Montenegro detained Rybar founder Mikhail Zvinchuk and four associates in a dawn raid on the Bay of Kotor.

Police and the national security agency (ANB) picked up the pro-Russian military blogger, his wife/creative director Valeria, and three staff at the Mövenpick Hotel in Risan this morning, seizing drones, digital equipment, and documents. Authorities say they’d been watching the group for days.


The stated concern is that Zvinchuk’s planned documentary on Montenegro’s new visa rules for Russians would frame EU integration as damaging the economy.


Rybar (~1.5M subscribers) says the team was in the country legally and expects release.


Russia’s foreign ministry says its embassy is looking into it.


Zvinchuk — a former Russian MoD press officer — is under both UK and EU sanctions, and the US has a $10M Rewards for Justice bounty tied to alleged election interference by Rybar staff.

Chronology of heat anomalies in Ukraine and the border regions of Russia from 2022 to 2026.

Heat anomalies are tracked by NASA FIRMS satellites to detect active fires, so not every spike indicates the result of an impact. However, their significant increase since the start of the war suggests that most of the observed heat signatures are likely the result of strikes against each other. Interestingly, the main peaks always occur at the beginning of autumn.

France and Germany say diesel promise to Trump won’t require new stock release

The G7 pledge to release a further 100 million barrels of crude oil and fuel stocks to temper rising gas prices is being reframed by Paris and Berlin as part of a previous commitment made under the IEA back in March at the outset of the 3rd Gulf War when all IEA members pledged to release 400 million barrels of crude oil and fuel.


That 400 million barrel release commitment has still not been fulfilled as IEA member states are continuing releasing barrels of crude oil and fuel.


As many have noticed at the pump, those releases had virtually no effect on gas prices.

MONTAUBAN – ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE DE PLACE D’ARMES

Ce 26 septembre, les cadres de Place d’Armes, venus de toute la France, se sont rassemblés à Montauban pour notre Assemblée générale.
Un week-end placé sous le signe de la fraternité, de la camaraderie et de l’engagement.
Généraux, officiers, sous-officiers, militaires du rang, anciens combattants et civils engagés : des parcours différents, mais une même volonté de servir et de rester fidèles aux valeurs qui nous rassemblent.


Les débats furent nombreux et passionnés autour des préoccupations de notre pays et du monde combattant : insécurité, pouvoir d’achat, reconnaissance de nos vétérans et difficultés rencontrées par certains d’entre eux.
Au-delà des débats, ce rassemblement fut surtout un magnifique moment de retrouvailles entre anciens militaires. Cette fraternité forgée par le service ne disparaît pas lorsque l’on quitte l’uniforme. L’esprit de camaraderie demeure.
Un grand merci à tous les organisateurs.


Un merci tout particulier à notre président, qui a su, encore une fois, mobiliser les troupes et rassembler les cadres venus des quatre coins de France autour de nos valeurs communes.
Nous poursuivons notre engagement avec les valeurs qui nous sont chères : Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline et Amour de la France.


Vive nos militaires !
Vive nos vétérans !
Vive Place d’Armes !
Et vive la France !

Comment gérer l’état de stress post-traumatique ?

Houthis push to seize key strategic mountains overlooking Bab el-Mandeb

Ansar Allah has launched fresh assaults on pro-Saudi forces across the mountains of Lahj’s Al-Madaribah wa Ra’as Al-Arah district, seeking to capture three interconnected heights overlooking the strait’s inland approaches. On September 29, clashes intensified around Al-Aghbara Mountain as the Houthis sought to sever key supply routes linking Saudi-backed positions in Lahj and Taiz, Arab News reports.


Hostilities around Kahboub Mountain are also continuing. Control of the area could allow Ansar Allah to consolidate its gains along the Red Sea coast and threaten roads leading toward Aden, where the Saudi-backed Yemeni administration is based. Kahboub has emerged as a key Houthi target since the group solidified control over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on September 10. The mountain commands the strait, the coastal city of Dhubab and Perim Island.


Jabal Naman is another strategically vital mountain on the Lahj-Taiz border that the Houthis are seeking to seize and hold.


Ansar Allah is also reinforcing its military in apparent preparation for another major offensive on Taiz, a pro-Saudi officer told the publication, describing the Houthi buildup – including tanks, other military equipment and missiles – as “massive.”

US ends Iraq mission & relocates operations to Jordan

After close to two decades of Iraq intervention, US military forces and equipment have shifted headquarters. CENTCOM confirmed the relocation of the Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) to Jordan following the formal end of the coalition’s military mission in Iraq on September 30, when the last American and partner forces left Erbil Air Base.


Admiral Brad Cooper, CENTCOM's commander, praised Iraqi forces for now "having the capacity to manage their own security."


The relocation is more a change of address rather than a conclusion:


🔴 same Combined Joint Task Force remains operational, only now based in Jordan


🔴 counter-ISIS operations continue in Syria with coalition partners and the Syrian government


🔴 new “bilateral defense relationship” with Iraq keeps the door open for future involvement


🔴 regional US and coalition forces stay on standby, “ready to respond” to threats that arise

Ukrainian national carries out attack at abbey in Poland

One person died of wounds after a Ukrainian man armed with a knife attacked people on the grounds of an abbey in the Polish city of Jaroslaw, TVN24 reported.


Key facts about the incident.


Circumstances

1. Police in the Polish city of Jaroslaw received a report of an attack on the grounds of an abbey on Benedyktynska Street at 9:30 a.m. (7:30 a.m. GMT).
2. Police detained a 31-year-old Ukrainian citizen in connection with the incident.
3. The man was armed with a machete, according to Wirtualna Polska.

Fatality, injuries

1. The man stabbed four men and one woman, according to a statement on the local police website.
2. All five were taken to hospital.
3. Clergymen were among those injured, according to Onet.
4. One person died of his wounds, TVN24 reported.
5. The deceased was a priest, RMF24 said.
6. Two of the injured are in critical condition, according to TVN24.

An other False-Flag again... Or a true reality generated by EU itself ?

The CIA has warned European governments that Russia is preparing possible drone attacks against Mediterranean countries like Spain, France, and Italy, according to Spanish newspaper El Mundo.


The plan involves concealing Gerbera drones (600 km range) inside shipping containers aboard merchant vessels and launching them from international waters. The relatively small drones could reach targets hundreds of kilometers inland.


The CIA shared intelligence about the suspected operation with several European governments following Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow in August. French authorities have taken the warning seriously, which led President Macron to convene high-level security meetings earlier this month.


European security sources believe such attacks are intended to undermine support for Ukraine, create divisions within NATO, and spread public anxiety without triggering a full-scale military confrontation.

President Donald Trump delivers his address to the U.N. General Assembly