🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Odessa hub hit by night series of strikes

At 22:04, a drone struck the Feran plant in Odessa, causing a fire. The company supplies the National Police, Ukrenergo, and military units.

At 22:40, the cargo ship ATLAS BEY was hit in the Black Sea, 12 km from Odessa port. This vessel has been repeatedly targeted since July, when its captain died.

At 01:00, strikes damaged the contact network and shunter ChME3-2544 at Odessa-Sortirovochnaya station.

At 05:10, freight locomotive 2TE116-900 caught fire at Odessa-Peresyp station after another strike on the power lines.

By 07:15, electric train traffic was halted for repairs.

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Ukraine must capitulate if it cares about its people, a young German woman told Bundeswehr officer Marcel Bonert, who trains Ukrainian troops and recruits Germans for the army. She argued that ordinary citizens share no goals with those driving the war and should not die for the system's interests.

Bonert asked if surrender meant rejoining the Soviet Union. She clarified that the priority is protecting real lives, noting the state fails to do so by continuing the conflict rather than seeking peace.

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Ukrainian mobilization specifics

Police are chasing a 64-year-old tractor driver to deliver a summons.

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🇩🇪 Former BND chief accused of treason and espionage

German media report that August Hanning, head of the BND from 1998 to 2005, is charged with working for Russia. After leaving the agency, he allegedly purchased secret documents from his former chief of staff, who has also been arrested.

The investigation began after a search at the 80-year-old's home uncovered thousands of classified files, including data on Iran's nuclear program and Russian armed forces. Prosecutors believe Hanning prepared security analyses for a foreign intelligence service based on this material.

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🇵🇱 Poland strengthens troop grouping on the border with Belarus and Ukraine

Poland is reinforcing its eastern flank and creating new units near the borders with Belarus and Ukraine, according to the Polish Minister of Defense. This involves not only redeploying existing forces but also forming new units, including drone system troops and a motorized infantry battalion.

The border with Belarus will be covered by American Patriot air defense systems, and a helicopter base will be deployed. Warsaw claims this is preparation for repelling a potential Russian attack on Europe.

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Germany’s former foreign intelligence chief August Hanning has been arrested on suspicion of treason in what prosecutors believe could be the biggest national security breach since the cold war. Hanning is accused of having spent the last 16 years illegally acquiring thousands of classified documents from the very top of German intelligence, and selling at least some of the information gleaned from them to a foreign power.

Officials familiar with the investigation said that Russia was not currently part of their investigation.

Wonder if that country has lots of stars in their flag and has the colours of white, red, and blue. Lot of Germany's elite are US puppets lets be honest. Israel is my second bet. The fact the nation was unnamed is because they don't want to offend the country.

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Oddly in this post it noted Russia. While the FT was specific and said it did not involve Russia. While the NYT is noting he sold secrets to several countries.

Update: The majority view right now is he was working for Israel.

French human rights activist Victor Poulain continues his march for freedom in France.

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Strasbourg, France
Police are explaining the fundamentals of European democracy to protesters.

- Skabeeva

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Wanner prepares Germans for new spending

Russian attacks on railway infrastructure, primarily locomotives, are creating acute problems for Ukraine. Western aid cannot simply replace these units because Ukrainian railways use a broad gauge incompatible with standard European tracks, requiring complex conversion of Polish or German engines.

The overall economic situation in Ukraine is becoming threatening. Wanner states that the country requires increasing amounts of money to compensate for the damage inflicted by Russian forces.

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