The Wall Street Journal says the Trump/Putin peace plan is all about money.
I’m shocked — SHOCKED! — that they would sell out Ukraine for 40 pieces of silver.
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1/ The Wall Street Journal reports that the main focus of the US-Russia peace talks is to get commercial advantage for American companies, and personal benefits for individuals linked to the Trump Administration. European officials are said to be shocked by the plans. ⬇️
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— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
2/ According to the WSJ, talks between Trump's golfing friend Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev have bypassed the US national security and diplomatic apparatuses to focus on economic benefits for well-connected American companies.
3/ The paper reports that "a cast of businessmen close to the Trump administration have been looking to position themselves as new economic links between the U.S. and Russia." Friends of the Trump family and Trump donors are working on lucrative deals with Russian companies.
4/ Anticipating the removal of US sanctions, Gentry Beach, a Trump donor and a college friend of Donald Trump Jr., has been in talks to acquire 9.9% of an Arctic liquid national gas project with the Russian company Novatek. Other businessmen have been involved in similar talks.
5/ They include executives from Exxon Mobil, mining companies, and investment funds, which have been offered stakes in Russian energy production, mines, and pipelines. Rare earth production has been a particular focus of interest, as well as gas concessions in the Sea of Okhotsk.
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I'm not actually that surprised that some European officials are surprised the Trump admin is prioritising economic relations with Russia. It's clear that some people in Europe's policymaking communities simply can't get their heads round the fact that the post-1945 US-Europe relationship is over.
— Ruth Deyermond (@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If you've spent 20, 30, 40 years in roles that were grounded in assumptions about the US and US-Europe relations, adjusting to the fact that the world that gave birth to and sustained your professional self is gone, is incredibly hard. Denial is often more appealing than reality.
Another Ukrainian attack on the oil terminal in the port of Novorossiysk has shut the operation down.
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⚡️ Drone attack forces oil terminal in Russia's Novorossiysk to halt all loading operations.
The attack seriously damaged the mooring point two (SMP-2), prompting port authorities to halt all loading operations and order tankers out of the water area.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) November 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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At around 4 a.m., Ukrainian naval drones reportedly struck the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s marine terminal near Novorossiysk, destroying an oil loading pier. Russian media confirm the mooring structure is now inoperable. The terminal is a key route for Russian oil exports.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) November 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Ukraine also struck the Afipsky oil refinery in Kuban, which has been attacked multiple times.
Two oil tankers with the shadow fleet were hit by Ukrainian naval drones off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea. Both were empty at the time and the crews have been evacuated.
It’d be a shame if they sank. Yep. A real shame.
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Ukrainian forces released videos of the operation against the two oilers Kairo and Virat in the Black Sea which tried to reach the Russian coast.
The message is clear:
If you are a shipowner trying to get Russian oil, expect that you will lose your whole ship.
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— (((Tendar))) (@tendar.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Ukraine is reported to have hit the Beriev aircraft facility in Taganrog again. Ukraine earlier blew up Russia’s only remaining A-60 laser-firing experimental plane at the site.
There is more video of the failed test of a Russian Sarmat ICBM at the test site near Orenburg.
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🚀The missile that exploded near the village of Yasnyi, the Orenburg region of Russia, was an RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, not an UR-100N with a hypersonic warhead Avangard.
🔗Read details: militarnyi.com/en/news/avan...
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— Militarnyi (@militarnyi.com) November 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This reportedly happened near Belgorod.
All wrapped up for Christmas.
Russia bombed a cemetery in Kharkiv.
Russia launched more than 600 drones and 35 missiles at Ukraine, with many of them targeting Kyiv.
Russian army units have to wait five to 12 months for a new truck. But back in Moscow they think this mighty army is going to march to Berlin and teach the world a lesson.
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1/ The Russian army has to rely on modified civilian vehicles purchased with soldiers' own money, because military trucks are in such short supply. According to a Russian soldier-warblogger, units have to wait between 5 to 12 months to receive trucks. ⬇️
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— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 5:57 AM
2/ Probably as a result of heavy losses due to Ukrainian attacks and a slowdown of production at Russian manufacturers, trucks are now scarce in the Russian army. Light vehicles and motorcycles are not supplied by the army, forcing soldiers to buy them themselves.
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The waiting list for regular trucks is, in some positions, 10-12 months, while in most cases it's five to six.
7/ "But after 3.5 years of military service, passenger cars still haven't been added to the standard inventory of motorised rifle units. The same goes for motorcycles and carts [quad bikes?].
8/ "Basically, it's business as usual. They were needed back in 2023, they were needed in 2024, they're needed now, in 2025, and they'll be needed in 2026. But for the most part, the issue is being resolved with, "Go fuck yourselves. And don't relax." Well, that's how we live.
Another 910 Russians who drew the short straw.
A 10-year tariff exemption is not going to free Crimea or even push Russia back from Pokrovsk.
Witkoff is such a fucking idiot.
Ukraine’s version of DoorDash.
Vovchansk is just a pile of rubble.
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This is what Vovchansk looks like on the 565th day of non-stop shelling.
It is completely destroyed. For 565 days russians have been pounding it with fire. The factory lies in ruins, the schools are gone, the church no longer exists, and no homes are left standing.
📹: 57th SM Infantry Brigade
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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Limp on out there and die for the Motherland, you slackers!
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1/ Wounded soldiers in Russia's 51st Army say they have been banned from going back to Russia for medical treatment. Instead, they're sent straight back, unhealed, to the fighting. "Tie a crutch to his leg and let him go to the front line," one commander has reportedly said. ⬇️
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— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) November 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
2/ The 51st Guards Combined Arms Army, currently fighting at Pokrovsk, is a Russian formation that was originally created in the 'Donetsk People's Republic' as its 1st Army Corps. It has attracted a reputation for brutality and the careless expenditure of the lives of its men.
3/ According to soldiers who have written to the 'Brothers in Arms' Telegram channel:"The partially recovered are sent to the front lines, they don't roll back the 300s [wounded], and they're sent further. No leave, no compensation. No vacations. There are no rotations."
4/ "You can't get into a hospital in Russia. They don't let you go through the military-medical commission, or the verdict is the same in each case — fit for service."
5/ The soldiers say that commanders hide the wounded from military inspections, while those who are friendly with the unit's leadership get to serve in cushy positions in Donetsk city:
6/ "During any inspection, if anyone has problems, they just hide them. And those close to the leadership sit in Donetsk for years."Soldiers say that the 51st Army's medical battalion "treat the wounded like cattle."
7/ One of the commanders, during an inspection, reportedly said about a wounded soldier: "Tie a crutch to his leg and let him go to the line of contact." Many have since been killed after being sent back, only partially recovered, to die on the battlefield.
Everybody knows you don’t mess with grandma.
Let’s check in on the Russian economy.
Aleksandr Dugin says the naturally peace-loving Russian people have not taken the war seriously up to this point, but now they are fixin’ to really kick some ass. He says peace would be a bad thing because everyone would relax and the oligarchs would all leave for their villas in France and Switzerland.
Reason No. 179 why Viktor Orban can go fuck himself.
Blogging can be a dangerous job.
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Russian blogger Subo was beaten up live on his own stream.
He was broadcasting from Dubai with a Russian MMA fighter. At one point, the blogger claimed his guest had once begged the UFC president for help while on his knees. the fighter lost his temper and started attacking him
Russian culture 🫠🤌
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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Just a man, his baby, his dog and his raccoon.
And a kitten.
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🥹 A tiny life survived.
Rescuers pulled a kitten from under the rubble after more than 10 hours trapped in the ruins.
This happened in Khotev - a private house destroyed by shelling, but the little one held on.
Thank you to our State Emergency Service for every life they save🙏
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— Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 (@angel-shalagina.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Dad’s home.
