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Trump’s ‘real’ plan for ending war in Ukraine ‘revealed’: $300 BILLION boost to America and joint space missions with Russia to Mars

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A report in The Wall Street Journal details how Trump’s team – including his son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff – have been negotiating with Russia on how to ‘bring their $2 trillion economy in from the cold’.

Witkoff reportedly hosted Kirill Dmitriev – Putin’s ‘handpicked’ negotiator – and Kushner at a waterfront Miami Beach estate to draw up a plan to end the war, while also ensuring American businesses beat their European counterparts to making money once the conflict ended.

Dmitriev is said to have pushed for the $300 billion of Russian central bank assets frozen in Europe to be used for joint US-Russian investment projects, and a ‘US-led reconstruction’ of Ukraine.

There were also reportedly talks of pursuing a joint mission between Elon Musk‘s SpaceX and Russia to reach Mars, a far cry from the ‘space race’ of the 20th century.

Russia’s strategy, according to the report, is to convince the Trump administration that they are a ‘land of opportunity’ – and not a threat.

The Kremlin reportedly hopes to ‘reshape the economic map of Europe’, while also creating friction between the US and its allies on the continent and beyond, potentially giving Putin the last laugh in negotiations.

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Russia, USA and Europe should all be very close allies. Period. ABN

Ukraine agrees to peace deal brokered by Trump, US official says

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Ukraine has agreed to Donald Trump‘s peace plan to end the war with Russia, according to a US official. 

‘The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal,’ the official said. ‘There are some minor details to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal.’

The new agreement has been revised from 28 points to a 19-point peace plan that no longer includes amnesty guarantees for atrocities committed during the war. Kyiv has agreed to cap its army at 800,000 men.

It is less favorable to Moscow, leaving it up to Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to decide the most sensitive terms, including territorial disputes and US security guarantees.

Vladimir Putin is expected to dismiss the new deal ‘out of hand’ – leading to longer drawn-out negotiations Trump has tried to avoid, sources in Washington said. 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Tuesday that if the plan ‘erased … key understandings’ that Putin reached with Trump at the Alaska summit in August, the ‘situation will be fundamentally different’. 

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The Ukrainian corruption scandal pieced together

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The Ukrainian corruption scandal pieced together.

> Vladimir Zelensky, president of Ukraine under martial law

> Timur Mindich, business man involved in key Ukrainian industries, close friends with Zelensky

> Tsukerman, co-partner and financer to Mindich

> German Galushchenko, Minister of Justice, resigned

> Svetlana Hrynchuk, Minister of Energy, resigned

> Dmitry Basov, Security Director at Energoatom, arrested

> Igor Myroniuk, Advisor to Minister of Energy > Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, closest friend of Zelensky and second most powerful man in Ukraine, investigated for heavy corruption

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Germany Unveils New PzH 2000 A4 Mobile Artillery System After Predecessor’s Failure in Ukraine

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Germany has unveiled a new variant of the Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PzH 2000) 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzer at the KNDS Deutschland facility in Munich, the  the PzH 2000 A4, has the country has made investments not seen in decades in modernising its ground forces.

The new variant’s primary improvements are its greater digitisation, and superior network integration and electronic systems, with Defence Minister Boris Pistorius particularly highlighting its new digital backbone and improved fire controls.

PzH 2000 Howitzer

An updated power and cooling architecture has also been integrated, and was designed with a split between the generator and thermal management systems, improving energy efficiency and facilitating further expansion of electronics.

A surge in defence spending across Europe has led Germany to seek to play a leading role in modernising its neighbours’ equipment inventories, including by marketing new variants of the PzH 2000.

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Russia’s Newest Fighter Having High Impact in Ukrainian Combat: Su-30SM2 on the Frontlines

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The newest fighter type in the Russian Armed Forces inventory, the Su-30SM2, has been intensively combat tested since it began to enter service in early 2022, with the outbreak of full scale hostilities between Russia and Ukraine just weeks after it became operational providing significant opportunities to further refine operational tactics.

New details on the fighter’s performance in the theatre have been provided by the Russian state arms export conglomerate Rostec, which reported: “Aircraft of this type have confirmed their effectiveness in the special military operation.

They have a record of hundreds of destroyed aerial and ground targets, including Patriot systems.” “Thanks to its powerful radar, the Su-30SM2 can ‘see’ farther and more accurately, which facilitates the crew’s operation.

In turn, its advanced electronic warfare system allows the fighter to effectively counter enemy air-launched weapons,” the report added. 

Russian Navy Su-30SM2 Fighter

The Su-30SM first entered service in the Russian Air Force in 2012, following the termination of the ambitious Soviet MiG 1.42 fifth generation fighter program in 2001, and major delays to the more conservative Su-57 fifth generation program. The aircraft was developed as an enhanced derivative of the USSR’s most capable fighter type the Su-27 air superiority fighter, and directly replaced Soviet built Su-27s in frontline roles.

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Trump is taking down the Maduro regime in Venezuela because a small group of patriots stopped 2024 election fraud and figured it out

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This has been a major conspiracy theory going back several years if not more, that Venezuela had been using these machines to rig their own elections and thus was used to play a big role in election fraud in USA.

Trump knew enough to evade that system in 2024, so he must be well aware of the game.

Trump typically acts on several levels at once, which do not become fully apparent until later, often much later.

Bombing Iran’s nukes is an example of that.

The deep reason for the bombing is everyone in the ME wanted it done and so did Russia and China.

It was not just for Israel.

In fact, the attack lowered Israeli PR stock because destroying the nukes destroyed their most plausible reason for attacking Iran and Gaza. ABN

US Navy prevents Russian oil tanker from entering Venezuela

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The Russian tanker Seahorse from the so-called shadow fleet, which is subject to sanctions, turned around on its way to Venezuela after a US warship blocked its route.

This follows from data from a ship tracking service collected by Bloomberg.

On November 13, the Russian tanker Seahorse was carrying fuel to Venezuela when the USS Stockdale destroyer blocked its path.

The tanker Seahorse. 2023. Photo credits: vesselfinder.com

The Russian vessel then changed course and headed towards Cuba.

The US warship, in turn, sailed near Venezuelan territorial waters in the direction of Puerto Rico.

Since then, the Seahorse has twice tried to approach Venezuela, but both times turned back and remained in the Caribbean Sea.

The intentions of the US destroyer towards the Russian vessel are unclear, and a spokesperson for the US Southern Command refused to comment on the ship’s movements.

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Mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization and undermines the stability of key American allies — US Department of State

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Mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization and undermines the stability of key American allies.

Today the State Department instructed U.S. embassies to report on the human rights implications and public safety impacts of mass migration. 

Mass migration is a human rights concern. Western nations have endured crime waves, terror attacks, sexual assaults, and the displacement of communities.

U.S. officials will urge governments to take bold action and defend citizens against the threats posed by mass migration. 

Officials will also report policies that punish citizens who object to continued mass migration and document crimes and human rights abuses committed by people of a migration background.

These issues have plagued citizens of Western nations for years: 

In the United Kingdom, thousands of girls have been victimized in Rotherham, Oxford, and Newcastle by grooming gangs involving migrant men.

Many girls were left to suffer unspeakable abuse for years before authorities stepped in. 

In Sweden, an Eritrean migrant convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl was allowed to remain in the country after a judge ruled that the incident was not an “exceptionally serious crime” and did not warrant deportation. 

In Germany, nine men – several of whom were migrants – were convicted for the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl.

A German woman who insulted one of the rapists online was given a harsher sentence than the perpetrators themselves. 

U.S. officials will now scrutinize policies in Western nations that give leniency to migrant crime and human rights abuses or that create two-tiered systems that prioritize migrants at the expense of their own citizens. 

The United States supports the sovereignty of our allies and calls on governments to constructively engage with the growing numbers of citizens concerned about mass migration.

The United States stands ready to assist our allies in solving the global crisis of mass migration.

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Unexpected and delightful to see. This is a major sea change in mass immigration invasions across the West. This is a bold, strong statement and I believe Trump will pursue it forcefully. ABN

Airbus Chief Urges European Countries to Arm Themselves With Tactical Nuclear Weapons

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René Obermann, the head of the aircraft manufacturer Airbus, has called on European countries to equip themselves with tactical nuclear weapons. His statement came in response to the threat posed by Russia’s Iskander missiles, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

According to Obermann, Russia is openly threatening Europe with its Iskander missiles deployed in Kaliningrad, Reuters reports.

“Our Achilles’ heel, it seems, is what Russia is quite openly threatening us with: more than 500 tactical nuclear warheads on Iskander missiles, stationed right on our doorstep in Kaliningrad, as well as those recently deployed in Belarus,” Obermann said on Wednesday, November 19, speaking at the Berlin Security Conference.

In September, Russia deployed Iskander-M systems in the Kaliningrad region, aiming them toward Warsaw. The Airbus chief noted that Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and other concerned states should develop a joint nuclear deterrence program against Russia.

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Melania Trump to Marines in NC: ‘Artificial intelligence is propelling America’s military into a new era. We are moving from human operators to human overseers – fast’

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Melania Trump has told troops to brace for a brave new world of robots on the battlefield in a speech described by critics as ‘dystopian.’

The First Lady was speaking to military personnel and their families at Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, on Wednesday.

Melania said that AI represented the most profound change to warfare since the creation of nuclear weapons and warned that the race for the technology was not one that America could afford to lose. 

‘Artificial intelligence is propelling America’s military into a new era. We are moving from human operators to human overseers – fast,’ the First Lady said.

‘The shift from soldiers to machines is already underway. Autonomous helicopters, swarming drones, and recon aircraft are here now. Fighter-less jets and autonomous bombers are on the way.’

‘To win the AI war, we must train our next generation, for it’s America’s students who will lead the Marine Corps in the future,’ Melania said.

The First Lady continued, ‘Technology is changing the art of war … AI will alter war more profoundly than any technology since nuclear weapons.

‘The most significant change will be speed. Speed in weaponry, decision-making, detection, attack, and defense. Artificial intelligence will take center stage in the theater of war, it already plays a meaningful role on the battlefield.

‘Of course, it is the Marine who will always play the most critical role in realizing mission success.’ 

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