Ex Night Owl, Former mil analyst & Intl consultant. Old cat still writing Geopolitics papers or intel analyses for my blog or for my next book.

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She’s right. The Putin whisperers are clueless and merely signal Moscow that its strategy of dividing the West could bear fruit. No peace can come of this, only more war.
Mette Frederiksen Denmark's Prime Minister has declined the offers from Finland and Norway don’t know what the two countries think you can achieve when Europe that when others have gone solo and, have travelled to Moscow, that it is important that we Europeans go together," she said.” Mette Frederiksen (S) has told Finland's President, Alexander Stubb, and Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, that she disagrees with their “going it alone. I don’t know what the two countries think you can achieve with this. We have previously also stressed in clear reports from the rest of Europe that when others have gone solo and, for example, have travelled to Moscow, that it is important that we Europeans go together," she said.”
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1/ Russia is developing the capability to launch tens of thousands of kamikaze drones against European cities such as Paris, says a Russian drone developer. He describes heavy long-range drones such as the Iranian Shahed and Russian Geran as "a new weapon of deterrence". ⬇️
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A drone strike on a market in Nyala, the de facto capital of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, killed 21 people and wounded at least 40 others. dawn.com/news/2040194/sudan-…
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P2. Ce rapport de cinquante pages est potentiellement dévastateur pour Donald Trump. Il contient de nouveaux témoignages qui pourraient avoir de lourdes conséquences politiques. Analyse LH : Si les démocrates reprennent le contrôle de la Chambre des représentants lors des élections de mi-mandat, ce document pourrait servir de base à l'ouverture d'une nouvelle procédure de destitution (impeachment) contre le président américain.
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Oh my, another idiot take that just won’t die. The Europeans are not funding Russia’s war. They started from a deep structural dependency on Russian energy and have made tremendous — and fast — progress on decoupling. This isn’t something you just turn off overnight. And they still contribute far more to Ukraine in aid anyway. In contrast, the US is not even remotely dependent on Russian fossil fuels and yet the Kremlin asset in the White House is easing sanctions anyway while completely shutting off aid. Contrary to the braindead takes of Trump apologists, the hypocrisy runs squarely through Washington, not Brussels.
In case you were wondering who was funding Russia's war on Ukraine, the EU is the number 1 purchaser of Russia's liquid natural gas and pipeline gas products through September 2026.energyandcleanair.org/august…
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"It will be bloody." Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert warns security forces will face backlash if the next government cracks down on settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Watch our full conversation 🔽 #IsraelElection #BenjaminNetanyahu #DonaldTrump #EhudOlmert
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Ukraine’s 1039th Air Defense Regiment just released a massive compilation of the unit’s French-supplied Crotale SAM systems shooting down Russian air targets.
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Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski: The United States has now adopted a strategy of ending the war on whatever terms are necessary, so that it can return to economic cooperation. But you can end any war by surrendering. So the terms matter.
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He survived. His owner didn’t. Yesterday in Kyiv, rescuers pulled this little dog alive from the rubble. He’ll wait for the woman who will never open the door again.
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Политзаключенные начали один за другим умирать в российских СИЗО ift.tt/0BblLKd
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❗️The Kremlin, through the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev, is luring Trump’s team with lucrative deals in energy, aviation, rare earth metals, AI, and technology (including investments by people close to Trump in Lukoil), without stopping the war. At the October 9 meeting in Florida, Witkoff and Kushner proposed to Budanov restoring the transit of Russian oil and gas through Ukraine, and after Trump’s diesel deal with Putin they demanded that Ukraine stop striking Russian oil refineries — without any concessions from Moscow. Previously, economic agreements were supposed to follow a ceasefire; now they are not (Le Monde).
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Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski: There is a myth that has been successfully planted in the West that Russia always wins. But things don't always go their way. They lost the Crimean War. They lost the war against Japan. They emerged from World War I with their tails between their legs. They lost their invasion of Poland. They lost Afghanistan. And they lost the Cold War. So things can turn out very differently.
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"When CIA officers quit, colleagues gather in the lobby of the headquarters building for a “clap out,” a round of applause to wish them well on their last day. Ratcliffe isn’t a fan of the tradition. They serve as a reminder that many people have left" theatlantic.com/national-sec…
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An important humanitarian mission has begun in Oleshky. A bilateral ceasefire has been declared in the area where the mission is taking place. Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets has headed to the site and will be responsible for coordinating the process. We are in constant contact with him. It is critically important that this mission to rescue our people be carried out successfully and safely. I am sincerely grateful to everyone involved in carrying out and supporting this operation. Every Ukrainian life is priceless. We continue our work. Glory to Ukraine!
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RÉVÉLATIONS. Le diplomate français Rémy Bouallègue, numéro 2 de l’ambassade de France en Iran, a été violemment pris à partie le 8 octobre 2026 par des forces de sécurité iraniennes. Pourtant, le quai d'Orsay n’a pas jugé utile de rendre l’affaire publique ⬇️. lepoint.fr/monde/exclusif-le…
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⚡️️️️️️️Russia's assault on Ukraine's energy grid is a war crime, UN says. Russia’s attacks on energy infrastructure, which weaponize winter to inflict suffering, amount to war crimes, a UN inquiry has found. kyivindependent.com/russias-…
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NEW: Iranian officials expect renewed war and are debating options for how to respond. But amid the discussions, recent incidents in both Iran and Iraq indicate that the initial blows of a third all-out war with Israel since June 2025 have already begun.
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NEW!!! Ukrainian sources tell me Kyiv has received no update from Hegseth or the Pentagon on Patriot/NASAMS missile approvals. Zero movement. Zelenskyy said earlier Ukraine has been waiting nearly a month for Hegseth’s sign-off.
Zelenskyy: "... we have been waiting for nearly a month for Mr. Hegseth to sign off on missiles for Patriots and NASAMS. I instructed our team to raise this with the American side once again."
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