“In phone calls to friends and relatives at home, Russian soldiers gave damning insider accounts of battlefield failures and civilian executions, excoriating their leaders just weeks into the campaign to take Kyiv,” the New York Times reports.
U.S. Sends Ukraine $1.1 Billion in New Military Aid
“The U.S. will provide an additional $1.1 billion in aid to Ukraine, with funding for about 18 more advanced rocket systems and other weapons to counter drones that Russia has been using against Ukrainian troops,” the AP reports.
Saudi Crown Prince Named Prime Minister
“Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Tuesday named his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as prime minister Tuesday, boosting the profile of the 37-year-old, day-to-day ruler of the kingdom as he tries to end years of international isolation over a journalist’s killing,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Iranian Says Women Without Hijab Are Prostitutes
An Iranian lawmaker on Tuesday labeled women who have taken off mandatory headscarves to protest against the death of Mahsa Amini as “rioters” who are “out to prostitute themselves,” Deutsche Welle reports.
He suggested that taking off the hijab, or headscarf, was akin to being naked in public.
Some Russians Find Draft Notices at the Border
“The Kremlin has dispatched still more forces to shore up its faltering war effort, but the units are headed not to Ukraine but to Russia’s borders with other countries, where on Tuesday they were confronting young Russian men trying to join an exodus out of the country,” the New York Times reports.
“As the avenues for Russians to escape a draft order issued last week narrowed, the Federal Security Service sent armored vehicles to the frontiers, where some men waiting to flee were being served military call-up papers, the state news media reported.”
U.S. Tells Americans to Leave Russia
“The U.S. embassy in Russia is urging any Americans in the country to leave and for U.S. citizens to not travel to Russia as Russian President Vladimir Putin orders a call up of 300,000 reservists to aid depleted forces in Ukraine,” The Hill reports.
U.S. Steps Up Intel After Putin’s Nuclear Threats
“U.S. and allied intelligence agencies are stepping up efforts to detect any Russian military moves or communications that might signal that Vladimir Putin has ordered the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine,” Politico reports.
Russia Prepares to Annex Parts of Ukraine
“Russia is set to formally annex occupied territories in Ukraine after staging referendums that involved coercion, threats and, in some places, soldiers going door to door and forcing people to vote at gunpoint,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Russia on the Edge
Tom Nichols: “The Russian president is facing multiple countdowns that could end in disaster, all of them set in motion by a series of his own stupid and reckless decisions that has cost thousands of lives and put world peace at risk. There is one last mistake he has not yet made—the use of a nuclear weapon—and we can only hope that all the other clocks run out before he even considers the most dire misstep of all.”
There’s a 10-Mile Traffic Jam on Russia’s Border
“New satellite images show a line of cars and trucks spanning more than 10 miles of trying to leave Russia and enter Georgia,” Axios reports.
China’s Growth Falls Behind the Rest of Asia
“China’s economic output will lag behind the rest of Asia for the first time since 1990, according to new World Bank forecasts that highlight the damage wrought by President Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policies and the meltdown of the world’s biggest property market,” the Financial Times reports.
Related from the Wall Street Journal: “China has spent a trillion dollars to expand its influence across Asia, Africa and Latin America through its Belt and Road infrastructure program. Now, Beijing is working on an overhaul of the troubled initiative.”
Russians Paying $25,000 for Private Jets to Dodge Draft
Russians desperate to flee Vladimir Putin’s military draft are paying as much as $25,000 each for a seat on a private jet as high demand for flights out of the country has sent airfares soaring, The Guardian reports.
New York Times: Russia admits to draft problems as anger flares into violence.
Giorgia Meloni in Perspective
Playbook: “For all the shock about Meloni having a seat at the table in the G-7, NATO and the EU, you would be hard-pressed to find anything she has said about globalism, immigration, or nearly any other issue animating the global populist right that is more controversial than what’s been uttered by the last American president. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be deeply concerning that her party has neo-facist roots and embraces the tri-color flame symbol associated with Mussolini.”
“But in terms of the issues that the U.S. cares about — keeping the anti-Putin coalition intact and keeping Rome as a constructive force inside the EU — Meloni is either already on board or unlikely to make waves. Italy is reliant on billions of dollars in aid from the EU, and most analysts here believe that alone will curtail any anti-Europe backsliding.”
Funding Bill Includes More Than $12 Billion for Ukraine
“More than $12 billion in Ukraine-related aid will be included as part of stopgap spending bill that would fund the federal government into mid-December,“ the AP reports.
“The funding package, which Congress is set to consider this week, will also provide disaster assistance, including for Jackson, Mississippi, where improvements are needed for the city’s water treatment system after its main facility malfunctioned in late August, leaving many stranded without clean water.”
Playbook: “What’s not in it: Biden’s request for emergency funds to fight Covid and monkeypox.”
“What’s in it for now, but might not be for long: Joe Manchin’s permitting reform bill.”
CNN: Congress again races to avoid shutdown as key vote at risk of failing.
White House Anxiously Watches Giorgi Meloni’s Rise
“The earthquake in Italy has sent tremors that could be felt in the White House,” Politico reports.
“The victory of Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni rattled Europe, furthering fears about a new right-wing shift on the continent as it battles economic hardship and nervously watches a raging war on its Eastern flank. It also was met with deep, if private, worry within President Joe Biden’s administration.”
“The White House put a brave public face on it, noting that Meloni’s win was the will of the Italian people while expressing confidence that Italy would remain a steadfast partner with the West.”
New York Times: “It has also underscored divisions within the United States, as members of the Trump wing of the Republican Party embraced the rise of a nationalist whose party has roots in Mussolini-era fascism.”
CNN: How the far-right is surging in Europe.
Cuba Approves Same-Sex Marriage
“Cubans have approved a sweeping ‘family law’ code that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents, though opposition in the national referendum was unusually strong on the Communist Party-governed island,” the AP reports.
Biden to Host French President for First State Dinner
President Biden is scheduled to host his first state dinner at the White House for French President Emmanuel Macron on December 1, CNN reports.
Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to Edward Snowden
President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, the AP reports.
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