Die Berliner Zeitung: Berlin "Police want to be prepared for the state of emergency."...
UK Military Intel: "Russian forces were likely taken by surprise."...
Russia, Belarus hold "unannounced" drill near Polish border....
UK's Daily Telegraph: "Russia’s president warned that Europeans would face a bleak winter if the Kremlin stopped deliveries to the Continent."...
German cities switch off street lighting amid surging migrant crime....
As estimated 70,000 people took to the streets of Prague for the "Czech Republic First" demonstration. ...
Ukrainian counter-offensive aims to retake Kherson province, push Russian forces across Dnieper river. ...
"Satellite images of the Portovaya compression station show a huge flare as large amounts of gas are burned off."...
The strike happened on Ukraine's Independence Day from the Soviet Union....
Reuters: "Europe faces fresh disruption to energy supplies due to damage to a pipeline system bringing oil from Kazakhstan through Russia that was reported by the pipeline operator on Monday."...
"If the car bombing is tied to the war it would mark the first time since February that the violence unleashed on Ukraine has reached the Russian capital."...
The Wall Street Journal: "The unexpected move could complicate efforts by Germany and much of Europe to fill gas reserves and stave off widespread rationing to keep its population warm through the long continental winter—and avert factory shutdowns." ...
German newspaper Bild: "The electricity already costs more than four times as much as it did a year ago, and gas seven times as much."...
"Under a law passed Monday in often-sweltering Spain, offices, stores and hospitality venues will no longer be allowed to set their thermostats below 27 degrees Celsius (81 degrees Fahrenheit) in summer, nor raise them above 19 degrees Celsius in winter."...
Germany's DW News: "After weeks preparing, Zelenskyy has stepped up the counteroffensive in southern Ukraine to retake the area around the city of Kherson."...
"The city has become the first major European city to switch off hot water in public buildings, with no warm water in washrooms and no hot showers at swimming pools and sports halls."...
AP News: "Russia’s Gazprom on Wednesday halved the amount of natural gas flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe to 20% of capacity."...
Will we one day in the future say, "That's no moon. That's a space station."...
