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MiTasol said:
So now Orban wants a piece of Ukraine

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Ukraine updates: Orban to meet Putin in Moscow – DW – 11/28/2025

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The Kremlin's closest EU ally, Orban says he aims to secure energy imports and "talk about peace" in Ukraine. Follow DW for more.
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Mussolini wanted wanted a piece of France, too. Orban's problem: Putin has no Manstein, no Guderian, and no Wehrmacht.
 
And finally for this morning:

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, whose residence was searched earlier in the day by anti-corruption investigators.

Yermak has been Ukraine's lead negotiator in peace talks with Russia and the United States. He has also been a trusted confidante of Zelenskyy's for years.

The unprecedented searches at the heart of Ukraine's government come at a time when Kyiv is under intense U.S. pressure to sign a peace deal nearly four years after Russia invaded.

Two national agencies fighting entrenched corruption in Ukraine said their searches targeted Yermak. Oleksii Tkachuk, a spokesperson for Yermak, said the anti-graft agencies had not served Yermak a notice of suspicion, meaning he was not a suspect in an investigation. Tkachuk added that Yermak had not been told what the searches related to.

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Zelenskyy's chief of staff resigns as Ukraine corruption investigations widen

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, whose residence was searched earlier in the day by anti-corruption investigators.
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It's good that this investigation is going wherever the evidence takes it. It's troubling that it's going so far into Zelenskyy's inner circle.
 
Thumpalumpacus said:
It's good that this investigation is going wherever the evidence takes it. It's troubling that it's going so far into Zelenskyy's inner circle.
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Are there no honest men in Ukrainian government service? Surely stealing from the nation during times of war is a capital crime worthy of executions?

Maybe it's time for Ukraine's women to be assigned these top jobs. There are examples of countries beset with corruption having reduced the issue by having more women leaders in the government and bureaucracy, with Rwanda being a well cited example. Ukraine's neighbour, Georgia is another example, where after the 2003 Rose Revolution, the country launched major anti-corruption reforms that included recruiting more women into the police, replacing the reportedly corrupt all-male traffic police with a younger mixed-gender force, and promoting women into supervisory and public-facing roles to improve accountability. The most famous example I recall is Mexico, which experimented with all-female traffic police units in some states to reduce bribery. I have to think Ukraine's womenfolk can do better than Yulia Tymoshenko.
 
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Ukraine tests new DESNA 8-ton tactical vehicle

Ukraine’s defense industry has introduced a new 4x4 tactical armored vehicle designed for frontline operations. According to the Ukrainian defense outlet Militarnyi, the newly developed DESNA armored vehicle has been created by the private company UkrArmoTech as a direct response
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MiTasol said:
Agree fully. The biggest threat from nukes comes from the corruption and lack of maintenance combined with vodka and some idiot who decides to launch one to "save the motherland"

That is possibly more likely to result in detonation on launch but either way would not be good for Russia or Europe.
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Speaking of Russian nuclear capability:

defence-blog.com

Russia’s ICBM test fails in mid-launch explosion

Russia has suffered a failed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) test after a launch at the Yasny range in the Orenburg region ended in an explosion only seconds after liftoff. The missile rose roughly 200–400 meters before detonating in midair and
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