[Korrespondent] 22:58 Zelensky in the evening video message outlined the only possible format of negotiations: "We need to speed up the provision of Ukraine with a sufficient number of effective air defense systems. It is the negotiations on the provision of such air defense systems, namely the negotiations on increasing other defense, political and financial support for Ukraine - this is the the only possible negotiation format that can really bring peace closer."
22:40 Constant terror against the civilian population is Russia's obvious refusal of real negotiations, Zelensky said in an evening video message: "If terror goes unpunished, if the terrorist manages to intimidate so much that someone in the world wants to just agree to turn a blind eye to terror, then it is this will be a loss - a loss of freedom, a loss of humanity and a loss of democracy. This is exactly what Russia wants ... Russia should be punished for terror. Only this ensures that the confrontation does not grow to an even greater scale and does not spread to other countries. "
For this, according to the president, it is necessary to officially recognize Russia as a terrorist state at all levels: “It is necessary to limit any economic contacts with any Russian subjects - you cannot be sponsors of terrorism. There is a need for a clear condemnation at all levels of every escalation step of Russia - from terrorist strikes to criminal attempt to annex our territory. The corresponding resolution will be considered one of these days by the UN General Assembly. We will see by voting who and how they really treat terrorists. And Ukraine needs principled and sufficient assistance."
22:29 As a result of Russian strikes on residential buildings in Zaporozhye, at least 14 people were killed this night, more than 70 were injured, including 11 children , Zelensky said in an evening video message. He added that the removal of rubble continues, so this number may increase.
“The strikes this night continued a series of Russian missile attacks on Zaporozhye, which this week alone, since October 3, have taken the lives of at least 43 people. And there were also attacks on Kharkiv, on the cities of Donbass, on other cities of Ukraine.. "There were also strikes by Iranian drones, airstrikes. The vast majority of them were on the civilian infrastructure of our state, on civilians," the president stressed.
21:51 Ukraine blew up all the bridges and mined the roads near the border with Belarus, said the head of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus Anatoly Lappo: "To the extent that there are anti-tank mines in three rows on the roads." According to him, not border, but territorial defense forces are sent to the border from the Ukrainian side. "We are under pressure, they are aiming at our border guards, sometimes they shoot in the air, there is constant aerial reconnaissance," Lappo complained.
21:28 Biden and Scholz had a telephone conversation, during which, in particular, they discussed support for Ukraine. The country's leaders criticized Putin's latest nuclear threats and agreed that such a move would have "extraordinary" serious consequences for Russia.
21:25 Peskov called "a completely wrong formulation of the question" reasoning whether the "terrorist attack" on the Crimean bridge falls under the possibility of using the nuclear doctrine.
21:19 Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko said in an interview with Associated Press that the Russian military plundered almost 40 Ukrainian museums - the damage is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars. In particular, from Melitopol the Russians stole a golden tiara, encrusted with precious stones, about 1500 years old.
21:08 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Budarki, Terny, Soledar, New York, Pervomayskoye, Nevelskoye and Pobeda, the General Staff said in an evening summary .
According to the General Staff, the leadership of the Russian Federation is looking for additional resources for waging war - in particular, negotiations are underway with third countries on the purchase of artillery shells, mortar mines and components for multiple launch rocket systems. Military warehouses and arsenals of Belarus remain another source of supplies. In the near future, it is planned to move 13 more echelons with ammunition and material and technical means to the territory of Russia.
20:57 The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin said at a meeting with Putin that the Crimean bridge was blown up by the special services of Ukraine: "This is a terrorist attack that was prepared by the Ukrainian special services, and the purpose of such a terrorist attack was the destruction of an important infrastructure of the Russian Federation." According to him, citizens of Russia and "other states" took part in the preparation of the terrorist act - the suspects have already been identified.
"The authors, perpetrators and customers of the undermining of the Crimean bridge are the special services of Ukraine," Putin said and added that this was "a terrorist act aimed at destroying the critically important civil infrastructure of the Russian Federation."
20:36 The representative of the White House on national security commented on the explosion on the Kerch bridge: "We really have nothing more to add to the reports of an explosion on the bridge ... What I can tell you is that Putin started this war, and Putin could have ended her today, simply by withdrawing her troops from the country."
19:48 In Miropolye, Sumy region, Russians dropped a grenade from a drone into the very center of the village, into a recreation area near a store. A store worker died of injuries, and while the woman was being rescued, the Russians dropped another grenade here, said the head of the OVA, Dmitry Zhivitsky. No one was hurt in the second explosion.
19:29 Ukraine will receive an aid package from Germany for 11 million euros, which will include, in particular, 100,000 warm jackets and other winter clothing for military personnel, 100 heated tents, hundreds of mobile power generators and backpacks, writes Spiegel.
19:17 The FSB of the Russian Federation announced that since the beginning of October the number of shelling of Russian territory in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions by "Ukrainian formations" has significantly increased.
18:20 The United States does not yet see that the Russian Federation intends to use nuclear weapons, John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the US National Security Council, said on ABC television.
17:42 Tomorrow Putin is convening a meeting of the Security Council, Peskov said. The media write that it will discuss how to answer for the destruction of the Crimean bridge and how to stop the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:01 Mayor of Kremenchug Vitaliy Maletsky reports that Ukrainian air defense forces shot down several Iranian drones near the city.
16:53 The number of victims of the shelling of Zaporozhye on October 9 increased to 13, another 60 people were injured , including children, the regional police said. The nine-story building, which was hit by a rocket, collapsed from the first to the seventh floor. While clearing the rubble, two more floors collapsed. Search and rescue work continues.
16:19 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already liberated seven settlements in the Luhansk region , stabilization measures have already taken place in them, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. In particular, Novolyubovka, Nevskoye and Grekovka were de-occupied in the Krasnorechenskaya settlement community of the Svatovsky district; in the Kolomiychi rural community of the Svatovsky district - Novoegorovka, Nadezhda, Andreevka and Stelmakhovka.
15:25 Energodar and the suburbs have been de-energized since yesterday after shelling, there is no water and communication in the city, Vladimir Rogov, "a member of the main administration council" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, said. The same information was confirmed by the legitimate mayor of the city Dmitry Orlov.
14:39 Romanian Defense Minister calls on Western countries to negotiate with Russia for the sake of peace. Arakhamiya said that Ukraine is ready for negotiations with Western countries, but regarding the speedy entry into NATO: “This is the only topic that we can talk about at the moment, and Russia is superfluous in these negotiations. Collective security and strong Armed Forces Ukraine is the only guarantee of peace on the European continent. Therefore, the negotiating efforts of the West should be directed in this direction."
14:26 Russia is trying to involve Belarus in an open war with Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "We see the measures being taken by the Russian Federation in order to force the leadership of Belarus to enter into an open war. Meetings between Putin and Lukashenko are constantly held, where this issue is discussed and Putin is trying to persuade Lukashenka to this decision."
To date, according to the military intelligence of Ukraine, six battalions are concentrated near the Ukrainian border - these are both mechanized battalions and battalions of airborne troops of the special operations forces command.
13:40 Zelensky showed a photo of the consequences of a night strike on Zaporozhye:
13:21 AFU liberated 1170 sq. km in the Kherson direction , said the representative of OK Pivden Natalya Gumenyuk: "Work continues on securing the territories, cleaning up and carrying out stabilization measures, since the settlements contain "surprises" left by the occupiers."
12:14 On the night of October 9, the Russians launched a massive missile attack on Zaporozhye. According to the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, six Tu-22M3 bombers were recorded operating from the Ryazan airfield, and seven Su-35s from the Marinovka airfield in the Rostov region. The attack on Zaporozhye was delivered from the areas of the occupied Melitopol and Berdyansk. Four Kh-22 cruise missiles (from Tu-22M3) and two Kh-59 guided air missiles (from Su-35) were launched. In addition, the enemy launched a missile strike with anti-aircraft missiles from the S-300 air defense system. About 16 missiles were fired at the city's civilian infrastructure and residential areas.
Over the past and current day (as of 11:30 a.m.), the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern direction shot down a Russian aircraft (probably Su-25, the type is being specified), two unmanned aerial vehicles, one Shahed-136 kamikaze drone and one guided aircraft missile X -59 (Zaporozhye).
10:57 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 9th.
- personnel - about 62,500 (+440) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2486 (+14),
- armored combat vehicles - 5133 (+22),
- artillery systems - 1477 (+18),
- MLRS - 348 (+3),
- air defense systems - 180 (+0),
- aircraft - 266 (+0),
- helicopters - 235 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1086 (+7),
- cruise missiles - 247 (+1),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3890 (+15),
- special equipment - 136 (+0).
10:32 Canada resumed the Ukrainian training mission in the UK. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on August 12, a detachment of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) soldiers, mainly from the 1st Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group of the 3rd Canadian Division based in Edmonton, arrived in the UK to resume training of the Ukrainian Defense Forces as part of the training operation UNIFIER- UK
10:03 British intelligence notes that the explosion on the Crimean bridge is likely to have a strong impact on Putin, because it happened a few hours after his 70th birthday, he personally sponsored and opened the bridge, and his childhood friend Arkady Rotenberg was the contractor for the construction of the bridge . In recent months, Viktor Zolotov, a former bodyguard of Putin and now commander of the National Guard, publicly assured that the bridge was completely safe.
10:00 Slovak Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy announced the transfer of two Zuzana self-propelled guns to Ukraine "in honor of Putin's 70th birthday." He also announced "much more" ahead.
09:56 In the Kharkiv region, during the day, the invaders from artillery fired at Volchansk, the settlements of Kupyansky, Kharkiv, Bogodukhovsky and Izyumsky districts, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. During the day, three people were hospitalized: one in Volchansk, one in the Dvorichan community, and another person stepped on a mine in the Dergachev community.
09:51 In the Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, three civilians were killed - two in Chasovoy Yar and one in Bakhmut. Another 14 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said. Meanwhile, Russian media report that one person was wounded as a result of the shelling of Donetsk.
09:40 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that the Kremlin is trying to shift the blame for the explosion on the Crimean bridge to the Russian Defense Ministry in order to divert the blame from Putin, who has begun to be criticized. In particular, one of the Russian military bloggers warned that if Putin does not take retaliatory measures, this "will be perceived as a weakness of the president himself." Another blogger noted that the Kremlin hypocritically urges Russians to rally behind Putin, while he cannot comment on such important events as the sinking of the cruiser Moskva, the exchange of prisoners or the collapse of the Kharkov front. ISW writes that this is the first direct criticism of Putin.
09:23 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced that it had thwarted the provocation of Russian pranksters against the CEO of Baykar Defense, Haluk Bayraktar. The Russians tried to contact him, allegedly on behalf of Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, whose video image was created using deepfake technology. “However, instead of the expected conversation with Mr. Khalyuk, the Russians were “lucky” to talk to the no less fake “Baykar company secretary”. Therefore, to answer the question: what happened today with the Crimean bridge?” - told the GUR.
08:42 As a result of a night strike on Zaporozhye, at least 12 people were killed, 49 were hospitalized , said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh. According to preliminary information, the enemy fired 12 missiles at Zaporozhye with the help of tactical aircraft. Most of the rockets hit residential multi-storey and private houses in one of the districts of the city. A nine-story building was partially destroyed, five private houses were destroyed. Infrastructure damaged. Of the 49 victims, six were children. There may be people under the rubble. A rescue operation continues at the scene, eight people have already been rescued.
The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region announced the shelling of the "barracks of the Ukrainian artillery brigade" in Zaporozhye.
08:23 In the Naked Pristan of the Kherson region, a large warehouse of Russian ammunition was destroyed, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk.
08:08 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the most tense situation is observed in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, where Ukrainian defenders repelled more than 30 enemy attacks. Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Ivangrad, Pervomaisk, Experienced, Nevelskoye and Pobeda, the General Staff said in a morning report.
02:03 On the evening of October 8, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian Ambassador to Minsk, Igor Kizim, who was handed a diplomatic note. In the note, the Belarusian side claims that Ukraine allegedly plans to strike at the territory of Belarus, spokesman of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Nikolenko said.
"This information is not true. We categorically reject the latest insinuations of the Belarusian regime. We do not exclude that the delivery of a diplomatic note may be part of the Russian Federation's plan to commit a provocation and further accuse Ukraine," Nikolenko stressed and added that the Belarusian authorities should "stop fulfilling whims of the Kremlin and immediately stop supporting Russia in carrying out its aggression against Ukraine."