https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16177725/British-paratrooper-killed-explosion-Ukraine-coroner-inquest.html
 

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said that limited numbers of Armed Forces personnel are being deployed to Ukraine, to provide security for the British diplomatic presence and support the Ukrainian armed forces. 
However, the presence of paratroopers in Ukraine was not publicly known prior to L/Cpl Hooley’s death.   
Last week, the coroner rejected a media request for a public hearing of the inquest, and on Tuesday this week he reached his conclusion on his own in private.
‘On the early morning of December 6, 2025 [L/Cpl George Hooley] sustained multiple injuries from an explosion while observing Ukrainian Forces test a new defensive capability away from the front line,’ he recorded in the Record of Inquest.
‘He received prompt emergency medical treatment at the scene and subsequently underwent surgery but died from his injuries in hospital in Kiev on 9/12/25.’
The coroner said he had been provided with only ‘limited evidence’ about the circumstances and cause of the explosion, but did not elaborate on what that evidence was.
The MoD did not respond to questions about the fatal explosion, including whether the cause had been determined and if anyone had been held responsible.
Mr Salter said he received statements from L/Cpl Hooley’s Army colleagues and British Army doctors, and had also been provided with ‘Ukrainian documents’ which set out that the soldier had been treated in at least two hospitals, including one in Kyiv.
He added that he found there were ‘no suspicious circumstances’.

The whole thing sounds suspicious to me. God rest his soul.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 2 2026 17:21 utc | 104

As recently repeatedly suggested by an excited secret fan:
 
R2R: John Helmer: ‘Will Kaliningrad Be the Spark that Ignites a Nuclear War?’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@reason2resist/videos
 
“At the Valdai conference in Moscow this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that any direct attack by NATO countries on the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad would be answered by all weapons in Russia’s arsenal.
 
In response, NATO’s Sec-Gen Mark Rutte blithely declared that he does not take Russia’s nuclear warning seriously. In this episode, Dimitri Lascaris speaks with Russian affairs analyst John Helmer about the prospect of nuclear war between Russia and NATO.
 
John and Dimitri also discuss factionalism in Russian politics, the Russian government’s policy toward Israel, and a Turkish proposal to transfer an advanced Russian-made air defense system to an Arab state hostile to Iran.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Oct 2 2026 17:28 utc | 106

Posted by: UWDude | Oct 2 2026 17:32 utc | 107
 
Buut Putin’s shaamm electtioons UWDUDD…. waaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!! Helmer really is the pulse of russsia!!!!  BWAAAAHHH!

Posted by: UWDude | Oct 2 2026 17:45 utc | 108

If you dont understand what I am saying, bitches…
 
the russian people AGAIN spoke about how they feel about Putin.
 
They have a “different” opinion about him, and what he is doing, than you blowhard gasbags.
 
Eat it.
 
PUTIN WINS AGAIN.
 
EAT IT.

Posted by: UWDude | Oct 2 2026 17:53 utc | 110

Posted by: Cagliostro | Oct 2 2026 18:12 utc | 111
translation:
“Russians are stupid.  I know better than them.”

Posted by: UWDude | Oct 2 2026 18:20 utc | 112

Brian Berletic

US-EU Launder Missiles Through Ukraine’s “Fire Point” Company Between 2022-2023, US policymakers talked about circumventing Russian red lines and possible escalation by designing, building, and sending to Ukraine missiles that would be presented as “made in Ukraine;” Today, a large variety of drones and missiles have been developed and delivered to Ukraine through this method to present the war as “Ukraine vs Russia” rather than a US proxy war on Russia fought through Ukraine; The front company “Fire Point” in Ukraine is currently at the center of the US-NATO’s efforts to transfer more capable weapons to Ukraine to target the most sensitive targets in Russia; The “FP-7” – would have been designed by Western arms manufacturers, populated by Western components and subsystems & (at best) assembled in Ukraine; While these weapons will never be built in the numbers Russia can, they will be capable of reaching deeper into Russia, causing more damage than by what can be publicly transferred to Ukraine; In summation – these are NOT “Ukrainian” missiles- they are US-European-made missiles specifically to be laundered to Ukraine for plausible deniability as part of a wider proxy war.

Posted by: arby | Oct 2 2026 19:14 utc | 114

Posted by: arby | Oct 2 2026 19:14 utc | 114
 
That is precisely why Russia needs to develop long range AI controlled drones that are capable of loitering over highways and railways and hitting trucks and locomotives en-masse.
 
No more highway traffick = no more Nato originated drone and missile launches from Ukraine. At least they will be heavily reduced.
 
They will have small vehicles, pickups, vans hosting modified drone launching racks besides larger trucks, but it’s important to turn Ukraine’s west-east running highways into stretches of burnt scrap metal, like Mad Max to hinder traffic as much as possible.

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 2 2026 20:28 utc | 116

It seems that anytime Russia gets a major military advantage in UKrain, the west escalates elsewhere asymmetrically, and Russia has to publicly announce it’s nuclear doctrine.
 
It is a sign that it is not going well for US/UKrain on the ground.
 
The West wants to do to Russia, what Iran is doing in the Hormuz.  The possibility of nuke escalation puts their choke point plans in check, as the EU and US could more effectively shut down Russian shipping.  BRI helps.
It is remarkable that Iran is holding off the (cr)Izzies with conventional weapons (and the threat of nuke development).

Posted by: jopalolive | Oct 2 2026 20:40 utc | 118

In a society as stressed-out as Ukraine, this is probably not good news:

Footage of burning pharmaceutical warehouses near Kyiv.

https://t.me/boris_rozhin/228188
 
Dunno which is worse, a shortage of PAC-3s or a shortage of SSRIs?

Posted by: pac-3 | Oct 2 2026 20:47 utc | 120

🇺🇦Kiev residents are leaving the city, according to Ukrainian media.
Local housing rental services are reporting an increasing number of vacant apartments. Ukrainian media report that a lot of Kiev residents are leaving for Uzhgorod – in the west of the country, in the Zakarpatye region, near the border with Slovakia.

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/194561

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 2 2026 20:51 utc | 122

Journo just asked Putin whether it’s time to break the EU apart. Putin said there’s no need, as EU will fall apart on its own.
 
The headless chicken maneuver by the eurotards tell a lot about it being an ongoing process. ‘Putler outsmarted the west once again’, as tomorrows headlines will say.
 
https://x.com/GlobalDiss/status/2105769810294378615

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 2 2026 21:11 utc | 124

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 2 2026 21:19 utc | 125

Rutte and Merz being spit at by the common folk in Munster, Germany. https://x.com/SprinterPress/status/2105977852067824000

Very nice to see! Lots of protest against conscription too. Brutal disconnect between elites and people. Even folks who have tuned out don’t trust the government. The only ones who’re fully onboard are IMO public service types.
 
On “Westphalian Peace Prize” (that’s lofty sounding but just a private medal, issued by local industy) — it was already stupid to give future war criminal the Nobel Peace Prize but that happened up-front. Giving NATO a peace prize is so perverted. “When I think peace, I think NATO!” For the history inclined, there’s the bitter irony that the West’s last 30 or so years were all about unmaking the Westphalian Treaty. I hope these suckers all die in a hotel fire.

Posted by: Konami | Oct 2 2026 22:11 utc | 126

yet another fake video released by Russian sources claiming russia is in west Kupyansk in front of a building that has been greatly damaged in the last year.
 
Makes me think….
 
Russia actually is in West Kupyansk.  Only reason they would release such easily debunkable videos.

Posted by: UWDude | Oct 3 2026 0:16 utc | 128

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Oct 3 2026 1:27 utc | 129
 
certainly seems that way.
 
two cities are being cut off at once, Kiev, and Odessa.

Posted by: UWDude | Oct 3 2026 1:42 utc | 130

Cold War 2.0, #88: Tarik Cyril Amar & Marta Havryshko: ‘Who Pays?’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@SyrianaAnalysis/streams
 
“Ukraine’s war without: draft, corruption & far-right.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Oct 3 2026 2:20 utc | 132

126 Konami
Three more videos on the Münster protest.Merz,Rutte ans Wüst,the prime minister of NordRhein-Westphalen on a balcony being booed at with cries “Mörder,Lügner” and more .
 
https://de-rt.com/europa/293578-moerder-merz-und-rutte-bei/
The treaty of Münster (Westphalia) is supposed to have put an end to the 80-year war in the Netherlands and the 30- year war in what now is France and parts of Germany .Well,here in Lorraine and Alsace where I live  war went on another thirty years (le génocide lorrain) because Louis XIV and Mazarin wanted to dismantle all castles and fortifications ,therefore there aren’t any leftbut ruins.Like Tacitus wrote in roman times:They make a desert and call it peace.

Posted by: willie | Oct 3 2026 6:41 utc | 134

Victor Bout

First week in the State Duma as an LDPR federal-list deputy, plus a read of President Putin’s nearly four-hour Valdai speech.
 
I cover why Moscow laid out its geopolitical line in full, the quiet end of the long US presence in Iraq, and why security for one side cannot be built by cutting the security of Russia, China, or India. It also looks at how the Ukraine war is rewriting tactics through drones, space, and AI, the risk of privatized robot and drone forces, alleged false-flag attempts to pull the US deeper into the conflict, and why the old order will not leave without a fight. Closing point: conflicts end only when their roots are dealt with, not frozen.
 
0:00 First Duma session and Putin’s Valdai line
4:14 US exit from Iraq and a world with no new deal
6:03 Drones, AI, and the next military revolution
8:31 False flags and the fight for a multipolar order
9:39 Global majority, fair rules, and solving root causes

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPw_yqGaGI0

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 3 2026 7:25 utc | 136

Russia keeps obliterating Kiev and Ukraine’s infrastructure at will. Britain’s little puppet is in deep trouble.

 
Stanislav Krapivnik has also repeatedly being saying that Zelensky fights for NO ONE but his own survival. In that sense forget whenever you hear on MSM ‘Ukraine’ doing anything. ‘Ukraine doing x or y’ only refers to what Zelensky is doing to survive personally.

This is the END┃UK’s MI6 tries to save Zelensky amid Massive Spike in pro-Russian Sentiments in KIEV

Moreover, it is reported that with each passing day, the number and intensity of Russian missile strikes are not just growing — they are rapidly accelerating. In this regard, experts acknowledge that the coming winter will be a real hell for all of Ukraine, including its western regions. By the way, on the night of October 2, the western part of Ukraine was literally engulfed in flames. For example, the latest Russian jet powered kamikaze drones Geranium 5, struck an enterprise in the southern part of the city of ‘Kostopole’, Rivne region….

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR40sP6OIMU

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 3 2026 9:21 utc | 138

Chronicle of strikes on the territory of Ukraine from October 2, 2026 to October 3, 2026.
 
Yesterday, day and night, the Aerospace Forces and missile forces carried out strikes on targets in the Donbass, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions (the full range of weapons), Kyiv and the Kyiv region, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Volyn and Rivne regions (Gerani).
 
October 2, 2026.
 
– 07:47 Kherson – explosion.
– 08:55 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK. Outskirts of Khotyn.
– 09:15 Explosion near Tripolskaya TPP. Geranium.
– 09:20 Shevchenkovo, Kharkiv region – explosion. Geranium.
– 09:25 Kharkiv region – explosions. UMPK. Burluk district.
– 09:30 Nikolaev – explosion. Geranium.
– 10:25-10:55 Outskirts of Zaporizhzhia – explosions. UMPK.
– 10:57 South Odessa region – explosion. Geranium.
– 11:08-11:30 Nalyvaykovka, Kyiv region – explosions. Geraniums.
– 12:12 Nikolaev – powerful explosion.
– 12:00 Dnipropetrovsk region – explosions. UMPK.
– 12:05 Zaporizhzhia region – explosions. UMPK.
– 12:07 Donbass – explosions. UMPK.
– 12:40-12:47 Nikolaev – a series of explosions. Geraniums.
– 14:45 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK.
– 14:55 Donbass and Dnipropetrovsk region – explosions. UMPK.
– 15:00 Slatino, Kharkiv region – explosions. UMPC.
– 15:15 Kharkov – explosions. UMPK.
– 15:40 Kirovograd – explosion. Geranium.
– 15:45 Kharkiv region – explosions. UMPK.
– 15:57 Donbass – explosions. UMPK.
– 16:05 Donbass and Kharkiv region – explosions. UMPK.
– 16:45 Sergeevka, Odessa region – explosions. Geraniums.
– 16:57 Kyiv – explosion. Geranium.
– 17:05 Explosion near Bucha. Geranium.
– 17:15 Sarny, Rivne region – explosion. Geranium.
– 17:37 Kyiv – explosion. Geranium.
– 17:45 Kyiv region – explosion. Geranium.
– 17:55 Outskirts of Brovary, Kyiv region – explosion. Geranium.
– 18:40 Outskirts of Kyiv – explosion. Geranium.
– 19:00 Kyiv – explosion. Geranium.
– 19:10 Outskirts of Poltava – explosion. Geranium.
– 19:33 Nalyvaykovka, Kyiv region – explosion. Geranium.
– 19:40 Dnepropetrovsk – explosion. Geranium.
– 20:55 Donbass – explosions. UMPK.
– 21:03 Kirovograd – explosion. Geranium.
– 21:05 Kharkiv region – explosions. UMPK.
– 21:10 Dnipropetrovsk region – explosions. UMPK.
– 21:20 Illichivsk, Odessa region – explosion. Geranium.
– 21:20 Kharkov – a series of explosions. UAV.
– 21:35 Zaporizhzhia region – explosions. UMPK.
– 21:55 Explosion in the outskirts of Kyiv. Geranium.
– 22:00 Kharkiv region – explosion. UMPK. Izyum.
– 22:10 Illichivsk, Odessa region – explosions. Geraniums.
– 22:35 Zaporizhzhia region – explosions. UMPK.
– 23:35 Dnepropetrovsk and Kirovograd – explosions. Geraniums.
– 23:40 Kirovograd – explosion. Geranium.
– 23:55 Alexandria, Kirovograd region – explosion. Geranium.
 
October 3, 2026.
 
– 00:05 Zaporizhzhia – explosion. Geranium.
– 01:20 Saratov, Odessa region – explosions. Geraniums.
– 02:00 Reni, Odessa region – explosions. Geraniums.
– 02:30 Kharkiv region – explosions. UMPK.
– 03:25 Odessa – explosion. Geranium.
– 04:10 Volyn region – explosion. Geranium.
– 04:40 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK.
– 05:37 Dnipropetrovsk region – explosions. UMPK.
– 05:55-06:00 Zaporizhzhia region – explosions. UMPK.
– 06:00-06:10 The outskirts of Zatoka, Odessa region – explosions. Geraniums.
– 06:20-06:30 Zaporizhzhia region – explosions. 3 UMPK strikes.
– 06:37 Kyiv – explosion. Geranium.
– 06:40 Zatoka, Odessa region – a series of explosions. Geraniums.
 
https://t.me/s/boris_rozhin/228246
 
 

Posted by: too scents | Oct 3 2026 11:26 utc | 140

Robot soldiers apparently deployed behind Russian lines
 
https://spectator.org/ukraines-robot-army-makes-big-strides/

Posted by: ReinhardVonSiegfried | Oct 3 2026 12:45 utc | 142

 
That is precisely why Russia needs to develop long range AI controlled drones that are capable of loitering over highways and railways and hitting trucks and locomotives en-masse.
Posted by: unimperator | Oct 2 2026 20:28 utc | 116
 
Russia has had years to develop such drones and yet has neglected to do so.
The need for such drones has been very obvious since the very start of the invasion, yet they remain conspicuous by their very absence from the Russian aeronautical arsenal.
 
That sort of glaring absence is usually because of  either corruption or incompetence.
Take your pick.
 
This war has not gone well for Russia and should have been over quite some time ago.
 
While they’re not actually losing, in the usual sense of the word,, it would be very hard to describe the current military state of affairs as actually “winning” either.
 
The longer the Russians allow it to continue, the greater the long-term danger for them.
 
Simply stating otherwise, won’t make it so

Posted by: Hubris | Oct 3 2026 13:03 utc | 144

 
Russia has unveiled the “Shturm” unmanned tank: an overview and a look inside.
Posted by: too scents | Oct 3 2026 13:08 utc | 145
 
Russia’s problem seems to lie in it’s general inability to shake off it’s propensity to always be “fighting the last war”.
 
I’m sure such remote control tanks have their uses, and would certainly have been useful in many pre-drone war scenarios but, as pointed out above, this war isn’t that war.
 
 

Posted by: Hubris | Oct 3 2026 13:21 utc | 146

In a statement on Saturday, the Russian foreign ministry said it “had previously urged foreign nationals and diplomats in Kyiv to leave the city and refrain from visiting Ukraine.”
“We note with concern that not everyone has heeded these warnings, and that individuals are knowingly exposing themselves to mortal danger,” the ministry said.
“The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue to deliver massive retaliatory strikes,” it warned.

Posted by: Night Tripper | Oct 3 2026 14:12 utc | 148

“The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue to deliver massive retaliatory strikes,” it warned.
 
Posted by: Night Tripper | Oct 3 2026 14:12 utc | 148
 
Because “more of the same” has worked out so well, so far?
 
Seriously?

Posted by: Hubris | Oct 3 2026 14:26 utc | 150

One thing the Syrian war and the current Ukrainian and Iran wars should have taught any astute observer, is that missiles and  air power alone are not enough to force a declaration of capitulation from a determined and prepared opponent. The Russians command certainly do seem to have noticed that, but unfortunately do not seem to have yet come up with any alternative game plan, other than “more of the same”, that would give rise to a forced declaration of capitulation from their opponent. An additional consideration is what effect such drastic military action would have on their own population and it’s support for continued military action in Ukraine. One can be sure such questions have already been occupying the minds of the Russian military and the decision makers in the Kremlin. So far they seem to deem it “unwise”.   
Posted by: Hubris | Oct 3 2026 14:23 utc | 149

Posted by: aquadraht | Oct 3 2026 14:30 utc | 152

One thing the Syrian war and the current Ukrainian and Iran wars should have taught any astute observer, is that missiles and  air power alone are not enough to force a declaration of capitulation from a determined and prepared opponent.

Are you telling there are no Russian ground troops in Ukraine? How stupid can one be?

 The Russians command certainly do seem to have noticed that, but unfortunately do not seem to have yet come up with any alternative game plan, other than “more of the same”, that would give rise to a forced declaration of capitulation from their opponent.

The plan is demilitarization and denazification. So hard to understand?

An additional consideration is what effect such drastic military action would have on their own population and it’s support for continued military action in Ukraine. One can be sure such questions have already been occupying the minds of the Russian military and the decision makers in the Kremlin. So far they seem to deem it “unwise”.   

Barbary is never wise. 

I am still unsure whether your trolling is NAFO, Nazi, or 6th column. Choose one.
 

Posted by: Hubris | Oct 3 2026 14:23 utc | 149

 

Posted by: aquadraht | Oct 3 2026 14:35 utc | 154

Because “more of the same” has worked out so well, so far? Seriously?
Posted by: Hubris | Oct 3 2026 14:26 utc | 150
 
I don’t agree that what Kiev is being subjected to right now is ‘more of the same’

Posted by: Night Tripper | Oct 3 2026 14:43 utc | 156

I don’t agree that what Kiev is being subjected to right now is ‘more of the same’
 
Posted by: Night Tripper | Oct 3 2026 14:43 utc | 156
 
Simply stating that unfortunately don’t make it so, though…. .🤷🏻‍♂️

Posted by: Hubris | Oct 3 2026 14:58 utc | 158

Ukronazi regime in panic as RUAF drones start severing supporting cables of main bridges in Kiev. Notice that collapsing bridges of Kiev would be an actual game changer, as there are no more bridges north of Kiev, and the three ones downstream are Kaniv, Cherkassy and Kremenchug. If those are taken out too, ALL AFU logistics are force-funneled to go through Dnipropetrovsk. At that point supporting Sumy, Kharkov front, and by extension Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Druzhivka front become effectively impossible for AFU. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/kiev-in-panic-as-russian-drones-begin
Posted by: unimperator | Oct 3 2026 14:31 utc | 153

I think you are too optimistic. Of course, the hits against Dnyepr crossings are a hindrance and disadvantage for Ukrainian logistics. To keep all bridges out of order it requires considerable efforts. 
 
The strikes on the three Kiev bridges, South, Metro, and Paton required 20 high speed drones every day. And need to be repeated several times. There are 5 more bridges in Kiev, and quite a number downstream. Certainly, disrupting most civilian traffic is possible, but in the end, pontoon bridges and ferries can do the job. 
 
And jet drones are not infinitely available. Western estimates speak about 3k monthly, i.e. ca. 100 daily, and no more than 20 heavy missiles (Oniks, Zircon, Iskander), and maybe as many or bit more Banderol, DAN-T etc.. Not so much for hunting all bridges, power lines, power substations, gas stations, locomotives, and trucks (there are between 500k and bit less than a million heavy trucks in Ukraine).
 
There are 300 guided bombs per day now, nice success, about doubled yoy, but still mainly for the needs of a 1200+km frontline, and sometimes Zatoka bridge and Black Sea harbours. Still far away from carpet bombing.
 
Much less ammo than targets. And the difference between sofa and real command is that the latter needs to consider that.

Posted by: aquadraht | Oct 3 2026 15:08 utc | 160

 
Posted by: Hubris | Oct 3 2026 15:09 utc | 161

Your trolling is dead boring. Just stupid Nazi rant. 
Of course Ukronazi wonder robots are all the rage, a remotely controlled Russian armored vehicle just old stuff. Never heard of Arena and the likes? Even Syrski consideres armored force with antidrone equipmet a probable breakthrough means. 
 
And I nowhere found the Shturm device praised as the great game changer. Maybe useful, one shall see. As UMPC FAB made the breakthrough possible at Avdeyevka. 
 
And while trolls like you are not capable to understand what’s happening, UA and NATO leaders apparently do, loudly whining and pressing for a ceasefire.

Posted by: aquadraht | Oct 3 2026 15:24 utc | 162

Urban Fox@1438:  Good points regarding Kaliningrad.  Satellite and aerial intel would certainly inform the R.U. military command that something is afoot in a foolish attempt to actualize the rhetoric and bombast oozing outta the EU autocracy. “Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”.  Can’t currently recall the astute source of that quote.  Was it Shakespeare?

Posted by: Aristodemos | Oct 3 2026 16:12 utc | 164

Kommisar is the perfect title for you 😂
Posted by: Hubris | Oct 3 2026 15:28 utc | 163

Certainly, especially for you, dreaming of your fellow Nazis Kommissarbefehl.

Posted by: aquadraht | Oct 3 2026 17:08 utc | 166

Dr. Brovkin
 
Putin to EU: Your Choice: Live in Peace or Fatal Escalation

Today I focus on Putin’s Speech at the Valday Forum on 1 October 2026. What did he say that the West picked up and distorted? And what did he say that the West ignored completely? Amazing how one can hear different things or not hear at all, or distort what one heard.
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxjDWLtnR10

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 3 2026 17:53 utc | 168

Russia continues to probe away at bridges in Kiev; according to the following report the Northern Bridge received attention sufficient to bring down the contact wires for the trolleybus network:

Attack on the Northern Bridge in Kyiv: traffic partially restricted

As a result of an enemy strike, the contact network on the Northern Bridge was damaged.
 

This was reported by RegioNews with reference to the press center of the Kyiv City State Administration.
 
Repair work is ongoing at the site. As a result, traffic is limited: three lanes operate from the left to the right bank, and one from the right to the left.
 
After the repair work is completed, traffic will be fully restored in all lanes.

https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/kiev/1791019020-udar-po-pivnichnomu-mostu-u-kievi-ruh-transportu-chastkovo-obmezheno (via translation add-on.)

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 3 2026 18:22 utc | 170

psychohistorian | Oct 3 2026 20:28 utc | 171
*** Volodymyr Zelensky:We will intensify our attacks on Russian oil refineries …***
 
In response, Russia should commence bombing Tel Aviv — that would stop Zelensky and his regime, since they very obviously don’t care a damn about Ukraine.

Posted by: Cynic | Oct 3 2026 21:07 utc | 172

Didn’t Russia just warn all Western countries to stay out of Kiev?
 
From TPO
 
 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv to reaffirm Germany’s support for Ukraine, AFP reported, citing government sources.
 
More than 30 explosions were heard in Kyiv over about two hours, with Ukraine’s largest power and heating plant reportedly the main target.
 
 
I can only hope that, at a minimum, Merz had to change his Depends.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Oct 4 2026 5:30 utc | 174

Drone deal with Kyiv: Merz promises Ukraine billions in further aid
 
The German Chancellor is traveling to Kyiv despite Russian warnings. Agreement is also expected on the joint development of weapons with a range of more than 1000 kilometers.
 

Drohnenpakt mit Kiew: Merz sagt der Ukraine weitere Milliardenhilfen zu
 
Der Bundeskanzler reist trotz russischer Warnungen nach Kiew. Vereinbart werden soll auch die gemeinsame Entwicklung von Waffen mit mehr als 1000 Kilometern Reichweite.
 
04.10.2026, 07:52 Uhr
 
Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) ist am Sonntag zu einem Besuch in Kiew eingetroffen. Er sagte der Ukraine weitere Unterstützung für den Krieg gegen Russland zu. Nach Angaben aus Regierungskreisen, aus denen die dpa zitiert, sollen eine Milliarde Euro aus bereits bewilligten Haushaltsmitteln für Militärhilfe freigegeben werden.
 
Dazu kommen 350 Millionen Euro für Reparaturen im Energiesektor. Zugleich soll ein Abkommen über die gemeinsame Produktion verschiedener Drohnentypen finalisiert werden.
 
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/article/merz-in-kiew-milliardenhilfe-und-drohnenabkommen-mit-der-ukraine-10457438
 
 

Posted by: too scents | Oct 4 2026 7:03 utc | 176

Dmitry Medvedev
 
Kiev moron’s request to “block” Russia’s Rassvet satellite constellation can only imply its destruction. And that will lead to a full-scale space war. I hope the US understands this. Otherwise, their low-orbit Starlink satellites will then come dropping like decorations off a dried-out Christmas tree. Space is a very cramped place so it’s a must to be mutually polite.
 
https://t.me/medvedev_telegramE/164
 

Posted by: too scents | Oct 4 2026 7:34 utc | 178

Russia repeated a warning for foreign citizens, including diplomats, to leave Kyiv.
Responding to the warning, EU ambassador Katarína Mathernová wrote on X on Sunday: “The EU Delegation is staying. Threatening us will not stop Europe’s support for Ukraine. It only reminds us why that support matters!”
German ambassador to Ukraine, Boris Ruge, reacted to Mathernova’s post with: “Amen – we’re staying”.

Yes, I would certainly suggest these corrupt murdering bastards get on their knees and pray to their God so that he shows mercy on their souls
 

Posted by: Night Tripper | Oct 4 2026 10:57 utc | 180

Daniel Davis interviews Ian Proud after Proud’s detention at Heathrow.
 
“Diplomacy is Now a Crime in Britian /Ian Proud”
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icxWtNOZr74
 
Pure intimidation.  Were Ian Proud really passing secrets to or working for the “enemy” he’s plenty clever enough and experienced enough not to cart the evidence of that through Heathrow.    So the search, and the confiscation of his laptop, was purely for show as would have been known before the detention was authorised.  To throw a scare into him, which doesn’t seem to have worked.
 
More likely, to throw a scare into other diplomats and ex-diplomats who might feel inclined to publicly oppose government foreign policy.  That’ll work, I expect.

Posted by: English Outsider | Oct 4 2026 12:22 utc | 182

from Lvov or London soon
 
Posted by: Urban Fox | Oct 4 2026 12:46 utc | 183
 
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Zelensky is a dead man if he doesn’t surrender himself to Russia.
 

Posted by: too scents | Oct 4 2026 13:14 utc | 184

@185
 
Did the robot tanks hold ground until more robots came?
 
Sounds like a “body count” meme!
 
US always wins the body count…. never won a war since using the last bullet for the last enemy body!

Posted by: paddy | Oct 5 2026 0:20 utc | 186