One of the reasons senior military people in big nations don't want to get involved in a shooting war is that the purpose of having a strong military is to deter wars they don't want. Once their nation starts shooting, it's proof that their deterrent failed. Then they run the risk of losing, or failing to win decisively, which is the same as losing, for a big nation. Another reason is that their strategies, tactics and equipment are exposed to enemies and any other observers with spy satellites, which means just about every other nation on earth. NATO is pricking up priceless information on Russia's order of battle, capabilities, armaments and support infrastructure--and they're cranking what they learn into their own strategies and plans. It's a two-way street: even as they're being beaten, the Russians are learning about NATO's strengths and equipment as they're being used by NATO's proxy, Ukraine.

Russia warns US of direct military clash risk

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63140098

Russia’s Putin makes Chechnya’s Kadyrov an army general
Moscow
AFP
Published: 05 October ,2022: 07:28 PM GST

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said Wednesday he was granted a top rank in Russia’s army, just as Moscow’s forces suffer a series of defeats in Ukraine.

The 46-year-old Chechen leader – one of the most outspoken voices in Russia backing Putin’s Ukraine offensive – said it was a “huge honor” for him.

Kadyrov, a former warlord, said Putin had “personally” informed him of the decision.

“The President of Russia awarded me the rank of colonel general,” Kadyrov said on Telegram. “This is a promotion for me.”

The rank of colonel general is the third highest command rank in the Russian military hierarchy.

Kadyrov’s appointment to the rank came as the Ukrainian army pushed back Moscow’s forces in areas that the Kremlin proclaimed to be “Russian forever.”

The Chechen leader said he would do “everything to end the special military operation quickly” – using the Kremlin’s term for its Ukraine campaign.

Chechen units – including Kadyrov’s own militia with a sinister reputation, the “Kadyrovtsi” – are fighting alongside regular Russian forces in Ukraine.

Kadyrov has thrown his full backing behind Putin’s campaign, regularly calling for the most drastic tactics to be used in Ukraine.

This week he called on Moscow to use low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine after Russian troops were forced to retreat from the town of Lyman.

He then said he was sending three of his teenage sons – aged 14,15 and 16 – to the front.

Russian President Putin celebrated his 70th birthday on Friday. Only a handful of world leaders congratulated him, but a few even gave him a real gift. Also on the Ukrainian side, the birthday of the Russian president does not pass without a struggle.

To celebrate his 70th birthday, Putin held "an informal meeting" with some former Soviet leaders, including Armenia, Uzbekistan, Belarus and Tajikistan, in St. Petersburg on Friday. The last two also brought presents. For example, Putin received a voucher for a tractor from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan gave him a mountain of watermelons and pumpkins. The Russian leader also received calls from Cuba, Turkey, South Africa, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, among others. And even Kim Jong-un of North Korea sent Putin birthday wishes.

Domestically, the president was praised by state media, schools celebrated and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church called for prayers to mark Putin's birthday. "God has placed you at the helm of power so that you can render a very important and responsible service to the future of the country and people entrusted to you," the head of the Russian Church said in a congratulatory telegram to the president.

We now see economic warfare on a full scale western sancties but also opec cuts oil production.

The UK Daily Mail coverage with lots of pictures and backstory...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/br...bridge-linking-Crimea-Putins-Russia.html

Russia appoints notorious general to lead Ukraine offensive

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...torious-general-sergei-surovikin-ukraine

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1579166216366985217

12:45pm CDT 10.9.22

Breaking911 (@Breaking911)

JUST IN: Putin blames Ukraine secret services for Crimea bridge blast, denounces 'terrorist act' - AFP

Putin denounces Kerch Bridge attack "a terrorist act" by Kyiv

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...t-kerch-bridge-linking-crimea-and-russia

A coup wouldn't suprise me, A coup d'état or putsch is the illegal overthrow of a government, usually by a small group of an existing state institution - usually by the military - to replace the deposed government with another institution.

Most of President Putin's Kremlin elite oppose the Ukraine war.

N. Korea confirms nuke missiles tests to ‘wipe out’ enemies

https://apnews.com/article/business...s-north-6ce0a8da47f8eb9228d4b33223ebfa3b

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s recent barrage of missile launches were tests of its tactical nuclear weapons to “hit and wipe out” potential South Korean and U.S. targets, state media reported Monday, as its leader Kim Jong Un signaled he would conduct more provocative tests.

Russia fired missiles at cities across Ukraine on Monday morning, including the capital Kyiv, where at least five people were killed, according to officials. Strikes against "critical infrastructure" including power facilities were also reported in Kharkiv, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy.

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/11732

Amir Tsarfati

Air raid sirens are all across Ukraine:
Flights of cruise missiles are recorded in different regions.
Rocket launches from the Caspian in the direction of the Dnipropetrovsk region were recorded.

Russia is running out of weapons for its war in Ukraine and the costs to the Kremlin are "staggering" in terms of soldiers killed and equipment lost, a UK spy chief will say.

Sir Jeremy Fleming, the head of GCHQ, will use a rare, public speech today to say the Ukrainian armed forces are "turning the tide" on the physical battlefield as well as in cyberspace.

He will say Beijing is seeking to exploit technologies in space and online in ways that could pose a "huge threat to us all".

https://news.sky.com/story/russia-r...rs-of-casualties-spy-chief-says-12717702

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar observed a "common understanding" regarding the need for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday, Akar's ministry said in a statement.

Akar emphasized the importance of an immediate ceasefire to stop loss of life and establish peace and stability in the region, according to a readout following the call between the two ministers.

"The importance of declaring a ceasefire urgently in order to prevent further loss of lives and to re-establish peace and stability in the region was emphasized, and it was gladly observed that there was a common understand?ng regarding the ceasefire," the Turkish defence ministry said.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) will go ahead with its annual routine nuclear deterrent exercises as cancelling it now would send the wrong signal to Moscow, NATO head Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference on Tuesday.

Stoltenberg said NATO's military strength was the best way to prevent any escalation of tensions with Russia, which has made veiled threats of using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, which it invaded on Feb 24th.

Russians shelled the city with thermite incendiary and white phosphorus cluster munitions.

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/11745

Defense Russia: 11 dead in 'terrorist attack' on training ground
At least 11 people were killed and 15 injured in an attack on a Russian army training ground in Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry speaks of an act of terrorism. A statement from the ministry states that the attackers are two citizens from a former member state of the Soviet Union.

According to news agency RIA Novosti, the attack was on a training ground where 'volunteers' for the war in Ukraine receive shooting training, among other things. The perpetrators were shot dead.

It's strange we are in a war we send weapons but the Ukraine has to fight.

China India asking their citizens to leave Ukraine, Serbia close embassay in Kiev. CIS countries telling citizens to leave.

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/11811

Some counties can read the map very well. They know Putin better than the western world does .

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/11812

North Korea is about to conduct a nuclear test in the next 24 hours

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/11818

Ukraine offers $100,000 bounty for Russian war criminal Igor Girkin
The Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate announced the reward on Oct. 16. Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, is a former Russian FSB agent and a key figure in the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine when he helped seize Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, in 2014. Girkin has also been found guilty of participating in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine, which killed 283 people. He has since been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of mishandling Russia’s war effort.

Ukraine use Turkish drones.
If they get the US drones they can take out anyone like they do with ISIS/Al Qaeda.
It's def becoming a drones and also a cyber war.

Fail of the day. A Russian defence ministry expert doesn't realise he is already on air and says: "Just don't ask too much about these Iranian drones. We all know they are Iranian, but the authorities don't want to admit it".

https://twitter.com/TadeuszGiczan/status/1583042663426584578

The battle of Kherson could be very bloody.

The first city to fall to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was in turmoil on Monday as its Moscow-appointed officials began fleeing across a river to safer territory, while Russian soldiers appeared to be digging in for a fight against advancing Ukrainian forces.

Government offices in Kherson have been emptied of essential equipment. Civilians have been told by proxy officials loyal to the Kremlin to take “documents, money, valuables and clothes” and evacuate, according to Ukrainian officials, videos on social media and accounts from Ukrainian activists who have spoken to residents.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/world/europe/russia-ukraine-kherson-war.html

What are dirty bombs and why is Russia talking about them?
Russia is taking highly disputed claims that Ukraine plans to use a dirty bomb on its own soil to the UN security council

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/what-are-dirty-bombs-russia-ukraine

Russia suspends participation in Ukraine grain export deal

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...by-deploying-new-nuclear-bombs-in-europe

Flamboyant Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov tears up his Russian passport and denounces 'fascism' under President Putin.

The founder of the online Tinkoff Bank, one of the largest Russian banks with about 20 million customers, is lashing out at the Kremlin regime on Instagram.

“I can no longer and do not want to be associated with a fascist country that starts a war against a peaceful neighbor,” said Tinkov, who, unlike many other rich Russians, dares to take a public position against Putin. He previously called the Russian armed forces a 'shit army'.

An independent Russian news outlet tweeted a certificate confirming that Tinkov is no longer Russian, according to the BBC. Sota Vision also posted Tinkov's statement on Instagram on social media. However, the statement now appears to have been removed from Tinkov's account.

According to the BBC, Tinkov is currently living in London. Like many wealthy Russians, he would be hit hard by sanctions. “I hope that more prominent Russians follow my example, so that Putin's regime weakens and he eventually falls. I hate Putin's Russia, but I love all the Russians who turn against this foolish war."