[YouTube] - The FH70 155-millimeter howitzer has been used by NATO countries for over 40 years. The letters and number actually stand for Field Howitzer for the 1970s. Ukrainian forces first got their hands on them courtesy of Italy in May and received training in Estonia. Look like a well trained crew.
[LiveUAMap] Putin declared martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine, and special response regime in regions of Russian next to Ukraine
ZNPP employees who have signed or will sign a contract with Rosatom are at risk of being drafted into the Russian army. This was reported in Energoatom.
"Today, Putin introduced martial law in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. In addition, he announced the introduction of a territorial defense regime in them.
The occupiers are forming lists of the station's employees who have signed contracts with Rosatom (JSC "Operating Organization "Zaporozhskaya AES") in order to mobilize some of them to serve in the Russian army and/or the racist territorial defense," the message reads.
[Bus Insider] In September, the US lifted its longstanding arms embargo on the Republic of Cyprus, allowing the island country to purchase or receive US arms beginning in October.
The embargo was imposed in 1987 to limit the amount of weaponry on the island in support of efforts to reunify the Republic of Cyprus and a Turkish-occupied region on the northern part of the island.
The US partially lifted the embargo in 2020, and the decision now to lift it fully reflects the shifting geopolitical situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and is a sign of reduced Russian influence in the region.
The lifting of the embargo is the culmination of recently steps to strengthen the US-Cypriot relationship.
"This is a landmark decision, reflecting the burgeoning strategic relationship between the two countries, including in the area of security," Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades said after the announcement.
Cyprus traditionally had close relations with Moscow, which was a major arms provider to Nicosia. The island is also seen as a haven for illicit Russian funds. In 2019, Cyprus was the recipient of or an intermediary for some 50% of Russian investment worldwide, according to the Carnegie Endowment for International Piece.
However, in recent years, the Cypriot government has moved closer to the US.
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[Vesti] October 18 is the 237th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
6:30 . Dnipropetrovsk region . The Russians hit the northern part of Krivoy Rog.
Nikolaev region . Nikolaev was fired with S-300 missiles. There is a hit in a two-story building. The body of a man was found under the rubble. Light went out in the city after the explosion . During the night, 5 Shahed-136 Iranian drones were destroyed over the region.
8:00 a.m. Dnipropetrovsk region . Alexander Vilkul, the head of the Krivoy Rog VGA, warns about the launch of X-101 missiles from the Volgodonsk region from the TU-95. "Hails" and heavy artillery, the Russians fired at night on the Nikopol district , Mirovskaya and Pokrovskaya communities. The agricultural enterprise and power lines were damaged. There were no casualties.
Zaporozhye region. Explosions are reported. Preliminary - air defense is working.
Kiev region. Report on the work of air defense.
8:15 a.m. Kharkov region. They report about arrivals in Kharkov.
8:30 am . Dnipropetrovsk region. Two arrivals at the energy infrastructure facility in the Dnieper. There is serious damage.
Zhytomyr region. As a result of the explosion in Zhytomyr, electricity was partially lost . Two arrivals to the power supply facility were recorded.
9:00 a.m. Dnipropetrovsk region . As a result of the shelling of the Dnieper, certain areas of the city, Sinelnikovo and Vasilkovka, were left without electricity. One of the pumping stations of Dneprovodkanal has been de-energized. On the left bank of the city interruptions in water supply.
Kiev region. It is reported about explosions and the work of air defense in Brovary.
Kharkov region. Eight missiles were launched in Kharkov from the Russian Belgorod. Initially, there were no casualties.
9:15 a.m. Kiev. Three hits on the power supply facility on the Left Bank.
Zhytomyr region. Zhytomyr and 11 settlements of the region were left without electricity and water.
Kharkov region. Kharkiv metro resumed work. In the morning it was closed for shelter from shelling.
10:00 a.m. Kherson region. The Ukrainian military shot down the Su-25 Russians.
11:00 am . Zaporozhye region. The Russians abducted several employees of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant . According to Energoatom, the Russians detained and took away in an unknown direction the head of the ZNPP information technology service, Oleg Kostyukov, and the assistant to the general director of the plant, Oleg Oshek. There is no information about their location.
11:30 am . Kiev. Due to shelling, two critical infrastructure facilities were damaged due to shelling, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The provision of electricity and water supply services is partially limited in many houses on the left bank of the capital. In some houses, a decrease in pressure in the water supply network, a change in color and transparency of the water, is possible.
12:00 . Kiev. They removed the body of another deceased from under the rubble of a house in the center, which was hit by a Russian kamikaze drone on the morning of October 17. This is the fifth victim.
12:30 pm Kiev. Two people were killed, another 1 was injured as a result of a morning attack on a critical infrastructure facility on the left bank of the capital , the Kiev city prosecutor's office reported.
13:00 . The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian Armed Forces hit "all designated military command and control facilities, Ukrainian energy systems, and arsenals with foreign weapons." Also, the Russian Defense Ministry said that they had destroyed the space communications station of the government communications center of Ukraine in the Odessa region. The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on this information.
14:00 . Sumy region. A total of 14 arrivals were recorded in the Yunokov community. Two people died, one injured. The store and buildings nearby were damaged.
15:00 . Kiev. As a result of the attack on energy facilities, three utility workers were killed .
15:30 . Kiev. Representative of the US Republican Party Victoria Spartz, who was born in the Chernihiv region, arrived in Ukraine.
17:30 NATO has no information about Russia's possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but is closely monitoring the movements of its armed forces, said German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, speaking at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum.
18:00 The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily occupied territories, is concentrating efforts on deterring the actions of the defense forces in separate directions, but at the same time does not abandon attempts to conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions.
18:18 During the day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the Russian Federation in the areas of the settlements of Ogurtsovo, Kharkiv region, Belogorovka, Luhansk region, Novokalinovo and Maryinka, Donetsk region.
18:45 Turkey has tested a secret short-range ballistic missile over the Black Sea. Bloomberg writes about this, citing its sources.
19:10 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace urgently flew to the United States to discuss security issues regarding Ukraine. This is reported by the Evening Standard, citing Wallace's deputy James Gippy.
19:29 Further actions in relation to Kherson will depend on the emerging military-tactical situation, it is not easy, difficult decisions cannot be ruled out. This was stated by the commander of the joint group of Russian troops in the area of the "special operation" Surovikin.
19:55 NATO needs to take seriously the risk of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, although it is not high. This was stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
20:20 During the day, the enemy launched nine missile and 10 air strikes, made more than 10 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. Areas of more than 10 settlements fell under the blows of the enemy. The enemy used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles, as well as four Shahed-136 UAVs, three of which were shot down by units of the Defense Forces.
20:45 Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 20 strikes during the day. The defeat of 13 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, a strong point, as well as seven positions of enemy anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed. In addition, air defense units shot down five cruise missiles. Warriors of missile troops and artillery hit two command posts, two areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two air defense and artillery facilities, two ammunition trains and other military targets of the enemy.
21:10 The President of Croatia opposes the training of the Ukrainian military on the territory of his country.
21:30 During the day, the Air Force shot down 19 kamikaze drones and five attack helicopters of the invaders. According to the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, five Ka-52 attack helicopters, 17 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones and two Zala Lancets were destroyed.
21:56 "Until the end of the year, we will move forward significantly, these will be significant victories, you will see it soon," - the head of the GUR Budanov.
22:22 Igor Strelkov confirmed that since October 14 he has been at the front as part of the active army of the Russian Federation.
22:50 The death toll in the crash of a military plane in Yeysk has risen to 15. A total of 43 people were injured.
23:10 Iran confirmed plans to transfer additional UAVs and ground-to-ground ballistic missiles to Russia. This is reported by Reuters with reference to two Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats.
23:44 NATO plans to transfer to Kiev the means of combating drones in the coming days, we are talking about hundreds of active jamming stations, the Secretary General of the alliance said.
00:10 Decisions on the nationalization of Russian assets will be made in several stages, said the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia.
00:30 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will talk on the phone with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba on Thursday.
01:00 The United States intends to take aggressive measures against the backdrop of reports that Iran allegedly supplies drones to Russia. This was stated by the Deputy head of the press service of the US State Department Vedant Patel. According to a State Department spokesman, the US has "a wide array of measures to disrupt Iranian arms sales." At the same time, Patel did not explain how soon such restrictions can be introduced
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[Korrespondent] 23:19 Over the past week, Germany has transferred to Ukraine an additional five Bergepanzer 2 armored recovery vehicles, as well as winter military uniforms and equipment, the country's government said. In particular, Ukraine received 100 tents, 183 generators, 116,000 winter jackets, 80,000 pairs of winter trousers and 240,000 winter hats for military personnel. In addition, the German side handed over 167,000 rounds of ammunition for small arms and seven pontoon systems. Germany plans to transfer an additional five armored engineering vehicles, 4,000 sleeping bags and 35 four-wheel drive trucks.
22:15 The United States intends to take aggressive measures against the backdrop of reports of Iran delivering its drones to Russia, said Vedant Patel, deputy head of the press service of the US State Department. According to him, the US has "a wide range of measures to disrupt Iranian arms sales."
22:13 Zelensky again called for limiting the use of equipment that consumes a lot of energy during peak hours: "The more conscious our household consumption of electricity from 17:00 to 23:00, the more stable our energy system will be."
22:10 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the very fact that Russia turned to Iran for help is the Kremlin's recognition of its military-political bankruptcy: "For decades they spent billions of dollars on their military-industrial complex, and in the end they went to Tehran to bow to get quite simple drones and missiles. Strategically, it won't help them in any way. But now, at the tactical level, the terrorists may still have certain hopes, some calculations. All this will fall apart, like their previous calculations."
9:31 pm The Pentagon is yet to confirm that Iran has entered into an agreement with Russia to sell surface-to-surface missiles in addition to more drones, US Department of Defense spokesman General Patrick Ryder said.
20:53 For the period from October 7 to October 18, the Russians launched more than 190 strikes with missiles and kamikaze drones in 16 regions of Ukraine, the State Emergency Service reported. At least 70 people were killed, more than 240 people were injured, more than 380 objects were damaged.
20:50 Acting "governor" of the Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo announced the "voluntary movement" of the civilian population to the left bank of the Dnieper: "There is an immediate danger of flooding of the territories due to the planned destruction of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and the discharge of water from the cascade of power plants above the Dnieper."
20:41 The Ministry of Internal Affairs awarded the police officers who shot down an Iranian drone in Kiev on October 17. The senior detective of the Kyiv police and three police officers of the Patrol Police Department received a badge for bravery in service.
20:38 The new commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin, said that "Ukrainians and I are one people and we want the same thing, that Ukraine be independent of the West and NATO, a friendly state for Russia."
In addition, Surovikin said that he "has information" about the possibility of Kyiv using "prohibited methods of war in the Kherson region, preparing a missile attack on the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station." In general, he described the situation in the "special operation" zone as "tense." According to Surovikin, the Russian Federation "does not strive for high rates of advancement, it protects every soldier."
Surovikin also noted that further actions in relation to Kherson "will depend on the emerging military-tactical situation, it is not easy, and difficult decisions are not ruled out."
19:48 Shmyhal said that the housing stock in the non-frontline communities of Ukraine is almost 100% ready for the heating season. According to the prime minister, now Ukraine is accumulating resources and forming reserves. It was possible to accumulate 14.1 billion cubic meters of gas in underground storage facilities. "Capacities for imports from EU countries, if necessary, are also prepared. There is twice as much coal in warehouses than last year for the same period," Shmyhal added.
19:14 Hidden mobilization is taking place in Belarus under the guise of training camps. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the training of operators of anti-aircraft missile systems and tank crews is underway.
During the day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of settlements: Ogurtsovo, Kharkiv region; Belogorovka, Luhansk region; Novokalinovo and Maryinka, Donetsk region.
19:01 The EU agreed on further sanctions against Russia and Belarus "within minutes," Radio Liberty Europe editor Rikard Jozwiak said: "It seems that within a few minutes there was a general consensus among the EU on further sanctions against Russia (although not in relation to energy) and Belarus". It is expected that work on sanctions will be accelerated in the coming days.
18:45 Stoltenberg said that NATO will transfer funds to Ukraine to fight drones in the coming days. We are talking about hundreds of active interference stations.
18:28 Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface-to-surface missiles in addition to even more drones, two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats confirmed to Reuters. "Where they are used is not the question of the seller. We do not take sides in the Ukrainian crisis, like the West. We want to end the crisis through diplomatic means," the diplomat said.
At the same time, Iran refused to supply Russia with more powerful Arash-2 kamikaze drones, as it does not want the US to have access to these technologies.
18:21 Yermak said that on Monday, October 17, a Ukrainian delegation arrived at the contact line in the Zaporozhye region, but representatives of the ICRC did not join it: "We see the amazing scale of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocidal atrocities of Russia against Ukrainian They demand from all organizations involved in the observance of the norms and requirements of international humanitarian law, at least a clear position and determination ... Unfortunately, the Red Cross not only tolerates the violation of all norms of international law by Russians, but also does it silently. expects and demands from the International Committee of the Red Cross appropriate determination in gaining access to the Ukrainian captives in Yelenovka. After all, it was for such tasks that the organization was created.
17:49 In Kiev, power supply was resumed to 83,000 families left without electricity after the morning shelling of a critical infrastructure facility, Klitschko said. Because of the shelling, DTEK's power equipment was switched off, which supplies the water utility and the residential area of Troeschina. The specialists managed to carry out technical work in seven hours and connect customers to a backup power scheme for a while, while they are restoring the city's infrastructure damaged by shelling.
Two critical infrastructure sites were seriously damaged today. In particular, an object in the Desnyansky district. After today's rocket attack, some consumers have also already resumed water supply, the mayor of the capital added.
17:31 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace urgently flew to the United States to discuss security issues, including Ukraine. His deputy said that Wallace canceled an appearance before the House of Commons Defense Committee this morning for an emergency trip to Washington.
17:27 Budanov said in an interview with Obozrevatel that by the end of the year, the Ukrainian defenders will move forward significantly: “Until the end of the year, we will still move forward significantly, these will be significant victories, you will see it soon ... I hope it could be Kherson. At the end of spring, this should all be over. By summer, everything should be over. To begin with, we will reach the borders of 1991. After the end of the war, a very serious political process will begin, associated with changes in the current Russian Federation: certain regions will be disconnected from Russia ... Moscow will pay reparations to us, this is all waiting for them, this will lead to the shift of a certain economic center of the Russian Federation to our territory ... that is, there are a lot of steps there."
17:21 Girkin is already on the territory of occupied Ukraine, said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov in an interview with the Orestocracy project: "We know one of his whereabouts. He has already arrived on the territory of occupied Ukraine." Budanov recalled that the GUR is offering a reward of 100 thousand dollars for the transfer of Girkin to Ukrainian captivity. Send information to the number: 093 117 58 09.
According to the head of intelligence, this number has already received "several absolutely real proposals." He also noted that Girkin is "an important carrier of information" and is an important person for international criminal justice. "This, as they say, is a client of The Hague," Budanov added.
17:16 Podolyak is convinced that Russia offered "something important" to Iran in exchange for kamikaze drones and ballistic missiles. In his opinion, this could be uranium and other materials, nuclear technology or regional guarantees from the Russian Federation.
17:14 Ukraine is ready to hand over evidence of Iran's supply of drones to Russia, Kuleba said: "We are ready to hand over a bag of evidence to every EU country that doubts Iran's supply of drones to the Russian Federation. We will ask our colleagues in the European Union who exactly doubts, and we will hand over the bag to everyone evidence in the form of fragments of Iranian drones used by Russia - let them study it. I think that this "investigation" will end very quickly."
16:58 There are not enough air defense systems in Ukraine to completely remove the missile threat. In addition, Russia is actively using Iranian drones, which it has ordered in several batches, Kirill Budanov, head of the GUR MOU, said in an interview with Obozrevatel. According to him, Russia began to use these UAVs due to low accuracy and insufficient number of Russian missiles, of which it has about 30% left - this is a critical indicator. Budanov noted that drones, in terms of their characteristics, cannot replace rockets, but there are now a lot of them in Russia, and their accuracy is much higher compared to rockets.
According to the head of the GUR, the first batch of drones in Iran was ordered in the amount of 1,750 units. New orders have already been made, but their production and delivery to Russia takes time: "They are gradually running out of them, the Iranians are making new ones, but there is another side to this issue: we consistently shoot down about 70% of all drones."
16:42 The IRIS-T medium-range anti-aircraft missile system, which was recently transferred from Germany, has already become on alert and demonstrated the first results of work in Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "The complex has been successfully integrated into the air defense system Ukraine. It has good tactical and technical characteristics, so we hope to receive more IRIS-T units from Germany. In addition, we are waiting for the NASAMS complex, which will also strengthen the air defense of our state."
16:19 Kuleba said that today Ukraine will send an official note to the Israeli government with a request to immediately provide Kiev with air defense systems and begin high-quality cooperation to obtain appropriate technologies. According to the Foreign Minister, he has also already turned to the countries of the European Union and the United States with a request for air defense systems.
15:56 Kuleba initiated the severance of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Iran: "Given the numerous destruction caused by Iranian drones to the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine, the death and suffering caused to our people, and also in connection with reports of a possible continuation of Iran's supply of weapons to Russia, I consideration of the president's proposal to break off diplomatic relations with Iran".
Kuleba stressed that Ukraine had never previously taken an anti-Iranian position, "but after Iran became a participant in the crime of aggression, today we will take a very clear and honest position. If Iran stops supplying weapons to Russia, we will talk about restoring relations."
15:42 In Ukraine, a state-owned online store selling firewood for the population has been launched, the Cabinet of Ministers said.
15:40 Putin will hold an online meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation tomorrow, on the agenda is the neutralization of national security threats in the migration sphere and "regulation of migration processes in the interests of the country's socio-economic development and socio-political stability", Medvedev will make a report, Russian media write.
15:32 Turkey has received US guarantees for the entry of Russian agricultural products to world markets, Erdogan's spokesman Ibrahim Kalyn said. He also said that Ankara is negotiating the extension of the grain deal: "In our opinion, it would be better if it operated for another six months or a year." According to him, the Russians have not yet given a clear answer, as they want their own fertilizers and grain to go international.
15:24 The "authorities" of the occupied Nova Kakhovka said that as a result of a Ukrainian missile attack on the stadium, two people were killed and one was wounded.
15:13 As a result of today's attack on the critical infrastructure of Kiev, three people were killed - employees of one of the facilities. Two objects received significant damage, Klitschko said.
15:09 Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko called reports about the functioning of foreign diplomatic missions in Ukraine stuffing. According to him, most of them are made by Russian sources in order to sow panic. The latest example is the sudden "closure" of the Serbian embassy, which actually left Kyiv back in March. Nikolenko stressed that not a single institution had reported intentions to leave Ukrainian territory.
14:26 The Russians continue to shell the border regions of Ukraine: the Yunakovskaya community of the Sumy region came under shelling. The invaders fired at the center of the village and its environs, two people died, one was injured. The store and buildings around were damaged, the President's Office reported.
14:00 The Pentagon is trying to speed up the delivery of two NASAMS air defense systems after the frequent attacks on Ukraine by Iranian drones, writes CNN. According to the publication, the US currently hopes to complete production of the two systems by the end of October or early November - perhaps a whole month earlier than originally planned. After that, the installations will be sent to Ukraine.
13:58 Ukraine received 2 billion euros of macro-financial assistance from the EU - the first part of the package in the amount of 5 billion euros, Shmyhal said. According to him, this tranche is aimed at maintaining the economic stability of Ukraine. An additional financial resource will help cover urgent budgetary expenditures, in particular in the social and humanitarian spheres. In total, this year Ukraine received 4.2 billion euros of macro-financial assistance from the EU.
13:56 Russia is no longer launching missiles from the Caspian Sea, but from under Rostov-on-Don, so there is less time to prepare for strikes, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. According to him, the rocket flies at a speed of 900 km/h, and if it is launched from the Caspian Sea region, then the Air Force has more time to react, and people have more time to go down to the shelter. Now the distance is less, and the time is also less.
13:53 The Estonian Parliament has declared Russia a terrorist regime.
13:49 Pushilin said that the "DPR" from today opens all checkpoints with the Russian Federation, the "Ministry of State Security" no longer carries out border control.
13:42 The SBU reported that the officials of the Antonov state enterprise did not save Mriya from destruction, despite warnings. According to the investigation, the employees of the enterprise for a long time hindered the Defense Forces, who wanted to secure the airfield. Investigators also found that Antonov's former CEO illegally smuggled Ukrainians of draft age abroad.
13:27 The Rada adopted as a basis and in general draft law No. 8109 on the features of conscription for military service and the activities of draft commissions. According to it, in particular, during the period of martial law, conscription for urgent military service is not carried out.
13:24 The Verkhovna Rada supported the recognition of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria as temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and the condemnation of the genocide of the Chechen people.
12:41 Ukrainians need to prepare for blackouts of electricity, water and heat, said Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko: "We have a critical situation throughout the country. One region depends on another. We must prepare throughout the country for the fact that there may be blackouts like electricity as well as water supply and heat supply.
12:25 The Pentagon believes that the deployment of a regional grouping of troops from Belarus and Russia will not lead to fundamental changes in the course of the war in Ukraine, a representative of the US defense department said at a briefing: "As for Belarus, we are certainly following it. Currently there are no signs that would cause us to change our views on the battlefield in its current form."
12:21 Peskov was asked whether the Russian "nuclear umbrella" extends to "new territories", to which he replied that "work is underway to integrate them, while they are an integral part of the country."
12:15 UAF destroyed 12 air targets in a day - six Iranian kamikaze drones, five cruise missiles and a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft, the Air Force reported.
12:13 Zelensky said that since October 10, 30% of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed , which led to massive power outages across the country. "There is no room left for negotiations with the Putin regime," he added.
12:07 In the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, the movement of trains was suspended due to the shelling of a railway station in one of the villages, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. According to him, the contact network of railway tracks was damaged, one person was injured.
12:05 As a result of the morning missile strikes on the energy infrastructure of Zhytomyr, two people were injured, the mayor of the city, Sergei Sukhomlin, said.
12:01 The number of victims of a kamikaze drone strike on a residential building in the center of Kiev on October 17 rose to five - the body of another dead resident was removed from the rubble, Klitschko said. Search and rescue work in the house continues.
11:39 In Kiev, as a result of rocket attacks, two critical infrastructure facilities were damaged, the liquidation of the emergency continues, Klitschko said. Currently, electricity and water supply is partially limited in many houses on the left bank of the capital. In some houses, it is possible to reduce the pressure in the water supply network, change the color and transparency of the water.
Klitschko called on all Kyivans to save energy as much as possible, not to turn on powerful electrical appliances - air conditioners, electric kettles, microwave ovens, etc. Also, residents, where the pressure in the water supply network is reduced, need to use water as economically as possible.
11:21 The Russians today fired at the territory of Ukraine with calibers fired from the sea, as well as ballistic missiles, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. According to him, Kalibr were launched from the south, and ballistic missiles - from the north. "And, of course, strategic aviation from the Rostov region is Tu-95, Tu-160 aircraft. Six aircraft, each of which can have 8-12 missiles. They attack, as expected, energy and critical infrastructure facilities" - added Ignat.
11:15 During an enemy attack on the Dnieper, Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed four Russian missiles, said the head of the UVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
11:13 Due to morning attacks on energy infrastructure, power outages are possible in Kiev and Dnipro, DTEK warns. Ukrainians are asked to charge phones and power banks, as well as to limit the use of energy-intensive appliances: boilers, washing machines, heaters and air conditioners.
11:10 Due to attacks on the energy infrastructure of the Zhytomyr region, 11 settlements were left without electricity, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Bunechko. According to him, there is an emergency reconnection to backup networks in the region, there are no victims or injured.
11:02 In Belarus, three supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31 were noticed - they landed at the airfield in Machulishchi, reports the monitoring group of Belaruska Gayun. Observers explain that these are not standard MiG-31s, but a special modification - the MiG-31K. This model can carry Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles and launch them at a distance of 2000 km. Belarusian Gayun does not rule out that Daggers were brought along with the MiG-31K.
10:48 In Liman, the police exhumed the bodies of five murdered children, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. Investigators found four children in a mass grave at the cemetery, another child was buried by the mother in her own yard. It was preliminary established that all of them died from shrapnel wounds as a result of Russian shelling.
As of the morning of October 18, the bodies of 35 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 131 civilians were exhumed in the Kramatorsk region. Among the civilians - 67 men, 56 women, five children, the gender of six people has not been established.
10:32 The invaders plan to capture Bakhmut by the end of October - such a task was set for the soldiers by the generals in the Kremlin, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said: "The Russians have set their troops - for the fifth time since the start of a full-scale invasion - the deadline when they must fully reach the administrative border Donetsk region. Now they have a plan that they must fully occupy Bakhmut by the end of this month."
According to Malyar, the situation in eastern Ukraine is now "different". The heaviest battles are taking place in Bakhmut. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to advance in the Donbas, but the Russians do not stop advancing, she added.
10:07 In the morning, the Russians attacked two DTEK energy enterprises, as a result of which one person died and six were injured, the company said.
10:05 Ukrenergo asks Ukrainians to help power engineers and turn off energy-intensive electrical appliances according to the schedule:
09:54 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Russian oligarch close to Putin, the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, can pull over the role of "strong man" to himself. While Prigozhin does not directly oppose or criticize Putin, his growing popularity among the nationalist community may undermine Putin's "strong man" appeal compared to him. Emerging discussions about the civil war in Russia could further undermine Kremlin narratives about national, ethnic and religious unity within Russia, analysts say.
09:46 Zelensky published a video with the consequences of the strike on Mykolaiv:
09:33 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 18.
personnel - about 65,850 (+530) people liquidated,
tanks - 2548 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 5219 (+14),
artillery systems - 1622 (+23),
MLRS - 372 (+6),
air defense systems - 188 (+1),
aircraft - 268 (+0),
helicopters - 242 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1276 (+35),
cruise missiles - 318 (+2),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3985 (+16),
special equipment - 144 (+0).
09:28 Mayor of Zhytomyr Sergey Sukhomlin said that the city was left without electricity and water after hitting an energy infrastructure facility.
09:25 Yermak commented on the strikes on Ukraine: “Terrorists from the Russian Federation continue their naive attempts to break and intimidate us. They think they will achieve the goal of freezing Ukrainians, leaving us without light and heat. Naive, because losers and cowards cannot break a nation of strong people "And you will have to pay for everything. As history shows, in double or even triple the amount. 78 years ago, someone also tried to act according to a similar scenario - it was an agony, the same as now in Russia. Everyone remembers what happened next. What will happen next with the Russian Federation is already clear too.
09:23 Klitschko announced attacks on a critical infrastructure facility in the Desnyansky district of Kiev. Residents of the residential area Troyeshchina report a lack of electricity.
09:18 The OP reported three enemy strikes in Kiev on an energy supply facility on the Left Bank of the city.
09:16 British intelligence notes that since October 10, Russia has maintained an increased rate of long-range strikes on targets in Ukraine. The strikes are carried out by cruise missiles, surface-to-surface air defense missiles and Iranian-provided Shahed-136 drones. According to analysts, the key goal of this campaign is to cause widespread damage to the energy distribution network of Ukraine. Intelligence also suggests that the Russian Federation is actively striking at civilian infrastructure, since it has suffered setbacks on the battlefield since August.
09:13 The mayor of Brovary, Kiev region, Igor Sapozhko, reports that explosions are heard in the city - air defense is working.
09:08 On October 17, Russian invaders detained and took out in an unknown direction the head of the information technology service of the Zaporozhye NPP, Oleg Kostyukov, and the assistant to the general director of the plant, Oleg Osheka. Nothing is known about them at present, Energoatom said.
09:04 In Zhytomyr, the Russians fired two missiles at an energy supply facility, the President's Office reported. Locals report that the city lost power. Also, the OP reported that in Dnipro, due to the shelling of the city, in some areas there may be no electricity and water supply.
09:01 Tonight, the enemy attacked Zaporozhye using the Shahed UAV, as a result of the attack, a fire broke out at the infrastructure facility. One rocket hit a warehouse in one of the districts of the city. In both cases, there were no victims, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
08:58 US will impose sanctions against companies and countries cooperating with Iran in developing drones that attack Ukrainian cities, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said: "Anyone who does business with Iran and may have something to do with the development of drones or ballistic missiles, as well as the supply of weapons from Iran to Russia, must be very careful and exercise due diligence, as the United States will not hesitate to impose sanctions or other measures against violators." According to him, the strengthening of the alliance between Moscow and Tehran should be seen as a serious threat to the whole world.
08:52 In the Donetsk region, as a result of enemy shelling over the past day, six civilians were killed - three in Bakhmut, two in the village of Konstantinovka, one in Orlovka. In addition, law enforcement officers found the bodies of eight more civilians killed by the Russians during the occupation: seven in Liman and one in Dibrov. Eight more people were injured yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:47 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Berestovo, Kharkiv region; Bakhmutskoye, Ivangrad, Kleshcheevka, Pervomayskoye and Maryinka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
08:40 This morning, Russian troops attacked the northern part of Krivoy Rog, repeated attacks are possible, said the head of the VA Alexander Vilkul.
08:37 The Office of the President reported two strikes on an energy infrastructure facility in the Dnieper, there is serious damage.
08:31 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported on the shelling of the city: there were two series of explosions in five minutes. According to preliminary information, the area of one of the industrial enterprises is under attack.
07:44 At night, Nikolaev was again fired with S-300 missiles, one of them hit a two-story building. The body of one of the dead was found under the rubble, rescue and search operations are continuing, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim. As of 6:20 a.m., electricity was restored in the city. The invaders also destroyed the flower market, there are no casualties.
06:06 As a result of the crash of a military aircraft in Russian Yeysk, 13 people were killed, including three children, 19 were injured, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation reported.
02:23 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that he considers it possible to reach an agreement on a security zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant before the end of the year. He also said that he wants to meet with Putin again as soon as possible.
00:08 Italy has provided Ukraine with a new package of military assistance, Reznikov said without details.
[RT] The corpse count in the fighter jet crash in the southern Russian city of Yeysk has climbed to 14. Aleksey Kuznetsov, an aide to Russia's health minister, revealed on Tuesday morning that 13 people had died in the incident, while one more victim was subsequently confirmed.
The plane fell from the sky on Monday evening after one of its engines caught fire during a training flight, the Defense Ministry said.
Both pilots safely ejected, but the aircraft crashed just outside a nine-story building and went kaboom!.
Kuznetsov said that three children are among the victims, adding that 19 people were hospitalized.
The emergency services said 68 people were rescued from the rubble, and 360 were evacuated.
Death toll after a fire in a house in Yeysk increased to 15 people Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RIA Novosti] The death toll due to a fire in a high-rise building in Yeysk has increased to 15 people, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory.
"The death toll has risen to 15," the source said.
As the vice-governor of the region Anna Minkova clarified in her Telegram channel, the 51-year-old patient who died in the hospital became the fifteenth dead in the fire in Yeysk.
She added that a total of 43 people were injured.
"Now it is reliably known about 43 victims, of which nine are children. There are 25 people in hospitals (22 of moderate severity, three of them in serious condition), including two pregnant women and six children. Outpatient treatment is three patients," the vice president explained. -governor.
Earlier it was reported about 14 dead and 26 injured.
Four victims were transported for treatment to Krasnodar. One of them is in extremely serious condition and "causes great concern" among doctors, said the head of the Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko.
In the afternoon, the governor of the region , Veniamin Kondratiev, said that search and rescue operations at the site of the tragedy were completed.
The night before in Yeysk , a Russian supersonic fighter-bomber Su-34 crashed into the courtyard of a nine-story residential building , taking off from a nearby airfield. The pilots ejected.
After the fall, aviation fuel caught fire, the fire spread to an area of 2,000 square meters. The first five floors of an apartment building caught fire.
The investigation considers the technical malfunction of the aircraft as the main version of the crash of the fighter.
The Investigative Committee said that military investigators, criminologists and representatives of the forensic center are working at the scene of the emergency. Employees of the department interrogated the pilots and airfield personnel, seized flight recorders, fuel samples and documentation.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article "Violation of flight rules or preparation for them."
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:41 Russian gunners destroyed three radars, S-300 air defense systems and a Ukrainian government communications center near Odessa. 22:20 The Russian armed forces launched a new series of missile strikes on energy facilities and the military command and control system of Ukraine, hitting all designated targets.
22:11 An air raid alert was announced in the Poltava and Odessa regions of Ukraine, local authorities reported.
21:51 APU projectilehitin a residential building in the village of Belaya Berezka, Bryansk region
20:42 Russian kamikaze "Lancet" drone destroys mobile radar ST-68U of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
20:42 Under these conditions, our main task is to preserve the lives and health of citizens and our military personnel, this is a priority for us - Surovikin
20:42 We will act consciously, not excluding the possibility of making difficult decisions - Surovikin
19:41 Height in Kiev: Armed Forces of Ukraine against UAVs
In Kiev and the region, shooting and explosions - the Ukrainian military are conducting an anti-aircraft battle, trying to shoot down drones.
18:35 The Armed Forces of Ukraine also fired at the border villages of the Sudzhansky district, the governor of the Kursk region Starovoit reports.
"In Guevo, one of the residential private houses and a barn were damaged. There are damages to the roofs and facades of several houses in the village of Goncharovka, in fact, the outskirts of the city of Sudzha. One of the houses is seriously stitched with shrapnel," added Starovoit.
18:35 Currently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the village of Belaya Berezka, Trubchevsky District, reports the Governor of the Bryansk Region Bogomaz.
17:36 "There is more PR and corruption in Bayraktar, the Russian army shot down all UAVs in the first week" -declared head of the Association of Defense Enterprises of Ukraine to Russian pranksters
Vovan and Lexus spoke with Sergei Pashinsky, a man directly connected with the Ukrainian military-industrial complex. The official said that the supply of Bayraktarov to Ukraine is nothing more than a PR project. The vast majority of Turkish UAVs were shot down in the early days of the NMD, since the drone is not a self-sufficient weapon.
16:36 Circumstancein the Nikolaevsko-Berislavsky direction as of 11.00 October 18, 2022
🔻On the Posad-Pokrovsky section, mutual shelling of the parties continues. The mortar battery of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade is firing at Ternovy Pody from Lyubomovka, and the minbatr of the 3rd battalion of the 28th Brigade from Luparevo at Aleksandrovka.
The command and observation post of the 3rd battalion is located in the school building in Luparevo, and a drone launch site is equipped on the territory of the facility.
🔻On the Andreevsky sector, the Ukrainian command is reconnaissance of the positions of the RF Armed Forces on the front line of the defense of Kostroma - Bruskinskoe. Ukrainian artillery is shelling Russian positions from Murakhivka.
Over the past 24 hours, 74 units of equipment were transferred through the established crossings to the left bank of the Ingulets, and 86 units for repair and restoration.
🔻In the Berislav sector of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they are preparing to conduct another offensive attempt in the next 24 hours. The brigade artillery group of the 60th Infantry Brigade is firing harassing fire at the line of Polyanka - Sukhanovo - Pyatikhatki.
▪️A platoon of the 97th battalion of the 60th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has arrived in Novaya Kamenka, and the arrival of the 96th battalion of the unit is expected in the morning.
▪️The combined assault groups of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade were brought to full readiness for an attack on Sukhanovo and Polyanka.
▪️The command of the 17th Tank Brigade moved more than a dozen tanks and armored fighting vehicles from Ukrainka to the vicinity of Novogrigorievka - Novaya Kamenka.
▪️A mortar crew is deployed on the southern outskirts of Novaya Kamenka. Target designation and reconnaissance of the positions of the RF Armed Forces is provided by the Bayraktar UAV from the vicinity of Chervonoye.
15:45 Mobilized from the Sverdlovsk region carry out night training at training grounds in the rear of the special operation.
They practice shooting from small arms with night vision devices, as well as night combat with BMP-1AM and T-80BV.
14:49 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
▪️The RF Armed Forces hit all designated military command and control facilities, Ukrainian energy systems, arsenals with foreign weapons;
▪️The Russian Armed Forces defeated two artillery batteries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region, as well as a platoon of American HIMARIS MLRS in the DPR;
▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 60 people and one tank in a day in the Kupyansk direction;
▪️The RF Armed Forces destroyed the space communications station of the government communications center of Ukraine in the Odessa region;
▪️Russian troops during the offensive occupied the village of Gorobyevka in the Kharkov region;
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation thwarted attempts to transport the Armed Forces of Ukraine across the Zherebets River in the Krasnolymansk direction, 46 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed;
▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine made attempts to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of Bruskinsky, the attack was repelled, more than 90 Ukrainian military were destroyed;
▪️The RF Armed Forces hit the command post of the united group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Dnepr" near the city of Zaporozhye;
▪️The RF Armed Forces destroyed three AN/TPQ-37 and AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radars and an S-300 SAM launcher of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
▪️The RF Armed Forces hit the workshops for the repair of radar stations at the enterprise of the Iskra complex in Zaporozhye.
13:35 Soldiers of the Special Forces Center of the FSB of Russia grind Ukrainian positions.
They hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv direction from a 120mm mortar and SPG-9.
13:35 Through the border villages in the Kursk region. It was at least six arrivals from Ukraine, one woman was injured - the governor
The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said that as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border village, a local resident was injured - she has already been helped.
In addition, the shells hit the house, which had already burned down as a result of the arrivals, the rest of the blows fell on the gardens.
13:35 The Rada has increased military budget spending for this year by another 387 billion hryvnias.
12:59 During attacks on Kyiv, only Russian equipment is used, there are no Iranian drones there - Peskov
The presidential press secretary said that only equipment with Russian names is used in the special operation in Ukraine. The Kremlin has no information that Iranian drones are involved there, Dmitry Peskov said.
11:51 Kursk region under fire, Governor Starovoit
"There is information about power outages,"
11:50 The railway station in the Belgorod region is fired from the territory of Ukraine. One person is injured. Train traffic has been temporarily suspended.
11:49 Keeping Bakhmut is a top priority for vushnikov. If the front in this area is broken through, this will allow Russian forces to penetrate deeply into the enemy’s defenses in the most sensitive area, where many communications converge, important in terms of ensuring the stability of the Ukrainian group.
This situation threatens the collapse of the current state of defense and is fraught with a subsequent catastrophic collapse.
In order to prevent this, Kyiv constantly sends fresh forces to the area, which plug the gaps formed as a result of the active actions of the Wagner PMC.
In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to keep significant reserves here, intended for operational intervention in the event of a breakthrough of the defense.
11:49 A source in the OP said that Zaluzhny opposes the initiative of the President's Office on frontal attacks on fortified areas, the United States demands symbolic victories for Zelensky before the congressional elections.
The main disagreement is around the “operation for Kherson”, which was being prepared for the disabling of the Kerch bridge, which greatly complicated the logistics of the Russian army. The Commander-in-Chief again opposes rash actions in the South, Zaluzhny warns of weather conditions that will make the Kherson steppe impassable in a few weeks and could cause heavy losses in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:45 Ukraine bought guided bombs from Azerbaijan. The cargo was sent to Sudan, and then to Poland. I wonder if they still have delivery vehicles? By the way, this type of weapon is not defensive, what goals the Kyiv junta planned, one can only guess. Perhaps the Crimean bridge, the base of the Black Sea Fleet, infrastructure in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions.
10:45 On September 9, Colonel Prokopenko of the Ukrainian Air Force was eliminated as a result of a missile strike. He served in the headquarters of the Ukrainian Air Force.
10:42 Zhytomyr was left without electricity and water after hitting an energy infrastructure facility, - the mayor of the city of Sukhomlin
09:42 Electricity and water supply cut off in Zhytomyr after morning explosions - mayor of the regional city Sergey Sukhomlin
09:35 Explosions thundered in the Brovary district in the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital - a column of smoke rises above the impact site, power outages began.
09:24 An explosion occurred in the Desnyansky district of Kyiv, one of the targets was CHPP-6.
09:22 Eyewitnesses filmed a fire at an infrastructure facility in Dnepropetrovsk.
On video, presumably, Dnepropetrovsk TPP.
09:14 They write that there is smoke in Kyiv after the explosions.
09:13 Zelensky's office announced three hits on an energy supply facility on the left bank of Kyiv. Electricity went out in some areas of the Ukrainian capital. The city was covered with a cloud of smoke.
09:10 It is reported that one of the pumping stations of Dneprovodokanal has been de-energized in Dnipro after the explosion
Part of the city was left without electricity, on the left bank of the city there were water shortages.
09:05 Kirill Tymoshenko said that two energy infrastructure facilities in Zhytomyr were damaged.
09:00 Two energy infrastructure facilities in the Dnieper were seriously damaged due to explosions - Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko.
08:50 Explosions in Zhytomyr, electricity is gone - local residents.
08:47 Kharkiv metro reports that train traffic has been suspended due to shelling.
08:47 Ukrainian media report that an air alert has already been announced throughout the country.
08:46 Italy has provided Ukraine with a new package of military assistance - Reznikov.
Details have not yet been disclosed.
08:30 Arrivals are reported in Dnepropetrovsk.
The OP stated that there was serious damage to the energy infrastructure facility.
08:26 Smoke over the Dnieper and attacks on Kharkiv, Zaporozhye and the territory of the regions.
07:55 An air raid alert has been announced in half of the regions of Ukraine, the Strana newspaper reports.
According to him, we are talking, in particular, about the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkov and Odessa regions.
Earlier, an air alert was announced in the Kirovograd, Cherkasy, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev and Kyiv regions, as well as in Kyiv.
07:37 Results of defeat of the enemy object in Nikolaev, because of which the power supply was disrupted in the region.
07:25 Covering the troops: anti-aircraft gunners of the Western Military District continue to “scan” the sky day and night.
Crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor" protect our troops around the clock from attacks by enemy air targets. The air defense system knows every "air enemy" by sight. These are planes, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles and even ballistic missiles.
"This combat vehicle allows you to successfully hit all aerodynamic targets ... In my experience, two Bayraktars were destroyed, a Lelek drone and quadrocopters were destroyed," says the head of the calculation of the Tor air defense system.
"We change positions after each launch. Shot, worked on target. There is a hit. I changed my position," an experienced anti-aircraft gunner shares his experience.
During the special military operation, the Tor complexes successfully completed combat missions hundreds of times, covering Russian military columns during marches and defending positions. On account of the calculations of combat vehicles countless enemy missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles shot down. Video Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
07:20 An air alert has been announced in Odessa and the Odessa region, the authorities report.
07:08 Explosions thundered in Kryvyi Rih - an infrastructure facility was probably hit
Explosions were heard in the northern part of the city, where several infrastructure facilities are located at once. In addition, an air alert has been declared in the entire eastern and central part of Ukraine.
05:14 An air raid alert has been announced in Kyiv, local authorities have reported.
01:06 Destroyed self-made RZSO of the nationalists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the chassis of a pickup truck.
0:57 Russian Armed Forces strikes on the energy system of Ukraine on October 17, 2022:
Substation Severoukrainskaya 750 kV - the power autotransformer 750/330 kV and the control room building were hit.
Substation Dneprovskaya 750 kV - presumably, the 750/330 kV autotransformer was hit.
Main Information and Computing Center "Ukrenergo"
Substation Rivne 330 kV - the impact caused an emergency power outage in the city center.
Substation Khmelnytsky 330 kV - after the attacks by Geranium, an emergency shutdown of the power supply of a part of the Khmelnytsky region occurred.
Substation Vinnitskaya 750 kV is a likely object of fire damage.
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Stupid is pointing out foreign Russian citizens illegally in Crimea fleeing on ferries because the Kerch bridge seems in poor condition after Russia invaded Ukraine? That's stupid to you, Chaim?
It's intrinsic GOOD is what it is. Russia is an evil aggressor no less than Hitler's Germany and if you people don't watch out you'll end up as devastated as Germans were by 1946.
Here's something stupid for ya, Russian missiles laying in civilian regions, Russian wives and mothers raising hell cause Russia abandoned their men :
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:39 The RF Armed Forces will ensure the safe exit of the civilian population from the Kherson region, General Surovikin said, noting that the situation in Kherson is dangerous. 22:07 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Russian military repelled an attempt by the Ukrainian military to break through the defense in the Bruskinsky area in the Kherson region, the Ukrainian military lost 90 people.
21:32 Ukrainian troops are shelling the suburb of Energodar, about 10 hits were recorded in the areas of thermal power plants and industrial zones - city authorities
20:31 Ukrainian troops fired 15 rockets at Yasinovataya from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, reported representation of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
"Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:
May 20 - the settlement of Avdievka - the settlement of Yasinovataya: 15 rockets were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS," the agency said in its Telegram channel.
20:31 Ukrainian troops fired 11 “NATO” caliber 155mm rounds at Donetsk during two attacks,reported representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
“Zafiksirovanoye were recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:
- the settlement of Netaylovo - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired.
- the settlement of Orlovka - the city of Donetsk (Kyiv district): eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired," the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says.
19:14 Pasechnik said that the checkpoints between the LPR and other subjects of the Russian Federation have been abolished.
19:07 Kirovsky district of Donetsk Abakumov mine settlement directhitto the house. An underage girl was injured and taken away by an ambulance.
In total there were eight arrivals.
19:00 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on October 18, 2022.
18:32 Shelling of Petrovsky district of Donetsk and again the rounds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine flew at the homes of civilians.
Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation worked on the spot
18:00 Strong smoke is visible from Donetsk, transmits RIA Novosti correspondent. Approximately, the positions of the Ukrainian armed formations in the Avdievka direction are on fire. A column of smoke is observed from anywhere in the city.
17:50 A "whole armada" of APU drones is observed on the line of contact in the Zaporozhye region, there are more of them than ever - Rogov
17:40 Effects of the day before yesterday shelling of the market on Oktyabrsky in Donetsk.
17:22 Adviser to the head of the DPR Yan Gagin about situations at the front.
The front line has leveled out, the enemy does not leave attempts to attack. The intensity of the fire decreased in the cities of the republics due to strikes on the logistics routes of Ukraine. The APU has difficulty transporting ammo.
Yan Gagin also spoke about the mercenaries who are now fighting on the side of the Kyiv regime. After they began to be killed, many departed to their homeland, and less professional "soldiers of fortune" arrived in their place.
17:03 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 18, received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Staromikhaylovka:
- st. Lenin, 112 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
17:01 Alexey Kulemzin reports:
According to the information received as a result of the shelling of the village.
-- Staromikhaylovka at 16:20 recorded a direct hit on the house of the private sector. Details are being specified.
16:23 Reports from the Zaporozhye front.
The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery in the area of the city of Zaporozhye hit: the command post of the united group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Dnepr" and the workshop for the repair of radar stations at the enterprise of the research and production complex "Iskra", as well as 56 artillery units on fire positions, manpower and military equipment in 132 districts.
During the day, air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoselovka, Ternove and Energodar of the Zaporozhye region. Reported by Vladimir Rogov.
16:16 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, on October 18, additional information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Kurchatova, 117 - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition;
- Marshal Zhukov Ave., 15 - a direct hit in an apartment building with subsequent ignition.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
16:02 According to the JCCC, Kyiv district of Donetsk at 14:30 again came under fire - three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired. As a result, one of the houses of the private sector was damaged - the glazing of the windows was broken, the wall was destroyed.
16:00 Effects of shelling by the armed formations of Ukraine using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS of the village of Novoivanovka.
15:30 Effects of shelling by armed formations of Ukraine with. Novoivanovka (LPR).
As a result of the shelling of N. p. Novoivanovka with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (in total, the enemy fired six missiles of the M31 and M30A1 GMLRS types), two ambulance officers were injured and a service car was damaged, the Novoivanovka branch of the Mountain Lyceum, the post office were damaged, one was destroyed and five residential buildings were damaged.
15:03 Effects of shelling of the Armed Forces of Petrovsky district of Donetsk. The shell hit an apartment building. During the inspection of the shelling site, investigators found fragments, presumably from NATO artillery of 155mm caliber. As a result of the shelling, a man born in 1958 was killed. and a woman born in 1968 was wounded.
Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are engaged in fixing the crime on the spot.
14:46 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 18, received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Kurchatov, 113 - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
14:13 In the Krasnolimansky direction, as a result of inflicting fire damage on the advancing assault groups of 71, 80 and 25 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Stelmahovka and Rozovka of the LPR, Karpovka and Ivanovka of the DPR, attempts to cross the enemy across the Stallion River were thwarted. 46 militants, two armored personnel carriers, six armored vehicles and two pickup trucks with heavy machine guns were destroyed.
In the DPR, three AN/TPQ-37 and AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar stations, made in the USA, as well as a launcher of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, were destroyed;
Air defense systems shot down 10 Ukrainian UAVs in Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporozhye regions and in the DPR per day. MO RF.
13:52 Updated information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC that a man born in 1953 was injured as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Lepestok" in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
De-energized nine transformer substations, 1110 consumers without power supply.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
13:10 In the Kherson direction, the positions and locations of the 17th Separate Tank Brigade of the Ukrainians were discovered and destroyed.
13:04 Alexey Kulemzin reports:
On st. A man blew himself up on a mine-petal in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
12:59 As a result of Ukrainian armed aggression in the village of Nikitovka station (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), 9 transformer substations have been de-energized, 1,110 consumers without electricity. Ivan Prikhodko reported the mayor of Gorlovka.
12:20 Daily summary of the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on October 18, 2022.
12:14 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 18, received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Petal", a man was wounded in 1969.
As of 12:00 on October 18, 79 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. three children, on mines PFM "Petal." One of the injured died in the hospital.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
12:12 Effects of shelling of the village of Zaitsevo in Gorlovka.
11:17 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 18, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- a woman born in 1998 was wounded.
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Zaitsevo village):
- st. Smolenskaya, 9 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
11:10 AFU shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, on the street. Tchaikovsky wounded a woman.
11:00 Military pilots of the Russian Federation handed over individual first-aid kits to servicemen of the 2nd Air Corps of the LPR. Video NM DNR.
10:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 10.30 10/18/2022
The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which are not military targets.
Over the past 24 hours, according to the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 214 rounds of ammunition from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the districts of thirteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, four civilians were killed and fourteen were injured. Thirty-four housing constructions and seven civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: a self-propelled artillery mount (2S1 Gvozdika 122mm self propelled), three tanks (two T-64BV and T-72M1), six units of armored and automotive vehicles, in three enemy UAVs were shot down in the air.
Losses in enemy manpower amounted to more than 40 people.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
10:11 Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation examined shelling in Donetsk, which injured people, including bus passengers, and damaged residential buildings.
10:01 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. according to the situation on 10/18/2022
Over the past day, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
- up to 50 personnel;
- one tank;
- four artillery installations;
- three armored personnel carriers;
- two long-term firing points;
- 11 units of special vehicles.
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements.
Since the beginning of the current day, the armed formations of Ukraine have fired at the settlement. Novoivanovka using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS, firing one missile. Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During October 17, they cleared more than seven hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Orekhovo and Shpotino.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.
09:44 The head of the administration of Donetsk reports that, according to updated information, a man born in 1957 died as a result of yesterday's shelling of the Armed Forces of Petrovsky district. Also, one civilian was killed in the village of Aleksandrovka (questionnaires are being specified).
08:45 Another replenishment for the Ukrainian troops, performing tasks in the area of Artemovsk and Soledar, arrived in the area of the settlement of Chasov Yar.
Due to critical losses in personnel, the Ukrainian higher command decided to send military personnel from among the mobilized citizens, who arrived at the 169th Desna training center on October 15, to the zone of active hostilities, to gain weapons handling skills. Andrey Marochko, officer of the NM LPR, reports.
08:37 Informationon the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 10/18/2022
08:05 During the day, three people were killed on the territory of the DPR, 14 more were injured.
Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on October 17 to 08:00 on October 18, three people were killed and 14 more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:00 11th Regiment destroys Ukrainian militants in Pervomaisky by all available means
Fighters of the 11th regiment and the battalion "Somalia" continue to carry out a cleansing of the village of Pervomaiskoye. The personnel, equipment and shelters of the enemy are identified with the help of UAVs and then destroyed by artillery and armored vehicles.VideoNM DNR.
06:50 The administrative building, according to preliminary data, was damaged as a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian troops of the village of Novoivanovka, Popasnyansky district, the head of the administration of Pervomaisk said.
06:47 Two ambulance officers, according to preliminary information, were injured during the shelling of Novoivanovka in the Popasnyansky district by the armed forces of Ukraine - the head of the administration of Pervomaisk Sergey Kolyagin.
01:18 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: - 00.32 a.m. Novoivanovka (Popasnyansky district, LPR) using HIMARS MLRS (one missile).
Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
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[REGNUM] Surprising is the fact of conferring the title of Hero [former. Ukrainian SSR] to the former commander of a hundred UPA (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) - almost a century old Miroslav Simchich.
October 14, 2022 on the territory of the former, the Ukrainian SSR celebrated the 80th anniversary of the UPA. It was on this day that V. Zelensky awarded the active servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, some of whom he awarded the title of Hero [former. Ukrainian SSR] with the award of the Order of the Golden Star.
It is not clear, by the way, why is still the highest award in the territory of the former. The Ukrainian SSR is precisely a star, and not a Trident or a gilded Iron Cross. But even more surprising is the fact of conferring the title of Hero [former. Ukrainian SSR] to the former commander of a hundred UPA -
...apparently short for Ukrainian Insurgent Army, presumably a Russian insult...
almost a century old Miroslav Simchich.
“Presidential Decree No. 699/2022
On awarding M. Simchich the title of Hero [former. Ukrainian SSR].
For the heroism shown in the struggle for independence [ex. Ukrainian SSR], outstanding personal merits in the formation of [Kyiv] statehood, many years of fruitful social activity, I decree:
Assign the title Hero [ex. Ukrainian SSR] with the award of the Order of the Golden Star to Simchich Miroslav Vasilyevich - a military [of the Kyiv regime] and a public figure, a hundredth UPA (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation), a political prisoner of Soviet concentration camps.
V. Zelensky
October 14, 2022".
This award did not go unnoticed in our country. The Russian media published several emotional notes dedicated to him and reminiscent of what exactly Miroslav Simchich, nicknamed Krivonos, did in his youth.
Krivonos personally killed children, women, the elderly, and also gave criminal orders to the militants of the UPA. In 1944, Simchich and his subordinates left indelible bloody footprints in the villages of Pistyn and Trinity. Yes, such traces that 32 years spent in prison for crimes committed are a mild punishment. Moreover, Simchich did not improve and did not reconsider his views.
On the Internet, there is a video of the VO “Svoboda” with an interview of the killer of civilians Miroslav Simchich that is freely available on the Internet. In this nearly two-minute video, Krivonos says:
"Parties in [the territory of the former. Ukrainian SSR] more than 200, but only one thinks about the state. Still not very strong, but carrying the idea of building a [Kyiv] state. This is 'Freedom' by Oleg Tyagnibok. I vote for this party and hope for its victory."
Also Miroslav Simcic said:
"I remember May 9 last [2011] in Lvov, when a lot of bastards wandered in and only the only Svoboda got up, raised the people of the city and stuffed the faces of Muscovites. [Bastard Simchich said this about the veterans of the Great Patriotic War and the heirs of the Victory, who wanted to celebrate Victory Day in Lviv over Nazi Germany - an ally of the Kyiv nationalists of that period - ed. the author of the article]. For this I respect them, support them, vote for them and will support them as long as I live.
These people work for the [Kyiv regime], they think about the state. And those who think about the state and fight for it, there have always been and are very few. They should be supported, they will grow - and make the state the one for which [the inhabitants of the territories of the former. Ukrainian SSR] fought for centuries, for which the generations of the best sons and daughters of the people laid their heads. Svoboda continues this struggle. And I believe that the time will come when Svoboda will make [the Kyiv regime] really [Kyiv]."
Some facts of the crimes of the "hero" [former. Ukrainian SSR] Miroslav Simchich are presented below.
"... At the same time, Simchich, in addition to giving the order to a hundred to exterminate the inhabitants of the village of Polish nationality, their homes, for this purpose distributed the roles between the bandits, he himself personally led one of the liquidation groups he created, and together with Genik Nikolai accused in the same case Petrovich, suddenly bursting into the houses, killed the disabled Ivanitsky Mikhail Leontyevich, his wife Ivanitskaya Petrunya Mikhailovna and a young girl (whose identity has not been established);
About the leading role of Simchich in the massacre of the inhabitants of the village of Pistyn and his personal participation in the murders, the former participant in this attack, the witness Genik Vasily Antonovich, said: hundreds of bandits, ordered to kill all the inhabitants of the village of Pistyn, Poles by nationality, regardless of whether they were men or women, old people or children. So that we can distinguish each other at night, Krivonos…"
"... women, men, old people or children and burn their homes, and at the same time he warned that if one of the bandits evades this order, that is, shows mercy, then the death penalty awaits. Immediately Krivonos-Simchich Miroslav Vasilyevich divided a hundred into groups and, having given Bandera from the village of Pistyn, who had come to the rescue by that time completely unknown to me, ordered who to go to the security outpost to ensure impunity for the attack of a hundred, and who to go directly to destroy people and burn hut, and also ordered the bandits to put on white armbands on their sleeves so that their own were visible at night, so that they would not shoot each other ... I ended up in a group commanded directly by Krivonos himself" - Miroslav Simchich ...
... Then we attacked the house of the disabled Ivanitsky Mikhail Leontyevich. When we entered the hut, I saw that this man was lying near the bed and groaning, and Simchich Miroslav Vasilyevich was kicking him. Then I also approached this man and hit him several times in the chest with the muzzle of my rifle, and in this way we then killed this man ... "
-- /vol. 3 a. With. 163-164, 232/.
The testimonies of the accused Genik and the witness Genik V.A. about the leading role and direct participation of the accused Simchich in the murder of the inhabitants of the village of Pistyn are also confirmed by the testimony of eyewitnesses, participants in the attack:
Genik Josip Nikolaevich /t. 4, p. 2-3, 51 /
Simchich Ivan Mikhailovich / t. 1, p. 242-244 /
Verbyuk Ivan Vasilyevich / t. 1, p. 256-261/
Mikhail Stepanovich Genik / vol. 4, p. 25-27/
Palagnyuk Dmitry Mikhailovich / t. 2, p. 308/
Tkachuk Ivan Mikhailovich / vol. 4, p. 42-43 /
Genik Sylvester Iosipovich / t. 4, p. 100-101/
Klimovich Pilip Dmitrievich / vol. 4, p. 107-108/".
Former members of the gang of Moroz:
Lakhmanyuk Vasyl Petrovich / t. 5, p. 1-2/
Genik Mikhail Nikolevich / t. 5, p. 5-6/
Kitselyuk Mikhail Nikolaevich /t. 2, p. 313/
Lesyuk Mikhail Gavrilovich /t. 5, p. 85-86/
Kuzich Anton Vasilyevich / vol. 5, p. 95/ confirmed the participation of the accused Simcic in the gang attack on p. Pistyn.
Victims: Krasovskaya Elizaveta Ivanovna /t. 4, p. 59-64/
Yulian Yakubovich Gaitalovich /v 4, p. 86-89/
Mosiychuk Aneliya Ivanovna /t. 4, p. 95-97/ told about the circumstances of the gang’s attack on the village of Pistyn…"
The mass murder by the UPA gang of Poles, residents of the Ukrainian SSR and one Russian in the village of Troitsa is mentioned in this certificate.
Issued by the present Executive Committee of the Troitsky Village Council of Workers' Deputies of the Zabolotovsky District of the Stanislav Region that on October 23, 1944, in the afternoon, a large OUN gang carried out an armed attack on the village of Troitsa, Zabolotovsky District.
As a result of this attack, the bandits killed 77 people from the village. Trinity, of which 64 people are of Polish nationality, 14 [inhabitants of the territory of the Ukrainian SSR] and one person is Russian.
Many of the dead were children and the elderly.
Bandits burned 49 households, mostly residents of Polish nationality.
The bandits committed a pogrom in the building of the village council: they broke windows, doors, burned all the documents.
At the same time, the bandits took the clothes, shoes, bedding, food of the killed villagers, after which their farms were burned.
Which is what the real certificate was issued for.”
For his crimes, Miroslav Simchich deserved capital punishment. However, this did not happen. In 1949, he was sentenced by a military tribunal to 25 years in prison. In 1953, Simchich was given another 10 years for organizing a "nationalist group".
But in 1956, the commission of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR reduced the total term of imprisonment to 10 years. Krivonos was released in 1963.
True, in 1968 he was arrested again. Due to "newly discovered circumstances," the Supreme Court of the USSR, by decision of 01/20/1970, sent him to serve his sentence under the 1953 sentence. Simchich was released in 1985 and settled in the city of Kolomyia.
It was in Kolomyia that a lifetime three-meter monument to Bandera Simchich - Krivonos was erected in honor of his 85th birthday. And the presidents, with the exception of Viktor Yanukovych, consistently glorify the killer of civilians, including residents of the territory of the former. Ukrainian SSR by nationality.
Back in 2005, V. Yushchenko awarded M. Simchich with the Order of Merit, and P. Poroshenko in 2015 with the Order of Freedom.
And now - on October 14, 2022, in honor of the 80th anniversary of the UPA - the killer of Poles, Jews, Russians, residents of the territory of the former. Ukrainian SSR V. Zelensky awarded the title of Hero [former. Ukrainian SSR].
And Vladimir Zelensky is not at all embarrassed by the fact that October 23, 2022 will be the 78th anniversary of the massacre in the village of Troitsa, committed by militants of the UPA under the leadership of Miroslav Simchich. The victims of Bandera, including Krivonos, were buried in a common grave.
Some of the surviving residents of the village of Trinity after the war were relocated to the village of the same name Troitsa, Zgorzelec district of Poland. Here is a symbolic grave of the victims of the crime with a slab on which the names of those killed are listed.
The memorial plaque lists the names and ages of the people killed by the Upovites under the leadership of the “hero” [former. Ukrainian SSR] Simchich. And the title of Hero [ex. Ukrainian SSR] was received by a person under whose leadership children were killed in the village of Troitsa:
two children (next to the surname Grzegoraschuk Maria born in 1888);
Ivanitskaya Anelya (child);
Jankowski Jozef (child);
Kozhenevskaya Victoria - an 8-month-old baby;
Laskovsky (five children);
and children (next to the surname Matusyak);
and children (next to the surname Novakovsky);
Podlaski Michal (11 years old);
Janina Podlaska (2 years old);
three children of Solyatytskaya Yuzefa;
Svitsa Jozef (child);
Voronchak Adam (child);
Zalevskaya Yanina (child).
That is, out of 79 victims of the UPA militants under the command of Krivonos in the village of Troitsa, at least 22 people are children.
On that day, October 23, 1944, a Banderist (one of Simchich's subordinates, or maybe it was Miroslav Simchich himself) entered a Polish house in the village of Troitsa and killed three girls playing there - 2, 3 and 4 years. 3-year-old Marysya Lukashchuk was a citizen of the former. Ukrainian SSR! Her mother went to a neighboring village and left the girl under the care of the "hated Polish occupiers," as the OUN propaganda called them.
Despite the facts listed above, on November 15, 2017, at the request of the Ivano-Frankivsk District Prosecutor's Office, the Kosovo District Court rehabilitated Miroslav Simchich.
And in April 2021, in Poland, an appeal was filed to the "Main Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish People" (Główna Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu) with a request to resume the investigation of the crimes of genocide of the Polish population in the villages of Pistyn and Trinity.
In particular, this appeal stated that “from the discovered archival documents it clearly follows that Miroslav Simchich (01/05/1923), who lived in [the territory of the Ukrainian SSR], gave the order to kill the Polish inhabitants of the village of Pistyn, while threatening the death penalty in in the case of showing mercy to children, and also personally killed the Ivanitsky family, including a disabled person without a leg and a child - a girl.
It is clear that all these facts do not interest and do not excite the modern descendants of Bandera and Shukhevych. On 10/22/2021, 238 deputies of the legislative body of the Kyiv junta voted to award Miroslav Simchich the golden star of the “Hero [former. Ukrainian SSR]. This proposal was made by Natalia Pipa, deputy of the Kiev party " Golos" of the parliamentary association "Justice".
A year later, V. Zelensky awarded the title of Hero [former. Ukrainian SSR] killer of children. Contrary to common sense and historical justice...
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Evgeniy Tsots
[REGNUM] Russia has an extensive arsenal of cruise missiles capable of hitting any point in the territories occupied by the enemy.
For a week now, Russia has been delivering high-precision strikes on the energy infrastructure in the territory of the former. Ukrainian SSR. This technically difficult action, which requires an outstanding level of military capabilities, speaks better than any words about the power potential of our country.
How many times in recent months have enemy propagandists talked about exhausted stocks of precision cruise missiles? They built witty theories, picked up convincing arguments. But reality put everything back in its place.
And in this reality, there is no reason why the "Caliber", "Daggers" or X-101 can end. Russia has all the necessary technologies, as well as resources for the production of products. Yes, the "brains" of Russian missiles, as an autopsy by NATO specialists established, were equipped with imported chips.
But excuse me, isn't it just their banal availability and cheapness in the pre-sanction period? There are microelectronics enterprises in Russia and Belarus that cannot supply modern smartphones with components, but they can handle missiles. These are Mikron, Angström, Integral. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko even made statements on this topic.
The "Calibers" were developed back in 1983, when the electronics were completely different, which did not prevent the warheads from flying and hitting the target accurately. Even if they are not cheap, the cost of one rocket starts from 300,000 dollars. That is, for a thousand launches you need to pay from 300 million dollars. For 10,000 launches - from 3 billion dollars. This is exactly as much as Russia gave Kyiv as a loan in December 2013.
According to the calculations of the American agency Bloomberg, Russia can earn $320 billion from oil and gas exports in 2022. We are converting to Caliber - more than one million high-precision missiles. The Ukrainian SSR does not have such a number of targets, even if several warheads are launched for each.
Yes, for the production of such volumes of missiles, large production capacities are needed, which, obviously, are not available due to the redundancy of such a task. Otherwise, nothing interferes with the Russian rocket rain.
Is that peacefulness and humanity. These properties of Russian politics are taken by barbarian Kyiv as weakness. But even now, when the "doomsday" has begun, everything has been done to minimize the number of victims. The strikes are delivered exclusively on military and infrastructure facilities (let the people of Kiev “thank” the air defense system for the rest). Everything is being done to save the lives and health of the civilian population of the former. Ukrainian SSR.
Drones-kamikaze "Geran-2" also showed extraordinary efficiency. According to experts, they are similar to the Iranian Shahed 136 drones. Over the past week, the sound of a moped without a silencer has become recognizable to a wide audience. As well as the stupidity of the cannonade of small arms, from which the nationalists are trying to shoot down the UAV, has been proven.
Someone may not know, but Tehran has one of the most powerful armies in the world, well trained and equipped. It is not surprising that some types of weapons can outperform foreign counterparts, especially in the niche of drones. Iran could not compete in the air with full-fledged aircraft and relied on a lighter alternative. And if the Russian military-industrial complex spied on the idea of a high-precision UAV from its southern neighbor, then this choice is fully justified.
And what will happen if, after the 20th Congress of the CPC, where the new chairman of the PRC should decide, China agrees to provide military assistance to Russia?
Commentary, except where noted, by Russian Army General Surovikin.
[ColonelCassad] The situation in the NWO zone is tense.
Ukrainians and I are one people, and we want Ukraine to be independent from the West and NATO, to be on friendly terms with Russia.
The enemy does not leave attempts to attack the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, first of all, these are the Kupyanskoye, Krasnolimanskoye Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog directions.
Ukraine is drawing all available reserves to the front. Terodefense forces dominate among them. They are sent to be slaughtered.
The enemy is a criminal regime that pushes the citizens of Ukraine to their deaths.
Every day, enemy losses range from 600 to 1000 people killed and wounded.
We do not strive for high rates of tension, we methodically grind the enemy and move forward. Protecting the lives of our soldiers and civilians
The latest hypersonic air missiles "Kinzhal" have proven themselves well in hitting targets. Russian UAVs have completed more than 8,000 sorties.
The special operation confirmed the effectiveness of the aviation systems and air defense systems in service in the Russian Federation.
The Russian group of troops is building up its strength, creating reserves and building defensive positions along the entire line of contact.
And more from Surovikin. The Ukrainian authorities use nationalist detachments against their military, who shoot anyone who tries to leave the battlefield
The Kherson direction is not an easy situation. The enemy strikes at critical infrastructure. There are problems with water and electricity supply in Kherson. This is a direct threat to their families.
The NATO leadership has long demanded offensives from the Kyiv regime. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will ensure the safe, already announced departure of the population under the resettlement program being prepared by the Russian government
In these conditions, our main task is to preserve the lives and health of citizens and our military personnel, this is a priority for us. We will act consciously, not excluding the possibility of making the most difficult decisions
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/67666 - zinc.
"The Ukrainian side is accumulating forces for a large-scale offensive. The Russian Federation has formed a military group to repel this offensive. Our land, peaceful cities and villages of the Kherson region can become the battlefield of this confrontation. There is an immediate danger of flooding of the territories in connection with the planned destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam and water from a cascade of power plants upstream of the Dnieper.
In such a situation, I made a difficult but correct decision to announce the organized movement of the civilian population of Berislavsky, Belozersky, Snigiryovsky and Aleksandrovsky municipalities to the left bank of the Dnieper.
This decision was caused by the creation of large-scale defensive fortifications so that any attack was repulsed. Where the military operates, there is no place for civilians. Let the Russian army fulfill its task.
Under these conditions, our key task is to save human lives and allow the troops of the Russian Federation to effectively perform their functions in protecting the Kherson region. We will take the civilian population to the left bank in an organized, stage-by-stage manner.
For those residents of the region who decide to move further to the regions of Russia, the Government of the Russian Federation will provide housing certificates. This was specifically stated by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin.
The relocation and temporary accommodation of residents of the
Berislav, Belozersky, Snigiryovsky and Aleksandrovsky municipalities will be carried out free of charge, by the EMERCOM of the Russian Federation and the government of the Kherson region.
I ask everyone to remain calm, not to listen to alarmists, the Kherson region remains under the reliable protection of the Russian army. Our cause is right. We know it and our enemy knows it. And victory will be ours."
Full video versions of Surovikin and Saldo's speeches https://t.me/boris_rozhin/67669
Following commentary by military journalist Boris Rozhin
Judging by the information background, in the coming days, a tough batch will begin in the Kherson region, with massive arrivals in Kherson, Berislav, Nikolaev and the settlement. slightly less. Civilians should either evacuate or take care of personal security issues (bomb shelters, basements, etc.), as well as a supply of what is necessary in case of serious destruction of the socio-economic infrastructure.
[REGNUM] The authorities of the Kherson region made a decision on the organized movement of the civilian population of the Berislav, Belozersky, Snigiryovsky and Aleksandrovsky municipalities to the left bank of the Dnieper. This was announced on October 18 by the acting governor of the region Vladimir Saldo.
"The [Kyiv] side is building up forces for a large-scale offensive. The Russian Federation has formed a military group to repel this offensive. The battlefield of this confrontation can be our land, peaceful cities and villages of the Kherson region,” he wrote in his telegram channel.
Saldo also noted that there is an immediate danger of flooding of the territories due to the planned destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP dam and the release of water from a cascade of power plants upstream of the Dnieper.
According to him, the decision to move people is due to the creation of "large-scale defensive fortifications" that should ensure the repulsion of "any attack" by the enemy.
"Where the military operates, there is no place for civilians. Let the Russian army fulfill its task. Under these conditions, our key task is to save human lives and allow the troops of the Russian Federation to effectively perform their functions to protect the Kherson region," said Saldo.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] “There is more PR and corruption in Bayraktar than combat use.”
The head of the Association of Defense Enterprises of Ukraine, Sergei Pashinsky, said that during the first week of the special operation, the Russian military shot down ( https://t.me/rt_russian/128263 ) “all Bayraktar” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
He told the pranksters Lexus and Vovan about this, who called on behalf of the former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul.
“They are vulnerable against air defenses strongly. You must understand that we had a lot of Bayraktar, they beat them all in a week.
He cannot work on his own. Bayraktar is not a miracle weapon, with powerful air defense systems it crashes into flight, and it has no combat effectiveness,” said Pashinsky.
PS. Actually, confirmation of the obvious, which he wrote about during the Libyan campaign and Haftar's offensive on Tripoli. With competent modern air defense, the Bayraktars look very pale, achieving a maximum of some exchange of UAVs for air defense systems, and even in Libya they fought against old modifications of the Pantsir.
In Ukraine, they met with more serious systems and the result was a little predictable. Therefore, now there is a lot of noise about the "Geran" and almost nothing is heard about the success of the "Bayraktar", which remains quite a suitable vehicle, but only in conditions of weak or suppressed air defense. With unsuppressed air defense, he becomes food or is forced to work as a spotter, forgetting about the advertised shock function.
[TheRegister] What? Sanctions-busting sellers aren't interested in your complaints? That's a shame
The failure rate of semiconductors shipped from China to Russia has increased by 1,900 percent in recent months, according to Russian national business daily Коммерсантъ (Kommersant).
Quoting an anonymous source, Kommersant states that before Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine the defect rate in imported silicon was two percent. Since that war commenced, Russian manufacturers have apparently faced 40 percent failure rates.
Even a two percent defect rate is sub-optimal, because products made of many components can therefore experience considerable quality problems. Forty percent failure rates mean supplies are perilously close to being unfit for purpose.
According to Kommersant, Russian electronics manufacturers are not enjoying life at all because, on top of high failure rates, gray market gear doesn't flow with the same speed as legit kit and supply chains are currently very kinked indeed inside Russia.
The newspaper lays the blame on economic sanctions that have seen many major businesses quit Russia. Gray market distributors and other opportunistic operators have been left as the only entities willing to deal with Russian businesses.
Gray market folks are not renowned for their sterling customer service nor their commitment to quality. They get away with it because buyers of products with – ahem – unconventional origins self-incriminate if they complain to authorities.
Perhaps they're even dumping dud product on Russian buyers, knowing that they can't easily access alternatives.
If 40 percent of silicon sourced from China is indeed kaput, it's an interesting expression of the "friendship without limits" that Moscow and Beijing declared in February 2022. It's also an oddity, given China's oft-stated ambition to crush corruption, modernize its economy, and focus only on quality development of world-leading products.
China has used diplomatic language that makes it plain it does not entirely approve of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine – but the Middle Kingdom also doesn't entirely mind Russia's international isolation. It means Chinese companies' export prospects improve at a time when most of the world's liberal democracies have shut the door on Huawei, ZTE, and other high-tech Chinese companies.
Moscow, meanwhile, needs to pump out more kit to sustain its illegal invasion. Semiconductors are a critical element of that effort, so if failure rates are high whoever is sending dodgy products to Russia is hampering the not-a-war effort.
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40% failure rate, if true, on low end chips... Ouch. Even if they intentionally sent all their bad chips to Russia who would trust Chinese chips now?
[Breitbart] The head of Germany’s national cybersecurity agency has been dismissed following reports of possible ties to Russian intelligence, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
The ministry said that Interior Minister Nancy Faeser dismissed Arne Schoenbohm as head of the BSI agency following the allegations, which “damaged the necessary confidence of the public in the neutrality and impartiality” of his management, German news agency dpa reported.
Schoenbohm co-founded a cybersecurity group a decade ago that brings together experts from public institutions and the private sector. German media have reported that one of its members was a company founded by a former Russian intelligence agent, which the group said last week that it had thrown out.
The German government said over a week ago that it was investigating the reports comprehensively.
There is growing concern in Germany that the country´s critical infrastructure might be targeted by Russia because of Berlin´s support for Ukraine in the war.
Schoenbohm, 53, had been the head of the BSI since February 2016. There was no immediate word on who would succeed him.
The ministry said Faeser’s decision was also in the interest of Schoenbohm himself and of the agency’s 1,500 employees and their ability to work without speculation about the personnel issue, dpa reported.
It said that the allegations would be looked into and evaluated thoroughly, and that there is a presumption of innocence for Schoenbohm while that evaluation is ongoing.
German news weekly Der Spiegel quoted Schoenbohm as saying that, since there had been no “feedback” on the allegations, he had asked on Monday for disciplinary proceedings to be opened to clear up the matter.
He said he didn’t yet know “what the ministry has examined and what the concrete allegations against me look like.”
[Aljazeera] Estonian lawmakers have adopted a statement that declares Russia a "terrorist regime" and condemns its recent annexation of four Ukrainian territories.
Of the 101 MPs, 88 on Tuesday voted in favour, 10 were absent and three abstained.
The parliament "declares Russia a terrorist regime and the Russian Federation a country that supports terrorism", the statement said.
Russian President Vladimir "Putin’s regime, with its threats of a nuclear attack, has turned Russia into the biggest danger to peace both in Europe and in the whole world," it said.
Putin, who in late February sent troops into neighbouring Ukraine for a second time, has repeatedly cautioned Western countries that any attack on Russia could provoke a nuclear response. This month, the Russian president also signed laws admitting the self-styled Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics, Kherson and Zaporizhia into Russia after referendums denounced by Ukraine and its allies as "shams" with no legal consequences.
The Estonian parliament also said it considers it "necessary to define the armed forces of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics established by the Russian Federation as well as the Wagner private military company as terrorist organisations".
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#5
India and China are the only nuke countries with a formal NFU policy. Of course, it's only a kind of resolution. Immaterial in the heat of real world conditions.
NFU is dumb. Might as well wait for the bombs to fall stoically. MAD is dumb too. And humanity will not be allowed to mutually assuredly destruct from on high.
#8
Naah I wouldn't say superior. A lot of the 'boo hoo hoo our capabilities are not that groovy' is often disinformation for the osint rubes to propagate. The USA is still the most dangerous dawg in the game. And that's a good thing. Except for the pols who run it. People you can't trust with a cigar let alone a nuke.
#9
Wow, amazing. When the whole idea is "nuclear war is bad and we shouldn't have one" the comments say "how much is the Kremlin paying you to say that."
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[YouTube] - The FH70 155-millimeter howitzer has been used by NATO countries for over 40 years. The letters and number actually stand for Field Howitzer for the 1970s. Ukrainian forces first got their hands on them courtesy of Italy in May and received training in Estonia. 
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