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🇩🇪 Germany plans to establish a Center for Drone Protection.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced that the new center will combine the competences of federal and state authorities. He added that on Friday night, “swarms” of drones were detected over Schleswig-Holstein.
Dobrindt also intends to expand the Bundeswehr’s powers to detect, intercept, and shoot down drones — tasks that currently fall mainly to the police. The Interior Ministry plans to present an updated version of the Aviation Security Act this fall.
🔹 In total, more than 70 people were injured in the massive night shelling of Ukraine on September 28.
“We are working at 8 locations in Kyiv. Four people died. Among them is a 12-year-old girl crushed by a concrete slab. A nurse and a patient died at the Institute of Cardiology. Another person was found dead at the site of a strike on civilian infrastructure,” said Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
At least 30 residents of a high-rise building in Zaporizhzhia were injured, including three children.
🤡 Everyone understands what Russia’s reaction would be if Kyiv attempted to attack the Kremlin, — Peskov.
“We need to force Kyiv to take the path of peace, not war, and the Europeans to abandon militaristic positions,” he added.
American singer Jason Derulo gave a solo concert at the CSKA Arena in Moscow on September 26. [That’s him off my Christmas list]
🔸 The roof of the consular section of the Polish Embassy in Kyiv was damaged by Russian shelling. A missile element or a small-caliber rocket pierced the ceiling, Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Pawel Wronski told RMF24.
According to him, there were no injuries.
Wronski added that the incident would not affect the embassy’s work, and the consular section in Kyiv would operate normally on Monday.
❗️The blackout at the Zaporizhzhia NPP was the result of deliberate sabotage by Russian troops.
“Before the power line was cut, there were no shelling or attacks. This indicates deliberate sabotage by Russian forces.”
This is already the tenth disconnection of the plant from external power, and it has lasted more than five days — the longest since the occupation.
🔹 In Belgorod, unidentified drones struck a thermal power plant, leaving parts of the city without electricity and water.
🔸 In recent weeks, Russia has refused bilateral meetings with Ukrainian representatives and trilateral meetings involving Trump or other US officials, Vance said.
“The Russians are killing and at the same time suffering heavy losses while achieving virtually no results,” the US Vice President noted.
According to him, it’s time for Russians to “wake up and accept reality.”
🔹 The British newspaper The Times has revealed the identities of 13 Russian commanders accused of war crimes in Bucha. The officers were identified by independent lawyers and investigators using open-source intelligence. All 13 were confirmed by Ukrainian intelligence agencies.
“Russian troops occupied Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, for just under a month. During those 29 days in early 2022, they committed acts of such brutality that this Ukrainian town will forever become synonymous with war crimes; the Srebrenica of this conflict,” the journalists wrote.
The Russian commanders named by The Times are:
▫️ Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov of the 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, who, according to the State Department, personally took part in “gross human rights violations” and is directly responsible for murders, rapes, and torture;
▫️ Colonel General Alexander Sanchyk, under whose command civilians were tortured and raped in Bucha;
▫️ Colonel General Valery Solodchuk, promoted by Vladimir Putin this year;
▫️ Colonel Yuri Medvedev, whose soldiers committed more than 40 acts of rape. He was killed by rebel Russian forces in 2022;
▫️ Colonel Andrei Kondrov, whose soldiers are accused of killing civilians and looting;
▫️ Colonel Artyom Horodilov, under US sanctions for “gross human rights violations,” including extrajudicial executions;
▫️ Lieutenant Colonel Denis Suvorov, who kidnapped a Ukrainian officer, tied him to a tree, tortured him, and dumped his body;
▫️ Colonel Alexei Tolmachet, whose regiment is accused of illegal detention, staged executions, ill-treatment, and looting;
▫️ Major General Vladimir Seliverstov, who was at the command post on Yablunskaya Street in Bucha, the center of the violence;
▫️ Major General Vadim Pankov, who ordered soldiers to kill 30 local residents and forced civilians to remove the bodies of dead Russians;
▫️ Colonel Sergei Karasev, accused of attacking a woman, knocking out her teeth with a pistol, and shooting a civilian in the head.
🔸 Estonia is allocating €10 million for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine through the PURL mechanism, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said.
He stressed that the funds are aimed at “urgently strengthening Ukraine’s defense.”
According to Tsahkna, since Russia has not shown any desire for peace, Ukraine needs urgent support to protect civilians, hold its ground, and bring peace closer.
🔹Russia’s oil production costs are rising as reserves dwindle, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Extracting each barrel is becoming more difficult and therefore more expensive. The war has also driven up costs: Western sanctions have complicated equipment purchases, often forcing Russia to buy through third countries. Labor shortages have pushed up wages for oil workers, while the price of hard materials like sand, used in extraction, has also risen.
“Everything has become more expensive. All of this internal pressure is making it extremely difficult for Russia to increase production even in the near term,” said Matthew Sagers, a Russia expert at S&P Global Commodity Insights.
🇲🇩 Moldovan elections: President Sandu’s party leads
According to the CEC, 99.65% of protocols have been processed.
The “Action and Solidarity” (PAS) party holds the lead with 50.05% of the vote, followed by the pro-Russian “Patriotic Bloc” with 24.25%, and the “Alternative” bloc in third with 7.98%.
Sandu has stated that her party will form coalitions in parliament only with pro-European parties.
Dodon, as expected, claimed there were “a large number of frauds” in the elections and insisted that PAS “lost, and the opposition won and must unite.” His supporters plan a mass rally today at 12:00 local time.
The previous evening, Moldovan police warned of groups intending to organize riots and destabilize Chisinau on Monday night, and three men were detained on suspicion of preparing mass unrest.
⚡️An FPV drone took out a Russian Mi-28 “Night Hunter”
A $500 drone vs. a $20 million helicopter 🔥
🔸 The Russian economy is sinking further into militarization: even if the war in Ukraine ends, the Kremlin has no plans to reduce defense spending, Bloomberg reports.
Years of record government orders have reshaped Russian industry, retooling factories for military production and drawing hundreds of thousands of workers. While this model prevents a recession, it leaves the economy vulnerable and heavily dependent on constant military output.