🚨 Putin set to meet Witkoff at the Kremlin after 2 pm GMT

🗣 The talks will last as long as necessary, with no preset time limit, Kremlin spokesmen Dmitry Peskov said.

🇺🇸 The US delegation will include only Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and an interpreter; no other participants are expected.

Other statements:

🟠 The Kremlin agrees with the Belgian foreign minister on the need to abandon the idea of confiscating Russian assets, describing the proposal as a “major gamble.”

🟠 In the context of continued European support for Kiev, Peskov reminded European countries what has already happened to their funds in Ukraine.

🟠 Peskov referred questions about the security zone to be established by the Sever Battlegroup along the Ukrainian border to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia and China hold 20th round of strategic security consultations

📍 Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu met with China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi in Moscow.

🔹 The parties are to discuss international and regional security, cooperation in the military and military-technical spheres, the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, and interaction between the countries’ special services and law enforcement agencies, the Russian Security Council press service announced.

🔹 The consultations began in a narrow format behind closed doors, with a broader meeting planned after that.

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🚨🇪🇺Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini detained for fraud

👉Her detention comes amid raids at the College of Europe and the European External Action Service as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving EU-funded training for young diplomats

👉Belgian authorities have already arrested three suspects in connection with the case

Commenting on the reports, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the EU routinely ignores its own internal problems while lecturing others.

💬She noted that “millions of euros leak daily through corruption pipelines into Kiev and end up in private pockets,” adding that this has been happening “for years and in full view.”

Zakharova said Brussels “uses any international problem to profit — from the COVID-19 pandemic to Ukraine,” while overlooking issues at home and “constantly teaching everyone else.”

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

⚡️ ZELENY GAI & DOBROPOLYE IN ZAPOROZHYE LIBERATED

📍 With the liberation of Dobropolye, Russian troops have advanced another 5 km south along the right bank of the Gaichur River, establishing a further bridgehead to cross the river and advancing westward, deep into the Zaporozhye region.

📍 The liberation of Zeleny Gai allows further advancement towards the settlement of Gulyaypole from the eastern side.

◻️ Air defense superiority: 44 drones shot down

◻️ Ukrainian losses: around 1,400 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🇺🇸 Real US goal in Venezuela is oil — former Argentinian diplomat

American strategy in Latin America involves bringing pro-US right-wing governments to advance its own political and economic interests, block trade development and sever the region’s ties with China, former Argentine diplomat Alicia Castro tells Sputnik.

The US "closing" Venezuelan air space is part of efforts to blackmail airlines and an attempt to wage psychological warfare similar to that applied by America before attacking Libya, the expert noted.

This scenario includes:

🟠 Demonizing the leader of a target nation

🟠 Arming internal opposition and creating a parallel government

🟠 Fabricating claims of a massacre of civilians to start talking about the "necessity of protection"

But as in the case of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, the true goal of the US in Venezuela is resources, as the country has the largest oil reserves in the world, Castro explains, adding if America decides to go to war, it will not be an easy one.

💬 "As [former Venezuelan President] Hugo Chavez said, Venezuela is a peaceful revolution, but not a disarmed one; the people fully understand how important it is to defend their sovereignty and natural resources," the diplomat concludes.

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🚨 Russian special presidential envoy for economic cooperation Kirill Dmitriev, US special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner took a walk through Red Square ahead of their meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

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🚨 Putin: Global turbulence stems from the non-competitive tactics of certain Western countries seeking to eliminate rivals and preserve their fading monopoly.

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🚨 Putin: The West is failing to control the global economy through sanctions.

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🚨 Putin: Russia’s public debt remains among the lowest in the world

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🚨 Putin: Russia remains open for cooperation with foreign businesses

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🚨🇷🇺 Putin: Russia strengthens partnerships and defies Western economic pressure

Russia will continue to pursue a sovereign economic policy, President Vladimir Putin said at the VTB Investment Forum “Russia Calling!”. He outlined a series of positions on global turbulence, international cooperation, and the resilience of the Russian economy.

Key statements:

🔶Global turbulence is driven by the non-competitive tactics of certain Western countries.

🔶Western states are trying to eliminate competitors and preserve their fading privileges and monopoly.

🔶Despite external pressure, Russia’s economy is successfully coping with the challenges.

🔶The West is failing to control the global economy through sanctions.

🔶The vast majority of countries take a pragmatic approach, and Russia will continue to work with them.

🔶Russia, China, and India are united by decades of strategic partnership.

🔶Moscow aims to bring cooperation with China and India to a new level by strengthening the technological component.

🔶Putin will discuss increasing imports of Indian goods to the Russian market with PM Narendra Modi.

🔶Russia’s public finances remain stable.

🔶Russia guarantees reliable conditions for foreign investors.

🔶The budget deficit remains moderate.

🔶Russia’s public debt continues to be among the lowest in the world.

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🚨🇷🇺Putin on Pokrovsk: A key stronghold and an open invitation to doubters

🔶Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) has always been a top priority for the Ukrainian side, Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists

🔶The city holds special strategic importance — a strong foothold for achieving all objectives of the special operation

🔶Putin recalled that Russia repeatedly invited those who doubted control over the city to visit Krasnoarmeysk themselves

🔶While certain risks remain, Russian journalists continue to work on the ground

🔶Russia is ready to take journalists — including from Western media — through every district of Krasnoarmeysk, Putin said

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🚨 Putin: Ukraine’s leadership is focused on anything but the battlefield — it’s as if they’re living in a different reality.

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🚨 Putin: Europeans weren’t pushed out of Russia — they walked away themselves, chasing illusions of “Russia's strategic defeat”

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🚨 Putin on Europe’s role in the Ukraine сrisis

🔶 Europe has pushed itself out of the Ukrainian settlement process, Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists at the VTB Investment Forum “Russia Calling!”.

🔶 Instead of contributing to peace, European states are obstructing the US administration’s attempts to reach an agreement.

🔶 Europe offers no peace agenda on Ukraine — it has chosen the side of war, Putin said.

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🚨 Putin: Russia has no intention of fighting Europe — but if Europe starts a conflict, we are ready right now.

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🇷🇺💥 Meet Russia's cutting-edge Forpost-RE drone

Designed by Ural Works of Civil Aviation, it can conduct reconnaissance against ground or surface naval targets and strike them.

Specs:

🟠Range: Medium

🟠Weapons: guided/unguided aerial bombs and rockets up to 40 kg

🟠Temperatures range from -40°C to +50°C

🟠Features: auto takeoff and landing, can work without global satellite navigation signals

🟠Special equipment: relay system for radio communication with aviation command post

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🔥 EDEX 2025 exhibition: Day 2

Egypt’s fourth military exhibition continues its work in Cairo with more than 450 companies from 86 countries present.

Russian equipment on display: Su-57E jet fighter, Ka-52 helicopter, Antei-4000 anti-aircraft missile system, Forpost-RE recon and strike drone, and more.

The event takes place on December 1-4.

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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸Putin has begun talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, at the Kremlin

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov and presidential special envoy Kirill Dmitriev are also taking part in the Putin–Witkoff talks.

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