🚨🛩 Failed MiG-31 hijack plot: Ukrainian intel stuck to Western political directives

First and foremost, Ukrainian intelligence planned to capture Russia’s advanced weapon system, military expert Sergey Gorbachev told Sputnik, commenting on the botched Ukraine-UK attempt to hijack a Russian MiG-31 jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile.

He didn’t rule out that the perpetrators planned a provocation involving the MiG-31 to simulate an attack on Romania or Bulgaria, both NATO members. Gorbachev also pointed to a possible media effect related to the scenario of a Russian pilot becoming a traitor and being used for nefarious purposes.

💬 “It was a multifaceted operation that could have caused not only reputational damage to Russia, but also serious security consequences. A provocation imitating a combat strike against a NATO country would have obvious and easily predictable repercussions,” the expert underscored.

He added that it is only natural that the UK’s MI6 was involved, as the Ukrainians “could not have planned, organized, and carried out such an operation all by themselves.”

Gorbachev was echoed by political analyst Vasily Belozerov, who said: When it comes to Ukrainian intelligence, it is “not independent and operates under political directives from abroad, following instructions that come from outside Ukraine as part of the West’s confrontation with Russia.”

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🚨🇵🇰 Death toll rises following Pakistani car bomb blast

At least 12 people were killed and 27 injured in a suicide bomb attack outside the Judicial Complex in Islamabad, Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed.

💬 “The suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle as he couldn't enter the complex,” Naqvi told reporters at the scene.

President Asif Zardari condemned the “foreign-sponsored” attack, calling for the elimination of terrorist networks.

Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched an investigation.

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🚨Russia’s FSB foils illegal Nazi reburial attempt

Russian security services stopped an illegal reburial ceremony near Volgograd for Wehrmacht officers’ remains, organized by German authorities through an NGO.

The remains were exhumed from the Holy Ascension Convent and were to be buried at the Rossoshki memorial — with military honors meant for WWII defenders.

The operation was planned for the eve of May 9 — Russian Victory Day — with a broadcast prepared for Western media.

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🪖 US officers can’t explain why so much military needed for strikes in Caribbean - report

US senior Special Operations officers in a briefing last month did not provide a comprehensive explanation why the Trump administration needed a massive military presence in the Caribbean for strikes on a few small boats allegedly used by drug cartels, CNN reported, citing sources with the knowledge.

At the moment, there is no public information from the Pentagon on what the military is using to conduct the strikes, but the sources told CNN that MQ-9 Reaper drones are used for US attacks on alleged drug boats, as well as AC-130J gunships and fighter jets.

🔊 The sources told CNN that the Pentagon officials also could not provide an exact amount of taxpayers' dollars spent on the counternarcotics campaign.

However, administration officials have stated that each strike costs up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, the report said.

⚔️ A significant part of all deployed US naval assets worldwide has been located in US Southern Command since last month, and even more US military assets are about to be placed in the Caribbean, the report added.

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🚨🇷🇺🇴🇲 Shoigu arrives in Oman for security talks with top leadership

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has arrived in Oman for talks with top the leadership of the country on security issues, the Russian Security Council said.

📑 "The agenda will include, first of all, the implementation of agreements reached during the historic state visit of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said to Russia in April this year. In particular, it is planned to discuss in detail the prospects for deepening cooperation in the field of security, the development of strategic projects with Russian participation, as well as ways to increase coordination on topical global and regional issues," the statement said.

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🇺🇸🪖 Trump suggests Veterans Day should be ‘Victory Day for WWI’ modeled after Russia’s May 9 celebration

Speaking at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday on the 107th anniversary of the 1918 armistice which ended WWI, Trump said that “from now on, we’re going to be celebrating Victory Day for World War I, for World War II, and frankly, for everything else.”

Trump said he got the idea from watching British and Russian celebrations commemorating the end of WW2 in Europe.

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🟠 Failed MiG-31 hijack plot: Ukrainian intel stuck to Western political directives

🟠 Lavrov unsure how the UK will distance itself from the MiG-31 provocation attempt

🟠 Death toll rises following Pakistani car bomb blast

🟠 Von der Leyen’s secret intel hub takes shape as critics cry foul

🟠 Trump suggests Veterans Day should be ‘Victory Day for WWI’ modeled after Russia’s May 9 celebration

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🚨🇺🇸 USS Gerald Ford supercarrier arrives in Latin America amid standoff with Venezuela

US Naval Forces Southern Command announced the deployment on Tuesday.

🗣 A Pentagon spokesman said the carrier would “bolster US capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere.”

The carrier’s arrival comes amid the continued buildup of US naval and air power in the area off Venezuela. The US missile has attacked ~20 vessels in international waters, killing at least 76 people.

The US says the targeted vessels are drug boats, but has yet to provide evidence.

🇻🇪 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US of plotting regime change, and deployed the army and militias in preparation for a potential invasion.

🇨🇴 Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for the re-formation of a 19th-century Gran Colombia-style superstate to repel potential foreign aggression.

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🚨🇬🇧🇺🇸 UK halts intelligence flow to US amid Caribbean killings – reports

The UK has stopped sharing intelligence with the US on suspected Caribbean drug trafficking boats, sources told CNN.

The UK, which maintains intelligence assets across several Caribbean territories, has previously helped the US Coast Guard to locate and intercept alleged drug-smuggling vessels by boarding them and arresting the crew.

🔊 But after the US began lethal attacks on the vessels in September the UK paused sharing intelligence, fearing it was being used to select targets.

The halt began more than a month ago, sources told CNN.

They said the British government considers the strikes, which claimed the lives of at least 76, illegal and do not want to be complicit.

👉 On October 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called for a halt to the "extrajudicial killing" in the Caribbean by the US. He insisted on the necessity of prompt, independent and transparent investigations into US attacks.

The UK’s move marks an unusual break with its closest ally and shows the British government's skepticism over the legality of the US operations, the report stressed.

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🇮🇷🛰 Iran solidifies fledgling space power status with ambitious satellite launch schedule

The Iranian Space Administration says three new domestically-built satellites are making final preparations for launch and will be deployed in space by early winter.

The satellites include:

🟠 Zafar (lit. ‘Triumph’), an advanced earth-observation satellite with high-res imaging equipment for environmental monitoring and disaster management

🟠 Paya (lit. ‘Enduring’), another earth-observation satellite

🟠 Kowsar (lit. ‘Abundance’ or ‘Spring in Heaven’), an earth-observation satellite fine-tuned for agricultural monitoring, from crop health assessment to resource management

All three satellites will be able to send back crop monitoring, mineral mapping and dust storm tracking data, ISA chief Hassan Salarieh says.

Besides satellites, Iran is working on two new ground control stations in Salmas and Chenaran, and finalizing work on a new 10-year space program roadmap.

Iran became the 9th country in the world to successfully and independently launch a payload into orbit with the Omid (lit. ‘Hope’) research and telecommunications satellite, carried aloft aboard a Safir rocket.

👉 It’s the only country in the Middle East besides Israel with space launch capabilities.

The ISA’s civilian space program is complemented by a separate military space endeavor run by the IRGC, best known for the Noor (‘Light’) series of Earth-imaging cubesats.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov commends renowned Indian author Achala Moulik for her book’s balanced and objective portrayal of the Russia–West conflict

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🪖🇱🇧 Hezbollah will not disarm, leader says

💬 “The Resistance’s weapons are the secret to its strength, and they will not be surrendered,” Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a televised address.

US and Israeli pressure “will not change our stance,” Qassem insisted, adding that the movement “will defend our land and dignity, and…will not surrender.”

👉 Qassem called demands for Hezbollah’s disarmament a “pretext” for aggression against Lebanon, and vowed to “do whatever is necessary” to confront this “existential threat.”

The US and Israel have been calling on the Shiite Lebanese political party and paramilitary movement to disarm since the summer.

Israel has ramped up airstrikes on Lebanon in recent weeks, and officials and media have warned that the country may launch a military operation unless the Lebanese government takes action.

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🇷🇺❄️ Russia's winter blitz could ‘coerce Ukraine into submission’

“Russia is producing more missiles than ever before, while Ukraine’s damaged energy grid is already unable to power the entire country,” Foreign Affairs reports.

📄 The upcoming winter could become the hardest one for Ukraine, which must brace itself for “significant disruption to utilities through the cold months,” according to the news outlet.

It suggests that if Russian forces are able to accelerate their gains related to the hollowing of the Ukrainian military’s defensive lines, Russia “could set a course to coerce Ukraine into submission in 2026.

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🇪🇺 💶 Europe still bankrolls Ukraine as conflict fatigue deepens

Germany will send an additional $46.3 million in so-called humanitarian aid to Ukraine ahead of winter, German FM Johann Wadephul said. The allocated funds are intended to cover losses caused by Ukraine’s energy crisis.

👉 The volume of German humanitarian aid to Ukraine has decreased by more than half this year compared to last year due to budget cuts at the Foreign Ministry, and amounts to approximately $232 million.

Denmark has also allocated a new $217 million aid package to Ukraine, including through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program, the Danish Defense Ministry said.

💸 Approximately $12.5 million of the new package will be used to meet Ukraine's long-term supply needs through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA).

In total, Denmark has allocated approximately $10.97 billion to Ukraine since 2022.

🎤 The EU and the Council of Europe are facing a shortage of funds to organize a so-called tribunal for Ukraine, as the US withdraws financial support for Ukraine, Euronews earlier reported.

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