Russia has accused Ukraine of launching a salvo of US-made long-range missiles against its Bryansk region on Tuesday — marking a significant escalation on the 1,000th day of the ongoing war.
Russian news outlets, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, reported that Russian air defense systems intercepted five of the incoming missiles and successfully damaged one during the early morning attack.
The Russian Ministry added that the wreckage of one missile struck a military installation in the region, sparking a fire, but there were no significant damages or casualties.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog issued a video message on Tuesday in support of Ukraine on the 1000th day of its war, saying that Jerusalem identifies with its cause and what it has endured at the hands of Russia.
“We also pause to reflect on the enormous human suffering that this war has brought. As a country that knows the pain and loss of war, we in Israel wish to say to our friends in Ukraine, you are not alone,” Herzog said in the English-language clip.

Megyn Kelly launched a fierce attack on Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” after they revealed they had met with President-elect Donald Trump in Florida. Kelly, who hosts a conservative podcast, didn’t hold back, referring to the couple as “dishonest jokes” and “faux journalists.”
“Go [profanity],” Kelly fired off in a direct message to Scarborough and Brzezinski. “Go [profanity], you dishonest jokes of faux journalists.”
She labeled the meeting a “farce,” expressing disbelief over the couple’s claims that their meeting with Trump had been personal, especially considering their harsh criticism of him for months leading up to his win against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Washington has made it clear to Turkey that there can be no more “business as usual” with regard to the Hamas terrorist organization, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday.
At a daily press briefing, Miller would not confirm recent reports that Hamas’s senior leadership had relocated to Turkey from Qatar, but said that he was not in a position to dispute them.
“We don’t believe the leaders of a vicious terrorist organization should be living comfortably anywhere, and that certainly includes in a major city of one of our key allies and partners,” he said.

The head of Hezbollah’s medium-range rocket array was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the area of Kfar Jouz in Southern Lebanon on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday.
According to the IDF, Ali Tawfiq Dweiq was responsible for the launch of more than 300 rockets at Israel, including at Haifa and central Israel, since taking command of the rocket array in September.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will decide on Tuesday whether to postpone the sentencing of Donald Trump following his conviction on charges related to hush money or potentially dismiss the case altogether, now that Trump is preparing for a return to the White House.
The prosecutor may request a delay in Trump’s scheduled Nov. 26 sentencing after his conviction for concealing a payment that helped prevent a scandal from affecting voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Bragg may also seek to have the case dismissed entirely.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan would need to approve any proposal by prosecutors before it is implemented.

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An Israel Defense Forces reservist was killed in action battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Sgt. First Class (res.) Omer Moshe Gaeldor, 30, from Jerusalem, served in Lebanon as a member of the 5111th operational support unit of the IDF’s Golani Brigade, according to the statement.
According to Israel’s Ynet news outlet, Gaeldor was killed when his unit was attacked by a Hezbollah suicide drone. Three additional soldiers were seriously wounded in the incident, the IDF confirmed.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to appoint Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, as his commerce secretary, a source close to the situation confirmed to The Post on Tuesday.
Lutnick, who serves as the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, had previously been considered a frontrunner for the more high-profile position of treasury secretary. However, his chances for that role seemed to have dwindled in recent days.
The news of the 63-year-old’s expected nomination was initially reported by Punchbowl News.
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House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) has indicated that his committee is unlikely to heed Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) request to hold back the release of its investigation into former Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Breitbart reports.
Matt Gaetz, who resigned after President-elect Donald Trump announced him as his pick for Attorney General, is no longer part of the House, meaning he no longer falls under the Ethics Committee’s jurisdiction. Johnson has expressed strong opposition to releasing the report, directly conveying this to Guest over the weekend, according to Politico.
“I appreciate Mike reaching out,” Guest told Politico. “I don’t see it having an impact on what we as a committee ultimately decide.”