🇳🇱 The Dutch Air Force F-35 did open the scoring by shooting down a Russian UAV.

Pro-Kremlinlanden Hongarije en Slowakije zijn de enige buurlanden van Oekraïne die geen last hebben van luchtruimschendingen door Rusland:

A whopping 38% of Russia’s refining capacity is now offline, according to The Economist. Gasoline output fell by 1 million tons in September which has created a 20% domestic shortfall. Repairs may take months because of sanctions limiting access to parts and tech.

It’s not just that this is puerile and lawless. It’s that it is completely out of touch with the issues relevant to contemporary warfare. Russia fights like this. It makes Russians criminals. But it doesn’t make them winners.

Jürgen is correct. Any historian of Germany in the 30s recognizes this language and approach instantly: the "enemy within" consisted of Social Democrats, Jews, Poles, Gyspies and Gays. Their eradication was sought and to a horrendous extent accomplished.

❗️🇺🇦 During September 2025, the air defense of the Defense Forces destroyed 10,215 air targets: ▪️ 1 Kh-47 M2 Kinzhal; ▪️ 79 Kh-101/Kh-55SM; ▪️ 2 Iskander-M/KN-23; ▪️ 20 Kalibr; ▪️ 9 Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles; ▪️ 15 Iskander-K ▪️ 2,724 Shaheds; ▪️ 755 reconnaissance UAVs; ▪️ 6,610 UAVs of other types.

In podcast De Dag op NPO Radio 1 vertelt HCSS defensie expert Peter Wijninga wat er gebeurt op het moment dat er een vijandelijke drone het Nederlandse luchtruim inkomt. Wie ziet dat en welke procedures worden er in gang gezet?

🏹 DeepState: In September, the pace of occupation almost halved. The Russians were able to capture 259 sq km — the least since May. 📋 Last month, the enemy occupied 44% less territory than in August. For the whole month, the Russians managed to occupy 0.04%, now the total indicator is 19.04%.

Focusing on the ridiculous veneer is a mistake because the substance of Trump's speech was as serious as a heart attack. The entire senior leadership of America’s military has been put on notice. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...

🚫 RBC: As of September 28, 38% of primary oil refining capacity, or 338,000 tons per day, was idle at refineries across Russia. The total capacity available for gasoline and diesel fuel production fell by 6% in August and by another 18% in September.

People think they know what war is. Here’s what I learned in seven years on Ukraine’s frontline

The commander-in-chief is not ok. read @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 1, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

🇺🇦❗️NATO is planning to deploy an air defense system over western Ukraine to intercept Russian missiles and UAVs, with the potential for further deployment to Kyiv, — The Telegraph. The proposal was put forward by a group of high-ranking officials. They will discuss the issue tomorrow in Copenhagen.

"I cannot recall another instance of a commander-in-chief repeatedly denigrating his predecessors to the military, by name, in public." This was not merely "ridiculous." It broke new and exceedingly dangerous ground. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...

One of my grandfathers was antifa (that is, he fought for the US in WWII), and he was a journalist who worked for Stars and Stripes. He did not kill people and break things for a living — nor was that the goal of the US military as a whole

This is a demand to commit war crimes

The headline of our nightmares.

Military leaders have raised concerns about the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summons top brass to an unusual summit.

The way Trump puts it, he’s disappointed not by Russia’s invasion, but by Putin’s inability to finish off Ukraine quickly.

Literally everyone in the room went to Afghanistan and knows this is utter bullshit.

Trump to generals: "Last month, I signed an executive order to provide training for a quick reaction force that can help quell civil disturbances. This is gonna be a big thing for the people in this room, because it's the enemy from within & we have to handle it before it gets out of control"

Breaking News: President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military should use U.S. cities as “training grounds” at an unusual meeting focused on culture wars. It was unclear why they needed to gather senior military leaders from overseas to tell them this face to face.

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass American Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds’ for Military www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

It really does not get more explicit than Trump telling top active-duty military generals that they will need to participate in occupations of large cities run by his political opponents as part of his "war from within"

nee, onzin, juist niet. Alle remmen los. Ze worden gesommeerd lak te hebben aan de grondwet, internationaal recht en het humanitair oorlogsrecht en zich bovendien te richten op binnenlandse veiligheid (democraten zijn de 'enemy within'). Hier wordt het fascisme van project 2025 uitgerold.

Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."

Deranged, un-American fascism. bsky.app/profile/atru...

‘Patriot and other air defence systems from the Netherlands to start protecting Polish skies in December’ www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

he’s like 10 minutes into this thing and already broadcasting classified information to a live national feed.

Defensie en RVO slaan de handen ineen: ‘Defensie-industrie in Nederland is hard nodig’

President Trump was met by silence as he began his Quantico address, a contrast from the rousing applause he expects at his speeches. “I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” Trump said. “If you want to applaud, you applaud.” wapo.st/4gSqzmS

Most interesting part of the speech—a familiar MAGA tirade—was the audience reaction. Didn’t hear a single person applaud. Generals and admirals sat silently during this political lecture from a former National Guard captain. The right reaction.

in 2024 zei Trump generaals te willen zoals Hitler die had; loyaal aan hem en niet aan de grondwet. Dat maakt deze bijeenkomst zorgwekkend.

Trump is pledging to stand by NATO, but his Defense Department is cutting all security assistance funding for European countries, including the Baltics. And Trump is criticizing Putin, but he still hasn’t imposed any new sanctions on Russia. He even exempted Russia from his tariffs. wapo.st/4gOO40a

verwachting is dat hen zal worden verteld dat (zie project 2025) de strat focus ligt bij homeland defence (inzet national guard in binnenland) en de western hemisphere (zie counter drug ops in venezuela, 'canada en groenland moeten bij VS horen'), en ten derde bij China. Europa volgt op afstand.

📉 Nederlanders geven maatschappelijke stabiliteit een 6,1 – lager dan in de zomer. Groeiende zorgen over interne spanningen, functioneren van de democratie en uitblijven van daadkrachtig bestuur, toont nieuwe #HCSSPublieksmonitor

“En misschien zit juist in die lappendeken van kleine coalities de echte Europese kracht.” uitstekend punt dat Steven Everts hier maakt: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Ukraine is stepping up, providing security guarantees to the EU and will close the sky for hostile aircraft.

Ukraine’s air defence forces say they need to deploy three interceptors for every one Shahed, which at current rates means 2,500 a day. “The scale is mind-boggling.” www.ft.com/content/a513... via @financialtimes.com

Prime Minister Tusk at the Warsaw Security Forum: This [Russia-Ukraine] war is also our war. It is not a question of simple, obvious,&necessary solidarity with a country that has been attacked by an aggressor. This is a question of the security and the survival of the entire Western civilization

Ook Nederland gaat helpen bij beveiliging EU-top in Kopenhagen #nieuws

One estimate holds that Russia gained about 1,548 square kilometers (0.003% of Ukraine's total territory) over the course of this past summer, losing 94,810 personnel during that same period. Even RU propagandists are starting to acknowledge things are unwell. kyivindependent.com/russian-prop...

🔔 Putin on Monday ordered the conscription of 135,000 men by the end of 2025, the largest autumn conscription since 2016.

And there it is… Ukraine will receive JAS-39 Gripen! Better late than never, I guess. The fighter that was always by far the closest fit to the Ukrainian Air Force’s operational needs is at long last officially on its way (timeline TBC for obvious reasons). unn.ua/en/amp/minis...

🇵🇱🇪🇺 Europe must realize that it is already at war, — Tusk The biggest and most important task of our leaders today is to make other people, the entire Western, transatlantic community, realize: this is a war. We did not want this, it is sometimes strange — a new type of war, but still a war.

'Ukraine to receive two more Patriot systems from Germany by year-end – Pistorius' www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...

Tomahawks, NATO's "War on Russia" and Russian Gas Shortages - 28 September update open.substack.com/pub/mickryan...

Oekraïne brengt zomeroffensief Rusland tot staan – en leert Europa hoe het zich tegen de Russische dreiging moet wapenen www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/o...