Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov on Oct. 29 apparently boasted about using Ukrainian prisoners as human shields, claiming there were casualties among the captives after a drone strike on Chechnya.Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)
"Russia thinks they are very strong, but if we wanted to seize their nuclear power plant, we would have done it, we could have done it, but we never wanted to do it," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.Kateryna Hodunova (The Kyiv Independent)
"It was confidential information between Ukraine and the White House. How to understand these messages?" President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press briefing with journalists from Nordic countries.Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)
Russian units deployed in Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast may be preparing sabotage activities in the Baltic states and Poland.Ukrainska Pravda
Ukrainian intelligence has reported that the Russian military leadership has decided to form assault units from convicts with hepatitis B and C and send them to war against Ukraine.Ukrainska Pravda
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Weil die Kohlekraftwerke abgeschaltet werden, wird der Gips knapp. Die Industrie will deswegen mehr abbauen. Umweltschützer halten das für unnötig.Hanna Gersmann (taz)
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Former President Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani has already been made to turn over his Manhattan penthouse to pay the election workers he defamed in Georgia — and now, he may have to surrender his $3.Matthew Chapman (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)