🇪🇸🇺🇦 Spain to announce significant aid package for Ukraine during Zelensky's visit, - Reuters

🫡 Spain will contribute €1 billion to buy U.S. weapons for Ukraine under PURL program, — Foreign Minister said.

💡 The funds will also be used to purchase generators.

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🇪🇸🇺🇦 Spain’s aid to Ukraine this year will total around €1B, — Spanish Foreign Minister.

Spain supports Ukraine’s EU accession and the establishment of a special tribunal to prosecute Russian officials responsible for the crime of aggression.

🇨🇳🛢 Chinese refiner Yanchang Petroleum has bought 3 million barrels of crude from the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan for January arrival, after suspending Russian oil purchases over concerns about Western sanctions.

reuters.com/business/energy/ch…

#china #russia

🇪🇺 The European Commission will propose a new initiative to help speed up the development and purchase of innovative defence technologies, according to a draft document seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

reuters.com/business/aerospace…

#europe

18 November 1935 | Dutch Jewish boy, Frits Herman van Son, was born in The Hague.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in January 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

🇷🇸 German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul urged #Serbia on Monday to align its foreign and security policies towards #Russia with those of the European Union if it wants to join the bloc.

reuters.com/world/germanys-wad…

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🇷🇺 🇵🇱 Everything points to Russian intelligence services commissioning sabotage on Polish railways that damaged a track on a route to Ukraine over the weekend, a spokesperson for #Poland's special services minister said on Tuesday.

reuters.com/world/europe/russi…

#russia

❗️The enemy is trying to bypass Pokrovsk and reach Hryshyne. Group of the General Staff of Russia was destroyed in Myrnohrad, - 7th Corps of the DShV

Appearance of Russians was recorded north of Pokrovsk. Several enemy infantrymen tried to penetrate and gain a foothold at one of the agricultural facilities. The enemy was destroyed.

Due to the inability to push through the defenses of Pokrovsk and use the city as a bridgehead to implement this plan, the Russians are trying to bypass the city.

🇺🇦🤖 Air3F Company Presents New Development — VARKHAN Ground Robotic Complex, - Militarnyi

The vehicle is designed for logistical tasks, evacuation, and operation in extreme conditions — from swampy areas to snowy forests.

⚡️ Update: Poland says ‘everything indicates’ Russia behind railway sabotage incident. “Russian services want to disrupt our society, to scare us,” Polish security service spokesperson Jacek Dobrzynski said. kyivindependent.com/act-of-sab…

🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…

[2025/11/18 11:28]

⚔️ NATO says it currently takes around 45 days to move a major force from Western Europe to its eastern flank because of weak infrastructure, mismatched rail systems and slow bureaucracy, - FT.

❗️The EU and NATO now aim to slash that transit time to just 3–5 days, which would require major upgrades to roads, bridges and railways, plus simplified border rules.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 German company ARX Robotics has received a large order for the supply of GEREON ground robotic systems for Ukraine, - Militarnyi

The robots are used for logistics, reconnaissance. All machines will be combined into a single network via Mithra OS operating system.

🇺🇦 Next week, the first Skyranger 35 on the Leopard 1 chassis will be delivered to Ukraine, - Militranyi

Each of these systems is capable of covering an area of ​​4 × 4 kilometers, forming a complete “unmanned” zone.

Skyranger 35 is equipped with a combat module with a 35 mm GDM-008 automatic cannon with a rate of fire of 1000 rounds per minute.

🇬🇷🇺🇦 Mitsotakis and Zelensky have agreed to launch a joint production of maritime UAVs at Greek shipbuilding plants, - Militarnyi

According to Kathimerini, the project will involve Ukrainian and Greek defense companies, and some of the technologies will be developed in Greece.

Some of the naval drones will be supplied to the Ukrainian army, while the rest will be added to the arsenal of the Greek Armed Forces.

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian troops have eliminated a Russian military intelligence unit operating near the city of Myrnohrad in the Donetsk region, according to an update from #Ukraine’s 7th Rapid Response Corps on November 18.

united24media.com/latest-news/…

Ukraine Wipes Out Russian Special Ops Team Trying to Infiltrate Myrnohrad, Video

Ukrainian forces reported neutralizing a Russian GRU unit near Myrnohrad, amid rising infiltration attempts and significant enemy losses in the region.

^{Vlad Litnarovych (UNITED24 Media)}

🇩🇪🇺🇦 The first Skyranger 35 self-propelled air defense system mounted on a Leopard 1 tank chassis is set to arrive in #Ukraine next week, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger announced during the Rheinmetall CMD 2025 event, according to monitoring project German Aid to Ukraine on November 18.

united24media.com/latest-news/…

#germany

Drone-Killer on Tracks: Germany Sends First Skyranger 35 to Ukraine

Rheinmetall will deliver the Skyranger 35 air defense system to Ukraine next week, enhancing its capabilities against aerial threats.

^{Vlad Litnarovych (UNITED24 Media)}

🇸🇰 Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia on Monday protested against Prime Minister Fico, taking advantage of the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution, - AP

The protesters in Bratislava chanted “We have enough of Fico,” “We want a change” and “Resign.”

🇩🇪 #Germany is putting natural gas import terminals into operation as part of the country's efforts to replace piped Russian gas following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The Elbe River terminal at Stade is now in line to become operational in the second quarter of 2026 at the earliest, according to state-appointed terminal company DET.

reuters.com/business/energy/ho…

🇪🇸🇺🇦 Zelensky: I am now in Spain meeting with producers of weapons and defense equipment. Advanced radars, drone technologies, essential equipment.

I will speak with Prime Minister about how to strengthen our defense and our industries.

In Spain, President #Zelenskyy meets defense manufacturers to secure radars, drones, and gear - boosting Ukraine’s protection.

Talks with PM Sánchez aim to strengthen bilateral defense ties and EU integration.

🦅🇺🇦 The Ukrainian DARKNODE 412 battalion of the Nemesis SBS brigade has been armed with new interceptors capable of shooting down Russian jet drones of the Geran-3 type.

🫡 The interceptors are already effectively working on their targets.

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PSA for my US trans friends: there's a Telehealth HRT clinic called QMed (QueerMed) that serves adults and minors in 47 states (excluding DC, unfortunately). They accept lots of private insurance (but not medicare/medicaid), and also offer a payment plan that covers appointments and lab tests for people without good insurance.

Their program is great for people going stealth or living in unsafe environments, as they don't need referrals or anything else from your primary doctor. They send all lab orders to a LabCorp location of your choice, and prescriptions are sent to any pharmacy. (including mail-order pharmacies and chains like Walgreens and CVS that will ship your meds for a small fee.) If necessary, the entire process can be private and zero-contact except for the labs.

They work with transfem, transmasc, and non-binary people, and many of their staff are themselves trans! They follow WPATH SOC-8 and target modern (cis-equivalent) hormone levels, while still being flexible enough to work with whatever your personal goals are. In my experience, their target seems to be "whatever makes you feel best within safe limits". With me, they've been willing to explore non-standard doses, injection schedules, and hybrid approaches as long as I can provide research showing it's effective or at least safe.

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I can't speak to the transmasc experience, but I first started seeing them as a fem-aligned non-binary person who was already on oral Estradiol, Progesterone, and Spironolactone at mild doses. They had no issue with that, and later helped me increase those doses as I explored whether more "female" hormone balance would feel better. (still as part of a "non-binary" hormone plan!)

When I eventually realized I was binary transfem, they were just as understanding and helpful. They suggested changing Estrodiol forms to stabilize my levels at higher doses, and later helped me transition to injections when Spiro stopped working and other T blockers weren't an option for health reasons. (side note: they were actually willing to prescribe puberty blockers as an anti-androgen, but insurance wouldn't cover them and I couldn't afford the cost. I still think it's cool that they were forward-thinking enough to even offer that option, though!) I want to emphasize that I was not an easy patient for injections. I had severe needle-phobia, was clueless about the process, and proceeded to freak out many times over non-issues as I slowly learned how to inject. Through all that, they were patient, supportive, and never made me feel bad for panicking. Eventually I figured it out and even cured my needle phobia, for which they celebrated with me.

Now that I've finally achieved stable levels at the dose that feels best to me, they've let me transition to long-term HRT maintenance. This means 12-month prescriptions, infrequent tests, and minimal appointment requirements. This is something I was rather worried about, as my last provided never allowed long-term maintenance for various reasons. But with that, I'm now fully onboarded into the program and can speak to the whole experience. My overall opinion: QMed is the best HRT provider I've used, and the entire process has been smooth, flexible, and affirming.
#HRT #Transgender #Trans #PSA #Advice #Transition #Gender #GenderAffirmingCare #QMed #QueerMed

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🫡 SBS commander Robert “Magyar” Brovdi.

💥Zuivska TPP (ZUGRES, Donetsk region), capacity 1200 MW

💥Starobeshivska TPP (NOVY SVIT, Donetsk region), capacity 2300 MW.

🦅 Meaning of destruction — FP-2 UAV.

🇷🇺🇺🇸 #Russia and the U.S. have discussed the possibility of conducting another prisoner exchange, Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev told Axios in an interview.

A U.S. official confirmed that and said the U.S. side was receptive, but cautioned that nothing was imminent.

axios.com/2025/11/18/russia-us…

#usa

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian forces launched a barrage of drones at #Ukraine's Dnipro overnight, injuring two people and damaging the newsroom of public broadcaster Suspilne.

euronews.com/2025/11/18/russia…

Russian drones strike Ukrainian public broadcaster newsroom in Dnipro, injuring two

Russian forces launched a barrage of drones at Ukraine's Dnipro overnight, injuring two people and damaging the newsroom of public broadcaster Suspilne.

^{Emma De Ruiter (Euronews.com)}

⚡️ Zelensky to visit Turkey to ‘reinvigorate’ stalled negotiations with Russia. “We are preparing to reinvigorate negotiations, and we have developed solutions that we will propose to our partners,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said. kyivindependent.com/zelensky-t…

🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…

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💣💥 The drone operator perfectly dropped a grenade into the trench where the Russian occupiers were, - 110th separate mechanized brigade.

One of them was overconfident and decided to throw the grenade from the position, grenade exploded right in his hand.

Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to November 18, 2025 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine

🔷 Yesterday 960 enemy, killed or wounded

🇺🇸🇫🇮 The US has switched to "whip mode": Stubb stressed that Washington should promote new sanctions to paralyze Russian industry and force Putin to sit down at the negotiating table.

"Trump either takes the carrot or the stick. He tried the carrot in Alaska and in his phone conversation with Putin. And when he realized that the Russians were not going to move on and they were not interested in peace, he used the stick," the President of Finland said.

📸 Footage from inside the "Suspilne" building in Dnipro after the attack

This night, Russian troops attacked the city with 35 attack drones of the "Shahed"/"Geran-2" type.

The branch of "Suspilne Dnipro" and "Ukrainian Radio Dnipro" were damaged as a result of the strike.

🇬🇧📱The UK Ministry of Defence has put warning stickers in its hired cars — including Chinese-made electric MGs — telling staff not to discuss classified information or plug official devices into the vehicles, - The Telegraph

This follows fears that some EVs, which are effectively connected computer systems, could record conversations or send data back to manufacturers in China.

The MoD says there’s no evidence of leaks and that the rule applies to all civilian hire cars.

🐝🇺🇦 Drones have erased the idea of a fixed front line in Ukraine, - POLITICO

Instead, a 20-kilometer “kill zone” has formed where swarms of surveillance and attack drones hunt soldiers, cut supply routes, and make evacuations nearly impossible.

Logistics, rotation, and medical evacuation have become deadly because drones spot and strike anything that moves, forcing soldiers to spend weeks on the zero line and wounded troops to crawl kilometers for help.

💔 At night, the enemy struck with drones Chernihiv region, the enemy strike took the lives of two elderly women, — OVA

❗️Russia also attack Dnipro. Two people were hospitalized. Strikes on civilian buildings and businesses.

🇺🇦 Ukrainian energy company DTEK has imported its first cargo of U.S. liquefied natural gas via Lithuania's Klaipeda import terminal in an effort to strengthen energy security for #Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.

reuters.com/business/energy/uk…

🇺🇸 Trump is willing to sign legislation to impose sanctions on Russia as long as he retains ultimate decision-making authority over any such measures, - Reuters

❗️The White House will insist on specific language ensuring that Trump retains control over the sanctions.

💬 President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he planned to go to #Turkey on Wednesday in an attempt to revive talks with #Russia on how to end the war in #Ukraine

Reuters reports that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff would also visit Turkey on Wednesday and join the planned talks there with Zelenskiy 🤦‍♂️

reuters.com/world/europe/ukrai…

🇺🇦🇹🇷 Zelensky said he planned to go to Turkey on Wednesday in an attempt to revive talks with Russia on how to end the war in Ukraine, - Reuters

🇺🇸❗️Witkoff would also visit Turkey on Wednesday and join the planned talks there with Zelenskiy.

Die #Gletscher auf dieser Welt schmelzen nicht, weil es immer wärmer wird. Sie schmelzen, weil es bereits zu warm ist.

Selbst wenn wir den #Temperaturanstieg von heute auf morgen stoppen würden, würden sie weiter schmelzen. Nur etwas langsamer, aber am Ende sind sie weg.

#Klimawandel #klimakrise #klimakatastrophe

Interruzione di Cloudflare: perché X, ChatGPT e altri sono offline. A solo un mese dalla cilecca di AWS, un'interruzione di Cloudflare sta causando problemi su Internet.

Il fornitore di servizi web Cloudflare è stato colpito da un'interruzione, che ha reso non disponibili molti siti web e servizi, tra cui X, ChatGPT e Letterboxd.

cnet.com/news-live/cloudflare-…

@informatica

Cloudflare Outage: Why X, ChatGPT and Others Are Offline

Just a month after AWS went down, an outage at Cloudflare is causing problems across the internet.

^{Katie Collins (CNET)}

Nel piano dell'Italia per affrontare una guerra ibrida ci sono uno scudo anti-droni e un'armata cyber

Il ministro della Difesa, Guido Crosetto, lavora a una serie di misure per rispondere alle nuove minacce che arrivano dal cielo e viaggiano in rete

wired.it/article/guerra-ibrida…

@informatica

Guerra ibrida, nel piano dell'Italia per affrontarla ci sono uno scudo anti-droni e un'armata cyber

^{Fabio Salamida (Wired Italia)}

A fronte di tante segnalazioni (tante da non poter essere ignorate) in merito ai limiti etici legati all'utilizzo di Substack, ho deciso di provare una nuova piattaforma per le newsletter: Ghost.

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