🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️ — The U.S. has unilaterally halted migrant return flights to Venezuela in the wake of President Trump’s airspace-closure declaration, according to state media VTV.

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🇻🇪🇺🇸🇹🇹⚡️ — NEW: Venezuela has increased security deployments and surveillance across its eastern region near Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean countries, according to local Trinidad & Tobago outlet CNC3News.

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🇺🇸❌🇻🇪 — NEW: Trump’s announcement that Venezuelan airspace should now be considered “closed” follows a recent phone call in which he warned President Maduro that the U.S. might resort to “force” if he refused to step down on his own, according to WSJ.

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🇷🇺⛔️🖼️ — ✔️ Kommersant:

"The WhatsApp* messenger may soon be completely blocked in Russia due to non-compliance with Roskomnadzor's requirements, the agency reported today. They emphasized that the platform is used for organizing terrorist activities, recruitment, and fraudulent schemes.

WhatsApp's monthly reach is 96.5 million users (for comparison: Telegram has 91 million users). Recall that in August, RKN blocked voice calls on Telegram and WhatsApp. Previously, messengers Viber and Signal were blocked in Russia on similar grounds.

Amid the restrictions, users are recommended to switch to national services, such as the Max messenger from VK, which already has 55 million registered users. In addition to basic functions, it is planned to integrate it with government services and payment systems. Thus, it could become an analogue of the Chinese WeChat."

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🇺🇦🛫🇺🇸📝🏳️ — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"Ukrainian delegation heads to the USA

The Ukrainian delegation is heading to the USA to discuss the American plan to end the war in Ukraine, reports AFP agency. The negotiations may take place in the state of Florida. After Andriy Yermak's resignation due to corruption suspicions, the delegation will be led by the Chairman of the National Security Council, Rustem Umerov.

In the coming days, US representatives are expected to visit Kyiv and Moscow in turn. President Trump's special envoy Steve Whitkoff is scheduled to meet with Vladimir Putin in the first half of next week."

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🇸🇪👑⚡️🪖🔫— 🇩🇪 BILD:

"For the first time since the 1990s, the Swedish king conducted war drills

Sweden has for the first time in many years conducted war drills involving the army, His Majesty the King, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, and members of the Riksdag. The government published a statement about this, including in Russian.

"It is important to train together, especially given the current security situation. Step by step, exercise by exercise, we strengthen Sweden's total defense system and its readiness to resist," said Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

During the drills, security measures for war and war threat situations were practiced. The statement also said that Sweden wants to be prepared for "incidents in the country or abroad."

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🇻🇪❌🇨🇴 — Venezuelan locals report to us that the Chavista Regime started to deploy troops and paramilitary units across the Colombian-Venezuelan border in Táchira State, the most mountainous and distant area from Caracas within Venezuela, effectively moving to militarize the area

🇨🇺🇻🇪🛫 — Chavista Regime-affiliated Boeing 737-4S3, which departed from Havana, Communist Cuba is approaching Venezuelan Air Space

🇨🇺🇻🇪🇻🇪 — Internal sources confirm that Cuban regime officials will leave Venezuela due to possible imminent US military attacks, fearing arrest.

🇺🇸❌🇻🇪🇨🇴 — US Navy Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet (# - RHINO62) flying in circles near La Guajira Peninsula and Maracaibo bay's entry, both places being strategic for Colombia's ELN and Maduro's Bolivarian National Guard-controlled drug smuggling networks

🇺🇸❌🇷🇺🇻🇪 — CNN Brazil journalist, Lourival Sant'Anna, says, quoting sources on US State Department, that US Navy Destroyer blocked and stopped a Russian Tanker destined for Venezuela at the Southern Caribbean

🇵🇹❗️🇻🇪 — Portugal has activated emergency channels to assist its citizens in Venezuela in urgent situations

“In the context of its ongoing mission to provide permanent support to the Portuguese community residing in Venezuela, the Consulates General of Portugal in Caracas and Valencia are making available channels intended for urgent situations, reinforcing the Portuguese State’s commitment to the protection and assistance of its citizens,” explained the statement addressed to the Portuguese community living in that Latin American country.

According to the same informational note, the use of these contacts “is intended exclusively for situations of proven urgency, in order to ensure an effective and timely response from consular services.”

“For other matters, such as requests for information or service appointments, the usual consular service channels should be used (...). It is recommended that Portuguese nationals residing in Venezuela keep their contact information up to date, so as to ensure effective and timely communication with Portuguese consular services whenever necessary,” the text specified.

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🇻🇪🇺🇸 Modified map of potential military targets in Venezuela with an overlay of U.S. flight operations in the region

- 7x "bomber attack demos" from CONUS (4x B-1B, 10x B-52H)
- 14x F/A-18, 2x E-2D from CVN 78 briefly turned transponders on
- RC-135 off the east coast

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