Russian Attacks On Bridges Intensify Troops Cross Dnieper Enter Kherson City; Russia Seeks NATO End (Alexander Mercouris)

Russia is systematically cutting the bridges of Zaporozhye and Kherson, and Alexander explains why this looks like the opening move in the biggest city battle of the conflict so far. He breaks down the Orekhov encirclement, the Aleshki ceasefire, and the clashing agendas heading into the Abu Dhabi talks, where Putin wants to renegotiate NATO and the European security architecture, Rubio wants to talk only about Donbass, and Zelensky refuses neutrality, while Alex Christoforou's Starlink observations hint at a deepening split between Elon Musk and the CIA. Is Europe right to panic that NATO itself is now on the table?



Time Stamps:

00:00:00 Intro and the Voronezh Storm Shadow strike
00:01:28 Russia intensifies strikes on Zaporozhye
00:02:43 Khortytsia suspension bridge hit
00:07:45 Zaporozhye dam bridge targeted
00:08:52 Softening up before the battle for Zaporozhye
00:13:14 Russian forces 5 km south of the city
00:17:03 Group of Forces East pushes west
00:19:45 Why Russia lets the Orekhov battle drag on
00:23:04 Rasputitsa, mud and fog infiltration
00:27:25 Aleshki ceasefire and the humanitarian dispute
00:30:30 Why a Dnieper crossing is unworkable
00:34:34 Kherson bridges destroyed
00:39:39 Belozerka and the wider front
00:43:41 Peskov: talks mean no pause in strikes
00:46:39 Abu Dhabi talks and European security architecture
00:54:42 Zelensky's red lines
01:01:33 Musk, Starlink and divisions in Washington
01:15:00 Europe alarmed over NATO rollback
01:23:02 Orban for UN Secretary General
01:25:59 Serbia and Brazil election fallout

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, October 28, 2026.]