Peter Doocy: There is NO denying this
Fox News' Peter Doocy reports the latest on how the White House is tackling the affordability crisis as a majority of Americans indicate the cost of goods is up.
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https://youtu.be/4OcoKGuxR6s
25 Nov, 2025 15:21
No Ukraine peace without lifting Russia sanctions – EU member
Italy would back the US roadmap for peace, which opens the window to ease the economic restrictions, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said
The EU will have to lift its sanctions on Russia as part of any peace agreement on Ukraine, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said,welcoming the US-drafted plan to end the hostilities.
Speaking at a press briefing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tajani said that while theUS roadmap needs to be revised, it is still a starting point.
“Europe will contribute, also because a peace agreement cannot be reached without a European presence, because Europe has imposed sanctions on Russia, and therefore, to conclude a peace agreement,Europe must lift its own sanctions.”
The minister welcomed discussions on security guarantees for Ukraine, adding thathe hopes progress will allow “peace by Christmas,” and that the West is now “awaiting responses from Moscow.”
According to media reports, the initial US-drafted planwould require Ukraine to stay out of NATO, relinquish the parts of the new Russian regions in Donbass still under its control, freeze the front lines in Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, and cap the size of its army. It also reportedly includes sanctions relief for Russia.
Ukrainian officials reportedly agreed to the US proposal in principle,with only technical points remaining. Russia has said it received the broad outline of the US plan but has not held substantive discussions with Washington.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the public speculation “an information bacchanalia,” and said Moscow “does not engage in megaphone diplomacy.”
Russian officials say the economy has adapted to the Western sanctions, which have been in place since 2014 and were significantly ramped up in 2022 after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict.However, Peskov has said Moscow remains open to working with foreign businesses, even with those that exited Russia– unless they provided direct support for the Ukrainian army.
https://www.rt.com/news/628397-italy-eu-russia-sanctions-relief/
25 Nov, 2025 16:43
Ukrainian corruption schemes could have beneficiaries in EU – Lavrov
It is hard to explain why the bloc keeps funneling money to Kiev despite all the scandals, the Russian foreign minister has said
People in the EU could be benefitting from corruption in Ukraine, otherwise it’s difficult to explain thebloc’s determination to continue funding Kiev despite repeated graft and embezzling scandals, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview published on Tuesday.
Brussels is seeking to “scrape” together €135 billion ($156 billion) to prop up Kiev through 2026 and 2027 either through direct money transfer from the member states’ budgets, joint borrowing or seizing frozen Russian assets. Moscow has repeatedly warned that the third option would essentially amount to theft of its sovereign funds.
“It was recently discovered that yet another $100 million were spent on bribes to the corrupt officials,” Lavrov told the French-Russian dialogue association. “Did anyone from the Brussels bureaucrats or from those nations that pump Ukraine full of money explain it to their taxpayers that they have to endure and suffer? Maybe, there are some beneficiaries as well. I rule out nothing.”
The EU has not changed its plans even in light of a recent major graft scandal that rocked Ukraine. Earlier this month, Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies revealed that a close associate and a former long-time business partner of Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky ran a $100 million kickback scheme in the energy sector, which heavily depends on Western aid.
Just a day after news of the scandal broke, Germany announced that it would provide Ukraine with an additional €40 million ($46.22 million) to support its energy industry that was at the center of the controversy.
It was not the first high-profile corruption scandal in Ukraine. In 2023, then Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov resigned after local media exposed inflated food procurement contracts at his ministry. In 2024, the State Audit Service found large-scale violations in reconstruction projects financed by Western aid.
Moscow warned in the wake of the latest scandal that a “many-headed bloody hydra” of Ukrainian corruption was stretching beyond the national borders and draining Western taxpayers’ money.
https://www.rt.com/russia/628407-ukraine-corruption-eu-beneficiaries-lavrov/
25 Nov, 2025 14:31
Russia producing arms at volumes its adversaries ‘could not dream of’ – Rostec CEO
The country leads the world in ammunition manufacturing, the head of the defense conglomerate, Sergey Chemezov has said
Russia’s defense industry is producing weapons at volumes its adversaries “could not even dream of,” Sergey Chemezov, the head of state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec, said in an interview published on Tuesday.
Chemezov told TASS news agency that Russia has sharply ramped up arms output since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022 and is now manufacturing more artillery shells and aerial bombs than any other country.
”We are supplying aircraft, tanks, infantry vehicles, howitzers, electronic warfare systems, drones and much more in enormous quantities. No country in the world today produces as many shells and aerial bombs,” he said.
”I can’t give specific figures, of course. So I will put it this way: our adversaries could not have dreamed of such volumes,” the Rostec chief added.
Russian officials have repeatedly highlighted rising defense output over the past three years. In May 2024, President VladimirPutin said the country’s ammunition production had increased fourteenfold during the special military operation, while drone manufacturing had quadrupled and armored weapons output had risen 3.5 times.
Russia has consistently denounced Western arms deliveries to Ukraine, warning they only prolong the conflict without altering its outcome.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated on Tuesday thatRussia is interested in achieving its goals “through political and diplomatic means,” saying: “We remain fully open to a negotiating process.”
However, Moscow says Kiev, “is only seeking to keep the fighting going,” encouraged by its Western backers. It has also accused the EU and UK of impeding ongoing peace efforts. The UK discouraged early peace negotiations between Moscow and Kiev in 2022, according to David Arakhamia, head of Vladimir Zelensky’s parliamentary bloc and former chief negotiator, who said then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Kiev to abandon the talks, a claim Johnson has denied.
https://www.rt.com/russia/628386-russia-weapons-output/
25 Nov, 2025 14:06
Trump ready to talk with Maduro – Axios
The reported move could follow weeks of US “narcoterrorism” strikes on boats off the Venezuelan coast that have killed about 80
US President Donald Trump plans to speak directly with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro despite Washington’s move to designate him as the head of a terrorist organization, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing administration officials.
The US has formally designated the ‘Cartel of the Suns’ – a purported criminal network alleged to operate within Venezuela’s security services – as a foreign terrorist organization, putting it in the same category as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State. Announcing the step on Monday, the US Treasury reiterated long-standing allegations that Maduro, whose legitimacy Washington disputes, heads the group.
According to Axios, Trump’s move marks a notable turn in his “gunboat diplomacy” toward Venezuela – andcould indicate that US missile strikes or ground operations are unlikely in the near term.
“Nobody is planning to go in and shoot him or snatch him – at this point. I wouldn’t say never, but that’s not the plan right now,” an anonymous official familiar with the matter told Axios.
“In the meantime, we’re going to blow up boats shipping drugs. We’re going to stop the drug trafficking,” the official reportedly added.
=No date has been set for a potential call between Trump and Maduro, which is “in the planning stages.” Axios reported, citing another US official.
The move follows nearly two months of US airstrikes on small boats off Venezuela’s coast, actions the Pentagon says target “narcoterrorism” and that have killed about 80 people.
The term ‘Cartel of the Suns’ emerged in the 1990s as a media label for alleged corruption among Venezuelan officers who wore sun-shaped insignia. In 2020, the US indicted Maduro and 14 current or former officials on drug-trafficking and organized-crime charges, alleging they collectively ran the cartel. Maduro has repeatedly denied the drug trafficking allegations and warned the US against launching “a crazy war.”
Trump has also reportedly greenlighted a range of measures to pressure Venezuela and prepare for a possible broader military campaign, including covert CIA operations targeting Maduro’s government.
Caracas has denounced the US military buildup as a violation of its sovereignty and an attempted coup, putting its forces on high alert.Maduro, meanwhile, has said Venezuela is prepared for “face-to-face” talks with Washington.
(Is VZ captured by the Chinese?)
https://www.rt.com/news/628394-trump-maduro-direct-talk/
All Star Panelists join ‘Special Report’ to discuss the recent developmentson the proposed Ukraine-Russia peace plan and the dismissal of former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James’ cases.
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https://youtu.be/YkrjKf3D6qw
25 Nov, 2025 18:06
Ukrainian neo-Nazi fighter admits frontline situation ‘critical’
Russian forces are advancing rapidly along entire front, Maksim Zhorin has warned
Ukrainian troops are not just losing settlements but “entire sectors” along the frontline to rapidly advancing Russian forces, the former commander of the neo-Nazi ‘Azov’ brigade has warned.
According to Maksim Zhorin,the battlefield situation for Ukraine is “only getting worse.”
“In some areas, in the absence of urgent decisions, the situation is becoming critical.In fact, I don’t remember such a rapid enemy advance for a long time,” he wrote on Telegram on Monday.
”The issue now is not the loss of certain settlements, but in general, a significant improvement in the enemy’s operational position in entire sectors,” the former Azov commander said. The neo-Nazi unit, which has been designated as terrorist in Russia, was reformed into the Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade following their rout in Mariupol in 2022.
Russian forces have sped up their advance in recent months, liberating more than two dozen settlements in the last two weeks,including the strategic logistics hub of Kupyansk in Kharkov Region.
Ukrainian battlefield losses have been compounded by troop shortages and a record number of desertions, the BBC reported earlier this month.
Kiev’s draft campaign has also faced public backlash, with the rate of complaints over violent mobilization tactics doubling since the first part of the year, Ukraine’s parliamentary commissioner for human rights, Dmitry Lubinets, has said.
https://www.rt.com/russia/628410-ukrainian-neo-nazi-frontline-critical/
When you have a neonazi saying that, than Kiev are in a hole of losing!
25 Nov, 2025 10:29
UK planning smear campaign against Trump – Russian intelligence
London is counting on arms contracts fueling the Ukraine conflict and won’t let the US just put and end to it, the SVR has warned
(Here we go, Resurrect Russia gate 2.0)
Britain is preparing a smear campaign aimed at damaging US President Donald Trump’s reputationin order to derail his efforts to end the Ukraine conflict, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on Tuesday.
According to the agency, London views the continuation of hostilities as vital to securing multi-billion-dollar weapons contracts that could help revive the struggling British economy. Undermining Trump, who is pushing to end the conflict, would dissuade Washington and protect the UK’s “blood money” profits, the SVR alleged.
“Plans have been concocted to revive former British intelligence officer [Christopher] Steele’s fake ‘dossier’, accusing the head of the White House and his familyof having links to Soviet and Russian intelligence services,” the statement claimed.
That document, penned by Steele, a former MI6 officer, in 2016 and reportedly paid for by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, relied on unverified rumors alleging that Trump and members of his family had compromising ties with Moscow.
Although widely used to fuel the ‘Russiagate’ narrative early in Trump’s first presidency, the dossier has since been debunked. The SVRsuggested that British operatives may craft a new iteration inspired by the original template rather than attempt to reuse it directly.
Trump’s administration has drafted a proposal for ending the Ukraine conflict.However, Kiev and several European governments strongly oppose it due to its reportedly demanding major concessions from Ukraine. Vladimir Zelensky claimed this week that US diplomats had already removed some of the 28 provisions at his government’s request.
Moscow has kept its distance from the American initiative. President Vladimir Putin reiterated that Russia’s military position continues to strengthen andthat Moscow intends to achieve its security objectives regardless of whether Kiev accepts Washington’s mediation.
https://www.rt.com/russia/628372-uk-trump-smear-campaign/
I don’t doubt this! The hate is palpable from the UK.