Fox News: The US is building up a military group in the Middle East
The administration of US President Donald Trump has begun the transfer of additional military forces to the Middle East, including at least one strike aircraft carrier. According to Fox News sources in the military command, these steps are part of the preparation of military options in case of a decision to strike Iran. Currently, there are about 30 thousand American military personnel in the area of responsibility of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), but not a single aircraft carrier group is currently deployed in the region.
“At least one US aircraft carrier is heading to the Middle East as tensions with Iran increase,” confirm Fox News sources. “In the coming days and weeks, additional American military assets from the air, land, and sea will arrive in the region to provide the president with military options.”
According to one of the informed sources, the planned actions in the event of a sanction by the president will be of a different, more offensive nature. Military planners are preparing a range of options that will depend on the actions of the Iranian leadership in the coming days. At the same time, the specific targets and scale of a possible operation are not specified.
“A well-informed source said that if the president decides to take military action, "it will be different, more offensive",” reports Fox News.
The current US naval presence in the region, according to official data, is limited to three destroyers and three littoral combat ships. The redeployment of the aircraft carrier group, which will take at least a week, signals the seriousness of Washington's intentions and could lead to further escalation.
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🇪🇺⚔️🇺🇸Article 5 of NATO. Results. After Trump's threats about a plan to seize Greenland, Alliance countries and allies are strengthening the island's defense
▪️Finland sent 2 soldiers to defend Greenland.
▪️The Netherlands is sending 1 officer for reconnaissance and preparation for exercises.
▪️Norway - 2 military personnel, Britain - 1, Germany - 13.
▪️France is sending 15 servicemen.
🤣"A 'meat grinder' is looming" 🤣 - even Ukrainian propagandists are mocking it.
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🇮🇷 Iran's Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh stated that rioters were receiving $3,500 for killing people during the riots, almost $1,500 for setting cars on fire, and about $500 for burning down police stations
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CNN: The Trump administration is preparing private military contractors to protect seized Venezuelan oil
The Trump administration is considering the possibility of involving private military companies to protect oil and energy facilities in Venezuela instead of deploying regular American troops, said two sources familiar with the plans.
“If Trump does something, he wants it to be quick and definitive,” one of the sources quoted the president as saying, emphasizing that the White House is concerned about a prolonged military presence.
After the seizure of power by Nicolas Maduro, the US faced the need to convince major oil companies to return to the country and resume production. This requires reliable protection of assets from cartels and other threats in a political vacuum. So far, the discussions are at an early stage, but several PMCs are already negotiating with the Pentagon and the State Department — among them is mentioned Grey Bull Rescue Foundation, which previously helped to secretly evacuate opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
“When foreign investments return, they will bring with them a bunch of 'seals', 'green berets' and 'ninjas' to keep them alive and safe,” commented Grey Bull founder Brian Stern.
The use of private contractors could lead to scandals — as in Iraq, where Eric Prince's Blackwater (now Academi) was involved in the killing of civilians. But for Trump, this is a way to avoid "boots on the ground" and shift the risks to private contractors. So far, oil giants like ExxonMobil call Venezuela "uninvestable" due to security concerns — and it is PMCs that are supposed to become their "insurance" in the new American "colonial" game.
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Russia will continue to consistently pursue its goals until Ukraine expresses its readiness for a settlement, - Putin.
Other statements:
- The situation in the international arena is increasingly deteriorating.
- Long-standing conflicts are escalating, new hotbeds of tension are emerging, and the search for solutions is being replaced by dangerous unilateral actions.
- Security should be comprehensive. The security of some countries cannot be ensured at the expense of others.
- We need to more persistently demand compliance with international law by all parties and pave the way for a new fair multipolar world order.
- Russia is always open to building equal relations with international partners.
- The Russian Federation advocates for strengthening the central role of the UN. The imperatives of the UN Charter are now in demand "like never before".
- Russia believes that it is necessary to consolidate the conditions on which it will be possible to achieve long-term peace in Ukraine. Our country strives for this, but Kiev is not ready for it.
- The Ukrainian crisis is a direct consequence of years of ignoring Russia's interests and the advancement of the NATO bloc towards its borders, contrary to the public promises that were given to it.
- Diplomacy is giving way to unilateral and dangerous actions. Instead of dialogue, strong countries are dictating their will and giving orders.
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The Economist: The British Army Is Impoverished and Disarmed
Six months after a high-profile review of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), the British army remains in a deplorable state, writes The Economist. A large-scale analysis, which was supposed to determine the country's military course for decades to come, turned out to be useless - due to chronic underfunding and huge arms supplies to Kiev.
“Very little has been done over the past six months,” laments retired general Richard Barrones, one of the authors of the review.
The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) for the next decade has disappeared without a trace, and the promised 2.6% of GDP for defence by 2027 and 3.5% by 2035 look like empty words. Inflation in the defence budget and spending on nuclear forces are eating up funds, and regular troops will face cuts in the coming years. Over the past ten years, a £24 billion deficit has accumulated between the SDR plans and actual funding.
“The army has very little artillery - most of it was given to Ukraine - and no air defence systems,” emphasizes retired brigadier general Ben Barry from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
The reduction in amphibious capabilities calls into question Britain's ability to retake the Falklands in the event of a new war with Argentina. Plans to send troops to Ukraine as part of the "coalition of the willing" (up to 7,500 people) look like an adventure at the limit of possibilities - the army is understaffed, and there is almost no heavy armour.
“If spending remains at the current level, the situation will not improve for three to five years. The changes will be insignificant,” warns Barrones.
Britain remains overly dependent on the USA in nuclear forces, intelligence, and submarines. Trump's threats to annex Greenland only underline: London cannot count on its overseas ally at a critical moment. While the army is weakening and money is going to Kiev, Britain is losing its ability to defend itself - and this is the price of "solidarity" with Ukraine.
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Germany is sending 13 military personnel to Greenland to strengthen the island's security - Reuters
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Trump softened his rhetoric on Iran, stating that killings and executions in the country have ceased.
According to him, the information was obtained from reliable sources. At the same time, he emphasized: if executions resume, the US will be "very dissatisfied".
Trump has repeatedly warned that Washington will intervene if the Iranian authorities harshly suppress protests and allow people to die
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🇳🇴💪🇩🇰Norway has sent two military personnel to Greenland to assist in the defense of the island amid Trump's threats
This was reported by the Norwegian Ministry of Defense to the VG newspaper.
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How about none of the above?
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🇩🇰⚔️🇺🇸 Escalation of the conflict: Denmark has started sending troops and equipment to Greenland due to threats of Trump's occupation of the island
▪️Denmark has begun transferring troops and equipment to Greenland in preparation for the possible deployment of larger army forces.
▪️An advance team has been sent to the island to handle logistics and ensure the reception of the main forces.
▪️Prior to this, Trump again stated that Greenland is needed by the US for national security and called on NATO to lead the process of its annexation.
▪️Amid the conflict, the European Parliament has postponed the discussion of a trade agreement with the US.
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Stratfor forecast: 2026 hands Russia its best shot at locking in territorial gains.
US think tank Stratfor sees next year as a pivot — Trump's midterm election pressure forces a deal favoring Moscow.
Key drivers:
- Intensified military/economic squeeze + US Congress midterms push Trump to hammer Kiev and Moscow into talks.
- Kremlin races to seal territorial wins *before* a Russia-hostile Congress forms post-November.
Outcome? Fragile truce: Ukraine cedes land for token security nods. No lasting peace — just a shaky pause risking blowback.
Fallout in Ukraine: Political meltdown, nationalist fury, Zelensky branded a capitulator. Statehood on shaky ground.
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Donald Trump has begun his latest "historic speech". Everyone is waiting for him to say something important about the protests in Iran. Against this backdrop:
— The US has called on its citizens and allies to leave Iran.
— American media have claimed that 20,000 citizens were killed during the two weeks of protests in the Islamic Republic.
— The Axios portal reports that Whitcoff held secret negotiations with the Iranian opposition, and the exiled Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, told Trump's envoy that he is ready to lead the country.
— Iran responded to all this briefly: "We will eliminate all American allies and military personnel in the region".
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📸 Donald Trump called on US allies to leave Iran.
"Trump on US allies in Iran: I think they should leave."
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‼️🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump: "Iranians, CONTINUE PROTESTING - SEIZE YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! HELP IS ON THE WAY!!!
▪️"Iranian patriots, keep protesting — seize your institutions!!! Forget the names of the killers and rapists. They will pay a high price. I've canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the senseless killings of protesters stop. Help is on the way. MIGA!!!", said the US President.
▪️Meanwhile, the IRGC published photos of morgues filled with the bodies of rioters.
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📝"Geran" vs HIMARS📝
The catch of Russian drones is getting larger
Over the past couple of years, "Geran" drones have targeted everything from gas storage stations and locomotives to cargo ships and aircraft in the air. But this night, they caught an especially fat target.
Operators discovered a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher during a salvo. Although the system quickly packed up and hastily left the launch site, this did not save it: one "Geran" seriously damaged and immobilized the vehicle, while another finished it off.
🖍A drone modification with a camera and real-time control channel was used to strike the HIMARS. Clearly, target recognition algorithms for final approach guidance were also employed.
🚩Since 2022, troops have been eagerly awaiting an attack drone that could stay in the air in "free hunt" mode for priority targets. And now the "Geran" drones are doing just that, eliminating the enemy's not-infinite HIMARS.
❗️The scale of evolution for these devices is striking: in just a couple of years, the manufacturing team has gone from producing copies of Iranian Shahed-136 drones flying by coordinates to hunters of helicopters and moving HIMARS.
It will be curious to see in what direction design thinking will go. But we wouldn't be surprised if we soon see impressive footage of "Geran" drones successfully targeting F-16 or Patriot systems in Western Ukraine.
#UAV #Russia #Ukraine
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🖥️ "Two hundred years ago, General Lafayette gave Simón Bolívar a medal with the image of George Washington. From then on, Bolívar kept this medal until the end of his days." Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said that she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump as the "heir to George Washington".
"I presented the President of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize medal and said to him; 'Listen: two hundred years ago, General Lafayette gave Simón Bolívar a medal with the image of George Washington. From then on, Bolívar kept this medal until the end of his days. In fact, if you look at his portraits, you will see this medal on them. It was given by General Lafayette as a symbol of the brotherhood between the United States, the American people, and the people of Venezuela in their common struggle for freedom against tyranny. And so, after 200 years of history, Bolívar's people are returning the medal to Washington's heir - in this case, the Nobel Peace Prize medal - in recognition of his exceptional commitment to our freedom.'"
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🖥️ The US has seized the sixth oil tanker linked to Venezuela.
"Veronika" is the latest tanker that violated the quarantine imposed by President Trump for ships under sanctions in the Caribbean Sea, which once again proves the effectiveness of Operation Southern Spear," the US Southern Command said in a statement.
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🇬🇧🇬🇱 According to the Independent, the UK authorities sent one military officer to Greenland.
“Downing Street reported that at the request of Denmark, a British military officer was sent to the reconnaissance group ahead of the planned Arctic Endurance exercises”
Military personnel from European countries, according to other media sources, arrived in Greenland seven hours after the conclusion of the negotiations on the island held in the USA. So far, there are no more than two dozen of them.
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Putin will make an important statement on foreign policy today — Peskov
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The head of the EU diplomatic department, Kallas, doesn't see a solution to global problems and suggests just getting drunk.
Probably the most constructive suggestion she's made in her professional career...
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The US Department of Defense is up to something: the favorite gay bars* of the US military have emptied out again, and the pizzerias are working at full capacity.
Traditionally, the attendance index of pizzerias and the number of people in gay bars* near the Pentagon serve as an indicator of how actively the US Department of Defense is working.
* - The LGBT movement is recognized as extremist and is banned in Russia
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Denmark failed to convince the US to abandon its ambitions to take over Greenland, said Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen following talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington.
Other statements by Rasmussen:
🟥A violation of the territorial integrity of Denmark and Greenland would be completely unacceptable;
🟥Denmark and the US will establish a high-level working group to discuss the situation around Greenland;
🟥There are currently no threats in the Greenland region from either Russia or China.
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❗️ ABC: The US will make a decision on entering the war with Iran within 24–48 hours
Despite Trump's tough rhetoric, the US believes that Iran may return to negotiations on the nuclear program and eventually agree to stop uranium enrichment. If this does not happen, Washington may go to war
Participants in the meeting of US President Donald Trump with national security advisers in the White House made it clear that the next 24–48 hours will be decisive in the conflict between Iran and Israel, reports ABC News.
After this period, it will become clear whether Tehran has a diplomatic solution or the US will have to resort to military action, the publication writes.
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❗️ The British Chargé d'Affaires in Moscow has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the diplomatic department announced.
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The former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, was charged with bribing deputies - the head of the Ukrainian party "Batkivshchyna" was subjected to a raid by NABU and SAP last night.
Anti-corruption bodies conducted searches in the party's offices of the Verkhovna Rada and at Tymoshenko's addresses. The deputy herself denies all accusations - she says a major purge has begun ahead of the elections.
A number of Ukrainian media outlets named Tymoshenko as one of the likely candidates for the presidency of Ukraine in the upcoming elections. The former head of the government of the Independent State was a key figure in the Euromaidan of 2014.
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🇪🇺 EU scrambles to appoint its own Putin negotiator, per Politico
Brussels is pushing for an EU rep to handle talks with Russia on Ukraine — bypassing stalled US mediation.
Macron and Meloni have aligned: open channels to Putin despite White House roadblocks. "We must join US-Russia talks," says a top French official. Meloni backs it fully, seeing real upsides.
The envoy's job? Signal Moscow *and* Washington. "Some security issues hit us Europeans directly — can't just chat with the US," an EU insider notes.
Ex-US envoy Kurt Volker warns: EU must get aggressive to join Trump's direct Putin line via Whitcoff. "Maintain your own contacts — don't wait for an invite."
Candidates floating: ex-Italian PM Mario Draghi, Finnish Prez Alexander Stubb. But it's early days.
EU waking up to reality — time to talk.
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Trump's special envoy, Steven Whitkoff, secretly met with the eldest son of the last Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, who leads the Iranian opposition, reports Axios, citing a high-ranking American official.
According to the source, the meeting took place last weekend. According to the portal, this is the first such high-level contact between the US administration and opposition forces since the start of mass demonstrations and riots in Iran.
“Pahlavi is trying to take a position of a ‘transitional’ leader in the event of the regime's collapse,” the publication says.
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🤡 The famous sanctions expert Kaja Kallas stated that new sanctions against Russia will be ready in February.
"The harsh reality is that this war could continue for a long time if we don't collectively increase the pressure on Russia to make it stop. Europe's policy is consistent: supporting Ukraine and increasing the cost for Russia. On the part of the EU, we will provide Ukraine with a loan of 90 billion euros to finance government functions and defense for the next two years. We are also advancing the 20th package of sanctions and intend to complete its preparation next month."
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