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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:06 Zelensky said after a meeting with Macron that Ukraine is not considering the possibility of a ceasefire in exchange for security guarantees: "This is not the topic of our discussions, no ceasefires, we did not want to talk about it. I saw something like that in the media. Russia works a lot with the media, with this information, so everything is clear here."
20:49 Zelensky said that during his visit to France he personally presented Macron with a "victory plan" and thanked him for training and staffing the Ukrainian brigade of Anna Kyivska. The parties also discussed joint weapons production, the implementation of the "peace formula" and holding a conference on nuclear safety and security on October 17.
19:32 Radio Liberty reported that its journalists came under fire in the Bakhmut direction, three of them were injured.
18:58 Journalist Viktoria Roshchina, who died in Russian custody, was on the exchange list and "should have been home soon," GUR spokesman Andrei Yusov told Suspilny. "Her return was agreed upon, and the latest information is that she was being transferred to Lefortovo in preparation for her return home," he said.
18:35 Norway has allocated $88 million to expand arms production for Ukraine. The country's government said it plans to support innovation for Norwegian defense companies, including expanding Nammo's rocket engine production, strengthening the explosives supply chain, and considering building a new explosives factory.
17:22 The British military leadership is considering the possibility of sending small groups of its military instructors to Western Ukraine to train new recruits, The Times writes.
17:17 After his visit to London, Zelensky has already arrived in Paris and met with Macron, local media report.
17:06 The Guardian writes that military engineers from North Korea are already in Ukraine and helping the Russian army to carry out strikes with KN-23 ballistic missiles. Some have already died as a result of the Ukrainian strike near Donetsk last week.
16:49 Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchina, who went missing on August 3, 2023 in the temporarily occupied territory, has died in custody in Russia, reported the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, citing the girl's father. According to official information from the Russian authorities, this happened during the transfer from Taganrog to Moscow.
16:03 Russian troops struck the village of Cherkasskaya Lozovaya in the Kharkiv region, five casualties are known, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Among the casualties are three children aged two, five and 15.
15:54 Russia is fraudulently recruiting girls aged 18-22 from Africa, Asia and Latin America to assemble "shaheeds," writes Associated Press. The ads promise education in Europe, a free flight and work in the service and catering industries. However, upon arrival, the girls learn that they will be assembling drones in Tatarstan. According to the agency, about 200 African women work at the new plant in Alabuga together with Russian vocational school students, some of whom are 16 years old.
Foreign women complain about constant surveillance at work and in the dormitory, failure to fulfill salary promises, work with caustic chemicals that cause skin problems. Some manage to leave or find another job in Russia, others are persuaded to stay.
15:07 The second Russian MiG-31K fighter jet in two days has arrived in Belarus, the Belaruski Gayun monitoring group reports. The plane landed at the Machulishchi airfield. The last time an aircraft of this type was in Belarus was in April 2023.
14:39 Russians launched strikes on Nikolaev, two people were injured, reported the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
14:35 The General Staff confirmed that the Defense Forces carried out an attack on the Khanskaya airfield in the Russian Republic of Adygea tonight. In particular, an ammunition depot on the airfield territory was attacked, a fire was recorded. It is known that Su-34 and Su-27 aircraft were based at the airfield, more detailed information about the consequences of the attack is being clarified.
14:26 Zelensky said that during a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, he presented him with details of his "victory plan." The parties agreed to work on it together with their allies.
13:38 In Zaporozhye, the number of victims as a result of the morning Russian strike has risen to six, including a 17-year-old teenager, said the head of the OVA, Ivan Fedorov.
13:14 Another person wounded in yesterday's Russian attack on the Odessa region has died in hospital - the number of victims has risen to eight, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper.
12:47 If Ukraine is accepted into NATO under the current circumstances, it will mean the beginning of World War III, said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.
12:33 Zelensky is meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, Ukrainian media reports. The president will also meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in London.
11:42 The Verkhovna Rada adopted bill No. 12023 on military service of foreigners in Ukraine. According to the document, foreigners and stateless persons are allowed to sign contracts with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard and the State Special Transport Service. The bill also allows foreigners to be recruited into the Ukrainian army as officers, and not just as soldiers and sergeants. It also envisages the creation of a Foreigners Recruitment Center.
11:38 In Feodosia, an oil depot has been burning for the fourth day after an attack by Ukrainian drones on the night of October 7, Radio Liberty reports and shows a photo:
11:24 Air defense destroyed 41 of 62 attack UAVs in Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhia and Donetsk regions at night, the Air Force reported. Another 14 enemy UAVs were lost in location, as of 11:00 combat operations continue: several UAVs remain in Ukrainian airspace. There is also high activity of reconnaissance UAVs in the north and south.
In addition to the UAVs, Russia used two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, one Kh-31P guided air missile, two Kh-59/69 guided air missiles and three S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles in the attack at night and in the morning. As a result of the attack, civilian objects and critical infrastructure facilities in the Odessa, Poltava and Donetsk regions were damaged.
10:29 The death toll from yesterday's Russian missile attack on the Odessa region has risen to seven - a wounded port employee has died in the hospital, OVA chief Oleg Kiper reported.
09:50 In the morning, the Russian army attacked Krivoy Rog with drones - a five-story building was damaged, one person was injured, reported the head of the OVA Sergey Lysak. A fire broke out due to damage to a gas pipeline, which has already been extinguished.
09:38 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and ten were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:17 In the Kharkiv region, over the past day, six people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling: one in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, three in the village of Kazachya Lopan in the Kharkiv district, one each in Kupyansk and in the village of Zeleny Gai in the Izyum district, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:03 In Donetsk region on October 9, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was wounded - in Yasnaya Polyana, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
08:54 In the morning, Russians launched attacks on Zaporizhia - four people were injured, dozens of private houses were damaged, reported the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
08:39 On the evening of October 9, Russians attacked an infrastructure facility near Nikolaev, using cruise missiles of the Kh-59/Kh-69 type. A fire broke out, which was quickly extinguished, and warehouse buildings were damaged. No one was hurt, said OVA head Vitaly Kim.
08:26 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 10:
- personnel - about 665,200 (+1080) people,
- tanks - 8945 (+1),
- combat armored vehicles - 17,765 (+14),
- artillery systems - 19,263 (+41),
- MLRS - 1225 (+2),
- air defense systems - 976 (+3),
- aircraft - 369 (+0),
- helicopters - 328 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 16,767 (+49),
- cruise missiles - 2619 (+1),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 26,314 (+74),
- special equipment - 3386 (+1).
08:03 At night, drones attacked a military airfield near the village of Khanskaya near Maykop in Adygea, Russian media reports. The head of the Republic of Adygea, Murat Kumpilov, reported that there were no casualties and the fire was being extinguished by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Residents of Rodnikovoye, a village located near the village of Khanskaya and adjacent to the military airfield, are being evacuated. NASA's fire monitoring system recorded a fire near the Khanskaya military airfield after the attack.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of 92 UAVs during the night, of which 47 were over the territory of Krasnodar Krai, 12 over Kursk Oblast, nine over Rostov Oblast, four over Bryansk Oblast, two each over Belgorod Oblast and Crimea, one over Voronezh Oblast, and 15 over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
07:37 In the morning, the enemy attacked the territory of an agricultural firm in the Sinelnikovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, one person was wounded, reported the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
05:02 Ukraine is capable of holding territory in the Kursk region for at least several months or even longer, Bloomberg writes, citing American officials. They note that Ukraine has not yet encountered serious problems in supplying supplies to the Kursk area, "as Russian forces have launched only limited counterattacks and focused on the offensive in eastern Ukraine." In addition, American officials noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces, thanks to the efforts of their allies, now have a more stable supply of artillery ammunition.
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