Ukrainian fighters liberate six settlements of Luhansk Oblast

"Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated six settlements of Luhansk Oblast." UP

France Taps Strategic Reserve After Gas Stations Run Out Of Fuel

"Several days after we learned that gas stations in France have run out of gasoline due to long-
running oil refinery strikes, today the French government said that France has tapped its strategic fuel reserves to resupply petrol stations that have run dry, amid ongoing strikes by workers that have stunted refining production and blocked gasoline deliveries." ZH

Team Navalny Says Relaunching Regional Network to Resist War, Mobilization

"Associates of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday said they are relaunching his regional political network to fight against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent “partial” mobilization ordered by President Vladimir Putin." MoscowTimes

EU sounds alarm over dangerous infection

"EU nations are experiencing the largest detected epidemic of avian influenza (HPAI), a more dangerous variant of bird flu.........scientists reported “an unprecedentedly high level of HPAI virus detections in wild birds between June and August 2022.” Breeding colonies of seabirds along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean were hit particularly hard, with high mortality rates observed.....The virus reached as far north as the Svalbard islands, as far east as Ukraine and as far south as southern Portugal, according to researchers.....The health agency assessed the risk posed by the virus to the European public as low for the general population and low to medium for people regularly exposed to birds, like farm workers." RT

Bloomberg Hosts Scramble As Top UN Adviser Shreds Ukraine Narrative In Live Interview

"A Monday Bloomberg TV segment on the Ukraine war with an expert who has in the recent past advised three UN Secretaries-General didn't go the way the Bloomberg hosts thought it would. Jeffrey Sachs, who is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, posited the United Stats was likely behind the sabotage attacks on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines when asked about it. 

The top UN adviser said during the live interview, "The main fact is that the European economy is getting hammered by this, by the sudden cut-off of energy. And now to make it definitive - the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline, which I would bet was a US action, perhaps US and Poland." Sachs added: "That is speculation" - before being cut-off mid sentence by show host Tom Keene, who looked a bit flabbergasted and frustrated over the perhaps unexpected turn in the interview...

"Uh, Jeff, we've got to stop there," Keene strongly interjected, leaving Sachs perplexed over why he couldn't continue the thought. The show host then questioned, "Why do you feel that was a US action? What evidence do you have of that?"

Sachs responded “Well, first, there is direct radar evidence that US military helicopters that are normally based in Gdansk were circling over this area," noting additionally that "We also had the threat from the US earlier this year that 'one way or another we are going to end Nord Stream'."

The Columbia professor then recalled from just days ago, "We also had a remarkable statement from Secretary Blinken last Friday in a press conference where he said 'this is also a tremendous opportunity'," which Sachs pointed out is "a strange way to talk if you're worried about piracy on international infrastructure of vital significance." ZH

Ukraine shoots down Iranian kamikaze drone near Odesa

"A Shahed-136, the Iranian-made kamikaze drone was shot down near Odesa, the Operational Command Pivden (South) reported." UP

Russians try burning down 5 military enlistment offices

".....in Russia, at least five military enlistment offices have been set on fire, and cases of fires
in administrative buildings have also become more frequent." UP

North Korea fires missile over Japan

 "North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan.... the missile landed in the sea outside
Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone, and went on to accuse North Korea of violating United Nations resolutions with its 20 missile tests so far in 2022 – the largest number since leader Kim Jong-un took power in 2011." RT

Zelensky: Ukraine submits "accelerated" NATO application

 "Zelensky said that Ukraine is making an "accelerated" bid to join NATO." Axios

Trump Offers to Head Russia & Ukraine Peace Negotiations After Nord Stream Incident

"Former US President Donald Trump put his name into the hat to mediate a peace deal
between Russia and Ukraine on September 28 via Truth Social, his media platform, citing the leak in the Nord Stream pipeline system.

Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday to discuss the damaged Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. The former president assumed that the pipelines were subject to "sabotage" and warned that it "could lead to major escalation, or war!"

"US 'leadership' should remain 'cool, calm and dry' on the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines," wrote Trump, warning against "mak[ing] matters worse with the pipeline blowup."

Trump argued that the Russo-Ukraine conflict "should never have happened, and would definitely not have happened" if he were the president of the US." Sputnik

Russia’s Su-25 shot down in Kherson region

"The Ukrainian military have shot down Russia’s Su-25 attack aircraft in the Kherson region."
UNA

Suicide Drones Strike Zelensky’s Hometown After Russians Driven from Eastern City

"Russia attacked the Ukrainian president’s hometown with suicide drones on Sunday, and
Ukraine pushed ahead with its counteroffensive after taking back control of a strategic eastern city. Russia’s loss of Lyman, which it had been using as a transport and logistics hub, is a new blow to the Kremlin as it seeks to escalate the war by illegally annexing four regions of Ukraine....In southern Ukraine, Zelensky’s hometown Krivyi Rih came under Russian attack by a suicide drone that struck a school early Sunday and destroyed two stories of it." Breitbart

Russian tank seized by Ukraine’s National Guard near Lyman

"The Rapid Response Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine has captured a new trophy
near the Donetsk region’s Lyman, Russia’s Т-72B3 tank.

The relevant statement was made by the National Guard of Ukraine on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports." UNA

Putin introduces bills on accession of new Russian regions to Parliament

"Putin has sent treaties on the accession of four formerly Ukrainian regions into Russia for
ratification by the State Duma. The residents of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, as well as Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics overwhelmingly voted in favor of joining Russia at referendums in September." RT

Ukraine mulls heating homes with garbage

"Ukraine may switch from natural gas to garbage and biomass for heating as early as next year, the CEO of state energy major Naftogaz, Yury Vitrenko, said at a press briefing.

According to the official, the company could build three combined heating and power plants in Zhitomir that will be powered by municipal solid waste and wood chips." RT