Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter with in Rostov #Oblast with a deep strike drone, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SSO) reported on Nov. 22.
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-do…
Ukraine downs Russian Mi-8 helicopter with deep strike drone for first time, military claims
"We are changing the rules of the game: now we are hunting," Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said on Nov. 22. The Mi-8 was allegedly downed over Russia's Rostov Oblast.Abbey Fenbert (The Kyiv Independent)
Dutch forces tried to shoot down unidentified drones over Volkel Air Base, which hosts US nukes and F-35s. The drones escaped and are under investigation. Similar drone sightings occurred at Belgium’s Kleine Brogel base, suspected to be Russian-linked espionage.
kyivindependent.com/netherland…
#Ukraine #Russia #US #NATO #EU #Netherlands
Netherlands opens fire on suspicious drones near air base housing US nuclear weapons
The drones were spotted above the Volkel Air Base overnight, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on Nov. 22. The drones flew away after weapons were deployed and an investigation is underway.Abbey Fenbert (The Kyiv Independent)
U.S. envoy Steve #Witkoff is running a shadow effort inside the White House to sideline pro-Ukraine officials. He’s coordinating with sanctioned Russian negotiator Kirill #Dmitriev and pushing a 28-point plan Kyiv views as capitulation to Moscow.
kyivindependent.com/exclusive-…
How Steve Witkoff pushed Ukraine sympathizers out of White House, and led the US into Russia's arms
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is running a shadow operation inside the White House in an effort to sideline pro-Ukraine officials, the Kyiv Independent has learned.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
A drunk Russian soldier in #Belgorod detonated a live grenade in a rented apartment, injuring himself and a 16-year-old girl. The blast caused major damage and a fire. His family and commanders refuse to compensate the 1.5M-ruble damage.
moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/22/vbel…
В Белгороде военнослужащий взорвал гранату во время застолья в квартире
Пьяный военный из Калуги взорвал гранату в квартире в Белгороде.Русская служба The Moscow Times
Hungary’s PM Orbán is using Washington’s controversial 28-point Ukraine plan to justify blocking EU aid for Kyiv. In a letter to von der Leyen, he urges the EU to accept the U.S. proposal, which demands major Ukrainian concessions and gives the U.S. profit share.
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#Ukraine #Russia #EU #US #Hungary #Orban
Hungary’s Orbán backs US’s Ukraine proposal in bid to derail aid to Kyiv
EU leaders are holding talks on how to respond to the White House’s 28-point blueprint, which critics say would reward Russian aggression.Gabriel Gavin (POLITICO)
A Ukrainian blogger photographed after Russia’s 2022 strike on a Mariupol maternity hospital later adopted Kremlin narratives. An investigation shows she and other Mariupol influencers were drawn into Russian propaganda networks and turned against Kyiv.
meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/2…
#Ukraine #Russia #Mariupol #Vyshemirskaya
How the Ukrainian blogger photographed in the aftermath of Russia’s Mariupol maternity hospital strike became a pro-Putin propagandist
In March 2022, Ukrainian beauty blogger Marianna Vyshemirskaya was photographed by Associated Press journalists Mstyslav Chernov and Yevgeny Maloletka as they documented the aftermath of a Russian strike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol.Meduza
U.S. Senator Thom #Tillis said Canada should repay $300B for decades of underspending on defense, despite now meeting NATO’s 2% target. Speaking at the Halifax Security Forum, he criticized Canada’s “shortfall” amid rising tensions over allied burden-sharing.
politico.com/news/2025/11/22/g…
#Ukraine #Russia #US #GOP #Canada #NATO
⚡️Update: Rubio tells senators 28-point peace deal is not a U.S. plan. kyivindependent.com/rewarding-…
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[2025/11/23 00:24]
'Rewarding Russian butchery' — US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine peace deal
"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.Asami Terajima (The Kyiv Independent)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to distance the US from a 28 point peace plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine on terms favourable to Russia, according to senators he spoke to on Saturday.
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#Ukraine #Russia #US #Rubio #Trump
Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan
Senators said Marco Rubio told them that a contentious 28-point proposal was not a Trump administration policyAmy Mackinnon (Financial Times)
The Kremlin has decided to publicly blame the west for a forthcoming tax rise to spare Vladimir Putin from criticism that his war economy is starting to hurt ordinary Russians.
ft.com/content/212673d1-1527-4…
Kremlin plotted to blame unpopular tax rise on west to shield Vladimir Putin
Guidelines issued to state-controlled media said Russia’s president should not be personally linked to VAT riseMax Seddon (Financial Times)
Trump has literally given a deadline to a plan which never even existed. He just read of it in the press, leaked by Russians, and just said:
“Ukrainians have to accept it.”
The level of this incompetence or malice or both is just remarkable.
Republican Senator Mike Rounds:
"Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon and he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is not our recommendation, it is not our peace plan.”
In other words, Russians have leaked their wishlist and the US officials had no idea what was going on and just went along. Absolutely remarkable.
23 November 1910 | A Polish Jew, Moszek Hepner, was born in Żelechów. A worker.
In #Auschwitz from 16 January 1942.
No. 25747
He perished in the camp on 16 March 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_…
theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/…
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)
22 November 1897 | Czech Jewish woman, Ludmila Mirská, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobi…
Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
"On Auschwitz" (44): Women at Auschwitz
The Auschwitz camp was established in June 1940 for male prisoners. The first groups of women were incarcerated by the Germans more than a year and a half la...YouTube
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Europeans finally get seat at Trump's table for #Ukraine peace talks
by Tim Ross
Von der Leyen's right-hand man Bjoern Seibert is expected to put the EU's case at a crunch meeting starting Sunday in Switzerland.
politico.eu/article/europeans-…
Europeans finally get seat at Trump’s table for Ukraine peace talks
Von der Leyen’s right-hand man Bjoern Seibert is expected to put the EU’s case at a crunch meeting starting Sunday in Switzerland.Tim Ross (POLITICO)
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23 November 1888 | A Czech Jew, Rudolf Zelenka, was born in Kutná Hora.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. He did not survive.
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The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz & the so-called family camp created in Birkenau by the SS: artsandculture.google.com/exhi…
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⚡️ Lukashenko pardons 31 Ukrainian citizens held in Belarus. The decision was reportedly made following an agreement reached by Lukashenko with U.S. President Donald Trump, at Ukraine’s request. kyivindependent.com/lukashenko…
🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…
[2025/11/22 14:06]
Lukashenko pardons 31 Ukrainian citizens held in Belarus
The decision was made following an agreement reached by Lukashenko with U.S. President Donald Trump, at Ukraine's request.Asami Terajima (The Kyiv Independent)
🇺🇦🇺🇲 Kyiv will hold consultations in Switzerland with the U.S. on ending Russia's war on #Ukraine, a top Ukrainian security official said on Saturday.
reuters.com/world/europe/ukrai…
#usa
Delegations of senior officials from the US and Ukraine will meet in Switzerland "in the coming days" to discuss the new peace proposal put forward by the White House this week, Rustem #Umerov, Ukraine's Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council said
kyivindependent.com/u-s-ukrain…
#Ukraine #Russia #US #switzerland
US-Ukraine 'consultations' on Trump's peace deal to begin in Switzerland 'in coming days,' Umerov says
Nine Ukrainian officials, including Andriy Yermak, Head of the President's Office, and Kyrylo Budanov, the country's military intelligence chief, are set to attend the meeting, according to a presidential decree published on November 22.Asami Terajima (The Kyiv Independent)
Belarusian President Alexander #Lukashenko has pardoned 31 Ukrainian citizens convicted of criminal offences on the territory of Belarus, the state news agency Belta reported on Saturday.
reuters.com/world/lukashenko-p…
The Kyiv Independent keeps reporting from Ukraine freely, without paywalls, billionaires, or compromise — thanks to our community. Now, we’re aiming for 25,000 members before 2025 ends to strengthen our newsroom and expand coverage where it’s needed most. piped.video/watch?v=IMvrL84NtP…
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[2025/11/22 13:14]
Without looking up, guess who wrote this - and no, it wasn’t Musk or Thiel 😄
Equalization in the sphere of requirements and personal, everyday life is a reactionary petty-bourgeois absurdity worthy of some primitive sect of ascetics, but not of a socialist society organized on Marxist lines; for we cannot expect all people to have the same requirements and tastes, and all people to mould their personal, everyday life on the same model. And, finally, are not differences in requirements and in personal, everyday life still preserved among the workers.These people evidently think that socialism calls for equalization, for levelling the requirements and personal, everyday life of the members of society. Needless to say, such an assumption has nothing in common with Marxism, with Leninism.
The context of this tirade was even more funny, but I would reveal too much hints.
⚡️ ‘Rewarding Russian butchery’ — US lawmakers rail against Trump’s Ukraine peace deal. “Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests,” U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said. kyivindependent.com/rewarding-…
🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…
[2025/11/22 12:01]
'Rewarding Russian butchery' — US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine peace deal
"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.Asami Terajima (The Kyiv Independent)
22 November 1880 | A Dutch Jew, Edgar Alvares Correa, was born in Curaçao (constituent country of the Netherlands).
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 25 March 1944 in a transport of 599 Jews deported from #Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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Video history | Gas chambers and crematoria at Auschwitz II-Birkenau
The first crematorium at Auschwitz I was already in operation since August of 1940, and the first gas chamber since the fall of 1941. The number of planned c...YouTube
🇧🇾 #Belarus, a close Russian ally, pardoned 31 Ukrainian citizens, state TV said on Saturday, as part of an agreement between Lukashenko and Trump.
themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/22/…
Belarus Pardons 31 Ukrainians Under Lukashenko-Trump Pact
Belarus, a close Russian ally, pardoned 31 Ukrainian citizens, state TV said on Saturday, as part of an agreement between President Alexander Lukashenko and U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.AFP (The Moscow Times)
🇺🇸 US officials have told #Nato allies they expect to push president Volodymyr Zelenskyy into agreeing to a 'peace deal' in the coming days, under the threat that if Kyiv does not sign, it will face a much worse deal in future.
theguardian.com/world/2025/nov…
US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future
US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leaderShaun Walker (The Guardian)
🇫🇷🇬🇧🇩🇪🇨🇦🇯🇵 The E3 countries, European Union leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa, Japan and Canada will discuss Washington's proposed peace plan for #Ukraine on Saturday afternoon on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, Reuters reports.
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US Senator Mitch McConnell:
"Putin has spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool. If Administration officials are more concerned with appeasing Putin than securing real peace, then the President ought to find new advisors. Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests. And a capitulation like Biden’s abandonment of Afghanistan would be catastrophic to a legacy of peace through strength."
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⚡️ WAR IN UKRAINE & RUSSIA — NOV 22, 2025
■ Engagements remain high, casualties well above the 7-day average
■ Land-based equipment losses are well above average, while drone losses remain below it
■ Overnight attacks: triple-digit, including one Iskander-M; decent interception rate
■ No MLRS strikes in GSUA’s report, few air strikes, and no 🇺🇦 strikes reported
📈 See dashboard for full data:
lookerstudio.google.com/s/haCW…
Dashboard on the War in Ukraine & Russia
Looker Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.Looker Studio
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian troops appear to have captured more than 15 villages in southeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast since September, exploiting the weather and #Ukraine’s low manpower to scale up their offensive, according to the Finnish Black Bird Group open-source intelligence collective.
kyivindependent.com/russia-lik…
Russia likely captured over 15 villages in Zaporizhzhia Oblast since September, OSINT group says
The Russian advance in Zaporizhzhia Oblast comes as Russian troops also intensify their offensives in other hot spots of the war.Asami Terajima (The Kyiv Independent)
⚡️ Russia likely captured over 15 villages in Zaporizhzhia Oblast since September, OSINT group says. The Russian advance in Zaporizhzhia Oblast comes as Russian troops also intensify their offensives in other hot spots of the war. kyivindependent.com/russia-lik…
🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…
[2025/11/22 09:04]
🇺🇲 U.S. officials and lawmakers are increasingly concerned about a meeting last month in which representatives of the #Trump administration met with Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian envoy who is under U.S. sanctions, to draft a plan to end the war in #Ukraine, Reuters reports.
U.S. President Donald Trump is pressing Ukraine to accept a new peace proposal built around sweeping Russian demands, giving Kyiv until Nov. 27 to decide whether it will accept the demands or lose American support. kyivindependent.com/28-points-…
🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…
[2025/11/22 08:46]
⚡️ At least 1 killed, 13 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day. Russian troops launched one ballistic missile and 104 Shahed-type drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported on Nov. 22. kyivindependent.com/at-least-1…
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[2025/11/22 08:48]
22 November 1911 | A Pole, Mieczysław Janiak, was born. A clerk.
In #Auschwitz from 24 April 1942.
No. 32513
He was shot in the camp on 27 May 1942.
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Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_0…
#Poland president Karol Nawrocki:
The emerging proposals to end Russia’s war against Ukraine must take into account the fact that Russia is a country that does not honor agreements.Each and every peace plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine started by the Russian Federation must be accepted in Kyiv. It is Ukraine that has fallen victim to Putin’s criminal aggression, and it is the Ukrainians, with the support of the United States and the EU countries, who must have the decisive voice in peace talks.
Any arrangements concerning peace and security of Europe can only be made with the participation of all interested parties.
The price of peace cannot in any way be the achievement of strategic goals by the aggressor, and the aggressor was and is the Russian Federation.
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Nov. 22, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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[2025/11/22 08:04]
Slovak PM Robert Fico says Bratislava will support the US peace plan for Ukraine, calling it bold and openly admitting Russia would emerge a full winner, morally and economically.
“Within the minority Slovakia represents in the EU, I will back this deal,” he said, adding that the US wants Russia back among the great powers.
JD Vance outlines three goals for Trump’s Ukraine peace plan: stop the killing while preserving Ukraine’s sovereignty, make a deal acceptable to both sides, and prevent a future war. He calls belief in victory through more money, weapons, or sanctions a fantasy, and says peace needs realism, not failed diplomacy.
Giving Russia what it wants, that's failed diplomacy.
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Nov. 23, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…
[2025/11/23 05:45]
Today I semantically contend:
If you have a dedicated devops team, then you don't have devops.
@hypolite Devops was supposed to be about developers being able to do ops and about ops being able to do development. That there would be two teams and few barriers between them. The developers should be able to troubleshoot servers, and the ops should know how to program and write code to keep the servers up.
There should be no barriers between the two. Development and operations should be almost the same thing.
This is the original "white paper", so to speak, that defined devops.
Com groups: come un moderatore è finito dietro le sbarre
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
Nel sottobosco digitale di Telegram, dove l’anonimato e la crittografia offrono un rifugio apparentemente sicuro, si annidano comunità criminali sempre più strutturate e spietate. Una di queste, un “Com group” dedicato allo sfruttamento sessuale di minori, è finita nel mirino della National Crime
RE: mastodon.social/@Simon_Ochojna…
@VeroniqueB99 mainly
Simon Ochojna (@Simon_Ochojna@mastodon.social)
Nobody knows why but all the clocks have stopped working in a major French city. No time Toulouse. #JokesSimon Ochojna (Mastodon)
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As a result of Russia's overnight attacks on Ukraine, 1 missile and 13 unmanned aerial vehicles struck 15 locations across the country.
Source: kpszsu
#Ukraine️ #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia