EU plans to force Ukrainian men home to replenish army – Russian intel

EU plans to force Ukrainian men home to replenish army – Russian intel

RT

The European Union aims to force Ukrainian men living in the bloc to return home to replenish Kiev’s depleted military ranks, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has claimed.

In a statement on Monday, the agency said EU leaders were increasingly looking for ways to compensate for what it described as “catastrophic losses” suffered by Ukrainian forces in the conflict with Russia.

According to the SVR, Brussels views the more than one million Ukrainian men currently residing in EU countries as a potential source of recruits for Kiev’s military and intends to pressure them into returning home.

The agency claimed that European officials consider the refugees “excellent expendable material” capable of giving “a second wind” to what it called the European campaign against Russia.

“They are supposed to be squeezed back to their homeland by all means,” the SVR said.

The intelligence service said that the first step was an EU Council decision that took effect in August, denying temporary protection status to Ukrainian men of conscription age. Losing this status severely restricts access to social benefits and other services.

According to the SVR, Brussels plans to introduce further obstacles by the end of the year, making it more difficult for Ukrainian men to access financial services, find employment, and rent housing across the bloc.

The agency claimed that EU officials expect the restrictions to leave many Ukrainians with little choice but to return home, where they could be drafted into the military.

The SVR also accused Brussels of disregarding the economic and demographic consequences of its alleged plans, arguing that European economies need Ukrainian labor while Ukraine itself faces a deepening population crisis.

Citing European estimates, the agency claimed that the population of Ukrainian-controlled territory could fall to just over 10 million within the next two decades, with only a third of residents being of working age.

The SVR report comes as pressure mounts on Ukraine’s military recruitment system. As Ukrainian forces suffer more and more losses and the pool of willing recruits continues to shrink, draft enforcement squads have increasingly resorted to violent methods to fill the ranks. Videos circulating online have shown men being forcibly detained on streets, at workplaces, and in residential areas.

In July, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced that Berlin would stop granting automatic temporary protection to Ukrainians fleeing conscription.

Kiev does not regularly publish comprehensive figures on its battlefield losses. In September, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claimed that Ukrainian forces had recently suffered around 27,000 killed and wounded per month. Russia’s Defense Ministry, meanwhile, stated that Ukrainian casualties surpassed 500,000 in 2025 alone.

AI, Socialism, And ‘Blame The Jews’ Sentiment: Ten Prominent Markers Of Jesus’ Soon Return

AI, Socialism, And ‘Blame The Jews’ Sentiment: Ten Prominent Markers Of Jesus’ Soon Return

Jan Markell

Another year will soon close out, and like previous years, I am tracking this year’s astounding developments. Who could have imagined some things? Everything is ramping up: technological ability, evil, lawlessness, apostasy, and more.

Here are just ten items I am highlighting as we wind down 2026.

1. People are without natural affection (Romans 1:31; 2 Tim. 3:3)

The Lindsey Clancy case captivated the world. A woman strangles three children, and the world—particularly those on the left—celebrates her and makes feeble excuses, blaming it on her mental health. The lone juror who would not go along with the jury who sided with her, is in fear of his life. Women around the world are copying Lindsey and killing their children.

2. Islam is trying to conquer the West and is succeeding to some degree.

I know. I live in “Mogadishu on the Mississippi”—Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. We are swamped with unassimilated Muslims, many of whom are criminals. They defrauded us out of billions of dollars, as was exposed by Nick Shirley.

Churches are being transformed into Islamic centers. They hope to have an Islamic state somewhere in America by 2050. And post-rapture, when all real Christians are gone, Islam will be the dominant religion in many places.

3. The “falling away” (2 Thess. 2:1-3), or departure from the faith, is collapsing churches and denominations.

It takes people years to find a church that is not embracing false doctrine. Very few of them will talk about the Lord’s soon return or Israel’s important role. Few will denounce abortion or antisemitism. The “seeker” movement may have lost its steam, but the tactics never left once it hit in the 1990s.

What you will find now is rainbow clergy vestments, transgender church leaders, and pride or trans-themed messages. The point is, every attendee must “feel good” and feel safe—except the Bible-believing Christian.

4. There is a staggering rise in occult-laced themes and practices in every aspect of society.

Sadly, most Christians and churches treat demons as leftover superstition the modern world has outgrown. How wrong they are! I have had them visit me on two occasions and make so much noise that all my pets woke up! Today, there are more self-identified Wiccans in America than Presbyterians.

Even a casual search for “witches” on the online discussion forum Reddit, or the online marketplace Etsy, reveals that black magic is not uncommon today. Over 5,000 items dealing with curses are currently for sale on Etsy. Hollywood has glamorized this, and our churches don’t warn against it!

5. Artificial intelligence is transforming society, and it came into prominence only in the last 5-10 years!

Anthropic and OpenAI warn that there is a greater than 10% chance of AI killing all of humanity within this decade. Perhaps a silly statement, but it is a warning. Some are calling AI the world’s greatest super weapon, while others call it a god in a box.

Yes, the Antichrist will use it to rule his one-world kingdom, so it’s getting a lot of practice in this Church Age, and has already proved itself to be the most powerful tool we have ever known. And the most frightening. Christians can use it for good, but understand that it will one day rule the world in the Tribulation.

6. The “blame the Jews” sentiment is epidemic as she becomes the world’s burdensome stone (Zech. 12:3).

And ironically, this anti-Jew sentiment was ignited right after Israel was attacked on October 7, 2023. She was the victim, but the world had sympathy for the devil—Hamas and other outfits that hate the Jews.

In early September of this year, a plane from Dubai to Tel Aviv was taken over by a terrorist. Only a miracle from God stopped the intended carnage; however, it took only one hour for social media to declare the insanity that Israel was behind this.

7. America faces problems that will lead to her demise.

The world’s superpower will not always be that, as we have seen this year! The financial pressure on American households is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Cost of fuel—particularly diesel—is quickly making life unaffordable as well as higher interest rates. What happens when farmers can’t afford the next crop?

And how does one deal with $40 trillion in debt as America is? That is an economic problem that only the Antichrist will solve. Sadly, the Left says socialism is the answer. Socialist candidates are winning in local and national elections. And in 20 years, the Statue of Liberty may be wearing a burka.

8. Romans one thinking is slowly taking over America and the West.

People have a debased mind now. In Canada, it is cool to assist your grandmother with “medical assistance in dying.” A recent poll of Democrats reveals that 29% of them would be fine with removing Donald Trump from office through assassination. Much of the world is fine with the fact that 2,300 female athletes have lost to biological males. Mankind has been given over to sinful desires.

9. Our every word and action are being monitored.

Big brother is busy—spying. Technology is listening and watching our lives—and storing that information, likely for nefarious purposes. Imagine the implications in a doctor’s office, counseling session, business meeting, or classroom. And we’re not even aware of the hidden cameras and microphones.

10. Europe is on fire, engulfed in turmoil.

There are major protests, political shifts, and conflicts across the continent. Other than a remnant, it is now a Godless continent and unlimited Islamic immigration has caused irreparable damage. This is setting the stage for the Antichrist who will arise out of the old Roman Empire. He will promise to fix it.

These are ten issues I note that define the last year. There are dozens more. Space is limited. The good news is that they all are a herald of His coming. They are telling Christians to expect a trumpet and a shout, and a mass evacuation from a sin-sick world.

The “Black Sky” Plan And The “Be Ready” Campaign – What Kind Of Disaster Is The UK Urgently Preparing For?

The “Black Sky” Plan And The “Be Ready” Campaign – What Kind Of Disaster Is The UK Urgently Preparing For?

Michael Snyder

Is there something that they aren’t telling us? All of a sudden, governments all over the globe are instructing their citizens to stockpile food, water and other essential supplies. Why is there such a sense of urgency to do this in late 2026? What has changed? Without a doubt, conditions are far different than they were 12 months ago. It appears that the war with Iran will soon greatly escalate, the war in Ukraine just continues to intensify, a Super El Niño is causing global weather patterns to go nuts, European cities are being ravaged by seemingly endless riots, and we are simultaneously facing a global energy crisis, a global fertilizer crisis and a global food crisis. Chaos is erupting all around us, and the months ahead are almost certainly going to be even more chaotic.

But does this explain why governments throughout the world have suddenly decided that now is the time for everyone to go out and buy emergency supplies?

In the UK, the BBC just published a very long article that reveals details about their “Black Sky” doomsday plan…

In a major emergency, we are being told to hunker down and turn on an FM radio, as thousands did in Lancaster. This is why the BBC has its own Black Sky plan.

Only a small number of staff know the full details, but from what I have gleaned, about 100 people in the BBC will run a special emergency radio studio.

It will have secure lines of communication not dependent on the internet, and fuel, water and food to ensure it can operate without resupply for at least three days.

What kind of scenario are they anticipating that would make this “Black Sky” doomsday plan necessary?

Apparently it would include a loss of power and Internet, because they are planning to use radio transmission towers to keep the British public informed over FM radio…

The BBC’s broadcasts will be sent via radio transmission towers, isolated from the internet and equipped with tanks of between five and 40,000 litres (8,800 gallons) of diesel to keep their generators going for three days – FM radio is power hungry. The teams will be using satellite phones to keep in touch and if these stop working there are pre-agreed protocols and meet-up points.

Why FM? Because it works almost everywhere, even in a blackout or a crippling cyber-attack.

This “Black Sky” doomsday plan was revealed less than a month after the UK government’s “Be Ready” campaign was launched.

Starting on October 22nd, the UK government began instructing citizens to stockpile food, water and other emergency supplies…

The government’s new Be Ready campaign is advising the public to stock up on three day’s worth of supplies for use during severe weather or cyber-attacks, so help can be directed to the most vulnerable first.

In a concise, two-page document, it suggests people stock bottled water and non-perishable food for three days, a torch with spare batteries, a wind-up FM radio, a first aid kit and a copy of their passport. To stave off panic buying, it advises people to check their cupboards first and build up items gradually on regular shopping trips.

Apparently the “Be Ready” campaign has been very successful.

A co-owner of a prepping store in the UK was absolutely astounded by the number of orders that started coming in…

While there is no evidence the advice has triggered mass panic, the public is clearly responding. Jack Brown, who co-owns Sgt Prepper Shop, which stocks emergency food and survival tools, said he received a month’s worth of orders in the first 24 hours of the Be Ready campaign.

“I thought my phone was glitching or being hacked with the number of orders coming in,” he said.

But what has prompted this dramatic change of tone by officials in the UK?

Are they concerned that cyberattacks could take down the power grid or the financial system?

In France, hackers just broke into a prominent bank and successfully got away with 133 million dollars…

French cooperative bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa was targeted in a cyberattack that enabled fraudulent transactions of up to $133 million, forcing it to respond by suspending certain systems.

The bank says that the attacker used its own account to initiate transactions to other banking organizations, but customer assets remain unaffected.

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa is a major French banking group with more than 5.8 million members and 211.5 billion euros in assets.

Our financial institutions are under constant attack, and artificial intelligence is giving hackers more powerful tools that we have ever seen before.

Without a doubt, that is a very serious threat.

There is also the possibility that the war in the Middle East could soon get very serious.

If they are attacked, the Iranians have warned that they could actually start cutting undersea Internet cables, and apparently they are quite serious about this threat…

Ships linked to Iran looped, loitered and went dark over undersea internet cables in the Gulf of Oman in the weeks after Tehran threatened the region’s digital infrastructure, the Financial Times reported on Friday. One of them had been boarded by US Marines in May.

At least four vessels tracked by the maritime analytics firm Windward took unusual routes and lingered over cable corridors off Oman in October, the FT said. Three were tankers under US sanctions. The fourth was a small Iranian fishing boat with no known owner.

The ships sailed normally “until they reached a specific cable corridor, and only then slowed, looped, turned back, loitered or went dark,” Windward told the newspaper. That behavior “fits the profile of mapping the cable routes, or placing charges or mines on them while dark,” it said.

If Iran starts cutting undersea Internet cables, that could have serious implications for the entire global financial system.

Meanwhile, the war between Russia and Ukraine has reached a very dangerous stage, and there is a very real possibility that NATO could get directly involved.

Ominously, a major British news source has just published a very alarming article entitled “‘Every single Brit’ must prepare for WW3 conscription as major warning issued“…

Brits could face being called up to fight in a potential World War Three, with the “whole of the nation” warned to brace for conscription within six years. Security and intelligence expert Professor Anthony Glees delivered the stark warning amid growing concerns that Britain could become entangled in a wider conflict with Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

The University of Buckingham academic stated the “whole of the nation” should be prepared for the prospect of conscription, while urging the Government to begin recruiting volunteers.

Professor Glees said: “The UK Government should plan to sign up volunteers now and over the next three years and ‘the whole of the nation’ should prepare for conscription within six years unless Putin were defeated.”

Sadly, the truth is that we are in the midst of World War III right now, but most people are not calling it that yet.

War, famine, pestilence, cyberattacks, financial chaos and historic natural disasters are all in our future.

I don’t think that it is just a coincidence that governments all over the planet are suddenly telling their citizens to prepare for doomsday.

We live in such perilous times, and I am convinced that 2027 is going to be even more chaotic than 2026 has been.

'Iranian demands are outrageous,' Rubio says as talks fail to make progress

'Iranian demands are outrageous,' Rubio says as talks fail to make progress

IDAN KWELLER

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that negotiations with Iran have made little progress, stressing that Washington is not close to reaching a diplomatic breakthrough with Tehran.

Speaking to reporters ahead of his departure for France to attend a meeting of G7 foreign ministers, Rubio said, "I have no progress to report. There are several countries that continue to engage with Iran and put forward various ideas, but I would not say that we are on the verge of a breakthrough."

Rubio said President Donald Trump continues to favor a diplomatic solution, but acknowledged that Iranian demands remain a major obstacle to reaching an agreement.

"The president will always prefer to resolve this problem, like any other problem, through diplomatic means. Unfortunately, sometimes that is impossible. If there is an opportunity to do so, we will examine it. At the moment, the talks have not been particularly productive because the Iranian demands are simply unacceptable, and in some cases they are outrageous, ridiculous, and detached from reality," he added.

Rubio also addressed the possibility of additional US strikes on Iran, saying Washington would act if American forces or shipping in the region came under threat.

"If there is a clear and immediate threat to shipping or to our forces in the region, we have the right to defend ourselves. It all depends on the level of the threat and whether they are acting against us or intend to do so," he said.

The secretary of state also defended Trump's decision to go to war with Iran, despite the potential political consequences of the conflict.

"A nuclear Iran would be unacceptable and dangerous not only to Israel and the Middle East, but to the entire world and the United States. The president confronted a threat that other presidents were unable to confront. Sometimes doing the right thing is not necessarily popular, but it is necessary," Rubio said.

Rubio declined to comment on whether the war had contributed to Republican losses in the US midterm elections.

Three Hours in the Kremlin

Three Hours in the Kremlin

Larry C. Johnson

Vladimir Putin does not give three hours of his time to people who have nothing to say. On Thursday, he gave three hours to Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. Two days later, Israel’s president handed the job of forming the next government to Gadi Eisenkot instead of Benjamin Netanyahu.

Washington spent the week arguing about the midterms. Moscow, Tehran and Jerusalem spent it rearranging the board.

The Kremlin’s account of the meeting was a masterpiece of saying nothing. Putin received Rezaei on November 5. The two discussed “the current state of bilateral relations” under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty, and “the situation in the Gulf region and the Middle East as a whole.” A message from Iran’s Supreme Leader was delivered. Its contents were not disclosed. That was it.

The Kremlin is never chatty, but the brevity is itself a message. When Moscow wants the world to know it has promised something, it says so. When it wants room to bargain with Washington, it publishes three sentences.

The photograph said more than the text. Sitting on the Russian side of the table were Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s senior foreign policy adviser, and Igor Kostyukov, the head of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service. You do not bring your top diplomat and your top military intelligence officer to a courtesy call. That is a working group for war and peace.

The Iranian side has been far more talkative. According to Kazem Jalali, Iran’s ambassador in Moscow, the meeting ran about three hours. Rezaei’s message from Mojtaba Khamenei covered the American and Israeli attacks on Iran, Tehran’s seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and nuclear cooperation. Jalali also described an agreement on gas. In the short term, Russian gas would be swapped through Azerbaijan. Over two to three years, a pipeline would be built with 110 billion cubic meters a year of capacity, starting at 55 billion.

Putin made no public promise of military help, and the 2025 treaty contains no mutual defense clause. But he did not need to say anything. Iran sent its top security official to walk Putin through its terms for ending the war, in person. Moscow brought its spy chief to hear them. That is how you prepare for a negotiation, not a photo op.

On Saturday, President Isaac Herzog asked Gadi Eisenkot to form Israel’s next government. It was not close. Sixty-seven members of the Knesset recommended Eisenkot, including the Arab-led parties. Only 46 recommended Netanyahu.

Now comes the hard part. Eisenkot’s bloc won 48 seats on October 27, and he has ruled out governing in coalition with the Arab-led parties that just helped him. That leaves him two roads. He can bring in the ultra-Orthodox parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, to reach exactly 61. Or he can run a minority government that the Arab parties support from outside. He has 28 days, plus a possible 14-day extension. If he fails, Israel heads for another election, and Netanyahu stays on as caretaker.

Netanyahu, true to form, is not going quietly. He warned that a government “dependent on Islamists” would “dismantle the state of Israel from within.” He has also demanded an investigation into supposed foreign interference in the election. It is the political equivalent of declaring the referee biased after losing 67 to 46.

Eisenkot is no dove. He is a former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, and he lost a son and a nephew in the Gaza war. He still supports economic pressure on Iran and limited military action. But his approach differs from Netanyahu’s in three ways that matter.

• Iran. Netanyahu has spent this year campaigning for regime change in Tehran and lobbying Washington for more strikes. Eisenkot campaigned on “more diplomacy alongside any military steps” and told the Wall Street Journal he would back military action only against “direct and immediate threats to Israel.” Years ago, he called the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal a “strategic mistake.”

• Washington. Netanyahu tied Israel’s fortunes to the Republican Party and to Trump personally. Eisenkot calls the relationship “a partnership between peoples, built over generations” and promises to rebuild its bipartisan base. He also says he wants to work “closely and constructively” with the Trump administration. That is a man who wants Israel back on good terms with both parties, not one who wants to drag a lame-duck Congress into another war.

• Leverage. For eight months, the loudest voice urging Trump to “finish the job” in Iran has come from the Israeli prime minister’s office. Take that voice away, and the war party in Washington loses its most important foreign ally just as Republicans absorb a midterm verdict on the war.

Now put Moscow and Jerusalem side by side. Iran is laying out its terms to Putin, with Russia’s military intelligence chief in the room. Qatar and Pakistan are mediating to keep Washington and Tehran from going back to open war. And Israel is about to swap a prime minister who wanted the war widened for one who talks about diplomacy and alliance repair. For the first time since February, the people pushing for a settlement have more momentum than the people pushing for more bombs.

There is one dangerous window. Until Eisenkot forms a government, Netanyahu remains prime minister, and he has every incentive to create facts before he leaves. A caretaker with nothing to lose and a fondness for surprise strikes is not a comforting combination. If there is a moment of maximum risk in the next six weeks, it is now.

So here is the week in review. Iran sends its security chief to Moscow for three hours. Putin brings his spy chief and says almost nothing in public, which is how you keep your options open. Israel’s president hands Netanyahu’s job to a general who prefers diplomacy alongside force. American voters fire the Republican Congress over the war.

Everyone seems to have read the room except the man in the Oval Office. Donald Trump can treat these as separate stories, or he can see what the rest of the world already sees. The coalition for war is shrinking, the coalition for a deal is growing, and the window for a face-saving exit will not stay open forever. Three hours in the Kremlin and a 67-to-46 vote in Jerusalem are not the end of the war. But they may be the beginning of the end of the reasons to keep fighting it.