The US Treasury Department has lifted sanctions against the Belarusian airline Belavia and the government aircraft Bombardier CRJ-200ER with tail number EW-301PJ. The decision was published on November 4 on the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The EW-301PJ aircraft, owned by Belavia, was used by Viktor and Dmitry Lukashenko, the sons of the Belarusian leader.

At least four oil tankers and a Transneft oil terminal were damaged following a drone attack on the Russian Black Sea port of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, according to open source intelligence (OSINT) analysts from the Telegram channels Exilenova+ and Dossier Shpiona (lit. “Dossier of a Spy”). The Insider confirmed that at least two of the affected ships belong to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of tankers, which transport crude in circumvention of international sanctions.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky arrived in the Pokrovsk direction. He announced this during a videoconference on EU enlargement. “We are fighting now for everything: for our homes, for our land and for the freedom of our country. Now I am in the Pokrovsk direction - I came here to support our military. Of course, there are some problems that we need to solve, but the most important thing is the moral support of our defenders on the front line.

Russian activist Igor Rogov, arrested in Poland in August 2024, admitted to working for the FSB and said that he was recruited in Russia. This was reported by WP Wiadomości, citing the case materials. Rogov came to Poland in 2022 as a political refugee - the authorities provided him with housing and a monthly stipend of 5 thousand zlotys. For the FSB, Rogov wrote reports on conferences of the opposition organization Open Russia and handed them over to a curator named Evgeniy.

Astronomers from the United States said that the LAP1-B object was the first discovery that fully corresponds to theoretical predictions about the oldest stars in the Universe - the so-called Population III stars. These stars should have been formed from almost pure hydrogen and helium, without the heavy elements that appeared later. The study was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

US President Donald Trump, through his social network Truth Social, demanded the abolition of the filibuster, a rule that requires 60 votes to pass most bills in the Senate. According to Axios, this is "just a hint" of the pressure the president is willing to put on Senate Republicans if they continue to resist his demands. One of Trump's advisers told the publication: “He will make their life hell.

The Yekaterinburg mayor's office has announced a tender to conduct a sociological study on tolerance, extremism and terrorism among teenagers. This government purchase was noticed by It's My City. The study, entitled “Studying the level of social development of modern adolescents as a resource for preventing extremism,” will cover 500 eighth-grade students from 14 schools in the city. Participants will be asked to fill out a questionnaire with at least 20 questions.

In February 2024, the press service of the Russian Federation of Combat Sniping (FBS) posted video footage showing the work of the unit’s “new instruments» on the shooting range. In the video, FBS president Yaroslav Yakubov zeroes a Canadian Cadex Tremor 416 Barrett rifle. The rifle, its caliber, and the shooter are all visible in the clip. Cadex is regarded as one of the world’s leading makers of long-range precision sniper rifles.

However, Kononov’s digital footprint suggests that he engaged with the company even before that event — and continued to do so for years afterward, attempting to develop a friendship with at least one prominent expert of VTA Austria. In May 2018, he posted on Instagram (where he kept an active presence under his assumed identity) a series of photos from the VTA Austria stand at an industrial expo in the country.

Available in English Russian long-range strike strategy For months now, Russian troops have been waging a campaign of air strikes against energy infrastructure in Ukraine.

Donald Trump expressed his support for former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running for mayor of New York City. On his page on the Truth social network, the US President threatened to cut federal funding to the city to a minimum if Democratic candidate Zoran Mamdani wins the November 4 elections. “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you essentially have no choice. You should vote for him and hope he does a fantastic job.

American officials on Monday, November 3, sent several members of the UN Security Council a draft resolution on the creation of an International Security Force (ISS) in the Gaza Strip. It is assumed that the foreign contingent will control the region until 2027. This was reported by Axios with reference to the document. This project will become the basis for negotiations between members of the UN Security Council; they are expected to vote on the resolution in the coming weeks.

The FBI has fired four agents who worked on former special counsel Jack Smith's team investigating President Donald Trump. This was reported by Reuters, citing five sources familiar with the situation. In two cases, the dismissal decisions were later overturned.

The Constitutional Court of Georgia accepted for consideration the lawsuit of the Georgian Dream, in which the ruling party demands the abolition of the three main opposition parties. The document, dated October 31, was published on the court’s website on November 4.

Ukrainian citizen Sergei Kuznetsov, detained by Italy on suspicion of blowing up the Nord Streams, went on a hunger strike. The Italian agency ANSA and the Ukrainian publication Suspilne write about this with reference to lawyer Kuznetsov. Last week, an appeals court ruled that he should be extradited to Germany. Kuznetsov is currently being held in a maximum security prison.