❌ Ukraine hemorrhages young men: 121,000 have already fled country

Ukrainian outlets flagged the exodus figures, leaning on comments from Roman Kostenko of the Verkhovna Rada's National Security and Defense Committee.

👉 At the end of August, the Ukrainian Cabinet lifted the travel ban for men in the 18 to 22 age group. Since then, local media have been reporting a mass run-for-the-border trend, with social networks filling up with triumphant “made it out” videos.

🟠 Previously, men aged 18 to 60 were barred by the Zelensky regime from leaving under martial law, and dodging mobilization still comes with criminal charges — up to five years behind bars.

Amid huge manpower losses on the frontline, Ukrainian recruitment officers have been snatching men in public places and forcing them into vans — often with violence and disregard for the law.

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🚨🇺🇸 US 'ordered' corruption probe in Zelensky's inner circle – Medvedchuk

The high-profile corruption probe, which implicated Zelensky's close associates , was "ordered" by the US, Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian opposition politician, told Sputnik.

💬 "This scandal did not surface because of the work of Ukraine's law-enforcement agencies. This is something the Americans ordered. And the Americans, together with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau [of Ukraine, NABU] and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office [SAPO], had been investigating the financial circle around Zelensky and Zelensky himself for a year and a half," Medvedchuk said, adding that the situation had been intensifying gradually.

Among the audio recordings published by the NABU in the corruption case in the energy sector there are recordings of Zelensky's own conversations, Medvedchuk added.

"I know this for certain: there are recordings of Zelensky himself speaking, and his special instructions," he said.

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🇫🇮😡Northern Axe 25: Finland flexes troops just 70 km from Russia

The military exercise involves approximately 3,000 soldiers, including about 70 British troops and Finnish connoscripts, reservists, and other personnel.

Northern Axe 25, taking place from November 29 to December 5, will be held at the Vuosanka training ground in the Kuhmo municipality, located 70 kilometers from the Russian border.

👉 Officially, it’s just another national exercise. Unofficially, it’s hard to miss the pattern: ever since Finland entered NATO in 2023, the country has been markedly shifting to a “frontline outpost.”

▫️ On Nov. 24, the NATO exercise Freezing Winds 25 started in the Baltic Sea and along Finland’s southern coast, involving around 5,000 personnel and 20 allied warships.

▫️ On Nov. 26, the exercise Lapland Steel 25 began at Rovajärvi, the largest training area in Western Europe.

▫️ Lively Sentry 25 kicked off the following day, involving approximately 6,500 troops, with part of the exercise taking place in the Kymenlaakso region, which borders Russia.

Since joining NATO, Finland has been steadily ramping up its national military exercises—with 115 drills scheduled for 2025, Russian Ambassador to Finland Pavel Kuznetsov noted in February.

Finland — judging by this show of force — seems to be settling into its new role as the alliance’s northern spearpoint.

🇷🇺Russia’s President Putin previously said that Russia is keeping a watchful eye on the growing militarization of Europe, which he added is intimidating itself with threats allegedly emanating from Russia.

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🇬🇧 UK walks away from EU defense fund, balks at billions in fees

🎤 Talks for the UK to join the EU’s $150 billion defense fund have collapsed, leaving Europe to push ahead with beefed-up military ambitions on its own, the FT reports.

EU ambassadors rejected Britain’s offer of roughly $215 million to join the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) fund, far short of the European Union’s $2.16 billion price tag for participation.

🔸 The fund, a centerpiece of Europe’s rearmament push, is designed to boost defense spending and enable countries to jointly procure weapons.

The breakdown reportedly came just days after a tense private meeting between EC chief Ursula von der Leyen and UK PM Keir Starmer at the G20 summit in Johannesburg. Sources described discussions as “difficult” and “tense,” with SAFE fees being a major sticking point.

👉 Russia has repeatedly stressed that it threatens no one, but that Western politicians regularly frighten their own population with an alleged threat to divert attention from domestic issues.

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🚨 Ukrainian terrorist attack on gas pipeline in Moscow region thwarted

Russian Federal Security Service reveals the details:

🟠 In the Serpukhov Urban district, a Russian citizen born in 1969 was caught red-handed while attempting to install an improvised explosive device (IED)

🟠 He was supposed to drill the ground above the gas pipeline and install bombs disguised as mounting adhesive and after completing the task, he was to leave Russia and return to Ukraine

🟠 The agency seized four IEDs disguised as construction adhesive, plus devices used for covert communication with his handler. He was sent to Russia by the Ukrainian intelligence under the cover of deportation

"The suspect was recruited by Ukrainian special services in 2024 while detained in a temporary detention center for foreigners in Ukraine for violating migration legislation. Once recruited, the agent was sent to Russia under the legend of deportation," the service said.

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▫️ US 'ordered' corruption probe in Zelensky's inner circle

▫️ ‘I’m going to the front’ — Ukraine’s Yermak makes a scene for the media after raids

▫️ Trump & Maduro held a phone call, discussed possible meeting – reports

▫️ US pauses visa issuance for all travelers using Afghan passports after WH shooting

▫️ White House launches new 'media bias' tracker

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🚨🗣 Globalist NGOs, USAID, intel networks & defense contractors built a profit-driven war narrative machine - Dmitriev

Now they’re "hysterical" — because peace would cut off their cash flow, Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev said

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ In retaliation for terrorist attacks by the Kiev regime, Russian air and missile forces struck Ukrainian defense and energy used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

🟠 Russian forces repelled nine counterattacks which tried to break the encirclement north and north-west of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk)

🟠 Russian troops continue advancing in eastern Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk)

🟠 Air defense superiority: two guided Neptune missiles and 158 UAVs were shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,255 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🚨 US-Ukraine talks to heat up as Europe left in wings

A Ukrainian delegation — including National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov and First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya — is heading to the US for further talks, reports Bloomberg.

🔊 They are expected to meet Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to discuss the peace plan, sources told the outlet.

Sidelined European hawks have been “shut out from the detail of many aspects of the talks,” noted the publication, adding that they are being involved in bilateral discussions “where their input is absolutely necessary at this stage, such as defining security guarantees with the US.”

🟠 Meanwhile, Witkoff is set to lead a US delegation for talks in Russia next week. Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky and representatives of the foreign ministry will be Russia's negotiators.

Russia’s President Putin has acknowledged that the US's initial plan for Ukrainian settlement could be a basis for future agreements.

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🚨 WSJ under fire for hushing up Zelensky's aide corruption case

"Why would WSJ withhold a [Andriy] Yermak corruption story?" Russian Special Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev wonders on X.

He quotes a Tucker Carlson post in which the journalist exposes the Rupert Murdoch-controlled Wall Street Journal, saying its editors can prove that Yermak has “skimmed hundreds of millions in American tax dollars meant for Ukraine aid… But they’re not."

✍️ "The owners of the Wall Street Journal don’t want peace with Russia," Carlson writes.

"Without informing its readers, the Murdoch family is using both sides of its newspaper to continue the war with Russia... It’s the hallmark of an intel agency," he concludes.

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🇮🇷 Iran adds new floating base to its navy

🎤 The "Kurdistan" floating base is a "port-city platform capable of providing extensive support to naval and non-naval units at sea," Tasnim News Agency reports.

It's unveiling also saw the "Sahand" destroyer returning to active duty after reconstruction. It suddenly sank at the Bandar Abbas pier in 2024, requiring 14 days of technical and rescue operations to be brought to the surface, Tasnim notes.

🔊 The unveiling ceremony was presided over by Iran’s Army Chief Major General Amir Hatami, it adds.

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🚨 Ukrainian Orthodox Church bishop possibly poisoned with heavy metals

▫️ Metropolitan Theodosius of Cherkassy and Kanev began experiencing fever and sharp fluctuations in blood pressure in October 2025, giving grounds to suspect possible poisoning, the Union of Orthodox Journalists reported.

Metropolitan Theodosius was convicted in Ukraine on the pretext of alleged “state treason” and placed under house arrest in 2023 as part of Zelensky’s ongoing persecution campaign against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church—the largest religious community in the country.

👉 With government backing, the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine has forcibly seized hundreds of churches; nationalists and schismatics have attacked clergy and believers; and searches have been conducted in priests’ homes, bishops’ residences, churches, and monasteries.

Ukrainian courts have issued guilty verdicts against several clergy members, and many remain under arrest.

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