🪖🇺🇸🇷🇴 US to shrink European footprint: Romania facing troop cuts

The US has informed Romania and other NATO allies that it plans to slash the number of American troops in Europe, says a statement by the Romanian Ministry of Defense.

💬 "The Ministry of National Defense has been informed about the resizing of part of the American troops deployed on NATO's Eastern Flank as part of the process of reassessing the global posture of US military forces," it confirmed.

Specifically, this concerns forces destined for Romania’s Mihail Kogalniceau air base.

Of the approximately 1,700 American soldiers present at the base, 1,000 will remain on a rotational basis.

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🗣🇷🇺 Exposing lies: Putin calls out Zelensky over Ukraine’s trapped troops, sends warning to West

Vladimir Putin is pressing Volodymyr Zelensky to decide the fate of his encircled troops in Kupyansk and Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), aiming to stop him from deceiving his own people and Western leaders, veteran Russian military expert Yuri Knutov tells Sputnik.

That is why Russia’s president said that Ukrainian and foreign journalists could be allowed into the encircled areas under certain conditions.

💬 “The purpose is clear: show the dire condition of the Ukrainian armed forces,” says the expert.

However, one can expect Zelensky to stick to his last-stand logic, notes the pundit.

Putin is also sending a signal to the US: Russia will respond harshly if pressure on the country continues.

The US will take note of this message, but for America the situation is transactional — selling weapons, making billions, Knutov notes.
European hawks can be expected to “downplay Ukraine’s losses and insist the towns are strategically unimportant, while continuing to support Zelensky politically.”

Putin’s tough warning

Burevestnik missile

The Russian leader framed his message by pointing out the unique advantages of Russia’s nuclear-armed cruise missile Burevestnik.

🟠 The missile that has completed tests and will now enter serial production

🟠 Can take out integrated air defense and missile defense systems like “Iron Dome”

🟠 Implied average speed around 1,000 km/h

🟠 Stealth technology to reduce detectability

Putin suggested this explains why Trump was reluctant to send Tomahawks to Ukraine — training and logistics take months, and their deployment could be seen as a casus belli, underscores the expert.

Poseidon system

The Russian leader also cited successful tests of the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle, fueled by nuclear power - essentially a nuclear-powered torpedo with a nuclear warhead.

🟠 Can travel thousands of kilometers underwater

🟠 On final leg reportedly reaches speeds of 120 km/h

🟠 Can operate to depths of a kilometer

🟠 Can target enemy carrier strike groups and naval bases

Putin also warned that, with much of the US population and infrastructure along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, a Poseidon strike near a coastal military or naval base could trigger a tsunami racing up river estuaries, wreaking havoc on installations and nearby cities.

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🚨 Western sponsors fail to work out plan on Ukraine's support

The US and the European countries likely lack viable plans on how to prevent Ukraine from collapsing in the near future, Bloomberg reports.

🟠 The US is trying to place the burden of Ukraine on the EU nations, which has become the "soft underbelly" of the conflict

🟠 Meanwhile, Ukraine is to experience one of the harshest winters since 2022 amid losing ground to the Russian army and running out of money as soon as the first quarter of 2026

🟠 However, European countries see no universally approved ways on how to finance further arms supplies, as they lack cash themselves

Russia has a plan for victory and the Ukrainians have one for survival," the article says.

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🗣🇷🇺 Burevestnik and Poseidon systems have changed the balance of power – military expert

President Vladimir Putin signaled on Wednesday that Russia is progressing both on the battlefield and in next-generation weapons, reiterating the country's openness to dialogue.

💬 "President Putin had informed Western partners that Russia would unveil several new types of weapons," military expert Evgeny Mikhailov tells Sputnik.

"The Burevestnik is one of them. Many international experts had previously claimed such a weapon was impossible to build anytime soon — yet it’s already been made."

The Russian president announced on October 29 that another test had been conducted yesterday — this time of a new advanced system: the Poseidon, an unmanned underwater vehicle equipped with a nuclear power unit.

💬 "What makes it unique is that it represents a completely new generation of strategic weaponry," Mikhailov points out. "Powered by a nuclear reactor, it can operate at depth indefinitely and reach virtually any point in the world’s oceans."

That makes the Poseidon almost invulnerable to existing missile-defense systems and opens up entirely new possibilities for strategic deterrence.

Both systems have definitely changed the existing balance of power, the pundit believes, referring to an unusual silence in the West that has yet to comment on Russia's progress.

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🚨 Western elites to reprogram citizens with AI — Russian FM spox

💬 "The concentration of tools of influence allows [Anglo-Saxons] to use generative AI technologies to reprogram consciousness at a fundamental level," Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said.

💬 "In the medium term, AI will become the primary source of knowledge about events, the world, and history. Even now, it is the main assistant for millions of people, whose answers they trust unconditionally," she added.

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🇭🇺 Orban unveils Hungary's vision of peace & stability in Europe

1️⃣ Europe must negotiate directly with Russia

2️⃣ Ukraine shouldn't be EU member

3️⃣ Minimize funds to Ukraine, keep resources within Europe

4️⃣ Respect each country’s energy choices

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🚨 Experiments are being conducted on children under the guise of gender diversity, akin to those in concentration camps - Russia’s MFA spox

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🚨🇺🇸🇰🇷 South Korea agrees to pay $350 billion to lower tariffs — Trump

💬 "Additionally, they have agreed to buy our Oil and Gas in vast quantities, and investments into our Country by wealthy South Korean Companies and Businessmen will exceed 600 Billion Dollars,” President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump also announced that he gave approval for South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine.

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🇺🇸⚓️ South Korea to build nuclear-powered submarine in Philadelphia — Trump

The project will be carried out at the Philadelphia Shipyards, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that US shipbuilding is “making a big comeback.”

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💧🇨🇳 World’s tallest dam in China to save 140,000 tons of coal annually

China’s Jiangsu province now holds the noscript for the world’s tallest dam at 182.3 meters, powering the largest pumped-storage hydroelectric station with 1.35 GW capacity!

This green battery will save 140,000 tons of coal and slash 349,000 tons of CO2 emissions every year.

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🚨🇷🇺 Russian forces raise a national flag after taking control of the Vishnevoye settlement in the Dnepropetrovsk region

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🚨☢️ Trump orders resumption of US nuclear weapons testing

President Donald Trump announced he has instructed the Department of War to begin nuclear weapons testing “on an equal basis” with other countries, citing foreign testing programs.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated that the United States has “more nuclear weapons than any other country” following what he called a “complete update and renovation” during his first term.

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🚨🇺🇸🇨🇳 Trump arrives for meeting with China’s President Xi in South Korea

President Donald Trump stepped out of his motorcade, known as The Beast, and entered the venue for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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🚨🇨🇳🇺🇸 Xi arrives in Busan for meeting with President Trump

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Busan, South Korea, for talks with President Donald Trump, stepping out of his motorcade and entering the venue for the meeting.

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🇨🇳🤝🇺🇸 Trump and Xi shake hands at Gimhae Air Base in Busan

The leaders of China and the United States exchanged handshakes as their meeting began. President Donald Trump said he hopes the talks will be successful — but noted that Xi is a “tough negotiator.”

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 Trump opens talks with Xi at Gimhae Air Base in Busan

At the start of the meeting, President Donald Trump called Xi Jinping “a friend of mine” and “a great leader of a great country.”

💬 “We’ve already agreed to a lot of things and we’ll agree to some more right now,” Trump said, expressing hope for “a fantastic relationship for a long period of time.”

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 Xi delivers opening remarks at meeting with Trump in Busan

Chinese President Xi Jinping said it was “a great pleasure” to meet President Donald Trump again, noting that since Trump’s re-election, the two leaders have “spoken on the phone three times, exchanged several letters, and stayed in close contact.”

Key points from Xi’s speech:

🔹 He said that under their “joint guidance,” China-US relations have “remained stable on the whole,” acknowledging that “it is normal for the two leading economies of the world to have frictions now and then.”

🔹 Xi stated that the two leaders should “stay the right course and ensure the steady sailing forward of the giant ship of China-US relations.”

🔹 He said China’s development “goes hand in hand with your vision to make America great again” and that both countries “should be partners and friends.”

🔹 Xi praised progress made in recent trade consultations and expressed readiness “to continue working with you to build a solid foundation for China-US relations.”

🔹 He also thanked Trump for his “great contribution to the recent conclusion of the Gaza ceasefire agreement” and highlighted China’s efforts to promote regional peace initiatives.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 US should seek peace, not destruction — Rep. Luna

US Rep. Anna Paulina Luna told RIA Novosti the Obama administration turned US-Russia relations into a “foreign policy debacle,” contrasting it with earlier presidents who maintained “constructive relationships.”

Luna confirmed she will lead a delegation of US lawmakers to meet with members of the Russian State Duma, with the location now being finalized “through diplomatic channels.”

She also said the United States should embrace peace and prosperity, not finance destruction, adding that other members of Congress share this approach.

Luna described her recent meeting with Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev as “productive,” saying both sides found common ground on “peace, trade, and mutual respect.”

She added that the talks aim to advance President Trump’s efforts to end the Ukraine conflict, despite opposition from “war hawks in Congress and European Union bureaucrats who profit from chaos.”

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