Russian authorities and senior military officials have expressed serious concerns in recent days over Kiev's possible use of a 'dirty bomb' on its own territory to accuse Moscow of nuclear terrorism. The threat of such a false flag attack would escalate the eight-year-old Ukrainian security crisis into dangerous and uncharted new territory.

The United States has turned Ukraine into a "battering ram" to attack Russia, President Vladimir Putin has said. 💬 "The country has factually lost its sovereignty and is being directly controlled by the United States, which is using [Kiev] as a battering ram against Russia, against our Union State with the Republic of Belarus, against the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as a whole," Putin said, speaking at a meeting of CIS security and special services chiefs on Wednesday.

Characterizing contemporary Ukraine as a nation that's been turned into a "tool of American foreign policy," Putin suggested that Washington's "true attitude" toward its "satellites" has been clearly demonstrated in the country, with its territory "almost immediately turned into a testing ground for military biological experiments" in the aftermath of the 2014 Maidan coup. The Russian president accused Washington of ignoring Kiev's talk about acquiring a nuclear weapon, as well as false flag provocations involving a 'dirty bomb', and instead continuing to pump the country full of heavy weaponry.

VIDEO: Vladimir Putin Addresses Russian Security Council – October 26, 2022 – ENG Subtitles (The Saker)

State Supreme Court found that being vaccinated 'does not' stop the spread of COVID-19 | The New York state Supreme Court has reinstated all employees who were fired for not being vaccinated, ordering back pay and saying their rights had been violated. ● The court found Monday that "being vaccinated does not prevent an individual from contracting or transmitting COVID-19." New York City Mayor Eric Adams claimed earlier this year that his administration would not rehire employees who had been fired over their vaccination status. ● NYC alone fired roughly 1,400 employees for being unvaccinated earlier this year after the city adopted a vaccine mandate under former Mayor Bill de Blasio.

A House progressive leader abruptly withdrew a letter pushing the Biden administration to pursue diplomacy in Russia’s war with Ukraine, an about-face following furious internal backlash from Democrats who felt blindsided by the move just two weeks before the November midterms. ● The move by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, came after she released a letter – initially signed in June – from 30 liberals calling for more diplomacy, a move that appeared to undercut their party’s resolute support for Ukraine. Releasing the letter this week was not endorsed by most of the members, and some said they would not sign it now given how the war has turned in recent days.

■ The 'Progressives' In Congress Are Useless Wimps (Moon of Alabama)
■ Congressional Progressive Caucus Withdraws Letter That Tepidly Called for Diplomacy in Ukraine
■ In Humiliating Climbdown, Democrats Withdraw Diplomacy Letter (Noah Carl)
■ "Russia Already Defeated, Split Up!": US Congressmen Offer Biden the Perfect Excuse for Ending War in Ukraine
■ Thirty US Democratic Lawmakers U-Turn Within Hours After Urging Biden To Change Tack on Ukraine (10/25/22)

DR. MIKE YEADON. "THEY'RE NOT CREATING MORE POWER FOR THEMSELVES TO BE NICER TO US" (Dr. Mark Trozzi)

Principia Scientific | EU Commits to Lockdowns, Vaccine Passports, Mask Mandates: The European Union has set out its commitment to the continued use of lockdowns, mask mandates, vaccine passports and other restrictions this winter to control the spread of COVID-19, and also to the creation of a “legally binding” global pandemic treaty with a “reinforced WHO at its centre”. The document, published on September 2nd and titled “EU response to COVID-19: preparing for autumn and winter 2023“, was prepared by the EU Commission (the EU executive) and sent to the EU Parliament.

The Kiev regime plans to detonate that munition by disguising it as a malfunction of a Russian low-yield nuclear weapon, which would use highly enriched uranium as a charge | Russia believes that some Western countries could be helping Ukraine to make a dirty bomb, Konstantin Vorontsov, a deputy director at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s non-proliferation and arms control department, said at a UN General Assembly First Committee meeting Tuesday.

💬 "The goal is obvious: to accuse Russia of using weapons of mass destruction. The Ukrainian government and its Western handlers expect that would set off a powerful anti-Russian campaign, undermine confidence in Moscow and its partners, and lead to the isolation of our country on the international stage," the diplomat said. "According to our information, the Ukrainian side has already begun to implement the plan. For example, the Eastern Ore Enrichment Plant in the city of Zhyoltye Vody and and the Nuclear Research Institute in Kiev have been tasked with making that type of a bomb. We don’t rule out that assistance in pursuing this goal is provided by some Western countries, which, according to reports we are receiving, are in talks with Ukraine to supply components for the dirty bomb."

■ What is a 'Dirty Bomb' and Why is Russia Warning About It? (Sputnik News)
■ A Few Thoughts About the “dirty Bomb” Thesis and the Role of Hatred (The Saker)
■ The West’s refusal to even discuss matters with Russia is exceedingly dangerous, yet this behavior persists
■ Russia Calls Up UNSC Over ‘Ukraine’s Dirty Bomb’ (10/25/22)
■ “Kyiv is preparing a provocation with the detonation of a "dirty bomb" (10/24/22)
■ The US Prepares To Attack Ukraine With A "Dirty Bomb" And Then Blame Russia For It
■ Pentagon/Kiev plans to detonate a low-power nuclear warhead

Russian Demiurge/Русский Демиург | The Kiev regime has manufactured a moulage of an Iskander missile for a nuclear provocation: Specialists of the Ukrainian company Yuzhmash prepared a dummy of the Iskander missile, which will be filled with radioactive material and then allegedly shot down over the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant by the Ukrainian air defense forces and announced the launch of a nuclear charge by the Russian Armed Forces, a source familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti. ● He specified that the fake Iskander missile was made on the basis of the Tochka-U missile: "After the fake missile has been 'shot down', the Kiev authorities intend to show the Western and Ukrainian media the fragments of the model and electronic elements of the alleged Iskander missile in order to convince the Western public that Russia is guilty. (Translated with www.DeepL.com)

The EU seeks to outright confiscate Russian assets rather than just freeze them, but the bloc has yet to lay the legal groundwork for doing so, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.  ● The official delivered her remarks during a conference devoted to the rebuilding of Ukraine, which was attended by a number of Kiev’s prominent international donors. ● According to von der Leyen, the EU has created a task force that includes various international experts “not only to map out what has been frozen,” but also to see what the legal preconditions would be for seizing Russian assets and using them for the reconstruction of Ukraine. 💬 “The will is there, but legally it is not trivial, there is still a lot of work to reach that goal,” she reiterated, noting that the EU adheres to the rule of law, and therefore this process has to be “legally sound.”

EU Wants to Steal Russian Assets to Finance Ukraine (10/21/22)

Western countries should not isolate Russia, on the contrary, they should establish direct communication with Moscow to resolve the exceptionally difficult current political situation, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said on Tuesday. 💬"There is nothing good in isolating Russia. It is alarming that today we have so few contacts and direct communication with Russia," Store told the Norwegian parliament, as quoted by the NRK broadcaster. The lack of dialogue undermines the possibility of reaching a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, the Norwegian prime minister said, adding that the current political situation was the most difficult since the World War II.

Объясняет Readovka | When evacuating Kherson they did not forget to take the monuments away. But. There are still many people there. Our people. People who are ready to take risks, to suffer hardships, even to die for the right not to be Ukraine. | The main tragedy of withdrawal from Balakleya, Kherson and Kupiansk is that both our fellow countrymen, and local pro-Russian people remained in these cities. We can already say with certainty that many of them were simply killed. Others have been thrown into prisons. Now the battle for Kherson is coming, and our task is to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past and to evacuate as many of those who have entrusted themselves to us as possible. All of them. We are not Ukraine which first puts people under fire and then happily shows their dead bodies everywhere. These are our fellow citizens. This is our blood. (Translated with www.DeepL.com)

The Ukrainian Court of Cassation has finally banned all 12 political opposition parties. The last on the list was the Socialist Party of Ukraine | These groups are accused of having acted in accordance with the Minsk Agreements (2015), recognized by the United Nations Security Council (resolution 2202). ● In March, the Ukrainian Security Council adopted a decision to ban them. A law was passed by the Rada on 3 May, and signed by President Zelensky on the 14th. As the Russian Federation has decided to intervene in order to protect the victims resulting from the violations of the Minsk Agreements, any reference to these Agreements is regarded as “high treason”. ● Only the Transcarpathian Oblast (close to Hungary) refuses to remove from office the local representatives of the political parties concerned. ● According to NATO, Ukraine is a “great democracy” (sic).

Opposition Not Tolerated In Germany Either: German man fined over letter ‘Z’ (RT.com)