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Explosives-Laden Drone, UNDETONATED - Found near Nord Stream Pipeline Bomb Blast Site

Sweden Police investigating the recent explosion which blew up three out of four natural gas pipelines between Russia and Germany, found an explosives-laden, but UN-DETONATED, underwater drone, near the fourth pipeline which did NOT get blown up. A wire which would have controlled the explosion of that drone, was found to have been severed.

The police called-in the Sweden Army Ordnance Disposal Unit, to recover the undetonated drone, and to render it safe.

The drone is now impounded and with it, the first conclusive proof of WHO carried out the bombing of Nord Stream.

Sweden immediately Classified the drone and the investigation as needing to be concealed for "national security" reasons.

The model of drone makes clear who the perpetrator is. Sweden is not revealing the drone model or any other information surrounding it.

News media coverage of the recovery of this drone has been forbidden by Swedish authorities. The Hal Turner Radio Show is not subject to Swedish authority and is herewith publicizing this information pursuant to the freedom of the press, protected by the US Constitution, Amendment One.

At this time, we will not say if we know the drone model, the types of explosives on it, or which country operates such drones. We will decide at a later date as to whether or not to reveal any other information we may already possess, as the revelation of any such information would very likely be Casus Belli to start an actual war.

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Minister for Reintegration of Uncontrolled Territories of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk urged Ukrainians abroad not to return and spend the winter in host countries.

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Kherson: Civilians leave bombarded city behind

Under pressure from Ukrainian troops, pro-Russian leaders have just called for the emergency evacuation of the population. Is it to make way for the Russian army and new battles? Kyiv denounces in any case a massive deportation of the Ukrainian population. The team of Luc Lacroix, special correspondent for France Télévisions, is on site, in Kherson, exclusively.

"The majority of those who leave tell us they support the Russians"

"If we no longer have a house, where should we go back? Our house has completely burned down. Where should we go back?" launch a man. "How can I tell you, we don't know who to be afraid of anymore. We have been under threat for seven months already. Where are they shooting, who is shooting?" said a woman. Those who don't know where to go are taken care of by the Russians, they control the area. All are Ukrainian citizens, but it is indeed to Russia that they are being transported. "Of course my homeland is Ukraine. But this departure is temporary," said another civilian. But the majority of those who leave tell us they support the Russians. “If Kherson is Russian, then we will go back. But if it is Ukraine, then no,” said a woman. "All the residents we spoke to told us that they had not been forced by the Russian army to leave Kherson. They even told us that there were residents who wanted to stay in the town at all costs", reports Luc Lacroix, special envoy in the areas controlled by the Russians.

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Translated from the "Russian Spring":
Ukraine will "push" Germany to the backyards of Europe
25.10.2022 - 6:00

Western assistance in maintaining the Kyiv regime in the long run entails going beyond the provision of weapons and military equipment. At the same time, a number of countries act to the detriment of their interests.

The German federal government supports Ukraine in the "campaign" against Russia more intensively than it is publicly admitted. Thus, during the conflict in Ukraine, Germany provides Kyiv with weapons and military equipment. Among other things, these are 16 Biber tank bridge layers, 10 pontoon bridge vehicles, 16 Zuzanna self-propelled artillery mounts (ACS), 30 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft mounts (SPAs).

The Armed Forces of Ukraine received 59 thousand shells for the Gepard ZSU, five 227-mm M270 MARS multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, 12 155-mm PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers and 10.5 thousand shells for them were transferred to Kyiv in the summer.

The Ukrainian military also received 3,000 Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank missile systems, about 15,000 anti-tank mines, 54 M113 infantry fighting vehicles, and 3,200 man-portable air defence systems.

At the moment, Germany's military assistance to Ukraine is estimated at $1.5 billion.

In addition, an agreement has already been reached on the creation in the EU, led by Germany, Poland and France, of a special European mission for training and assistance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Combat training will be organized both on the territory of Poland and Germany.

In addition, Berlin shares intelligence information with the Kyiv regime. Since the beginning of the summer, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has been providing Ukraine with classified information from the war zone as part of a covert operation.

Yet this cooperation, which has been kept under wraps until now, is more than explosive and will not only draw Berlin into the conflict in Ukraine, but also make it the ultimate European outsider.

As a result of supporting the Kyiv regime in the confrontation with Russia, including the rejection of Russian energy resources, Germany is sinking deeper into an energy crisis. Due to the "huge increase in prices" for energy and food, the inflation rate in September reached a "historic high since the reunification of Germany" - 10.9%.

Leading German economists have been warning for some time that rising energy prices could push the European Union's largest economy into recession.

According to experts, Germany will be one of the countries hardest hit by the global economic downturn next year.

In addition, the role of the European energy hub, which until now belonged to Germany, is now ready to be taken over by Turkey. This is a long-time dream of the Erdogan government, as it will strengthen the country strategically as well as bring economic benefits to it. Ankara is confidently moving in this direction, continuing to develop cooperation with Russia in the field of energy.

Germany's place on the European political scene is ready to be shared with Turkey by Poland, which secured a more or less tolerable energy position for itself by launching the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline from Norway to Poland, which should become an alternative for the republic to supplies from Russia.

Thus, Berlin's support for the Kyiv regime and the refusal of dialogue and cooperation with Russia will lead Germany to lose its leading position in the region and the status of Europe's leading economy.

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Russia requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on biolaboratories in Ukraine
Russia Requests UN Security Council Meeting on Biolaboratories in Ukraine in Two Days

MOSCOW, October 25 - RIA Novosti. Moscow requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday on the situation with biolaboratories in Ukraine, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of Russia to the UN, told reporters.
"This is a serious process. We requested a meeting in two days (Thursday. - Approx. ed.) in accordance with Article 6 of the BTWC (Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons. - Approx. ed.)," Polyansky said.
The diplomat specified that Russia had submitted a draft resolution on the situation with biological laboratories.
"So I don't think it will be so easy for our former Western partners to deny these allegations," he concluded.

Article 6 of the BTWC states that "any state party to ... a convention that finds that any other state party is acting in violation of obligations arising from the provisions of the convention may file a complaint with the UN Security Council."
The Russian Ministry of Defence previously held a presentation from which it follows that the United States spent more than $ 200 million on the operation of biological laboratories in Ukraine, which participated in the American military biological program.
Moscow, due to the facts of US military biological activity in Ukraine, does not exclude the launch of a consultation mechanism within the framework of the BTWC, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
Her Chinese colleague Zhao Liqian, commenting on information about US-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine, urged Washington to clarify its biological militarization activities at home and abroad.

That is right, keep them in UN busy 😆😉💤
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From Tom of RucksackRadio

It’s really maddening and disheartening to watch this situation unfold in Kherson from the US-media perspective. The propaganda is as you’d expect. I watched an interview yesterday where they write-off Russia’s claims as “unfounded.” However, they accept the Ukrainian claims without objection or any evidentiary fact at all.

There is no intellectual integrity left in our media, but truthfully that has been the case here for many years—it’s nothing that started with this conflict. Our media has been beholden to the Democratic Party since the Obama Administration.

If you look at the way our media propagates what the Democrat platform is, absent truth, and works to shut down any dissenting voice (evening shaming it and attempting to criminalizing it), you’d swear we were in 1930’s Berlin here.

Perhaps that is apropos in this case. Nazi propagators defending Nazi emulators. That’s not the whole of America. It’s not the heart of America. It’s not even the majority of America. Unfortunately, though, it’s the wealthy elite of America—the ruling class who have the media in their pocket.

I feel for the people of Kherson. They are just ordinary moms & dads, families, children, neighbours, bakers, firefighters, factory workers, and nurses. They just want to live peacefully in a world where they can celebrate and be proud of what is important to them and their traditions without being persecuted for it.

You would think the American government would understand that—after all, those are precisely the values our nation was founded upon.

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"God Moves in a Mysterious Way"
It was written by Cowper in 1773 in a poem entitled:
"Light Shining out of Darkness".

We believe you recognise person on the photo above.
For those who are not in the theme, the person on the photo below is Yevgeny Prigozhin. He is the founder of the Wagner group — Private Russian Military Company fighting in Donbas (and many other places).

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Translated from the Lost Past:

—The latest developments of Iranian engineers?

—No, these are Soviet drones Strizh, Bumblebee, Bee, etc. from the 1970-1980... 😏

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Translated from MIG:

Circus: German President Steinmeier spent an hour in a bomb shelter in Chernihiv during his last visit to Ukraine.

The piquancy of the situation lies in the fact that there was no air-rocket raid on Ukraine at that time, the "alarm" was turned on by the local authorities just for the entourage.

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Translated from Militarist:

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced the delivery of two additional MARS MLRS and four howitzers (apparently PzH2000) to Ukraine, as well as the continuation of the supply of air defence systems.

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Translated from Mediasolt:
A projection appeared on the Barcelona City Hall:
“Donbass did it in eight years. Why has Catalonia failed in so many years?”

Interesting question. It must be said that the last attempt of Catalonia to secede from Spain in 2017 was unsuccessful.

However, the comparison is not entirely correct. Donbass did not become a new independent state, but returned to its native harbour, to Russia.

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Rishi Sunak commits to Ukraine … but Kyiv still dreams of Boris Johnson
from Politico
Sunak’s first call with a foreign leader was with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Tuesday night, to tell him that the U.K.’s support will remain “as strong as ever under his premiership,” according to a readout from Downing Street. Zelenskyy in turn said the conversation had been “excellent,” signalling the U.K.’s “full support in the face of Russian aggression.”

The new prime minister, however, is yet to set out his plans for Britain’s defence budget, with next week’s all-important fiscal statement likely to signal the start of a long program of spending cuts as he tries to restore confidence in the U.K. public finances.

Sunak had already signed off one boost to U.K. defense spending before he resigned as Johnson’s chancellor in July. But throughout the summer he refused to endorse his leadership rival Liz Truss’ pledge to further up the budget, to 3 percent of GDP by 2030 — a figure endorsed by Wallace — arguing he did not want to set “arbitrary targets.” Tory MPs who pressed him again this week to commit to the 3 percent target said he refused to do so.

“That shows he’s going to put what, in his mind, is the security of the country’s finances before building up the armed forces — at a moment of war in Europe and looming tensions in the Pacific,” said Ben Judah, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank.

Speculation around the defence budget has fuelled whispers of concern in Kyiv, where senior officials are publicly calling for closer ties with Britain.

Earlier in the year allies of Johnson — at the height of a feud between the two men — pushed rumours that Sunak was less committed to the war than his former boss. In April the Sunday Times suggested Sunak believed a deal would one day have to be done with Russian President Vladimir Putin — though Sunak has never made any such suggestion in public.

Zelenskyy congratulated Sunak on Tuesday, and said he was “ready to continue strengthening the Ukrainian-British strategic partnership together.”

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