Iran issues warning to Biden

"The US will fail in its attempts to incite unrest and meddle in Iran’s domestic affairs, Foreign
Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said. His statement comes after US President Joe Biden backed the anti-government protests across the Islamic Republic.

Protests and clashes with police erupted last month after a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, died in custody after being detained by Iran’s morality police in Tehran for wearing an “inappropriate” headscarf. Her family claimed that she had been tortured.... speaking to reporters in Portland, Oregon, Biden called the Iranian government “oppressive” and said he was surprised by “the courage of people and women taking the street.”." RT

US ‘furious’ over Palestinian leader’s comments to Putin

"The White House is “deeply disappointed” in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for
having voiced mistrust about Washington’s diplomatic efforts toward resolving Palestine's stand-off with Israel while lauding Russia’s stance on the matter, a spokesperson for the National Security Council (NSC) told Axios.  

Abbas praised Russia’s “clear position” about a peace settlement between Palestine and Israel, he reiterated his support for the so-called Quartet on the Middle East, a framework of mediators that includes Russia, the US, UN, and EU. However, he noted that Washington could not be the only mediator." RT

Rockets Rain Down on US Base Sitting on Top of Syria's Biggest Oil Field:

"A US military outpost sitting on top of the massive al-Omar oilfield in eastern Deir ez-Zor,
Syria was struck by a barrage of rocket fire.....half-a-dozen rockets landed inside the area of the oil field, followed by multiple explosions. The strikes were said to have been conducted from a nearby settlement and farm area, with the US scrambling military helicopters to search for the attackers." Sputnik

Ukraine’s Armed Forces significantly replenish prisoner of war “exchange fund” during counteroffensive - Zelenskyy

"Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed Russian equipment in the south, and during the
offensive, the exchange fund [of prisoners of war to be swapped for Ukrainian captives in Russia - ed.] was significantly replenished......Quote from Zelenskyy: "...Soledar and Bakhmut are the key hotspots in Donbas, with very heavy fighting continuing there. The occupiers have thrown everyone they could at our forces, including 2,000 "prisoners"  UAP

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