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Publisher of famous Soviet newspaper Pravda falls to his death from a seventh-floor window

Publisher of famous Soviet newspaper Pravda falls to his death

The secretive head of Pravda publishing house, Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, plunged 70ft from his home in western Moscow .

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[PDE Guy]

ISW SITREP for 10/6.

Key Takeaways

1. Russia appears to be accelerating the informational and psychological condition setting phase — “Phase 0” — of its campaign to prepare for a possible NATO-Russia war in the future.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 6, 2025

Russia appears to be accelerating the informational and psychological condition setting phase to prepare for a possible NATO-Russia war

understandingwar.org

Not so sure about that. Although there is a real Groundhog Day feeling watching the Russian state TV talking heads current affaires shows You can go away for a few weeks and nothing really has changed in the daily talking points. But still not seeing any serious change from the We Are At War With NATO propaganda line that has been the staple of Russian state TV news and news talk shows since early summer 2022. Maybe over on Russia One its a different story. But they have been full Der Sturmer level anti NATO / anti-US hate since 2022 so hard to tell if there is any intensification of the propaganda message. They have been at hate level 11 for so long.

Decided to have a quick look at the topics on the early evening show Большая игра (The Big Game). Which seems to be the Russian equivalent of Face The Nation / Meet The Press. Very much targeted at the middle classes / professional classes of Moscow, St Petersburg, etc. Those who had done well under the Putin economic stability pre 2022.

Большая игра. Часть 2. Выпуск от 07.10.2025

Актуальная информация о ходе военной спецоперации России на Украине. Дональд Трамп заявил о намерении выяснить, как Украина планирует использовать ракеты Tomahawk. Президент России Владимир Путин провел телефонный разговор с премьер-министром Израиля Биньямином Нетаньяху.

www.1tv.ru

Todays running order.

Run through Goggle Translate. Which seems to better with Russian than German..


Latest information on the progress of Russia's military special operation in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to hold a briefing with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council on his birthday, October 7.

US President Donald Trump stated that he has almost made a decision on supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, but wants to clarify how Kyiv intends to use them.

American military analyst Scott Ritter explained in detail why Ukraine will never receive Tomahawk missiles from the US.

Regarding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Donald Trump understands that the demands of the two sides are completely incompatible, and therefore the US can do nothing, according to American political scientist and professor at the University of Chicago John Mearsheimer.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on MEPs to "very carefully" study Russian leader Vladimir Putin's speech at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi.

The New York Times: Emmanuel Macron is cornered amid political turmoil in France.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is confident that Russia is behind drone flights over EU airports.

German intelligence allegedly has evidence that Russian leadership is planning an attack on NATO, so EU countries are currently "catching up" in their preparations for war. This was stated by European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius.

Georgia is refraining from expelling some Western ambassadors, despite their interference in the country's internal affairs, stated Irakli Kirtskhalia, head of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia party.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The focus was on the situation in the Middle East, including in the context of the US president's proposed plan for normalization in the Gaza Strip.

Fairly usual mix of subjects but nothing out of the ordinary. So far. If the Kremlin was prepping for a shooting war with NATO soon they would have a more overt "Population Priming" propaganda campaign going. Like they one they had in early summer 2022 for a potential "Escalate To Deescalate" demonstration detonation. Which sure scared the hell out of me at the time.

The only indication that something might be in the air is the use of Scott Ridder to parrot a Kremlin line. Something he has done a bunch of times in the last 5 or more years.

 

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ISW SITREP for 10/7.

"...leaked Russian data on October 6 detailing Russian military casualties from January to August 2025.[9] The data indicates that Russian forces suffered a total of 281,550 casualties of which: 86,744 were killed in action (KIA), including 1,583 officers and 8,633 penal recruits; 33,996 are missing in action (MIA), including 11,427 penal recruits; 158,529 were wounded in action (WIA), including 6,356 officers and 16,489 penal recruits; and 2,311 were captured. "

Key Takeaways

1. The Kremlin continues its reflective control campaign aimed at preventing the US from selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
2. Leaked Russian estimates of Russian killed in action (KIA) to wounded in action (WIA) rates in Ukraine underscore the impact of increased tactical drone usage in Ukraine and the extent to which drones complicate ground advances and casualty evacuation.
3. The leaked estimates indicate that Russian forces suffered their highest casualties in the Pokrovsk, Kupyansk, and Lyman directions between January and August 2025, reflecting command prioritization of these sectors of the front.
4. Russian forces appear able and willing to sustain these casualty rates despite achieving limited tactical advances.
5. European states continue to provide humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine and conclude joint agreements with Ukraine’s defense industrial base (DIB).
6. The Russian military command reportedly appointed Former Commander of the Russian Force Grouping in Syria Lieutenant General Sergei Kisel as the deputy commander of the Northern Grouping of Forces.
7. Ukrainian forces advanced near Novopavlivka and Velykomykhailivka. Russian forces advanced in eastern Zaporizhia Oblast, the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka and Dobropillya tactical areas and near Siversk, Pokrovsk, and Novopavlivka.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 7, 2025

The Kremlin continues its reflective control campaign aimed at preventing the US from selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.

understandingwar.org

 

[Timbersawz]

Are you handy with a welder? Need a project? Have a thing for working with vastly inferior yet highly hazardous materials? Well it looks like the Kremlin is offering some "combat altered" pieces of Russian combat history. (some reassembly required, artillery batteries not included)

The Ministry of Defense began selling Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers knocked out in Ukraine for scrap metal - Russian service of The Moscow Times

 

[Endiron]

Are you handy with a welder? Need a project? Have a thing for working with vastly inferior yet highly hazardous materials? Well it looks like the Kremlin is offering some "combat altered" pieces of Russian combat history. (some reassembly required, artillery batteries not included)

The Ministry of Defense began selling Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers knocked out in Ukraine for scrap metal - Russian service of The Moscow Times

Man, they don't even tell you what you're buying.

 

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Ukes building interceptor drones with a range of 30 km and altitude of 5k for just $600. Russian drones are detected on radar and then Uke crews launch to visually locate and intercept them.

Interesting vid discussing the process.