Bulletins and International News Discussion from November 24th to November 30th, 2025 - First as Farce, Then as Kinda Just Embarrassing - COTW: Mexico (hexbear.net)

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A reminder that as the US continues to threaten countries around the world, fedposting is to be very much avoided (even with qualifiers like "in Minecraft") and comments containing it will be removed.

Image is from this article, of protestors in Mexico tearing down a steel fence.

While military, economic, and covert pressure on Venezuela and nearby countries in South America proper continues to mount, a similar process is occurring against Mexico, currently under the leadership of the very popular Sheinbaum, who has generally followed the footsteps of AMLO in terms of policies.

While figures in the Trump administration have made statements to the effect of wishing to bomb Mexican territory, internal pressure within Mexico is rather hard to generate when the government is doing generally positive things for people. As such, protests - comically denoted "Gen Z protests" despite young people being a vanishingly small proportion - have arisen in Mexico, very obviously astroturfed by pro-US and anti-Sheinbaum interests. The first protest, on November 15th, gathered less than 20,000 people, while the second, on November 20th, gathered perhaps 200. Article headlines suggesting that Mexico was "on the verge of collapse" have proven rather sensational and wishcast-y.

While it's easy to poke fun at these farces (I certainly am), it's important to keep in mind that soft coups have long been part of the American strategy in Latin America, and with unlimited money and many resources to throw at a project, even incompetent forces can eventually create enough chaos that it can make the ruling president or party feel forced to resign. Such eventualities are certainly not inevitable, and even weak states can provide enough resistance to force the US to try a hard coup instead, with outright bombing campaigns and covert military operations. Cuba has provided perhaps the best example in the western hemisphere of how such plots can be subverted with enough national support (e.g. the hundreds of times the CIA tried to kill/maim Castro, plus the Bay of Pigs debacle), but you do have to be willing to take extraordinary measures to do this - the sorts of measures figures like Chile's Allende did not take in the 1970s, and the measures Venezuela's Maduro appears to be taking right now. We shall see what path Sheinbaum takes.

Last week's thread is here. The Imperialism Reading Group is here.

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The bulletins site is here. Currently not used.
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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine

If you have evidence of Zionist crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

Mirrors of Telegram channels that have been erased by Zionist censorship.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.

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[-] LargePenis@hexbear.net 45 points 2 weeks ago

Update on the Iraqi government formation:

All Sunni-led parties have formed a united Sunni front as I previously predicted. Halbusi has done it again, the fucker is an annoyingly good politician. I can't hate on him too much, his provincial government in Anbar has worked really well and him leading the Sunni vote means less influence for the more tribal and religious freaks.

The right-wing Shia parties are trying to force through Maliki again as a PM, which will fail inshallah. Maliki is working hard though, I have to give him credit, he has successfully thawed the previously dead relationship with both Barzani and Halbusi. PM Sudani sits in a weaker position than expected, most of the Shia powers seem to want a change of PM and the Sunni and Kurdish powers will go with the deal that gives them the biggest slice of the cake.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 45 points 2 weeks ago

Today is the day that the United States' declaration of the Venezuelan government (whom they call Cartel de los Soles) as a foreign terrorist organisation goes into effect.

Source

The Venezuelan government has responded, English translation

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[-] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Cartel de los Soles

This is the most "your dad's friend has self published an airport thriller" ass name of all time, it's embarrassing how low effort it is

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[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 44 points 2 weeks ago

Drop Site News: Trump Bribing Honduran Voters To Restore Narcotrafficking Government to Power

Trump doubled down on his endorsement of Asfura on Friday, suggesting he would withhold U.S. cooperation and aid with Honduras if he did not win and furthermore committed to pardoning former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who sits in federal prison for narcotrafficking. Trump’s pardon of a major narcotrafficker comes as he threatens war with Venezuela and wages a campaign of extrajudicial killing of boats he claims are associated with drug trafficking. Trump’s message mirrors his strategy ahead of Argentina’s legislative elections in October where he offered a 20 billion dollar bailout to the country only if President Javier Milei’s party performed well.

[-] Tervell@hexbear.net 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I love flying planes long past their expected retirement! USA! USA! chomsky-yes-honey https://archive.ph/GHJ17

USAF plan to fly C-5, C-17s even longer elicits concern

Service says it needs to hedge against delays to planned Next-Generation Airlift plane.

The Air Force aims to keep its aging C-5 and C-17 airlifters flying years longer than planned as it awaits a next-gen replacement, officials said in recently released documents. That’s alarming some former mobility leaders. A Nov. 19 solicitation memo says the C-5 Galaxy will fly until 2045 and the C-17 Globemaster until 2075**, longer than previously planned, to ensure that the Air Force has enough airlift capacity while it waits for the Next-Generation Airlift aircraft. NGAL is to reach production no earlier than 2038 and initial operating capacity three years after that. “To mitigate risks associated with acquisition delays, funding uncertainties, or technological challenges, the existing C-5M and C-17A fleets’ operational viability must be maintained until a fully capable replacement is fielded, which may require extending the service life and associated Military Type Certificate (MTC) of each platform,” the memo states.

The plan is to retire one C-5 as each new NGAL arrives, then do the same with the C-17s. But keeping some of the Air Force’s oldest transport airframes in the skies is already a major effort, former service officials told Defense One. Maintenance hurdles, mission-capability rates, and recent mishap stats add to the concerns. “Why would this approach to this old problem deliver a different result than what has already happened?” said Mike Minihan, who retired last year after leading Air Mobility Command. “Have we done the analysis to ensure that the capability that we're delivering with this upgrade is actually what the warfighter needs?” Minihan said he supports the Air Force’s efforts to field NGAL. (In May, he became an adviser to Radia, which aims to field the world’s largest cargo plane.) He also praised the memo’s acknowledgement that “uninterrupted inter-theater airlift capacity is paramount for global operations,” But Minihan said the service needs to prioritize its future airlift capabilities, not just modernizing aging aircraft. “I'm extremely worried about what I call the equilibrium. The equilibrium between the force that supports and the force that needs supporting, or the strike forces,” Minihan said. “So you're going to have fifth- and sixth-generation bombers and fighters, and you're still on generation-two airlifters and tankers.”

The C-5 entered service in 1970. After the AIr Force concluded in 2004 that the Galaxy still had decades of life, the remaining 52 airframes were re-engined and upgraded between 2006 and 2018. But last year, the type managed only a 48 percent mission-capable rate, thanks to maintenance and supply-chain problems that kept some airframes in the depot for 900 days. The Air Force Life Cycle Management even started a campaign, “Drive to 55.” to boost that rate to 55 percent. Minihan has publicly argued that the Air Force should sell its C-5s to private companies, then charter them from time to time, as a way to “relieve the C-17.” The C-17, which entered service in 1995, has a more reliable mission-capable rate of 75 percent. But in the past four years, Globemasters have been involved in 21 class-A mishaps—the deadliest and costliest incidents—more than any of the military’s most-used planes.

Jessica Ruttenber, a former Air Force pilot and program manager who oversaw the C-5 and C-17 portfolios, said she was unsurprised by the service’s call to extend the life of the two transports, but said the cost of doing so would continue to be high. “It’s a grandfather jet, so it doesn’t surprise me one bit,” Ruttenber said. “The thing that concerns me for the C-5 and the C-17…is the maintenance cost and the upkeep.” Responses to the NGAL solicitation are due in about two months, and the analysis of alternatives is to take place in 2027, the memo said.

As part of the Brandon-ization of America, in addition to every politician now being an ancient husk, we will also make sure that every vehicle in use by the military is ancient too! Every man a Brandon, every plane a Brandon, every ship a Brandon!

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[-] Leegh@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The death toll of the fires in the Hong Kong Tai Po apartment blocks has now reached 83 as of writing this comment.

This now puts the Tai Po apartments fire as deadlier than the infamous 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in the UK, which claimed the lives of 72. For reference, the Grenfell Tower fire was considered the worst UK residential fire since the Blitz of World War II.

Three people have already been arrested for manslaughter over the Tai Po fire – two directors and a consultant of the contractor behind the apartment renovations. They allegedly used non-compliant materials in scaffolding nets and sealed windows with styrofoam, which sparked the tragedy as the highly flammable substances caused the fire to spread rapidly. Moreover, the apartment renovation site was inspected by the Labour Department 16 times since July last year, as recently as November 20 and reminded the contractor the previous week of the need to implement appropriate fire safety measures.

President Xi Jinping expressed his condolences on Wednesday evening and called for “all-out efforts” to minimise casualties and losses. After visiting the injured in hospital early on Thursday, HK chief executive John Lee Ka-chiu vowed to investigate the fire and the scaffolding. He also ordered inspections of all public housing estates undergoing major renovations and announced a HK$300 million fund to assist the victims, including a cash handout of HK$10,000 for each household. Development chief Bernadette Linn Hon-ho met with construction industry representatives to discuss switching from bamboo to metal scaffolding. Authorities are considering a road map to transition to using metal "as quickly as possible" she says, adding industry players are understanding and supportive.

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[-] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It looks like everyone figured out that the Saudis are very good targets for scams. Easy come easy go.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is reportedly running low on cash for new investments, due to several projects that are said to be in financial distress.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/saudi-arabia-is-reportedly-running-low-on-cash-for-investments-following-ea-deal/

The article doesn't mention the Saudi investment into Softbank - big investors into everything from WeWork to Nvidia. SoftBank just sold their Nvidia shares in order to give OpenAI $30 billion cash. But I guess that isn't technically accounted as a loss yet. Despite the fact that the initial Saudi cash at the start of the Saudi-Softbank relationship was specifically for a Softbank investment into the tech company that we all know and love, WeWork.

[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago

The $20 billion bailout plan for Argentina by JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup has been cancelled after bankers opted for a smaller package of short-term loans, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (20), citing sources. In October, the U.S. Treasury reached a $20 billion currency stabilization agreement with Argentina, which would be combined with a bank credit line of the same amount. The agreement came just days before the midterm elections, which were crucial for Argentina's libertarian president, Javier Milei.

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago

Wow who would have thought that worshipping the US leads to getting backstabbed. Could this effect future elections or do the people of Argentina have goldfish memory?

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago

trump-moist : "Democracy is on trial in the coming Elections in the beautiful country of Honduras on November 30th. Will Maduro and his Narcoterrorists take over another country like they have taken over Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela?"

"The man who is standing up for Democracy, and fighting against Maduro, is Tito Asfura, the Presidential Candidate of the National Party. Tito was the highly successful Mayor of Tegucigalpa where he brought running water to millions, and paved hundreds of kilometers of roads. His chief opponent is Rixi Moncada, who says Fidel Castro is her idol. Normally, the smart people of Honduras, would reject her, and elect Tito Asfura, but the Communists are trying to trick the people by running a third Candidate, Salvador Nasralla."

"Nasralla is no friend of Freedom. A borderline Communist, he helped Xiomara Castro by running as her Vice President. He won, and helped Castro win. Then he resigned, and is now pretending to be an anti-Communist only for the purposes of splitting Asfura’s vote. The people of Honduras must not be tricked again. The only real friend of Freedom in Honduras is Tito Asfura. Tito and I can work together to fight the Narcocommunists, and bring needed aid to the people of Honduras. I cannot work with Moncada and the Communists, and Nasralla is not a reliable partner for Freedom, and cannot be trusted. I hope the people of Honduras vote for Freedom and Democracy, and elect Tito Asfura, President!"

Twitter

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

Narcocommunists

Love the perpetual inversion of reality that we live in now.

Of course the actual drug traffickers are the fascists/anti-communists/paramilitary forces. Always have been.

But you know what they say, accuse your adversary of your own faults projection

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[-] companero@hexbear.net 42 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

https://t.me/VodkaEcho/4241

Some signs/rumors that a particularly large Russian strategic air attack on Ukraine is brewing.

I think ~16 Tu-22M's participating in one attack would be completely unprecedented for this war. That would imply a huge wave of supersonic/hypersonic missiles, which would be near impossible for Ukraine to defend against.

I think it's still too early for it to be the direct prelude to a major ground offensive (still muddy), but it could probably take out the remnants of Ukraine's energy grid. Possibly a threat to angle for better terms in this rushed peace deal, or torpedo it altogether.

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[-] Crucible@hexbear.net 41 points 2 weeks ago

Telegraph: Trump hands Putin Ukraine’s occupied territories

Point 21

Territories:

a. Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk will be recognised as de facto Russian, including by the United States. b. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia will be frozen along the line of contact, which will mean de facto recognition along the line of contact.

c. Russia will relinquish other agreed territories it controls outside the five regions.

d. Ukrainian forces will withdraw from the part of Donetsk Oblast that they currently control, and this withdrawal zone will be considered a neutral demilitarised buffer zone, internationally recognised as territory belonging to the Russian Federation. Russian forces will not enter this demilitarised zone.

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[-] Socialism_Is_The_Alternative@hexbear.net 41 points 2 weeks ago

A little Syria news...

Syrian patriotic resistance forces ambushed Zionist occupation troops in south Syria's Beit Jinn. Zionist aircraft then attacked the area, killing 13 civilians: https://thecradle.co/articles/six-soldiers-injured-in-rare-resistance-operation-targeting-israeli-forces-in-syria

The Supreme Islamic Alawite Council in Syria and Abroad warned that continued "HTS" regime attacks on Alawi civilians will not go unanswered: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/11/28/759622/Syria-Alawites-retaliate-attacks-

[-] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago

Translated through Google.

📺 YouTube in Russia will be completely replaced by domestic services

Russian platforms will completely replace YouTube in the domestic market in the medium term. This was announced by Anton Gorelkin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy.

"YouTube entered our market in the 2010s and established a dominant monopoly on video hosting services. Today, we are trying to rectify this situation; we are developing our own alternatives and are confident that in the medium term, we will completely replace YouTube, which, unfortunately, has become a propaganda weapon," he said in an interview with TASS.

The deputy emphasized that digital sovereignty requires significant investment and qualified personnel, and the need to develop Russian digital platforms became clear back in 2014, after the imposition of the first sanctions.

https://t.me/TEFI_Russia/34976

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[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The Witkoff files just dropped, and oh boy are they something.

Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump - Bloomberg News

Update: an archive of the full transcript of the phone call between Steve Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov

Transcript of Witkoff - Ushakov call, click to expand

[phone rings].

Steve Witkoff: Hi Yuri.

Yuri Ushakov: Yeah Steve hi, how are you?

SW: Good Yuri. How you doing?

YU: I am ok. Congratulations my friend.

SW: Thank you.

YU: You made a great job. Just a great job. Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you.

SW: Thank you Yuri and thanks for your support. I know your country supported it and I thank you.

YU: Yes, yes, yes. Yes. You know that’s why we suspend the organization of first Russian-Arabic summit.

SW: Yes.

YU: Yeah, because we think that you are making the real job there in the region.

SW: Well listen. I am going to tell you something. I think, I think if we can get the Russia-Ukraine thing solved, everybody’ll be jumping for joy.

YU: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you need to solve only one problem. [laughs].

SW: What?

YU: Russian-Ukrainian war.

SW: I know! How do we get that solved?

YU: My friend, I just want your advice. Do you think that it will be useful if our bosses will talk on the phone?

SW: Yes, I do.

YU: You do. And when you think it could be possible?

SW: I think as soon as you suggest, my guy is ready to do it.

YU: Ok, ok.

SW: Yuri, Yuri, here’s what I would do. My recommendation.

YU: Yes, please.

SW: I would make the call and just reiterate that you congratulate the president on this achievement, that you supported it, you supported it, that you respect that he is a man of peace and you’re just, you’re really glad to have seen it happen. So I would say that. I think from that it’s going to be a really good call. Because — let me tell you what I told the President. I told the president that you - that the Russian Federation has always wanted a peace deal. That’s my belief. I told the president I believe that. And I believe the question is — the issue is is that we have two nations that are having a hard time coming to a compromise and when we do, we’re going to have a peace deal. I’m even thinking that maybe we set out like a 20-point peace proposal, just like we did in Gaza. We put a 20-point Trump plan together that was 20 points for peace and I’m thinking maybe we do the same thing with you. My point is this...

YU: Ok, ok my friend. I think that very point our leaders could discuss. Hey Steve, I agree with you that he will congratulate, he will say that Mr. Trump is a real peace man and so and so. That he will say.

SW: But here’s what I think would be amazing.

YU: Ok, ok.

SW: What if, what if... hear me out...

YU: I will discuss that with my boss and then I come back to you. Ok?

SW: Yeah because listen to what I’m saying. I just want you to say, maybe just to say this to President Putin, because you know I have the deepest respect for President Putin.

YU: Yes, Yes.

SW: Maybe he says to President Trump: you know, Steve and Yuri discussed a very similar 20-point plan to peace and that could be something that we think might move the needle a little bit, we’re open to those sorts of things — to explore what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done. Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere. But I’m saying instead of talking like that, let’s talk more hopefully because I think we’re going to get to a deal here. And I think Yuri, the president will give me a lot of space and discretion to get to the deal.

YU: I see...

SW: ...so if we can create that opportunity that after this I talked to Yuri and we had a conversation I think that could lead to big stuff.

YU: Ok, that sounds good. Sounds good.

SW: And here’s one more thing: Zelenskiy is coming to the White House on Friday.

YU: I know that. [chuckles].

SW: I will go to that meeting because they want me there, but I think if possible we have the call with your boss before that Friday meeting.

YU: Before, before — yeah?

SW: Correct.

YU: Ok, ok. I got your advice. So I discuss that with my boss and then I come back to you, ok?

SW: Ok Yuri, I’ll speak to you soon.

YU: Great, great. Thank you so much. Thanks you.

SW: Bye, bye.

YU: Bye.

[Call Ends]

Screenshot of the Dmitriev - Ushakov call transcript:

Bloomberg apparently has audio recordings of phone calls between Witkoff and Ushakov (assistant to Putin on foreign policy) and a phone call between Dmitriev and Ushakov in Russian. They released the full transcript on the terminal, ~~but I don't have access to that~~. Screenshots are all over social media. Witkoff apparently personally advised Russian officials on how to massage Trump's ego, what to say, and to call Trump before the Trump - Zelenskyy meeting to interdict. Ushakov and Dmitriev then discuss how to proceed, with Ushakov suggesting a more maximalist approach. Some of the screenshots from the transcript of both phone calls are just incredible to read. I'll try find the best ones and add them here.

What prompted Bloomberg to drop the Witkoff files? One factor that definitely played a part (in my opinion) is Dmitriev's mafioso style threat to Axios journalist Barak Ravid on twitter a few days ago. Dmitriev, in his denial of leaking the 28 point "peace plan" to Axios, tagged Ravid and stated that "all conversations with journalists are recorded", apparently for "transparency". The journalists are now reminding them that they too have recordings of all their behind the scenes dealings... Dmitriev has predictably called the Bloomberg story fake.

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago

One day after Trump's threats, some airlines resume operations in Venezuelan airspace. Could be just a temporary thing, Trump did say he called Maduro idk what they two said since both declined to comment. The Miami Herald said that Maduro offered to hold new elections and to allow some American companies to operate in Venezuela, Trump declined and insisted that Maduro should be removed from power.

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[-] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Dallas Fed mfg activity: -10.4

Expected: -2.0. Last: -5.0

US third quarter GDP estimate data release cancelled

PCE - September, moved to December

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[-] huf@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Peace deal should limit Russia's army rather than Ukraine's, says Kaja Kallas

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/11/26/peace-deal-should-limit-russias-army-rather-than-ukraines-says-kaja-kallas

??? ???????

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

yermak (discount richelieu of ukraine) is done. fun times being independent country

[-] Elysia@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

The main suspect of the Nord-Stream pipeline explosion has been extradited to Germany (German source)

What makes this particularly spicy is that the suspect's Italian attorney is already arguing that his defendant was part of the Ukrainian military and was "just following orders" (good bit to do in Germany) when they blew up the pipelines. Germany seems like it might actually take this kind of seriously, so maybe this will be when the EU starts completely turning on Ukraine now that the war is basically over?

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[-] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

President Donald Trump says he's terminating all orders Biden signed with autopen

Damn, this autopen stuff has now been going on for years. I know that the chuds are very mad at this, I still don't know why. I just see it sometimes in the internet comments and it is the most ignorable "scandal" ever.

[-] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago

This auto pen stuff is indistinguishable to me from sovereign citizen logic

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

Honduras Election Update:

Nothing official yet, but some people are reporting that Rixi Moncada (Left-Wing Democrat Socialist, Zelaya Alligned Candidate) won against the liberals and narconservatives.

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[-] trompete@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

Wadephul talks about a big success for Europe

German Foreign Minister Wadephul has described the Geneva talks on Ukraine as a major step forward in terms of taking European interests into account. Speaking on Deutschlandfunk radio, the CDU politician said that the concerns of the European Union and Ukraine had been heard in the negotiations with the US. The US would involve Europe in a possible peace solution in Ukraine, he added. dlf

So they're negotiating with ~~Russia~~ Rubio, who is letting them change the "peace plan" back to the old frozen conflict proposal, which the Russians already rejected. I guess in their minds that is a great success because they figure (1) Trump continues support, (2) ???, (3) victory!

In unrelated news (as the Europeans seem to think), Russia is advancing at the fastest pace since the beginning weeks of the invasion, they have conquered Pokrovsk and Kupiansk, have reportedly encircled Ukrainian troops in both of those fronts, are advancing in Zaporizhzhia where they have entered Hulyaipole (another logistical hub), and are also pushing Siversk in a move towards Slovyansk. Ukraine clearly doesn't have the manpower to man all these fronts properly. Oh and some Ukrainian MP said more than 500k dead and as many wounded.

So good job sabotaging the peace talks while there are still Ukrainians left that can be sent to their deaths.

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[-] Tervell@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

https://archive.ph/DSAKv (in Ukrainian)

"NATO's methods don't work anymore." Why weren't Ukrainian military trained to fight with drones at Polish training grounds?

Since 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been training in training centers in European countries. In particular, Poland provides its instructors and training grounds, where basic and special training of Ukrainian soldiers has been taking place for almost three years. However, many military personnel who have undergone this training complain that they are preparing for the war of the past without drones - according to NATO scenarios from Iraq and Afghanistan, where drones were not yet discussed. Only in early October did the first drone range "Jomsborg" open in Poland, built with Norwegian funds.

"Four APCs are participating in the defense of the river bank: one of them crosses the bridge to the other bank - this is a reconnaissance crew," quotes one of the Polish instructors, translator Vitaliy (name changed), who at the end of 2024 completed a rotation with the Ukrainian military in western Poland. "There is a confused silence in the classroom," he continues. "More than half of the audience are marines who went through Krynki (an operation on the left bank of the Kherson region in 2023. - Ed.). In the end, one of them asks, what if the bridge is destroyed? The Polish instructor proudly replies: "Our APCs swim." He did not understand at all that everything was controlled by enemy drones, which would leave nothing of those APCs that swim up to 10 km/h." This dialogue between the instructor and the Marines is just part of the overall picture, which has everything – NATO, textbooks and charters, fancy barracks and experienced buglers, but lacks the key element of modern warfare – drones. "They continue to teach from 'Grunwald' textbooks," another BBC interlocutor bitterly jokes, referring to the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, a victory in which Polish historians are still proud to this day. The BBC spoke with Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen and translators who accompanied them during their training in Poland, and also received comments from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Polish Ministry of Defense. So what does the situation really look like?

"Can we remove the mavics?"

Training in Poland takes place in several areas - including basic training, advanced training, coordination, and special training in the use of Western technology. The programs include tactics, topography, survival, tactical medical, fire and assault training, international humanitarian law, etc. They are conducted mainly by Polish instructors, but some courses are prepared jointly with trainers from other partner countries. The battalion commander of one of the assault brigades currently fighting in the Pokrovsky direction, a major with the call sign "Eighteen", talks about the adjustment course that his battalion took in Poland in 2024. The vast majority of fighters had just arrived after the BZVP in Ukraine: out of more than 400 people, only a dozen had combat experience. Major "Eighteen" himself completed his military service in 2013-2014, received a military education, and since 2022 has been fighting as part of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade. In 2024, he received a newly formed battalion, which became part of another brigade.

At the beginning of training, recruits were offered to choose from several areas: they could train to be marksmen (infantry sniper, short- and medium-range shooter), engineers, UAV operators, and infantry fighting vehicle crews. The training was conducted by instructors from Poland, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine. The Czechs were responsible for marksmen and engineers, the Poles trained the infantry fighting vehicle crews, and the Ukrainians taught tactics. "The program of the Poles and Czechs follows NATO standards, but I have seen the Ukrainian army in the Poles since the end of 2013," he says and explains, ""Statutshchina", security measures, an instructor walks over each soldier. They taught what our soldier will not actually see in battle."

For example, the battalion commander says, tactical medicine training was based on the "golden hour" rule - a standard for evacuating the wounded within 60 minutes, which emerged after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Ukraine, this standard has become a painful irony, because it is impossible to compare the possibilities of evacuation from under the sights of dozens of drones with how it was carried out in the Middle East under US air superiority. Now the wounded have to wait for evacuation for more than one hour, and in some places even more than one day. "One of our servicemen was wounded at around 8 am - a serious one, in the groin area. He could have just bled to death. But thanks to the fact that we taught him medicine, he made it until the evening - his limb wasn't even amputated. So I explained to them (the instructors. - Ed.) that they should tell the soldier not just how to apply a tourniquet and tighten it harder, but also about after what period of time, at what time of year, how much the tourniquet should be released," says "Eighteen."

uh... critical support to the NATO invasions of the Middle East, which have apparently completely mind-broken the whole of Western military leadership to the point where they have no idea what actual conflict looks like anymore? note that this is training taking place in 2024, two years into the war!

The Polish side was also supposed to train UAV operators, but in fact was only able to provide a platform for this, says the major. "Fortunately, we took 12-15 Mavics, and we had one experienced pilot," he says. The most interested in drones was Czech instructor Jakub (name changed), a veteran of peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan. Together with him, "Eighteen" decided to conduct an exercise: Czech paratroopers were to storm Ukrainian military positions. The "mavics" were to help them defend themselves. "After their first assault actions, Yakub came up to me and said, 'Hey, can we remove the Maviks?'" says the major. "What's wrong, Yakub?" he asked in response. "But you just cover us up very quickly with your Mavics, and we can't get to you, you detect us on the approach to your positions," the Czech instructor replied. "I say, Jakub, unfortunately, we are preparing for war."

Western militaries genuinely cannot conceptualize actually being the victims of any real weapon, whether bombing by planes, artillery, or drones, they just assume that they'll get to walk right up to the enemy's position and win

"This is a good playground. Safe"

"Kastet" is a UAV operator of one of the units currently fighting in the Kharkiv direction. He joined the ranks of the defense on the third day of the full-scale war - he joined the infantry when he was 21 years old. Since then, he has fought in the Kharkiv region, Zaporizhia, and participated in the defense of Bakhmut. "Kastet" arrived in Poland in early 2025 to improve his skills - he was supposed to earn the rank of sergeant in order to lead a platoon. "After the first week, I was already calling the commander, telling him to take me away from here. I said, I'll get on the bus myself and come. It was very unusual," the soldier recalls and explains that he did not agree with what the Polish instructors were teaching. "Knuckles" gives an example: in survival classes, they were shown how to navigate the terrain using paper maps - but in over 3.5 years of combat operations, he never had to do this, because all the maps are on the soldiers' phones or tablets. Storming trenches and urban operations, according to "Kastet", are also taught in accordance with the realities of wars 20 years ago.

"They want to fly in tanks and Humvees right under the trench. Well, we told them that it doesn't work that way anymore. It's not done that way now. You put on a "kikimora" (camouflage suit. - Ed.) or an anti-heat cloak to be as invisible as possible, and you go to the position on foot," he says. The constant presence of drones in the sky has turned any movement into a deadly threat, and the front line into a so-called "kill zone," which, according to Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky, already extends for at least 10 kilometers. Some military personnel even speak of a 20-kilometer strip that is being shot at by Russian UAVs. Because of this, the landing of infantrymen now takes place as far away from the positions as possible: individual fighters on the way to the dugouts may not be noticed by enemy drones - unlike heavy equipment or military "snatchers", characteristic khaki-colored SUVs. "Kastet" believes that what the Polish instructors could teach was useful for the "staff" soldiers, who made up half of the group. The rest - soldiers with combat experience -, he said, trained the Poles themselves. "We showed them how to properly storm with a drone. And how much easier it is. They were shocked," he says, adding that he even received a certificate from the instructors for this.

When asked if there was anything positive about training in Poland, "Kastet" thinks about it. In the end, he admits that he liked training on his own the most. The commander of the assault battalion "Eighteen" answers without hesitation: "This is a good playground. Safe."

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[-] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

The Russians have apparently already entered Hulyaipole, a logistical hub that sits on the first line of defense in the Zaporizhia region, something DeepState map was adamant the Russians didn't have enough forces for. This comes after they already rolled up the entire first line of defense to the east of the town.

I've been watching the map updates daily (primarily from Weeb Union, who aggregates map updates from sources such as DeepState, Suriyak, and direct Ukrainian and Russian reports) and the progress of the Russians towards Zaporizhia has been nothing short of astounding given the usual pace of advances. At the current rate, I'd wager they will have taken most of the oblast, and will start surrounding Zaporizhia city from the east within 9 months. Do note that they have pretty much bypassed the main lines of defense, and can pretty much just advance into open territory, so I don't expect this pace to slow down much at all.

Sorry to make a game reference, but this reminds me a bit of the Starcraft 1 rounds I used to play against the AI, where the opponent pulls every single unit he has from the entire map to defend one base -- and then you take it, you advance further and realize that all the other structures are now completely undefended and you can just steamroll through. In this case, Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad appear to have been that base.

The West is of course ignoring these advances in their communication and focusing entirely on the relatively slow advances in the Pokrovsk encirclement (which also favors Russia, but the Westeners are still pretending that the city isn't already lost). But subconsciously, I think they know that Ukraine is losing badly. The responses from Pro-Ukraine defenders online have become a lot more unhinged in recent weeks, either through easily disproven arrogance, or just by frothing at the mouth to the point where one must imagine steam coming out of their ears. Still, they don't see a peace deal as an option. They prefer to rely on Pro-Western propaganda outlets like the Moscow Times, which tells them that Russia will surely collapse within the next 2 years, which is the same they said 2 years ago, and will be the same they will say 2 years from now. So, no real action needed.

The negotiations are a joke from my point of view. The war will be fought to its military conclusion, and 2026 may prove to be VERY interesting in this regard.

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