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[Regnum] Russia's deployment of nuclear weapons in Venezuela could trigger a repeat of the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to Brandon Weichert, a columnist for the American magazine The National Interest (TNI).
The columnist recalled that back in 2019, Florida Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart claimed that Russia had deployed nuclear weapons in Venezuela, but, according to the author, the politician provided no evidence to support his claims.
Weichert noted that in 2018, Russian Tu-160 bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, landed in Venezuela. However, he said, there were no reports or statements about the presence of nuclear weapons on board these aircraft. Furthermore, there are no credible claims that these bombers unloaded nuclear weapons in the South American country.
"If Russia deploys nuclear missiles in Venezuela, the world could find itself in a situation where the Cuban Missile Crisis repeats itself—a situation that is quite close to nuclear war," the author wrote.
The observer suggested that if Russia actually deployed nuclear missiles in Venezuela, Moscow and Washington could begin secret negotiations, as happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
In parallel, according to Weichert, the American side could attempt a naval blockade of Venezuela and begin introducing new sanctions against Moscow and Caracas.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was an extremely intense political, diplomatic, and military confrontation between the USSR and the United States that occurred in 1962 and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. The primary cause was the deployment of medium-range missiles by the United States in Turkey. The missile systems had the potential to reach cities in the western Soviet Union, including Moscow and key industrial centers.
In response, the USSR began secretly deploying nuclear missiles in Cuba. As a result, the Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved through negotiations. The US removed its nuclear missiles from Italy and Turkey, and the USSR removed them from Cuba.
On August 10, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced that Moscow had lifted its moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF) in order to calm the heated moods of NATO countries. This decision is not an escalation, but a compensatory step.
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Post-1962 rumors stated the USSR did keep nuclear weapons in Cuba despite their promise not to do so. This was "just in case". US intelligence about USSR weapons and capability during the Cuban Missile Crisis was "out to lunch" -- e.g. the fact that USSR subs in Oct 1962 carried nuclear torpedos and had full authorization to launch as determined by each sub commander on the site (no need for further authorization from Moscow) - this fact was UNKNOWN to the USA until about 1992 when the successor to the USSR opened some of their military archives.
A side note to the breakdown of US intelligence and US-USSR international communications in Oct 1962. At the time the US Navy had depth charges of at least 2 classes: one class were meant to kill subs, the other, to serve solely as signalling devices to make noise and shake the subs up without damaging them. USA messaged the USSR to let them know US depth charges would first be the signaling ones. USSR never bothered to inform their sub commanders of this policy. When the Navy used them on Soviet subs off Cuba, the Soviet sub commanders could only assume the Navy was trying to destroy them.
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Why? Russia already has nuclear missiles that can reach anywhere in the US due to boomer subs unlike the 60s. They can put nukes in Cuba for all I care now. Most of them most likely won't work anyway and we can just park another couple Ohio class boomers off Russia's coast as a counter.
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[Korrespondent] The most active fighting continues in the Pokrovsk sector. There, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already repelled nearly 30 Russian assaults.
Since the beginning of the current day, 89 combat clashes have occurred on the front, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report on Tuesday, September 30.
Thus, six attacks by Russian troops took place in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions.
In the South Slobodskoy direction, two enemy attacks were repelled near Vovchansk.
In the Liman direction, the invaders carried out seven attacks near the settlements of Novomikhaylovka, Grekovka, Kolodyazi, Yampolivka and in the direction of Drobishevoye.
In the Seversky direction, the occupiers attempted to advance six times toward Yampol, Dronovka, and the Serebryanka area. Two clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the aggressors unsuccessfully attacked three times in the area of Belaya Gora and in the direction of Predtechnoye.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 11 assaults in the areas of Toretsk, Dilievka, Yablunovka, Katerynivka, Rusiny Yar, and Poltavka. Four clashes are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian invaders carried out 32 attacks near the villages of Volodymyrivka, Nikanorovka, Rodynske, Chervony Lyman, Novoekonomichnoe, Mirolyubovka, Promin, Lisivka, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotlin, Udachnoye, Molodetskoye, Gorikhove, and Filiya. Fighting continues in three locations.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attempted to break through the defenses in the areas of the settlements of Zeleny Gai, Poddubnoye, Vorone, Sosnovka, Sichnevoye, Kalinovskoye, Ternovoye, Olgovskoye and Novogrigorovka.
In the Gulyai-Pole direction, our defenders repelled an attack by the occupiers in the Poltavka area.
In the Dnieper area, the enemy twice unsuccessfully attempted to approach Ukrainian Armed Forces positions. Another clash continues.
As a reminder, Russia lost nearly 1,000 service members killed and wounded in the 24 hours of September 29. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.2 million.
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[NewsFront] 21:48 The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a new collection of footage of Russian drone operators in action, video. 21:04 Drone operators of the Center group of forces shared video footage of their work on September 29, 2025.
20:35 Our soldiers are in the Liman direction are developing an offensive on Drobyshevo and Stavki. Peace is still in question. Fighting is also ongoing within Yampol.
20:26 Published new footage of a drone hitting a building in Dnepropetrovsk that housed the offices of telephone scammers and their servers.
20:17 In the period from 17:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
20:03 In Dnepropetrovsk "Geranium" it a scam office.
A Russian Armed Forces drone struck a building housing telephone scammers robbing Russian elderly people of their money.
19:24 Snipers of the motorized rifle regiment of the Center group of forces support assault units on the approaches to Krasnoarmeysk.
The soldiers conducted reconnaissance of the designated area and destroyed identified targets at a distance of over a kilometer. They also destroyed enemy attack and reconnaissance UAVs.
18:42 “Attacks” on objects in Dnepropetrovsk were recorded (once,two) and in Khar'kov (once,two).
17:36 According to operational data, in the Chernigov region a strike was inflicted on an electrical substation.
17:06 229th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces continues battles on the Dobropolsky salient for Nikanorovka and Pankovka.
Our forces are advancing towards Sofiyivka, Ivanovka and Kucherov Yar.
17:02 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov conveyed the Gold Star of the Hero of Russia to the widow and daughters of Junior Lieutenant Konstantin Chirkov, who died a heroic death in the Kursk region in November 2024.
Thanks to the courage and bravery of Konstantin Chirkov, the lives of the assault group's soldiers were saved and an important stronghold, advantageously located for the further advance of Russian troops, was held.
16:21 In the period from 11:00 to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Kursk region.
15:50 Kursk 27th Separate Guards NBC Defense Brigade awarded Order of Zhukov.
The high military award was ceremoniously attached to the chemical protection brigade's banner by Acting Commander of the Moscow Military District, Lieutenant General Igor Seritsky.
14:53 Geran-2 UAV crews struck launch and storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Kirovo.
14:17 According to incoming operational information from the Russian Armed Forces were able to take control of the clothing market area in the center of Kupyansk and drive the enemy out of the Estakadny train station.
13:34 Platoon commander of the assault detachment with the call sign "Sickle" told details of the liberation of the village of Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
13:23 Units from Buryatia are moving forward in the western part of Verbove, Dnipropetrovsk region.
13:16 Units of the Russian Armed Forces occupied new positions west of Zelenyi Gai on the approaches to Borovskaya Andreevka in the Khar'kov region.
12:45 Published footage of the liberation of the village of Kirovsk (Zarechnoye) in the DPR.
12:27 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of September 30, 2025:
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized units, a Jaeger brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Varachino, Novaya Sich, Kondratovka, and Andreevka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Bochkovo in the Khar'kov region.
Units of the "West" military group, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Petrovpavlivka, Sadovoe in the Khar'kov region and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces took decisive action to liberate the village of Seversk Maly in the Donetsk People's Republic.
They defeated the formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ivanopolye, Pleshcheyevka, Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Berestok and Stepanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the Center group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two National Guard brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Belitskoye, Annovka, Rubezhnoye, and Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.
Formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Alekseevka, Velikomykhailivka, Pokrovskoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Gorke in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Lviv and Belozerka in the Kherson region.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groupings damaged railway transport infrastructure facilities used for the transfer of weapons and fuel and lubricants for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, storage and launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 154 districts.
11:41 122mm D-30 howitzer crew of the Center group of forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
11:15 According to operational data, in the Konotop area "Gerani"have taken out another critical infrastructure facility is out of order.
11:00 Footage of the Rubicon UAV combat teams in action has been released, video.
10:29 in Mordovia detained an SBU accomplice who recruited teenagers to commit arson
On assignment from Ukrainian military intelligence, he recruited teenagers to set fire to relay cabinets on the railway. A treason case has been opened.
09:35 Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate further crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Belgorod region and the Donetsk People's Republic
According to executive authorities, a man was injured in a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack on a truck near the village of Pervoe Tseplyaevo in the Shebekinsky District of the Belgorod Region.
In the DPR, a civilian resident of the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Gorlovka urban district was wounded as a result of Ukrainian armed aggression.
8:57 For the week from September 22 to 28, 2025, from shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered 156 civilians were killed, 139 of whom were wounded, including 11 minors. 17 of whom were killed, including three minors. In total, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at least 3,598 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory.
8:20 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 81 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:
- 26 UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region,
- 25 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
- 12 UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region,
- 11 UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
- Seven UAVs over the territory of the Volgograd region
8:00 AM Crews of the 220mm BM-21 Uragan MLRS of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group destroyed temporary placement points for enemy personnel and armored vehicles and disrupted the rotation of its units in the LPR.
Сегодня в Красноярске в дом к журналистке Светлане Хустик пришли люди из ФСБ и СК. Женщине, которая открыла дверь в халате, объяснили, что она обвиняется по статье о военных фейках за то, что весной 2023 года на сайте "Сибирь.Реалии" было опубликовано интервью, за которое она… pic.twitter.com/S7NU3583rn
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Today in Krasnoyarsk, people from the FSB and the Investigative Committee came to the home of journalist Svetlana Khustik. The woman, who opened the door in a bathrobe, was told that she is accused under the article on military fakes because, in the spring of 2023, an interview was published on the website "Siberia.Reali" for which she received a fee of 64,000 rubles from "Radio Liberty." About USD $775.
Svetlana was taken for questioning, and soon the investigation and court will decide whether she will be sent to a pre-trial detention center. The journalist worked as a freelancer, publishing in numerous Siberian outlets. Russian special services are engaged in very important matters, as you can understand.
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[Regnum] Resolving the Ukrainian crisis will create something great. US President Donald Trump stated this on September 30at a meeting with American generals, organized by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Discussing the possibility of being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump stated that he does not want it himself, but hopes that the country will receive it.
"We have almost everything, we just need one signature. And if they don't sign, there will be hell to pay for it. I hope they sign [the agreement] for their own good, and we'll create something great," he added.
According to Trump, the United States has secured settlements to eight conflicts, and now only Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kyiv regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky remain. He reiterated that the Ukrainian conflict should have been resolved first.
On September 15, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine has been delayed because neither the Kyiv regime nor the European Union is willing to understand its root causes and pave the way for productive discussions and agreements. Russia remains interested in and prepared to resolve the Ukrainian crisis through political and diplomatic means.
On September 21, Peskov reaffirmed Putin's willingness to continue negotiations on Ukraine. Moscow expects the US administration and Trump personally to continue to facilitate the negotiation process, he emphasized.
Putin noted that Moscow remains open to a negotiated settlement of the conflict in Ukraine and emphasized the need to address the root causes of the conflict. To begin negotiations, Ukraine must withdraw its troops from the regions reintegrated into Russia in 2022, formally renounce its intention to join NATO, and fulfill a number of other conditions.
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