0:02 A hellish, heated exchange at the White
0:06 New from the creators of African
0:07 Americans, and it was predictable.
0:10 Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow. What did
0:13 the Americans arrive with?
0:14 Let's summarize the presumed outcome of
0:16 Abu Dhabi today in Moscow and Dublin.
0:19 The deputy head of the Ukrainian
0:21 president's office urged Ukrainians not
0:23 to count on peace soon.
0:24 Ireland will not return runaway
0:26 Ukrainians, much to Zelensky’s
0:29 Starlink operations in Ukraine are again
0:32 limited to speeds of 160 km. A terrorist
0:35 attack in Saint Petersburg—a military
0:37 officer was killed there again.
0:39 A billionaire from Monaco claims he can
0:41 endure the war alongside the Ukrainians
0:45 Eight suitcases of dollars were thrown
0:46 out the window during the arrest.
0:49 Officials are at it again. Rome is
0:51 covered in filth from top to bottom.
0:53 Once again, the "Russian trace" could
0:58 Hello. I'm Ilya Kramarovsky in the
1:00 studio. We are starting the evening news
1:02 for Thursday, November 12th. I will
1:04 start with the Strait of Hormuz. For two
1:06 days in a row, reports of burning
1:08 tankers have come from there, and in
1:10 both cases, the Iranian Revolutionary
1:12 Guard Corps is reporting it. First, on
1:14 November 10th, the Iranian military
1:16 reported on two oil tankers south of the
1:18 strait. According to them, the ships
1:20 entered a route that was not coordinated
1:21 with Tehran. Explosions rocked the ships
1:23 , and both tankers were left burning.
1:25 The next day, November 11th, the IRGC
1:28 reported on two more ships. This time,
1:30 according to the Iranian version, the
1:32 tankers tried to exit the strait at
1:34 night, hit sea mines, and caught fire.
1:36 Tehran claims that these ships had their
1:38 navigation systems turned off, and that
1:40 the American military—those damn helpers
1:42 —were assisting them in using a route
1:44 not approved by Iran.
1:46 The IRGC has warned shipowners many
1:48 times about the danger of such transit
1:50 and continues to insist that Iranian
1:52 armed forces fully control the strait.
1:55 It turns out reports of tanker
1:57 explosions in Hormuz are happening
2:00 Tankers are being blown up one after
2:02 another with the support of the US
2:05 That’s one hell of a kind of support.
2:08 And how does Donald Trump himself assess
2:10 the progress of the war with Iran?
2:13 Speaking on November 11th at Arlington
2:15 Cemetery, he stated that a 93%victory
2:17 does not satisfy America.
2:19 It needs a complete victory.
2:22 The President admitted that the United
2:24 States is experiencing minor setbacks,
2:25 but assured that it will handle them.
2:28 At the same time, according to Trump,
2:30 America did not start this war at all.
2:32 It is Iran that has been fighting
2:34 against it since 1979. And Tehran
2:36 responded immediately on two points.
2:39 Secretary of the Supreme National
2:41 Security Council Mohsen Rezaei warned
2:43 that if Washington starts a new war,
2:44 Iran will consider any military base
2:46 involved in it a legitimate target,
2:48 whether in West Asia or Europe.
2:51 And the speaker of the Iranian
2:52 parliament, Ghalibaf, reminded them of
2:54 the conditions for returning to
2:56 negotiations and opening the Strait of
2:57 Hormuz. There are seven such conditions
2:59 , and according to Ghalibaf, Washington
3:01 has yet to respond to them.
3:03 Behind Tehran's threats lies the
3:05 question of how much weaponry it has
3:07 left after months of American and
3:08 Israeli strikes. Bloomberg, citing
3:10 Western intelligence estimates, provides
3:13 two figures. The first concerns
3:14 production. By their estimates, Iran can
3:17 still assemble about 50 ballistic
3:20 That’s roughly half of what they
3:22 produced before the war. The second
3:23 figure is the stockpile of ready-to-use
3:25 missiles. A Western official familiar
3:27 with intelligence briefings mentions at
3:30 least 1,700 missiles. Pentagon chief
3:32 Pete Hegseth has a different metric. He
3:34 claims that 80%of Iran's industrial base
3:36 has been destroyed. However, Tehran's
3:38 arsenal is not limited to missiles.
3:41 Former CIA analyst Jim Lewis believes
3:43 Iran may still have 1,000 Shahed-type
3:48 Meanwhile, the IRGC has released footage
3:50 of what it claims is the opening of a
3:52 new underground missile city.
3:55 80%of industry is rubble, yet they still
3:57 churn out fifty missiles a month.
3:59 Something doesn't add up here, folks.
4:03 EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has
4:05 unexpectedly weighed in on what the
4:07 Middle East will look like post-war.
4:10 Her logic is that Europe must
4:12 participate in drafting new security
4:14 rules for the region because it is
4:16 Kallas has a curious take on the
4:18 principle of neighborhood. When it came
4:20 to European security and Russia's place
4:22 in those discussions, geographic
4:24 proximity somehow didn't convince her.
4:26 Back then, let me remind you, Kallas
4:28 insisted that was a matter solely for
4:30 the states in the region.
4:32 So it turns out, when Brussels wants a
4:34 seat at the table in the Middle East,
4:35 being a neighbor is enough. When Moscow
4:38 wants a seat at the table in Europe,
4:39 Kallas has a different set of rules.
4:41 Simply an unprincipled wretch. In
4:43 Washington, they are discussing the
4:45 possibility of direct contact with
4:47 Tehran. As the Wall Street Journal
4:49 reports, Vice President J.D. Vance is
4:51 considering an option for a personal
4:53 meeting with senior Iranian security
4:56 The goal is to negotiate an end to the
4:59 While it's just a potential meeting for
5:01 now, the oil market is already seeing a
5:03 shift in supply ratios.
5:05 Bloomberg reports that, for the first
5:06 time since the conflict began, India is
5:08 buying more oil from Persian Gulf
5:10 countries than from Russia. About 2
5:12 million barrels per day are now flowing
5:14 from the Gulf to India.
5:16 And, judging by information from Israel
5:18 , not every conversation with allies
5:19 about further actions against Iran is
5:23 JNS reported on a phone conversation
5:25 between a furious Netanyahu and Donald
5:29 The Israeli Prime Minister and the U.S.
5:30 President were discussing whether to
5:32 resume new hostilities.
5:34 The conversation is described as
5:36 unusually difficult and tense. Well, the
5:38 source who told them used even stronger
5:41 According to him, the talk resembled a
5:44 hellish, shouting match.
5:47 Meanwhile, American troops are partially
5:49 withdrawing from Europe. Romania has
5:51 already received notice. Its Ministry of
5:53 Defense clarified that the Americans
5:55 will stop rotating part of their forces
5:57 , including those at the Mihail
5:59 Kogălniceanu airbase.
6:00 They are not leaving the country
6:02 entirely. According to Bucharest, about
6:04 1,000 U.S. troops will remain.
6:06 The Romanian Defense Ministry says the
6:08 decision was expected because the Trump
6:10 administration's priorities have shifted
6:12 . Romanian President Nicușor Dan has a
6:14 proposal on how to keep the Americans in
6:16 Europe: cover the costs of deploying
6:18 their troops from the national budget.
6:19 In an interview with the Financial Times
6:21 , he indicated that discussions with
6:23 Washington have moved beyond just
6:24 debating the idea. According to him, the
6:26 American side has already specified the
6:28 exact amounts. Dan did not specify in
6:30 his statement exactly how much they will
6:33 Around fifty leaders gathered in Dublin
6:35 today for the European Political
6:39 This format was dreamed up by Emmanuel
6:41 Macron, but it seems there are fewer
6:42 people interested in keeping it than
6:44 there are participants.
6:46 Politico writes that some European
6:48 leaders are tired of such meetings.
6:50 In their view, there is a lot of talk
6:52 but little actual result. Some are even
6:54 hoping that a change of president in
6:55 France will put an end to the story of
6:57 this forum—or, in other words, this
6:59 nonsense. At the same time, the summit
7:01 is costing Ireland, at the very least, a
7:03 great deal of trouble and cash.
7:05 Following a wave of false bomb threats,
7:07 the country is conducting the largest
7:09 security operation in its history.
7:11 In Paris, meanwhile, an emergency
7:13 occurred at the Élysée Palace during a
7:15 reception for Slovak President Peter
7:17 Pellegrini. A member of the honor guard
7:19 lost consciousness. Macron rushed to his
7:21 aid, and the guard was carried away
7:23 after receiving assistance. Neither the
7:25 cause of the incident nor his condition
7:27 has been reported yet.
7:29 In Germany, the Alternative for Germany
7:31 party is pulling further and further
7:32 ahead of the Christian Democrats. This
7:34 shift is particularly visible in Saxony
7:36 . In the 2024 state elections, the CDU
7:39 received 31.9%and the AfD 30.6%. There
7:42 was just over one percentage point
7:43 between them, and the party of the
7:45 current chancellor candidate Merz was in
7:46 the lead. Now, according to Insa polls
7:48 for Bild, the picture is reversed: 41%
7:51 for the AfD and only 20%for the CDU.
7:53 That is, the gap is now more than
7:55 two-fold. Residents were asked what role
7:57 they are prepared to entrust to the AfD
7:59 . 52%of respondents supported its
8:01 participation in the state government.
8:03 One in three would like the party to
8:05 lead the ruling coalition. And Saxony is
8:07 not alone in this. The AfD already won
8:09 in Thuringia with 32.8%in 2024, and in
8:12 2026 in Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8%. In
8:15 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, it is at 38.2%.
8:17 At the federal level, the trend is
8:19 similar. In the 2025 Bundestag elections
8:22 , the AfD had 20.8%. In the Insa poll
8:25 from November 10, they already have 28.5
8:28 %, while the CDU-CSU bloc has 19.5%.
8:32 These are just polls, not the results of
8:34 a new vote, but everything will change
8:36 soon. Now to Spain, where housing prices
8:38 have become the cause of mass protests.
8:40 The country's Youth Council calculated
8:43 that average rent costs 1,176 euros per
8:45 month. For a young Spaniard with an
8:47 average salary, that is 98.7%of their
8:50 monthly earnings. In other words, if a
8:52 person rents such housing alone, after
8:54 paying the landlord, they are left with
8:56 just over 1%of their salary for food and
8:58 everything else. As Reuters reports, the
9:00 protest was organized by the largest
9:02 Spanish trade unions. The strike
9:04 affected car factories, ports, public
9:06 transport, and other sectors. In several
9:08 cities, it reached the point of clashes
9:10 with the police. Spain hasn't seen a
9:12 general strike of this scale in 14 years
9:16 In South Korea, it is clear what happens
9:18 when an order is finished but cannot be
9:20 handed over. Six new tankers are sitting
9:22 on the water, rusting away. Hanwha Ocean
9:24 built them for the Arctic LNG 2 project
9:27 These are ice-class vessels designed for
9:29 transporting liquefied natural gas. The
9:31 shipyard has finished the work, but due
9:33 to sanctions against Russia, the ships
9:35 never reached their customers.
9:37 South Korean politicians say these six
9:39 ready-to-go tankers that cannot be
9:41 delivered are a serious problem for
9:43 their own shipbuilding industry.
9:45 This is going to be hilarious. From the
9:47 creators of "African Americans," comes a
9:49 British debate over who should be
9:50 considered English. It all started with
9:52 a proposal by MP Josh Babarinde. What a
9:55 good, sonorous English surname.
9:57 You can practically see the hundreds of
9:59 generations of English lords behind it.
10:01 So, he proposes changing the wording in
10:05 He wants any resident of England,
10:07 regardless of origin, to be able to
10:08 identify as ethnically English.
10:12 Among the proposed options are "Black
10:14 English" and "Asian English." For
10:16 Babarinde himself, this is not just an
10:18 abstract question. As a natural, normal
10:20 Englishman, he has Nigerian roots, even
10:22 though he was born in England and calls
10:24 himself English. A conservative
10:29 saw this proposal as a hate crime and
10:31 intends to file a police report.
10:33 According to their logic, if origin no
10:35 longer matters and everything depends on
10:38 a person's choice on a form, then the
10:39 very concept of the English people
10:41 changes. In its statement, the
10:43 organization went as far as citing the
10:45 international definition of genocide and
10:47 accused the MPs of racism against white
10:49 English people. They are just laughing;
10:50 they’ve overreached, the scoundrels, and
10:52 this is only the beginning. The bill,
10:54 however, has supporters across various
10:56 parties. It's clear that there are
10:57 traitors everywhere. Among them are
10:59 Conservative James Cleverly and Labour’s
11:03 promises to push for the bill's
11:05 rejection by all legal means, but
11:06 achieving criminal liability for the
11:08 words of MPs in parliament will be much
11:10 harder. As a rule, such creatures—I'm
11:12 talking about the MPs now—have
11:14 parliamentary immunity.
11:16 Moving on to the negotiations. Steve
11:18 Witkoff and Jared Kushner flew to Moscow
11:20 for a meeting with Vladimir Putin.
11:22 Donald Trump's envoy was met by the
11:24 Russian President's representative,
11:26 Kirill Dmitriev. The central theme of
11:28 the talks was what the delegations
11:29 brought after the negotiations in Abu
11:31 Dhabi and which issues have now been
11:33 escalated to the presidential level.
11:34 Axios describes one of the requests from
11:36 the American representatives. According
11:38 to the publication, Washington is
11:40 suggesting that Moscow should prepare a
11:42 new draft security agreement with Europe
11:44 . Moreover, they are awaiting Russia's
11:46 response to two questions. First, what
11:48 does it demand for its own security.
11:50 Second, what is it willing to do on its
11:52 part to reduce tension and convince the
11:54 Europeans that there will be no attack.
11:56 This conversation has a backstory. For
11:58 years, Moscow has been seeking limits on
12:00 NATO expansion and a reduction of the
12:02 alliance's military presence in Eastern
12:04 Europe. Previously, Washington rejected
12:06 such demands. Now, according to Axios
12:08 sources, the Americans are at least
12:10 willing to discuss them as part of a
12:12 broader deal to end the war in Ukraine.
12:15 Many European governments view this turn
12:17 of events with deep suspicion.
12:19 According to the publication, Russian
12:21 representatives at the talks returned to
12:23 Putin's 2021 letter, which outlined
12:25 Moscow's security concerns. Russian
12:27 negotiators linked Putin's decision to
12:29 launch military operations to the fact
12:31 that then-US President Joe Biden did not
12:33 respond to that letter. As one source
12:35 explained, Kushner and Witkoff responded
12:37 by noting that the world had changed
12:39 significantly since 2021. Hence the
12:41 proposal not to return to the old text,
12:43 but to write a new one. In it, Moscow
12:46 could outline both its demands and the
12:47 reciprocal steps it is willing to take.
12:50 On Thursday in Moscow, Trump’s envoys
12:52 are meeting with Putin to make exactly
12:54 this request. At the same time,
12:56 according to a US official, they want to
12:58 obtain his consent for European
13:00 representatives to participate in the
13:01 next round of Russian-Ukrainian talks.
13:03 Washington sees a direct link here.
13:06 If European governments are given a seat
13:08 at the table now, they may be more
13:10 willing to discuss the continent's
13:11 security even before the war ends.
13:14 And one source explained the
13:15 significance of such a discussion for
13:17 Kyiv as follows. Zelenskyy won't agree
13:19 to a deal until he knows what will
13:20 happen next with security guarantees,
13:22 and Putin wants to know that too. That
13:24 is precisely why the security question
13:28 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey
13:30 Ryabkov has his own doubts about
13:32 European participation.
13:33 According to him, involving Europeans in
13:36 the Ukraine talks could derail useful
13:37 efforts because there is a very serious
13:39 gap between the approaches of the US and
13:41 Europe. Ryabkov also outlined how Moscow
13:44 views the division of roles at this
13:46 stage. Putin personally laid out the
13:47 Russian position to Witkoff and Kushner
13:49 . And from there, it is the US’s task to
13:51 bring their charges in Europe to their
13:53 senses. Before the conversation with
13:55 Putin, the American representatives met
13:57 with presidential aide Yury Ushakov. He
13:59 confirmed that he held preliminary
14:01 consultations with Witkoff and Kushner,
14:02 but it would naturally be too early to
14:04 expect a ready-made agreement from this
14:06 talk. According to Ushakov, no position
14:08 had been developed at that point yet.
14:11 At the same time, Ryabkov believes that
14:13 the previous round still gave the
14:14 parties an opportunity to discuss how to
14:18 The very existence of progress, in his
14:20 words, is an undeniable fact. But what
14:22 exactly this progress consists of, if
14:24 you leave prisoner exchanges out of the
14:26 equation, is a much more interesting
14:29 Let’s step away for a moment and talk
14:30 about the talks in the Kremlin.
14:33 As I write this, there is no coherent
14:35 information available. Well, it's clear
14:37 the conversation was constructive and
14:38 everyone exchanged views. We will have
14:40 to wait for specifics until at least
14:42 tomorrow evening. Until Witkov flies to
14:44 Dublin, where Zelensky is, where the
14:45 Europeans are, and works all this out
14:47 with the Europeans, only then will
14:49 something begin to emerge. Until we hear
14:50 that they have exchanged proposals, we
14:52 will keep thinking.
14:54 They agreed to keep talking. Let's see.
14:56 If you look at what remained of Abu
14:58 Dhabi beyond the statements of the
14:59 delegations, the result is quite
15:01 expected. An agreement on a prisoner
15:03 exchange and, in Dinsky’s words, they
15:05 found common ground in some places, but
15:07 not in others. Why is there so little
15:09 detail? Because the sides have different
15:11 reasons, but the conclusion is the same
15:13 . Neither of them is ready to give in
15:15 right now. Let’s start with Moscow. From
15:17 its point of view, the situation on the
15:19 front and the state of the economy allow
15:21 it to wait, and as you remember, it
15:23 already approached agreements based on
15:25 trust in Minsk and in Istanbul. There is
15:27 also the example of the foolish grain
15:29 Russia fulfilled its part, but what it
15:31 was promised regarding exports and
15:33 payments remained just a promise.
15:35 We were swindled. Now it is being
15:37 offered a truce again, this time in the
15:39 Black Sea and in energy. A very
15:41 practical question arises: what
15:42 guarantees the fulfillment of the second
15:44 half of the deal when the first country
15:46 has already fulfilled its own? Another
15:48 piece of paper without an answer to this
15:50 question is unlikely to satisfy Moscow
15:54 Kiev has its own arithmetic. As soon as
15:56 it agrees to even one territorial
15:57 concession, the question of what they
15:59 were fighting for will be asked not in
16:01 the negotiating room, but on the street
16:02 . Plus the European and British curators
16:05 , who absolutely do not need a deal
16:06 behind their backs. Kushner himself says
16:08 he is bringing a proposal to Moscow that
16:10 has been coordinated with both the
16:12 Ukrainians and the Europeans. And
16:14 Arakhamia says outright that Kiev wants
16:16 to expand the list of participants to
16:17 include Europe. But in the public
16:19 dispute over what actually happened in
16:21 Abu Dhabi, Moscow got a head start of
16:23 several hours. After the last session,
16:26 the Ukrainians and Americans went to
16:27 report to the Europeans, and it was
16:29 Medinsky who got to the microphone first
16:32 Two phrasings spread from his speech.
16:35 The sides moved closer to peace, and
16:37 each side will return its own.
16:39 By the time Kiev spoke, people were
16:41 already discussing the Russian version
16:43 of the results. How important, right, is
16:45 the media aspect here after all.
16:47 Arakhamia spoke about good momentum and
16:48 the possibility of reaching a decision
16:50 before the New Year. Notice who is
16:52 setting the deadline. Moscow has no
16:54 reason to hurry, but Kiev has winter
16:57 ahead, energy problems, and blows from
16:59 the American-backed NABU. What the
17:01 Americans brought to Putin became known
17:03 from a publication even before the plane
17:05 landed, as I told you. Let’s summarize.
17:07 Russia is being asked to describe the
17:09 future rules of security in Europe
17:11 itself and to write down its own
17:12 obligations. In return, Washington is
17:14 pushing for European participation in
17:16 the negotiations. The Americans 'next
17:18 stop is Dublin, and Zelensky has already
17:20 spoken out there against what he says
17:23 the US wants—to withdraw Ukrainian
17:25 troops from Donbas. To me, this is how a
17:27 person speaks who understands that the
17:29 main document is being prepared without
17:31 him. For Moscow, there is naturally a
17:33 catch in the American request; otherwise
17:34 , they wouldn't be Americans. Ushakov
17:36 has prepared the agenda, and Ryabkov
17:38 explained this morning that Putin will
17:40 outline his position, while it is up to
17:42 Washington to convince the Europeans.
17:43 But what should be done about the
17:45 document? If you write it, you commit to
17:47 paper conditions that were previously
17:49 convenient to discuss only verbally. If
17:51 you refuse, the Americans will be able
17:53 to say that Russia is the one
17:54 orchestrating further pauses.
17:57 For now, Moscow’s advantage lies in the
17:59 fact that it controls the pace of the
18:01 conversation and its content. It doesn’t
18:03 manage to dictate everything on its own
18:05 , but the ability to wait is especially
18:07 important right now. And regarding what
18:09 is written in the Axios article. Note
18:11 that in December 2021, Putin demanded a
18:13 revision of the European security system
18:16 ; the US and NATO, as you recall,
18:18 refused. Well, after that, the Special
18:20 Military Operation began. Five years
18:22 have passed. Hundreds of thousands dead
18:24 , millions of refugees, cities
18:26 completely destroyed, economies torn
18:28 apart on all sides. And with what
18:30 proposal is Washington now coming to
18:33 To outline his demands once more.
18:36 This time, Europe has even agreed to
18:40 To return to what Putin proposed in 2021
18:42 , the US and Europe allowed half of
18:44 Ukraine to be torn to shreds, destroyed
18:47 , and effectively wiped off the map,
18:49 just to say, "Well, perhaps yes." And
18:51 for them, this is no price at all. They
18:53 couldn't care less about Ukraine. They
18:55 simply looked at what happened and said
18:57 , "Oh, alright then.""Let’s try again."
19:00 "We have read your letter from five
19:01 years ago." Ukraine is...I don't even
19:03 know what it is. Just some kind of
19:05 expendable material. Why didn't they
19:07 understand this in Ukraine back in the
19:08 day? Why they so desperately pushed
19:10 forward and poked the bear is beyond me
19:13 Let that be on their conscience.
19:15 Finnish President Alexander Stubb has
19:17 already named an approximate timeframe
19:19 in which Europeans could join the
19:21 negotiations with Russia. Note that
19:23 permission hasn't been granted yet, but
19:24 Sasha Stubb is already ahead of the pack
19:26 . By his estimate, we are talking about
19:28 the next two weeks. It is specifically
19:30 about the possibility, I emphasize.
19:32 Stubb did not announce that a meeting
19:33 had already been agreed upon. His own
19:35 words. It is quite likely that Europeans
19:37 will sit down at the negotiating table,
19:39 and that fact in itself would already be
19:41 progress. If we add to this a possible
19:43 new meeting involving Americans,
19:45 Ukrainians, Russians, and Europeans,
19:46 which could take place in the next one
19:48 to two weeks at a technical level, that
19:50 would also be a step forward.
19:52 However, we need to wait; you know, the
19:55 final decision rests with Putin. As for
19:57 the Ukrainian side, the decision will be
19:59 made by Zelensky, and the Americans will
20:01 hold talks with both sides in the next
20:03 24 hours. Meanwhile, in Kyiv, forecasts
20:06 for the winter are not optimistic at all
20:09 Deputy Head of the Presidential Office
20:11 Iryna Vereshchuk is urging Ukrainians
20:12 not to make plans based on the
20:14 assumption that the hostilities will end
20:16 soon. According to her, one must prepare
20:18 for the fact that it will be difficult.
20:21 At the Total Defense forum, she
20:22 explained why this winter will certainly
20:25 be difficult: because the infrastructure
20:27 , due to the enemy's targeted strikes,
20:28 unfortunately, can no longer be repaired
20:31 as it was even last winter, and we
20:32 understand this perfectly well.
20:35 Will it be difficult for Kyiv residents
20:37 ? Yes, it will be difficult, but we need
20:39 to prepare. Yes. Vereshchuk does not
20:42 expect a victory for Ukraine from the
20:43 talks in Abu Dhabi. She links her
20:45 assessment to how the capabilities of
20:47 the Russian army are changing. I am
20:49 looking reality in the eye.
20:51 Russia is building up its military
20:53 potential, increasing drone production,
20:55 and they have more and more missiles.
20:58 Why should we talk about them preparing
21:00 Where does this notion come from?
21:03 Because someone said it on TV or someone
21:05 in America wants to show it.
21:07 The reality is different, she added. To
21:09 the people who have to survive the
21:11 winter, she gave this advice.
21:13 Therefore, let's stock up on water,
21:15 stock up on whatever we can, watch our
21:17 step, and try to help those who are
21:20 We already did all this in twenty-two,
21:22 I’ll add on my own, and apparently, it
21:24 didn’t help us one bit, and most
21:26 importantly, it taught us nothing.
21:29 Today, a separate conversation in Dublin
21:31 touched on the men who left Ukraine.
21:33 According to Zelensky, Ukrainians of
21:35 mobilization age should be in their own
21:38 Here is how he formulated his position.
21:40 If they are of mobilization age, of
21:42 course, they should be in Ukraine. And,
21:44 of course, we would really like them to
21:46 return. Someone is defending the
21:48 country's life, and someone is not. It
21:50 is unfair, but such is life. And
21:52 immediately came the response from the
21:53 person standing nearby at the joint
21:55 press conference. Irish Prime Minister
21:57 Micheál Martin stated, "We will not be
21:59 sending Ukrainian men back to Ukraine."
22:02 So, Kyiv's wishes regarding where those
22:04 liable for military service should live
22:06 did not turn into an Irish government
22:08 decision to send them home.
22:10 According to Zelensky, they also failed
22:12 to reach an agreement on a ceasefire in
22:14 Abu Dhabi. The Ukrainian delegation
22:16 proposed stopping strikes on energy
22:17 infrastructure and separately discussing
22:19 a truce at sea. Russian representatives
22:21 replied that they were not authorized to
22:23 discuss such agreements. On the Russian
22:25 side, however, even before the meeting,
22:27 they said that there would definitely be
22:29 no truces on their agenda. Now Kyiv
22:31 hopes to get an answer through other
22:32 means. Wittkow and Kushner must raise
22:35 both issues in a conversation directly
22:37 with Putin in Moscow. "I expect to get
22:39 an answer, at the very least," Zelensky
22:41 said. Another of Zelensky's statements
22:42 concerns satellite communications for
22:44 the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He claims
22:46 that the military has again encountered
22:48 limitations in Starlink's operation,
22:50 specifically naming Starshield in his
22:51 message. Here is what he wrote.
22:53 Our units have been recording
22:55 significant disruptions in Starshield
22:57 operations across Ukraine for several
23:00 days, along the entire front line and in
23:02 temporarily occupied territory, namely a
23:04 systematic Starshield speed limit of 161
23:08 The Ukrainian military has already
23:10 investigated the circumstances, and
23:11 these are not random errors, but
23:13 systematic speed restrictions.
23:15 On the other hand, look, reports from
23:17 the front already state that Ukrainian
23:19 drones are currently flying faster than
23:21 the limit they mentioned. So Zelensky's
23:23 version, to put it mildly, raises doubts
23:25 . It is quite possible there is also a
23:27 political explanation for why Zelensky
23:29 brought this dispute into the public eye
23:32 Perhaps, with such active American
23:34 participation in negotiations—and it is
23:36 understood that the White House is
23:38 pressuring the President's Office—
23:40 Zelensky decided to give Democrats
23:41 grounds for another attack on Trump.
23:44 But this suggestion about his motives is
23:46 an unverified reason for the statement.
23:50 Meanwhile, a NATO Bombardier Artemis 2
23:52 reconnaissance aircraft spent over 9
23:54 hours over the Black Sea. Such data is
23:56 provided by a source in air traffic
23:57 control services. We are talking about
23:59 the duration of a single flight over the
24:01 water area. This means these bastards
24:02 are gathering intelligence and are
24:04 likely preparing some kind of strike.
24:05 This has always happened; when these
24:07 creeps circle around, yes, NATO bombers
24:09 , then something hits—they are gathering
24:12 information on radars. As for the
24:14 strikes, the nighttime strikes. The
24:16 Russian Ministry of Defense reported
24:18 that the Generator plant in Kyiv was hit
24:20 . According to the ministry, they
24:21 produce Hornet drones there. The summary
24:23 also named three enterprises in the Kyiv
24:25 region. In Brovary, it is the Avia site
24:27 , which the Ministry of Defense says
24:29 assembles several types of drones. In
24:31 Kuzmentsy, the Keratem plant, which,
24:33 according to the ministry, produces
24:35 solid fuel components for tactical
24:37 missiles. In Yahotyn, the Stellar Jet
24:39 enterprise was named. The Ministry of
24:41 Defense claims it manufactures
24:43 solid-fuel boosters for drones.
24:44 Furthermore, the Russian agency reported
24:47 hitting two substations in Zhytomyr at
24:50 330 and 110 kV. The Ukrainian side also
24:52 reported power outages.
24:54 According to Ukrenergo, following the
24:56 energy strikes, new power outages
24:58 affected four regions: Rivne, Zhytomyr,
25:01 Vinnytsia, and Cherkasy.
25:03 In Kovel, according to the Volyn
25:04 Regional Administration, a drone crashed
25:06 on the premises of a customs terminal.
25:09 It hit a parking lot where freight
25:11 transport was located.
25:13 Trucks caught fire there, along with a
25:16 In Kyiv, those traveling from
25:18 Troieshchyna to the right bank have
25:19 their own problem. A huge traffic jam
25:21 has built up before the Northern Bridge
25:24 Since Monday, following the bridge
25:25 strike, only public transport is allowed
25:27 , but buses must reach the bridge in
25:29 general traffic, and that traffic is
25:31 clogged by drivers who keep hoping to
25:33 get through in their own cars.
25:36 Some show police their IDs, but they are
25:38 still being turned away. So, the road is
25:40 closed to cars, but the buses are stuck
25:42 because of those very same cars. Many
25:44 passengers are getting frustrated and
25:46 simply walking across the bridge on foot
25:48 Confirmation has arrived from local
25:50 authorities in the Zhytomyr region.
25:52 There were indeed strikes on energy
25:53 infrastructure. The Russian Ministry of
25:55 Defense had spoken about them earlier.
25:57 The Ukrainian side confirmed the actual
25:59 fact of the strikes on the region's
26:01 energy sector. In the Solomensky
26:02 district of Kyiv, a drone hit a
26:04 nine-story residential building.
26:05 According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko,
26:07 several floors caught fire after the
26:09 impact, from the third to the sixth.
26:12 Preliminary reports indicate there is
26:13 structural damage at the fifth-floor
26:16 Now for the report from the Russian side
26:18 . Russia's Ministry of Defense stated
26:20 that 71 fixed-wing Ukrainian drones were
26:23 shot down over Russian regions overnight
26:25 . The agency lists the Belgorod, Bryansk
26:27 , Kursk, Tula, and Oryol regions. Also,
26:30 according to their data, drones were
26:32 intercepted over the Moscow region and
26:34 Crimea. The Ukrainian Air Force, for its
26:36 part, reported hits in seventeen
26:38 locations, with wreckage from downed
26:40 devices recorded in eighteen others.
26:43 They say the most destructive weapon of
26:45 this war is falling debris. It has
26:46 destroyed approximately 90%of what has
26:48 burned down. In general, please note
26:50 that hits and debris are two different
26:52 indicators in the nightly report.
26:54 According to Ukrainian data, a total of
26:56 123 drones were launched across the
26:58 country starting at 6:00 PM on November
27:00 11. By 8:00 AM, the military gave a
27:02 preliminary report of five downed or
27:04 suppressed Dante UAVs, as well as
27:06 eighty-nine Shahed/Geran type devices.
27:09 51 of them were jet-powered. In addition
27:11 to drones, according to the Air Force,
27:14 Russian forces used Iskander-M ballistic
27:16 missiles, KN-23 S-400s, and also
27:18 attacked with Zircon anti-ship missiles
27:22 There are reports that are easy to miss
27:24 in the general news feed.
27:25 I will draw your attention to this
27:27 because it is very important.
27:29 It is reported that the enemy found the
27:31 Bureau 1440 logo on a Geran.
27:34 This refers to the first discovered
27:37 At first glance, it is just a marking on
27:40 one device. In my view, the significance
27:42 of this news is much broader.
27:44 If we are seeing the beginning of
27:46 systemic changes, that is, the first
27:48 Shaheds/Gerans with Rasset have arrived
27:50 , then they are capable of influencing
27:51 the course of events and speeding up the
27:53 end of the Special Military Operation
27:57 So this is a landmark event that, on the
27:59 whole, is going unnoticed against the
28:00 general background. There is another
28:02 event that, conversely, is attracting a
28:04 great deal of attention. Reports of a
28:06 military officer's death have come from
28:07 St. Petersburg. A car exploded on the
28:09 Kolpinskoye Highway containing a colonel
28:11 and members of his family. According to
28:13 Russian reports, the colonel died, and
28:15 his relative was wounded.
28:17 Ukrainian channels link the deceased to
28:19 the Russian Aerospace Forces. Among the
28:22 theories, they name Dmitry Labodin,
28:23 chief navigator of the 6th Air Force and
28:26 Air Defense Army. This is just a
28:28 supposition, not an officially confirmed
28:30 identity of the deceased. The
28:31 publication Fontanka, citing its sources
28:33 , reports that the person suspected of
28:35 involvement in the explosion managed to
28:37 leave Russia. According to the
28:39 publication, it is a 31-year-old from
28:41 Saint Petersburg. The source reports
28:42 that he flew to Turkey, and by the time
28:44 Russian security forces contacted their
28:46 colleagues, he had already left that
28:47 country as well. The car itself had
28:49 traveled about 300 meters by the time of
28:50 the explosion. The circumstances of the
28:52 device's detonation remain a subject of
28:54 several theories. Speaking for myself,
28:56 this is already the second terrorist
28:58 attack in Kolpino recently, and the
28:59 second time the perpetrator flies off to
29:01 Turkey. Well, fine, he flew off. But he
29:04 can still be found there. I don't mean
29:05 just in Turkey; I mean anywhere in the
29:07 world, wherever he might be. Besides,
29:09 their relatives usually remain here. In
29:11 short, if there were a desire to work,
29:13 it would be possible to find him and
29:15 everyone connected to him, so no one
29:17 would be tempted to do it again.
29:19 It seems there is simply no desire for
29:21 anyone to deal with this, or there is no
29:23 green light. I will note that in Kyiv,
29:25 cars with military personnel do not
29:27 explode so often. Generals are not blown
29:29 up in restaurants or on the street with
29:30 bicycles there. In general, it's a
29:32 disgrace, as always. Yes. In the
29:35 Kirovohrad region, a court handed down
29:37 an unusual sentence to a teenager in a
29:38 case involving sending photos of
29:40 military units to Russia. According to
29:42 the court registry, he was given 2 years
29:44 of probation, that is, a suspended
29:45 sentence, but the court's decision was
29:47 not limited to that. The court also
29:49 compiled a list of mandatory reading for
29:51 him. It includes "Kaidash's Family,""
29:53 Romance: Be Human," the poem "Love
29:56 Ukraine" by Sosiura, and Lesya
29:58 Ukrainka's work "Everywhere weeping, and
30:00 moaning, and sobbing."
30:03 Forgive my poor Ukrainian. Yes. Police
30:05 and the SBU are already reporting 13
30:07 detainees in the case of the Azov
30:09 torture house in Petropavlivska
30:11 Borshchahivka. The police themselves
30:13 call this building a temporary
30:14 deployment point for a National Guard
30:16 unit. Of those detained, seven have
30:18 already been sent to custody. Among the
30:19 suspects is an eighteen-year-old native
30:21 of the Zaporizhzhia region. It is
30:23 reported that he lived for more than 4
30:25 years in territory that came under
30:26 Russian control, and a few months ago
30:28 moved to the Kyiv region. The SBU also
30:30 spoke separately about Valentina
30:32 Molodykh. She is the woman in a nurse's
30:34 uniform who was the first to arrive at
30:35 the house. She herself said that she has
30:37 a private clinic and is the chief
30:39 physician there. The investigation
30:40 claims that the surgeon's certificate
30:42 she presented is fake. According to
30:44 their data, the Ministry of Health did
30:46 not issue a doctor's certificate, and
30:47 she has not received any documents
30:49 regarding higher medical, pharmaceutical
30:51 , or postgraduate education. Basically,
30:53 everyone who tried to expose this
30:54 torture house has already been
30:55 imprisoned, except for those who
30:57 tortured people there—that's justice,
30:58 Ukrainian style. Yes. In Kyiv, there is
31:00 a debate about what would happen to the
31:02 Dnieper if the city faced a serious
31:03 sewage emergency. The former head of the
31:05 State Agency for Reconstruction,
31:07 Sukhomlin, believes that after just 3-4
31:08 days, sewage would have to be dumped
31:10 directly into the river during repairs.
31:12 He fears an environmental catastrophe
31:13 and points to the cities downstream.
31:15 They draw their water from that same
31:17 Dnieper, and everyone will die off. The
31:18 director of the Institute of the City
31:20 organization, Alexander Sergienko, has a
31:21 different forecast. He believes that
31:23 even a shutdown of the Bortnychi
31:24 aeration station would not lead to a
31:25 catastrophe for the river. His argument
31:27 is the ratio of volumes. According to
31:29 his calculations, about 118 million
31:31 cubic meters of water pass by Kyiv daily
31:33 , while the city's sewage amounts to
31:34 about 700,000 cubic meters in that time
31:36 . So, these are the two assessments of
31:38 the consequences of one possible
31:41 We will endure. "It is hard for us, but
31:43 we will not give up," declared the
31:45 wealthiest Ukrainian oligarch, Rinat
31:47 Akhmetov, who lives permanently in
31:48 Monaco. And notice, he said all of this
31:50 not in the Ukrainian language. For some
31:52 , the language issue is a matter of
31:54 principle, but for a respected person in
31:55 Monaco, it's fine to speak as one
31:57 pleases—in Russian. By the way, Akhmetov
31:59 recently bought the most expensive house
32:01 in the principality. This is what his
32:03 own results in restoring the energy
32:06 In American tech business circles, they
32:08 are discussing who will head Nvidia.
32:10 Elon Musk has already commented on
32:12 Jensen Huang's prospects. According to
32:14 him, hiring the head of Nvidia would be
32:15 an honor for him. Earlier, the Wall
32:17 Street Journal reported that the board
32:19 of directors is meeting for an emergency
32:21 session to decide whether to fire Huang
32:22 and appoint an interim leader for the
32:24 world's second-largest company by market
32:26 cap. Rumors of a possible resignation
32:28 intensified after a New York Times
32:29 publication. In addition to an alleged
32:31 affair with Alice Huang, a namesake of
32:33 the company head who is suspected of
32:35 working for Chinese intelligence, the
32:37 publication also reported on his romance
32:39 with Kimberly Powell. She holds the
32:40 position of Vice President of Healthcare
32:44 Critics are already explaining her
32:45 career advancement through these alleged
32:47 relations, although such a theory alone
32:49 proves nothing. AFP, meanwhile, is
32:51 naming a possible successor. According
32:54 to the agency, Tim Cook will head Nvidia
32:56 . On prediction platforms, the
32:57 probability of this appointment is
32:59 estimated at 91%. Over the past week,
33:01 Nvidia's market value has dropped by 673
33:04 billion dollars, and just because
33:05 someone stepped out on his partner—and
33:07 not just with one, but with two women.
33:09 And what is the big deal about that,
33:11 explain to me? No, I get that we are all
33:13 for traditional values, blah-blah-blah,
33:16 but 673 billion is, in my opinion, too
33:18 much—idiots, hypocritical idiots. Every
33:21 one of these creeps cheats, but when
33:23 someone gets caught red-handed and
33:25 exposed to the light, oh, how could they
33:28 Remember the brilliant saying, let he
33:30 who has never cheated cast the first
33:36 In California, a candidate who died over
33:38 two months ago is leading in the
33:40 Calaveras County Board of Supervisors
33:41 election. As reported by KCRA-3, Bruce
33:44 Giudici died in an accident back in late
33:46 August, while the campaign was still
33:49 underway. However, his name remained on
33:51 the ballots. As a result, voters were
33:53 still able to mark his name, and now he
33:55 is winning convincingly. Scientific
33:57 director of the Gamaleya Center,
33:58 Alexander Gintsburg, spoke about the
34:00 first patient to receive the Russian
34:02 cancer vaccine. According to him, the
34:04 metastases have disappeared, and doctors
34:05 have found no new tumors for 4 months
34:07 now. For now, this is the result of
34:09 observing just one person. Now, doctors
34:11 have to monitor his condition for
34:12 another 3 years. This period will allow
34:14 them to assess how stable the treatment
34:16 results turn out to be. And here is how
34:18 Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov reacted
34:20 to the story about the head of Nvidia.
34:22 He turned the report about Huang’s
34:23 alleged affair with a woman suspected of
34:25 working for Chinese intelligence into a
34:27 joke about how special services choose
34:29 who to send to whom.
34:30 Here is his comment.
34:32 It’s unfair that CEOs who don't like
34:34 Asian women get fewer dating options
34:36 from special services.
34:38 Where are the French, Russian, and
34:40 Iranian honey traps? They haven't sent
34:42 me a single spy girl. Are they even
34:44 trying? I can cut France some slack.
34:47 Their decision-makers aren't into women
34:49 Everyone else, try harder, Durov wrote.
34:52 An uprising during the arrest of
34:53 high-ranking officials; suitcases filled
34:55 with dollars flew out of the windows of
34:57 the Atlant residential complex. Not one
34:59 , not two, but eight. Truly, when you
35:01 see stories like this, you can’t always
35:03 guess the geography. In a corruption
35:05 case, Nurlan Zhakupov, head of the
35:07 Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund, and
35:09 Yelnur Beisenbayev, head of the national
35:11 railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy,
35:15 Hockey. Those bastards from Canada
35:17 declare that the Russian junior national
35:19 team will not play in the 2027 World
35:21 Championship. Mark Carney says that
35:23 despite the Court of Arbitration for
35:25 Sport's decision, players will be denied
35:27 visas. And Minister of Sport Adam van
35:29 Koeverden went even further. According
35:31 to him, even having visas won’t change
35:33 Canada's position. Russian hockey
35:35 players still won't be allowed into the
35:36 tournament. We really need to think
35:38 about some kind of boycott of all things
35:42 It’s clear there aren’t many of their
35:44 things in Russia, but we need to do
35:45 something, eat, and think about what to
35:47 do with these stubborn bastards, so that
35:49 next time they’ll know better than to
35:51 open their filthy, stinking mouths.
35:53 Now to Russian business. In the 9 months
35:55 from January to September, 208,000
35:57 businesses were liquidated in the
35:59 country. If you compare the number of
36:00 closures to openings over the same
36:02 period, two companies close for every
36:04 one that opens. As Izvestia reports,
36:05 business is becoming increasingly
36:07 difficult due to high interest rates and
36:09 added strict inspections intended to
36:11 bring the economy out of the shadows.
36:13 What do entrepreneurs themselves intend
36:15 to do in light of the tax hikes? The
36:16 Chamber of Commerce and Industry
36:18 surveyed 23,000 business representatives
36:20 from 87 regions. 27%of those surveyed
36:22 are thinking about scaling down or
36:24 closing their business. Another 26%plan
36:26 to limit their revenue growth. Almost
36:28 the same number, 24%, are considering
36:30 splitting up their businesses. Only 23%
36:32 intend to continue working without
36:34 making any changes. That means roughly
36:36 three-quarters of the survey
36:38 participants are choosing between
36:40 downsizing, limiting growth, or dividing
36:44 Actually, I have one of my own divisions
36:46 , and I’m also seriously thinking that
36:48 working just to pay taxes is fine and
36:50 all, but I’d like to earn some money.
36:53 It turns into just beating water in a
36:55 mortar, where you work just to work,
36:57 just so you’re constantly hit with tax
37:00 assessments, inspections, etc. etc. and
37:02 so on. and so on. But honestly, it’s
37:04 easier to just shut down.
37:07 But there are things where we really are
37:10 Starlings have taken over Rome.
37:11 Residents are going out into the street
37:13 with umbrellas because of bird droppings
37:14 . Rome is facing an unusual seasonal
37:16 problem. For several weeks now, huge
37:18 flocks of starlings have been gathering
37:20 in the northeast of the Italian capital
37:21 . Every evening, the birds fill the
37:23 treetops, leaving streets, sidewalks,
37:25 road signs, and parked cars covered in a
37:27 thick layer of droppings. Local
37:29 residents complain that they are forced
37:30 to carry umbrellas and move their cars
37:32 away from trees in advance. The problem
37:33 has become more than just aesthetic;
37:35 it’s now a practical issue. Sidewalks
37:36 are slippery, there is a pungent smell
37:38 in the area, and there are lines at the
37:39 car washes. One local resident said he
37:41 spent 50 euros on car washes in just a
37:45 I asked Yandex, Alice, and she told me
37:47 that starlings from Russia fly to
37:48 Southern Europe, including Rome, for the
37:52 So it’s Russian starlings messing up
37:54 Rome. They wanted to deny us visas. Well
37:56 , enjoy the messy Eternal City. If we
37:59 don't reach an agreement, we'll send
38:01 finches and greylag geese. A final blow
38:03 , so to speak—you won't be able to scrub
38:05 that off. Friends, if you liked this,
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38:19 , please write your forecasts. Although
38:21 , by the time this is out, they’ll
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38:34 Take care of yourselves and your loved
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38:38 next time. Bye-bye.