No breakthrough in EU-Belgium talks on using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, raising concerns in Kyiv over dwindling aid funds. Time is running out, threatening Ukraine’s financial lifeline.

BREAKING: A woman in her 30s is in critical condition after having been stabbed in the neck in an unprovoked attack in Birmingham. 🇬🇧

This is Maria Khoreva, a talented ballerina who lives in Russian St Petersburg and is the first solo in the ballet of Mariinsky theater (led by Putin's friend Valery Gergiev). Maria has a lot of fans, 670,000 followers on Instagram, and she has never spoken against the war in Ukraine that is waged by Russia, her country. She works and pays taxes in Russia. On November 9 and 10, Maria will take part in a concert program in Liceu theater, Barcelona. The audience wants to see her perform. She will pay taxes in Russia. Russia will then spend this money on strikes on Ukrainian kindergartens. Art is never beyond politics. And ethics. It's important to realize that.

Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles targeting thermal power plants and substations across Ukraine. The strikes shut down all state-owned thermal generation, causing widespread blackouts and halting electricity, heating, and water nationwide as winter temperatures drop. #StandWithUkraine

Reports from Lebanon indicate that two senior U.S. National Security Council officials will arrive in Beirut tomorrow to meet with the Lebanese president and warn him to halt Hezbollah’s funding sources. @kaisos1987

A Ka-226 helicopter carrying senior staff from the Kızılyar Electromechanical Factory crashed in Dagestan, killing the plant’s deputy general manager, chief engineer, and chief designer. The facility produces key components for Russia’s Sukhoi and MiG fighter jets. Some very strange footage 👇🏻

BREAKING: The Ukrainian Army has struck a Russian ammunition depot in Hvardiyske in Russian-occupied Crimea. Loud secondary explosions heard across much of the peninsula.

🇷🇺 Several channels report that the Russian Army contacted surrounded Ukrainian soldiers in Mirnograd offering them surrender, the message reportedly warned that refusal would mean their complete destruction.

The moment Russian guided aerial bomb (KAB) struck the OKKO gas station in Korotych, Kharkiv region, was published by the police.🤬

Tonight in Kharkiv, it’s just +3°C and it will only get colder with each passing week. Long months of winter lie ahead. This is what russia calls victory: leaving civilians without electricity, heat, or water.

A young Ukrainian girl and her cat moments after having been pulled out from under the rubble of their Dnipro apartment by rescue-workers following yesterday’s Russian drone strike. 3 people were killed. Initial reports say the girl lost her father in the strike. 🇺🇦

It’s pure horror. All of Ukraine’s Centrenergo thermal plants are down after russia’s unprecedented attack tonight. Darkness and cold are our reality – we need weapons to survive.

Kyiv tonight. Blackouts in most districts, the city is in darkness from the Russian strikes. Emergency and planned power outages have been introduced. Many shops, pharmacies, institutions work from generators and other alternative energy sources. Ukrainian energy professionals are repairing our infrastructure, often risking their lives because Russia keeps launching new attacks. Russia terrorizes millions of people. This is genocide and a crime against humanity. Russia's crimes must be stopped and punished.

Electricity disappeared shortly after appearing. The voltage is way too low to use it in my area of Kharkiv. All 3 thermal power plants operated by Centrenergo have shut down following Russia’s overnight attack and are no longer generating electricity. The situation is bad.

BREAKING UKRAINE IS ON TOTAL SHUTDOWN! At Night, Russia Struck All Ukrainian Power Generation Facilities Simultaneously — Centrenergo Reports Total Shutdown. “Stations are on fire. We’ve stopped… Generation is at zero — completely lost what we had tirelessly restored,” stated PJSC Centrenergo.

🚨 SAUDI “PEACE CONDITION” — DEAD ON ARRIVAL Riyadh says it’s ready to reopen dialogue with Israel — but only if there’s “progress toward a Palestinian state.” Stay connected, follow, subscribe @MOSSADil

‼️🙏 Kyiv is also in a complete blackout.

❗ Pentagon chief urges the U.S. to prepare for war Pete Hegseth said that America must be ready to deter adversaries and respond to any threats. According to him, the Pentagon and the defense industry must work together rather than “slow down progress.” “This is a 1939 moment — or, hopefully, a 1981 moment — a time of growing urgency. Enemies are uniting, threats are rising. You feel it, I feel it. If we want to prevent war and avoid it — which is what we all want — we must prepare now,” Hegseth said. He stressed that this is not about minor adjustments but a complete transformation of the U.S. military: “Our troops must have the strength not only to deter aggression but to decisively defeat any enemy who dares to challenge America.”

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A Somalian restaurant in Minneapolis took $12 million in federal child meal payments. They said they were feeding 4000-6000 kids a day. FBI discovered they only averaged 40 people a day Minneapolis Dep. of Education was aware of it and did nothing 🇺🇸🇸🇴