Posts of TASS Russian news agency

✈️ A US-registered NATO reconnaissance aircraft flew around Russia’s Kaliningrad Region for the second time since the beginning of this week, a source in air traffic control services told TASS. The source recalled that last Monday, the aircraft spent more than four hours near the Kaliningrad Region, while the previous day it flew over the southern part of the Black Sea for nine hours.

🗣 More highlights from Vladimir Putin’s statements: ▪️It is important for foreign countries to recognize Russia’s willingness to cooperate, adjust their attitudes, and stop seeking confrontation ▪️Russia has never threatened anyone and does not threaten anyone now ▪️Cooperation between countries in humanitarian fields and business creates favorable conditions for developing relations in politics and security ▪️The Russian people have sincerely united in providing tangible support to the heroes defending their sovereignty and statehood ▪️Russian troops on the front lines of the special military operation are defending the country’s statehood today, just as their predecessors did in the past

NATO does not rule out strikes on Russia under the alliance’s updated defense strategy, The Wall Street Journal reported. The new concept reportedly envisages not only firing on troops that might cross borders, but also striking military bases, supply depots, and industrial facilities behind the front lines, on Russian territory. Moscow has repeatedly rejected allegations that Russia allegedly “plans” to “attack” NATO countries.

🗣 Highlights from Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov’s remarks to reporters: ▪️Russian Presidential Special Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev and Ombudswoman Yana Lantratova will represent Russia at a meeting with US First Lady Melania Trump on November 5, provided that all logistical arrangements work out ▪️The Kremlin will announce the full composition of the Russian delegation to the trilateral talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi in due course ▪️The trilateral talks on Ukraine will focus on security guarantees, with details to be discussed behind closed doors ▪️The near coincidence of the dates of the US elections and the trilateral talks on Ukraine was “in no way” connected ▪️A phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump is not currently planned

The Hungarian government may completely halt purchases of Russian gas, the country’s Foreign Minister Anita Orban said. “The European Union has set a clear deadline for phasing out Russian natural gas – fall 2027,” the foreign minister said in an interview with the online news outlet Telex.

🗣 Key statements made by Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the international Peoples of Russia Week: ▪️Russia’s diversity is a source of tremendous strength, advantage, and potential ▪️Russia will definitely achieve its stated goals ▪️Unity among all the peoples of Russia has always played and continues to play a key role ▪️Interethnic relations are a highly sensitive area, and any attempts to incite discord must be stopped ▪️Over the centuries, Russia’s peoples have become deeply intertwined through their cultures ▪️Representatives of more than 100 ethnic groups in Russia have received high state awards for courage and heroism displayed during the special military operation

Up to 780,000 people may take part in protests across France scheduled for November 5, RTL radio reported, citing special services.

▶️ President Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the monument to Minin and Pozharsky on Red Square in Moscow on Day of National Unity. Видео: the official Kremlin website

Russia sincerely hopes that US President Donald Trump will continue his efforts toward resolving the Ukraine conflict after the midterm Congressional elections, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Life reporter Alexander Yunashev in a comment.

Opposition leader Samvel Karapetyan was detained as part of a criminal case into abuse of authority at his businesses which caused especially large damage to Electric Networks of Armenia, the republic's Investigative Committee explained.

The United States does not see the need to use nuclear weapons against Iran, US President Donald Trump stated. "I don't need it. We've knocked them out already 90%. So, I don't need that,” the US leader told Politico in a phone interview.

The EU would be useless in talks on a Ukraine settlement in any format, La Verita reported. The United States, “which considers itself to be the only mediator, has kept the Europeans at a distance,” the Italian daily added.

❗️Armenian security officers took opposition activist Samvel Karapetyan away after searching his homes, a TASS correspondent reported.

Democrats may end up with 258 seats in the House of Representatives of the US Congress following the midterm elections, NBC News projected. The Democratic party last held 258 House seats in the 103rd Congress (1993-1995), a TASS correspondent has learned.

❗️Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, November 4:   ▪️ Russian forces struck transport infrastructure facilities and assembly and storage sites for Ukrainian ground robotic systems and UAVs over the past day ▪️ Russian air defenses downed 972 Ukrainian UAVs ▪️ The Ukrainian army sustained roughly 1,160 casualties in the special military operation zone.

What we know about the early results of the midterm Congressional election in the United States: House and Senate seats ▪️Following the November 3 midterms, the Democratic party will secure 55 seats in the Senate, while Republicans will have 45 seats, according to projections from The New York Times ▪️ Democrats will win 254 House seats against the GOP’s at least 172, the NYT also projected Trump’s reaction ▪️ US President Donald Trump claimed that he would “veto everything” if Democrats win control of both houses ▪️ The US leader argued that Democrats will be forced to come to the bargaining table after “a couple of months” and “gonna want to work” with the White House ▪️ He also said he was not going to make any changes to his cabinet after the defeat of his Republican party in the midterms.

Russian defense chief Andrey Belousov and his Kazakh counterpart, Aidos Myrzakhmetov, signed a bilateral cooperation plan for 2027 at a ceremony in Astana.

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🗓 Russia celebrates National Unity Day on November 4 ▪️The holiday is associated with the events of 1612, when the militia led by Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky liberated Moscow from Polish invaders ▪️In the Soviet era, the main holiday was November 7, the anniversary of the October Revolution. Since 2005, November 4 has been a national holiday, symbolizing the memory of national unity ▪️Today, alongside the nationwide celebration of National Unity Day, the feast day of Our Lady of Kazan icon, which the militia considered their protector, is held on November 4.

"I think a part of it was Iran,” US President Donald Trump told Fox News in an interview, commenting on his party’s loss in the Congressional midterms. The US leader said Washington can both “sign something up” with the Islamic Republic and resume strikes on it “if Iran doesn’t behave.”

Democrats will end up with at least 223 seats in the lower chamber of Congress, with a total of 218 seats required to secure a majority in the House, while Republicans have secured 126 House seats, according to projections from Bloomberg.

The results of the current US midterm elections are unlikely to influence the situation around Ukraine, US conservative commentator Andrew Napolitano told TASS. Video: Dmitry Kirsanov/TASS

🚨 Air defenses intercepted and destroyed 709 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions and the Black and Azov Seas during the past night, Russia's Defense Ministry reported.

US President Donald Trump said he was not going to make any changes to his cabinet after the defeat of his Republican party in the midterms. The US leader answered in the negative to a question of whether any changes will be made to his cabinet as a result of the election. "No, I don't think so. Had nothing to do with my cabinet,” he said live on Fox News television.