Shooting at military unit in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, leaves 11 soldiers dead and 15 wounded

"Citizens of "a CIS [Сommonwealth of Independent States] country" have opened fire on "volunteers" preparing to fight against Ukraine at a training ground of the Western Military District in the Belgorod region; 11 people were killed in the attack and 15 were hospitalised......the "terrorists" fired on the unit’s personnel using small arms.....The two "terrorists" were killed by return fire, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported." UAP

 

Russian Thermal Power Plant On Fire After Reported Cross-Border Missile Attack

"Belgorod, a Russian city which lies just north of the Ukrainian border not far from Kharkiv,
has reportedly come under repeat fire from Ukraine forces in the last 24 hours. "The governor of a Russian border region accused Ukraine of shelling an apartment block there but a Kyiv official said a stray Russian missile was to blame, in only one of a series of apparent strikes on Russian border towns," Reuters reported Thursday, citing that "a school had been damaged in a village close to the border, and that the top floor of an apartment block had been struck in the city of Belgorod."

While this is not the first instance of Ukrainian cross-border strikes (Kiev's denial of responsibility notwithstanding), on Friday things have escalated with a reported nighttime missile strike on Belgorod's thermal power plant, with further reports that it has plunged much of the city into darkness." ZH

In Latvia, Putin’s War on Russian Media Plays Out on the Big Screen

"Viewers in Latvia’s capital of Riga came out last week to see a screening of "F@ck This Job," a documentary about independent Russian broadcaster TV Rain (Dozhd) and its struggle to survive Vladimir Putin's war on the independent media.

It was directed and narrated by Vera Krichevskaya, a co-founder of TV Rain with Sindeeva, who arrived in Riga just after a tour of U.S. universities. TV Rain now has a broadcast license in Latvia and has moved some of its staff to an office in Riga.

The screening in Riga raised some uncomfortable questions about the role of a Russian media company in an EU and NATO country with a large Russian population.

The film itself thoroughly engaged the audience. “F@ck This Job” tells the story of a smart, lively, privileged woman who is married to a wealthy prince (a banker) and decides to start a TV channel. The year is 2010. Dmitry Medvedev is president, sharing burgers with Barack Obama and promising change; money is flowing; Moscow is getting cool and anything is possible. Sindeeva drives her bright pink car into Moscow from her suburban mansion to renovate studio space in a former candy factory, hire talented young hipsters and put her bright pink “optimistic channel” on air. As political life starts to break bad — Medvedev hands the presidency back to Putin, protest after protest is held in Moscow over falsified elections and breaches of the constitutional right to assembly, Russia annexes Crimea and starts a proxy war in Donbas — the TV Rain team turns out to be filled with brave, tough journalists reporting live from all over, including paddy wagons on the way to another detention." MT

Young government official from Moscow sent to fight in Ukraine without training and killed

"The head of a department at the office of the Mayor of Moscow was sent to fight in Ukraine
without any combat experience. Russian media report that the official has been killed in hostilities in Ukraine.

Source: Meduza, a Latvian-based Russian media outlet, citing Natalya Loseva, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of RT, a Russian propaganda TV channel 

Details: Loseva said that Aleksey Martynov, 28, was killed in Ukraine on 10 October. He headed a department in the Moscow Mayor’s office.

Quote: "He was conscripted on 23 September. When he was younger, he served in the Semyonovsky Regiment [...]. He had zero combat experience. He was deployed to the front several days [after being conscripted]." UAP

Kremlin says saboteurs targeting pipeline to Türkiye captured

"Saboteurs have been detained while plotting to blow up part of the TurkStream pipeline,
which delivers Russian natural gas to Türkiye.....Kremlin spokesman stressed that the pipeline to Türkiye was the only “fully functional, fully loaded and working as clockwork route” for Russian gas to EU countries." RT

 

 

France will not trade nuclear strikes with Russia over Ukraine

"France will not respond with nuclear weapons should Russia use them against Ukraine,
French President Emmanuel Macron said." MSN

Ukrainian forces killed 420 occupiers and destroyed 6 helicopters and 33 UAVs in a day

"Armed Forces of Ukraine killed 420 occupiers, and desrtoyed six helicopters and six tanks.
Total Russian losses reached 63,800 personnel. Russians suffered the heaviest losses on the Kramatorsk and Kryvyi Rih fronts." UAP

Ukrainian forces shoot down Russian air target in Rivne Oblast and unknown aerial device in Zhytomyr Oblast

"Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian air target in the sky over Rivne Oblast during an air-
raid alarm on 12 October." UAP

Austria sounds alarm over economy

 "Austria is facing what may be its worst economic crisis since World War II, the finance
minister said.....Brunner noted that Austrian businesses and households are feeling the impact of anti-Russia sanctions. He stressed that calls for lifting the restrictions on Russia are “emotionally understandable,” but there are no guarantees of a return to previous cooperation with Moscow." RT

Ukrainian anti-air gunners shoot down 2 attack UAVs over Vinnytsia Oblast

 "During an air raid in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian anti-aircraft forces shot down two attack drones." UAK

Saudis Decided to Cut Oil Production After Biden Fist-Bump Summit

"Most reports citing White House insiders indicated that the objective of the Biden visit wasto convince Saudi leaders to increase oil supplies in order to lower prices. Biden has significantly damaged relations with Riyadh since taking over the presidency, almost immediately deteriorating the relationship by making one of his first acts in office delisting the Iran-backed Houthi insurgency in Yemen as a terrorist organization. Biden has also alienated Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations with repeated, and failed, attempts to restore former President Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear deal, which resulted in windfall profits for the rogue Islamist government pouring into terrorist groups such as the Houthis and members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).

Saudi impatience with the Biden administration came to a climax last week when the Saudi-led OPEC oil cartel and Russia agreed to a 2-million-barrel-a-day cut in oil production, likely to result in far higher gasoline and other oil fuel prices in the United States immediately before the midterm elections.... the OPEC+ production cut followed desperate pleas from the Biden White House to delay any production cuts for another month, which would result in price hikes occurring after the midterm elections.

MBS himself has lost patience with Biden and was “angered” by his attitude during the Riyadh visit in July – so much so that he lowered a proposed increase in oil production in August after Biden urged the country to encourage OPEC to pump more oil.... Prince Mohammed, who was upset that Mr. Biden went public with his private comments to the Saudi royal over Mr. Khashoggi’s death,” the Wall Street Journal reported, “which prompted Saudi officials to publicly contradict Mr. Biden’s characterization of their interaction.” Breitbart

Elon Musk Reportedly Spoke with Putin Before Proposing Peace Talks to Avoid World War III

"Elon Musk reportedly met privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin two weeks ago to discuss peace negotiations to avoid nuclear war. Musk told Bremmer that Putin said he was ‘prepared to negotiate’ under the conditions that Crimea remains under Russian control, that Ukraine remained neutral, and that Russia’s annexations of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia were enforced." TP

 

A Reeling Europe Lashes Out At The Fed For "Bringing Us To A World Recession"

"As a result of the Fed's relentless tightening blitz, which on November 2 will have hiked rates
by 75bps on four occasions in just 96 trading days, the fastest tightening campaign since Volcker, both US capital markets (the S&P 500 is down -24%, for the 4th worst year on record...... the 27-member EU bloc, lashed out all too publicly at the Fed when he said that central banks (across Europe where the recession will be far, far worse than in the US) are being forced to follow the Fed’s multiple rate rises to prevent their currencies from slumping against the dollar, and compared the US central bank’s influence to Germany’s dominance of European monetary policy before the creation of the euro....“Everybody has to follow, because otherwise their currency will be [devalued],” Borrell said to an audience of EU ambassadors, the FT reported. “Everybody is running to increase interest rates, this will bring us to a world recession.”

The comments which the FT defined as "unguarded".....Borell's warnings come as the World Bank and IMF kick off a week of joint meetings in Washington, where officials will discuss the multiple threats to the global economy." ZH

German Consulate Hit in Wave of Russian Strikes Across Ukraine

"A building housing the visa office of the German consulate in Kyiv (Kiev) has been struck amid a wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine, reports claim." Breitbart

Ukraine details damage after nationwide attacks - At least 11 key infrastructure sites have been hit, causing blackouts

"Ukrainian government has reported serious damage to the country’s infrastructure following
Russian missile attacks on Monday morning. People should expect outages of basic services.....“As of 11:00 a.m. 11 key infrastructure objects in eight regions of Ukraine and in Kiev have been damaged,” the head of the cabinet said on social media. “We need to be prepared for temporary interruptions of electricity, water, and telecommunications.”..... at least 75 missiles were fired...The administration of Kiev Region urged people to charge their devices and stockpile water due to potential disruptions of utilities." RT