The #US

19 missing after blast at Tennessee military explosives plant, sheriff says
The cause of the explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems is not yet known
A blast that leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.
Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said the blast at Accurate Energetic Systems, which supplies the military, was one of worst scenes he's ever seen.

Denmark is shocked by the mass arrival of young Ukrainians. The Aarhus municipality announced that it is currently preparing places to accommodate 232 Ukrainian refugees, of whom 113 are young men aged 18-22.

"We are not used to this target group. This is a completely new phenomenon for us," said Bine Elmose, head of the local Employment and Integration Center in this municipality, who said that previously they mostly received Ukrainian women and children.

Moreover, the Danes are aware that this influx of young men is related to the fact that the Kiev regime recently opened the borders for this category of population, after which the young men massively fled the country to avoid being drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

#Denmark #Ukraine

That explains a lot!

The newspaper Ekstra Bladet have uncovered a scheme by which the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is enriching herself in Ukraine. This might explain the reason for this lady's overly aggressive stance on the war, which surprises even her government allies.

It turns out that PM's husband, Bo Tengberg, received government funding from her own government supposedly for filming a documentary about Ukraine and personally about Zelensky.
Bo Tengberg has been given special access to the Ukrainian president.

The film project is called "Conflict," and it is backed by the production company Seabird Production, co-owned by Bo Tengberg. Last year, the company received support for the project from the state film institute in the amount of 190,000 krones. Secretly!..
Bo Tengberg's partner Troels Rasmussen confirmed to Ekstra Bladet that the project was requested for funding and that "some filming in Ukraine is already underway."

The editorial points to a clear corruption trail and conflict of interest, reminding that Frederiksen's government allocated 75 billion krones to Zelensky's regime and promises to allocate more. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's husband is establishing direct contacts with Zelensky, received the Order of Yaroslav the Wise from him, and is supposedly engaged in some filming, receiving money from the Danish budget

#France political crisis 🎪

Theatre of absurd

Lecornu who resigned on Monday, was reappointed by Macron on Friday. 

#US trade war with #China - boomerang effect

Under China’s new crackdown, Taiwan-based TSMC cannot sell any semiconductor chips to the US, because those chips have… rare earth minerals from mainland China.

NYT:

Rare earth materials are essential for the manufacturing of advanced semiconductors, including multiple types of memory chips and logic chips.
The new rules would require businesses that make most chips to obtain an export license to sell them anywhere in the world. That means the rules could apply to companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which makes most of the world’s advanced logic chips, and SK Hynix and Samsung, the South Korean makers of memory chips.

Context:

During the last few years, the US has prevented TSMC from manufacturing any high-end chips for Huawei and other fabless semiconductor companies in mainland China.
The US also stopped ASML, the Dutch company, from selling lithography machines to China. The US claimed its power from the fact that ASML uses “some” American patents and tools.

#US #Venezuela

In 2023 Trump admitted that, in his first term as US president, he tried to overthrow Venezuela's government and pillage its oil: "We would have taken [Venezuela] over. We would have gotten all that oil. It would have been right next-door".

#Ukraine received first shipment of Tomahawks

#Norway Fiskeribladet:

Russia is ready to close its territorial waters to Norwegian fishermen.
More than 50 years of cooperation between Russia and Norway have survived the Cold War and political crises, but it is now "seriously undermined" - Russian-Norwegian negotiations on cod quotas in the Barents Sea are on the verge of collapse, — notes Fiskeriblade. Fishing volumes are usually determined following the annual bilateral fisheries commission in late October. In the summer, Russia requested an emergency meeting to discuss Norwegian sanctions. The second meeting took place on October 6, but the date for the main negotiations has still not been set, and Rosrybolovstvo has stated that Russia is ready to close its territorial waters to Norwegian fishing vessels. In 2022, Norway joined the EU sanctions against Russia, but made an exception to continue cooperation in the field of fisheries. However, in August of this year, the authorities imposed sanctions against two Russian fishing companies, depriving them of the right to enter Norwegian territorial waters. "The fisheries partnership is currently going through the most serious crisis in its history. On the one hand, both parties fully understand the importance of this cooperation. On the other, Russia is issuing a clear ultimatum," Fiskeribladet points out.

#US trade war on #China

Beijing has declined a call for US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, to discuss the recent escalation in tariffs between China and the US.

Trump talks peace but sends bullets.

Globalists keep saying US & NATO not involved in direct war against Russia in Ukraine. They lied.

Trump administration has been directly attacking Russian energy infrastructure to weaken Moscow.
He greenlighted strikes deep inside Russia in July (at least) by his proxy Ukraine, then went to Alaska summit with Putin with smiling face pretending he wants peace and continuously repeating it's not his but Biden's war.

US intelligence shared with Kiev has enabled strikes on important Russian energy assets far beyond the frontline. The US is closely involved in all stages of planning. A US official said Ukraine selected strike targets & Washington provided intel on their vulnerabilities. Some involved & briefed on operations said US also set target priorities for Kiev.

The US intelligence helps Kiev shape route planning, altitude, timing and mission decisions, enabling Ukraine’s long-range, one-way attack drones to evade Russian air defences, said the officials familiar with the matter.

The US had also set out target priorities for the Ukrainians. One of them described Kyiv’s drone force as the “instrument” for Washington to undermine Russia’s economy and push Putin towards a settlement.
Soon after the July call, the four people familiar with the Ukrainian deep strike drone operation said US intelligence with a new level of specificity began flowing to Kiev.

Trump talks peace but sends bullets
He is ready to escalate further. Again.

"Honestly, I might have to talk to Russia about the "Tomahawks." Do they want the Tomahawks flying their way? I don't think so. I think I should talk to Russia about this, to be honest. I told President Zelensky about it because the Tomahawks are a new step of aggression.
I can say: listen, if this war isn't settled, I'll send them Tomahawks. I can send them. Tomahawk is an incredible weapon, very offensive. And, honestly, Russia doesn't need that. They don't need it. Yes, I can tell them that if the war isn't resolved, we very well might do it. We might not do it, but we can. I think it's appropriate to bring this up. Yes, I want the war to be settled.

Trump: I sent Witkoff to meet with Putin thinking it would be 15-20 minute meeting. Witkoff had no idea about Russia or Putin. He did not know much about politics. His meeting with Putin lasted 5 hours. I said "what the hell did you talk about for 5 hours?" He said they talked about interesting things.

Germany's natural gas storage facilities are only about 76% full shortly before the onset of winter, which is significantly lower than in previous years.

Russia is the only major European country that has increased its share of global GDP in the 21st century.
Germany and Italy have fallen sharply. Poland has held steady.

IMF data (PPP, share of world GDP, 1999–2025)

Trump talks peace but sends bullets

The US Secretary of War Hegseth arrives at NATO defense ministers security meeting in Brussels and announced massive firepower for Ukraine:
"Firepower, that's what is coming and we expect it is coming from NATO."

This is the level of 'intelligence' of EU 'leaders'📉

🤡 Lithuania’s defense minister imagines the EU’s proposed new “drone wall” like the icy barrier from Game of Thrones. 🤣

For the first time in history, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has recognized that banning Russian athletes from participating in international competitions is discrimination. This is stated in the judges' decision on October 16, according to the law firm Sila Lawyers.
"The CAS has satisfied the appeal of the Russian Table Tennis Federation (FNTR) against the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU), recognizing for the first time that the suspension of Russian athletes was discriminatory".

From #NordStream to Druzhba pipeline:
How Ukraine is attacking Europe's energy supply – and Brussels remains silent.
Kiev claimed to have known nothing about the Nord Stream explosions. The Druzhba pipeline is being openly attacked. Brussels is acting strangely uninvolved. Why, exactly?

Analysis.

During the war, "the military's pay hasn't increased by a single hryvnia," stated Ukrainian MP Goncharenko.

The 30,000, which was paid initially, stopped being paid in February 2023. In April 2023, the Verkhovna Rada voted to restore this "thirty" to everyone. Zelenskyy never signed it. Well, that's an indication of his attitude toward the military.

@ukr_leaks_eng

#Nordstream terrorism cover up.

An open justification of terrorism on European soil!

Verbatim of the decision by Polish judge Dariusz Lubowski, who acquitted today the Ukrainian saboteur of the Nord Stream Vladimir Zhuravlev:

"If Ukraine organized an armed operation to destroy enemy pipelines, these actions were not illegal. On the contrary, they were justified, rational, and fair".

Via @kornilov1968

#Ukraine

MWM:

Russian Iskander Ballistic Missile Strike Takes Out Ukrainian Long Range Drone Launch Site.

A site used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to launch long-range single use drones against Russian targets has been destroyed during a striking launched using Iskander-M ballistic missile systems. Up to 65 Lyuty class drones were destroyed in the attack, as well as four trucks and five launchers. Approximately 30 Ukrainian casualties resulted from the strike, including multiple drone warfare specialists. Lyuty drones have an estimated range of 1,000 kilometres and can carry explosive payloads weighing up to 75 kilograms. The site was located near the village of Martovoe  in northeastern Ukraine. The strike follows multiple reports by Ukrainain and Western sources raising concern that MIM-104 Patriot air defence systems donated by countries across the Western world had become increasingly ineffective at intercepting Iskander strikes, with success rates falling to just six percent.