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[Regnum] The hijacking of a Russian MiG-31 jet, thwarted by the FSB, was planned by the UK to provoke Europe into a direct military confrontation with Russia. Political scientist and Deputy Director of the CIS Institute Igor Shishkin stated this in an interview with Regnum News Agency on Tuesday, November 11.
Earlier that day, the Federal Security Service (FSB) reported the thwarting of a Ukrainian intelligence operation, led by British handlers, to hijack a MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile. According to the agency, the saboteurs intended to divert the aircraft to a NATO base in Romania.
"From information released by the FSB, we know that British intelligence agencies were involved in the operation. Therefore, there's no point in asking how Ukraine or NATO itself could have planned a strike on a North Atlantic Alliance base. Britain is interested, firstly, in the conflict raging to the last Ukrainian, and secondly, in it continuing to the last European. Drawing European countries into a direct conflict with Russia is consistent with Britain's geopolitical goals. NATO will have nothing to do with this. This would be an attempt to draw in Europeans outside of NATO," Shishkin stated.
The political scientist recalled that new rounds of escalation around Ukraine were, as a rule, associated with the actions of Great Britain, starting with the former Prime Minister of the Kingdom Boris Johnson's failure to comply with the Istanbul agreements.
"I have already said repeatedly that today the most dangerous country for the world, including, by the way, the United States, is Great Britain," Shishkin emphasized.
The FSB reported that the hijacking of the MiG-31, had Ukraine's operation been successful, could have led to unpredictable consequences. Following the incident, the Russian Aerospace Forces struck the Main Center of Electronic Intelligence (GUR) with Kinzhal missiles in retaliation.
A Ukrainian military intelligence officer who attempted to recruit a Russian pilot to hijack a MiG-31 fighter jet and subsequently stage a provocation against NATO, promised him a beer in Munich after the successful operation. This follows from screenshots of a messaging app conversation published by the Russian FSB on November 11.
According to the recruiter, this is not the first provocation he has organized.
"I can say with complete confidence that everything will go like clockwork, we'll drink some beer in Munich in the company of busty young ladies and remember this story with a smile," he wrote.
A Ukrainian military intelligence officer also promised the Russian pilot the opportunity to transport his parents "to a comfortable country with good healthcare."
[Breitbart] Russians are reportedly growing exasperated with Central Asian Muslim migrants praying in public places, while the migrants say Russian cities do not have enough mosques to accommodate their need to pray five times each day. OR, there are more Muslims than can be accomodated
Radio Free Europe (RFE) reported on Sunday that two social media videos appear to have galvanized Russian anger, one from Vladivostok in March and another from the far eastern city of Khabarovsk in October, that showed Muslim migrant bus drivers kneeling to pray in front of the vehicles they were supposed to be driving.
The October video was particularly irksome because it depicted passengers sitting inside the bus, waiting over ten minutes for the driver to finish his prayers. The regional transportation ministry received complaints from some of the passengers, investigated the incident, and cleared the driver of wrongdoing because he was using legal break time to complete his prayers.
The driver in Vladivostok was reprimanded and instructed to “show respect for the cultural and religious feelings of others” by finding “more secluded places to perform religious rituals.”
“While I’m not against Islamic prayers, I think it’s pretty weird when someone on the subway rolls out a prayer mat or a minibus driver starts praying,” remarked Valery Fadeev, head of the Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights.
Fadeev told a roundtable discussion on migration policy in October that Russia needs to import large numbers of laborers from countries like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and some of those migrants are unaccustomed to the rhythms of big city life, so they might not understand why kneeling in front of a bus to perform a prayer ritual is unsettling for Russian urbanites.
Some migrants and their advocates saw Russian complaints about public prayers as a sign of growing suspicion and intolerance, which grew more pronounced after the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall music festival in March 2024. The attack was a shooting rampage perpetrated by a faction of ISIS that killed 149 people and injured over 600 more. Some Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, claimed the attack was sponsored by the Ukrainian government.
A Tajik taxi driver named Daler told RFE that since Russia does not have enough mosques to handle its surging numbers of Muslims and Islam’s prayer rules are quite strict, taxi and delivery drivers feel obliged to hop out of their vehicles and find the most secluded spots available. Modern Muslims can consult phone apps, calculators, or websites to find the exact times for the five mandatory prayer intervals, adjusted for Russia’s vast geography.
Daler disapproved of this practice, saying he could understand why non-Muslims found it off-putting.
“It draws attention and builds resentment toward migrants. I respect people’s right to religious freedom, but I think we shouldn’t add fuel to hostility toward migrants by praying where it inconveniences people,” he said.
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[UA] 22.17 Russian occupiers managed to capture three settlements during the offensive in Zaporizhia region, and heavy fighting continues for two more villages. This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi on Facebook.
19.59 The war with Ukraine has changed the security system and lifestyle of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin: at least three identical offices have been created for him in different residences. The offices are almost completely identical, but small details give them away: the shape of door handles, decorative elements on the walls, the type of stationery and the features of the decoration. This is evidenced by the investigation of journalists from the Sistema project, who analyzed thousands of official video recordings in recent years.
The offices helped solve security problems after the start of the war with Ukraine due to regular drone attacks. Since the beginning of 2025, Putin has practically stopped using the office in Novo-Ogaryov and rarely appears at the Sochi residence.
17.56 The military registration system in Ukraine is imperfect and needs reform. In addition, there have been cases of suicide among employees of territorial recruitment centers (TCC). This was stated by the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Military Personnel Olga Reshetylova on Facebook.
17.36 The State Environmental Inspectorate in Sumy region initiated the first legal process in Ukraine regarding the recovery of environmental damages from military officials of the Russian Federation. The State Environmental Inspectorate in Sumy region reported this on Telegram.
16.45 The Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on its Telegram channel denied the Russian fake about "confessions of soldiers of the 116th Motorized Rifle Brigade to the killing of civilians."
15.46 The city of Lyman in Donetsk region was completely left without gas after massive Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.
Between November 3 and 9, 62 gas network damages caused by military actions were recorded in the Drnetsk region. Damage was recorded in the front-line cities of Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, Sloviansk, Mykolaivka, and Rai-Oleksandrivka in the Kramatorsk district.
Russian shelling in Lyman caused damage to the system, which left the entire city without gas supply, and 1,164 subscribers were disconnected.
15.26 The ban on mobile Internet access will be in effect in the Ulyanovsk region until the end of the war against Ukraine. Local authorities cannot influence this decision, as it is made by the federal center to ensure "state security", and the restriction will be lifted only by decision of Moscow. This was stated by the regional minister of digital development Oleg Yagfarov at a press conference on November 8.
15.14 A criminal group from Zaporizhzhia was exposed, which established an illegal channel for transporting conscripts across the border and, for money, facilitated the desertion of military personnel.
The organizer of the illegal business was a law enforcement officer from Zaporizhzhia. The criminal group also included his law enforcement colleague and two civilians. The criminals operated throughout Ukraine. For money, they provided escape abroad for those liable for military service and desertion of active military personnel.
The cost of services varied depending on the complexity of the scheme and reached up to $20,000. The group members provided the clients with the necessary forged documents, transportation, and hiding places.
14.25 OSINT communities Strategic Aviation of the Russian Federation and SZ | Intelligence of Ukraine published high-resolution satellite images of the launch site in Tsymbulova, Oryol region of Russia. It is noted that there are at least 93 garages and 15 hangars for storing strike UAVs on the territory, in some of which drones have already been spotted. At the same time, up to 500 drones can be located here at the same time in one day, of which at least 175 units are in the garages. There are also 8 static launchers at the training ground, next to which 20 garages are located.
14.05 Russian invaders took advantage of thick fog and penetrated the city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, from the south. This was reported by the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13.44 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the city of Kherson. He has already held a meeting with all those responsible for security. Among those present were representatives of the Unmanned Systems Forces. The head of state promised that the protection of Kherson from Russian drones will be strengthened .
13.37 Evidence has been collected on the command of the armed groups of the Russian Federation, which is involved in the missile strike on Lviv on the night of September 3-4, 2024. The SBU reported this on November 11. This is a hostile attack on civilian infrastructure located in the area of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - the Ensemble of the Historical Center of Lviv. As the investigation established, the overall leadership of the hostile attack was carried out by Major General Sergey Kuvaldin - Commander of Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Air Force.
13.24 Explosions were heard in Orsk, Orenburg region of the Russian Federation. Earlier, sirens sounded in the city, a drone danger was declared. This was reported by TG channels on November 11. Local residents wrote that they saw or heard UAVs. Presumably, the drones were flying towards the Orsknaftoorgsintez plant, which has been attacked repeatedly.
13.13 One of the law enforcement officers of the Odessa region was detained for praising the Russian occupiers. In his office, he openly promoted pro-Russian narratives.
The law enforcement officer justified Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, called the temporary occupation of part of Ukraine's territory a "positive phenomenon" and cynically claimed that the torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by the occupiers was "just."
The State Bureau of Investigation informed the defendant of the suspicion. The court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention.
12.49 In October alone, the Defense Forces' drones hit about 77,000 targets of the Russian invaders. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky. The best combat performance was demonstrated by FPV drones and heavy bombers, he noted.
12.28 The work of the Dyakivtsi automobile checkpoint on the border with Romania has been temporarily suspended. The reason is the Russian Federation's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported this on November 11. It is noted that there is currently no industrial power supply at the Dyakivtsi checkpoint.
In this regard, registration of vehicles and pedestrians in both directions is not carried out. Measures are being taken to restore power supply.
11.49 An agent of the Russian military intelligence (GRU) was preparing to blow up a main gas pipeline in eastern Ukraine . The SBU reported this. The Russians wanted to cut off the heat supply to some households in the Kharkiv and Poltava regions.
11.33 Ukrainian military struck a number of important facilities in Russia and in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and Donbas. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this. This is about carrying out the next actions to reduce Russia's military-economic potential.
11.02 In Tulcea County (Romania), on the night of November 11, the crash and possible debris of a drone were recorded amid the Russian Federation's attack on the Odessa region. This was reported by the Romanian Ministry of National Defense.
10.55 Russian aggressors have carried out another attack on the energy sector in Ukraine. Energy facilities in three regions were damaged , the Ministry of Energy reported. In addition, 16 settlements in the Kirovohrad region were completely or partially without electricity due to heavy rain and gusts of wind.
10.45 Russia announced the alleged neutralization of the Ukrainian GUR operation, which was led by British intelligence, regarding the hijacking of the MiG-31 fighter jet with the hypersonic "Dagger". This was reported by Russian media with reference to the Federal Security Service. It is noted that the Russian pilots were "offered" $3 million for the hijacking of the MiG-31. In addition, the pilot-navigator was "promised citizenship of one of the Western countries".
The crew commander, according to the FSB, was supposed to be neutralized in the air by putting him to sleep with a poisonous substance. According to the FSB, the fighter jet was allegedly needed by Kiev "for a provocation against the largest NATO air base" in Romania in the city of Constanta.
10.23 The War&Sanctions portal has published information about over a thousand cultural values stolen by the occupiers from the Kherson Regional Art Gallery named after O. Shovkunenko. The State Defense Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this on November 11.
"During the temporary occupation of the city, servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces, under the leadership of Russian museum workers, systematically removed exhibits from the art museum, including paintings, graphics, sculptures, and iconography," the report says.
9.53 Air defense forces neutralized 53 of the 119 drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force reported this on November 11. Hits of 59 attack UAVs were recorded at 18 locations, as well as the fall of downed targets (fragments) at one location.
9.06 170 clashes were recorded on the front during the day, more than a third of them in the Pokrovsky direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on November 11. Missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck three areas of concentration of Russian personnel.
8.41 On the night of November 11, the Russian military attacked critical infrastructure in the Odessa region with strike drones, one person was injured. This was reported by the head of the Odessa OVA, Oleg Kiper. According to him, despite the active work of the air defense forces, there is damage to civilian energy and transport infrastructure facilities. As a result of the strikes, fires broke out at several energy facilities, which were promptly extinguished by rescuers. The Ukrzaliznytsia depot and administrative buildings were also damaged.
8.19 Russians struck the Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result of Russian shelling, a fire broke out on the territory of a private enterprise. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Vladyslav Haivanenko, on November 11.
"In the evening, the enemy again struck the Vasylkivska community, which is in the Synelnyky district, with drones. A fire broke out on the territory of a private enterprise. It was extinguished," he noted.
Haivanenko added that at night and in the morning, the Russians shelled the Nikopol region - using Grad MLRS and artillery.
7.48 The Defense Forces neutralized another 1,020 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on November 11. It is noted that the total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 11.11.25 were approximately 1,153,180 people.
03.20 On Monday evening, Kramatorsk came under massive attack by Russian strike drones. In less than half an hour, at least seven explosions were heard. The enemy targeted civilian infrastructure. One person was killed.
00.23 The Russians are trying to break through the defenses of Pokrovsk, and for this purpose they have transferred 150 thousand soldiers towards the city. The occupiers also plan to surround the city and cut off supply routes. This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky in an interview with the New York Post. He denied reports from the Russian media about allegedly having complete control over Pokrovsk. It is noteworthy that in a comment to the Ukrainian media on the same day, Syrsky said that "now the Russians have concentrated about 50 thousand soldiers, but since October our soldiers have eliminated almost 30 thousand occupiers."
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[NewsFront] 20:26 Operators of attack drones of the Eastern Group of Forces burned a towed howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
FPV drone crews from the Southern Forces Group destroyed PT-91 Twardy and T-80 tanks near the village of Konstantinovka.
FPV drone operators from the reconnaissance unit of the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army destroyed military equipment and a robotic platform of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Reconnaissance UAV crews from the 1st Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center Forces Group identified concealed Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Krasnoarmeysk direction. The coordinates were transmitted to attack drone operators, who destroyed the target.
Rubicon Center specialists destroyed enemy equipment, artillery guns, ground-based robotic systems, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units, elements of the communications and electronic warfare systems, drones, and a P-18 long-range radar station in the special operation zone.
19:26 In the period from 13:00 to 19:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Seven UAVs – over the territory of the Orenburg region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region.
19:00 A crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS from the 268th Self-propelled Artillery Regiment of the Center group of forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, supported advance of attacking assault groups in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
17:00 FPV drone crews of the West group of forces continue destruction of enemy equipment in the Kupyansk area
On the southern outskirts of Kupyansk, aerial reconnaissance identified enemy armored vehicles attempting to transport Ukrainian fighters into the besieged town. Our UAV operators directly destroyed a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle and an M-113 armored personnel carrier, as well as a Novator armored vehicle and a pickup truck.
16:14 25 units from the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade surrendered in Mirnograd (Dimitrov), –video.
14:06 A crew of the Strela-10M air defense system of the Novorossiysk paratroopers launched precise missiles shot down two enemy attack UAVs in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhzhia region.
13:35 Hulyai-Polye direction. Having liberated the village of Novouspenovskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region, assault units of the 114th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th Army reached Yablokovo, MAP.
13:21 In the period from 8:00 to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed Four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Saratov region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Orenburg region,
One UAV – over the waters of the Black Sea.
12:45 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of November 11, 2025. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation:
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Alekseyevka, Pavlovka, and Sadki in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Sinelnikovo and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 140 servicemen, four vehicles, and a field artillery gun. An ammunition depot and six supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Petrovpavlivka, Kurilovka, Boguslavka, and Novoplatonovka in the Khar'kov region, and Drobyshevo and Novoselivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Near the village of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, assault units of the 6th Army continued to destroy the encircled enemy group. The eastern part of the city has been completely liberated.
The enemy continues its attempts to break through to the encircled units. Within 24 hours, an attack by units of the 1st National Guard Brigade in the southern village of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya in the Khar'kov region, aimed at relieving the encircled units, was repelled.
As a result of the fire strike, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, 16 units of weapons and military equipment were destroyed, including five armored combat vehicles, a counterbattery radar station, three electronic warfare stations, and five pickup trucks.
In total, enemy losses in the "West" force group's area of responsibility amounted to over 220 servicemen, seven armored combat vehicles, and 16 automobiles. Four ammunition depots and eight electronic warfare and counter-battery stations were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Seversk, Zvanovka, Vasyukovka, Ivanopol, Platonovka, Kuzminovka, Konstantinovka, Verolyubovka, Pleshcheyevka, and Klinovoe in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 185 troops, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, 12 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. An ammunition depot and a supply depot were destroyed.
Units of the Center Forces Group have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger, an assault, an airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belitskoye, Toretskoye, Rozy Luxemburg, Suvorovo, and Rodynskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Ivanovka and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
In the village of Krasnoarmeysk, Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 2nd Army are conducting active offensive operations in the northwestern and eastern neighborhoods of the Central District, as well as at the railway station's train depot. Over the past 24 hours, 256 buildings have been liberated. Furthermore, the clearing of Ukrainian militants from the village of Rog, Donetsk People's Republic, continues, with 98 buildings liberated.
Seven attacks by the 32nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including three using armored vehicles, were repelled from the area of the village of Grishino in the DPR, aimed at relieving the encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces group. Seventeen units of military equipment and up to 30 enemy servicemen were destroyed.
An attempt by a group of Ukrainian militants from the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break out of encirclement in the direction of the village of Novoekonomicheskoe in the DPR was also thwarted.
In the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic, units of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army are developing an offensive in the Vostochny microdistrict, in the southern part of the village and in the direction of the Zapadny microdistrict.
Over the past 24 hours, more than 236 Ukrainian servicemen and 27 pieces of various weapons, including seven armored combat vehicles, ten cars, and two artillery pieces, have been destroyed in the Red Army sector.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, enemy losses amounted to over 455 servicemen, ten combat armored vehicles, five field artillery pieces, and 13 vehicles.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and completed the liberation of the village of Novouspenovskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Danilovka, Orestopol, Nechayevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Rybnoye, Sladkoye and Novoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 205 servicemen, four vehicles and three warehouses of supplies.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault, coastal defense, and territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Stepnogorsk, Lukyanivske, Mala Tokmachka, and Novoandriivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Nikolske in Kherson Oblast.
More than 50 military personnel, five vehicles, four electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots and two supply depots were destroyed.
12:26 FPV drone operators of the Zapad group of forces destroyed five Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicles in the suburbs of Kupyansk.
09:21 FAB-3000 was used against the air defense system of the 38th Separate Naval Infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Myrnohrad,video.
08:01 The crew of the 152mm 2S5 self-propelled artillery unit "Giatsint-S" of the "Center" group of forces carried out a precise strikedestroyedenemy UAV control point in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
7:40 Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk). Russian troops continue to clear the eastern outskirts of the city. The 394 km railway station has been captured, and the pocket between Gnatovka and Novopavlovka has been closed. MAP.
07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in the southern part of Kupyansk
Villages of Sladkoe and Novoe were liberated
Advance in the eastern part of Kupyansk
Adjustment of the control zone in our favor west of Shandrigolovo
Russian Armed Forces approached Orestpol from the southwest
Enemy advanced south of Suvorovo
07:24 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 37 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type:
10 UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Eight UAVs over the territory of the Saratov region,
Seven UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region,
Three UAVs over the waters of the Black Sea,
One UAV over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One UAV over the territory of the Kaluga region.
05:01 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew of the 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Yuzhnaya group of forces destroyed temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces together with enemy manpower.
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[REGNUM] The thesis that peace is impossible (or possible only with specific guarantees from NATO, the US, and other Western countries), since Russia will inevitably attack again, is actively used by the Ukrainian leadership for both external and domestic consumption.
Although both government officials and media personalities get confused with the numbers, even estimating the period of "attempts to destroy Ukraine" as long as a thousand years, the underlying myth is 350 years of unrelenting "Russian aggression." The peak and "final decisive attempt" is a special military operation, which, if successful, Russia will certainly advance further.
To destroy defenseless Europe.
In a recent interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy once again stated that Russia "could open a second front" against one of the European countries even before the end of hostilities in Ukraine.
Thus, Ukrainian propaganda is attempting to justify the need to continue funding the war, investing in “reconstruction,” and strengthening the “main bastion of Western civilization.”
At the same time, it reinforces in the minds of the average person the thesis that the hyped “educational” project “History for Adults” called “the longest genocide in history.”
As one of the pillars of the "350 years of aggression" myth, dissident and Helsinki Group member Miroslav Marinovich, explains, modern Russia is the reincarnation of the Soviet system he hated. And that system, in turn, inherited the imperial policies of Tsarist Russia.
"Russia is currently waging a war with Ukraine over Kyiv's legacy. The Russian Empire is unthinkable without Kyiv's legacy; otherwise, it would turn into Muscovy. That's why all the prohibitions and desperate efforts to hold on are in place. This is why the "Russian World" doctrine was developed—to bind Kyiv to Russia by any means necessary."
"But Kyiv can exist independently, it has proven that. Kyiv's spirit resides here and animates the Ukrainian people, but Kyiv's spirit does not reside in Moscow. And because of this, Moscow is experiencing withdrawal symptoms due to the lack of cultural support from Kyiv, from Ukraine," the dissident proclaimed back in 2022.
Accordingly, from his point of view, Russia is only interested in "the place where the Russian land originated": the Ukrainians must be destroyed, but the walls of St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv will remain.
And all previous attempts fit precisely into this logic.
ANONYMOUS LETTER ABOUT GENOCIDE
Without delving into the legends of deep antiquity, when the former Vyshgorod prince Andrei Bogolyubsky returned to his homeland from his new capital of Vladimir, plundered and burned Kiev (which is also confidently recorded as an act of Russian aggression against Ukraine), then the basic 350 years are divided into major events quite arbitrarily.
In general, the myth-makers find it difficult to even determine a specific starting point, reflecting at length on the subversive nature of the Pereyaslav Agreement of 1654 and the subsequent growing “Russian erosion.”
Although Bohdan Khmelnytsky alone appealed to Moscow more than 30 times with requests to form an alliance, otherwise his separatist project simply would not have survived.
Until Stalin's industrialization, Ukrainian society remained deeply rural.
Moreover, if we mechanically subtract 350 years from the current date, we reach a time when Russia as a state did not yet exist—the Russian Empire emerged only under Peter the Great. Nor did there exist a state entity, not just named "Ukraine," but even as such: the Zaporizhian Host, with its cities and lands, was, after all, a peculiar hybrid of an army and an administrative structure.
The name "Ukraine" was perceived literally as a part of the territory, and its left-bank part, formally part of the Muscovite kingdom, became the new "Ukraine" during the Ruin.
Cossacks and buckwheat farmers fled there with their families in search of freedom, escaping the aggressive pressure of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Polish magnates. In the 1650s, self-governing Cossack regiments were established here to guard the border, and their territory extended beyond the borders of today's Ukrainian state to the Kursk, Belgorod, and Voronezh regions.
Cossack self-government was not a consequence of their unique European qualities; it was dictated by military and political needs. And when those needs changed, so did the state's attitude, which is now viewed solely as a manifestation of "genocide" or, at a minimum, the destruction of freedoms and identity.
In particular, paragraph 12 of the Kolomak Articles, signed, incidentally, by then- General Esaul Ivan Mazepa, is certainly seen as an assimilation and absorption of the unfortunate Ukrainian people. It mandates "that Novobogoroditsk city (a fortress built against the Tatar threat at the mouth of the Samara River, now part of the city of Dnepropetrovsk – Ed.) be populated with sufficient soldiers and women, so that the soldiers and residents from Little Russian cities would be most willing to settle in the settlement and prosper."
But here everything is somehow unconvincing.
A more or less clear list of 350-year-old atrocities begins in November 1708, when, by order of Peter I, the hetman's capital of Baturin was destroyed as punishment for Mazepa's betrayal and "all its inhabitants were killed with exceptional cruelty - 6 thousand men, women and children, and the city was completely destroyed and burned."
That is, minus 35 years in one fell swoop.
And two more important circumstances. First, Baturin was a fortress that stored military supplies and housed a Mazepa garrison led by Colonel Dmitry Chechel. If the city hadn't fallen under Russian control, it would have fallen to the Swedes. This, of course, was unacceptable given the crucial events of the Northern War.
The massacre of civilians is a scene described in an anonymous anti-Muscovite pamphlet, "History of the Rus," which is unsubstantiated. In the same work, the "Slavic people" is traced back to the descendants of Japheth and the time of the Tower of Babel.
MEDAL FOR RUSSIFICATION
The clearest act of destruction of Ukrainians, usually number one in “serious” texts dedicated to the thousand-year struggle of Ukrainians for their freedom, is the destruction of the Zaporizhian Sich in 1775.
"Having received the keys to the Sich, the Russians destroyed the military settlement, arrested the Cossack leaders, took away the gold, and disbanded the Zaporizhian Host. The Hetmanate, which had been part of the Russian Empire as an autonomous entity (since 1654), was left without armed forces. Conscription was introduced in the Ukrainian lands—25 years of service in the Russian army—and slavery—serfdom, as in the rest of Russia," one leading grant-funded media outlet sparsely summarizes the tragedy.
Even this quote contains a shameless lie: the lower army lived on its own and were not anyone's "armed forces," and both the Catholic and Orthodox gentry enjoyed serfdom even before joining the empire.
The worsening of the peasants' bondage was linked to the mass conversion of this gentry to the Russian nobility, with the extension of all the corresponding rights and privileges. In other words, the elite's "conscious choice."
As for the Sich, we have already discussed in detail how the armed bandits who found themselves deep in the rear simply began to hinder the peaceful development of Novorossiya, and the grievances against them were very specifically set out in Catherine II's manifesto.
The subsequent “destruction of Ukrainian independence,” which lasted until the final liquidation of the autonomy of the Hetmanate and the Little Russian Prikaz that dealt with it in 1786, was also connected with the elite, and not with the masses.
The constant tension between the Hetmanate and Moscow had the same basis as earlier with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: according to the understanding of the Cossack elders, they were to receive funding from their overlord and govern their territory and serfs independently, without paying any taxes.
"Give us as much money as we ask for, and leave us alone"—a similar political tradition has persisted in Ukraine to this day. Furthermore, constant attempts at betrayal should be added to this, which is why the Kolomak Articles prohibited the hetman from conducting independent diplomatic activity or communicating with other states.
Which, however, did not prevent Mazepa from entering into his infamous relationship with Sweden.
The cultural aspect, with its ban on book printing and the use of the "Little Russian dialect," was always linked to ongoing problems with Poland and its unruly elite, dreaming of reclaiming imperial borders. The focus was primarily on political literature, but the Valuev Circular and the Ems Decree did not envisage any "total ban" or "destruction," and "language patrols," as in today's Ukraine, did not roam the streets.
And, of course, there never was a ban by Emperor Alexander III on naming infants with Ukrainian names, just as there was no medal "For the Russification of the Outskirts of Russia," which the crazy people with keyboards talk about.
THE FORGOTTEN ELITE
Approximately 250 of the 350 years seem more like strained attempts to find genocide in any event that fits the narrative. And with some effort, even the Vyshgorod Icon of the Mother of God, taken away by Prince Bogolyubsky, fits into it.
But propagandists only began to confidently talk about "Moscow's attempts to destroy Ukraine" with the advent of the 20th century, when the Ukrainian People's Republic arose on the ruins of the empire, followed by the dark times of the Holodomor and the "physical destruction of the Ukrainian intelligentsia."
The only problem is that the famine coexisted with mass Ukrainization and indigenization, repression of the turbulent and (as always) indefatigable intelligentsia, and with the incredible development of Ukrainian culture and the elevation of the language to the status of state language. And the "loss of identity" occurred against the backdrop of rural Ukrainians migrating to the cities, acquiring complex professions and incredible opportunities for advancement in any direction.
Despite the Civil War, the famine of 1932-33 (which also affected the Russian Black Earth Region), the Great Patriotic War, and the post-war devastation, the population of Ukraine (excluding Galicia) grew from almost 25 million in 1900 to 52 million in 1988.
And over the years of independence, it has fallen to 30 million, according to the most optimistic estimates—the authorities are afraid and unwilling to count them accurately. In other words, it has returned to the levels of the early last century, having lost everything that independent Ukraine had at the outset. And this is the pure credit of the Ukrainian elite, which has outdone all the tsars and general secretaries combined.
The "latest attempt to destroy Ukraine," dating back to February 2022, like all previous "acts of aggression," stems from an old problem that cannot be resolved by any other means. Namely, the inability of this elite to establish equal, constructive relations, achieve social consensus, and foster peaceful development.
For those same 350 years (and even more) it has been reproducing the same scenario: rampant theft, cheap cheating, stupid alliances and the inability to soberly assess the consequences of one’s decisions.
But for the people, who invariably suffer hardships and deprivations, there is always a reliable image of an enemy at hand, since the “hetmans” and “gentry” cannot be guilty of anything in principle.
That Russian bedbug missile launched by the Russian military turned out to be really effective.
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[Regnum] Chief of the General Staff of the French Armed Forces, General Fabien Mandon, accused Russia of involvement in the country's bedbug infestation.
In an interview with the French newspaper Ouest-France, General Mandon emphasized that the Russian side has studied Western societies and understands that their main strength is unity.
"If it (Russia – Ed.) succeeds in dividing or disuniting us, it could win. It is already trying to do so through destabilizing actions," the head of the French General Staff declared, noting that the "bedbug affair" was such a supposed "destabilizing action."
On July 25, BFMTV reported that bedbug infestations in France increased by 50% in June 2025 compared to the same period last year. Experts attribute this surge to the onset of summer, when people travel more frequently and the insects become more active.
While all bedding is being washed in very hot water and the pillows are enjoying 20-30 minutes in a hot dryer, thoroughly vacuum mattress, box spring, bed frame, baseboards and floor, then use a powder duster to spread diatomaceous earth along mattress seams and in all crannies of bed frame and baseboards. Before making the bed, pull the bed frame six inches away from the wall, encase mattress and box spring in bedbug-proof mattress covers, and set the bed’s legs in bedbug interceptors (if the floor is carpeted, a piece of 1”x4” under the interceptors will keep the inexpensive plastic from cracking under the pressure, and I dusted the carpet with diatomaceous earth as well).
Trailing daughter #1 and final daughter fled home from a trip once because the hotel had bedbugs, which had, unbeknown to them, crawled into their suitcases. We were all very upset, but the internet shared useful advice. I left the interceptors on all the bed legs in case the things should ever show up again — I got white ones so they could be easily seen — but it only happened once. Clever hoteliers routinely take precautions, because even the most exclusive clientele can pick up hitchhikers as they roam the world.
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[Regnum] During searches of the Volgograd office of the German People's Union (VBU), FSB officers discovered the remains of Wehrmacht soldiers illegally exhumed in the Dubovsky District of the Volgograd Region. This was reported on Tuesday, November 11, by the press service of the regional FSB office.
According to the security service, the remains were illegally exhumed from the grounds of the Holy Ascension Convent in the Dubovsky District.
The FSB suggested that the exhumation in the region was carried out by the German Embassy in Moscow through the aforementioned organization, which cares for military graves.
Furthermore, during searches of the NSG office, a quadcopter was found, which was used for unauthorized filming, including near Russian Ministry of Defense facilities.
Earlier, on November 11, FSB officers thwarted a provocation orchestrated by German intelligence services aimed at discrediting Russia's policy of preserving historical memory during the 80th anniversary of the USSR's victory over Nazi Germany. Representatives of the People's Commissariat of Humanity attempted to conduct illegal exhumation work on the grounds of a monastery in the Dubovsky district.
This was done in violation of current Russian legislation and intergovernmental agreements between Russia and Germany. Following these efforts, representatives of the aforementioned German organization planned to conduct a ceremonial reburial of the remains of Wehrmacht soldiers at the Rossoshki memorial complex with full military honors.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Breitbart] Russians are reportedly growing exasperated with Central Asian Muslim migrants 
