Plague outbreak in Russia's Irkutsk region: hospitals quarantined, mandatory mask-wearing introduced in factories
At least four municipal hospitals (Nos. 1, 3, and 10, plus a children's hospital) and a local maternity ward in Irkutsk have been placed under quarantine. Medical staff are speaking openly about the plague; however, Russian authorities stated today that no emergency incident had occurred at the anti-plague institute—where a test tube had reportedly broken.
Test results have not confirmed an infection in the case of the deceased woman.
➡️ Major events in the city have been cancelled.
➡️ So far, 197 people who had contact with the woman—who died of pneumonia—have been identified; 189 of them have been hospitalized.
➡️ According to media reports, the ambulances transporting these individuals are being escorted by FSB units.
➡️ A temporary mask mandate has been introduced at the Irkutsk aluminum plant in Shelekhov as a "preventive measure."
➡️ Pneumonic plague is the most severe, rapid-onset, and dangerous form of the disease. Unlike common (bubonic) plague, which is transmitted via flea bites, pneumonic plague spreads from person to person through droplet infection—via coughing, sneezing, or even normal conversation. The incubation period is only 1 to 3 days (sometimes just a few hours). The disease begins abruptly with high fever, severe headache, bloody sputum, shortness of breath, and the rapid development of severe pneumonia. Without immediate antibiotic treatment (within the first 24 hours of symptom onset), the mortality rate is nearly 100%.
Aftermath of the Russian S8000 Banderol cruise missile strike on the "Northern" bridge across the Dnieper River in Kyiv.
A small crater has formed in the road.
“Wake up, dear Ukrainians. It’s time to use our heads.
At a moment when an exhausted and frightened nation is being sold the illusion of a ceasefire and the long-awaited peace.
They are telling us these fairy tales precisely when the enemy is escalating and openly threatening the entire world. They are shaping public opinion almost in unison with Putin’s rhetoric.
Putin is certainly not interested in peace. He wants blood – to the point of destroying us completely. And today he is exploiting a window of opportunity created by jet-powered Shahed-type drones, targeting our rear and civilian infrastructure because, to put it mildly, he has had little success on the battlefield throughout 2026.
If we want to survive, we must be guided by rational analysis and mathematics, not impossible dreams. And we absolutely intend to survive.
And yes, the Defense Forces will close this current window of opportunity for the enemy through countermeasures, including rearmament. That takes time. How much? It depends on a number of factors – I won’t say more for now.
The front is difficult. The russian war machine keeps pushing and will continue to push, but we are destroying it at an increasing rate.
The army has hardened. Now it is time for the home front to grow up as well. Do not believe in illusions or miracles. We must rely on our own strength and on one another. That is the only way we will preserve our state and our Motherland.
And the shack these jackals are offering us under a white flag will be burned down on the very first dark night.
Those who understand, will understand.
We will stand. Moscow will fall.”
Magyar, Hero of Ukraine, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
В Испании начали судебное расследование в отношении журналиста Шария и его жены Ольги
Их подозревают в налоговых нарушениях, подделке документов, отмывании денег и операциях с криптой. Во время обысков было изъято €1,35 млн.🪇
Им может грозить до 15 лет лишения свободы, Diario.
Russian attack drones conducted a major incursion into Moldova this morning, with local authorities reporting at least 5 separate airspace breaches.
Explosions and drone fragments were found in several Moldovan towns, with multiple reports of damage on the ground.
This is Ihor Malchevskyi, a 69-year-old scientist at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, escaping the flames after a Russian attack.
I could also write, "the whole world watched this live," but we can see that news from Ukraine has long been out of focus.
There are many reasons for this. It is not only people's "fatigue" from the war, but also the fact that social networks, particularly X, have started artificially suppressing the reach (pessimizing) of posts on military and political topics, especially regarding Russia's war against Ukraine.
Furthermore, Russia has recently radically transformed its propaganda and information warfare. From straightforward propaganda, the Kremlin has moved to the large-scale use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and agent networks. Their primary role today is to constantly blur the boundaries of truth as much as possible, create artificial information noise, and systematically carry out "mass reporting" so that automated safety algorithms block accounts preemptively or impose shadow bans.
That is why it is so important to keep writing, reading, and sharing news about Ukraine.
And that is why I sincerely thank everyone - journalists, politicians, OSINT researchers, bloggers, photographers, and volunteers - who continue to document Russia’s war crimes, conduct investigations and analysis, and report the truth.
📹: DW
Перед отъездом из Москвы министр иностранных дел Германии г. фон-Риббентроп сделал сотруднику ТАСС следующее заявление:
«Мое пребывание в Москве опять было кратким, к сожалению, слишком кратким. В следующий раз я надеюсь пробыть здесь больше. Тем не менее мы хорошо использовали эти два дня. Было выяснено следующее:
1. Германо-советская дружба теперь установлена окончательно.
2. Обе страны никогда не допустят вмешательства третьих держав в восточно-европейские вопросы.
3. Оба государства желают, чтобы мир был восстановлен и чтобы Англия и Франция прекратили абсолютно бессмысленную и бесперспективную борьбу против Германии.
4. Если однако в этих странах возьмут верх поджигатели войны, то Германия и СССР будут знать, как ответить на это».
Министр указал далее на достигнутое вчера между правительством Германии и правительством СССР соглашение об обширной экономической программе, которая принесет выгоду обеим державам.
В заключение г. фон-Риббентроп заявил: «Переговоры происходили в особенно дружественной и великолепной атмосфере. Однако прежде всего я хотел бы отметить исключительно сердечный прием, оказанный мне Советским Правительством и в особенности г.г. Сталиным и Молотовым».
(ТАСС)
30.09.1939 г.
Russians continue to bomb Kyiv's bridges, 15 minutes ago, during the Friday evening commute, another hit.
It's been 24 hours of non-stop drone attacks on Kyiv's South Bridge.
Казахстан задержал украинку, приехавшую за внуком из списка похищенных детей. Страна впервые может экстрадировать в Россию гражданина Украины https://t.co/gF7xjIqEpb
В Пскове откроется ресторан Lido в знакомом нам оформлении, только вот владельцы Lido в Латвии и Эстонии об этом ничего не знают, российский проект взял чужое название и фирменную символику без разрешения владельца
На создание чего-то оригинального у русских не хватает мозгов
A Polish partisan next to the body of a killed Ukrainian peasant in a field near the village of Sahryń. On March 10, 1944, units of the Home Army and the Peasants' Battalions murdered 623–1,240 Ukrainian inhabitants of the village of Sahryń (including women and children).
The suspected organizer of the failed drone attack on Leipzig Airport is Russian Oleg Levushkin, according to the British newspaper "The Telegraph." The paper also published a photograph of him for the first time. The attack itself, the newspaper reported, was linked to the Russian GRU unit to which the Skripal poisoners Petrov and Boshirov also belonged.
A third Russian drone strike on Kyiv’s Pivdennyi (Southern) Bridge today.
This bridge is used by hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians every day. People use it to get home and to work.
Russia is doing all it can to make life in Kyiv unbearable, violating all norms.
Violent explosion was reported at Krasnozavodsk Chemical plant in Moscow region.
The plant reportedly is the manufacturer of warheads for Russian Geran/other Shahed-type drones
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