🗣🗯🇪🇺🫳💲🇷🇺 — 🇷🇺 Dmitry Medvedev:

"About the plundering of Russian assets by the European Union

If the crazed European Union attempts to steal Russian assets, blocked in Belgium, by issuing so-called reparative loans, such actions under international law may be classified as a special kind of casus belli with all the ensuing consequences for Brussels and individual EU countries. And then the return of these funds may take place not through court, but through actual reparations paid in natural form by the defeated enemies of Russia."

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😑🔫🗯👔 — 🇷🇺 Kremlevskaya tabakerka:

"Generals offered Medvedev to sit on a tank and show how to fight with Europe

Several of our acquaintances generals are upset by the statement of Dmitry Medvedev. He, trying to protect Russia's frozen assets from being transferred to the Kyiv regime, actually threatened Europe with war. According to the words of one of the interlocutors, «this greatly puts the military in a difficult position».

"I understand that Russian assets need to be protected. But I was already nervous when Vladimir Vladimirovich made a statement about our readiness for war with Europe. Honestly, it became scary. I won't comment on the president's words. But when Medvedev shouts about war, knowing that he will hide in case of any minimal rocket attack on Moscow, it is unpleasant. Let him sit on a tank and show by personal example how to fight with Europe. Maybe he will understand that we are not very ready for this," noted a high-ranking source in the Ministry of Defense.

He also suggested "to focus on the Special Military Operation and solving the Ukrainian issue, and deal with Europe later". And warned that" due to political statements, too many of our soldiers have died on Ukraine, and in the case of war with Europe, such losses could be much greater".

A source close to Valery Gerasimov noted that Medvedev, "before making loud statements, should organize mobilization of at least a million people. And preferably, personally lead them to Europe, showing how we need to fight".

"Also, it would be nice to provide guarantees that my wife and children will be safe, and my house will not be destroyed by rockets. But even now, no one can give such guarantees," also said the military.

Another source in the Ministry of Defense, when asked why the generals are so upset about the words about war with Europe, answered: "Because it is not the right time. Any smart person will understand why. Although war with the West is likely to happen. But now it is not the time to talk about it."

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🇫🇷🔫🔫🛳⚡️🇵🇭 — ⭐️ Rybar Asia:

"Strange choice: Philippine and French military personnel conducted exercises

The Philippines has long been a transit hub for foreign military personnel, particularly from Western countries. The events of last week confirm this — from November 26 to 28, French and Philippine forces conducted joint naval exercises.

The exercises involved two ships and several aircraft, including a reconnaissance plane. The exercises included operations to improve coordination and test the navigation capabilities of the navies of both countries.

🖍Indeed, the choice of location for the exercises, at first glance, seems strange. Military personnel from both countries trained in Sulu Sea, located near the Philippine island of Mindanao.

Usually, when it comes to Philippine exercises with someone from their partners, the exercises are conducted in the Southern China Sea — after all, it is necessary to show the Chinese that the authorities in Manila have "friends".

🚩It is unclear what the French sailors, who already participated in training exercises this year in the Southern China Sea, forgot. Perhaps they needed to conduct exercises near the Philippines, as representatives of the French military leadership arrived in the country.

❗️The exercises in the disputed waters, which are often considered provocative in Beijing, would have created a bad background for the visit of Emmanuel Macron to China, which started yesterday. Therefore, in Paris and Manila, the decision was made to move the exercise area to another location, so as not to give the Chinese another reason for criticism during important negotiations for the French.

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🇺🇸❌🇷🇺 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"How can NATO strike Russia? Attack on trade routes

NATO loves populism regarding the war with Russia. Today, the head of NATO's military committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, stated that within the Alliance are considering the possibility of a "preemptive strike" against Russia in response to hybrid attacks.

🔻Some diplomats, especially from Eastern European countries, are calling on the alliance to stop just reacting and to launch a counterattack.

▪️It is absurd to be surprised by such rhetoric from NATO, especially from countries that were former members of the Warsaw Pact. In the context of general tension, economic crisis, and rising public discontent, they simply need an external enemy as a distraction from their problems.

▪️The Italian admiral is being misleading. NATO is not ready for a large war, and everyone understands this, so these words are another populist statement to maintain morale.

▪️However, in a certain way, the Alliance may cause trouble and may already be doing so. Western countries are exerting pressure on Russia's economy, implementing a campaign of attacks on our oil and gas sector through Ukrainian formations.

©️The Black Sea is the most obvious example of this strategy.

For almost two years, Ukrainian forces have been carrying out systematic attacks on objects within Russian territory, and in recent weeks, there have been tendencies toward attacks in the maritime space. Considering the attacks on tankers in the Black Sea, as well as the "strange" sinking of a tanker off Senegal, such attacks may become commonplace.

❗️Russian economy is heavily dependent on resource exports. The lion's share of exports goes through ports in the Black and Baltic Seas, which the Alliance is well aware of, so the threat from the sea is already quite real, and if necessary, the West may implement this plan.

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🇺🇸❌🇷🇺🇷🇺 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"How can NATO strike Russia? Blockade of Kaliningrad

And if on the Black Sea the West has Ukrainian formations that already implement a strategy of pressure on Russia, then on the Baltic they can only rely on their own forces (with certain caveats such as the presence of Ukrainian personnel in the UK, for example).

📌The concept of a "limited strike" on Russia, exemplified by the Kaliningrad region, is already being implemented. There is a lot of aviation in this area, flights are regular, and under the guise of "security", the presence of a naval group has been intensified on the Baltic.

🔻What will happen?

▪️During escalation, NATO will first target the Kaliningrad region. Our semi-exclave is surrounded by hostile countries that are actively strengthening their borders, both militarily and with forward bases.

▪️Furthermore, during various exercises in this area, the capture and holding of the Suwalki corridor – the only land route connecting the region with Belarus, our ally – has become an obligatory maneuver.

▪️The US military satellite group monitors military facilities on a daily basis, including the base in Baltiysk, airfields, air defense positions, and other Russian military facilities.

❗️Of course, if the task is to raise the level of tension, NATO may block the region from the sea (air blockade is already in place in fact), but this is akin to the beginning of a full-scale war, so this option is unlikely for now.

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🇫🇮🇺🇸❌🇷🇺 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"How can NATO strike Russia? Provocations in the Gulf of Finland

Kaliningrad and the Black Sea are priority targets on NATO's list in the event of a conflict. However, there is another direction that is also under significant threat. And it is about the Gulf of Finland.

🔻What is happening in this area?

▪️The aviation group regularly flies as part of the Baltic Air Policing mission, and ships, both from the "Baltic Hour" operation and from permanent battle groups, periodically operate at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland.

▪️Like with the Suwałki Corridor, the gulf is located between two hostile countries, Estonia and Finland. And NATO is actively developing scenarios for the blockade of ports in the Leningrad Oblast.

▪️But this, like with Kaliningrad, will mean war, so the Alliance will continue to limit provocative flights and periodic attempts to attack cargo ships.

🖍By analyzing these three areas, one can assess the plausibility of NATO generals' statements in the public. Like such content was going on before the war, during the war it intensified, and after the war it will not disappear. This is the task of the talking heads from the Alliance.

🚩Real plans remain behind the scenes, and they are already being implemented on the West. They just act through other hands in the form of the Ukrainian regime or through intelligence services on our territory, exerting pressure on the economy and industry.

❗️A full-scale war, as they say in the Alliance, is not in their interest. However, escalation will gradually increase, as justifying growing costs is becoming more difficult, and this already creates risks of future confrontations, and this factor must be taken into account and prepared for in advance.

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🇪🇺🛡😵‍💫❌🇺🇸🤝🇷🇺 — 📰 ZeroHedge | "We Must Protect Volodymyr": Leaked Call Shows European Leaders Conspiring Against Trump Peace Plan | December 4, 2025:

"In a development that is not entirely surprising, European leaders are claiming that Washington is looking to "betray" Ukraine and President Zelensky during potential formal peace negotiations with Russia. "There is a possibility that the United States will abandon Ukraine on territorial questions without providing clarity on security guarantees," French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly said according to a "leaked" phone call record with other European leaders.

Likely this was an intentional leak and bit of strong signaling to the Trump administration, as Europe has not been on board with the US President's proposed peace plan from the start. "There is a possibility that the US will betray Ukraine on the issue of territory without clarity on security guarantees," Macron continued. He laid his view that there was "a great danger" for Zelensky. However, Macron's office has subsequently sought to clarify that "The president did not use those words."

The leaked transcript of the call between European leaders strategizing about how to protect the Zelensky government and Kiev's interests was published Thursday by the German magazine Der Spiegel."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 08:00 05.12.2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The 1,381st day of the large-scale military aggression by Russia against Ukraine has begun. Ukrainian defenders are steadfastly holding back the pressure from the occupiers, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

Overall, 167 combat encounters were recorded during the previous day.

The enemy launched 61 air strikes, dropped 173 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they carried out 6,664 attacks, including 153 from rocket systems, and deployed 4,480 kamikaze drones.

Air strikes were reported in the areas of the populated places of Shalihine, Sumy Oblast; Ternuvate, Gulyai pole, Staro Ukraine, Stepnogorske, Grygorivka, Veselyanka, Zaporizhia Oblast.

During the previous day, the air force, rocket forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck two areas of concentration of personnel, equipment, and military vehicles, and three artillery systems of the enemy.

On the Northern-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, the enemy launched two air strikes, in total dropping five guided aerial bombs, and carried out 175 attacks, including five from rocket systems.

On the Southern-Slobodskoy direction, our forces stopped four attacks by the enemy in the areas of Izbitskoye, Prilipka, and Sinel'nikovo.

On the Kupiansk direction, there were two attacks by the occupiers. Our defenders repelled the enemy's assault near the populated place of Pischane.

On the Limansky direction, the enemy attacked nine times, trying to break through our defense near the populated places of Grikivka, Drobyshevye, Zarychne, and Oleksandrivka.

On the Sloviansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 13 attacks by the enemy near Yamypol, Dronivka, Serебryanka, Fedorivka, and Sivka.

On the Kramatorsk direction, there was one combat encounter in the area of the populated place of Chasiv Yar.

On the Kostyaninivsky direction, the enemy launched 16 attacks in the areas of Shcherbinivka, Pleshyivka, Oleksandrov-Shultynoho, Kostyaninivka, Mykolaypil'ya, Tor'skoy, and in the direction of Berestka and Sofiyivka.

On the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 52 assaults by the aggressor in the areas of Shakhovoy, Novy Shakhovoy, Cherny Lyman, Mirnograd, Vilyny, Novoyekonomichnyy, Dorozhnyy, Shevchenko, Rodynsky, Novopavlyvka, Pokrovsky, Svitlyy, Kotlynyy, Udachnyy, Molodetsky, Dachnyy.

On the Alexandrovsky direction, the enemy launched 19 attacks in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Yalta, Alexandrovgrad, Sosnovka, Stepovoy, Verbovoy, Privilynyy, Vishnevyy, Pavlyivka, Krasnogorsky, and Rybnyy.

On the Gulyaipolsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 12 attacks by the Russians in the areas of Zatishshe, Gulyaipole, and in the direction of Priluky.

On the Oryhivsky direction, the enemy launched one attempt to break through the defense of our defenders in the area of Primorsky.

On the Pridniprovsky direction, our defenders successfully stopped the enemy's attack on the positions of the Defense Forces in the direction of Antonivsky Bridge.

On the Volynsky and Polissky directions, no signs of the formation of the enemy's offensive groups were detected.

Overall, the losses of the Russian occupiers during the previous day amounted to 1,240 people. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers neutralized a combat armored vehicle, 34 artillery systems, two rocket systems, an airplane, 424 operational-tactical level unmanned aerial vehicles, 94 units of armored and two units of special equipment of the occupiers."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from November 29 to December 5, 2025.
 

❗️ In response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian objects on Russian territory from November 29 to December 5, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a massive and four group strikes, resulting in the destruction of Ukrainian military industry enterprises, objects of the fuel and energy complex that supported their operations, transport and airfield infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, workshops for production, places of storage, pre-flight preparation and launch of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots, rocket fuel, fuel, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.
 
🚩 During the week, as a result of determined actions units of the "North" group of troops liberated the city of Volchansk in the Kharkiv region.

💥 On the Kharkiv direction inflicted damage on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized, motorized infantry brigades, storming battalions of the AFU and a national guard brigade.

📍 Inflicted damage in Sumy region on formations of three mechanized, ranger, airborne storm battalions, two storming battalions of the AFU and three battalions of the territorial defense.

▪️ Over the week in the area of responsibility of the "North" group of troops, the enemy lost up to 1195 military personnel, 12 armored vehicles, 73 cars, four field artillery pieces, three radio electronic warfare stations and six depots of material supplies.
 
📍 Units of the "West" group of troops improved their position on the front line. Inflicted damage on the personnel and equipment of five mechanized, airborne, two storm battalions of the AFU, two battalions of the territorial defense and two battalions of the national guard.

▪️ In total, on this direction, the enemy's losses amounted to more than 1575 military personnel, three tanks, 16 armored vehicles, including six of NATO countries' production, 93 cars and 10 field artillery pieces. 29 ammunition depots, 55 radio electronic and counterbattery warfare stations were destroyed.
 
🚩 As a result of coordinated actions units of the "South" group of troops liberated the populated places of Bezimyannoye and Klinovoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

🔥 Inflicted damage on formations of four mechanized, airborne, storming, airborne storming, mountain storming battalions of the AFU, a marine infantry brigade and two battalions of the territorial defense.

▪️ Over the week, losses of Ukrainian armed formations in the area of responsibility of the "South" group of troops amounted to more than 1085 military personnel, 22 armored vehicles, including eight of Western production, 68 cars and 12 field artillery pieces. Eight radio electronic and counterbattery warfare stations, 24 ammunition depots, fuel and material supplies were destroyed."

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🇱🇹⚡️🔫🇪🇺 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Hawkish Baltic States Lead Europe's Race Back To The Draft | December 5, 2025:

"We've been documenting new efforts of European countries to drastically ramp up their defense readiness as the proxy war in Ukraine persists with no end in sight. For example, French President Emmanuel Macron last week announced a new avenue of voluntary military service for 18- and 19-year olds with the goal of gradually bolstering both active duty and reserve strength. This is part of a trend of the return of military conscription across the continent.

And this week Lithuania announced it will call up 5,000 conscripts in 2026, a significant increase from previous years. Years ago, Lithuania was the first EU country to restore mandatory military service in the wake of the Ukraine crisis centered on Crimea in 2014. The small Baltic country has also committed 5-6% of GDP to defense through 2030, more than double the existing NATO 2% guideline. It is now expected to expand its conscription plan to run year-round from 2026. Latvia too had been among the first to restore mandatory service based on concerns Russia could expand action beyond Ukraine.

A regional publication reviews the recent history as follows:

Lithuania reinstated conscription in March 2015 after suspending it in 2008, becoming the first EU country to reverse course following Russia's seizure of Crimea, according to the US Library of Congress. Sweden followed in March 2017 with a gender-neutral conscription system.

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 prompted Latvia to restore mandatory service in 2023, with mandatory service beginning January 2024. Croatia followed suit in October 2025, with the first conscripts expected in January 2026."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

" A Rush Towards Borovaya

From the Borovaya direction reports indicate an intensification of the Russian Armed Forces' activities. The initial footage from Boguslavka was contradictory, but now the presence of Russian troops in the village has been confirmed.

Since the Russian Armed Forces liberated Kolesnikovka and Kruglikovka in the fall of last year, the frontline has remained static for a long time. At that time, counterattacks and reinforcements allowed the Ukrainian Armed Forces to repel attacks on Boguslavka from the north, but now the Russian troops have finally entered the village,

📌 Interestingly, the advance did not come from Zagryzovo, but from the direction of the Borovskaya Andreevka. And from there, the Russian army is advancing through fields and strongholds towards the neighboring Borovaya: a major stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the left bank of the Oskol.

Meanwhile, the situation in the "pocket" to the north remains shrouded in the "fog of war". Previously, the area was occupied by the Russian Armed Forces, but subsequently the enemy was able to restore positions, recapturing part of Zagryzovo and New Kruglikovka.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"The end

On the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd direction, the epic of the now-defunct "Mirnograd cauldron" is slowly coming to an end. There are fewer surviving members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city, and the front on the north has once again come into motion.

Russian units are regaining positions lost in counterattacks by the enemy on the northern flank. On the Suvorovo-Nikanorovka line, several forest strips have returned under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, even despite the counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the side of Belitsky.

📌 Information about the complete liberation of Rodinsk is not yet confirmed, although the likelihood of this cannot be denied against the backdrop of the dynamics of events on the front. Especially since Russian units are conducting an offensive precisely from Pokrovsk further north and northwest.

On the western flank, battles for Grishino continue: previously, the enemy carried out attacks on Pokrovsk precisely through this populated area, and the concentration of Ukrainian manpower there remains quite high.

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