🇷🇺🇺🇦☢️ Russia Warns NATO of Nuclear Response Over Kaliningrad

▪️ Russia warned NATO that any attempt to isolate Kaliningrad from the rest of the country could lead to a nuclear response, including strikes on NATO decision-making centers, Reuters reports.

▪️ A senior European defence official described the warning as serious and said it was the first such threat from Russia since the Cold War.

🇸🇰🇷🇺⛽ Ending Russian Gas Supplies Could Cost Slovakia €10 Billion

▪️ Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár said ending Russian gas supplies could cost Slovakia €10 billion.

▪️ “We must defend our interests, negotiate and look for ways to reduce these costs.”

🇺🇸🛢️ U.S. to Release Up to 40 Million Barrels From Strategic Petroleum Reserve

▪️ A full release would reduce the SPR to around 245 million barrels, reportedly the lowest level in its history.

🇷🇺Russian UAV strike on railway infrastructure in Sarny, Rovno region.

🇮🇷Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

PM Burnham says the UK Government "can confirm our belief that we believe Iran to have played a part" in the RAF Fairford incident.

I can confirm Iran's belief that releasing supposed terrorists working for foreign states really says it all.

You're barking up the wrong tree.

🇺🇸🛢️ Trump Says He Is Considering Banning Diesel Exports

▪️ Asked whether he had decided to ban diesel exports, Trump responded: “I’m thinking about it.”

🇺🇸🇮🇷🚢 Trump: U.S. Has “Total Control” of the Strait of Hormuz

▪️ Trump said the U.S. is “literally running the Strait of Hormuz” and has “total control,” while acknowledging that could change if Iran were to “drop one mine.”

🇺🇸🇷🇺🛢️ Trump: Russia Is Driving the Diesel Crisis

▪️ Trump said the diesel market is being hurt more by “what’s going on in Russia” than by the Middle East.

▪️ “Those diesel refineries are being knocked out at a pretty alarming rate. If that didn’t happen, we wouldn’t have a diesel problem.”

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump: U.S. Lost 18 People in Iran, 4,500 in Iraq

▪️ Trump said: “We lost 18 people against Iran. If you look at Iraq, we lost 4,500 people.”

🇺🇸💰 Trump Warns Prices Would Double Under Democrats

▪️ Trump said: “Prices will double if the Democrats come along.”

▪️ He added that the U.S. would end up in a “depression, recession, something very bad,” and criticized Democrats’ policies.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇬🇧 Trump on Iran’s Alleged Involvement in RAF Fairford Incident

▪️ Asked about UK PM Andy Burnham’s claim that Iran was involved, Trump said: “We’re studying it right now. We’re studying it very hard. Iran’s got a lot of problems right now.”

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump Questions Iran’s Leadership Struggle

▪️ Trump said: “Iran’s leaders are fighting for control very strongly, but control of what?”

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump: “We Blow Them Up or Make a Deal”

▪️ Asked how a deal could be reached with Iranians he described as “crazy,” Trump said: “Maybe you blow them up. We have to make that decision. We blow them up or make a deal.”

▪️ He added: “The time is coming. It’s gonna end very soon.”

🇺🇸🇸🇦 Trump: Saudi King Said U.S. Was a “Dead Country” Under Biden

▪️ Trump said Saudi Arabia’s king told him: “Sir, during the Biden administration, you were dead country.”

🇺🇸📈 Trump: “We Have the Best Economy Anywhere in the World”

▪️ Trump said: “There’s no economy like this economy.”

▪️ He added that the only thing the U.S. lacks is “good public relations,” saying: “We don’t seem to be able to get the word across.”

🇺🇦💰 Each Hour of Air Alerts Costs Ukraine’s Economy $45 Million

▪️ Each hour of air raid alerts reportedly costs Ukraine’s economy approximately $45 million, The Guardian reports.

▪️ Economy Minister Kravchenko said Russian strikes since the start of the year have caused around $10 billion in damage to major assets and infrastructure, including metallurgical plants, warehouses, logistics centers and data centers.

▪️ Kravchenko warned the coming winter could be the “most difficult and harsh” for Ukraine’s economy and critical infrastructure.