capability will soon be widening & intensifying.Tiny, incremental ground losses do not spell defeat.

Will Senate Republicans nuke the legislative filibuster to end the government shutdown?

Zelensky confirms a Russian bomb strike on Sloviansk TPP just hours ago. Two people were killed, others wounded. “This is pure terror, normal forces don’t fight like this.” He noted energy support agreements with Norway, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and ongoing talks with the G7.

Exactly 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

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Rescuers have recovered a man's body from the rubble in Zaporizhzhia. The search continues. So far, 17 people are confirmed injured, including a two-year-old girl and five other children, according to the regional administration.

So so stupid and corrupt