🇷🇺🇺🇸 What solutions could pave the way to a Putin-Trump summit?

📍 A few key issues must be resolved between the US and Russia before the Budapest peace summit can happen, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has stated.

What's he driving at?

At least three issues concerning Ukraine require careful consideration, according to Michael Maloof, former senior security policy analyst in the US Office of the Secretary of Defense.

🔶 First, Russia won’t give up what it holds; it also made it clear that Ukraine should withdraw from the new Russian regions. As of yet, the Kiev regime has resisted the option, the pundit explains to Sputnik.

🔶 Second, it's the security arrangement: "In a post-settlement period, do you allow Western forces into Ukraine at all? Because then it becomes ipso facto a NATO bastion. And that's the thing that [President Vladimir] Putin is trying to avoid," Maloof says.

👉 Russia has repeatedly warned that the deployment of a military contingent involving NATO countries in Ukraine could trigger an uncontrolled escalation of the conflict with unpredictable consequences. The Russian Foreign Ministry assessed the EU and UK's calls for intervening as "openly provocative and predatory".

🔶 Third, the US also needs to make sure its NATO allies comply with any agreement it signs with Russia.

🔶 Once those issues are solved, Russia and the US "can get on with their own bilateral areas of interest in a more geostrategic fashion," including new arms control and nuclear weapons.

"So you have issues that are overriding the Ukraine issue that need to bring Russia-US relations back in sync so that we can lessen the temperature in the world," Maloof concludes.

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🇨🇳 🇺🇸 China deems US calls to join nuclear disarmament ‘unreasonable’

💬 "China's nuclear arsenal is not on the same scale as that of the US and Russia. It is unfair, unreasonable and infeasible to press China to join in nuclear arms control negotiations at this stage," China’s Foreign Ministry spox Mao Ning said.

📍 US President Donald Trump has stated the US is "maybe working on a plan" of denuclearization with China and Russia, and expressed hopes it is possible.

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🔸 Larry Johnson: US has ‘zero leverage’ over Russia

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🪖🇮🇳 Indian tri-service exercise ‘Trishul’ unleashes massive desert firepower

Thar Raptor Brigade, Sudarshan Chakra, and Konark Corps are conducting high-tempo joint air–land ops in Rajasthan’s sands

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⚔️💣 UK preps full-scale military role in future war—or post-conflict Ukraine

The British Army would enter a war or participate in peacekeeping operations in post-conflict Ukraine as part of the so-called “coalition of the willing,” using its full range of military capabilities, writes The Guardian.

The UK could use everything from fighter jets to infantry in this effort, it cites military sources as saying.

💬 “Our mission as a country is to support our NATO allies, and in particular to secure the eastern flank,” junior Defense Minister Luke Pollard told the publication.

UK Defense Minister John Healey reiterated to European media yesterday that the work of the “coalition of the willing” was being “regularly refreshed so that we can genuinely feel we’re ready at the point of peace, whenever that comes, to step in and help secure that.”

👉 He added that the headquarters of the coalition is now up and running in the French capital and includes senior British military personnel.

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov underscored earlier in the year that the presence of NATO allies' troops on Ukrainian soil—under any flag and in any capacity, including as peacekeepers—would be a threat to Russia and unacceptable under any circumstances.

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🇺🇸🇨🇴 US sanctions punish Colombian president for condemning Gaza war and breaking with NATO

🗣 The US decision to include the Colombian president in the so-called “Clinton List” of sanctions is politically motivated and a violation of Colombia’s sovereignty, President Gustavo Petro’s lawyer, Daniel Kovalik, tells Sputnik.

👉 He believes that the real reason is that the United States was extremely displeased with Petro’s speech at the United Nations, in which he condemned the bloodbath in Gaza.

“Washington is irritated by his rejection of interference in Venezuela’s internal affairs and his decision to end Colombia’s alliance with NATO.”

🟠 Kovalik called Petro one of the world’s most outspoken leaders in supporting Palestine, and criticized Washington for “terrorism disguised as diplomacy.”

🟠 He said the entry ban and restrictions on Petro’s economic activity are “an attack on Colombia’s sovereignty,” warning that consequences for US–Colombian relations are inevitable. The lawyer also said Petro is considering legal action against the Treasury Department for violating due process.

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🚨🇷🇺 ZALA reconnaissance drones of Russia’s 68th Guards Corps keep striking deeply — systematically exposing Ukrainian positions on the Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) front.

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🇺🇸 US missile posturing aimed at pressuring Russia

💬 “The US wants to send a signal to Russia that it still possesses significant missile capabilities. These actions are an attempt to pressure President Putin and push Moscow toward an agreement that doesn’t serve global peace,” Taufiq Taame, Palestinian expert on international relations and US affairs, tells Sputnik.

📍 According to Taame, showing off American military power is futile against a superpower like Russia.

🔊 He stresses that Moscow has every right to develop its weapons to defend national security, while the world “needs stability and calm, not new conflicts.”

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🇨🇳 During the commissioning of China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier on November 5 in Sanya, Hainan, the PLA showcased takeoffs and landings of multiple aircraft types.

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⚔️ International criminal court biased towards West — Experts

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is not an independent or impartial entity, as it experiences a clear Western influence, Professor Priscila Kaneparo, a lecturer in international law at Ambra University, explains to Sputnik.

💬 "It is undeniable that major international organizations, including the ICC, have a Eurocentric bias, a bias towards the Global North. Not least because international law itself was constructed from the perspective of the Global North and, above all, from the perspective of European history," she says.

However, the court has the ability to pressure sovereign states to impose the West’s legal will on them, postgraduate in the International Relations Department of the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) Pedro Martins adds.

When the US interests are tackled, Washington can simply silence the ICC, while at the same time pushing decisions that punish other countries, with two bright examples being Russia and Sudan, the expert concludes.

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🇷🇺 Russian Buk-M2 systems intercepted Ukrainian-fired HIMARS rockets over the South Donetsk front.

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🇷🇺🇮🇷 Russia and Iran explore new Caspian shipping route to strengthen North–South Corridor

📍 Russia and Iran are look to create a new maritime container route linking Makhachkala with Iranian ports — a move aimed at strengthening logistics and trade within the North–South International Transport Corridor.

💬 “The sides discussed the possibility of opening a container line between the seaport of Makhachkala and Iranian seaports, as well as creating a consortium of shipping companies and developing cruise passenger routes in the Caspian Sea,” said Rosmorrechflot.

🔶 Makhachkala is Russia’s only ice-free port on the Caspian Sea and a key hub of the corridor, connecting Russia with Iran, India, China, and the Middle East.

🔶 Plans include building a high-tech grain terminal and modernizing the container terminal to boost regional trade and logistics capacity.

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⚔️ US nuclear brinkmanship to corner Russia will backfire – analysts

🗣 The recent US test launch of a Minuteman III ICBM and Washington’s move to resume nuclear testing are part of pressure tactics by American lobbying groups and European governments “to corner Russia into a deal with Ukraine that undermines global peace,” Taufiq Taameh, a Palestinian expert on international relations and US affairs, tells Sputnik.

The US also wants to demonstrate its clout, but “this is ineffective against a superpower like Russia, which has a formidable and advanced missile arsenal.”

📈 Russia has every right to advance its own weapons programs to protect its national security, and the US would be wise to reconsider its actions, warns Taameh.

The US missile tests go beyond simple deterrence, notes Iraqi military expert Adnan al-Kinani.

He believes they are largely fueled by US anxiety over Russia’s advances in high-precision weaponry that “surpass their American and Western equivalents.”

💬 “However, when nuclear weapons become a factor in ongoing conflicts, it undoubtedly signals a dangerous escalation. Such behavior could trigger a large-scale war that would exact a heavy price,” he adds.

The expert pointed out that persistent US attempts to undermine Russia and maintain global dominance are instead strengthening Russia’s alliance with China, North Korea, and Iran “in the pursuit of a new balance of power and a redrawn map of global influence built on nuclear parity.”

👉 American nuclear tests could push the US and Russia toward a new “Cold War,” warns diplomat and former Lebanese foreign minister Adnan Mansour.

In his view, US actions are a direct response to Russia’s recent Burevestnik missile launch. However, this American escalation puts at risk the very agreements and treaties designed to limit the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

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❌👨‍💼 Trump says no US official will attend G20 Summit in South Africa

💬 "It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa," the US president wrote on Truth Social, citing alleged human rights abuses in the country.

The G20 summit will take place in Johannesburg from November 22 to 23.

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🛢🇷🇺➡️🇭🇺 Energy supplies from Russia to Hungary fully exempt from US sanctions - Orban

Energy supplies from Russia via the TurkStream and Druzhba pipelines to Hungary are completely exempt from US sanctions, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

💬 "We have received full exemption from sanctions in the case of the TurkStream and the Druzhba oil pipelines ... There are no sanctions that would limit their supplies to Hungary or make them more expensive. This is a general, open-ended exception," Orban said at a press conference.

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🔸 US nuclear brinkmanship to corner Russia will backfire – analysts

🔸 Russia and Iran explore new Caspian shipping route to strengthen North–South Corridor

🔸 Energy supplies from Russia to Hungary fully exempt from US sanctions - Orban

🔸 US missile posturing aimed at pressuring Russia

🔸 US sanctions punish Colombian president for condemning Gaza war and breaking with NATO

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⚔️👉 US nuclear testing could lead to renewed arms race - Russian Ambassador to UN

US President Donald Trump’s statement on nuclear testing has caused chaos worldwide and following through could lead to a renewed arms race with dire implications, Vassily Nebenzia said.

💬 "Naturally, this has caused a stir around the world and in the United States, as many understand the danger of this move, the risk of resuming the nuclear testing they've been conducting since the early 1990s. This could lead to a new escalation, a renewed arms race, and generally unpredictable consequences," he stressed.

Russia will continue to monitor the developments, the ambassador added.

Last week, Trump said that he instructed the Department of War to immediately resume nuclear testing. He then specified that his order was due to "others doing testing" and it was "appropriate" for the US to keep up.

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⚔️🇩🇪 Germany gears up to be NATO’s springboard in potential clash with Russia

In a conflict with Russia, up to 800,000 troops and their equipment from various NATO countries could be moved through Germany to the eastern flank within a short period, Alexander Sollfrank, ex-Commander of NATO's JSEC, currently commander of Germany's Joint Force Headquarters, told a Bundeswehr conference.

💣 Hawking up the much-circulated ‘Russia threat’ allegation, he claimed that Germany could serve as NATO’s central hub and warned that any delay or uncoordinated deployment could doom NATO’s deterrence, pointing to Russia’s vast military potential.

Friedrich Merz, in a video message to military leaders, called for faster progress in strengthening military capabilities, while Bundeswehr Inspector General Carsten Breuer insisted that “Russia must never assume that it can win a war with NATO.”

👉 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly debunked concocted claims that Russia plans to attack NATO.

Russia is ready to enshrine its pledge not to attack any NATO or EU member state in future security guarantees, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized in October at the 3rd International Conference on Eurasian Security in Belarus’ capital, Minsk.

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🗣❌💣 Journalist calls out Europe’s military hype over non-existent ‘Russia threat’

The claim that Russia could soon attack NATO countries made by Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, who heads Germany's joint operations command, is sheer insanity, says Western journalist Thomas Fazi.

💬 “Not a single day goes by in Europe without someone uttering this brazen lie,” he says, aimed at justifying increased defense spending and militarization of Europe.

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🇺🇸💵💣LONG-RANGE KILL CHAINS: US pours billions into preemptive global strike-and-detect system

Aligned with its doctrine of total dominance, the US Space Force is seeking nearly $9.7 billion for the Long Range Kill Chains program in FY2026—about equal to last year’s entire Missile Defense Agency R&D budget, according to a new Roscongress Foundation report.

The program’s preemptive effect would rely on creating a global, all‑weather detection, tracking, and targeting network that includes:

🔸 Satellite constellation equipped with radar capable of detecting, classifying, identifying, and continuously tracking mobile enemy launchers across huge territories in any weather

🔸  Relay satellites forming a high‑speed, protected space communications network

🔸  Relays that instantly send tracking data from surveillance satellites to command centers and then on to strike assets

The report warns that the system could pave the way for using orbital sensors and a secure comms backbone for future space‑to‑ground precision strikes.

The architecture being built “directly undermines the established balance of strategic stability based on mutual assured destruction,” warns the report.

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🤡 EU fails to reach breakthrough with Belgium over use of frozen Russian assets

💬 “There is no progress yet in the discussions between the European Commission and the Belgian authorities regarding the use of frozen Russian assets to provide a loan to Ukraine,” EU sources said after another round of talks, as cited by RTL.

🔶 Brussels is pushing to tap profits from Russian central bank assets held at Belgium’s Euroclear to cover Ukraine’s short- and medium-term needs.

🔶 But Prime Minister Bart De Wever remains firmly opposed, citing legal and financial risks, warning that such a move could damage Belgium’s reputation, trigger endless lawsuits, and undermine confidence in the Eurozone.

🔶 De Wever urged the EU to seek “more predictable” funding methods — suggesting a new joint European loan — while reminding that countries like Japan have already rejected using sovereign Russian funds.

🇷🇺 The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly called the freezing of Russian assets in Europe “theft”, stressing that Brussels targets not only private individuals but also state-owned funds. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that Moscow would respond to any confiscation of frozen assets, noting that Russia also holds Western funds domestically that it can choose not to return.

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