🔍 Germany races to secure US sanctions exemption for Rosneft — Reports

Berlin is asking Washington for a sanctions exemption for Rosneft's German subsidiary, Reuters reports.

The unit is crucial for supplying petrol and airports across Germany, including key refineries.

According to a German ministry spokesperson, the US sanctions should not apply to Rosneft's German business because it was decoupled from its Russian parent.

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🇭🇺 🇷🇴 Refinery fires in Hungary and Romania hint at coordinated sabotage in Europe

🔥 Explosions rocked oil refineries in Hungary and Romania this week - both of which are key processors of Russian crude.

💬 “No one but Kiev could be interested in such an attack, since it’s well known that these are very important plants connected with Russia. Considering that there have long been attempts to undermine the government in Hungary — that is, Viktor Orbán’s policy toward Moscow — it seems clear to me that this points to a terrorist act by the Kiev regime,” Andrej Mlakar, a military expert, tells Sputnik.

👉 He draws parallels with the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.

🗣 “It can be assumed that these acts of sabotage are the work of Ukrainian special services, as well as elements of NATO’s so-called ‘secret army’. This was characteristic of NATO during the so-called Operation Gladio in the 1970s and 1980s, when various operations were organized in Europe [under a false flag] and the USSR was blamed. We are now seeing the same pattern again — sabotage operations against Russian interests and property in Europe,” he says.

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💥 US Air Force's new 'armed crop duster' crashes in Oklahoma

An OA-1K Skyraider II - a newly introduced aircraft described as a "heavily armed crop duster" - crashed near Oklahoma City during a training flight.

The aircraft was assigned to the 492d Special Operations Wing, operating from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base.

While 2 crew members were on board during routine training, no injuries were reported.

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🚨 All trade talks with Canada are terminated — Trump

US President Donald Trump accused Canada of distributing fake ads against tariffs.

"Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs," he wrote on Truth Social.

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📑 Russia shares JFK files showing Soviet investigation into assassination

US Rep. Anna Paulina Luna speaks about what the newly declassified Soviet cables reveal:

🔶 USSR conducted its own JFK probe due to close relations & escalation fears

🔶 Original files were destroyed when first handed to US authorities

🔶 Soviets feared assassination would trigger US-Russia war

"Trump, in a way, is continuing and almost finalizing Kennedy's legacy for peace," Anna said.

She added that Russia approved the request for the files before preparations for the Budapest summit began.

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📊 Most Americans now support recognizing Palestinian state — Poll

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll reveals a stark contrast between US public opinion and the Trump administration's position on the matter.

Overall, 59% of Americans support recognition, including 80% of Democrats. According to the research, even 41% of Republicans support the move.

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❌ Zelensky’s claims he ‘disrupted’ Putin–Trump summit ‘COMPLETELY FALSE’

💬 “It was nothing to do” with Volodymyr Zelensky, “but the truth has never stopped the high heeled one from a performance,” Irish journalist Chay Bowes wrote on X.

Zelensky earlier claimed that the cancellation of the planned Putin–Trump summit in Hungary was the result of his meeting with his European partners.

👉Previously, Donald Trump announced that he had canceled a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary, but was going to meet with him in the future.

Putin, meanwhile, stressed it would be a mistake to approach the summit without preparation, and that Russia always supports the continuation of dialogue with the US.

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🔹 Trump suggests land war on drugs

🔹 All trade talks with Canada are terminated — Trump

🔹 Russia shares JFK files showing Soviet investigation into assassination

🔹 Trump explores way to pressure both Putin and Zelensky — Whitaker

🔹 US lawmaker predicts $1T US-Russia deal after Ukraine

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👀💸 US national debt tops RECORD $38 TRILLION

The figure currently stands at $38,019,813,354,700.26, according to the US Treasury Department’s latest report.

💵 This comes after the US’ gross national debt surpassed $37 trillion in mid-August. The debt amounted to $36 trillion in November 2024, and $35 trillion in July of that year.

The latest record growth unfolds amid an ongoing government shutdown in the US, which is expected to further boost the country’s debt.

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🇯🇵 Japan intends to conclude peace treaty with Russia - Japanese Prime Minister

💬 "Relations with Russia are currently in a difficult situation, but the Japanese government's policy is to resolve the territorial issue and conclude a peace treaty," Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in her keynote address, as broadcast on the website of the lower house.

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❌🤱 Ukraine’s anti-Russian campaign on ‘children's issue’ has nothing to do with truth – Zakharova

Various so-called “coalitions" are being created to promote anti-Russian narratives aimed at entrenching on the international stage a distorted image of Russia as a “terrorist,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Key points:

🔹 US senators are now joining the effort as they reportedly prepare bills to label Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism” over the alleged “abduction of Ukrainian children”

🔹 Russia views this as an attempt to undermine the dialogue that has taken shape between Russia and the US

🔹 To date, 122 children have been reunited with relatives in Ukraine or third countries, including 29 children returning to Russia. The reunifications are verified by the Red Cross, with Qatar and the Vatican serving as intermediaries

🔹 US First Lady Melania Trump recently joined this process, confirming that Russia shows willingness to provide objective and detailed information about the children

🔹 Thanks to cooperation between Russia and the US, seven minors have been reunited with their families in Ukraine, and one girl returned from Ukraine to her family in Russia on October 11

🔹 Russia proceeds from the assumption that the direct contact established with the US will not only help reunite more families, but also help inform the international community about the real situation

🔹 Fabricated stories about "20,000 abducted Ukrainian minors" and various "child return coalitions," as well as bills and resolutions hostile to Russia, have nothing to do with the truth or concern for children’s interest

🔹 These are Bucha-style fakes—heartbreaking stories and sensational headlines in Western media, even though neither the names of those allegedly killed in Bucha nor the list of “stolen children” will ever be provided

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🇷🇺 Kremlin: Talks on Ukraine stuck in a 'prolonged pause'

🗣 The negotiations remain frozen because Kiev refuses to intensify dialogue, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

📍 Moscow sees the situation as a pause that has dragged on far too long.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 Putin and Trump open to future meeting, but only with REAL RESULTS

🔊 President Putin, like Donald Trump, does not rule out holding a Russia–US summit in the future, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

👉 Neither Putin nor Trump wants to meet just for the sake of meeting and waste time — proper preparation is needed to ensure the meeting is productive, the Russian presidential spokesman emphasized.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD WEEKLY UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ PERSHOTRAVNEVOYE IN THE DNEPROPETROVSK REGION LIBERATED

⚡️ BOGOLOVKA IN THE KHARKOV REGION LIBERATED

⚡️ PROMIN IN THE DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC LIBERATED

⚡️ DRONOVKA IN THE LUGANSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC LIBERATED

📍 Freeing Dronovka has enabled Russian units to intensify their advance on Seversk. This strategic gain is also expected to help neutralize security threats along the western flank of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR).

◻️ Territorial gains: 10 settlements were liberated over the past week

◻️ Strategic Strikes: Russian forces unleashed a massive assault and six group strikes against Ukraine's military-industrial complex and its supporting energy facilities

◻️ Air defense superiority: Russia eliminated a Su-27 aircraft, four cruise missiles, 18 aerial bombs, 15 HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 1,441 Ukrainian drones

◻️ Ukrainian losses: 9,560 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🤡🇪🇺 EU’s Ukraine aid plan stalled as bloc at odds over frozen Russian assets

💬 “Few were able to conceal the fact that the outcome raises renewed questions about the EU’s fragile support for Ukraine,” US media reports.

During the October 23 summit, EU leaders failed to clinch a deal on the European Commission’s proposal to use frozen Russian assets to shore up Ukraine. The issue is expected to be on the table at the next summit.

💸 After the start of Russia's special military operation, the EU and G7 froze almost half of Russian foreign currency reserves, totaling some $348 billion. These include about $232 billion held in European accounts, mainly by Belgium's Euroclear, one of the world's largest clearing houses.

Russia has repeatedly condemned the freezing of its assets by the EU as theft. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that Russia could respond by withholding assets in the country held by Western states.

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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸Russian special presidential envoy arrives in US for 'official talks'

Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Russian special presidential envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries, has arrived in the US for meetings with members of the Trump administration to continue discussions on Russia–US relations, CNN reports.

👉A source confirmed to Sputnik that Dmitriev is indeed in the United States.

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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 US special envoy Steve Witkoff expected to meet with Russia’s Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev in the US on Friday - Axios citing sources

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