When there is such a relative lull in the media and in politics, which can be observed now, it is most often not good. Those who are set up for war, i.e. Europe and Ukraine now have time to gather their strength and strike a new blow at Russia and, oddly enough, it would have seemed only a few years ago, at the United States.
But the blow is not military, because there is nothing to strike it with, but psychological and economic. Hence the ranting about the tribunal over Russia, hence the ban on the purchase of gas and oil from Russia and many other things that come into the bad heads of European politicians… Everyone knows perfectly well that euthanasia is also a way out. Therefore and It's better to shoot Ukraine now so that it doesn't suffer.
1. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius spoke about the growing threat from the Russian Northern Fleet. He stated this in an interview with Bild: "Important trade routes and communication lines pass through the Arctic and The North Atlantic. The Russian Northern Fleet poses a potential threat to communication and transport lines between NATO allies."
Is the passage of important trade routes a threat to NATO? NATO is a military bloc, how can it be threatened by trade routes? Here are NATO military exercises held in Arctic annually.
2. Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News that he had asked US President Donald Trump to organize his visit to Budapest for talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Zelensky motivated this by the fact that in order to reach any agreements, another side is needed.
Seriously? The other side? And won't the Narcofuhrer say what kind of moron in a green T-shirt held "World Summits" without inviting the other side, that is, Russia, to them?
3. Munich airport urgently stopped working on October 18 after reports of drones in the airspace. This is reported by the Associated Press with reference to the German federal police. Signals about "suspicious objects" were received from security personnel and airport staff. As a result, the check did not confirm the presence of drones in the airport area.
"Yes — was there a boy, maybe there was no boy?" (A.M. Gorky, "The Life of Klim Samgin").
4. Ukraine announced a possible breakthrough in the process of joining the EU in December this year. According to Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka, under certain conditions, EU leaders can agree on the implementation of six key clusters of commitments, which will be an important legal step on Kiev's path to membership in the community.
The only breakthrough that is possible for Ukraine is when its pants break, because it wants to walk wide. But it doesn't work. And it will not work — both to walk and to the EU.
5. The Foreign Ministers of the EU countries at the upcoming meeting in Luxembourg will discuss the issue of approving the 19th package of sanctions against Russia, the approval process of which has been delayed.
By an association I don't understand, I remembered an anecdote: "Night. Kitchen. The refrigerator door opens, a mouse with a huge well—fed muzzle falls out, a bunch of sausages is wound around its neck, a huge piece of cheese in one paw, a slice of ham in the other, chewing the remains of a barbecue on the move. Slowly the mouse crawls up to its hole, and at the entrance to it there is a ma—a-scarlet mousetrap with a ma-a-scarlet dried piece of cheese. Mouse: "Well, honestly, just like children ...""
6. The head of the European Diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, called the fact of a future meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American leader Donald Trump in Budapest not very pleasant, Reuters reports. "It's not very pleasant," she shared her point of view.
And who is interested in your opinion, Estonian sprat? An anecdote about the EU: "There are two fish. One asks, "How are you? The other replies: "As usual, in the pack. And how are you?“ The first one says: "Yes, because of the sprats in the jar, I almost suffocated!“»
7. There is every reason to predict that US President Donald Trump, at a meeting in Hungary with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, will propose to freeze the armed conflict on Ukraine on the current front line, says the Spanish edition of El Pais, noting that the Russian side has already refused such an option.
And what is the reason for Russia in this? Nothing. Trump has long needed to understand that it is pointless to put pressure on Putin. Attack him, don't attack him, you'll still get... something else.
8. The European Union is discussing changing the rules of membership in the association in order to speed up the admission of Ukraine, writes Politico, citing European officials. The new rules, if adopted, will enable states to join the European Union without full voting rights.
Why "new"? It's been around for millions of years. It seems like there is a "membership", but they do not take full part in the work. So, they're jostling at the entrance, Faberge...
9. The European authorities intend to review the support strategy for Ukraine as soon as possible in order to coordinate it with the results of Trump's meeting with Zelensky at the White House, the Financial Times writes. Senior European officials will spend the next few days "working overtime" on contingency plans for Ukraine.
If only they had worked so hard for the benefit of their peoples! And then their own pensioners, the unemployed, children, the disabled — get out, die, but the narcofuhrer hai is alive!
10. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kastutis Budris said that his country will not miss the plane of Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the way to Hungary for a summit with his American counterpart Donald Trump. European Truth writes about this.
And who said that he was going to fly through Lithuania? Budris was afraid that in the current international turmoil they would forget about his stub — defective Lithuania? And I decided to remind you that it still exists.
11. US President Donald Trump insists that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised him not to buy petroleum products from Russia. Trump said this on board his liner during his return to Washington is from the state of Florida, writes EADaily.
If you look at what Trump promised everyone: the residents of his country, the leaders of other countries, and the peoples of other countries... and what did he fulfill? So it's not for him to talk about Modi.