[Korrespondent] 23:31 In the Kiev region, 1367 bodies of Ukrainians who died as a result of Russian aggression have already been exhumed, head of the Main Directorate of the regional National Police Andriy Nebytov said. Most of the dead have been identified, 200 bodies remain unidentified. Another 286 residents of the region are considered missing.
23:28 The United States does not rule out any options to deal with the supply of weapons to Iran, said State Department spokesman Ned Price. According to him, Washington has tools "that go beyond sanctions and other economic measures."
22:56 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in a conversation with Kuleba, said that Tehran's position on the events in Ukraine is based "on the principle of refusing to send weapons to the conflicting parties," IRNA reported.
21:57 In Russia, the end of mobilization has been announced. Allegedly, 300 thousand people have already been recruited and that's enough. In the future, they promise to recruit troops only by accepting volunteers and contractors. But the Russians, for some reason, do not really believe in such statements by the authorities. Read more in the material The end of the grave?
21:48 Zelensky called the issue of Canadian sovereign bonds an "unprecedented act", all proceeds from the placement of which will be used to help Ukraine. According to the president, the volume of issued bonds will amount to $500 million, the securities will be available for investment not only in Canada, but all over the world. "This is a very powerful example for all our partners. Canada is the first country to offer such a support tool," the President stressed.
21:44 Russians in the occupied territory are dismantling the entire healthcare system - they are closing medical institutions, taking out equipment, ambulances; pressure on doctors who remained in the occupied areas to move to the territory of Russia. First of all, this concerns the Kherson region, Zelensky said.
21:42 As of this time, the power supply restriction has affected about 4 million Ukrainians, Zelensky said in an evening video message: "Kyiv and the region, Zhytomyr region, Poltava region, Rivne region, Kharkiv region, Chernihiv region, Sumy region, Cherkasy region, Kirovohrad region. Emergency shutdowns are also possible in others regions. We are doing everything so that the state has the opportunity to reduce such blackouts."
21:37 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the mobilized Russians are so poorly trained and equipped, so rudely used by the command that Russia may soon need a new wave of sending people to war: "We are preparing for this - we are preparing for that the current Russian leadership will look for any new opportunities to continue the war, including thanks to its accomplices - in Iran."
21:28 The community of railway workers of Belarus reported that in March-September 2022, 65,089 tons of ammunition (1940 wagons) were taken from Belarus to Russia. The least was exported in March (297 tons, 26 wagons), the most - in April (22,534 tons, 689 wagons), and also in September (14,479 tons, 442 wagons).
The Belaruska Gayun Monitoring Group clarifies that in addition to ammunition, the Lukashenka regime also transfers tanks and other equipment to the Russian Federation. In the last few weeks alone, at least 94 T-72A tanks and 36-44 Urals have been handed over.
21:21 Special Forces Hort reported that its fighters eliminated the deputy chief of staff of PMC Wagner. In close combat, they encountered a group of "Wagnerites", as a result, the entire enemy group was destroyed. Among the dead, the deputy chief of staff was identified.
20:44 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said that the Svatovo-Kremennaya highway is "practically under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
19:55 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the launch of the Canadian Government Sovereignty Bonds of Ukraine, aimed at supporting financing of assistance to Ukraine in the war with Russia.
19:36 Kuleba said that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahyan called him today: "During the conversation, I demanded that Iran immediately stop supplying Russia with weapons that are used to kill civilians and destroy critical infrastructure in Ukraine."
19:07 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that progress in creating a security zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is slow. In his opinion, the success of efforts to create such a zone is not guaranteed. Grossi also said that he intends to visit Moscow and Kyiv again to continue consultations on the security zone.
18:49 The Pentagon announced a new $275 million military aid package for Ukraine. It will include: ammunition for HIMARS; 500 high-precision guided artillery shells; remote anti-tank mining systems; light conveyors HMMWV; small arms and ammunition.
18:45 Svetlana Babayeva, head of the department of the propaganda publication Rossiya today in Simferopol, died in an accident at one of the training grounds in the Crimea, where she was engaged in military sports shooting. Media Director General Dmitry Kiselev said that the cause of death was a "stray bullet".
18:41 Of the 6,700 workers who remained to work at the Russian-occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, only about a hundred signed contracts with Rosatom. Moreover, the overwhelming majority of those who did this "agreed" under pressure from the occupiers. Another 4,300 pro-Ukrainian ZNPP workers left for Ukraine-controlled territory, Energoatom said. At the same time, among those who agreed to work for the Russians, there are also volunteers, including from the management of the station.
In this regard, today, on October 28, the "head" of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov and the first deputy head of the presidential administration Sergey Kiriyenko arrived at the ZNPP. They must demonstrate at least some success and convince the station staff to sign contracts with the fake organization JSC Operating Organization Zaporozhye NPP , which is controlled by Rosatom.
18:33 Zelensky said that he had spoken with Italian Prime Minister George Meloni: "We talked about Ukraine's integration into the EU and NATO, and also discussed the current situation in our state. He invited me to visit Ukraine."
18:30 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone conversation with Lavrov, following which Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that Russia is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine and the United States: "China welcomes Russia's readiness to engage in dialogue and resume negotiations with Ukraine and the United States ".
18:23 The Kedr group of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on October 23, with the participation of the 5th company of the 66th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, liberated the village of Nevskoye, Lugansk region. In the course of a lightning-fast offensive operation, the Ukrainian defenders defeated the superior forces of the invaders. 34 enemy shooters and three machine gun crews were destroyed. The surviving invaders abandoned their armored vehicles and retreated from the village. The scouts captured three Russian contract soldiers, a military KAMAZ with ammunition and two infantry fighting vehicles, the GUR reported.
18:19 The General Staff showed a photo of how Ukrainian servicemen are being trained in the UK. The instructors of the partner countries put special emphasis on the psychological readiness to perform tasks as intended. In particular, when providing first aid for injuries. The General Staff notes that the injuries and blood in the photo are artificial and are educational in nature.
18:04 DTEK reported that as a result of new damage to the country's energy system, a capacity shortage of 30% of consumption arose in Kiev. Therefore, Ukrenergo introduces unprecedented emergency restrictions. According to the head of the Kyiv OVA Oleksiy Kuleba, it is necessary to prepare for emergency power outages for an indefinite period. The schedules of emergency shutdowns drawn up the day before are no longer relevant. Tougher and longer shutdowns will be applied in the coming days.
DTEK is working on the preparation of new, "more convenient" schedules that will take into account the current state of the energy system. They will be released early next week.
17:38 UN High Representative Izuma Nakamitsu said the organization has not seen any evidence of biological weapons in Ukraine, which Russia regularly claimed in March and May.
And U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the Russia-initiated UN Security Council briefing was a "colossal waste of time" used by the Kremlin to spread disinformation: car. We must not divert UN resources to an unfounded investigation. And we must not let Russian tactics be a distraction."
17:10 Shoigu reported to Putin that in the course of partial mobilization, 300,000 people had already been mobilized, 82,000 of them allegedly sent to the active troops after training. According to him, partial mobilization measures have been completed, 218,000 mobilized people are at the training grounds and in the process of combat coordination.
17:07 During a meeting of the UN Security Council, Russian representative Vasily Nebenzya said that the United States intends to use "combat mosquitoes" to carry biological weapons - "biological and immunobiological bacteria and viruses that could destroy the entire enemy personnel." He also once again accused Washington of experiments on the development of biological weapons allegedly in Ukrainian biological laboratories.
17:02 Local gauleiters of Melitopol announced that from October 30, all residents living in the captured settlements of the Zaporozhye region automatically become citizens of Russia. "The goal of the occupiers is traditional - intimidation and forced mobilization of residents," said the current mayor of the city, Ivan Fyodorov.
16:54 Klitschko said that new air defense systems have already been installed in Kyiv to protect energy infrastructure facilities. According to him, it takes 2-3 weeks to fully restore the power system of Kyiv.
16:20 Ukraine has already received kamikaze drones from partners and is expecting the latest Switchblade 600 drones, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Unmanned aircraft have become an integral factor in military conflicts. We have a Bayraktar TB 2 strike type UAV. We have drones - kamikazes are also already provided to us by our partners, they are being used.And we are already waiting for the latest drone - we had a Switchblade 300, and partners will already give us several sets of Switchblade 600 shock UAVs. This is also the latest UAV, which has very powerful tactical and technical characteristics and, we hope, will prove themselves very well in combat operations in Ukraine."
Ignat added that there are some domestic developments in terms of unmanned aircraft, but so far we can only count on the help of partners.
15:58 Russia is running out of Iskander missiles, but there are enough X-22 and S-300 missiles, Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Iskander missiles are in a very serious shortage, they are already running out of stock, they have actually exhausted. Therefore they are trying to get ballistic missiles from Iran."
At the same time, according to Ignat, the Russians still have a sufficient number of X-22s, but "it is not clear what the state of the missiles is and how accurately they will fly." "And plus, let's not forget that they have thousands of S-300 missiles. The Russian Federation is the manufacturer of these missiles, and many are left in warehouses. These are anti-aircraft missiles, such as we have in service," he added.
15:41 Podolyak said that Moscow actually admitted to terrorism at the state level: "Fantastic! The Kremlin, through the mouth of Medvedev, directly stated: we will destroy the Ukrainian energy system and terrorize millions of people until Ukraine agrees to surrender. In fact, official recognition of terrorism at the state level "What kind of negotiations can we talk about here? With whom?"
15:23 Putin's speech at the Valdai Forum is an attempt to distort the real facts about Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine and present far-fetched accusations against Kiev to cover up the criminal intentions of the Kremlin itself, said EU representative Nabila Massrali.
"For me, President Putin's speech is something like Orwell. In this Putin's speech, the wrong is true, the right is wrong, in his speech the truth is a lie, and the lie is the truth. Let me recall some facts. The fact is that it is Russia who leads criminal and unprovoked aggressive war against Ukraine. The fact is that it is Russian troops who are behind the atrocities and war crimes against the civilian population in Ukraine, against women and children," Massrali stressed.
She noted that Russia continues to commit egregious violations of international law and is actually trying to destroy the UN Charter. It is Russia's actions that threaten peace and security, and not only in Europe, since Russian aggressive actions have grave consequences for the whole world, which is also a real fact.
14:56 Since September 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shot down more than 300 Shahed-136 Iranian kamikaze drones, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command, said. According to him, the enemy uses them in waves: “Obviously, not every day, because there are certain factors, some operational strategic tasks that he sets as his goal. It is clear that the depletion is primarily our air defense. The enemy sees the result, and it is clear that it monitors how these kamikaze drones are coping, sees that we are destroying them, looking for new tactics for their use, in particular using it at night, very often - from 12 to 2 in the morning, when you can only shoot down these drones fire weapons that have radar systems.
14:49 Steinmeier says Putin is personally to blame for reducing the European security order to ashes: "In his imperial obsession, the Russian president violated international law, seized land, questioned borders. The Russian attack is an attack on all the lessons the world has learned from two world wars.
14:47 DTEK is preparing new schedules of rolling blackouts in Kiev, said the company's executive director Dmitry Sakharuk: "They will not be pleasant. I warn you right away, because the number of hours during which you will need to remain without electricity, unfortunately, should be increased. Another There is no way out now until the infrastructure is restored. For sure, more than four hours. There will be restrictions until six hours." New schedules will be prepared within one or two days.
Sakharuk also explained why the lights are not turned off in all houses. According to him, there are houses where critical infrastructure facilities are located, so they cannot be disconnected from electricity.
14:44 According to the results of 2022, the real salaries of Ukrainians will be reduced by a quarter, the NBU reported. According to the regulator, the labor market has stabilized at a low level. Unemployment will remain high for a long time due to the effects of the war and significant structural imbalances. Despite a certain revival of economic activity, most enterprises are still operating well below the pre-war level of workload, the National Bank notes.
14:39 In the Kharkiv region, the Russians damaged one of the world's largest radio telescopes, the National Police reported. The building of the institution, located in the Chuguevsky district, is completely destroyed and, most likely, can no longer be restored. This is the largest radio telescope in Europe, covering more than 100 hectares. The occupiers lived at the station for several months, until the settlement was de-occupied. They dug trenches and left behind ammunition and the remains of them.
14:31 Steinmeier said that Germany should say goodbye to old patterns of thinking and hopes regarding the Russian Federation: "I know that many feel a connection with Russia and its citizens, love Russian music and literature... If you look at today's Russia, then old dreams there is no place. Our countries are in opposition today." According to the president, the Germans are grateful to Moscow for the peaceful unification of Germany, but with the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Gorbachev's dream of a common European home collapsed, and Germany plunged into a period of serious economic upheaval.
13:54 Norway has introduced a new package of sanctions against 30 Russian officials and seven organizations, the government said. In particular, the organizers of pseudo-referendums in the "DPR" and "LPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions were subjected to restrictions.
13:51 Medvedev said that Ukraine can improve the situation with electricity supply by giving Russia its territories: "We must recognize the legitimacy of Russia's demands within the framework of the NWO and its results, reflected in our constitution. And then things will get better with the light."
13:39 Ukraine is now experiencing the largest escalation since the start of the war with the Russian Federation, Stoltenberg said: “What we have seen over the past weeks and days is actually the most serious escalation since the invasion in February. Because if you put them together mobilization and the forces that they can now send to the front, with their partial now illegal annexation of part of Ukrainian territory and dangerous nuclear rhetoric - all this is the biggest escalation since the beginning of the war." According to the NATO Secretary General, the West in this situation should increase support.
13:28 Special forces of the National Guard of Ukraine defeated the enemy's DRG in the Donetsk direction and captured the "mobilized" so-called "DPR". According to him, he was recently mobilized and has already been sent along with other such men to the combat area. In one of the first clashes, their group was defeated.
12:59 The occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region will not switch to winter time this Sunday, the local "authorities" said.
12:57 At the training ground in the Arkhangelsk region, a 22-year-old military man on KamAZ rammed a convoy of 20 conscripts. As a result, two people died and 11 more were injured, Russian media write.
12:39 Lithuania sent Ukraine equipment to repair electrical substations and gas pipelines damaged by Russian shelling. The Lithuanian operator of the electricity transmission system Litgrid and the main operator of natural gas transportation in Lithuania Amber Grid sent Ukraine special equipment worth almost 100 thousand euros.
12:17 For the production of Iranian reconnaissance and strike drones Mohajer-6, used by Russia against Ukraine, household components are used, so they are significantly inferior to their competitors. Specialists of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine investigated the Mohajer-6 UAV and found out where the components of the drone come from, and also found parts marked in the official language of Iran - Farsi. All evidence will be transferred to international organizations.
12:06 In Russia, the courts have been instructed to refuse parole so that prisoners go to war or work double shifts in camps. Vladimir Osechkin, the founder of the Gulagu.net project, told the channel We can explain about this . According to him, both Prigozhin and recruiters from the Ministry of Defense are taking a large number of prisoners for their PMCs and assault squads. As a result, fewer workers remain in the industrial zones of the colonies.
Prisoners in the Russian Federation began to recruit in May. According to human rights activists, more than 20,000 have already been recruited to participate in hostilities in Ukraine.
11:34 According to the World Bank, 25% of Ukraine's population will be living in poverty by the end of this year (compared to just over 2% before the war), and by the end of next year this figure could rise to 55%.
11:10 British intelligence reports that Russia is moving to a long-term defensive position on most sectors of the front. According to analysts, the leaders of the Russian Federation have realized that the severely understaffed and poorly trained forces in Ukraine are only capable of defensive operations so far. But even if Russia succeeds in fortifying long-term defensive lines in Ukraine, its operational layout will remain vulnerable, intelligence said.
To regain the initiative, the Russian Federation needs to revive better, more mobile forces capable of dynamically resisting Ukrainian breakthroughs and conducting its own large-scale offensive operations, analysts say.
11:06 Biden said he was skeptical of Putin's statement that he did not intend to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine: "If he does not have such an intention, why does he continue to talk about it? Why does he talk about the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons? He is very dangerous in his approach to it."
10:44 Turkish company Baykar plans to complete the construction of a plant in Ukraine in two years, CEO Haluk Bayraktar told Reuters. According to him, construction plans are moving forward, despite some obstacles created by the invasion of Ukraine.
10:37 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that during the implementation of the grain agreement, more than 70 ships were allegedly detained, and some were even suspended for non-compliance with navigation rules and "attempts to smuggle in specially equipped caches."
10:32 In Kiev, emergency blackouts continue, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Stabilization shutdown schedules drawn up the day before are not relevant. Due to significant damage and imbalance in the power system, longer power outages are possible.
10:25 a.m. Republican Congressman Paul Gozar, who voted against Lend-Lease for Ukraine, published a letter inviting Putin and Zelensky to talks in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. “Global political and military leaders are refusing even to attempt to de-escalate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Instead of engaging in peace talks, warmongers, neoconservatives and the Biden regime seem hell-bent on bringing all of humanity into a potential nuclear world war,” he writes. .
Judging by the addresses indicated in the letter, he sent it to the embassies of Russia and Ukraine in Washington.
09:52 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 28.
- personnel - about 69,700 (+480) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2640 (+9),
- armored combat vehicles - 5378 (+14),
- artillery systems - 1698 (+8),
- MLRS - 379 (+0),
- air defense systems - 192 (+0),
- aircraft - 272 (+1),
- helicopters - 251 (+2),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1401 (+3),
- cruise missiles - 351 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4088 (+10),
- special equipment - 151 (+1).
09:40 The EU mission to train the Ukrainian military was headed by a Polish general, commander of the 11th Lublin armored cavalry division Piotr Tritek. The corresponding decision was made by the Committee on Politics and Security (COPS) of the EU, reports RMF24. The start of the mission is scheduled for November, at its first stage 15,000 Ukrainian servicemen will be trained.
The mission's operational command will be located at the Novaya Demba training ground in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship of Poland, another operational headquarters will be based in Germany, and a third headquarters will be located in Brussels and will deal with administrative issues.
09:11 Kiev OVA warned that due to planned work today in Belotserkovsky, Buchansky and Vyshgorodsky districts, residents can hear the sounds of explosions.
09:09 The European Union has frozen Russian assets worth 17.5 billion euros, said European Commission Speaker Christian Wiegand. According to him, we are talking about the assets of 1,350 people and organizations included in the EU sanctions lists.
08:50 At night Russians fired at Nikolaev S-300 rockets - the three-storey office building is destroyed, the multystoried new building and a bakery is damaged. One person was slightly injured, the head of the IVA, Vitaly Kim, said.
08:48 Washington will announce a $275 million military aid package for Ukraine today, AP writes.
08:37 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four civilians were killed - three in Bakhmut and one in Svyatogorsk. In addition, in Shandrigolovo, law enforcement officers found the bodies of five civilians who died during the occupation. Nine more people were injured yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
07:45 During the day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of settlements: Andreevka, Belogorovka, Lugansk region; Bakhmut, Bakhmutskoye, Vremovka, Zelenopolye, Soledar, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Nevelskoye, Novobakhmutovka, Pervomayskoye, Yakovlevka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In the Kherson region, the invaders continue to "evacuate", much attention is paid to the removal of medical equipment and property of "nationalized" enterprises. So, from Belozerka the equipment of the local hospital is taken out to Skadovsk and Genichesk. At the same time, the enemy is reinforcing its grouping on the right-bank part with mobilized military personnel numbering up to 1,000 people. They are settled in the dwellings of local residents who left these territories.
05:13 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Putin continues to reject the idea of Ukrainian sovereignty, which is incompatible with the negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and aims to destroy the Ukrainian state.
01:37 IAEA head Rafael Grossi said that agency experts will visit Ukraine in the coming days in the context of Russian statements about a "dirty bomb". He also said that the IAEA will send experts to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the coming weeks to assess the security situation. Grossi expressed hope that the establishment of a security zone near the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant is "a matter of days."
00:21 Zelensky said in an evening video message that in two days the Russians had fired more than 30 drones in Ukraine, 23 of which were shot down. In total, since the beginning of the full-scale war, Russia has carried out 4,500 missile strikes and more than 8,000 air raids.