👉 Zelensky may flee to Greece amid Ukraine collapsing—ex-intelligence officer

💬 "The Russians have shut down nearly the totality of Ukraine’s ability to generate electricity. This is going to create huge political pressure on Zelensky," former US intelligence officer and analyst Scott Ritter said in an interview with Andrew Napolitano.

💬 "Couple that with the corruption that’s taking place, this is a society in free fall, and Zelensky can’t survive this, so it wouldn’t surprise me at all if he went to Greece and stayed there," he concluded.

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🚨🇷🇺🇮🇱Putin holds phone conversation with Netanyahu - Kremlin

They discussed the situation in the Middle East, Gaza, the Iranian nuclear program, and stabilization issues in Syria.

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❌ Europe’s federal union project is big lie — de Gaulle’s grandson

💬 "Europe is sick. And the federal union of Europe is a failure and a big lie. At the head of this is the European Commission, with its libertarian ideology and its directives," said Charles de Gaulle’s grandson Pierre de Gaulle at the "BRICS - Europe" international symposium.

Federal Europe is crafting its own version of history, rejects faith and liberty of expression, he added.

Unless Europe regains "political autonomy and freedom of nations [within itself]", it will lose its influence in the world, de Gaulle also said.

The "BRICS - Europe" international symposium is being held at the Sirius education center, Russia, on November 15.

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🔸 Zelensky may flee to Greece amid Ukraine collapsing—ex-intelligence officer

🔸 Ukrainians protest against Zelensky & corruption

🔸 Fragile Gaza peace at risk, as Israel violates terms—Palestinian Ambassador

🔸 Russia’s UN Gaza project is barrier against external trusteeship — Palestinian expert

🔸 Russia’s Caspian Flotilla celebrates 303 years of glory

🔸 SKIF: New particle accelerator that takes Russia’s high tech to next level

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🗣 Roger Waters says Angelina Jolie’s Ukraine trip shows “total ignorance of the country’s real history.”

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🇪🇺💸 Brussels is using European citizens' money to buy weapons, then sending them to the "military mafia with a golden toilet," says Hungary's foreign minister as the Ukraine corruption scandal unfolds.

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🗣 Preventing war in Venezuela is crucial for global stability - Scott Ritter

🔶 A military conflict in Venezuela could destabilize both the region and the world, warns Scott Ritter, former US Marine intelligence officer.

📍 He stressed the need to twart "the imperial ambitions of the United States, getting the United States to avoid making the mistake of getting involved in a military conflict that will last a generation and destabilize a region in the world."

🔶 Tensions are rising as the US deploys warships and troops to the Caribbean while accusing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of leading a drug cartel. Venezuela has mobilized its forces and sought UN help to de-escalate the situation. Ritter urges the US to seek peaceful solutions, stressing the long-term consequences of military involvement.

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🇲🇽 ‘We say no to violence’ – President Claudia Sheinbaum comments on protests

💬 “If one does not agree, one must demonstrate peacefully. We should never use violence to bring about change,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said during an event in the state of Tabasco, as she addressed the Generation Z demonstrations that took place in several parts of Mexico, including Mexico City, where clashes with police were reported.

The protest in Mexico City ended following clashes with police. By late afternoon, the main square in front of the National Palace had largely emptied, with only security personnel remaining.

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🤔$100 million corruption case shows where Western aid for Ukraine really ends up

👉Western media was outright baffled by the sheer audacity of the perpetrators of this plot, led by one of Zelensky’s closest allies, with Financial Times describing a golden toilet discovered during the search of one of the suspects’ apartments in Kiev.

◻️Ukrainians themselves have not been thrilled by Zelensky’s handling of the scandal, the newspaper notes, with one anti-corruption activist describing it as being “very slow, and very weak.”

◻️The scandal dealt a huge blow to Zelensky's image, the New York Times points out. Prior to being elected in 2019, he styled himself as a champion of the people who would sweep the Ukrainian government of corruption and graft.

Nowadays, however, he is surrounded by his own private circle of corrupt businessmen and officials, and does only the bare minimum in terms of anti-corruption initiatives to keep himself afloat.

◻️In Europe, the scandal elicited a somewhat mixed reaction from the powers that be.

💬“We expect Ukraine to press ahead with anti-corruption measures and reforms in its own country,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said as quoted by the Washington Post, while EC spokesman Guillaume Mercier declared that the EU keeps a close eye on the investigation.

◻️At the same time, the EU seems to be in no hurry to halt or at least revise its financial aid to Ukraine, with Brussels apparently treating the scandal as some kind of isolated incident rather than as a symptom of the Ukrainian rampant corruption.

Mercier even claimed that there is no evidence of the EU money being “diverted to unintended purposes,” the WaPo adds.

◻️Polish outlet TVP World further alleges that Russia is going to “weaponized” the scandal – this is what calling out the Ukrainian leadership for its corruption is called now in Europe – while citing the the Centre for European Analysis think tank as describing the exposed scheme merely as “proof of Ukraine's anti-corruption system working.”

👉Meanwhile, Ukrainian media reports that Europe may demand Zelensky to take a harsher stance, to actually detain the officials implicated in the scandal and to enact a sweeping anti-corruption program.

Brussels might also demand the sacking of some of the more prominent members of Zelensky’s inner circle, such as the head of his office.

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