Map of sites struck in Ukraine yesterday:

Seems like the air defenses of the AFU are almost completely non-existent at this point.

Cope cages have spread to China

Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles

Big development. Russia previously drew a very clear red line about this.

Speaking in St Petersburg, President Putin sent a clear warning to the West: don’t allow Ukraine to use your long-range missiles to strike Russian territory.

Moscow, he said, would view that as the “direct participation” of Nato countries in the war in Ukraine.

“It would substantially change the very essence, the nature of the conflict,” the Kremlin leader continued.

“This will mean that Nato countries, the USA and European states, are fighting with Russia.”

He claimed that, for missile launches into Russia, Ukraine would require data from Western satellites and that only servicemen from Nato member states would be able to “input flight missions into these missile systems”.

Wapo - https://archive.is/nI1sw

NYT - https://archive.is/rV4As

And politico - https://archive.is/lMrbi

All articles from the last day or so saying how azover it really is

Now, I'll believe a major foreign policy change from trump when I see it, but setting aside that uncertainty, it is notable that the liberal corporate media has switched gears to defeatism/realism like this. Too bad they didn't do that when the population of ukraine was 10m people higher, but here we are.

What a contrast here

A few days ago a new Chinese built port was inaugurated by xi

In an opinion article in the El Peruano state newspaper, Xi said the Chancay project would generate $4.5 billion in annual revenues, create more than 8,000 direct jobs and reduce the logistics costs of the Peru-China route by 20%.

China's main motivation for developing the megaport, according to Ocharan, was access to neighboring Brazil, where a new railway line is planned to carry Brazilian exports such as soybeans and iron ore to the port.

The rail project is estimated to cost $3.5 billion, according to Mario de las Casas, corporate affairs manager at Cosco Shipping Chancay Peru.

And then this, Blinken announcing that the US is contributing to a new rail line in lima

Which is actually caltrain selling lima some 40 year old diesel train parts for $6m

Definitely a deal worthy of rocking in the free world

It has been widely speculated whether Trump's administration will be a lunatics clown show that has no concept of foreign policy or regular bloodthirsty neocons itching to start war on every continent.

Does the sudden uptick in support for Ukraine mean that the state have no trust in Trump and are trying to wrap things up before he comes?

OK so US presidents can start wars out of spite before leaving office so who do you think Trump will start a war against before he leaves?

Since the Amsterdam maccabi hooligan event, Israel has been trying really hard to influence the narrative put out by media and politicians. The ministry of Diaspora has put out a document detailing supposed ties between Palestinian liberation activist groups and Hamas (lol). They also claim that these liberation groups preplanned the attacks on hooligans, and their proof is literally just a call for people to come join their protest during the match.

These ‘allegations’ would be funny if we did not have a right extremist government that is receptive to them.

Here is Minister Amichai Chikli outlining these conspiracies himself: https://x.com/amichaichikli/status/1856397777548284273

The US and their dogs allowing Ukraine to strike Russian territory with long-range missiles doesn't change anything. Russia under Putin are committed to deescalation until the Ukraine war is wrapped up, and Ukraine's biggest issues are in Ukraine itself. Hitting an oil refinery in Rostov won't stop Russian advances in Donetsk. Those strikes might affect Russian supply lines a bit, but Russia has a lot of options with different paths to take to reach the front.

Elon Musk responds to Brazlian First Lady Rosângela da Silva, who criticized him at the social G-20. “They will lose the next election”, said Musk. Janja spoke out against the billionaire. “Fuck you, Elon Musk,” she said.

In the Amazon, US President Joe Biden signed the document that creates the International Day of Conservation and also stipulated the resources that will be allocated to the Amazon Fund.

“At first, I thought I was fighting to save the rubber tappers. Then I realized I was fighting to save the Atlantic Forest and the rainforest, and then I realized I was fighting for humanity. (...) Today, I'm proud to be here.” - Joe Biden

Directly from the Amazon, US President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles against Russian territory. These missiles are highly destructive and are supplied by the US. Previously, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, had suggested that if this were to happen, he might use nuclear weapons in response.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/new-nvidia-ai-chips-face-issue-with-overheating-servers-information-reports-2024-11-17/

Nvidia ML chips overheating

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3286907/8-die-knife-rampage-china-suffers-second-mass-killing-week

8 die in knife rampage as China suffers second mass killing in a week

Police say 21-year-old held after attack at college where he had studied had failed his exams and was angry about low pay as factory intern

Uh-huh, what up deng. And btw "the desire to succeed in exams" actually shows the fucked payscale in china

So what do you think Trump's policy towards Ukraine will be? Will he continue with aid, but in a limited capacity? Will he cut off all aid? Will he give much more aid than the Democrats and become a total supporter of Ukraine? While Trump, from what I remember, said he was going to push for a peace treaty, that was during the campaign. Now that he is the President things will change. I believe the MIC made a lot of money in Ukraine, and they go the chance to test some stuff against Russian stuff. I believe he will attempt to continue the war a bit longer, until he gets a peace deal where he can been seen as in a good position.

Israel Evicts Bedouin Village to Build Jewish-Only Town - Telesur English

German leader Olaf Scholz made a phone call to Putin on Friday. He's still nowhere near to abandoning the west's delusional demands of Russian surrender but at least he's opening up to the general concept of diplomacy.

This has made Zelensky and all the NATO ghouls very mad. One of these ghouls is noted war criminal Anders Fogh Rasmussen, formerly the head of NATO, and before that a catastrophic Liberal Party leader of Denmark. Currently he is an asset for American imperialism, providing shady "consultancy" services to some of Washington's most distasteful puppet regimes and businesses connected to American spy agencies.

In (a statement to state media DR)[https://archive.ph/1uuZo] he says:

It is completely unacceptable if Putin should get anything at all out of his adventure. Because then Xi Jinping (China's president, red.) will conclude: "If Putin can take the Crimean peninsula then I can take Taiwan". That is why we must make sure Putin is not successful in Ukraine.

This is what passes for serious statesman-like analysis in the west. Rasmussen did not mention how the American Bush regime's illegal and unprovoked full-scale invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, that Rasmussen himself was an accessory to as Danish PM, has helped create a precedence for unilateral military involvement in other countries.

Rejecting the idea of further diplomacy with Russia, Rasmussen goes on to say:

I think the most important thing we can do to m make peace in Ukraine is to deliver even more weapons to Ukraine and remove all restrictions on the weapons we give.

I am too lazy to look up whether he is in the pocket of the American military industrial complex but I would be more surprised to learn that he's not than to learn that he is. Anyways these are the kind of madmen they put in charge of western military bureaucracies.

In case anyone was wondering how terrifying it would be for a terrain following stealth subsonic cruise missile to fly directly over your head, video has been captured of such an incident in Odessa, Ukraine. Reddit link, Mirror link on Tankie Tube Here we have what is likely a Kh-101 missile, which cruises at an altitude of between 30m - 70m (100ft - 230ft) above ground level to minimise detection. The Kh-69 flies even lower, at 20m or 65ft.

Zionazis bombed aid workers with drone in Khan Yunis - at least 5 dead.

NSFW/L CW dead and dying Video telegram link

Some combat footage for today.

Russian drones continue annihilating Kiev regime military vehicles in Kursk oblast: https://news-pravda.com/world/2024/11/16/856512.html

Ukrainian soldiers follow Russian robot’s instructions and surrender: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--Ukies-encircled-near-Kurakhovo-are-being-urged-to-surrender!:4

Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles struck the Rovenskaya 330 electrical substation in Rovno oblast: https://news-pravda.com/world/2024/11/17/857634.html

Floods in honduras

https://neuters.de/world/americas/honduras-battles-flooding-tropical-storm-sara-unleashes-heavy-rainfall-2024-11-16/

Update 260 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine - 17 November 2024

Although the NPPs [Nuclear Power Plants] - Khmelnytskyy, Rivne and South Ukraine – were not directly impacted and did not shut down, several electrical substations on which they depend suffered further damage during the strikes, Director General Grossi said, citing information from Ukraine’s national regulator. The main power lines from four of the substations were disconnected. At the moment, only two of the country’s nine operational reactors currently generate electricity at 100 percent capacity.

The IAEA teams based at the NPPs heard air defence activities and sought shelter during the air raid alarms. At the Khmelnytskyy NPP, the IAEA team heard a loud explosion. At the Rivne NPP, two 330 kilovolt (kV) power lines were unavailable, the team there reported.

Of the nine currently operational reactors at the three NPPs, six reduced output during the morning, ranging from just over 40 percent of maximum capacity to above 90 percent. At the moment, only two operate at 100 percent capacity, with one in shutdown for maintenance. All NPPs continued to receive off-site power.

The Russian de-electrification campaign against Ukraine has reached a new stage this morning, with strikes on substations and main power lines connected to nuclear power plants. Critically though, off site power supply was not hit, or at least not destroyed to the extent to fully interrupt it. This is important to ensure proper cooling for the NPPs.

Tulsi as head of DNI will finally have information that will lead to arrest of Hillary Clinton.

Do we have any users here in The Netherlands? I’m curious to know how this Israeli football hooligan story is playing out with more non-political folks or those who at least didn’t stake out a position on Palestine before. From what little bits and pieces I have heard, it appears that no one is buying the story that the government and the media are pushing, and quite a few “normal” people are taking notice.

The Anti-Empire Project Gaza / Lebanon War 406 / 60: Genocide intensifies, war escalates

This is Justin Podur's channel, and here he's discussing things with Jon Elmer. Justin and Jon are my two favorite (English-language) sources for finding out about what's happening militarily on the ground in Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank. I've only just started watching but I will highly recommend this video in advance, it will be a good use of time to watch it.

https://eng.belta.by/society/view/journalists-find-out-what-music-lukashenko-listens-to-in-his-car-163138-2024/

On the sidelines of the climate summit in Baku, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told journalists whose songs he listens to in his car.