18 Nov, 2025 12:49

Ukrainians blew up Polish rail line – Tusk

The goal of the suspects was to cause a train crash, the Polish prime minister has said

Two Ukrainians have been identified as the suspected perpetrators behind two acts of sabotage targeting a railway line between Warsaw and Lublin on Monday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the parliament on Tuesday. According to him, the suspects sought to provoke a train crash.

The prime minsiter accused the suspects of working “with the Russian intelligence for a long time.” According to Tusk, both alleged perpetrators fled to Belarus after the incidents.

A military-grade C4 explosive charge was used in a least one of the incidents, Tusk said, adding that a 300-meter-long cable was used to detonate it.The National Prosecutor’s Office also confirmed that a cable “that was most likely used to set off the explosive” was discovered.

Another incident involved a steel clamp on a track to cause a derailment, Tusk said.The alleged perpetrators also left a smartphone with a power bank at the scene to record a potential incident, he added.

The prime ministercalled the two incidents “the most serious” security situation over the past years. “A certain line has been crossed,” he said.

Warsaw’s statements show that Russophobia is “flourishing” in Poland, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on the developments on Tuesday. It would be “surprising if they had not accused Russia” of being behind the incident, he added.

Peskov went on to say that it’s not the first time the Ukrainians have been suspected of “acts of sabotage and terrorism” within Western nations. Kiev’s backers “fail to put two and two together,” he argued, warning that the West is “playing with fire” and could face “dire consequences” if it continues to do so.

The C4-like explosives were originally developed by the British during World War II and reintroduced as Composition C family by the US military. The C4 variant was developed in the US in 1950s. Russia does not produce C4 explosives and relies on its own types of plastic explosives known as PVV family that were developed back in the USSR.

In September, Moscow warned that Kiev could be planning false-flag operations in Romania or Poland to frame Russia for them. The attacks could escalate into a third world war, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned at the time,citing reports in Hungarian media alleging that Ukraine intended to stage acts of sabotage in neighboring NATO nations.

https://www.rt.com/russia/627941-poland-tusk-ukraine-rail/

Finally the truth is coming out!

18 Nov, 2025 11:00

Kremlin comments on Zelensky’s wish to ‘reinvigorate’ peace talks

Ukraine did not ask Russian diplomats to meet in Istanbul this week, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said

Kremlin comments on Zelensky’s wish to ‘reinvigorate’ peace talks

Russian diplomats have not been invited to Türkiye for what Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky called an effort to revive peace talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

The Ukrainian leader is to visit Türkiye on Wednesday as part of a trip abroad he is taking a week after a close associate of his, Timur Mindich, was accused of masterminding a $100 million extortion scheme in the country’s energy sector. Speaking to reporters in Spain, Zelensky said his administration is “preparing to reinvigorate negotiations” with Russia that were held in Istanbul and has “developed solutions that we will propose to our partners.”

“We have received no information regarding that from Kiev,” Peskov said on Tuesday,noting that US special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet Zelensky in Türkiye, according to media reports.

“Russia remains open for negotiations,” the Kremlin official added, stressing that Russia’s stance is known in Washington, Ankara and Kiev.

Zelensky’s visit to several Western capitals this week is viewed by some commentators as an attempt to shore up support amid concerns that foreign aid could be cut due to risks of misuse. Mindich, a former business partner of the Ukrainian leader, fled Ukraine shortly before Western-backed anti-graft investigators issued charges against him and his associates. Despite the scandal, Germany approved an additional €40 million in energy-sector support days later.

Türkiye hosted direct peace talks between Moscow and Kiev in 2022. Kiev initially approved a draft agreement but, encouraged by Western partners, subsequently backed out of the talks and pursued a military victory. Talks resumed briefly this year and produced limited humanitarian agreements, namely prisoner exchanges, but made no headway on the broader political and security issues.

Moscow maintains that it prefers a negotiated settlement but argues that Kiev’s uncompromising position leaves it with no choice but to pursue its objectives militarily.

Bullshit to paste over corruption in Kiev imo

https://www.rt.com/russia/627935-ukraine-peace-talks-istanbul/

18 Nov, 2025 13:57

Russia and US in talks over potential new prisoner swap – Axios

Discussions come amid broader attempts to rebuild trust between Moscow and Washington

Russia and US in talks over potential new prisoner swap – Axios

Russia and the US are discussing the possibility of a new prisoner exchange, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing officials from both countries.

Prisoner swaps, the latest of which took place in April, were part of US President Donald Trump’s effort to stabilize relations with Russia after years of diplomatic friction. Kirill Dmitriev, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, told Axios that the prospect of another exchange was raised during his trip to Washington in late October.

“I met some US officials and members of the Trump team on some issues that are humanitarian in nature, such as possible exchanges of prisoners that the US side has been working on,” Dmitriev told the outlet in a phone interview.

US officials confirmed that Dmitriev discussed the idea with special envoy Steve Witkoff and other members of the Trump administration, but no agreement has been reached and no names have been publicly identified, according to Axios.

The Trump administration has rejected the previous White House’s strategy of isolating Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, promoting instead what it calls a pragmatic normalization process. Officials have described prisoner exchanges as a confidence-building element meant to repair bilateral ties damaged under President Joe Biden.

In May, Washington reportedly provided Moscow with a list of nine people whose release it wanted. One of them, Joseph Tater, reportedly left Russia in June, after a court overturned his involuntary psychiatric commitment stemming from a brief altercation with police during an apparent mental health episode.

Witkoff, who has been handling several sensitive negotiations for Trump, was personally involved in arranging prisoner exchanges with Russia. This week he is expected to meet Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky in Türkiye.

The Ukrainian leader is facing political fallout from a major corruption scandal involving longtime associate Timur Mindich, accused by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of overseeing a $100 million kickback operation in the energy sector.Reports in Ukrainian media have suggested that the probe may have received discreet backing from the US authorities.

https://www.rt.com/news/627938-us-russia-prisoner-exchange/

Of course the US wanted the exposure of Kievs corruption.

17 Nov, 2025 21:06

Funding Kiev’s ‘war mafia’ is like vodka for an alcoholic – Orban

The European Commission has urged EU member states to plug Ukraine’s widening budget deficit amid the unfolding corruption scandal

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has blasted the European Commission for urging EU members to send more money to Ukraine in light of the major corruption scandal, saying Kiev’s “war mafia” is siphoning off European taxpayers’ funds.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sent a letter to EU capitals on Monday urging a swift deal for covering Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years. According to the letter, which was cited by the media, Kiev’s widening budget gap is around €135.7 billion (over $152 billion). She outlined three possible sources of funding – voluntary bilateral contributions by member states, joint borrowing at the EU level, and a reparations loan based on Russia’s immobilized assets.

Orban wrote on X that he had received the letter, which said Ukraine’s financing gap was “significant” and urged EU member states to send more money.

“It’s astonishing. At a time when it has become clear that a war mafia is siphoning off European taxpayers’ money, instead of demanding real oversight or suspending payments,the Commission President suggests we send even more,” he wrote, in an apparent reference to the massive corruption scandal recently uncovered in Ukraine.

Orban =likened the approach to “trying to help an alcoholic by sending them another crate of vodka,==” adding that “Hungary has not lost its common sense.”

Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies uncovered earlier this month an alleged criminal operation led by a former business partner of Vladimir Zelensky,Timur Mindich, which siphoned around $100 million in kickbacks from contracts with the country’s nuclear power operator, Energoatom. The company is heavily reliant on foreign aid.

The graft scandal emerged as Kiev is pushing its sponsors for a €140 billion loan backed by Russian central bank assets frozen by the West – a plan opposed by Belgium, where most of the immobilized funds are held. Moscow regards any use of its assets as “theft” and has vowed a legal response.

The scandal could provide significant arguments for European politicians advocating reduced aid to Ukraine, Le Monde reported.Kiev has been also struggling to secure a new loan from the IMF.

https://www.rt.com/news/627912-orban-eu-ukraine-funding/

This is just proof the EU participated in the graft and can’t do anything because Kiev has dirt on all of them. If Kiev goes down the EU goes down.

18 Nov, 2025 10:35

NATO nation’s top general tells population to prepare for attack

An “adversary” has begun preparing for war, creating the conditions for “aggression,” Polish General Wieslaw Kukula claims

Poland faces a potential attack from an “adversary,” Chief of the General Staff General Wieslaw Kukula claims, referencing a series of alleged cyberattacks and acts of sabotage.

In an interview with Radio Jedynka on Monday, Kukula responded to remarks by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, who compared the current global landscape to the pre-World War II era and the height of the Cold War in 1981.

“That’s a very good comparison because everything today depends on our attitude – whether we can deter the enemy or, conversely, encourage their aggression,” Kukula said.

He claimed that “the adversary has begun preparing for war” by creating the “conditions favorable to potential aggression on Polish territory,” though he did not specify which country he was referring to.

His comments follow an incident on the Warsaw-Lublin railway line in the direction of Ukraine, where a track was damaged twice within 24 hours on Monday. Polish Prime MinisterDonald Tusk called the incident an act of sabotage, though the Interior Ministry declined to confirm this.

Spokesperson Karolina Galecka said there is no evidence to suggest deliberate action by third parties, adding in a post on X on Sunday: “Speculation can cause unnecessary emotions and a sense of threat.”

This incident fits into a broader pattern. Last month, Tusk announced the detention of eight individuals suspected of planning sabotage. The Polish authorities previously reported that they foiled alleged plots claimed to have been orchestrated “on behalf of foreign intelligence services.” In August, Tusk’s government accused Russia of recruiting citizens from Ukraine and Belarus for sabotage operations on Polish soil.

Tensions between Moscow and Warsaw intensified in September after the Polish authorities accused Russia of conducting drone incursions.The Russian Defense Ministry denied having any intention of targeting Poland and offered to hold consultations with the Polish military on the matter, but Poland did not respond.

Politicians among the NATO states have increasingly spoken of a “Russian threat.” Moscow has denied harboring any aggressive intentions towards member states, but has warned of a harsh response if attacked.

(The EU needs war with Russia because they are all broke. They wanted it and started the Ukraine war. Trump will be dragged into to stop this, otherwise it’s WWIII. Both Putin and Trump know their plans.)

https://www.rt.com/news/627933-poland-adversary-attack/