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https://www.rt.com/russia/627996-ukraine-corruption-zelensky-fallout/
https://www.rt.com/russia/627978-ukraine-embezzled-millions-zaporozhye-npp/
Corruption consumes Kiev: Energy extortion scandal fallout Live Updates
19 Nov, 2025 13:27
The $100 million energy sector extortion racket reportedly run by Vladimir Zelensky’s former business partner is taking down key figures in his government and exposing his closest inner circle to extreme public anger.
The graft scandal kicked off last week, after the Western-backed National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) announced a probe into a “high-level criminal organization” allegedly led by Zelensky’s former business associate, Timur Mindich, who immediately fled the country. The affair has hit the country’s energy sector, prompting Justice Minister German Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk to resign.
Other high-profile individuals implicated in the scandal include Zelensky’s chief-of-staff Andrey Yermak, former defense minister and current head of the National Security Council, Rustem Umerov, as well as former Deputy PM Aleksey Chernyshov.
19 November 2025
18:17 GMT
Following multiple Western media reports of a US delegation pressing Ukraine into accepting a peace deal, the FT’s Kiev correspondent posted what sources have told him are details of the plan.
The “hasty US-Russia proposal” effectively amounts to “Ukraine’s capitulation” Christopher Miller wrote on X, claiming the scheme involves Kiev surrendering “certain weapons” and withdrawing from Donbass, as well as having its “army cut in half.”
The proposals left Zelensky “displeased,” he added.
17:56 GMT
Ukraine is bound to end up with an “interim government” that will strike a peace deal with Russia to end the hostilities, Ukrainian MP Anna Skorokhod has said, speaking to a Ukrainian YouTube channel.
Demands that Zelensky’s top aide Yermak be fired are about the survival and “self-preservation” of the Ukrainian leader, she suggested.
“We’ll have an interim government, “anti-crisis,” “anti-corruption,” call it whatever you like, a government for several months that will ready the country for elections, conclude negotiations, and sign a peace agreement,” Skorokhod has stated.
17:42 GMT
Ukraine’s cabinet has tapped Lyudmila Slugak as interim Justice Minister to replace departed German Galushchenko, having previously served as his deputy with responsibility for “issues of Eurointegration.”
17:23 GMT
Ukrainian officials embezzled at least $4.7 million in goods and services related to Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), which is now controlled by Russia, Kiev lawmaker Vladimir Ariev has claimed.
Moscow overtook the running of the plant, Europe’s largest, in March 2022, but that did not stop procurements for the facility through Ukraine’s Energoatom, the state-owned company at the epicenter of the ongoing graft scandal.
Purchases listed as being for the plant continued until late August 2022. The MP had previously suggested that even larger figures were involved, claiming Energoatom raked in some $9.5 million in procurements for ZNPP.
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16:34 GMT
Faction leader of Zelensky’s Servant of the People party, David Arakhamia, has downplayed an open letter being circulated by a fellow party member, dismissing it as a private opinion.
The letter, backed by an unspecified number of the ruling party’s lawmakers, declared support for the opposition and demanded the dismissal of the government and all officials implicated in the corruption scandal.
“This is a statement by individual members of parliament, and they have the right to do so. However, I would like to point out that it should not be taken as the position of the entire faction.
Since neither the faction nor the party has ever made such statements,” Arakhamia stated.
16:16 GMT
Failure to oust Yermak will result in a political backlash from the notorious Zelensky ally with “a brutal purge of the political perimeter,” jailed Ukrainian opposition MP Alexander Dubinsky has warned.
Should Yermak stay in power then former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko, widely regarded as one of the key figures behind the ongoing parliamentary push against Zelensky’s inner circle, is bound to end up behind bars, Dubinsky warned.
Renegade MPs with Zelensky’s Servant of the People party will be “easy to deal with,” and giving them a couple of ministerial positions would silence the dissent, the lawmaker suggested.
16:01 GMT
Ukrainian MPs have reportedly demanded that Zelensky fires his enigmatic chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, over the corruption scandal.
The top aide has long been regarded as Zelensky’s central powerbroker and enforcer, with some of his critics even describing Yermak as the true ruler of Ukraine altogether.
Now, however, Zelensky is reportedly considering sacrificing Yermak to save his own face amid the scandal.
15:14 GMT
Denying Zelensky’s direct involvement in the corruption schemes going on in Ukraine is absurd, Swiss journalist Peter Hanseler told RT, arguing that the Ukrainian leader has not even been trying to hide his family’s posh lifestyle.
“That is a joke if you look at all the houses and the yachts and the shopping trips of his wife,” Hanseler told RT, adding that credible sources have told him Zelensky has been sending some $50 million a month to his bank accounts in the Middle East.
14:58 GMT
While the response to the scandal among Ukraine's backers in the EU has been predictably muted, there are growing demands in the bloc for Kiev to fix its “endemic corruption,” according to an anonymous official cited by Politico.
“It will mean (the European) Commission will surely have to reassess how it spends” funds on Ukraine’s energy sector, the outlet quoted the source as saying.
14:51 GMT
All the members of Ukraine’s National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NCREPU) should resign in the wake of the graft scandal, Deputy PM Taras Kachka has said.
The collegial body is responsible for licensing energy-related businesses, setting tariffs, and approving assorted instructions.
“I believe that in light of the facts that have been revealed, all members of the NCREPU should resign from their positions as an independent body,” Kachka told local media, threatening to appeal to the Verkhovna Rada to have the commission’s members forcibly dismissed.
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US secretly drafting new Ukraine peace plan with Russian input – Axios
19 Nov, 2025 08:13
The US is secretly working on a new proposal to end the Ukraine conflict, Axios reported on Tuesday. The draft was reportedly prepared in close consultation with Moscow and has already been floated to Kiev and its European backers.
According to the outlet, the 28-point document draws on principles discussed by US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at their meeting in Alaska in August.
Senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev told Axios that he spent three days reviewing the idea with Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff during his late-October visit to the US.
“We think the timing is good for this plan now,” a US official familiar with the matter told Axios. “But both parties need to be practical and realistic.”
Commenting on the report on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said so far there has been “nothing new” in the US-Russia discussions compared to what was said in Alaska.
Witkoff reportedly reviewed the draft document this week with Rustem Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
Umerov left Ukraine amid a widening corruption scandal involving Timur Mindich, a longtime associate of Vladimir Zelensky who has been charged with running a kickback scheme involving a state-run nuclear power company.
Ukrainian media have claimed that Umerov, whose family resides in the US, has refused to return to Kiev following reports that he was influenced by Mindich during his tenure as defense minister.
Witkoff is expected to meet Zelensky in Türkiye on Wednesday.
According to The Economist’s Oliver Carroll, the US envoy canceled a planned meeting with Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, after realizing the political pressure Zelensky faces to dismiss him, as Yermak is widely suspected of involvement in the Mindich network.
“Witkoff might not have been aware of the scandal he was walking into when agreeing the meeting,” Carroll wrote on X.
Moscow has insisted that any lasting settlement to the Ukraine conflict must address its fundamental security demands.
Dmitriev told Axios he was cautiously optimistic about the new US proposal, saying “we feel the Russian position is really being heard.”
https://www.rt.com/news/627979-us-peace-plan-axios/
Russia destroys Ukrainian US-made missile launchers – MOD
19 Nov, 2025 05:09
Russian forces destroyed two Ukrainian US-made missile launchers shortly after they fired a salvo of long-range ATACMS at the city of Voronezh, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.
Officials added that all incoming missiles were intercepted. The debris caused some damage on the ground.
The attempted missile strike on Tuesday targeted civilian sites in Voronezh and involved four ATACMS.
According to the ministry, all four were downed by Russian combat crews using the S-400 air-defense system and the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile-gun system.
Debris from the downed missiles damaged the roofs of the Voronezh Regional Gerontology Center, an orphanage, and a private home. No civilian casualties were reported.
Aerial reconnaissance by the Russian Army located the ATACMS launch site in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region shortly after the attack. Two MLRS launchers were found near the village of Voloskaya Balakleya.
An Iskander-M missile crew struck the position, destroying both launchers, their ammunition, and up to ten personnel, the ministry said. It released photographs of the missile debris.
Kiev routinely launches drone raids and missile strikes into Russian territory, targeting critical infrastructure and residential areas in attacks that have caused civilian casualties.
Russian officials have accused Ukraine of “terrorism” over the strikes, and Moscow has conducted retaliatory attacks on Ukrainian military sites, including drone assembly facilities.
https://www.rt.com/russia/627976-russia-counterstrikes-ukrainian-missile-launchers/
Ukrainian attack results in major blackout in Russian region – authorities
18 Nov, 2025 19:44
Ukrainian forces have struck two thermal power plants in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic in an “unprecedented attack,” leaving nearly two-thirds of residents without electricity and heating, regional head Denis Pushilin said on Tuesday. A state of emergency has been declared in the region.
“At the moment, electricity is cut off for 65% of consumers,” Pushilin said on Telegram after holding an emergency meeting with members of the regional cabinet and relevant agencies. “Boiler facilities and water filtration plants have stopped [operating] as well,” he added.
Schools and kindergartens across the region were closed because of the blackout and the lack of heating, Pushilin said, adding that emergency services had been deployed to restore power as soon as possible.
He did not provide any details about the attack itself but said that both power stations suffered certain damage as a result.
Kiev’s forces have increased attacks against Russian civilian infrastructure as they gradually lose ground on the front lines.
Kiev has routinely launched drone attacks deep into Russia in recent months, targeting residential areas and leading to civilian casualties.
Moscow has accused Kiev of “terrorism” and responded with strikes on military targets in Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry regularly reports intercepting hundreds of Ukrainian drones used in strikes deep into Russian territory.
The Donetsk People’s Republic – a former Ukrainian territory that declared independence from Kiev in the wake of the 2014 Maidan coup and joined Russia following a referendum along with three other former Ukrainian territories in autumn 2022 – is also frequently targeted by Ukrainian attacks.
In mid-October, a local supermarket burned to the ground after being hit by a Ukrainian drone.
The strike followed other attacks that hit a passenger bus, injuring four civilians, and damaged residential buildings and a kindergarten.
Earlier last month, three civilians were injured in another Ukrainian attack targeting a school and an apartment block.
https://www.rt.com/russia/627970-ukrainian-attack-blackout-russian-region/
other Russia and Ukraine killing each other
https://kyivindependent.com/emergency-power-outages-across-ukraine-as-russian-mass-missile-drone-attack-targets-western-cities/
https://united24media.com/latest-news/deep-strike-drones-punch-through-russian-air-defenses-reportedly-igniting-blazes-at-key-power-hub-13591
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/massive-russian-drone-attack-ukraine-131519615.html
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4060389-ryazan-oil-refinery-suspends-operations-after-drone-attack-reuters.html
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russian-missile-and-drone-attacks-strike-ukraine-s-western-regions-kharkiv-and-dnipro/
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/ukrainian_drone_hunts_down_russian_robotic_ammo_carrier_video-16542.html
https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/64548
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/ukrainian-f-16s-have-intercepted-over-1-300-missiles-and-drones/
Russian drone enters Romanian airspace, NATO scrambles F-16 and Eurofighter
Wed, November 19, 2025 - 12:00
During the overnight combined attack by Russian forces on Ukraine, one drone flew 8 km into Romanian territory, prompting the launch of F-16 and Eurofighter jets, Romania's Ministry of National Defense reported.
It is noted that two German Eurofighter Typhoon jets from the Mihail Kogălniceanu air base took off during the night of November 18–19 at 00:25 to monitor the air situation on the border with Ukraine following Russian attacks in the area of Romania.
"At 00:20, a Ro-Alert notification was sent out, and within a few minutes a drone signal was detected, which penetrated approximately 8 km into the national airspace (of Romania – ed.) from the area of Vylkove in the direction of Kiliia, where it disappeared from the radars," the Romanian Ministry of National Defense said.
It is also known that the drone was detected on radar for about 12 minutes. The Eurofighter jets landed at 01:50, and the Romanian Air Force F-16 jets returned to the base in Câmpia Turzii around 02:30.
Specialist teams are ready to begin field searches for the drone.
Earlier, Poland launched aircraft into the air in connection with Russian attacks on the western regions of Ukraine.
During the combined missile attack on Ukraine on the night of November 19, Russian forces attacked Ternopil. Several multi-story buildings were damaged and partially destroyed there, and rescue operations are ongoing.
Russian forces also attacked energy infrastructure in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, with injuries reported as a result of the strikes. Damage to an energy facility and a fire were also recorded in the Lviv region, where explosions were heard during the night.
In Kharkiv, after the overnight Russian attack on November 19, 46 people had already been injured by the morning. Sixteen multi-story buildings, a school, an ambulance station, and other facilities were damaged, and a supermarket was destroyed.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russian-drone-enters-romanian-airspace-nato-1763544924.html
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russian-drone-violates-romanian-airspace-german-and-romanian-jets-scrambled/
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1gipiiezl
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-it-has-concluded-wave-of-strikes-on-hezbollah-depots-in-southern-lebanon/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-19-2025/
https://vinnews.com/2025/11/19/idf-accuses-hezbollah-of-blatant-ceasefire-violations-in-southern-lebanon-village/
other Israel
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/idf-strikes-hamas-commanders-gaza
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-gaza-terror-operative-killed-after-crossing-yellow-line/
https://www.jns.org/gaza-terrorists-open-fire-on-troops-prompting-idf-retaliatory-strikes/
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/us-israel-rafah-reconstruction-dispute
https://www.jns.org/idf-chief-visits-gush-etzion-after-deadly-terror-attack/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/five-idf-soldiers-arrested-scheme-152701479.html
https://vinnews.com/2025/11/19/netanyahu-leads-high-level-security-delegation-to-idf-post-in-southern-syria/
https://www.jns.org/idf-exercise-finds-army-unprepared-for-judea-samaria-drone-attack/
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/by29lwjlbx
IDF unleashes wave of strikes on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon after evacuation warnings
November 19, 2025 07:03
The Israeli Air Force launched a wave of airstrikes Wednesday afternoon on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, the military said, shortly after issuing evacuation warnings to residents of several villages.
The strikes began around 3:30 p.m. in the villages of Deir Kifa and Chehour, following a public warning by IDF Arabic-language spokesperson Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, who urged residents to evacuate buildings suspected of housing Hezbollah military infrastructure.
About 30 minutes later, Adraee issued similar warnings for the villages of Aynata and Tayr Felsay, where the military struck shortly after.
In what he labeled an “urgent warning,” Adraee wrote: “The IDF will soon strike Hezbollah military infrastructure in an effort to disrupt its attempts to restore operations in the area.
We urge residents of the designated building and nearby structures to evacuate immediately for their safety.”
The new round of strikes came a day after an Israeli airstrike killed 14 Hamas operatives and wounded 28 others in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon.
Hezbollah-affiliated media described the strike as a “massacre,” claiming it targeted civilians.
In response, the IDF released a recruitment flyer found in the camp that invited Palestinian youth to join what it described as the “resistance,” encouraging them to register at three locations in Ain al-Hilweh — one of 12 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.
One of the recruitment sites, near the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque, was struck in Tuesday’s operation.
“This was not a peaceful facility, as some reports claimed,” Adraee said in an online statement.
“As for the lies, slander and talk of a ‘massacre’ — it is a desperate attempt by Hamas and some Lebanese elements to cover up real terror.”
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On Tuesday, Lebanese media reported that schools in Sidon would be closed Wednesday in response to the airstrike and as a general protest against what they termed “crimes of the occupation.”
That morning, local channels broadcast footage of destruction in the strike zone and reported a general strike in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp. One outlet affiliated with the Shiite axis wrote: “This morning in Ain al-Hilweh was unlike any other.
The camp awoke to a wound reminiscent only of the Nakba, to blood unjustly spilled under the missiles of the Zionist entity [sic], which continues to pursue Palestinians everywhere, even in camps they believed to be their last refuge.”
The camp is among several that, in recent weeks, transferred weapons to the Lebanese army — at least those belonging to the Palestine Liberation Organization, according to Palestinian security officials in Lebanon.
On September 13, the Lebanese Armed Forces announced on X that “as part of the disarmament process in the Palestinian camps, the army received five truckloads of weapons from Ain al-Hilweh near Sidon and three truckloads from Beddawi camp near Tripoli.
The delivery included various types of weapons and ammunition. Relevant army units received them for inspection and further action.” Still, Ain al-Hilweh remains a heavily armed stronghold of terrorist activity.
The Lebanese National News Agency reported a meeting in Sidon on Wednesday between prominent local figures to discuss a joint condemnation of the strike and to express solidarity with the families of the dead and wounded.
A unified statement is expected to be released at the conclusion of the meeting.
No official response to the strike has been issued by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.
According to a statement from the presidency, Aoun spoke with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Gen. Rodolphe Haykal on Wednesday, but the conversation concerned the unrelated deaths of two Lebanese soldiers during a raid on suspected drug traffickers in the Baalbek area. The Israeli airstrike was not mentioned.
Hezbollah issued a statement Wednesday afternoon condemning the strike on the refugee camp, claiming it targeted “a densely populated area full of innocent civilians and children.”
The group added that the incident “adds to the record of Israeli crimes” and constitutes “another violation of Lebanese sovereignty, the ceasefire agreement and UN Resolution 1701.”
The statement further warned that “the pillars of the Lebanese state must understand that any show of leniency, weakness or submission to the enemy will only embolden it.”
According to the Iran-backed group, “Lebanon’s sources of strength are the only guarantee for foiling the enemy’s plans and defending the country's sovereignty and security.”
These developments come amid reports that Gen. Haykal’s scheduled meetings in Washington were canceled, reportedly due to U.S. dissatisfaction with the slow progress of Lebanon’s plan to centralize arms under state control.
On Wednesday morning, Lebanese media reported another fatality and 11 injuries in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the village of At-Tiri in southern Lebanon. Among the injured were students traveling in a nearby school bus, according to local reports.
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Oil output resumes after drone attacks on Sudan facilities
November 19, 2025
South Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum said Wednesday it has fully restored crude production and exports after drone attacks on two key oil processing facilities inside Sudan forced temporary shutdowns last week.
Undersecretary of Petroleum Ministry Eng. Deng Lual Wol told reporters in Juba that operations had returned to normal after joint South Sudan–Sudan technical teams repaired damage at the Heglig and Al Jabalain central processing facilities, which were hit in separate strikes on Nov. 13 and Nov. 15.
“This was a deliberate attack on vital national infrastructure,” Wol said. “We lost a dedicated staff member, and our thoughts remain with the family.
But even in the face of tragedy, our teams responded with professionalism and courage.”
First strike triggered shutdown
The ministry said the first attack occurred on Nov. 13 at about 2:30 p.m., when an unmanned aerial vehicle fired three missiles at the Heglig Central Processing Facility, striking a maintenance workshop and laboratory and killing one staff member from 2B OPCO.
Petrolines for Crude Oil Co. immediately alerted the operating companies — Greater Pioneer Operating Company, Dar Petroleum Operating Company and Sudd Petroleum Operating Company — prompting an emergency shutdown.
By 3 p.m., 2B OPCO had declared force majeure and taken Pump Station 1 and associated units offline.
A second drone strike hit the Al Jabalain facility and its power plant on Nov. 15. Bashayer Pipeline Company activated its emergency control center and halted operations to protect personnel and infrastructure.
Joint repairs completed
The ministry said a joint technical team made up of specialists from South Sudan’s operating companies, Sudan’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, BAPCO, PETCO and 2B OPCO was deployed within hours of the attacks to assess damage and carry out repairs.
Wol said the team worked “around the clock,” restoring power, restarting the affected processing units and reactivating Pump Station 1 by Nov. 16. SPOC resumed exports earlier on Wednesday.
“We acted as one team, one region and one technical force,” Wol said. “This collaboration shows that even under pressure, our oil sector operates with unity and precision.”
Exports fully restored
The ministry said crude is now flowing normally from South Sudan’s fields through the pipeline system to the Red Sea terminal.
Wells that were shut during the emergency have been brought back online, and operations in the Unity, Tharjiath and Paloch fields have returned to full capacity.
South Sudan relies on oil for more than 90% of government revenue.
Wol said production levels will continue to rise steadily in the coming days as additional wells are restarted.
He noted that Dar Petroleum is currently producing about 97,000 barrels per day, with plans to ramp up toward 150,000 barrels.
Greater Pioneer Operating Company is producing about 40,000 barrels per day and is expected to reach 50,000 barrels, its level before the shutdown.
Sudd Petroleum Operating Company is producing about 13,000 barrels per day, compared with 15,000 barrels before the attacks.
Security concerns linger
Asked about security assurances as conflict continues in Sudan, Wol said leaders in both countries were coordinating with regional partners to prevent further strikes on oil infrastructure located in Sudanese territory.
He said protecting the pipeline and export corridor was essential for both nations.
“As a landlocked country, South Sudan has the right to access seaports under international law,” he said. “Ensuring the safety of these facilities is in the interest of both nations.”
Wol thanked South Sudanese and Sudanese engineers for what he described as a swift and professional response that minimized disruption to the national economy.
https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/oil-output-resumes-after-drone-strikes-on-sudan-facilities
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/whos-who-ufo-documentary-age-of-disclosure/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR5I8w98srI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJvAWjWKceQ (UFO Secrets, Whistleblowers, and the Investigations They Spark | Backscroll)
Who’s who in upcoming UFO documentary ‘Age of Disclosure’
Updated: Nov 18, 2025 / 04:49 PM CST
New UFO documentary “Age of Disclosure,” set to premiere on streaming on Friday, features a list of current and former government officials who are opening up about UAPs.
Here are some of the people who appear in the film and what they have said about UAPs:
Marco Rubio
Current Secretary of State Marco Rubio is one of the top names in the film.
Speaking to NewsNation’s Joe Khalil, Rubio noted that interest in UFOs carries a stigma, but it is one of the issues he says keeps him up at night.
“Things are flying over sensitive restricted airspace in the U.S., and they claim it’s not ours. That alone is reason to look into this stuff,” he said.
“My biggest fear in all this, frankly, is that some adversary has made a technological leap. That would be really bad news, and we would be caught flat-footed on it.”
Kirsten Gillibrand
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., was one of a bipartisan group of lawmakers who helped establish the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Pentagon department tasked with investigating reports of unidentified objects.
Gillibrand has noted that while many sightings are explainable, there are still several incidents where objects remain unidentified.
Mike Rounds
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., has cosponsored legislation to increase transparency around UAP sightings, working with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Rounds has pushed for a committee that would review UAP records and determine which can be disclosed without jeopardizing national security.
“If there was such information that existed, we were directing that it be preserved and then it be delivered for appropriate persons, and for review, by this select committee,” Rounds told NewsNation.
James Clapper
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has said it’s logical for the intelligence community to be involved in UAP investigations and says the current approach is out of date.
Chris Mellon
A former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Christopher Mellon, has said too much information on UAPs is classified, and the government should be more transparent.
Mellon told NewsNation’s Ross Coulthart about UAP videos the Pentagon has released and said he believes many more remain classified despite there being no potential national security risk.
“We want to reserve classification for things that is really sensitive and needs to be protected, but otherwise, it’s in the country’s best interest to get that information out,” Mellon told NewsNation.
Tim Burchett
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., has been one of the most outspoken voices on the issue of UAPs.
He has frequently spoken to NewsNation about the need for transparency and his belief that Pentagon officials are stonewalling lawmakers attempting to look into the subject.
He has accused the Pentagon of sending people with limited knowledge to do briefings.
“These guys can swear under oath. They can take a lie detector test because they’re telling the truth as they know it,” Burchett told NewsNation.
Watch Burchett’s interviews with NewsNations on UAPs, underwater bases and aliens.
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Anna Paulina Luna
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is another member of a bipartisan group of lawmakers advocating for more transparency.
Speaking to NewsNation, she raised questions about the Pentagon’s secrecy when it comes to congressional oversight and budgets.
“How do you expect us to continue to send taxpayer money to fund government projects if you aren’t even telling us what those projects are?” Luna asked.
Watch Luna’s interviews with NewsNation on UAPs and nonhuman beings.
André Carson
Rep. André Carson, D-Ind., has called UAPs a national security threat and said the stigma around the subject has gotten in the way of intelligence analysis.
Luis Elizondo
Former Pentagon insider Luis Elizondo says the U.S. has recovered unknown technology and biological remains of nonhuman origin. He also says a Veterans Affairs doctor has recovered an alien implant from a service member.
“In essence, you have a foreign object, which it’s a metallic object in there. And it seems to be encapsulated by some sort of biological material,” Elizondo told NewsNation.
The Defense Department has denied Elizondo’s statements are true.
Watch NewsNation’s full special with Elizondo.
Tim Gallaudet
Retired Navy Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet has spoken out in support of whistleblower David Grusch, saying that when he worked for the government, he received information on a UAP sighting that was later pulled back.
He has raised the alarm about UAPs. “We’re being visited by nonhuman intelligence with technology we really don’t understand and with intentions we don’t understand either,” he told NewsNation.
Jay Stratton
Another former Pentagon insider, Jay Stratton, released a memoir about his work on UAP investigations and the impact that his work had on himself and his family.
Eric Davis
Astrophysicist Eric Davis has claimed there are four types of aliens that are being investigated as possibly behind UAP sightings.
Karl Nell
Retired Army Col. Karl Nell has said that nonhuman entities are real and that they have been to Earth and are interacting with humans.
Hal Puthoff
A physicist who once worked for the CIA, Hal Puthoff says the U.S. has recovered at least 10 craft created by nonhuman intelligence.
Jim Semivan
Former CIA officer Jim Semivan helps run To the Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences, founded by former Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge, which investigates UFOs.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A55SUq2eDXg
This better not be ghey, NASA
>its a matter of national security
“Something definitely happened”: Demi Moore breaks silence on growing up in UFO capital Roswell
November 12, 2025
Roswell native Demi Moore has broken her silence about growing up in America’s most famous UFO hotspot, telling Stephen Colbert that when it comes to the legendary 1947 incident, “something definitely happened.”
During a recent appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert promoting her role in the series Landman, the Oscar-nominated actress shared surprising insights about life in the New Mexico town synonymous with alien conspiracy theories.
The conversation took an otherworldly turn when Moore revealed her daughters often joke that she might be “part alien” herself.
“I don’t know, maybe it’s just because I was born in Roswell,” Moore quipped about why Tallulah, Rumer, and Scout tease her about extraterrestrial origins.
The 62-year-old star then dropped a bombshell about the infamous Roswell crash site incident. “Something definitely happened,” she stated firmly.
However, Moore noted that during her childhood in the town, the topic was completely taboo. “When I was a kid, it was never spoken about. Never. It just was not ever ever talked about, not even in passing. It was as if it was a secret.”
The Roswell Incident refers to the 1947 event when debris from a crashed military balloon was recovered near the town, sparking decades of speculation about UFOs and alien spacecraft.
The U.S. military initially announced they had recovered a “flying disc” before quickly changing the story to a weather balloon.
Moore explained how the town’s relationship with its UFO legacy transformed over time. After Hollywood arrived with documentaries and the popular television series Roswell, everything changed.
“There was a museum, and now there’s a somewhat comprehensive museum discussing how they shut all communication down about it,” she told Colbert.
When pressed to elaborate on what she believes actually happened at the crash site, Moore offered a measured response.
“Well, you know, the largest landing strip in America is in Roswell, so there’s a lot of testing that goes on,” she said, hinting at possible military explanations while keeping her cards close to her chest.
The actress is now channeling her fascination with extraterrestrial phenomena into her upcoming film Strange Arrivals, where she’ll portray Betty Hill in the true story of Betty and Barney Hill’s alleged alien abduction. Colman Domingo will co-star as Barney Hill in the project.
Today, Roswell fully embraces its alien identity with attractions like the International UFO Museum and an annual UFO Festival, drawing thousands of visitors curious about what really happened in the New Mexico desert all those years ago.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/something-definitely-happened-demi-moore-110000483.html
Making Extraterrestrial Contact - The Role of Self-Mastery: with James Gilliland & Peter Slattery
Nov 17, 2025
James Gilliland and Peter Maxwell Slattery have both established retreat centers that have become world renowned popular hubs for UFO sightings, extraterrestrial contacts and angelic interactions they and others have experienced.
The many UFO sightings and contacts have been documented in thousands of videos and photographs taken at their respective retreats located in Mt Adams, Washington, USA and Carlyle near Albury Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.
In this Exopolitics Today interview with Dr. Michael Salla, James and Peter describe the significance of 3I/Atlas in terms of it being a mirror for humanity’s unresolved fears and hopes in establishing extraterrestrial contact.
They emphasize the importance of achieving self-mastery before making contact to ensure one is only interacting with truly benevolent and enlightened beings rather than deceivers.
James and Peter also respond to questions about covert government forces tracking and interfering with extraterrestrial contactees, and how they have communicated with high level officials within the covert government trying to understand what is happening at their respective retreat centers.
Peter described experiences he has had with individuals associated with the “Collins Group” who believe all extraterrestrials are demonic deceivers, and he has attempted to educate them about benevolent extraterrestrial civilizations.
James Gilliland’s website is: https://www.eceti.org/
Peter Maxwell Slattery’s website is: https://www.jayasanctuary.com/
https://x.com/ECETIStargate/status/1990833594462609880
https://x.com/MichaelSalla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrnSYbJmRr0
My Lunch Break: No Blueprints
Nov 8, 2025
The missing blueprints are the ultimate proof that our official architectural and historical timeline is false.
The original blueprints for Big Ben, Cambridge’s New Court, and major cathedrals across England and the U.S. are missing—documents that legally should exist if these buildings were truly constructed in the 1800s.
It argues this isn’t lost paperwork but proof that the structures were inherited from an advanced Old World civilization wiped out only a couple centuries ago.
Without the “receipts” for their own architecture, the mainstream story collapses, revealing a rewritten timeline built on someone else’s forgotten empire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-T4NJQdzRQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ezTLKVhxrQ (The Untold History)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QPcdVSWqB4 (No Blueprints: The Lead Up)
https://x.com/MYLUNCHBREAK_
pretty much
2009-12-10 Wormhole in Norway, visit of President B. Obama to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Nov 19, 2025
Wormhole over Trondelag province Norway, Wednesday 7.48 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvRSZZgYyXc
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2009/12/bad-theories-swirl-around-norway-sky-spiral-missile/347297/
https://www.newsinenglish.no/2025/05/15/obama-got-some-royal-treatment-in-oslo/