by Francesco Battistini, Lorenzo Cremonesi, Marta Serafini and Online Editorial
The news of Sunday 2 October live. The warning to the soldiers of Moscow in the evening video intervention. Russia blocks road traffic to ‘enemy countries’
• The war in Ukraine has reached the 221st day.
• Kiev troops recaptured the town of Lyman in Donetsk. It is an overwhelming victory due to the city’s strategic importance, but also symbolic as it comes the day after Putin announced the annexation of 4 regions including Donetsk.
• After the defeat in Lyman, Chechen leader Kadyrov strongly criticized the Russian military command and incited Putin: “Moscow should evaluate the use of tactical nuclear weapons”.
• On this point, the intervention of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is unmistakable: “Russia has lost, now a nuclear escalation must be avoided”.
• The manager of Nord Stream 2 has announced that there is no more gas leak: Here Giudo Olimpio and Andrea Marinelli take stock of what is known about sabotage.
• Suspension of Russian gas supplies to Italy: Flows were set to zero yesterday.
7:41 am – Why retaking Lyman is so important
(Lorenzo Cremonesi, sent to Kramatorsk) The yellow-blue flag has been flying again on Lyman since yesterday. Ukraine’s advance, aimed at retaking the entire Donbass and pushing back Russian troops even beyond the positions where the invasion started on February 24, is not stopping.
It is a bitter military, political and moral defeat for Vladimir Putin and his entourage: immediately after the farce referendum (considered illegal and condemned by a large part of the international community) announced with great pomp in Moscow two days ago annexation of the occupied territories, the Kyiv armed forces are demonstrating with facts that the military reality on the ground is radically different from what the Russians proclaimed.
There is no annexation on paper or a unilateral declaration that it holds: the Ukrainians simply fight better and with greater determination than the Russians, the weapons provided to them by the western allies, led by the United States , guarantee a superiority over the Russian soldiers can not counter. That also confirms the meager but realistic testimony of the Moscow high command, which appeared yesterday, just a few hours after the announcement from Kyiv about the successes of its troops and shortly after the photos of Ukrainian flags on social media on the roofs of the city of Lyman, he admitted that his soldiers “retire so as not to be surrounded and risk capture”. And he added: “Despite the losses suffered, our enemies, superior in arms and troops, continued to advance.”
Thus, the Ukrainian recapture of Lyman at the gates of north-central Donbass, just as it is taking place, is acquiring fundamental importance and seems to herald new defeats on the Russian side.
(Here the whole article)
7:24 am – “I don’t want to go to war”: Walkie, the Russian rapper, takes his own life
(Marco Imarisio, sent to Moscow) In 2016 he recorded the song “Stars” together with Ukrainian rapper Artem Lojk. «Look at the stars shining on your shoulders… Who said being young is easy? Do the services listen to your phone or not? Are you sure you are alone now after entering Telegram? Maybe they count you like you’re one of the cattle? Because you express opinions, spread extremism and if you stop speaking, you will be charged with a thought crime ».
Now Lojk writes songs that praise “the strength and honor of our soldiers fighting at the front”.
His friend, or former Russian friend, died because he didn’t want to go to the front. At least that’s what his friends and dissidents opposed to the Special Military Operation say, who found in his recent video message signs of capitulation to the unsustainable mobilization.
Walkie T, born Ivan Petunin, lived to be 27 years old.
He killed himself by throwing himself onto the eleventh floor of his apartment on Congress Street in Krasnodar, the regional capital in southern Russia, where he was considered an idol.
(Here the whole article)
05:35 – Russia closes road transport to “enemy countries”
Another step forward in terms of Russia’s isolation. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree preventing “enemy countries” from using the Federation’s territory for road transport. There are exceptions for certain categories of goods, including medicines and certain types of food, clothing and technology products.
5:23 a.m. – “I don’t want to go to war”: Walkie, the Russian rapper, takes his own life
(Marco Imarisio) In 2016 he recorded the song “Stelle” together with the Ukrainian rapper Artem Lojk. «Look at the stars shining on your shoulders… Who said being young is easy? Do the services listen to your phone or not? Are you sure you are alone now after entering Telegram? Maybe they count you like you’re one of the cattle? Because you express opinions, spread extremism and if you stop speaking, you will be charged with a thought crime ».
Now Lojk writes songs that praise “the strength and honor of our soldiers fighting at the front”. His friend, or former Russian friend, died because he didn’t want to go to the front. At least that’s what his friends and dissidents opposed to the Special Military Operation say, who found in his recent video message signs of capitulation to the unsustainable mobilization.
Read the full article here.
05:12 – Zelenskyy to Russians: “Leave Putin or you will be killed one by one”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned the Russians in his evening video address. “Until you all solve the problem with the one who started it all, who started this senseless war for Russia against Ukraine, you will be killed one by one as a scapegoat not to admit that this war is a historic mistake for Russia is,” he said after the recent successes of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Donbass.
«There they have already begun to delve: they are looking for the culprits and accusing some generals of failure. This is the first bell that should be heard at all levels of the Russian government,” he added.
05:00 – Kadyrov: “Putin uses the tactical nuclear bomb”
The slap in Kyiv was violent. For the day after Moscow’s announcement of “annexation” of four Ukrainian regions, Kyiv not only refuses to be intimidated, but is taking over the key Donetsk region city of Lyman — just one of the four that Putin now considers entirely Russian.
And in the face of this development on the ground – unexpected, at least because of its speed – Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov spoke.
And in a racy post on Telegram, he urged Putin to consider “drastic measures” — “up to and including imposing martial law in the border areas and using low-potential nuclear weapons.”
Read the full article here.
04.53 – Kiev Army: Ukrainian troops enter Lyman
(Marta Serafini) Ukrainian troops “enter” Lyman, a key city in Russian hands in the eastern Donetsk region. This was stated by the Kyiv army. The city is among the areas that Putin annexed to Russia. According to the Kyiv armed forces, about 5,000 Russian soldiers are surrounded. The fights continue.
Read the full article here.
04.45 – Eni: “Today Russian gas supplies to Italy will be zero”
Deliveries of Russian gas to Italy through Tarvisio today will be “zero”.
Both Eni and Gazprom announced the news. “Gazprom has announced that it cannot confirm the quantities of gas it needs today because gas delivery through Austria is not possible,” Eni said.
The plan implemented by Eni to improve and diversify gas supplies to Italy will make it possible to gradually replace the more than 20 billion cubic meters of gas volumes imported by the group from Moscow up to last year. As for pipeline gas, additional shipments are already arriving from Algeria, Northern Europe and Egypt.
In addition, starting next spring, all additional LNG will arrive in important ways from countries such as Egypt, Qatar, Congo, Angola and Nigeria.
04:38 – Nord Stream 2 operator: The gas leak is over
The spokesman for the management company of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline announced that the gas leak from the pipeline, which began after the suspicious explosions in the Baltic Sea in recent days, has ended.
October 2, 2022 (Modified October 2, 2022 | 07:45)
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