💰 ‘Astronomical sum’ von der Leyen seeks for Ukraine aid DOESN’T EXIST – Orban

✍️ “The President of the Commission is asking for nothing less than an additional €135 billion [$157 billion] over 2 years. This is 65% of Hungary’s annual economic output, 7 years of pensions from all Hungarian pensioners, and nearly 3/4 of the EU’s annual budget,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote on X.

He warned that this "magic trick" by the EU “would once again be a joint European loan, a move that would ensure even our grandchildren would be burdened with repaying the costs” of the Ukraine conflict.

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🟠 Ukraine corruption scandal: catch up on the latest

🟠 Why West continues to whitewash Zelensky amid Ukraine’s corruption scandal

🟠 Ukraine's graft schemes cooked up by Zelensky, Yermak - ex-Ukrainian PM

🟠 Zelensky’s fake peace tour designed to distract from corruption scandal: analyst

🟠 Russia cannot be dependent on foreign AI networks, it's matter of sovereignty – Putin

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🇺🇸🇸🇩 Trump vows to work with Middle Eastern partners to ‘stabilize Sudan’

President Donald Trump said “tremendous atrocities” are taking place in Sudan, calling it “the most violent place on Earth” and “the single biggest humanitarian crisis.”

He stated that Arab leaders — “in particular the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia” — had asked him to use the influence of the presidency to help bring an immediate halt to the fighting.

Trump said the United States would work with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and other regional partners “to end these atrocities” and stabilize Sudan.

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🇺🇸🇸🇩 ‘We've already started working on that’ – Trump on situation in Sudan

President Donald Trump said that after speaking with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the situation in Sudan, he now views the crisis differently and has begun taking action.

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👉 Trump’s Ukraine envoy Kellogg expected to leave administration in January — reports

US Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg plans to leave his post in January, according to four sources cited by Reuters. His departure would be unwelcome news in Kiev, where he has been regarded as a supportive voice, Reuters reported.

According to the report, Kellogg’s envoy position is temporary and, under US law, requires Senate confirmation after 360 days — a factor that sources said made January a natural point of departure.

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🔥🇭🇺 Hungarian FM blasts EU sponsors for ‘funding gold toilets for the war mafia in Ukraine’

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó slammed the EU for continuing large-scale financial support to Zelensky's regime despite corruption scandals in Ukraine’s energy and infrastructure sectors.

His comments come amid a widening corruption and embezzlement probe in Ukraine’s energy sector. NABU has searched state energy companies and detained former deputy PM Chernyshov over allegations that money meant to defend power stations went into luxury properties, while Zelensky business partner Timur Mindich has been indicted on multiple corruption counts and fled the country.

Ukrainian officials say Zelensky is under pressure to remove his chief of staff Andriy Yermak, even as European Commission correspondence cited by media says Ukraine will need about $157 billion in aid for 2026–2027.

💸 Szijjártó said continuing such funding despite these allegations raises serious concerns for EU taxpayers.

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⚛️ 🇷🇺 Rosatom: The Russian giant powering the planet’s future

Russian nuclear energy firm Rosatom energizes the planet, building high-performance power plants with advanced nuclear reactors worldwide.

With unmatched technology, it delivers clean, reliable energy that drives global development.

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🤖 AI will make work 'optional' in the long term — Musk

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he expects that within 10–20 years, advances in artificial intelligence and robotics could make work “optional,” comparing future jobs to “playing sports or a video game.”

Musk added that people may still choose to work “because they like doing it,” just as some prefer to grow their own vegetables despite the difficulty.

💵 He also suggested that in a far-future scenario, currency could become “irrelevant,” though physical constraints like power and resources would remain.

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🛰 AI compute may move to space within five years — Musk

"💬 You have to do that in space. There just is no way to do a terawatt per year on Earth," Tech tycoon Elon Musk said.

Musk argued that electricity demand and cooling needs for advanced supercomputers would exceed what can be built on Earth, saying it may become “impossible” to generate the required power domestically. In space, he noted, solar energy is continuous and cooling can be handled through radiation.

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🇺🇸 Trump's proposed Ukraine deal echoes Russia's demands in Alaska – reports

Elements of Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan for Ukraine "track what Putin offered" during August’s meetings with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and at the later summit with Trump in Alaska, the WSJ reports, citing US officials.

🔊 The Trump administration has reportedly prepared a draft peace agreement, consisting of 28 points, which would require Ukraine to recognize Russia's territorial gains and retract its demands for peacekeeping troops.

Ukraine would also have to agree to forgo NATO membership for at least several years, the WSJ adds.

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🚨💰Ukraine corruption scandal: What’s new?

The row related to top Zelensky allies, Ukraine’s crippled energy sector, and a $100M+ kickback and embezzlement scheme shows no signs of abating.

Here’s the latest:

◻️ Representatives of Zelensky's Servant of the People party have demanded the dismissal of all defendants in the Ukrainian energy sector corruption case

◻️ British citizen was part of a corrupt scheme to purchase substandard bulletproof vests for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in which Mindich was involved, the Ukrainian media outlet Strana ua reported

How are officials commenting on the development?

🟠 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova underscored that the West, which "coddled" Zelensky, must share responsibility with him for the corruption schemes in Ukraine

🟠 Former Ukrainian PM Mykola Azarov told Sputnik that Zelensky's chances of remaining in power amid Ukraine’s corruption scandal are extremely slim

🟠 Azarov added that Zelensky's office chief Andriy Yermak acted illegally by instructing the head of the Security Service of Ukraine to detain investigators from the country’s NABU anti-corruption watchdog

🟠 If Yermak does not resign, new recordings about corruption regarding top Ukrainian government officials may be released, Ukrainian lawmaker Anna Skorokhod claimed

🟠Illegally obtained funds are now being transferred from Ukraine to other countries, which usually happens before the fall of a regime, another Ukrainian MP, Artyom Dmitruk, said

🟠 Corruption scandal is undermining trust in the Ukrainian leadership not only within Ukraine, but also among Western countries, Grigory Karasin, chairman of the Russian Council’s International Affairs Committee, said

🟠 Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov may testify against Zelensky, who is involved in Ukraine’s corruption scandal, Apti Alaudinov, deputy chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Main Military-Political Directorate and Akhmat Special Forces commander, pointed out

👉German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has twice in recent days told Zelensky of the need to “mercilessly” combat corruption and reminded him of Germany’s hefty aid to Ukraine

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🇬🇧 ⚔️ UK–Ukraine plot to assassinate Russian officer foiled

📹 The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detained a resident of the Donetsk People's Republic who was plotting to assassinate a high-ranking Russian Defense Ministry officer on orders from Ukrainian military intelligence.

Ukraine planned to kill the officer with a British-made poison mixed into gift bottles of British beer, the service added.

💬 "A test of the confiscated bottles revealed that the beer contained a mixture of highly toxic chemicals, colchicine and tert-butyl bicyclophosphate (an analogue of the military-grade nerve agent VX, banned by the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention), produced in the UK. These chemicals, when consumed, cause agonizing death within 20 minutes," FSB stated.

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🇺🇸 Trump sent Driscoll to Ukraine to present US-developed settlement plan - reports

After that, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll will hold briefings with NATO members to present them with the peace plan, US media reported, citing an unnamed presidential administration official.

👉 Earlier, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Denys Shmygal and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky held meetings with Driscoll in Kiev, media reported, citing Ukraine's General Staff and Shmygal’s statement.

Driscoll is also reportedly scheduled to meet with Zelensky.

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🔶 Trump reportedly approves 28-point plan for Ukraine settlement , deal echoes Russia's demands in Alaska

🔶 Trump signs bill to release Epstein files

🔶 Ukraine corruption scandal: What’s new?

🔶 Hungarian FM blasts EU sponsors for ‘funding gold toilets for the war mafia in Ukraine’

🔶 Rosatom: Russian giant powering the planet’s future

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