Mykolaiv Shelled

"Russian shelling hit the southern Ukraine port city of Mykolaiv during the night, damaging a
medical treatment facility." Breitbart

Constant artillery fire has prompted fears of a radiation disaster the International Red Cross says would cause a major humanitarian catastrophe

"Constant artillery fire prompted fears of a radiation disaster that the International Red Cross has said would cause a major humanitarian catastrophe.

Shelling continued nearby in Kherson on Sunday as Ukrainian forces attempt to retake the city occupied by Russian troops for months. Ukraine forces destroyed a recreation facility where Russian soldiers were staying, local residents said.

The Ukrainians feel now they have to retake Kherson and what they are trying to do is basically trap the tens of thousands of Russian soldiers there." AlJazeera

Sweden, Austria Start Bailing Out Energy Companies Triggering Europe's "Minsky Moment"

"....the infamous "Minsky Moment" framework to Europe, and specifically Germany, which
he said "can’t cover its payments without Russian gas and the government is asking citizens to conserve energy to leave more for industry." He then elaborated that "Minsky moments are triggered by excessive financial leverage, and in the context of supply chains, leverage means excessive operating leverage: in Germany, $2 trillion of value added depends on $20 billion of gas from Russia… …that’s 100-times leverage – much more than Lehman’s." (Zoltan's entire note is a must read for everyone with a passing interest in what comes next). Austria, which announced it would bail out the country's main energy supplier with a two-billion-euro ($2 billion) loan, the AFP reported. Chancellor Karl Nehammer said the loan to Wien Energie was an "extraordinary rescue measure" to ensure its two million customers - mainly Vienna households - continue to receive electricity. It will run until next April. Wien Energie asked for a bailout this weekend after suffering financial trouble amid soaring energy prices and speculation the company mismanaged their funds. Nehammer said Wien Energie, which is owned by Vienna, would have to answer questions as to how they got into trouble.  

Sweden announced it will give emergency liquidity support to electricity producers after the government said it feared Russia’s decision to halt gas deliveries to Europe could place its financial system under severe strain. Prime minister Magdalena Andersson said the government would offer hundreds of billions of kroner in support to electricity producers, the FT reported. The PM warned that, left unchecked, rising collateral demands for electricity producers could ripple through the main Nasdaq Clearing market in Stockholm and, in the worst case, spark a financial crisis.... just as Zoltan warned almost half a year ago. " ZH

Ukraine nuclear plant near front lines loses last power line amid fears of disaster

"The Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe’s largest, had its last remaining main external power line cut
off, although a reserve line continued supplying electricity to the grid, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.“Russia is preparing a decisive energy blow on all Europeans for this winter,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly address citing the Nord Stream 1 pipeline’s continued closure." CNBC

 

 

Ukrainian boy shoots rocket launcher at his brother

"The incident occurred during an open-air

“weaponry exhibition” held by a local museum.
According to media reports, a 10-year-old boy was playing with an anti-tank weapon, believed to be a Soviet-made RPG-18 single-use rocket-propelled grenade. The boy reportedly aimed the weapon at his 12-year-old brother and discharged it, injuring his sibling and several bystanders, including a 2-year-old child." RT

Ukraine admits shelling area around nuclear plant

"The Ukrainian military publicly admitted striking the area around the Zaporozhye nuclear
power plant in an official General Staff briefing on Friday. Previously, Kiev had claimed that Russian forces used the plant as a military base; now it says all troops have relocated due to the visit by IAEA inspectors. " RT

Lavrov warns Moldova about threats to peacekeepers

"Russia’s foreign minister warned that any actions seen as endangering a Russian

peacekeeping contingent in a separatist region of Moldova would be considered as an attack on Russia itself.

Sergey Lavrov’s statement in an address at Russia’s top foreign affairs school underlined concerns that Moldova’s Transnistria region, which borders Ukraine, could be drawn into the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Russia has stationed peacekeepers there since the 1992 end of a three-month war that left Transnistria outside Moldovan control. Russian forces also guard a large ammunition dump in the region." TheHill

UN team at Ukraine nuclear plant ‘not going anywhere’

"The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, says the team of inspectors at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine will stay at the facility.

“We are not going anywhere,” Grossi told reporters. “The IAEA is now there, it is at the plant and it is not moving. It is going to stay there.” CNBC

Argentina VP targeted in apparent assassination attempt

"Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Kirchner was threatened by an armed person near her
home in Buenos Aires, with a gunman seen pointing a firearm at the VP’s face before she was whisked away to safety. No shots were fired and the official was not injured." Lind

Russian Oil Oligarch Who Criticized Ukraine War 'Falls' Out Of Hospital Window To His Death

"Ravil Maganov, the vice president and chair of the board of directors of Russian oil giant
Lukoil, died after falling out of a sixth floor hospital window in Moscow.....Maganov was in Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital - reportedly a top-notch medical facility that serves senior Russian officials and other elite clients - when he "fell out of the window" and died from his injuries." ZH

Ukrainian troops captured during raid on nuclear plant

"Three Ukrainian soldiers, who participated in a botched attempt to capture the Russian-
controlled Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant have been taken alive.....Of the three, two have been injured and are in serious condition....Some of the Ukrainian troops failed to reach the southern bank of the Dnepr when their vessels were hit and sank, the ministry stated. Up to 60 commandos used speedboats to make a landing, before Russian forces engaged them." RT

China Puts Megacity Chengdu Under Lockdown As Zero-Covid Intensifies

"Asian stocks tumbled after China announced the metropolis of Chengdu would lock down its
21 million residents as authorities battled a new Covid-19 outbreak.

In China's Western region, officials in Chengdu launched massive Covid testing and requested residents to abide by "stay home in principle" from 6 pm on Thursday. The new measure allows one person per household the ability to procure essential items at places like supermarkets. 

"The current state of epidemic control is abnormal, complex, and grim," officials said, adding the lockdown aims to "decisively arrest the spread of the outbreak and guarantee the health of all citizens." ZeroHedge

Ukrainian officials accused of stealing trainloads of aid

"Ukrainian officials in the eastern Zaporozhye Region are being investigated for allegedly
stealing massive amounts of humanitarian aid sent to them. They are accused of looting hundreds of freight cars’ worth of goods. The raids targeted the Kiev-appointed administration and members of the city council, according to the SBU and NABU. The agencies also reported confiscating what they believe to be narcotics and illegal firearms while searching the premises." RT

Ukraine Outraged Turkey Opened Straits For Russian Ship Carrying S-300 SystemUkraine Outraged Turkey Opened Straits For Russian Ship Carrying S-300 System

"Ukraine has voiced its anger with Turkey over allegedly allowing a Russian cargo ship
through the Bosphorus Strait laden with weapons days ago, summoning the Turkish ambassador to lodge a formal complaint.  

The Ukrainian foreign ministry complained that a Russian "warship" was allowed passage in violation of the Montreux Convention - as the diplomatic note verbalized to Turkey 's ambassador to Ukraine Yagmur Ahmet Guldere said." ZH

Ukraine targets possible IAEA route to Zaporozhye

"Ukrainian forces are shelling a route that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
inspection mission could take to reach the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant this week." RT