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It's Friday, the 14th of November.

Well, look at that, we've made it through to the end of another week.

Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, Kiev just hit one of Russia's most important Black Sea oil terminals with a significant drone attack, disrupting one of the biggest energy lifelines currently fueling the Kremlin's war machine.

Later in the show, the Pentagon unveils Operation Southern Spear.

Because is it really an operation if it doesn't have a cool name?

Well, now you got one.

Southern Spear is a new, or at least sort of new, task force aimed at dismantling narco-terrorist networks across the Western Hemisphere.

The announcement comes as President Trump receives an updated menu of military options against Venezuela.

I'll have those details.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

Kyiv just unleashed one of their most consequential attacks on Russian oil infrastructure this year, part of their intensifying campaign to starve the Kremlin of their most vital source of wartime revenue.

Ukrainian drones and missiles struck the strategic Black Sea port of Novorossiysk early Friday morning, crippling Russia's second largest oil export hub, one that moves a massive share of Russian crude to global markets.