“A case involving two men accused of spying for 🇨🇳 China collapsed because evidence could not be obtained from the government referring to China as a national security threat, the 🇬🇧 UK's most senior prosecutor has said. Charges were dropped by prosecutors last month prompting criticism.”

Seymour Hersh, often heard voicing claims found frequently in Russian Propaganda, has turned his sights on Trump www.kommersant.ru/doc/8099458

I’m not quite sure what message Russian controlled media is trying to send at the moment www.mk.ru/politics/202...

And people said that ICC arrest warrant wouldn’t do anything… www.mk.ru/politics/202...

Meanwhile in Russia… Rabid Bats in Moscow! 🦇 www.mk.ru/incident/202...

Meanwhile in Russia… “Adam Kadyrov opened a sports complex named after himself in Chechnya.” Yeah…that checks out (The Fontanka commenters on the article have been brutal 😂) www.fontanka.ru/2025/10/07/7...

🇷🇺: STANDING IN LINE IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING! 😅 doctorpiter.ru/obraz-zhizni...

‼️Russia: “Nikolai Arefyev, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, proposed introducing a 60% tax on the income of Russia's super-rich to boost the budget” 🍿 www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/08/v...

One of the cooling towers at the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant in Russia was struck. The operator, Rosenergoatom, claims a Ukrainian drone was forced off course by electronic warfare systems. The so-called 'jamming towers'.

For the third consecutive day, the drone-hit marine oil terminal in occupied Feodosia continues to burn. The fire has spread to adjacent storage tanks.

Satellite images show that smoke streches even further to the nearby village of Babenkove, ~20km west of occupied Feodosia.

The Ural Turbine Plant in Yekaterinburg, which produces equipment for power stations, is on fire. The blaze is visible across the city. Careless smoking.

ASTRA confirms that 2 drones struck the Tyumen Oil Refinery on the evening of October 6, damaging a rectification column and part of the water supply system. The facility, once Russia’s largest independent refinery with a 7.5 million ton capacity, now operates under RI-Invest. Explosions were heard

Russian media confirm a railway line between Stroganovo and Mshinskaya was blown up in the morning, causing a locomotive and several cars of a military cargo train to derail. Traffic on the section has been halted, with passenger and freight trains rerouted and delayed for several hours.

‼️ Russia: “Microelectronics manufacturers have been experiencing months-long delays in grant funding due to budget shortfalls.” 🍿 www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/06/p...

‼️ Russia: “The first banana greenhouses have begun to be built in Russia.” "It may seem ridiculous now, but objectively, we can grow anything" ~ Oksana Lut Because you’re currently struggling to grow potatoes and beets! www.kommersant.ru/doc/8098271

Looks like more people are getting on board with the message! 😃

🇩🇪 und 🇫🇷 verfolgen unterschiedliche Ansätze zur Befähigung bei militärischer #KI. 👉 #Frankreich hat vor Kurzem den #Superrechner ASGARD für seine Streitkräfte eingeweiht (Foto). Er soll dazu beitragen, 🇫🇷 Souveränität in militärischen Belangen zu sichern. 🧵1/7

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

Meanwhile in Russia… “"A Garbage Collapse Could Happen." Thirty Russian Regions Face Landfill Shortages” www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/06/m...

‼️ Russia: “Fuel prices continue to rise rapidly at Moscow gas stations.” 🍿 www.interfax.ru/moscow/1051045

‼️ Russia: “Dmitry Patrushev noted the growth of the share of Russian seeds in the agricultural sector to almost 70%.” But it’s not been a voluntary shift. And it’s NOT because Russia has been able to compete and WIN that share of the market. It’s forced. www.interfax.ru/russia/1051097

Ukraine has built a network of secret battery parks to shield its power system from Russian strikes, the WSJ reports. Six U.S.-made energy storage sites with a total capacity of 200 MW have been installed in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, enough to power about 600,000 homes for two hours.

Zelensky says Ukraine’s defense industry has multiplied since 2022, with domestic drone and missile output projected at $35bn next year. Over 40% of weapons on the front are Ukrainian-made and the goal is 50% by year-end. Kyiv is launching an export program called "Weapons" to fund further growth.

Ukraine is now producing 40 Bohdana self-propelled howitzers per month, President Zelensky announced during the 3rd International Defence Industry Forum in Kyiv. The domestically developed artillery system has become one of the key weapons in Ukraine’s defense industry expansion.

Following a drone strike, Crimea’s largest fuel terminal in Feodosia has been burning for over four hours, with fuel tanks now exploding. Local sources report massive fires visible from several kilometers away.

Nearly half of Russian refineries have been hit, fuel exports are crashing, and the Kremlin can’t stop it. 60% of Ukraine’s deep strikes are carried out by FP-1 drones, and now Kyiv is fielding the FP-5 “Flamingo” cruise missile with a 3,000km range and a 1,150kg warhead.

In September 2025, daily shipments of oil and refined products by Russian Railways fell to 2020 COVID-crisis levels, according to Istebin.ua. The collapse mirrors the 2020 plunge when oil output dropped from 10 to 8 million barrels/day. Some wells may have been shut down permanently.

I still can’t understand the leniency toward Merkel’s disastrous Russia and Eastern Europe policy. Germany must finally face these failures — not to assign blame, but to learn from them.

I want people to be aware of two things: 1. Don’t expect perfection from bans/sanctions. If nothing else, the price will go up, and that still hurts 2. China & Russia have their own fights. They aren’t friends.

‼️ Russia: “China has tightened export restrictions, making it virtually impossible for Russia to obtain Chinese machine tools with a precision of 3-4 microns.” 👉 Virtually impossible Thus any they are able to get are likely to be VERY EXPENSIVE. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/05/k...

www.focus.de/politik/ausl... Zitat:“Doch so eingängig die Metapher auch klingt – sie ist falsch. Und sie offenbart ein viel größeres Problem: Deutschland diskutiert über Bedrohungen mit Schlagworten, während die Realität der modernen Kriegsführung längst komplexer ist.“

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Shadow Tanker is Back Underway Having Again Eluded Authorities maritime-executive.com/article/shad...

🛰️ “Russian satellites have been stalking British military satellites, according to the head of the UK Space Command. Major Gen Paul Tedman said 🇷🇺 Russia had also been trying to jam the 🇬🇧 UK's military satellites with ground-based systems every week.”

Berlin & Paris need to “establish a pattern for the upcoming boom years, and double down on their political commitment to cooperation in defense innovation, training and procurement. The window of opportunity is narrow — afterward, there will only be room to implement the decisions already made.”

The situations of Palestine and Taiwan are like mirror images. Palestine is recognized by more than 150 nations, although it is farther away from real statehood than ever. Taiwan is a functioning nation state, recognized by only 11 nations.

‼️ Russia: “The Kremlin will cut key healthcare projects to save money for the war.” But it’s actually part of a longer trend. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/02/k...

Local news NDR report: Following the search of the cargo ship "Scanlark" in Kiel at the beginning of September, an investigation is currently underway against five Russian nationals. It is alleged that a drone was launched from the ship on 26 August and flown over a naval vessel to take pictures.

Meanwhile in Russia… “drivers are spending the night at gas stations waiting for gas.” www.mk.ru/economics/20...

Canada is patrolling Sweden's west coast or the Baltic Sea entrance, dep on perspective. Thanks Canada!

Since it's October tomorrow: A reminder that October is the month where Russia usually conducts it's annual strategic nuclear forces exercise Grom and NATO usually runs the annual nuclear exercise Steadfast Noon. Both are normal activities, as annual implies.

„Die ukrainischen Streitkräfte müssen nicht unbedingt einen Kessel um Moskau erreichen. Eine Niederlage kann durch einen wirtschaftlichen Zusammenbruch im Hinterland herbeigeführt werden.“

🇫🇮🇩🇰 Stubb: Finland has today decided that Defence Forces will participate in securing Danish airspace during this week's international meetings. Finland's support consists of a military unit capable of identifying and countering drones. Finnish Border Guard is also involved in supporting operation.

Wie kann es sein dass eine #SPD-geführte Stadtverwaltung in #Gelsenkirchen eine Kunstinstallation absagt, die sich mit der Normalisierung rechter Rhetorik befasst? Mit der Begründung sie verstoße gegen das Neutralitätsgebot! Es gibt keine Neutralität gegenüber faschistischer Ideologie.

A top meeting between the FSB's Border Directorate and the Norwegian Joint Headquarters today took place onboard a 🇸🇯 coast guard vessel. The FSB boss remained silent when asked by the Barents Observer about recent violations of Norwegian air space.

📌 The 'Covert Shores' index page of H.I. Sutton's @covertshores.bsky.social articles, cutaways and illustrations of virtually every type of #submarine /submersible is something to bookmark - unfortunately it's not linked in the portal page 🔱 www.hisutton.com/Covert_Shore... (Scroll down for more!)

‼️ Russia: “The head of the "oligarchs' union" has stated that the Russian economy is beginning to experience uncontrollable contraction.” 👉 Alexander Shokhin He is the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/09/30/g...

"Just one Chinese firm, the state-owned juggernaut China State Shipbuilding Corporation, built more commercial vessels by tonnage in 2024 than the entire U.S. shipbuilding industry has built since the end of World War II," writes CSIS Hidden Reach. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/are...

Die AfD Hamburg wusste nach ihren Angaben nicht, dass einer ihrer Abgeordneten in St. Petersburg war, um ein Bündnis von Parteien aus dem rechtsextremem und Neonazi-Spektrum zu schmieden