🇺🇸🔥⚠️ — 🇺🇸 Business Insider: Poll finds 43% of Americans believe it's likely civil war will break out within the next 10 years
— "A new poll of 1,500 American citizens found that 43% of them think it's likely a civil war will break out over the next decade, an indicator of the growing concern about America's political divide.

The poll conducted last week by the Economist and UK-headquartered analytics firm YouGov found that 55% of self-identified "strong" Republicans believed civil war is at least somewhat likely, while 40% of self-identified "strong" Democrats felt the same.

Meanwhile, 39% of those who said they were "not very strong Democrats," 40% of those who identified as "Independents," and 45% of those who indicated they were "not very strong Republicans" answered the same."

Link
https://archive.is/ZHU71

#URGENT
🇺🇦❌🇷🇺☢️ — 🇷🇺 RIA Novosti: RF Ministry of Defense: around 6.00 Moscow time, Ukrainian troops landed on the coast of the Kakhovka reservoir three kilometers northeast of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in two sabotage groups of up to 60 people in seven boats and attempted to seize the power plant

https://publielectoral.lat/rian_ru/176217

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺☢️ — 🇷🇺 RIA Novosti: Ukrainian troops have been shelling the meeting point of the IAEA mission near the village of Vasilyevka and the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant since 8.00 Moscow time, the Russian Defense Ministry said
https://publielectoral.lat/rian_ru/176218

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺☢️ — 🇷🇺 RIA Novosti: Measures have been taken to destroy the Ukrainian landing force that landed at the ZNPP, including with the use of army aviation, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

https://publielectoral.lat/rian_ru/176219

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ka-52 of the Russian army flew to Energodar to destroy the troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

#BREAKING:
🇷🇺🛢⚰️ — Ravil Maganov, chairman of Russian oil producer Lukoil, has died after falling from a window in a hospital where he was treating his illness in Moscow, capital of Russian Federation!

🇪🇺🇷🇺⛽️ — 🇪🇺 European Commission: 13 countries are affected by stopping Russian gas flows in Nord Stream 1

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦📃— 🇷🇺 Sputnik: "The Ukrainian landing force, which landed near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, was destroyed, said Balitsky, head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional State Administration."

https://publielectoral.lat/sputniklive/45367

#BREAKING
🇹🇼❌🇨🇳❗️ — 🇸🇬 CNA: The Ministry of Defense of ROC (Taiwan) reports that after multiple attempts to drive it away, ROC Army Soldiers shotdown an Drone flying over the Kinmen islands coming from Mainland China!

— " The Army's Kinmen Defense Command stated that at 12:30 today, an unknown civilian aerial camera was found to enter the airspace over the restricted waters of Shiyu Island.

The garrisoned troops should be dealt with in accordance with the procedures. After the warning is invalid, they will shoot defensively and shoot them down.

The Ministry of Defense will continue to search and monitor, and monitor closely to maintain the security of the defense area.

Recently, the Communist Army has frequently used civilian drones to infringe the islands and other defense areas at close range."

Link
https://archive.is/wip/WMlRg

🇨🇳❌🇹🇼📃 — 🇨🇳☭ Global Times commentator Hu Xijin on yesterday, August 31, 2022 on twitter:
— "A warning to Taiwan troops: never shoot down drones from the mainland.

They probably belong to civilian hobbyists.

But once they’re shot down, there will be an explosion of public opinion.

The PLA is bound to respond and retaliate against a certain target of the Taiwan side."
https://archive.is/7MEDO

🇨🇳🦠🛂⚠️ — 🇬🇧 Reuters: Chengdu locks down 21.2 million people as Chinese cities battle COVID
— " One of China's biggest cities, Chengdu, announced a lockdown of its 21.2 million residents as it launched four days of citywide COVID-19 testing, as some of country's most populous and economically important urban centres battle outbreaks.

All residents in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, were ordered to stay largely at home from 6 p.m. on Thursday, with households allowed to send one person per day to shop for necessities, the city government said in a statement.

Chengdu is the largest city to be locked down since Shanghai was shut for two months earlier this year. It remained unclear whether the lockdown will be lifted after the mass testing scheme is carried out through to Sunday."

Link
https://archive.is/HydDB

🇨🇳🦠🛂⚠️ — 🇺🇸 Bloomberg: China Locks Down Megacity Chengdu as Covid Zero Intensified
— "The Chinese metropolis of Chengdu will lock down its 21 million residents to contain a Covid-19 outbreak, a seismic move in the country’s vast Western region that has largely been untouched by the virus.

The capital of Sichuan province, Chengdu will be the biggest city to shut down since Shanghai’s bruising two-month lockdown earlier this year. The move -- which will upend the lives of millions of people and businesses, with repercussions for China’s economy and beyond -- shows the country’s commitment to the Covid Zero approach espoused by President Xi Jinping, despite the disruption it’s causing.

The lockdown of Chengdu starts Thursday night and comes after officials reported 157 new Covid cases for Wednesday. The city, which accounts for about 1.7% of China’s gross domestic product, is home to technology companies and automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp. and VW China. Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest assembler of Apple Inc.’s iPhones and other devices, makes iPads in the area. Intel Corp. and other foreign firms also have facilities in the city."

Link
https://archive.is/riuMD

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦📃 — 🇷🇺 TASS: Mobile communications are disabled in Energodar, our correspondent reports.
https://publielectoral.lat/tass_agency/153340

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia's Gazprom to increase gas supply to China by 60%, said CEO Miller.

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🇵🇱🇩🇪💰⚠ — 🇫🇷 AFP: Poland asks Germany for war reparations of 1.3 trillion euros over World War 2