Moscow Upset Trump Described Russia as ‘Paper Tiger’

"Russia declined to respond to President Trump’s latest remarks on the progress of the Ukraine War, where he encouraged Kyiv to keep fighting to retake its own territory and — he implied — possibly

even capture some Russian land on Tuesday, stating the remarks came too late into the night Moscow time to be dealt with immediately.
Putin’s personal spokesman Dmitry Peskov gave a wide-ranging interview to Russian state radio on Wednesday morning, where he articulated the evident upset felt in Moscow over President Trump stating Russia’s failure to capture the whole of Ukraine and the “aimless” three years of fighting betrayed the country as a “paper tiger”.
Peskov said, “Russia is definitely not a tiger. After all, Russia is more often compared to a bear. There are no ‘paper bears’ and Russia is a real bear. Putin has repeatedly and with varying degrees of emotion described our bear. There’s nothing paper about it”." 

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Major Russian chemical plant reportedly halts operations after Ukrainian drone attack

"Ukrainian drones struck a chemical plant in Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on Sept. 25, sparking a fire and forcing an evacuation, Russian independent media outlet Astra reported.
Regional officials confirmed that debris from the attack ignited a blaze covering 50 square meters (540 square feet) and that roughly 140 employees were moved to a protective shelter.
Authorities did not name the facility, but Astra identified it as EuroChem-Belorechensk Fertilizers, one of the largest fertilizer producers in southern Russia." KI

Seismic event linked to renewed eruption at Barren Island volcano, India

"A minor eruption was reported at Barren Island volcano, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, at 10:15 LT (04:45 UTC). The eruption followed a M4.2 earthquake (registered as M4.9 by USGS) detected two days earlier in the vicinity. The epicenter of the earthquake was 160 km (100 miles) east of the volcano." W

Strong and shallow M6.3 earthquake hits Venezuela few hours after M6.2

"The epicenter was located 27 km (17 miles) ENE of Mene Grande (population 60 580), 69 km (36 miles) NNW of Pampan (population 59 657), 61 km (38 miles) N of Motatan (population 25 437), and 68 km (42 miles) NNW of Trujillo (population 71 362), Venezuela.
30 000 people are estimated to have felt very strong shaking, 246 000 strong, 1 025 000 moderate and 9.5 million light." W

78 combat clashes reported on front lines

"A total of 78 combat clashes between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops have been recorded since early today.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainian defenders repelled three enemy attacks. Russian forces also launched six airstrikes, dropped 13 guided aerial bombs, and conducted 104 shelling attacks, including five using multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna direction, the enemy attacked twice near Vovchansk, with one clash still ongoing. Shypuvate was targeted by KAB airstrikes.

In the Kupiansk direction, five attacks are underway near Kotliarivka and toward Pishchane and Kolisnykivka.
In the Lyman sector, Russian troops launched 14 attacks near Novomykhailivka, Hrekivka, Kolodiazi, Shandryholove, Novoselivka, Derylove, and Zarichne. Ukrainian forces successfully halted seven enemy advances; fighting continues.
In the Siversk sector, the enemy attempted breakthroughs near Serebrianka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, and toward Dronivka and Yampil. Five out of seven attacks are still in progress.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian forces unsuccessfully attacked Ukrainian positions near Chasiv Yar.
In the Toretsk sector, the invaders made seven attempts to advance near Oleksandro-Shultyne, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, and Yablunivka. Kostiantynivka was hit by guided aerial bombs.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian troops made 28 attempts to dislodge Ukrainian defenders from their positions near Poltavka, Nykonorivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Novoekonomichne, Sukhetske, Lysivka, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, and Horikhove. Ukrainian forces repelled 27 of these attacks. Enemy aircraft also struck Dobropillia.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Russian forces attacked five times near Voskresenka, Sichneve, Vorone, Ternove, and Novohryhorivka. One battle is still ongoing.
In the Huliaipole sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three enemy attempts to advance near Olhivske." Ukrin