🔸 VIDEO: Trump will ‘work very hard on Russia and Ukraine’

🔸 Nuclear bomb will not help Ukraine – Zelensky's office

🔸 Trump won't allow Ukraine to build an atomic bomb – US foreign policy analysts

🔸 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picked as US health and human services secretary

🔸 Kim Jong-un personally oversees testing of kamikaze drones

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📊 Suicides among US military personnel on the rise - reports

In 2023, 523 people committed suicide, while the number was 493 the year before, a Pentagon report said.

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Ukrainian forces abandon positions in Kurakhovo amid lack of personnel, ammunition, and low morale

Ukraine’s military is retreating from the city of Kurakhovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and a number of nearby villages due to a severe lack of personnel, ammunition, and plummeting morale, a Russian gunner from the crew of a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system revealed.

Desperate attempts by the enemy to resupply ammunition, manpower, and equipment are being crushed with relentless firepower, the soldier from Russia's fierce Battlegroup Yug added.

Kurakhovo has served as the lynchpin of Ukrainian defenses in the region, as it’s only 46 kilometers (approx. 28.6 miles) away from Donetsk. The city’s liberation would open the way for Russian troops to Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), a key logistical hub for the Kiev regime.

Russian forces have been advancing on Kurakhovo from multiple directions with the aim of encircling it, while the Ukrainian forces dug in there are unable to hold their positions.

As the Russian Armed Forces head toward the Pokrovsk rail hub, they also appear to be gearing up for a new offensive in the Zaporozhye region, The Washington Post cited Ukrainian troops as saying.

The outlet added that after regularly dropping glide bombs and other explosives on fields to identify land mines and Ukrainian positions throughout the summer, Russian forces are now “ramping up” simultaneous drone and infantry assaults.

As awareness of a looming major attack spreads, Ukrainian soldiers expect “little let up in the onslaught,” the publication noted.

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💬 'Back to a place where our enemies fear us' - Pompeo

Neocon Mike Pompeo, who served as Secretary of State and CIA director during Trump’s first term, offered lavish praise for Marco Rubio.

"With Senator Rubio's leadership, we can get back to a place where our enemies fear us and our allies trust us," Pompeo said on his X account.

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📹 THROWBACK: Trump's pick for CIA Director, John Ratcliffe, slammed Biden for failing to arm Ukraine quickly enough and sanction Russia aggressively enough.

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❗️Russian troops liberated the village of Stepanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry announced

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🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly briefing on the special military operation's progress:

🔸 Ukraine lost over 4,715 soldiers during the week in the Russia's Battlegroup Yug area of responsibility.

🔸 Ukraine lost over 3,235 militants during the week and five tanks, including a Leopard tank. in the Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr area of responsibility.

🔸 Ukraine lost over 960 troops during the week in the Russia's Battlegroup Vostok area of responsibility.

🔸 41 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered during the week.

🔸 Ukraine lost over 3,435 militants during the week and three tanks in the Russia's Battlegroup Zapad area of responsibility.

🔸 Russian aviation shot down 10 Hammer guided bomb, 24 HIMARS missiles and 449 Ukrainian drones.

🔸 During the week Ukrainian forces lost up to 465 militants and four warehouses in the Russia's Battlegroup Dnepr area of responsibility.

🔸 Ukraine lost over 2,760 militants during the week and 24 tanks in the Russia's Battlegroup Sever area of responsibility.

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📹 THROWBACK: Vivek Ramaswamy's notorious anti-Palestinian comments

Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk, alongside Elon Musk, supports Israel's genocide in Gaza and its attempts to obliterate Hezbollah.

"Do I stand for Israel's right to defend itself? Absolutely, I do. I think that Iranian incursion, the Arab states, Turkiye, and Israel have plenty of an interest to make sure that doesn't happen," he said in a 2023 interview.

✍️ "Israel has an absolute right to defend itself and to pursue Israel-First policies, just as we should pursue America-First policies here. That’s consistent with the original Zionist vision and also George Washington’s vision for America. Calls for vague US involvement without clear objectives will lead us to a no-win war that will be bad for Israel and bad for the US," he wrote on X in October 2023.

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What are EU rapid deployment forces and goals of upcoming drills?

Fifteen EU member states and over 1,700 soldiers are set to participate in the European Union's second Live Military Exercise (LIVEX) in Bergen, Germany, from November 25 to December 10, according to the European External Action Service (EEAS). The exercise is part of the EU's Strategic Compass plan, which is to create a European Union Rapid Deployment Capacity (EU RDC) to strengthen the bloc's security and defense capabilities by 2030.

What is EU RDC?

▫️designed for rapid crisis response outside the EU, it was introduced in 2022;

▫️created to enable swift deployment for crisis management;

▫️consists of up to 5,000 troops, including land, air, and maritime components.

What is the purpose of the drills?

🔘 An integral part of the wider MILEX24, the drills are intended to test the interoperability of the EU’s rapid deployment forces to prepare them for potential high-intensity conflicts.

🔘 The maneuvers will be conducted under the command of Eurocorps and the German Army Command.

What will the drills involve?

◽️ Common operation will be tested at three command and staff stages: strategic, tactical, and operational.

◽️ The drills will involve the field deployment of a battlegroup comprising mountain infantry, a light/reinforced infantry unit, medical parts of the Medical Task Force (MED TF), and Austria’s Combat Service Support Battalion.

◽️ Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Hungary, Croatia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Sweden will participate in the multinational maneuvers.

The EU held its previous live exercises in 2023 in Spain, citing the perceived security threat from Russia. President Vladimir Putin dismissed these claims as baseless, calling them a tactic to mislead the public and justify increased military spending.

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