During the night from September 30th to October 1st, unknown persons apparently tried to spy on the Bundeswehr training area in Wildflecken with drones. All voices and developments on the Ukraine war in the ticker.
9.20 a.m .: According to research by “Business Insider” in the night from September 30th to October 1st, unknown persons apparently tried to spy on the Bundeswehr training area Wildflecken with drones. This was confirmed by the Federal Ministry of Defense at the request of “Business Insider”.
What’s explosive about it is that the Bundeswehr is training Ukrainian soldiers on the Dingo armored vehicles on the site. Germany has agreed to deliver 50 of these vehicles.
The ministry also confirmed that there was a police operation in the immediate vicinity of the military training area on the border between Bavaria and Hesse after the drones were spotted. “The police were informed immediately and started investigating. These continue.” From security circles, “Business Insider” learned that it was said to have been a good dozen drones. There was said to have been no danger to the population “at any time”.
The Ministry left open who is behind the action on request. But behind the scenes it is suspected that Russia could be hiding behind the action. In recent months, mysterious drone sightings have repeatedly occurred around the world, such as a few days ago over Norwegian oil platforms when several devices entered the security zone. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said: “There is increasing evidence that this was a deliberate act and we are in a very serious situation. “It is crucial that Europe and NATO stand together now.” In January, drones were also sighted over Swedish nuclear power plants.
Sunday, October 2, 1:20 a.m.: In view of the Russian nuclear weapons threats, the CDU foreign politician Roderich Kiesewetter considers increased deterrence on the part of Western countries to be necessary. “Of course we have to take this seriously, and of course there is always such a risk,” he told the Berlin “Tagesspiegel”, referring to threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use “all available means” if necessary. “We can prevent it but by increasing our own deterrence and meeting Putin with strength and unity.”
Putin’s threat is not new. It is “a means of hybrid warfare” “to unsettle our population and to divide the rule-based states”. Kiesewetter warned against giving in to Putin. The use of such weapons would permanently isolate Russia “completely, also from its previous partners or at least neutral states like China or India,” he said. “That’s why we mustn’t let ourselves be fooled.”
8:03 p.m .: Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has promised Ukraine the rapid delivery of a first promised unit of the Iris-T SLM ground-based air defense system. The SPD politician announced on Saturday during a visit to the port city of Odessa that the system should arrive in the next few days for Ukraine’s defense against Russia. Even the Bundeswehr does not yet have the state-of-the-art system.
The minister spoke of delivery in a few days and praised the system’s Ukrainian team, which she met during training in Germany. “Ukraine is currently experiencing an incredible number of airstrikes, and that is why it is so important that we provide even more support in terms of air defense,” said the minister, emphasizing: “You can rely on us there.”
Shortly before the visit, which was initially kept secret for security reasons, two Russian Iskander missiles hit an industrial area in Odessa, according to Ukrainian sources. Nobody got hurt. In the afternoon Lambrecht himself had to go to a bunker at times because of an air alarm. The SPD politician said the situation made it clear how important it was to deliver a first unit of the Iris-T SLM ground-based air defense system quickly.
4.40 p.m .: Russia has stopped its gas supplies to Italy for the time being. The Russian company Gazprom announced that it could no longer deliver gas through Austria, the Italian supplier Eni announced on Saturday. Russian gas normally arrives at and is distributed from the Italian-Austrian border town of Tarvisio in Italy.
Gazprom reported in its channel on the Telegram news service that the reason for the suspension of gas transport across the territory from Austria to Italy was “the refusal of the Austrian operator to confirm the transport nominations.” In Austria there were regulatory changes at the end of September, which is why now came to this problem. The state-owned company did not give any details as to what exactly it was about. “Gazprom is working together with the Italian buyers to solve the problem,” the company said.
Austria itself continued to receive Russian gas, the German Press Agency learned from Austrian Gas Grid Management AG, which controls gas flows in Austria. The transit volumes for Italy have already decreased in the past few days and weeks and have now reached zero, it said.
By the time war broke out in Ukraine, Italy had received around 40 percent of its gas from Russia. Then the government in Rome and the semi-state corporation Eni concluded agreements with a number of other countries – such as Algeria – in order to minimize dependence on Moscow. In recent months, it has been said that Italy only gets around 25 percent of its gas from Russia. In the past few days, the delivery quantities had fallen sharply.
02:32: At the end of a UNESCO conference in Mexico City, the representatives of 48 countries protested against Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Dozens of delegates temporarily left the hall on Friday (local time) when the Russian representative spoke up. Representatives from around 120 countries took part in the three-day Mondiacult conference organized by the UN organization for education, science and culture.
In a joint statement, delegates from the European Union, Canada, the United States, Japan and other countries first called on Russia to withdraw from Ukraine. They also denounced the vandalism and looting of cultural sites in Ukraine. Such statements are unacceptable, the Russian representative, Sergey Obryvalin, replied.
A good seven months after the start of the Russian invasion, Moscow annexed four areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin signed the agreements on Friday that sealed the incorporation of the occupied regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Cherson.
Saturday, October 1st, 12:57 a.m.: The Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak sees a growing danger of nuclear weapons being used by Russia. “In view of the internal panic in the Russian Federation and increasing military defeats, the risk of using nuclear weapons is increasing,” Podoliak told the “Bild” newspaper.
However, it is not Ukraine that can and should stop Russia “in a nuclear frenzy.” “The problem of the possible use of nuclear weapons should be solved exclusively at the level of the member countries of the nuclear club and strictly within the framework of the nuclear deterrence doctrine,” Podoliak said. Russia must be aware of the responsibility and the possibility of “receiving an effective blow in response”.
Outgoing ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk told the newspaper that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats about the use of nuclear weapons must be taken seriously. The West should therefore show him “the apocalyptic consequences of this suicide step”. “It’s not too late to prevent this catastrophic scenario,” said Melnyk.
On Friday in Moscow, Putin signed agreements to annex four regions in Ukraine that are fully or partially controlled by Moscow. The regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Cherson and Zaporizhia are affected. Western governments have unanimously condemned this as a “land grab” contrary to international law, which was preceded by “sham referendums” forced by Moscow in the areas.
With the annexation, the Russian leadership made it clear that it would consider future attacks on these regions as attacks on Russian territory. In this case, the number two on the Russian Security Council, ex-President Dmitry Medvedev, threatened to use “strategic nuclear weapons”.
8:48 p.m.: Vladimir Putin today announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions. At the same time, activists left a message for him at the grave of his parents at the Serafimovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg. A page from a school diary was lying there. It read: “Dear parents. Your son is behaving horribly. He skips history class, fights with his neighbors at the table and threatens to blow up the entire school. Act!” The action was spread via Telegram in a channel called “Feminist Anti-War Resistance”.
6:12 p.m .: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has rejected the Russian annexation of four occupied Ukrainian territories as illegal and unlawful. “The NATO allies do not recognize any of these areas as part of Russia and will not do so in the future,” said the Norwegian in Brussels on Friday. All states are called upon to reject Russia’s blatant attempts to seize territory.
Stoltenberg was clear and described Putin’s move as “the most serious escalation since the beginning of the war”. It shows “that the war is not going according to plan for him”.
4:33 p.m .: In response to the Russian annexation of four occupied Ukrainian territories, the US imposes further sanctions on Russia. The punitive measures are aimed, among other things, at other Russian government officials, their family members and members of the military, as the US government announced on Friday in Washington.
3:01 p.m.: Then Putin ends his speech and signs the four decrees – together with the responsible governors. She and Putin then shook hands and shouted “Russia!” in unison.
2:59 p.m .: As a last point, Putin then adds: The West is responsible for the detonations of the Nord Stream pipelines. “They (the Anglo-Saxons) have resorted to sabotage. Strange but true. By organizing explosions on the Nord Stream international gas pipelines (…) they have effectively started destroying the common European energy infrastructure,” Putin said.
2:54 p.m .: Russia would refuse to accept standards set by the West. The West would allow people to change their gender, he cites as an example. “We will never want that in Russia,” said Putin.
2:52 p.m .: “Western countries will not get out of their economic crisis,” Putin continues. It is getting bigger and stronger due to the sanctions and the West will perish because of it. Again Putin says: “The West wants to destroy Russia.”
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