Poland said it would close the last Russian consulate in its territory and deploy thousands of soldiers to protect infrastructure after a railway explosion it blames on Moscow. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/world/politics/poland-russian-consulate-railway/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #poland #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar

A Russian airstrike on apartment buildings in west Ukraine left at least 26 people dead and missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/world/twenty-six-killed-russian-strike-west-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy

The U.S. has signaled to Kyiv that it must give up territory and some weapons in a U.S.-drafted framework to end the war with Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/world/politics/ukraine-land-arms-us-peace-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us

Two top U.S. Army officials have made a rare wartime visit to Kyiv, in an unannounced trip for talks with Ukraine’s leaders in an attempt to revive stalled peace talks with Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/politics/us-army-ukraine-peace-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us

A retreat by the U.S. from its role as the world's top cop under President Donald Trump opens the door to regional strife. The good news is a great-power war remains unlikely. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/politics/trump-us-role-regional-wars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #taiwan #china #us #donaldtrump #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #nato #defense

Two people identified as being responsible for an explosion in Poland on a railway route to Ukraine had collaborated with Russian intelligence, said Prime Minister Donald Tusk, adding they had fled to Belarus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/politics/poland-railway-russian-intelligence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #poland #railaccidents #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #belarus

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an explosion that damaged a railway line helping to supply close ally Ukraine an "unprecedented act of sabotage." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/18/world/politics/poland-foreign-intelligence-sabotage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #poland

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Monday to seal deals with France on a supply of air-defense capabilities, warplanes and missiles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/world/politics/zelenskyy-france-defense-warplane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #france #defense

France is sending reprocessed uranium to Russia for treatment so it can be reused, despite the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, according to the Greenpeace environment group, which called the move "immoral." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/world/politics/greenpeace-france-uranium-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #greenpeace #france #uranium #russia #nuclear #russiaukrainewar

Russia plans to manufacture up to 120,000 of its cheap and devastating glide bombs this year, a top Ukrainian intelligence official said, including 500 of a new, longer-range version that can hit more towns and cities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/world/russia-glide-bombs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #northkorea

Ukraine hits Russian Black Sea oil port as six die in Kyiv https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/world/ukraine-hits-russia-port/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine

Russia's oil processing has fallen just 3% this year despite Ukrainian drone attacks as refineries averted a steep decline in fuel production by leveraging spare capacity to offset damage, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/world/russia-backup-oil-offset-ukraine-damage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #oil

Recent intelligence assessments show Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention of reaching a peace deal with Ukraine, Britain’s former spy chief said, adding he thinks Putin "needs to be put under more pressure." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/world/ukraine-uk-spy-chief/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #vladimirputin

the Question I have will be this:

Will Venezuela try to quickly procure #RussiaUkraineWar inspired military drone materiel (ie. cheap, numerous) beforehand to use in defense... and is the American war machine, particularly the Navy, ready for that?

Don't be too surprised if at the start of things Venezuela pulls off some surprisingly destructive actions not unlike Argentina vs UK in the Falklands with French exocets.
#war #theAmericanFascist

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the dismissal of two cabinet ministers amid a probe into an alleged $100 million corruption scheme involving a former associate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/world/politics/ukraine-energy-corruption-scandal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #germangalushchenko

Group of Seven foreign ministers discussed ways to increase pressure on Russia over the war in Ukraine amid doubts over whether Moscow is interested in negotiating an end to the conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/world/politics/g7-russia-ukraine-peace/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #marcorubio #canada #anitaanand #g7 #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy

In retaliation for Japan's sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, Russia's Foreign Ministry said it has banned indefinitely 30 more Japanese nationals from entering the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/politics/russa-bans-30-japanese/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #russiajapanrelations #russia #russiaukrainewar

A teenage Russian street musician who has spent nearly a month in jail after singing anti-Kremlin songs has been handed more jail time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/politics/russian-teen-anti-kremlin-songs-jail/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar

Russia said its forces had pushed deeper into the Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk, with one video showing Russian soldiers moving into Pokrovsk on motorbikes and on the roofs of battered cars and vans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/russia-ukraine-pokrovsk-video/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy

Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday accused a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of orchestrating a $100 million corruption scheme, as a major standoff over graft in the war-torn country escalates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/zelenskyy-ally-graft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy