Attack on Crimean Bridge. Russian woman's yacht photo proves useful

"The Ukrainian Security Service planned a sea drone attack on the Crimean Bridge using a video recorded by a Russian woman vacationing on a yacht. The woman had unknowingly captured the structure of the bridge in her video. Vasyl Maluk, the chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), said the strike's objective was to sever the Russian weapon supply channel." essanews

Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down

"Russian forces shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets in a single 24-hour period....The two MiG-29s were downed in Ukraine’s southeastern Dnepropetrovsk Region." RT

Chinese Navy chases off US destroyer

"The Chinese military has chased away a United States warship near the disputed Xisha/Paracel Islands in the South China Sea....The breach of China’s territorial waters by the guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper “severely jeopardized” Beijing’s sovereignty, once again proved that Washington is seeking “navigation hegemony” and “militarization” of the South China Sea, said spokesman for the PLA's Southern Theater Command....The Chinese military deployed “air and naval forces to follow and monitor” the intruder, and “drove it away according to law,” CGTN reports. The Pentagon has yet to comment on the incident." RT

Overwhelming Number of Americans Would Not Volunteer to Fight if US Entered Major Conflict: Poll

"A recent poll by the research institute Echelon Insights found that 72 percent of Americans say they would not volunteer for military service in a major war, according to Newsweek.
"The figures come as all branches of the armed forces have in recent years struggled to meet their recruitment targets, suggesting a growing apathy towards a career of military service,"

Newsweek reported. Another recent survey found that less than half of Democrats would be willing to die for our country in the event of an invasion, and around 30 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds would rather surrender to the enemy than fight, according to the Daily Mail.
These shifting attitudes about duty and sacrifice do not bode well for our national security..... young Americans have been steeped in a culture that denigrates patriotism and fixates on the failures of our past. Colleges have promoted the narrative that American and Western values are synonymous with racism, colonialism and oppression -- and it's bearing some particularly nasty fruit. Add to that the undeniable fact that today's generation of Americans is weaker and more coddled than any generation before, leading ever more digital lives. Would they be able to withstand the rigors taken on by the "Greatest Generation"?" WesternJournal

NYPD Called After Mob Of 'Radicalized' Students Storm High School To Protest Pro-Israel Teacher

"Hundreds of students protesting the Israeli government formed into a threatening mob last week, rampaging through the halls of a Queens high school for nearly two hours after they discovered one of the teachers had attended a pro-Israel rally. Around 11 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens, students gathered for a protest which was planned on Facebook, which showed a photo of the teacher at a pro-Israel rally on Oct. 9, where she held a poster saying "I stand with Israel."

Several of the protesters attempted to breach the teacher's classroom, which the pro-Israel educator had barricaded herself inside of.
"Everyone was yelling ‘Free Palestine!" said one senior.
About 25 NYPD cops raced to the school to quell the disturbance, principal Scott Milczewski told parents. Administrators placed the school in a “soft lockdown,” activating a team of staffers and safety agents trained to handle emergencies.
The NYPD was called to the school again the next day, and said cops arrested an 18-year-old student for making threats over a group chat. The student was charged with aggravated harassment. -NY Post
"Everyone was screaming ‘(The teacher) needs to go!’" a ninth-grader told the outlet, adding "They want her fired."....councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) told the Post, "I don’t know why these students are so misinformed, so intolerant and so radicalized. They don’t even know the history of the Middle East. They haven’t been taught that."
One senior agreed, saying "I doubt half of them know how to spell Palestine," while a sophomore suggested "They just wanted to make drama about it." ZH

Russia and China 'hold secret talks' about building underwater tunnel to Crimea

"Chinese business executives are discussing with Moscow the prospect of building an underground tunnel from Russia to occupied Crimea, according to new intel.

An undersea route would offer protection to Vladimir Putin's military as the Crimea Bridge is repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian shelling." MS

Russia Launches Largest Mass Drone Attack On Ukraine Yet

"Russia overnight launched what Ukrainian officials describe as the largest drone attack on their country so far, with 75 one-way attack drones being launched, mainly against the capital, Kyiv, and the surrounding region. The drone assault has been seen as the opening salvo in Russia’s expected winter campaign attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure, to inflict maximum disruption on its civilian population as the winter weather begins to bite." MS

Ukrainian Drone Attacks Hit Russian Soil, Sparking Widespread Airport Closures

"Reports of drone attacks on Russian soil by the Ukrainian forces have escalated to the largest cross-border attack since the war started, with the important airport in Pskov becoming the latest victim.....onslaught targets several regions, including Moscow, Oryol, Ryazan, Bryansk, Kaluga, and Pskov, triggering widespread airport closures and flight delays which Russia promises “Won’t go unpunished.” MS

US and Germany ‘plan to force Zelenskyy to negotiate’ through choking off arms supplies

"While outwardly expressing full support for Ukraine, behind closed doors in Berlin and Washington plans are being hatched to force Ukraine into talks with Russia to freeze the war on its current front lines, German newspaper BILD said in a report." UV

Ukrainian border guards destroyed Russians' warehouses and equipment

"Ukrainian border guards showed how they destroyed the occupiers' warehouses and equipment in the Svatove direction, reports the press center of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
The video shows the work of aerial reconnaissance men of the 10th separate detachment of the State Border Guard Service in Svatove direction." RBC