The News And Times - thenewsandtimes.com https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Russia – Ukraine war news today Netanyahu BLASTS Mamdani ahead of NYC visit for UN netanyahu – Google Search UNGA 2026 – Google Search #Russia #Ukraine #News Russia-Ukraine War Updates Russia – Ukraine war news today RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: BIG | 🇷🇺🇩🇪🇺🇦‼️ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused Western media of exaggerating or falsely attributing drone incidents in European countries to Russia, claiming that subsequent investigations often fail to establish a Russian connection. 🗣️ Lavrov argued that reports initially presented as incidents involving Russian drones later turn out to involve no drone at all, Ukrainian systems, or aircraft whose origin cannot be determined. He also accused Western governments of exploiting such reports for political measures against Russia, citing Germany and the expulsion of Russian diplomats and closure of cultural centers. Lavrov’s remarks repr RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇱🇹 The Lithuanian Parliament has approved the proposal to lift the ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons. Vilnius proposes the possibility of deploying French nukes on the border with Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad region. RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: A newly released clip shows one of Moscow’s most advanced strike drones getting picked out of the sky, in a major embarrassment for Vladimir Putin. #CIA #FBI #Mossad The Hybrid Wars Russian hybrid warfare has escalated into a direct threat to global security, with European intelligence and political leaders warning that Moscow’s shadow operations have shifted from covert disruption to overt physical destruction. Historically defined as a mix of non-military pressure tactics—such as cyberattacks, disinformation, and economic coercion—the Kremlin’s playbook in September 2026 is increasingly characterized by highly kinetic, state-sponsored aggression across Europe designed to weaken Western support for Ukraine. #CIA #FBI #Mossad Russian hybrid warfare has escalated into a direct threat to global security, with European intelligence and political leaders warning that Moscow’s shadow operations have shifted from covert disruption to overt physical destruction. Historically defined as a mix of non-military pressure tactics—such as cyberattacks, disinformation, and economic coercion—the Kremlin’s playbook in September 2026 is increasingly characterized by highly kinetic, state-sponsored aggression across Europe designed to weaken Western support for Ukraine. RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: WORLD WAR III? Nearly five years into the Ukraine war, Russia is probing European defenses through sabotage, cyber attacks, and provocations—raising the question of whether the conflict could spill beyond Ukraine’s borders into NATO territory. #Russia #NATO #HybridWarfare HYBRID WARS Russian intelligence and military planners recognize that forcing a conventional war against NATO’s combined military weight is a losing proposition. Russia-NATO Hybrid Warfare and Confrontation Global Security and Russian Hybrid Warfare – Google Search Hybrid Warfare Debate: Conceptual Ambiguity in Defense Hybrid Warfare Debate: Conceptual Ambiguity in Defense Global Security and Russian Hybrid Warfare #CIA #FBI #Mossad #Russia #NATO #HybridWarfare HYBRID WARS Russia-NATO Hybrid Warfare and Confrontation Global Security and Russian Hybrid Warfare – Google Search Pic.: Russia-NATO Hybrid Warfare and Confrontation Global Security and Russian Hybrid Warfare News – Google Search #CIA #FBI #Mossad NEWS Global News and Current Events – 6 AM News – Google Search RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Russia’s Moscow Oil Refinery completely halted crude processing after a massive Ukrainian drone strike set its main refining units ablaze. The plant supplies up to 40% of Moscow’s fuel, and repairs may take several weeks. RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 ZELENSKYY WARNS MOSCOW: CONTINUE THE WAR AND THE COST COMES HOME Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not absorb Russian attacks indefinitely without answering deeper inside Russia if Putin refuses to end the war. “If Putin does not want to end this war and wishes to continue it, we will not sit quietly. We will respond.” He then delivered the warning in its starkest form: “If Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn too.” The message is aimed directly at the Kremlin: continuing the war, in Zelenskyy’s formulation, means accepting that its consequences will increasingly reach Russia itself. Posts – thenewsandtimes.com RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: ❌ The US denied Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov a visa to attend the UN General Assembly, RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Fears Putin will trigger new mass mobilisation to bolster meatgrinder frontline forces after his record win in sham elections RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: BREAKING: Zelensky is in New York city to meet President Trump for addtional Air-defense Systems against Russia. Zelensky has set to target Russian energy sectors across the country. This will eventually increase global fuel prices high and will cause inflation ultimately. RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Mamdani: Netanyahu a ‘war criminal,’ ‘architect of genocide’ RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is due to meet US President Donald Trump at the United Nations in New York, where he will push for an energy truce with Russia RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: President Zelensky met Emmanuel Macron in NY to discuss winter defense aid and procuring more SAMP/T air defense systems via the EU loan. He highlighted progress on co-producing interceptors and the joint FREYJA anti-ballistic project. Video: Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: EU countries fail to agree deal to lift sanctions on Russian oligarchs, with talks to continue. France and Slovakia are pushing for Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov to be removed from the blacklist, while Luxembourg is seeking the same deal for Mikhail Fridman RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: I began my visit to New York by a meeting with U.S. senators. I thanked them for their strong bipartisan support for Ukraine and for passing The Lindsey Graham’s sanctions bill. This is absolutely the right step, and once it is fully implemented, peace and guaranteed security will certainly be closer. We agreed that our teams will work closely on sanctions. I briefed the senators on the de-escalation proposals we will discuss with the President of the United States. We also raised our need for ballistic missile interceptors and the challenges we face ahead of the coming winter. There are things we can do together with America to protect lives. American made Pa RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: #Zelenskyy met with #US #CIA Director #JohnRatcliffe today at #ShannonAirport in #Ireland – Reuters đź“ŤZelenskyy and Trump are expected to meet tomorrow evening on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Articles and Tweets News – Google Search RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: #Ireland RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇺🇦🇺🇸 The CIA director is quietly becoming one of the most interesting people in the Ukraine negotiations. Weeks after John Ratcliffe made a surprise trip to Moscow, he has now reportedly met Zelensky at Shannon Airport in Ireland. And the setting makes this even stranger: their planes were apparently refueling, and somewhere in that overlap, the Ukrainian president and America’s spy chief sat down for a conversation whose contents remain secret. That might sound like a chance airport encounter. Except Ratcliffe’s role appears to be expanding. Earlier this month U.S. officials had told European counterparts Ratcliffe was preparing to take a larger role in W #CIA #DIA #Mossad #NATO #Russia #Putin NATO and Russia Strategic Posturing – Gemini NATO to Putin: “We are ready!” #FBI #UkraineWar #Europe #Russia #NATO #Analysis Russia-NATO Hybrid Warfare and Confrontation – Gemini Current assessments do not project a deliberate, World War II-style conventional ground invasion of NATO by Russia in the near term. Instead, defense and intelligence analysts forecast an escalating, highly calibrated campaign of hybrid warfare and “sub-threshold” kinetic strikes. Moscow’s strategic objective is not immediate territorial conquest in Europe, but the systemic fracturing of NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense clause. The Strategy: Paralyzing Article 5 Recent intelligence assessments, including September 2026 briefings from Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, indicat RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇺🇦 Back in June, Fedorov suggested to Zelensky that elections be held this fall, writes the UP. According to him, such an idea was discussed at the state residence near Kyiv with the participation of six representatives of the president’s inner circle. However, the idea of ​​holding elections was abandoned because of Zaluzhny and Budanov, who also wanted to run. ❗️”I directly told the president that elections need to be held, because then you will stop thinking about them and will think about your monument. He asked: “What is your interest?” I answered: “In winning the war.” #CIA #DIA #Mossad Russia-NATO Hybrid Warfare and Confrontation #Russia vs #NATO military confrontation: Assessments, #analysis, predictions A direct, full-scale conventional military invasion by Russia into NATO territory remains highly unlikely in the immediate term, but intelligence agencies and defense analysts warn that the risk of a limited military clash or significant asymmetric escalation has entered a window of heightened imminence. Western strategic assessments have shifted from assessing reconstitution timelines (how long it takes Russia to rebuild its military) to actively preparing for gray zone campaigns and calculated border incursions designed to test NATO’s Article 5 collective defense commitment. [1, 2, 3, 4] The following sections syn Russia vs NATO military confrontation: Assessments, analysis, predictions – Google Search RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Ex-Defense Minister Fedorov claimed President Zelensky scrapped plans for wartime elections after learning ex-commander Valerii Zaluzhny would run. Fedorov argued Ukraine should hold elections to reset leadership priorities. #CIA #FBI #Mossad Putin vs Europe RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Following up on the White House’s blitz of removing sanctions on Belarus, the EU steps in to to their part to ensure Putin can circumvent sanctions. Remember, Usmanov used to hold all the biggest online companies for Putin after he stole them from the owners.