Welcome back to The Restricted Handling Podcast—where geopolitics meets high drama and a touch of gallows humor. In today’s episode, “RH 11.20.25 | Russia: Missiles, ‘Peace’ Plans, and Paranoia,” we’re unpacking another chaotic 24 hours in the world of Kremlin theater, drone warfare, and diplomatic doublespeak. 

Russia just dropped one of its biggest air assaults yet—nearly 500 missiles and drones tearing through Ukraine’s night sky. Cities like Ternopil and Kharkiv took the hits, leaving dozens dead and energy grids crippled as winter bites down hard. Ukraine’s air force, flying F-16s and Mirages, is holding its own, but Moscow’s aim seems less about victory and more about freezing a nation into submission. 

Meanwhile, in Washington and Moscow, a so-called “peace plan” is making waves—and not in a good way. The 28-point draft, reportedly cooked up by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin’s investment ally Kirill Dmitriev, would have Ukraine surrender huge swaths of land, cut its army in half, and ditch long-range Western weapons. Europe’s reaction? Think “collective eye roll with a side of outrage.” France called it capitulation; Brussels said any real peace deal needs Kyiv in the room, not on the menu. 

On the ground, U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll led a high-profile Pentagon delegation into Kyiv, officially on a “fact-finding mission.” Unofficially, it’s a sign that Washington’s walking a tightrope—backing Ukraine while quietly testing the waters for a possible ceasefire. President Zelensky, fresh from meetings with Turkey’s Erdoğan, is juggling diplomacy, corruption scandals, and missile barrages like a man playing 4D chess during an earthquake. 

But the battlefield isn’t the only front. Russia’s spy games are back in full swing: the Kremlin’s paranoid security machine claims to have stopped an assassination plot involving poisoned British beer—yes, beer—and is now labeling exiled critics as terrorists. Pro-Kremlin analysts are even admitting what Putin won’t: the war’s going nowhere fast. 

Across Europe, tensions are spiking. Poland’s calling rail sabotage an act of “state terrorism” tied to Russian agents, NATO jets scrambled after drone incursions in Romania, and Britain confronted a Russian spy ship shining lasers at RAF pilots near Scotland. It’s Cold War vibes with 21st-century tech and zero subtlety. 

Tune in for sharp insight, dark humor, and the day’s biggest global security stories delivered with energy. Russia’s still bombing, Ukraine’s still fighting, and the world’s patience is running on fumes. This is geopolitics—unfiltered, unsanitized, and just a little unhinged.