Two dead and ten injured in Kyiv after Russian attacks during the night – Ukrainian drones have attacked the Saratov oil refinery – Russian losses

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Russia carried out a massive attack on Kyiv during the night. Both regular drones and the jet-powered variant as well as missiles were used in the attack. At least two people were killed and ten injured. The attack also caused damage to residential buildings, a school, warehouses, and vehicles as well as civilian infrastructure. The ceasefire, in which both sides were to refrain from attacking each other’s capitals, is thus over. Read more here.

Saratov’s oil refinery in Russia was attacked during the night by Ukrainian drones. Residents who shared pictures and videos on social media reported explosions and a fire at the refinery, and geolocation also points to the refinery being hit. Saratov is located about 460 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The refinery is one of the smaller ones in Russia with a capacity of about 4.8 MT/year.

Residents of the city of Engels also reported that the Russian air defense was active near the military airfield “Engels-2”. The airport is used, among other things, by Russia’s strategic bombers. There are no confirmations yet on whether the airport was actually attacked and if any damage occurred.
Read more here.

Zelensky believes that Putin will try to give Trump a diplomatic victory to help him in the US midterm elections.
“My feeling is that Putin needs Trump,” Zelensky said in an interview regarding the new peace talks.
I myself think it does not sound completely illogical, Putin and Trump really seem to appreciate each other and in that case it may have been the whole purpose of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s visit to Moscow, to persuade Putin to be cooperative in the negotiations until after the election. Read more here.

Russian losses

High KWIA and soft vehicles and three air defense systems but otherwise slightly lower losses than we are used to. During the day we will pass 1.5 million wounded and killed Russian soldiers.

  • 1410 KWIA
  • 1 AFV
  • 30 Artillery systems
  • 1 MLRS
  • 3 Air defense systems
  • 1592 UAVs
  • 5 UGVs
  • 452 Vehicles and Fuel tanks

Ukrainian General Staff morning report

Operational information as of 08:00 on September 8, 2026, regarding the Russian invasion

Glory to Ukraine!
The 1658th day of the Russian Federation’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun.

During the last 24 hours, a total of 244 combat contacts were recorded.
Yesterday the enemy conducted 99 airstrikes, during which 285 guided aerial bombs were dropped. Additionally, the attackers used 8,495 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,508 shellings against communities and our troops’ positions, of which 26 were with rocket artillery.

Hostile shelling affected, among others, the communities of Bachivsk, Bezsalivka, Korenok, Lomlenka, Hirky, Rivne, Neskuchne, Rohizne, Pysarivka, Sadky, Nova Sich, Myropillia, and Mala Slobidka in the Sumy region, as well as Khrinivka and Krasnyi Khutir in the Chernihiv region. Tovstodubove, Luzhky, and Ulanove were subjected to airstrikes.

During the last 24 hours, the defense forces’ aviation, missile units, and artillery struck five areas with concentrations of enemy personnel, four command posts for unmanned aerial vehicles, and two enemy artillery positions.

In the northern Slobozhansky and Kursk sectors, seven enemy assault attempts were recorded during the last 24 hours. The attacker conducted 107 shellings against our troops’ positions and communities, including one with rocket artillery. The enemy also carried out four airstrikes with a total of 12 guided aerial bombs.

In the southern Slobozhansky sector, Ukrainian units repelled 13 enemy attacks. The attackers tried to advance near Starytsia, Lyman, Volokhivka, Chaikivka, and Khatnie, as well as in the direction of Petro-Ivanivka and Radkivka.

In the Kupyansk sector, the enemy attempted to improve their positions on four occasions through assault operations in the area around Kurylivka as well as towards Kupyansk and Hlushkivka.

Attempts to break into our defense were repelled in the Lyman sector, where the occupiers conducted nine attacks in the areas around Novoiehorivka, Novoselivka, Stavky, Torske, Zarichne, and Lyman.

In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy carried out two offensive operations in the area around Kryva Luka.

In the Kramatorsk sector, the Russian attackers conducted an attack towards Yurkivka.

In the Kostyantynivka sector, 12 attacks were recorded. The attackers carried out assault operations near Kostyantynivka, Novoselivka, and Illinivka, as well as towards Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka and Rusyn Yar.

In the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy conducted 39 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance in the areas around Vodianske, Novyi Donbas, Bilytske, Shevchenko, Novohrishyne, Dobropillia, Matiashéve, Myrne, Kotlyne, Novomykolaivka, Biliakivka, Serhiivka, Udachne, Molodetske, and Novopidhorodnie.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy did not conduct any offensive operations.

In the Huljajpole sector, the occupiers attacked our defenders’ positions nine times. The enemy tried to advance towards the communities of Rizdvianka and Kopani.

In the Orikhiv sector, our defenders stopped an enemy attempt to advance towards the community of Pavlivka.

In the Prydniprovsk sector, the enemy made no attempts to attack.

In the Volyn and Polissya sectors, no signs have been detected that the enemy is forming offensive force groupings.

In total, the Russian attackers’ losses during the last 24 hours amounted to 1,410 personnel. Additionally, one armored fighting vehicle, 30 artillery systems, one rocket artillery system, three air defense systems, five ground-based missile systems, 1,592 unmanned aerial vehicles, and 452 vehicles were neutralized.

Join the defense forces! Together we will prevail! Glory to Ukraine!

SLAVA UKRAINI

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118 thoughts on “Two dead and ten injured in Kyiv after Russian attacks during the night – Ukrainian drones have attacked the Saratov oil refinery – Russian losses”

  2. MXT

    ** ❗️President Zelenskyy reported significant damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv following a night attack. Critical infrastructure was hit in the Kyiv region, and a market was struck in the Odesa region. In Kharkiv, two people were wounded and an apartment building was damaged. In the morning, a locomotive of the Kyiv–Sumy train was attacked at a railway station in the Sumy region. Strikes were also carried out against Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

    Despite high success rates in intercepting cruise missiles, ballistic missiles remain a problem, so it is necessary to strengthen deliveries of anti-ballistic systems from partners and accelerate development of the FREYJA system.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ **

    Video:
    https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3muyeyjc5632n
  4. MXT

    ** ❗️Overnight, Ukrainian UAVs struck Saratov: NASA FIRMS fire map recorded a thermal anomaly in the area of the local oil refinery. At the same time, the Russian side claimed a massive attack on Rostov Oblast,  where about 100 drones were allegedly shot down over the region during the night.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ **
    https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3muyecqzyd32n

  5. MXT

    ** ❗️The European Commission approved Ukraine’s request to purchase American PAC-3 interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems using funds from the EU’s €90 billion loan. Kyiv requested more than €2 billion for this purpose, which is to be provided as part of the 2026–2027 financing.

    Payment should only be done AFTER the missile is in Europe. If not, Trump will claim that Europe first needs to pay back all that the US has given to Ukraine and keep the money. **

    https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3muyccbp2yl2n

  8. MXT

    ** NATO Scrambled Fighter Jets Nearly 700 Times in Two Years Over Russian Air Provocations
    In brief: NATO scrambled fighter jets nearly 700 times in two years to intercept Russian aircraft near Alliance airspace, its top military official said, warning that threats from Moscow extend beyond conventional warfare. **
    https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83990

    1. maggan

      No, of course it’s Ukraine’s fault. If they had just given up, we would have tons of Russian gas to generate electricity with.

      That we ourselves have shut down half of the nuclear power is probably Ukraine’s fault as well.

      * a post written by my American AI part.

  12. johan No.1

    The election in November could probably be exciting for the GOP?

    It might be that Trump doesn’t care, but then it’s two years until the next election and the damage is done.

    I can guarantee that Putin has been asked to fiddle with the optics so that Trump can proclaim a huge peace victory before the midterm elections.

    Very good for Europe, we desperately need these months.

  13. johan No.1

    What happened to the killer heat, was hoping for bath-warm weather in September now with El Nino but it is not like that where I live 😐

     

    1. MXT

      So you only get escort ads now and avoid athlete’s foot ads and other nonsense? 

      Unfortunately, I can’t take the credit, I haven’t touched anything. Maybe Google’s own ad management has realized that interest in all the strange ads doesn’t generate any clicks.

      You are not allowed to encourage your visitors to click on ads to generate revenue, otherwise I would have done it.😁

       

    1. jockesoft

      I have had that the past week, but today I no longer have nail fungus; today I have knee pain and apparently need a gel for that. Maybe the advertisement senses your age? 😬

        1. Pehr

          Nail fungus cream and dementia tests have been in the spotlight here for several weeks.
          Unfortunately, they have now also spilled over to other Google domains such as YouTube.

  18. johan No.1

    Well Maggan, you are so right and this war has been allowed to go on for far too long 😐

    Now Europe has probably started to get organized and if we get the time until after the midterms maybe it will be resolved but this is a study in not caring that the neighbor’s house is on fire.

     

  19. johan No.1

    Well, the fact that the USA blames UA for high oil prices when they themselves close Hormuz every other week is quite bold….

    The USA is just like the bank, not our friend

  21. johan No.1

    Do you remember here that we checked this and that all parties stood up for Ukraine so that became the line.

    When it comes to UA, you can vote for any party.

    Now the entire media and many Riksdag parties are playing the Russia card before the election – are we then more intellectually honest than all the media and all politicians 🧐

     

    1. MXT

      No, you can’t vote for just any party!

      AfS are basically open Russia-lovers.
      KP and SKP are almost as bad. Those two (at least outwardly) distance themselves from the Russian invasion, but at the same time oppose all military support for Ukraine. 

      Don’t vote for any of those three if you want what’s best for Ukraine!

      Then again, I actually don’t trust either V or SD, but there they probably won’t cause any trouble as long as the people’s support for Ukraine remains strong.

      (Though now you’ll probably label me intellectually dishonest! 😂)

       

      1. Jan W

        There have obviously been some within the Sweden Democrats who have been fond of Putin. But I doubt that there are particularly many today. Of course, this is just a guess.

        1. Lasse W

          Swedes are very rarely friends of Russians. That is my experience. I don’t know if I have come across any in all my years. Friends of Russians are probably often from the Russian Orthodox cultural circle or married into such. They can, in relation to their number, be very active on social media so one might think they are more than they actually are.

    2. Pehr

      Both we and the media are right.
      There is a consensus about the Russian bastards regardless of the government, and at the same time, it is good to expose the elements that express pro-Russian views.

  22. Jan W

    The blogger on the other blog writes that Trump is not healthy. One could probably agree with that. Although I might write that he is not within the normal range for an adult human being.

    How should one then relate to Trump’s personality? There is also a connection here with the recently timed election in Germany or the SD’s accession close to power in Sweden.

    Some time ago (before the latest election in the USA) I wrote a post on the neighboring blog about how it might be a good idea to try to understand what makes about half of the voters vote for this person (Trump). (The same question can be asked about what makes nearly half of the voters choose AfD.)

    My post led to me being kickbanned. Apparently, it can feel good to despise and hate Donald Trump. As well as to despise everyone who is attracted to SD.

    However, it has turned out that it is not particularly constructive to despise and scorn if one wants to try to prevent the one or the other or the third from gaining access to power. But apparently, it is more satisfying for many to despise and hate and thereby also feel very good than to be constructive.

    1. MXT

      It is difficult to get people to change their opinion; once it has settled, people mostly listen to what reinforces their attitude, but having said that, I completely agree with you.

      If you do not understand the underlying causes, there will likely be no change. Sometimes the dissatisfaction may only be perceived, and sometimes there are real reasons behind it, but it does not help to just ignore it, and you hardly get anyone to change sides by calling them idiots.

      Then again, you may not have the time and energy to try to change something from the ground up and take all discussions as far as necessary. Sometimes you have to pick your battles, and often it can feel like a waste of time. For example, I have stopped trying to debate with Russian trolls because it achieves nothing at all, and I therefore settle for stating that they are exactly idiots.. 🙂

      BUT to kickban someone because they want to go in-depth and be constructive, or at least explain that there are always some underlying causes that one should understand, I find strange. You don’t have to participate in those discussions yourself if you don’t have the time and energy, or believe that it won’t lead anywhere.

    2. MacMelmac

      Wasn’t it Hilary who first called everyone who was thinking of voting for Trump an idiot, only to ask for their vote in the very next breath?
      Besides the fact that everyone was sick of The Clintons, it’s incredibly stupid to do it that way.
      We did the same in Sweden and no one could understand how SF could grow!

      Calling your opponent an idiot is as stupid as badmouthing your competitor.

    3. Jan W

      I was thinking quite a bit in terms of how the established parties should relate. If you lose voters, you might need to reconsider your starting points. Is it possible to understand how the voters you are losing think? Can you even have an understanding of how they think? Ignoring or outright despising large groups of voters does not work very well in a democracy.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket_of_deplorables

      1. MacMelmac

        No, then you end up surrounding yourself only with yes-men and puppets, like Trump 2, Putin, and another blogger.

        It doesn’t develop you at all; you just confirm your own worldview.

    4. SneakyPete

      Narcissists and psychopaths are experts at gaining followers. The same thing happens in a workplace. People listen more to the boss who says – oh wow, how great I am, than to someone who is perceived as hysterical when they try to warn.

      There aren’t many countermeasures that require low effort to solve the “problem.”
      Fact-checking and information is about all I can think of.

  26. SneakyPete

    I would probably say that it is a gross oversimplification to say that regarding Ukraine, you can vote for any party.
    It requires a deeper analysis. How have they acted overall, in the short term, medium term, and historically?
    Are there individual people who do not agree with the party line? Is there a group in the party that is indecisive and basically just follows the party line (and potentially could “blossom” when the party whip quiets down)?

    I would say that most Swedish parties raise one or more warning flags somewhere in the above analysis. Maybe only 2-3 are largely without remark.

    The “problem,” as I see it, is perhaps that not everyone, despite 98-something percent supporting Ukraine, puts Ukraine/Russia highest on the priority list in the parliamentary election.
    I mean, if you don’t share the analysis that this is the absolutely most important issue for us and our children in all political matters and don’t realize that the Russians’ influence actively sabotages our welfare, then it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking – well, the party I’m going to vote for probably isn’t so bad, it’s just a minority of party members who waver in their conviction about the party line…

  27. MXT

    Ten employees at the Russian embassy in Budapest have been told to leave the country, writes Hungary’s Foreign Minister Anita Orbán.

    The authorities fear that the diplomats have “engaged in activities” that violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, but do not specify what the accusations concern.

    At the same time, Orbán says that talks mean that diplomatic ties will not be completely cut.

    “Hungary intends to continue the necessary dialogue, based on mutual respect and compliance with the rules,” she writes.
    https://omni.se/tio-ryska-diplomater-tvingas-lamna-ungern/a/9peQP9

    1. SneakyPete

      I just had to look this up about the name…….
      Answer:

      There is no relation between Anita Orbán and Viktor Orbán.

      Orbán is a common surname in Hungary.
      Anita Orbán is a diplomat and has no family ties to the former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or the politician Balázs Orbán.

  28. SneakyPete

    Johan, the Spanish people are listening to you (or they are not so easily fooled)
    It’s good when it backfires to keep quiet about influence operations!!

    The Spanish government’s attempt to downplay Morocco’s responsibility for the events has not received much support among voters. In the survey, which includes 2,000 interviews and was conducted on behalf of El País and Cadena SER, 89 percent respond that the Moroccan government bears a very or fairly large responsibility for the events on July 30 and 31. Human traffickers, false information on social media, and the migrants themselves are also attributed great responsibility by over 70 percent of those surveyed. At the same time, nearly 72 percent believe that the Spanish government also bears a large part of the responsibility.

    The rating for the head of government Pedro Sánchez is very low. About 63 percent of respondents rate his actions as bad or very bad, while only 14.2 percent give him a passing grade.

    https://www.sydkusten.es/sk/11/a/46641/bred-majoritet-sagar-regeringens-hantering-av-krisen-i-ceuta/

  29. MXT

    Off-Topic, Israel and Palestine/HAMAS

    Incredibly strange that there was not more concern about the hostages.

    “Already on the evening of October 7, the same day as Hamas’ terror attack on Israel, the terrorist organization was ready to release all 251 hostages without any conditions. But Israel refused. This is reported by Israeli defense sources in a new book by journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval.

    Qatar’s prime minister is said to have called Mossad chief David Barnea that same evening and stated that Hamas was ready to negotiate and that Qatar wanted to mediate. Barnea then responded that Israel was not prepared to talk to Hamas.

    The investigation shows that similar signals reached several within the Israeli government and that several parties pushed for negotiations.

    A senior Israeli defense source confirms that the proposals reached Mossad, the Israeli security agency Shin Bet, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

    – Could the proposal have been properly discussed and a decision made? In essence, the answer is yes. But the prevailing mood was like after Pearl Harbor, the source says.”
    https://omni.se/kallor-hamas-redo-att-slappa-gisslan-direkt-israel-vagrade-forhandla/a/K8X71y

    1. CB500four

      Israel is also said to have been warned about the impending attack a couple of months in advance, but Netanyahu had only commented that Israel has what it takes to protect itself.

      I find it very hard to believe that Hamas would have released their hostages; if they had done so back then, Israel would not have overkilled the population of Gaza and become as hated in the world as they have. That would have been a failure for Hamas.

      They could have released the hostages at any time, seeing where things were headed, but they did not. It was Hamas’s decision to let their population be killed by Israel, and they knew Israel would do it.

      Both Hamas and Netanyahu have Palestinian blood on their hands. 

       

      2. MXT

        If the information is correct that they wanted to hand over hostages, it could possibly be that the attack was carried out without being centrally anchored within HAMAS, or that it was not intended to be so extensive. Even HAMAS probably lost an enormous amount of support because only fanatical fools can defend what they did.

        But there is certainly a lot of truth in what you write, especially the last part.

        HAMAS started the whole thing in an extremely disgusting way, and the Israeli government responded with disproportionate excessive force. They are both drenched in blood.

         

  30. MXT

    Off-Topic, Vance and AI

    There are of course real risks with AI but gosh, attributing it some sort of satanic dark energy was a bit laughable.

    “U.S. President Donald Trump has made AI an important part of his economic policy. At the same time, there is a discussion about spiritual risks within his administration, writes the Wall Street Journal.

    Recently, Vice President JD Vance appeared on the Christian influencer Bryce Crawford’s podcast. When Crawford described an example of AI use as ‘almost a little satanic,’ Vance agreed with the criticism.

    Vance also said that he sees a ‘very, very strange dark spiritual black energy’ around certain things that AI companies are engaged in.

    Vance is far from alone in reasoning along those lines, according to the newspaper. Some in Trump’s administration speak in terms of AI bringing people closer to God. Others have drawn parallels between AI development and biblical prophecies about the end times.”
    https://omni.se/vance-ser-mork-energi-kring-artificiell-intelligens/a/d4aQEA

  31. MXT

    Off-Topic, politics and V

    I see no problem with supporting Palestine, but the Left Party constantly fails to stay on the right side.
    Okay, the thing about meeting others with whom you do not share opinions is probably often true, but you don’t voluntarily invite them to meetings, do you?

    “Last year, the Left Party invited two representatives from the Palestinian movement Fatah, who have expressed antisemitic views and praised terrorism, to a meeting in the parliament. This is reported by Göteborgs-Posten.

    It was Taysir Nasrallah and Mohammad al-Lahham who were invited to a meeting attended by, among others, party leader Nooshi Dadgostar. The year before, Nasrallah had said on Palestinian TV that an attack on Israeli football supporters in Amsterdam was the “clearest proof that the world has had enough of the Jews.” In 2022, al-Lahham praised “martyrs” after a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv.

    The meeting is criticized by terrorism researcher Magnus Ranstorp, who calls this “a continuation of a pattern” and refers to several Left Party members having been accused of spreading antisemitic content. He also says that this is “pure antisemitism” and not criticism of Israel.

    The party secretary Maria Forsberg also participated in the meeting.

    “We, like other parties, often meet people who represent states and foreign organizations and parties without sharing all values or opinions with them and without investigating their background in detail,” she writes to GP.”

    https://omni.se/hyllade-terror-bjods-in-till-mote-med-dadgostar/a/16e3QJ

  32. MXT

    Off-Topic, Trump and his nonsense

    I don’t have the energy to try to understand what he’s up to, but if anyone wants to do an analysis, that’s totally fine with me!

    “On a map that Donald Trump has posted on social media, Iceland, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and several countries in the Caribbean are marked as parts of the USA and covered by the American flag.

    The post is not well received in Iceland, where Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir has summoned the US ambassador for a meeting.

    ‘It was clearly stated that the post was completely inappropriate,’ the Icelandic Foreign Ministry told the newspaper Vísir.

    Trump has also posted seven map images of the US state of New Mexico, which he calls ‘New America.'”
    https://omni.se/island-och-gronland-tillhor-usa-pa-trumpkarta/a/q6xw5E

      3. CB500four

        He is trying to stake claims now ahead of the meeting with Trump and Xi.

        Or maybe it’s just that simple that he is trying to annoy as many as possible, except of course his dictator friends. He is trying to erase everything his predecessors have done, all friendships, agreements, and alliances.

        Divide and rule, as Putin has taught him.

    3. SneakyPete

      Oh well, it’s just a MAGA flirt, adding a bit of nationalism ahead of the election. Point A1 in the playbook for every sneaky old man eager for power.

    3. Lasse W

      Ukraine is a country far away somewhere in Eastern Europe. An insignificant country. That is probably how Trump and his emissaries think.

  35. johan No.1

    Yes okay I was thinking about the parliamentary parties MXT 😀

    But yes you are probably right, not voting for MP anyway is probably a good line 👍

    1. MXT

      Well, I suspected that of course!😄

      But the Green Party still wants tough sanctions against Russia and was among the first here in Sweden to demand that. From a purely Ukrainian perspective, I wouldn’t completely rule them out. 

      On the other hand (my favorite expression), I think you should vote for the party you believe would run the country well if they got 100% of the votes and thus got to decide “everything” they wanted (within the laws and regulations we have).

      That trust I am not prepared to give to the Green Party. 

      But I am doubtful about all parties, so I have a hard time deciding whether to cast a blank vote or roll the dice among the least bad options.

    2. fedtmule

      It seems to be a typical example of the “German loop,” which among other things means being willing to sell out your neighbors in the east by siding with Russia. Merkel, as a former East German, surely suffers from a touch of “Stockholm syndrome” towards the former rulers and occupiers. This, perhaps combined with a small amount of kompromat, makes her still allow herself to be led around by their band….
      As my now deceased relative said after running a business in Germany and living there for a few decades… Germans are a severely messed-up people who tend to constantly make wrong decisions to correct them and then end up wrong again after a while.

  39. MXT

    Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova promises retaliatory measures after Hungary expelled ten Russian diplomats, reports AFP.

    “The Russophobic lobbyists in Budapest will receive a sharp and painful response,” she says to the state news agency Tass.

    Hungary’s Foreign Minister Anita Orbán writes on X that the diplomats engaged in activities violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. She does not go into details.

    “This decision protects Hungary’s security and sovereignty,” she continues.
    https://omni.se/ryssland-lovar-ungern-ett-smartsamt-svar/a/gkxAj5

    1. fedtmule

      Hehe.. Obviously Hungary’s decision stings and has hit a really sore spot…. Hopefully more countries will follow the Hungarians’ example and expel Russian diplomats, i.e. poorly disguised spies.

  42. MXT

    ** ‘God Willing, There Will Be a Result’: Zelensky Expects Trump Meeting in September
    In brief: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expects to meet Donald Trump in the second half of September and plans to press the US president for ballistic missiles and support for Ukraine’s “Freya” missile program as Kyiv seeks to revive stalled peace talks. **
    https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84024

  43. MXT

    I switched the AI model for the translations earlier today. Let’s see if it works better, please let me know if you notice any mistakes. I rarely remember to read the translation when I’m posting comments on the English site.

  44. johan No.1

    Netanyahu warned by Mossad, Egypt, and UAE about October 7 – chose to go on TV and calm the country 😳

    Has been brought up before but now confirmed, exciting to say the least.

    Maybe to get rid of him?

    1. Pehr

      ”Ten days before the October 7 attack, Netanyahu was warned about Hamas plans by an Arab head of state, according to new information. The information was not passed on. Netanyahu denies this – something that could have great significance for the election in two months.
      Jesper Sundén
      Published 17.03
      This is a commentary. Any opinions expressed are the author’s own.
      The information in Haaretz hit like a bomb in Israel. According to them, the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed – known as MBZ – called Prime Minister Benjamin ”Bibi” Netanyahu ten days before October 7, 2023. They talked for 45 minutes and MBZ said that Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was planning a major attack against Israel.

      MBZ expressed concern that it would not only lead to bloodshed but also destabilize the entire region. Netanyahu’s reaction surprised the Emirati president. Hamas intended to operate in the West Bank, the prime minister explained and assured MBZ that Israel was prepared for all scenarios. The warning was not passed on to the country’s security chiefs.

      Ten days later, Israel was unprepared for Hamas’s massive terror attack from Gaza.

      The article in Haaretz was written by two Israeli journalists, Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval. It is published simultaneously with the release of their new book ”Hostage: 843 Days of Abandonment.” It is based on extensive investigative work and dozens of sources in Israel and worldwide, including high-ranking officials, as well as recordings, internal documents, and correspondence.

      Netanyahu’s office denies in a statement that any conversation between the prime minister and the President of the United Arab Emirates took place at the specified time, while former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett claims that he knows ”the publication is true” and that Netanyahu thereby bears direct personal responsibility for the disaster.

      According to the investigative journalists, the Emirati president is also said to have warned former CIA chief William J. Burns, who is currently writing his memoirs about his years as spy chief.

      What seems clear is that no information about MBZ’s warning was conveyed to the heads of the security service Shin Bet or the intelligence service Mossad, or to the chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, according to what they have told the journalists.

      Thus, Netanyahu’s narrative that the October 7 attack was made possible solely due to the security apparatus’s failure is undermined. If evidence emerges that he himself received a concrete foreign warning and did not pass it on, the question of his own responsibility becomes harder to evade. It also fuels suspicion that his reluctance to an independent investigation of the sequence of events is about protecting himself.

      Therefore, demands for a state investigation commission are now being intensified from the opposition and from groups such as the October Council, which gathers survivors and families from October 7.

      The article and the book also reveal that there were early and reportedly serious offers from Hamas to unconditionally release all civilian hostages in the days immediately after October 7. There was also said to have been an offer of Qatari mediation to the Mossad chief.

      Both initiatives are said to have been either rejected or not taken seriously enough by Israeli representatives, while the political and military leadership focused on destroying Hamas rather than negotiating with the organization.

      On Tuesday, the Jerusalem Post also reported new information that Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar on October 1, 2023, told Netanyahu that he feared Hamas was preparing something ”extreme,” and recommended that Israel kill Sinwar and other Hamas leaders. Netanyahu is said not to have approved the recommendation.

      The question is what significance this will have for the upcoming election on October 27, at a time when support for Netanyahu and his Likud party has recently begun to recover after a dip in the polls. The answer will be given at the next opinion poll.”
      https://www.svd.se/a/BxeEd7/uppgifter-om-att-netanyahu-fick-varning-fran-trovardig-kalla-skakar-om-israel

  45. Pehr

    Your thesis is probably quite accurate, Johan, that Tsar Putin, the loser, is waiting until after the midterm elections to go after the Baltics.
    “Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump talked on the phone for an hour on Tuesday, according to Putin’s advisor Yuri Ushakov, according to news agencies.
    – Considering the speculations about Russia’s alleged hostile intentions towards European countries, it was emphasized that we have no aggressive plans against Europe, he says.
    The conversation was “constructive and extremely sincere,” according to Ushakov.”

    1. maggan

      It is important to emphasize how long the conversations apparently are. Are long conversations better than short ones?

      The only positive thing about such a conversation is that ryz will probably wait with more devilry until after the election. Good, because then we get more time to prepare.

  47. SneakyPete

    It would be nice, to say the least…. but can you “trust it”?
    How much does Trump really earn from a little “peace and quiet” in Europe?

    Unless Putin has calmed down and realized that attacking NATO is a quicker path to the gallows…. hardly likely

    No, there is something we’re missing here

  49. Pehr

    Off topic but promising 👍
    ”The EU and Canada want to create a far-reaching and deepened partnership covering everything from trade to security issues. The new alliance is intended to reduce the dominance that China and the USA have on the global stage, Bloomberg writes, citing sources.
    On September 16, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to deliver a speech outlining the guidelines for the partnership, TT writes. The following day, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to give a speech in the EU Parliament.
    No public statements have been made from either the European or Canadian side.”

  50. MXT

    Good morning!

    We have now passed 1.5 million KWIA.

     

    1480 KWIA

    6 Tanks

    5 AFVs

    42 Artillery systems

    1 MLRS

    1 Air defense system

    1879 UAVs

    13 UGVs

    530 Vehicles and Fuel tanks

    3 Special equipment

    33 Cruise missiles

    GLORY TO UKRAINE

    1. Umlaut

      If you, as a state actor, can fly in a drone with explosives to a state airport with impunity (in practice, as an equal number of diplomats, consulates, and cultural centers are closed on each side), you have more or less given carte blanche for continued attacks.

      If the same had happened by, say, Iran or Iraq before the US invasions, against an American airport, they would probably have responded with at least a number of cruise missiles.

      2. maggan

        The question is whether the USA would have responded the same way against Russia? Small countries are one thing, former superpowers are another.

  53. johan No.1

    We are probably getting started now, but maybe the UK wasn’t so smart here, they will probably have the USA after them.

    Burnham should have waited with Israel, where Netanyahu also seems to be in a weak position anyway.

    All of Europe must focus on the UA war now until it is resolved.

    Spain is somewhat the same with Ceuta. It is surprising to me how state-supported trafficking hybrid warfare can still work.

    Now everyone + the UK are sending interceptors to UA, and if they can just shoot down the missiles, Putin’s ace for the year will be gone.

    Trump has asked Putin to lie low until after the midterm elections – we pray to the gods that Europe manages this well, a chance we did not deserve but we got it.

  54. johan No.1

    Have you noticed that all supposedly pro-Russian accounts on X are urging to vote for the Örebro Party or AfS, it is clear that they want to remove the current government.

    The accounts they have on their radar as pro-Russian for a long time.

     

    1. maggan

      There probably aren’t many voters from the left considering these parties.

      If any do get in, it is more likely that they will cooperate with the right. So it would be shooting yourself in the foot if you want to change the government.

      Of course, one could wish for 3.9% wasted votes per party, then it probably won’t be an M-led government.

      Afs will hardly get in and will thus be a wasted vote, I am not as sure about the Örebro party.

    2. Pehr

      I, who am “right-wing” on most issues, am astonished at how many on the fringe buy the MAGA lies outright, including the Russian narratives.

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