🇸🇪The Swedish company Saab is preparing to open a factory in Ukraine for the production of Gripen fighter jets

According to the FT, the factory will be used for the final assembly and testing of the aircraft. The factory may be launched as part of a deal in which Kiev plans to purchase 100-150 fighter jets from Stockholm.

The Swedish Ministry of Defense has previously proposed paying for these deliveries using frozen Russian assets. However, Swedish Prime Minister Kristersson has admitted that Kiev will not receive the first batch of Gripen fighters for another three years.

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🔘News roundup at this hour:

🇦🇫Students in the Afghan provinces of Herat and Bamiyan are being forced to wear beards, and those who disagree with this decision are being evicted from dormitories and deprived of scholarships, reports the Afghan news portal Tolo news. Wearing a beard is highly encouraged in Islam, but is not a mandatory requirement for believers. The two provinces mentioned are populated by representatives of national minorities - Tajiks and Hazaras, respectively, and the latter typically lack prominent facial hair;

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇪🇺US sanctions against Lukoil and Rosneft may "partially affect" the energy security of the European Union, said European Commission representative Anna-Kaisa Itkonen;

💎🇷🇺Rostec's Amber Combine mined a nugget weighing more than 2 kg. This largest find since 2021 has been named "Record Holder," the company's press service reports.

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🇱🇹Since October 26, the Lithuanian authorities have suspended the operation of the two remaining automobile checkpoints

These are the checkpoints on the border with Belarus: Medininkai-Kamenny Log and Shalchininkai-Benyakoni.

The Russian Embassy has advised Russian citizens to refrain from traveling to and from Lithuania by car through Belarus.

The dog is barking, the caravan is moving.

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🐻‍❄️Polar Bear Swims Right Next to Tourist Boat in Chukotka

A polar bear in Chukotka unexpectedly encountered a group of tourists who had come to see the bird colonies. The bear, nicknamed Umka, swam alongside the travelers' boat, both delighting and scaring them at the same time. A woman posted a video on her social media and added that her heart jumped into her throat when the wild animal was so close.

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🔘🇰🇵Vladimir Putin received North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui at the Kremlin

At the beginning of the meeting, the Russian president conveyed his best wishes to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

"We spoke in detail with him in Beijing about our relations, about the prospects for development. Everything is going according to plan. Please convey my best wishes to him," the Russian leader said.

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🔘Today's Statements from Russian Officials as of this moment:

🔘Maria Zakharova stated in an interview that Ukraine and the West are behind deepfakes using a neural network-simulated voice of Lavrov. "The quality of these fakes varies, but overall the handwriting of the provocations is recognizable," the diplomat said;

🔘Russian forces are inflicting serious damage on the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said Deputy Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Apta Alaudinov;

🔘Russians will never forget the heroic deeds of the North Korean military in the Kursk region, Lavrov said during negotiations with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui.

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🔘 There has been no progress regarding a new round of negotiations with Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

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🇷🇺🇰🇵 A meeting took place in Moscow between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui.

Key statements from the bilateral talks:

🔘 Moscow–Pyongyang relations have gained strong momentum in recent months;
🔘 Russia will never forget the heroism of North Korean soldiers during the liberation of the Kursk region;
🔘 The West is trying to turn Kiev into a “permanent threat to the Russian Federation, a bridgehead for the destruction of everything Russian”;
🔘 Pyongyang expressed gratitude to Sergey Lavrov for initiating the meeting with the North Korean side;
🔘 North Korea consistently supports Moscow’s policy aimed at defending Russia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity;
🔘 Fulfilling the DPRK’s commitments under its treaty with Russia remains the country’s “unshakable position.”

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🔘 Germany plans to spend €377 billion on rearmament starting in 2026, Politico reports.

📍The largest share — €88 billion — will go to Rheinmetall for projects including Puma IFVs and Boxer vehicles.
📍By 2035, Berlin aims to acquire 687 Puma IFVs, 561 Skyranger 35 air-defense systems, 14 IRIS-T SLM SAMs, and 400 U.S. Tomahawk missiles.
📍€14 billion will be invested in drones and satellite programs, including communication and surveillance systems.

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🔘 Not a day goes by without another “volunteer hunt” carried out with the help of Ukraine’s draft officers.

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🔘 He thought his cloak was an invisibility cloak — but he had never been so wrong.

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🔘🔘 NOW — Air raid sirens sound across Ukraine

Local channels report launches of "Kinzhal" missiles

Retaliation underway for the Belgorod dam explosion

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🔘 Tucker Carlson called Putin the most popular leader in the world.

“Wherever you go, you won’t meet anyone who doesn’t like Putin—he’s like a global celebrity,”

— the American journalist said in an interview with RTVI.

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🔘 So far, there is no timetable for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, said Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

At the same time, he emphasized that Moscow maintains a “fundamental readiness” to hold talks.

“Fundamental readiness to hold a meeting, provided it is thoroughly prepared by experts in advance, remains,”

— Ushakov told VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin.

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