Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rohzin
[ColonelCassad] This morning, the RF Armed Forces continued to strike at the objects of the energy structure of Ukraine.
It can already be said that the campaign that began on October 10 is not a one-time episodic outburst, but a systemic process aimed at destroying the energy system of Ukraine.
Today objects in Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Kharkov, Zaporozhye were struck. Most of the affected facilities belong to DTEK oligarch Akhmetov.
Among the largest facilities that received arrivals are TPP-6 in Kyiv and Pridneprovskaya TPP (Thermal Power Plants)
in Dnepropetrovsk. Both TPPs are among the 15 TPPs available in Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR. Ukraine itself has not built a single one in 31 years. And it looks like it won't build.
In a number of regions of Ukraine there are interruptions in electricity and water supply.
In Kharkiv, there were interruptions in the operation of the subway. The air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as usual, turned out to be unable to cover critical infrastructure facilities.
It can be noted that under General Surovikin, the SVO is carried out very decisively. Changes of recent days are objectively pleasing. The main thing is not to stop and methodically bring the matter to the end.
[KP] The legendary commander of the Vostok battalion (DPR) Alexander Khodakovsky answered these questions of Komsomolskaya Pravda military correspondent Dmitry Steshin
by Dmitry Steshin
We are responsible for who we have released I, like many, have accumulated "military" questions, almost unanswered. The opinion of TV experts on these topics is cheap, and official comrades continue to speak to the people in the harsh, Martian language of protocols and orders. I wanted a human conversation with a competent person, and I went to the base of the Vostok battalion, to its legendary commander Khodakovsky with the call sign "Skif". Alexander Sergeevich was busy - he thoughtfully laid out a thin bundle of banknotes on the table into several piles:
- Do you remember the family from the nine-story buildings in Mariupol, which we stormed? With nine-year-old girl Arina? (see KP) - said the battalion commander.
I remembered them well, together with Vostok in March I carried food and water to the people who miraculously survived. I still do not understand how they survived in the quarter that they stormed for a month. I remembered their neighbor, a sniper bullet hit her in the chest and went out without hitting anything important. It happens, although it seems like a miracle. And, as it turned out, the battalion is still taking care of the family:
- Now the guys will go to Mariupol, they will bring them money for a heater and in general ... for life. The head of the family lives on a pension, he repaired the car, it was like a colander from fragments, they take water in the private sector, but they have electricity.
Roasted cock and everything spindled
We talked, without a voice recorder, about scientific and technological progress. According to "Skif", with the start of the special operation, as soon as it became clear that we "dipped" in drones, dozens of Russian firms became more active and Vostok actively communicates with them. And quite successfully - bright minds and straight hands have not yet disappeared in Russia.
“Skif” showed me a photo of a strike drone that has already gone into production, with such know-how that it’s not worth retelling even in words. He clarified the little-known subtleties of cooperation with the state in the unmanned topic. It turns out that after state acceptance it is no longer possible to make changes to such an apparatus, and this has to be done constantly - for our opponents, engineering thought also works well. The war is not only in the trenches, the intellects are fighting, the 21st century is in the yard. And the enemy manages to improve the samples launched into the series on the go. And we haven't yet.
He showed what the aviators from the Vostok unit were doing, the guys got a CNC machine and they didn’t let him rest. Like a 3D printer. Everything is within the framework of the Tradition, from century to century: thunder struck, a roasted rooster pecked, and everything began to spin.
Alexander Sergeevich critically examined and commented on his cracked chair. Like, it has peeled off by the winter and, perhaps, will soon acquire a new skin. I noticed that in wartime, for an interview, a shabby one will do ...
"Ukraine needs to invade" What is the state of the front? - I ask Khodakovsky. - Ukraine continues to put pressure on "manpower" as long as they have a numerical superiority. Should we expect a counteroffensive?
- What have we been striving for in the last month? To stabilize the front line. The enemy transferred troops to those directions that he considered promising for his offensive. While permanent standing, - answered "Skif". - We left Liman, but created resistance centers, the losses of Ukrainian troops turned out to be higher than calculated.
From those areas where they wanted to advance, they had to transfer reserves under Liman. As a result, their plans to attack from several directions fell through. Our guys actively resisted. New units are now arriving at my site, the old ones are being replenished. Equipment and artillery are coming. If you compare us with us a month ago, now we have completely different resources. And all this happened thanks to the heroic resistance of the guys in Krasny Liman.
- But Ukraine still plans to attack?
- Yes, even for political reasons, she needs to attack. They are trying to push us everywhere, and where they succeed, they immediately transfer reserves. Now I'm worried about the Kherson direction...
- Why?
- Our units beyond the Dnieper are supplied by crossings. This is difficult, the enemy can disrupt this supply. On our, Ugledar direction, we constantly see the movement and accumulation of the enemy. Again, the intensity of their artillery fire has recently increased. They are trying to wear us down and possibly launch an offensive. It doesn't look like a gesture of desperation.
- Are there any prerequisites that the intensity of fighting will decrease?
- Yes, I think we are entering a phase of fading. Winter is coming soon. The days are shorter, rainy, cloudy. And the sky is now the main type of intelligence.
- The enemy also understands this ...
- Yes, there is a feeling that he will try to break through somewhere in these last warm and dry days. Moreover, we have not yet introduced fully mobilized, he has a few days or weeks.
- The war is now usually fought in forest plantations, at least some shelters. In the coming days, the "green" will fly around, what will we do?
- It will be difficult. I think that with the baldness of the green hair, everyone will be drawn to settlements. There have been no local residents for a long time. Only observational patrols will remain in these former greenfields.
To the borders of Donbass or to the Dnepr?
- How do you think the mobilization is going? The figure of 300 thousand fighters, what will it give us? Will we go, for example, to the borders of the republics?
- We can, if we properly dispose of the mobilized. Despite the persistence of the approach: “Have fresh forces arrived? Forward!".
- How will be correct?
- We are talking with volunteers from Russia. “Guys, now you will go through acclimatization. It is important for us that even during combat stress you maintain composure, at least part of it, act meaningfully. Now we are on the defensive, but there will be no victory without an offensive. Sooner or later you will have to attack."
I know that now the mobilized are replenishing the units already battered in battles. And there is a task to put them on the defensive, and not throw them on the offensive. People will get used to the "war mode". They will simply instinctively understand that the whistling projectile is not yours.
There is an understanding that with a different approach, we will simply get a demoralized mass from the mobilized, which will suffer fear and panic.
But is there another approach?
- Yes. There is a lack of understanding of the real situation at the front by staff officers. There is an arbitrary drawing of maps, when they try to shade an additional piece in order to represent some kind of result.
It's just that commanders need to calculate the situation on the spot, and not at headquarters. It depends on us what kind of work the mobilized will do and where we will end up. I have a plan "A" - not to go to the borders of the republic, but to a large water barrier. Stop where it is best to hold the front line.
"Deficiency of Accuracy" - What weapons of the enemy give us the most trouble?
- Anything that surpasses us in range and accuracy. The 155mm caliber, "NATO", allows you to choose positions at a distance where we do not get it. GPS-controlled (from satellites. - Auth.) Hymers, with their limited high-explosive power, have high accuracy. And they hit hard. Practice shows: if the Hymers hit headquarters or communication centers in the basements of houses, they hit one point, over and over again, until they destroy the shelter.
- Accuracy, which we so lacked at Azovstal, when we tried to knock out dungeons with FAB-500 bombs ...
- Exactly. One power is not always enough. It’s good that the number of Hymers themselves and charges for them in Ukrainian troops is limited. Therefore, they use them selectively.
And the most unpleasant thing is that some of our high-precision projectiles are controlled using the same American GPS. It is difficult to fight with an enemy who has the key to our victory. I won’t be surprised if they shift the coordinates of the target for us.
- I am an old tourist who used GPS trackers, I know that everything there is displaced by 15 meters from the true position. To avoid military use.
- So it turns out that our high-precision weapons are used as an area weapon. It's just that when it was being developed, there was no GLONASS system yet. Now we are reaping it.
"Russia is rocking all" - I know that you recently went to Greater Russia. Did you feel any changes in the country?
- In Russia, "responsible business" has become more active, which directs part of its income to the development of high-tech industries.
- For example?
- Private production of drones. Moreover, the emphasis is on flight duration and autonomy. To reduce the impact of the enemy. Our drone operators, for example, are already accustomed to flying them without GPS at all. The brains of the "bird" are being finalized. So we learn to resist. Now the prototypes of those drones that we tested at the front will go into production. We have come close to the moment when the troops will begin to be filled with technological things. Such as "Aistenok" and "Sobolyatnik" (portable reconnaissance systems. - Auth.). They will not become a curiosity, but will be in the troops everywhere.
- What can they do?
- Hear the enemy, hear the outgoing ammunition and determine the point from where the fire is opened. With an accuracy of up to 50 meters, see the location of the source of the radio signal. When the use of such things becomes widespread, it will be possible to say that we have surpassed the enemy. For this, everything is swinging in Russia now. Even the bureaucratic war machine.
- I often hear: "We need to change the approach." What does it mean?
- I spoke with the inventor of one product, which is used by all special forces in Russia, but acquires it with their own money (we are talking about sights. - Auth.). Why? The inventor explained that he makes up to 20 positive changes to this product per year. He listens to the opinions of warring people and contributes. And if it is taken into the state order, it will be impossible to change anything.
Despite this, Russia has a whole parallel industry of military equipment. Or, finalizing the products of the "national economy". We, for example, calmly lay mines from our quadrocopters.
- As I understand it, the army has not yet taken on such a task as pinpoint mining from drones ...
“It’s just that our small drone battalion unit is lively and creative, without bureaucratic obstacles.
"Risks and formalism" - The military structures of the republics of Donbass should soon join the Russian army. What will change?
- About Vostok, I can say that most likely we will become the National Guard. First of all, the supply will change, we were on the grazing, especially with regard to equipment. We had it in the 60s, at best. I think we will be replaced at least by our worn-out machine guns, which sometimes “shoot with irons” (“spit” due to barrel wear so that you can see a flying bullet. - Auth.).
Officers will receive legal short-barreled weapons, because this is also a big problem. With personnel, there may be changes. Because we recruited those who are ready to defend the Motherland, regardless of previous convictions. I told such fighters: "This is your chance to make your descendants proud of you." I remember that we took people from the zone, some remained in prison for 2-3 months, but they still went to fight. War removes formalism in relationships.
Or with diseases with which the medical commission simply will not let a fighter into the National Guard.
Our corps of the People's Militia are, in fact, assigned to the Ministry of Defense. Only formal boundaries will be erased.
But there is a question - many of our fighters have 8 years of war experience, will it be taken into account somehow?
"Instant and without show" - The special operation is now commanded by General Sergei Surovikin. What is your opinion about it?
- I can focus on the assessments of the people who served with him in Syria. According to them, the interaction with the headquarters, which was headed by Surovikin, was effective, the reactions were instant and at the same time thoughtful. There was no window dressing - such a military sore as "distortion of the real situation." There was also a moment realized by Surovikin - the successful interaction of the army and PMCs - private military companies.
- What did it look like?
- PMCs are recruited for the most dangerous tasks by people with a special psyche and mentality. The risk threshold is different, healthy adventurism. But PMCs lacked air support, artillery, and armor. On the part of Surovikin, this support was maximum and fast. They always spoke well of Surovikin, and that means a lot to me.
- Are we waiting for changes at the front?
- Now the whole military mechanism of the special operation ... is very difficult to balance. The front is extensive, it is very difficult to show the result instantly. I imagine the difficulties Surovikin will face. There will be failures that will try to blame him. You also need to be prepared for this. I hope Surovikin will assemble a team, there are many initiative generals, without templates.
"Caliber" and morale - Attacks on Ukraine, on its critical infrastructure. How effective are they?
- I do not have specific data on what objects were hit and what damage was done. But we understand that energy production in Ukraine has fallen by 15%. For how long, I can't tell.
- Will this affect the combat capability of the Ukrainian army?
- That we, that the enemy is already fighting in de-energized areas. We use generators, we only need them to charge communications equipment and the operation of repeaters. But, there is an important point. Now the Ukrainian society knows that missiles can arrive at any moment and in any place, but their air defense does not work. They no longer have the illusion of security. On the other hand, there is an understanding that we have not used these weapons before solely out of our good will.
- Yes, "goodwill gestures"... What do you think of them?
- We are terribly annoyed by such an approach as people deformed by the war. When you need to eliminate some kind of military facility, but there is a kindergarten nearby, for example, or a high-rise building. And the military refuses to strike. This was the approach until very recently. What does it say? The fact that our military did not become brutalized, did not scatter.
And with strikes on infrastructure, we show Ukraine how it can really be. That Ukrainian society, rejoicing at the murder of pro-Russian citizens in Kupyansk, is not protected from retribution. Now they are afraid. Unfortunately, a person is so arranged that there are very few ways to reach out to his consciousness. Maybe through their fear they will understand our misfortune. Because Ukrainian society is one of the instruments of war. This is not just a mass that is watching what is happening. No, they make this war their moral support.
- Is the degree of guilt of this society great?
- And no one from Ukraine would kill activists in Kupyansk, film it, put it on the Web, if they knew that society would condemn it. But the community was supportive. Nobody condemned.
Yes, we have so far adhered to the rules of humanism that have not been prescribed anywhere, but now we have slightly bared our teeth.
And the most unpleasant thing is that some of our high-precision projectiles are controlled using the same American GPS. It is difficult to fight with an enemy who has the key to our victory. I won’t be surprised if they shift the coordinates of the target for us.
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[LB] In fact, they themselves are building defensive positions in the area of Kreminnaya, Svatovo.
by Yuriy Korogodskyi
The Russian invaders exert informational and psychological pressure, talking about their "successes" in the Lyman and Bakhmut areas.
Ukrinform reports that Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman of the Eastern Group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, told about this on the air of the telethon.
"For several days in a row, Russian troops have been trying to take Bakhmut. For them, it is like a "Brest fortress." For several days in a row, they have been conducting their information operation that a number of settlements near Bakhmut have already been "taken" - this is not true.
There very heavy fighting is going on, the enemy has concentrated its most powerful forces there. However, the Defense Forces of Ukraine are holding their positions there and are not allowing it to go any further," the spokesman assured.
According to him, the information about the "counteroffensive" of the Russians on the Liman is also not true. Although the enemy tries to show the opposite.
"Actually, they are building defensive positions in the area of Kreminnaya, Svatovoy. Moreover, they brag in their publications that they are building the so-called "Putin's line", filmed from a quadcopter, from several positions, edited. They said that they are ready not to let the Ukrainian army through, and not a step back. And I think that this is also an element of information influence on us. But our headquarters will take into account all operational information when planning the next actions. I do not think that the enemy will outplay us in this direction," Cherevaty said.
[LB] The Armed Forces repelled eight attacks by the occupiers in Donetsk region.
by Iryna Gamalii
Today, the Russians shelled 25 populated areas of Ukraine, the General Staff
The enemy is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, at the same time, it does not abandon attempts to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.
This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of the 236th day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the large-scale Russian invasion.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Spirne, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Pobyeda and Nevelske of the Donetsk region
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive positions and lines in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it strikes critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
During the current day, the enemy launched nine missile and 39 air strikes, carried out about 30 attacks from rocket salvo systems. Areas of more than 25 settlements were hit by the enemy. Among them are Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia; Kozacha Lopan and Strelecha of Kharkiv region; Krasnohorivka, Terny, Soledar and Maryinka of the Donetsk region, Biloghirka of the Kherson region; as well as other settlements of Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Sumy regions.
For strikes, the enemy used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles. In addition, the enemy continues to use Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles .
In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the situation remains without significant changes. Planned rotation of units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus involved in the protection of the state border is being carried out. There is still a threat of missile and air strikes, as well as the use of "Shahed-136" attack UAVs from the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Seversky direction - from artillery of various types, in the areas of Popivka and Khodyno settlements of the Sumy region;
in the Slobozhansk direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Visoka Yaruga, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Kozacha Lopan, Ohirtseve and Gatishche;
in the Kramatorsk direction - from tanks and artillery along the contact line. In particular, in the areas of Grekivka, Stelmakhivka, Zarichne, Kiselyvka, Terny and Yampolivka settlements;
in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions , the enemy fired from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery along the entire line of contact.
On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy shelled more than 25 settlements. Among them are Velyka Novosilka, Pavlivka, Olhivske and Mali Shcherbaki.
In the South Buz direction , the enemy is defending previously occupied lines and positions. Fires at objects of military and civilian infrastructure. Areas of more than 35 settlements along the contact line were damaged by fire.
According to the updated information, the results of fire damage to enemy units have been confirmed. More than 40 occupiers were injured in the Melitopol settlement of the Zaporizhzhia region as a result of point-blank artillery strikes by the Defense Forces.
An ammunition depot was destroyed in Berdyansk. Up to 30 invaders were wounded in the village of Voskresenka, and up to 25 wounded in Vasylivka. The number of dead, which the occupiers are trying to hide, is being clarified.
In Kherson, the occupiers are forced to involve Russian Guard units in the engineering equipment of positions around the city. At the same time, measures are being taken to deport collaborators and their families to the territory of the temporarily occupied territory of the Republic of Crimea.
During the current day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made more than 11 strikes . It has been confirmed that 10 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as the positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile complex, have been hit. In addition, our air defense units shot down 25 enemy "Shahed-136" UAVs.
Units of missile troops and artillery hit two control points, one area of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two air defense facilities, two ammunition warehouses and other military targets of the enemy.
It will be recalled that the Council of the EU agreed to create a military aid mission to support the Armed Forces and allocated 500 million euros for its creation.
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[Vesti] Dmitry Lubinets accused the ICRC of playing along with the aggressor country
Ukraine's appeal to the International Committee of the Red Cross for a joint attempt to visit the colony in Yelenovka in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region was ignored. This was announced on Monday, October 17, by the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets.
The Ombudsman noted that he, together with People's Deputies of Ukraine Maria Mezentseva, Yegor Chernev, Denis Maslov, Olena Khomenko and adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Daria Zarovna, arrived at the border with the temporarily occupied territory.
"We planned this visit, as promised from the Ukrainian side, to make together with the International Committee of the Red Cross, in order to encourage him to obtain access from Russia to Yelenovka and visit Ukrainian prisoners of war," he added.
According to him, it turned out that it was more difficult for representatives of the ICRC to gain access to Ukrainian prisoners of war than simply to once again publish "calls to both sides" on the pages of their website.
"Despite our call and willingness to provide such a trip, we did not see the ICRC," Lubinets said.
The Ombudsman stressed that the Russians continue to torture Ukrainian heroes under the silence of international organizations.
"We do not demand the super-possible. We want things to be called by their proper names - Ukraine allows the ICRC to Russian prisoners of war, and Russia does not allow the ICRC to Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Russians torture and kill Ukrainian prisoners of war, and Ukraine adheres to the norms of the Geneva Conventions," Lubinets said.
The Ombudsman said that if an organization does not fulfill its goals and plays along with the aggressor and criminal with its silence, it should be liquidated.
"Isn't the ICRC mission created for this, and people from all over the world donate funds for its activities and fulfillment of the assigned mandate? Or do they donate funds to maintain an expensive office in Geneva and salaries of top managers who migrate from one international institution to another, expressing another concern and accusing those who demand work from them of violating the principles of neutrality?" Lubinets was indignant.
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[Vesti] October 17 is the 236th 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 -
6:00 a.m. The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, the Russians launched 2 missile and 26 air strikes, made more than 80 attacks from the MLRS. More than 20 settlements of Ukraine were affected.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attacks of the Russian army in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Disputed, Soledar, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Vodiane, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region.
Aviation of the Defense Forces has dealt more than 30 strikes over the past day. The defeat of 25 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as six positions of the air defense systems of the Russian Federation, was confirmed. Also, Ukrainian air defense units shot down 15 Russian UAVs.
During the day, missile forces and artillery hit two command posts, one air defense position and one ammunition depot.
6:50 . Kiev. Kamikaze drones attacked the Shevchenko district . There was a fire in a non-residential building. Several houses were damaged.
7:30 . Sumy region. A missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities was recorded in the Romensky district. There are people injured.
Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russians attacked the area all night with rockets, Grads and heavy artillery. Before dawn, the military destroyed 3 cruise missiles over the region. Two - over the Krivoy Rog region, one - over the Nikopol. There is an arrival at the energy infrastructure facility . More than 30 shells arrived in the Nikopol region.
8:00 a.m. Zaporozhye region. At night there was a rocket attack on Zaporozhye. No damage or casualties.
8:20 am . Kiev. Explosions are heard in Shevchenko district. All metropolitan educational institutions have been transferred to remote mode.
9:30 a.m. Kiev. Recorded 4 arrivals. In the Shevchenko district, an explosion occurred in a residential building as a result of an attack by kamikaze drones. Rescued 18 people. Two residents remain under the rubble. Rescue work continues.
10:15 am . Odessa region . Russia fired a Kh-59 missile from a Su-35 aircraft . She hit one of the infrastructure facilities. There are no dead.
Zaporozhye region. Zaporizhzhya NPP was again disconnected from the network due to shelling. On October 17, Russian troops once again fired at critical infrastructure substations on the territory of Ukraine, as a result of which, at 03:59, the last 750 kV ZNPP communication line, Dniprovska, was disconnected. Diesel generators started up. In addition, the communication line 750 kV South Ukrainian NPP - Dniprovska was disconnected, but without affecting the loading of the South NPP.
Dnipropetrovsk region. Explosions are reported, preliminary - air defense worked.
11:00 am . Kiev. From the rubble of a collapsed house, as a result of an attack by drones , the body of the first victim was taken out - this is a woman. Another person is under the rubble. Search and rescue work continues. Three victims were hospitalized.
11:40 am . As a result of five strikes by kamikaze drones, energy facilities and a residential building were damaged. Mayor Klitschko said that out of 28 kamikaze drones flying to Kyiv, only five reached their goal.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Denis Monastyrskoy, said that a total of 40 drones were launched across Ukraine today.
12:30 pm Kiev. 19 people were rescued from the rubble of a collapsed house, four were injured, three died. The elimination of the consequences continues.
13:30 . Kiev . Those killed in the morning attack in Kiev are a 59-year-old woman and a young couple who were expecting a baby . The woman was six months pregnant.
Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions. Explosions are reported.
13:40 . Kharkov region. Air defense works.
13:55 . Khmelnitsky region. Explosions are reported.
14:00 . Kiev region. All three cruise missiles flying to Kyiv were shot down.
14:20 . Crimea. Explosions are reported in Dzhankoy and several other areas of the temporarily uncontrolled peninsula.
Ternopil region. Air defense works in Ternopil.
14:40 . In Rivne, an emergency power outage in the city center. The same problem is in part of the Khmelnitsky region.
15:00 . Kiev. Kamikaze drones damaged one of DTEK's power plants. According to preliminary information, three people were injured, they are in the hospital.
15:15 . Kiev. From under the ruins of a residential building, the body of the fourth victim was removed.
Vinnitsa region. There are hits on a critical infrastructure facility.
16:00 . Donetsk region . About the exchange according to the formula "110 for 110" said the so-called "head of the DPR" Denis Pushilin. The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on the information.
16:30 . Kiev. A total of 16 families have lost apartments due to the destruction of the house, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
17:00 . Odessa region. Explosions are reported in Odessa, preliminary - air defense worked.
17:17 585 settlements are de-energized as a result of morning attacks on Ukraine, said the first deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yevgeny Enin.
17:44 Explosions are reported in Odessa. An air alert has been declared in the region.
17:57 The Embassy of Serbia in Ukraine is temporarily closed for security reasons. The diplomatic mission said that the employees will work from Belgrade until the conditions for their return to Ukraine are met.
18:18 The work of the "grain corridor" will continue after November 22 - Kubrakov.
18:41 Ukrenergo does not exclude the possibility of introducing emergency shutdown schedules due to an attack on energy infrastructure facilities. This was announced by the company.
19:00 A total of 16 families were left without housing due to the morning drone strike on a high-rise building in Kiev. Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced this on TV.
19:22 Ukraine released 108 women from captivity, - head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak. 37 evacuees from Azovstal, 11 officers, 85 privates and sergeants. Of these, 35 are defenders from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 32 from the Navy, 12 from the Troops, eight from the National Guard, including two from Azov, five from the State Service for Transport, 4 from the State Border Guard Service and 12 civilians. Among the released were girls illegally imprisoned in ORDLO, who were captured even before the large-scale invasion.
19:44 It is reported that in the Kiev region, air defense is working on drones. An air alert has been declared in the region. We are waiting for official information.
20:02 Ukraine will soon receive the first NASAMS air defense systems. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.
"Soon we expect the delivery of the first NASAMS air defense systems. Our soldiers are finishing mastering the technology. In addition, thousands of our fighters have been trained, and tens of thousands are preparing for exercises in partner countries," he added.
20:29 Belarus reserves the right to take preventive measures of strategic deterrence to prevent an attack - Belarusian Defense Ministry.
20:52 The mayors of Boryspil Borisenko and Brovary Sapozhko confirmed that air defense is working on the cities.
21:21 During the day, the Russian army launched 9 missile and 39 air strikes, made about 30 attacks from the MLRS. Operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the evening of October 17.
21:44 Explosions are again reported in the Odessa region. An air alert has been declared in the region. We are waiting for official information.
22:01 Ukraine accused the Red Cross of the fact that its representatives did not arrive at the line of demarcation today, where they were expected to visit Ukrainian prisoners of war in the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka. Such a loud statement was made by the Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets
22:24 4 people are listed as missing after a military plane crashed on a multi-storey building in Yeysk. In addition, six people were killed and 25 injured. At least six apartments were destroyed in the building. In addition, the load-bearing walls of the high-rise building were badly damaged. The fire continues on four floors of the house.
22:51 Ukrainian aviation hit 10 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, air defense forces shot down 25 UAVs, missile forces and artillery destroyed two ammunition depots.
23:13 The transfer of mobile crematoriums in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine has begun. It is reported by the GUR. In the temporarily occupied city of Pologi, Zaporozhye region, the invaders use a mobile crematorium to conceal war crimes against the civilian population.
23:34 The Russian military will conduct strategic nuclear exercises for the second time since the beginning of the year in the coming weeks, and the Pentagon, along with US intelligence, intend to closely monitor them for unusual or unexpected actions, US officials told CNN.
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[Korrespondent] 22:50 Canada has imposed new sanctions against Russian propagandists and the Zvezda TV channel. The sanctions list includes 34 individuals and one legal entity. The list also includes Russian actors Sergei Bezrukov and Vladimir Mashkov, Putin's assistant Medinsky and others.
22:34 The EU is considering paying for Starlink services for Ukraine, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said in an interview with Politico. According to him, Ukrainians' access to the Internet should not depend on one person who can "wake up one day and say: I don't want to do this anymore, that's all." “I thought that it was probably much better to have a contractual agreement between, say, a coalition of countries that could purchase a service from Mr. Musk, the Starlink service, and continue to provide it to Ukrainians,” Landsbergis explained.
22:27 In an evening video message, Zelensky thanked everyone who replenishes the exchange fund and ensures the capture of enemies: "The more Russian prisoners we have, the faster we can free our heroes."
22:13 The appointment of Sergei Surovikin to the post of commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine should satisfy the supporters of tough actions of the Russian Federation. But the general is unlikely to succeed in waging war in Ukraine in the same way as in Syria. More details - in the material "Syrian Butcher" in Ukraine .
21:50 In the Sumy region, as a result of today's missile attack on an infrastructure facility, 14 people were injured, three of them were rescued alive from the rubble. Five people were killed, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. Rescue work continues.
In addition, today the Russians shelled the Krasnopol, Shalygin, Velikopisarevskaya communities, and in the Seredino-Budskaya community, as a result of shelling, one person was injured, six private houses were damaged, and three fires broke out.
21:37 The occupiers in the Lugansk region built concrete cubes as a line of defense - the Armed Forces of Ukraine will later transfer them to the border with the Russian Federation, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually advancing in the Luhansk region, and the Russian “mobiles” only increased the statistics of dead Russians, since they arrived practically unprepared; they are sent to attack in order to reveal the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Gaidai noted that the most difficult sections now are the Svatovskoye and Kremenskoye directions. He also said that local residents were evicted from the villages of the Shulgin community and settled in the homes of militants.
20:54 Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called on Iran to immediately stop the supply of weapons to the Russian Federation: "Providing weapons for waging a war of conquest in Ukraine and killing Ukrainian citizens makes Iran an accomplice to the crime of aggression, war crimes and terrorist acts of Russia against Ukraine."
20:46 The mayor of Brovary, Igor Sapozhko, announced the work of the air defense.
20:32 In the process of negotiations on the last exchange of prisoners, the Ombudsmen of Ukraine and Russia, Dmitry Lubinets and Tatyana Moskalkova, met for the first time. Moskalkova said that it was "a constructive dialogue, we agreed to work on further measures."
20:27 In the Cherkasy region, air defense is also working, there is a high probability of a drone attack, said Igor Taburets, head of the OVA.
20:25 Air defense forces are working in the Kiev region, said the head of the OVA, Alexei Kuleba.
20:06 Zelensky said that during a conversation with UAE President Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nagayan, the 30th anniversary of relations between our states was celebrated: "Ukraine will remain the guarantor of global food security. I am grateful for the effective support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, in particular, in the fields UN".
20:03 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Disputed, Bakhmutskoe, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Krasnogorovka, Pobeda and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the evening report .
19:59 Discussions of UN representatives on the food deal that took place in Moscow were "positive and constructive," Guterres' office said.
19:22 Musk said that Crimea is as important for Russia as the Hawaiian Islands are for the United States: “Whether someone likes it or not, but Crimea is definitely considered by Russia as an integral part of Russia. Crimea is also critical for Russia’s national security, since it is its southern naval base." According to him, if Ukraine tries to return the Crimea, Russia will use nuclear weapons, and if the West responds to this, World War III will begin.
Podolyak responded: “If every time you capitulate to Russia after hearing nuclear threats, after how many iterations of this confrontation will SpaceX become SpaceZ with Dmitry Rogozin as CEO? And how many more countries will start a chaotic nuclear race to protect themselves? Questionable strategy ... "
19:18 Podolyak said that Iran is directly responsible for the killings of Ukrainians: "A country that suppresses its own people is now transferring weapons to Russian monsters for massacres in the center of Europe. This is what unfinished business and concessions to totalitarianism mean. The case when sanctions are definitely too much few".
19:05 In Yeysk, Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, a military plane fell on residential buildings. Russian publics write that there are dead and injured, after the plane crashed, a strong fire broke out. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that "while climbing for a training flight from the military airfield of the Southern Military District, a Su-34 aircraft crashed." According to the agency, the plane crashed "within the city of Yeysk", according to the report of the ejected pilots, the cause of the crash was the ignition of one of the engines during takeoff. At the site of the crash of the Su-34, "in the courtyard of one of the residential areas, an ignition of the fuel of the aircraft occurred."
Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, reminded that it is over these houses that planes bombing Ukraine fly every day. According to him, all local publics are full of videos where the residents of Yeysk see off these planes with exclamations like "come on, piss crests." The media report that now the airborne ammunition is exploding at the scene of the accident.
18:54 On Monday, October 17, the people of Kiev were awakened by the sounds of explosions and air raid sirens, the Russian army attacked the Ukrainian capital with Iranian kamikaze drones. Details - in the material Drone raid .
18:46 Yermak confirmed the information about the exchange of prisoners: 108 women were released from captivity. According to him, it was the first all-female exchange. Among them are 37 evacuees from Azovstal, 11 officers, 85 privates and sergeants. 35 defenders from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 32 from the Navy, 12 from the TRO, eight from the NSU, including two from Azov, five from the State Special Transport Service, four from the State Border Guard Service and 12 civilians, were released.
Among those released were women illegally imprisoned in ORDLO even before the large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. According to the head of the Presidential Office, they have been imprisoned in pseudo-republics since 2019 for a "too pro-Ukrainian position", which was expressed in the transportation of humanitarian aid for orphans, far-fetched "espionage" and "terrorism".
18:04 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced that the forces of the regional group of troops will conduct tactical exercises with live firing and launches of anti-aircraft guided missiles.
17:59 Belarus reserves the right to use "preventive measures of strategic deterrence" to prevent an attack, Valery Revenko, head of the Department of International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, said: "We clearly see NATO's intentions aimed at further expanding the conflict in Ukraine by increasing the supply of weapons and equipment capable of turning the conflict into a global one... The Republic of Belarus will defend its national interests by using all means, including military force, and reserves the right to take a set of preventive measures of strategic deterrence in order to prevent an attack or neutralize an internal armed conflict."
Revenko also accused Ukraine of supporting the Belarusian opposition, which aims to overthrow the government in Belarus. In addition, he accused Poland and the Baltic states of building up military infrastructure.
17:48 The Embassy of Italy in Ukraine issued a warning to citizens of the country about the danger of traveling to Ukraine and recommended that they leave its territory.
17:17 The website of the Ukrainian state project I want to live , through which Russian servicemen were asked to apply for surrender to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been blocked in Russia. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense informs that for the Russian military who want to surrender, there is a round-the-clock hotline of the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War: +38 066 580 34 98; +38 093 119 29 84, or telegram bot @hochu_zhyt
The military themselves, as well as their relatives, can contact the hotline. Captured Russians are guaranteed maintenance in accordance with the norms of the Geneva Conventions.
17:00 Kiev city military administration spoke about Shahed-136 drones and what not to do:
16:44 A residential building in Kiev, which was destroyed by a Russian kamikaze drone today, cannot be restored, Klitschko said on the Kiev TV channel: "16 families, as far as I know, were in this house. The house is completely destroyed and cannot be restored. Almost nothing there is nothing left of this house, the supporting structures are destroyed.According to the mayor, residents of the house are placed in hotels and provided with temporary housing, and they are also considering the possibility of providing permanent new housing to the victims.
16:38 Zelensky showed a photo of the consequences of today's enemy strikes on Kiev:
16:24 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar urged not to publish photos of the wreckage of downed drones. She explained that if the tail number of an enemy drone is visible in the photo, then from this information the enemy can draw an important conclusion for him - whether a certain device reached the target. Moreover, hostile media can use this fact for propaganda purposes. Also, Malyar reminded of the old rule - do not make references to the terrain in the photo.
16:00 Pushilin said that today there is an exchange of prisoners according to the formula 110 for 110, "DNR" gives Kiev mostly women. According to him, Ukraine extradited 80 civilian sailors and 30 military personnel from the "DPR", "LPR" and "other regions of the Russian Federation."
15:55 As a result of a blow to a house in the Shevchenko district of the capital, four people have already died, search and rescue operations continue, there may still be people under the rubble , Klitschko said. Three victims were hospitalized, two of them are employees of the State Emergency Service.
15:52 In the de-occupied Liman, as of October 17, the bodies of 35 military and 152 civilians were exhumed, said the press officer of the Donetsk region police Alexander Gavrilko. According to her, where the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were buried, exhumation work has been completed, and experts are still working at the site of the mass grave of civilians. According to preliminary data, about 40 graves remain unexplored, during the day it is possible to exhume bodies from 12-14 burials.
15:33 Hungary is the only EU country that did not support the initiative to train the Ukrainian military in Europe and will not take part in it, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
15:31 The authorities of the Khmelnytsky region, as well as the city of Rivne, reported emergency power outages.
15:28 About 170 tanks and up to 100 guns and mortars with a caliber of more than 100 mm will arrive from Russia to Belarus to create a regional grouping of troops, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus reported.
15:22 The head of the Vinnytsia OVA, Serhiy Borzov, announced a missile attack on a critical infrastructure facility, previously without casualties.
15:20 Reznikov said that Ukraine is negotiating the supply of SAMP-T and Crotale air defense systems. He added that Spain would transfer the Hawk air defense systems, while the UK and France promised additional missiles for air defense.
15:17 Iranian drones damaged one of DTEK's power plants, the company said. According to preliminary information, three people were injured.
15:14 A column of Russian military equipment has been spotted in Kerch, Radio Liberty reports. The column consists of trucks to transport personnel, special equipment and tractors that carry guns.
15:11 Kuleba said that he appealed to the Council of Foreign Ministers of the EU: "I was probably the first minister who appealed to the Council of Foreign Ministers from a bomb shelter - a siren in Kiev. He called on the EU: to provide more air defense and ammunition; to impose sanctions against Iran for the supply of drones to the Russian Federation. The 9th package of EU sanctions against the Russian Federation should be strong."
15:02 Today, the enemy attacked Ukraine with 42 drones, 36 of which were shot down, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said. According to him, 30 drones were moving in the direction of Kyiv, 25 of which were shot down: "This is a very high figure and actually indicates that the massive attack that was planned today did not reach its goal."
14:56 Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky urged weapon owners not to try to shoot down drones and leave this matter to law enforcement officers and the military: “The probability of such a shootdown is extremely small, and the danger, if, for example, an inexperienced person simply shoots upwards from a weapon, exceeds the ability to shoot down a drone ".
14:31 The EU Council has decided to establish the European Union Military Assistance Mission to Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) , a statement on the Council's website says. The Mission will ensure individual, collective and specialized training of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the Territorial Defense Forces, as well as the coordination and synchronization of the activities of the Member States contributing to the training.
The EUMAM Ukraine mission will operate on the territory of the EU Member States and will have an Operational Headquarters in Brussels in order to ensure overall coordination at a strategic level. The mission commander will be Vice Admiral Hervé Blezjan, director of the Military Planning and Operations Force (MPCC). The mandate of the mission will initially last two years, with a financial target for total expenditures for this period of 106.7 million euros.
The Council of the EU also decided to provide another 500 million euros under the European Peace Fund to further support the capabilities and resilience of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The sixth tranche will bring the total EU contribution under the fund for Ukraine to 3.1 billion euros.
14:10 The head of the Khmelnytsky OVA, Serhiy Gamaly, announced explosions in the region.
14:04 This morning, the Russians fired three rockets at the Romensky district of the Sumy region, they hit a civilian infrastructure facility. At least three people were killed and nine injured. People remain under the rubble, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. In the Sumy region, 1625 subscribers were disconnected from power supply. Local residents are asked to save electricity during peak hours: 8:00-11:00 and 17:00-22:00.
14:00 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani again stated that Tehran does not supply drones to Russia: "The news that Iran supplies drones to Russia has political ambitions, they are distributed by Western sources. We have not supplied weapons to any of the parties that are in state of war."
13:58 Ukroboronprom announced that it is already completing the development of new kamikaze drones in response to Iranian drones used by Russia. Declared characteristics: flight range - 1000 km, warhead - 75 kg.
13:51 Klitschko said that during search and rescue operations in a residential building in the center of Kiev, where a Russian drone hit, they got the bodies of three dead civilians. Among them - a young couple who were expecting a baby , the woman was six months pregnant.
13:18 According to the Office of the President, as of 12:44, the number of deaths as a result of a kamikaze drone raid on a residential building in Kiev has increased to three, 19 people have been rescued.
13:16 EU Foreign Ministers approved the decision to create a training military mission for Ukraine, which should train up to 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers. The mission should begin work in mid-November, Radio Liberty Europe editor Rikard Jozwiak said.
13:14 Ukrenergo reported that as a result of an enemy attack, energy infrastructure facilities in the central and northern regions of Ukraine were damaged. Repair teams are working to eliminate the consequences, the situation in the power system is under control. At the same time, the possibility of introducing emergency shutdown schedules is not ruled out, so it is important to observe the mode of economical consumption of electricity throughout the country, especially in the evening hours.
13:03 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that during the day the Russian armed forces continued strikes with "high-precision weapons" of long range air and sea based on military command and control facilities and the energy system of Ukraine, "all designated facilities were hit."
12:59 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced that it is carrying out a rotation of units performing tasks to strengthen the protection of the state border. In order to prevent "provocations", bridges, crossings and railway lines are taken under protection, positions for shooting are equipped, the department reports. Earlier it became known that the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus were given weapons.
12:55 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the completion of mobilization in the capital of the Russian Federation. According to the Moscow military commissariat, the tasks of partial mobilization "have been completed in full." Collection points for the mobilized are closed on October 17 at 14:00, sent summonses cease to be valid.
12:40 In total, more than 40 enemy drones flew into the territory of Ukraine today, most of which were shot down, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said.
12:38 In Kiev, after the explosion in a residential building, as of now, 19 people have been rescued, four were injured, two were killed, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kirill Tymoshenko said.
12:36 In Kiev, under the rubble of a residential building, the body of another deceased was found, Svetlana Vodolaga, spokeswoman for the capital's State Emergency Service, said.
12:30 28 drones flew towards Kiev this morning, most of them were shot down, Klitschko said. Five explosions sounded in Kyiv. One of them is in a residential building in the Shevchenko district. Rescuers continue extinguishing the building's structures and clearing debris.
12:26 Podolyak urged to exclude Russia from the G20: "He who gives orders to attack critical infrastructure in order to freeze civilians, and organizes total mobilization to cover the front with corpses, categorically cannot sit at the same table with the leaders of the G20. It's time to put an end to Russian hypocrisy . The Russian Federation must be expelled from all sites."
11:59 At night, six enemy kamikaze drones were destroyed by air defense units in the sky over Odessa region. In the morning, the invaders launched a missile attack on the region with a Kh-59 missile. The infrastructure object was damaged, there were no victims, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko.
11:47 This morning, the Russians attacked the energy infrastructure of Ukraine in three regions, Shmyhal said. In particular, five drone strikes were recorded in Kyiv, energy facilities and a residential building were damaged. The aggressor also launched rocket attacks on critical infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions. Hundreds of settlements are de-energized. The prime minister urged Ukrainians to stabilize the energy system in a cohesive and conscious approach to economical consumption of electricity, especially during peak hours.
11:40 From under the rubble of a house in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kiev, where an explosion occurred as a result of a drone attack, they got the body of one of the dead. Another person remains under the rubble, search and rescue operations continue. Three victims were hospitalized, Klitschko said.
11:23 On the territory of Brovarsky, Buchansky and Vyshgorodsky districts of the Kiev region today, October 17, planned mine clearance and disposal of explosive objects will be carried out, the sounds of explosions can be heard, the OVA said.
11:04 Ukraine is working through diplomatic channels with Iran's neighbors to stop all logistics corridors for the supply of weapons to Russia, Arakhamia said.
10:47 Over the past day, the enemy fired from mortars and rocket and cannon artillery on the settlements of the Kharkiv region, along the line of collision and the border with the Russian Federation. In particular, the city of Volchansk in the Chuguevsky district and the villages of the Volchansky community, the village of Dvurechnoye in the Kupyansky district, the village of Kazachya Lopan in the Kharkov region and others were hit. As a result of the shelling, fires broke out in non-residential buildings. One person died in Lukyantsy, two more were hospitalized - in the village of Solonitsevka and in the Kupyansky district, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
10:38 Air Command Center (northern and central regions of the country) reported the destruction of at least 11 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones as of 10:00. All kamikaze drone attacks, in particular on the capital, were carried out from the south.
10:32 The enemy launched a missile attack on the Odesa region - from the direction of the Black Sea, from the Su-35 aircraft, an X-59 missile was fired, which hit one of the region's infrastructure facilities. People were not injured, OK Pivden reported.
10:23 Zelensky showed a video from the site of an enemy strike on a residential building in the center of Kiev:
10:14 As a result of an attack by kamikaze drones in the Shevchenko district of the capital, an explosion occurred in a residential building , Klitschko said. Currently, 18 people have been rescued from it, according to preliminary information, two residents remain under the rubble. It is not yet known if there are any dead.
09:47 Ukrzaliznytsia said that passengers who are waiting for the end of the air raid in shelters and will not be able to board their flight on time will be able to board the next train in the same direction. To do this, you need to save the ticket and show it to the conductor. Trains depart on schedule.
09:45 In the center of Kiev, traffic was blocked on sections of several streets, Klitschko urged residents of the capital not to travel to the city center without urgent need.
09:42 As a result of the shelling by the Russian military at the ZNPP, the last line of communication with the power grid was disconnected. According to Energoatom, the Russians have changed tactics and are now trying to blackmail Ukraine and the whole world with rocket attacks on remote substations through which the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is powered.
So, today, October 17, Russian terrorists once again fired at substations of critical infrastructure in the territory controlled by Ukraine, as a result of which, at 3:59, the last 750 kV ZNPP communication line - Dniprovska, was disconnected. In the transient process, due to a short-term voltage drop, the ZNPP auxiliary auxiliary transformer was switched off and the diesel generators started up. In addition, the 750 kV communication line South Ukrainian NPP - Dniprovska was disconnected, but without affecting the load of the South NPP.
09:31 In Kiev, the end of the air raid alarm, four strikes by drones were recorded, local authorities reported. A hit on a residential building in the Shevchenko district was confirmed, information about the victims is being specified.
09:02 In the south of Ukraine, 26 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones were destroyed overnight, information about the morning attack on Kiev is being specified, said Air Force Command spokesman Yuri Ignat.
09:00 Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko said that the strike in Kiev was carried out in the area of the railway station - the target of the drones was one of the critical infrastructure facilities nearby. However, the hit was near this object, the object itself is functioning. The building, next to which there was an impact, was damaged. People were not hurt.
08:58 Due to the air raid in Kiev, all educational institutions switched to remote mode, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
08:56 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 17th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions.
personnel - about 65,320 (+320) people liquidated,
tanks - 2537 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 5205 (+12),
artillery systems - 1599 (+10),
MLRS - 366 (+1),
air defense systems - 187 (+1),
aircraft - 268 (+0),
helicopters - 242 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1241 (+17),
cruise missiles - 316 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3969 (+10),
special equipment - 144 (+1).
08:49 In Kiev, an Iranian drone hit a high-rise residential building, said Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to him, the drone attack continues, information is being received about the flight of groups of drones from the south and east of the Kyiv region.
08:43 British intelligence writes that the logistical problems faced by Russian forces in southern Ukraine are likely to have worsened after the damage to the Kerch bridge on October 8. Repair work is ongoing and it is partially open to traffic. However, there is a large queue of waiting trucks near the crossing.
Russian forces operating in southern Ukraine are likely to increase the flow of logistics through Mariupol in an attempt to compensate for the reduced capacity of the Kerch Bridge. With a tense Russian presence in Kherson and a deteriorating supply route through Crimea, the landline through Zaporizhya Oblast is becoming increasingly important to the sustainability of the Russian occupation. The city of Melitopol is a hub of supply routes and a base for Russian aviation, analysts say.
08:36 In Nikolaev last night, three drones hit an industrial infrastructure facility, tanks with sunflower oil caught fire there. The fire also broke out in a pharmaceutical warehouse. All fires were eliminated by the rescuers of the State Emergency Service, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said.
08:31 Klitschko announced two more explosions in the Shevchenko district of the capital - in the city center.
08:30 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Torskoe, Disputed, Soledar, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Vodiane, Krasnogorovka, Marinka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report.
08:28 The invaders are trying to make up for their losses in manpower and massively mobilize men in the temporarily occupied territories. Thus, according to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in Stanytsia Luhanska, public utilities workers were forcibly registered under Russian law and underwent a so-called medical examination. According to its results, all were "suitable" for military service.
08:17 Five drones have just flown over the village of Protsev in the Kiev region, three of them were shot down by air defense, one drone exploded in Bortnichi, said Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
08:14 At night, the enemy attacked Zaporozhye with missiles, there were no damages or casualties, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said.
08:12 Air defense forces are working in the Kiev region, said the head of the OVA Alexei Kuleba.
08:07 In the Donetsk region, as a result of enemy shelling over the past day, four civilians were killed - in Bakhmut, Klescheevka, Zarechny and Avdeevka. In addition, the bodies of seven more civilians killed by the Russians during the occupation were found in Liman. Ten more people were injured yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:02 The Russians attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region all night with rockets, Grads and heavy artillery, said the head of the UVA Valentin Reznichenko. Three missiles were destroyed by air defense forces, one missile hit an energy infrastructure facility, and a severe fire broke out.
07:46 The Bundeswehr will train up to 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the coming months, Ntv reports. To minimize the risk of a Russian attack on the training mission, exercises are organized not in Ukraine, but in countries such as Poland and Germany.
07:44 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin's intentions are unlikely to change regardless of whether there is a ceasefire: the Kremlin will use any cessation of hostilities to consolidate gains and freeze the front line in its best configuration to prepare to further aggression against Ukraine. Those who seek a lasting peace in Ukraine, analysts say, must resist the temptation to freeze the battle line in a way that creates the conditions for a resumption of war on Russia's terms.
07:36 In the Romensky district of the Sumy region, the enemy launched a missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities, there are victims, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
07:30 As a result of a drone attack in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kiev, a fire broke out in a non-residential building, fire departments are working. Several residential buildings were damaged, information about the victims is being specified, Klitschko said.
07:22 Yermak said that the capital was attacked by kamikaze drones: "The Russians think that this will help them, but such actions are like agony. We need more air defense systems and as soon as possible."
07:06 Klitschko reported two explosions in the Shevchenkovsky district - in the center of the capital: "All services are on their way. Details later."
02:01 On the evening of October 16, the enemy attacked Nikolayevshchina with kamikaze drones of the Shahed-136 type. Eleven drones were shot down, three hit industrial infrastructure facilities and a pharmaceutical warehouse in the regional center. There were no preliminary victims, OK Pivden reported.
00:02 The UN is no longer suitable for "new realities," Pope Francis writes in his new book, which will be released in Italy on Tuesday, October 18, La Stampa reports. Francis notes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine demonstrated the need for the UN Security Council to find more effective ways to resolve conflicts: "Today's world is already completely different, and the need for UN reform is more than obvious."
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[RIA Novosti] As a result of negotiations, 110 Russians were returned from the territory controlled by Kyiv, the Ministry of Defense reported.
"On October 17, as a result of the negotiation process, 110 Russian citizens were returned from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime, including 72 Russian sailors from civilian ships held by the Kyiv regime since February 2022," the ministry said.
"Two Ukrainian women before the exchange voluntarily refused to return to Ukraine , wishing to remain in the Russian Federation," the ministry said.
It is noted that the exchange took place with the personal participation of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova.
Aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces will deliver the released Russians to Moscow.
“All those released are provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance. As soon as possible, they will be taken to the medical institutions of the capital for treatment and rehabilitation,” the military department said.
The last large-scale exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine took place at the end of September. 56 people were returned from the territories controlled by Kiev: 50 Russian servicemen and five fighters from Donbass . Also, Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk , who himself actively participated in the exchange of prisoners between the republics of Donbass and Kiev, was handed over to the allied forces.
Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24.
President Vladimir Putin called its goal "the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years." For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out "demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine", to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for "bloody crimes against civilians" in Donbass.
The ultimate goal of the operation, according to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, is "the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that would guarantee the security of Russia itself."
Yes, I know the pic is of an SU-35, but it is the only pic of a Russian Sukhoi fighter we currently have.
[RIA Novosti] In Yeysk, four people died after the crash of a Su-34 military aircraft, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the region reported.
"According to preliminary information, 25 people were injured, four of them died, six people do not get in touch," the message says.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations added that the victims are provided with the necessary medical assistance. To accommodate the residents of the house, five hotels and boarding houses with 600 beds were prepared.
Eight operating rooms have been deployed in the Central District Hospital.
“Eight operating rooms have been deployed in the Yeysk Central District Hospital. 11 intensive care beds have been deployed for “severe” patients, and 100 beds with oxygen for patients of moderate severity. Eight teams of surgeons, four traumatologists, and five resuscitators are on duty,” wrote Anna Minkova, Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.
She clarified that specialists from the burn department from Krasnodar, medical aviation and ambulances were sent to the scene of the tragedy.
The Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the region added that the evacuation of residents of the house continues.
Approximately 600 people live in the damaged building, the headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory reported. The governor of the region, Veniamin Kondratiev, instructed to establish the whereabouts of each of those living in the house.
The head of the region said that the remains of the aircraft were extinguished, the fire was localized. The evacuation of nearby houses was cancelled.
Now the fire in the affected building is "at the final stage of extinguishing," he said.
Later, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that they had eliminated the open fire.
As specified in the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the region, there is no threat of collapse of the affected house now. 250 people were evacuated from the building, including 40 children.
It is also reported that the Minister of Health of Russia Mikhail Murashko and the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov flew to the scene of the tragedy.
A video with a Su-34 pilot after ejection was published on the Web
In the evening in Yeysk, a Russian Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber crashed in the courtyard of a residential building, after which a jet fuel ignited.
After the plane crashed, a 2,000-square-meter fire broke out, the Ministry of Emergency Situations specified.
"At 18:27, the rank of fire No. 3 was announced. There was a fire from the first to the fifth floors of a residential building," the department noted.
A total of 17 apartments were affected.
As clarified in the Ministry of Emergency Situations, a message about a fire in a nine-story building at 47/1 Krasnaya Street in Yeysk was received at 18:20.
The Kremlin reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin listened to the reports of ministers and the governor of Kuban and instructed the head of the region, the heads of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Health to fly to Yeysk to help the victims.
Governor Kondratyev said on Telegram that he had already left for the Yeysk region.
He clarified that emergency services and ambulance crews are working at the scene of the tragedy. All regional and regional fire and rescue garrisons are engaged in extinguishing the fire.
The Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Krasnodar Territory added that doctors and representatives of the district administration, as well as an operational group of the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergencies of the region, left for the scene.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case because of the plane crash. It is specified that criminologists of the central office of the department were sent to the scene of the incident. Military investigators are establishing the circumstances and causes of the incident.
[RIA Novosti] In Yeysk, at the crash site of the Su-34 fighter, a state of emergency was introduced, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratiev said on Telegram.
“A state of emergency was introduced at the site of the plane crash in Yeysk,” the head of the region wrote.
Four people died as a result of the crash, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
"According to preliminary information, 25 people were injured, four of them died, six people do not get in touch," the ministry said.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations added that the victims are provided with the necessary medical assistance. To accommodate the residents of the house, five hotels and boarding houses with 600 beds were prepared.
Eight operating rooms have been deployed in the Central District Hospital.
"For "severe" patients, 11 intensive care beds were deployed, for patients of moderate severity - 100 beds with oxygen. Eight teams of surgeons, four traumatologists, five resuscitators are on duty," wrote Anna Minkova, Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.
She clarified that specialists from the burn department from Krasnodar, medical aviation and ambulances were sent to the scene of the tragedy. Three victims will be sent for treatment to Krasnodar.
The governor of the region, Veniamin Kondratiev, instructed to establish the whereabouts of each of those living in the house. Search work continues at the site of the tragedy.
In the evening in Yeysk, a Russian Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber crashed in the courtyard of a residential building, after which a jet fuel ignited.
After the plane crashed, a 2,000-square-meter fire broke out on the first five floors of an apartment building. Now open burning has been eliminated, floors are being poured and apartments are being inspected.
The Kremlin reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin listened to the reports of ministers and the governor of Kuban and instructed the head of the region, the heads of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Health to fly to Yeysk to help the victims.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case because of the plane crash. It is specified that criminologists of the central office of the department were sent to the scene of the incident. Military investigators are establishing the circumstances and causes of the incident.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:31 The Prime Minister of Ukraine said that today strikes were made on the energy infrastructure in Kyiv, in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Ukrainian media write that an air raid alert was announced throughout the country. In Lvov, in Rivne and in the Khmelnytsky region there were blackouts, in Kharkov the subway did not work. 23:08 The intensity of Ukrainian shelling of the Kherson region has fallen - probably due to a lack of ammunition, Stremousov said.
22:17 During the day, the Russian armed forces continued to strike with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons at military command and control facilities and the energy system of Ukraine, all designated facilities were hit.
21:46 In Ukraine, in the Kirovohrad, Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions, after the effective operation of attack drones and the WTO database, rolling blackouts begin
21:45 They report a powerful explosion in the White Church in the Kiev region. Also, a high probability of a UAV attack in the Cherkasy region
21:38 The information that papers are being hung in the entrances of the capital with a request to apply to the military enlistment office is incorrect, informed RIA Novosti Military Commissar of Moscow, Colonel Maxim Loktev.
Earlier, information appeared on the network that after the announcement of the completion of mobilization in the capital, papers were hung at the entrances with a request to contact the military enlistment office.
"Mobilization measures in Moscow are over. No papers with a request to apply to the military registration and enlistment office are not hung at the entrances," Loktev explained.
19:45 Air alert announced in Kyiv for the third time in a day - city administration
18:30 Summary of retaliation strikes as of 18:30 Moscow time on 10/17/2022
The intensity of strikes decreased again in the evening, and infrastructure facilities were hit. In several cities, the consequences of morning and afternoon raids have not been eliminated.
At the moment, it is known about arrivals in:
— Vinnitsa (infrastructure facility)
— Odessa (Odessa Oil Refinery and an unnamed facility)
17:33 Moscow's military registration and enlistment offices receive requests from volunteers with a request to be sent to the zone of a special military operation, personal decisions will be made on them, the military commissar of the capital said.
17:33Iranian made Geranium drones are reported to be flying towards Odessa.
16:23 In the south of Ukraine, the regrouping of enemy forces continues. This mainly concerns the Nikolaevsky direction. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, having a numerical superiority, are again forming a shock fist for the offensive. Let me remind you that the recent enemy attack in the Kherson direction bogged down.
It is reported from the field that foreign mercenaries arrived in Nikolaev to help the Ukrainian military: Poles, English-speaking citizens, and today it became known about the arrival of the French.
16:23 Ukraine will soon receive the first NASAMS air defense systems. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.
15:20 Ukrainian media report explosions in Lviv and Ternopil regions
15:20 The authorities of the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine announced an explosion at a critical infrastructure facility
14:56 A series of explosions occurred in the Vinnitsa region of Ukraine, the Ukrainian agency UNIAN reported. The exact location of the explosions and their consequences are not specified.
At the moment, an air alert has been declared in all regions of Ukraine.
14:55 Explosions occurred in the Khmelnitsky region in the western part of Ukraine, said the head of the regional administration, Serhiy Gamaly.
Earlier, the Ukrainian edition of "Strana" reported on explosions in the Chernihiv and Zhytomyr regions. In addition, the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, also reported about the explosions in the city.
13:39 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
▪️Russian troops prevented an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break through the defenses in the Kherson region;
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation pushed back the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to their starting lines after an unsuccessful attempt by the enemy to advance in the Lisichansk direction;
▪️The Russian Armed Forces defeated the Ukrainian battery of the Smerch MLRS, as well as the battery of American M777 howitzers in the Kharkiv region;
▪️Aviation and artillery of the Russian Federation in the Kupyansk direction defeated two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroying about 160 servicemen;
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the repair base of weapons and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region.
12:40 Defense of the left bank of the Dnieper reinforced along the entire line of contact with the armed formations of Ukraine, said the commander of one of the divisions of the National Guard
12:39 Morning strikes on energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Sumy and Dnepropetrovsk regions confirmed by Prime Minister of Ukraine
Earlier, residents of Ukraine reported strikes in Kyiv, the Odessa region and the temporarily controlled independent territory of the Zaporozhye region. In the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions, the strikes led to a power outage, and infrastructural facilities were damaged in other settlements.
12:38 So in looked like a morning blow retribution from the Kyiv courtyard - eyewitnesses filmed the moment of the explosion
The footage shows how the Ukrainian army randomly shoots in an attempt to hit the Iranian made Geranium-2 drone, but in the end the drone still hits the target and hits it.
11:45 In the Odessa region in Ukraine, as a result of Russian shelling, one infrastructure facility was damaged, said the head of the Odessa regional administration Maxim Marchenko.
11:45 The Prime Minister of Ukraine said that on Monday the energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions was attacked
10:39 Explosionin the Volnogorsk region of the Dnipropetrovsk region, a thick column of black smoke rises on the spot
10:39 The subway does not work in Kharkiv, the city subway reports.
Ukrainian media also report that, according to local residents, power went out in some areas of the city.
10:31 Effects of work on fuel tanks in Nikolaev. The fire was extinguished only in the morning.
10:30 French journalists captured the moment of arrival of the Shahed-136 kamikaze UAV in Kyiv close-up.
09:29 Ukrainian media write that an air alert has been announced throughout the country.
09:02 Aerial footage: Russian paratroopers destroy enemy sabotage groups hiding in a forest belt
Using UAVs, the Airborne Forces unit discovered sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and armored vehicles camouflaged in the forest belt. The servicemen struck with artillery and anti-tank missile systems.
As a result of the strike, six tanks, eight armored fighting vehicles, six vehicles, as well as enemy manpower were destroyed. Video Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
08:38 The Russian Navy fired five Caliber missiles from the Black Sea.
The blows were inflicted on Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions.
08:31 Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the National Guard destroyed dozens of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, using anti-drone guns and firearms, said the commander of one of the units of the Russian Guard. Video RIA Novosti.
08:19 Published on social networks frames, presumably, explosions in Kyiv.
08:15 Arrivals at critical infrastructure facilities in Kyiv and Sumy region.
08:00 In the settlement of Kupyansk, the arrival of three civilian refrigerator trucks with the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen was noted.
This cargo arrived tonight on the highway H-26 Starobelsk - Chuguev. Reports officer of the NM LPR Andrey Marochko.
07:58 A strong fire was recorded at an energy infrastructure facility in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine - the head of the region.
07:55 An explosion occurred at a critical infrastructure facility in the Romensky district of the Sumy region of Ukraine - authorities.
07:52 Ukrainian media report clouds of smoke near the Ukrenergo building in Kyiv.
07:15 Minus six Ukrainian tanks, eight armored vehicles and six vehicles: footage of the defeat of saboteurs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the air
With the help of UAVs, Ukrainian DRGs were found in the forest belt. The airborne troops delivered powerful artillery strikes.VideoTK Zvezda.
07:08 The mayor of Kyiv reports another explosion in the Shevchenko district.
07:02 Kyiv Mayor Klitschko announced an explosion in the capital of Ukraine.
Details are not given. Earlier, an air alert was announced in the city and several regions of the country.
06:57 An air raid alert has been announced in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, local authorities have reported. Air raid alert also operates in Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Odessa regions of Ukraine.
06:38 At night, a powerful blow was dealt to enemy targets in Zaporozhye.
There were at least eight explosions.
06:34 According to media reports, an air raid also operates in the Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Nikolaev and Odessa regions.
05:45 We work with surgical precision: the crews of the Iskander missile systems of the Western Military District continue to strike at the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
At the command post of the Iskander missile system, the coordinates of the target were received. The command is instantly transmitted to the mobile launcher.
The target is received, and the Iskander moves out of cover to the firing position in order to launch the missile. Despite its impressive size, the complex moves off-road easily and quickly.
Despite the fact that the installations are nearby, the goals of the two Iskanders are different. After launches - immediate curtailment.
The Iskander ultra-precise complex has no analogues in the world in terms of its equipment and variability of use.VideoMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
04:17 Air raid alert in Mykolaiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Odessa, Sumy and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine.
01:09 Destruction of Ukrainian tank by fighters of the 36th Brigade.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:29 The LPR said that Ukrainian troops had transferred up to 2,500 people to the Soledar and Artemovsk (Bakhmut) area in a week, but these reserves have already been exhausted. 23:06 In a week, the Russian Guardsmen identified and detained 90 accomplices of the SBU and various Ukrainian armed formations in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, an officer of one of the divisions of the Russian Guard told RIA Novosti.
22:52 At the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction, an attempt by Ukrainian forces to break through the defenses near Bruskinsky in the Kherson region was thwarted, more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed.
22:31 In the Lisichansk direction, Ukrainian forces made an unsuccessful attempt to attack in the direction of the Strepovka point in the DPR, they were thrown back to their starting lines, more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers and six tanks were destroyed.
21:54 Zaporozhye NPP is disconnected from the last operating 750 kV external power line and receives power through a backup system - IAEA Director General Grossi.
21:54 Personnel exchange and meeting of ombudsmen of Russia and Ukraine.
Recall that as a result of the negotiation process, 110 Russians were returned from the territory controlled by Kyiv
20:31 Ukrainian troops fired three NATO-caliber rounds of 155 millimeters in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, reported representation of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
18:48 Pushilin confirmed the exchange of prisoners of war.
Exchange completed. In fact, it turned out: we took 110 people; gave 108 people. 2 women refused to go to Ukraine and decided to stay in Russia, Denis Pushilin, Acting DPR, said.
18:08 By the evening of October 17, Ukrainian militants killed three civilians in the DPR, and 13 more people were injured.
18:02 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 17, received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
- st. Novorossiyskaya, 9 - a fire was recorded on the territory of an industrial enterprise;
- st. Violet, 1, 4 - private residential buildings, the gas pipeline is damaged.
n.p. Alexandrovka:
A total of 20 transformer substations were de-energized, 2000 household subscribers were without electricity.
n.p. Gorlovka (settlement Golmovsky):
- st. Fotieva, 55, 58, 60, 77, 79 - private residential buildings, gas pipeline damaged
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
17:49 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on October 17, 2022.
17:12 The intensity of Ukrainian shelling of the Kherson region has fallen - probably due to a lack of ammunition, Stremousov said.
16:59 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 17, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- wounded man born in 1959;
- a woman born in 1938 was wounded.
Kievsky district:
- a woman born in 1973 was wounded.
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Vrubovaya, 7 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Petrovsky district:
- st. V. Hugo, 41 - a private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka (settlement Golmovsky):
- st. Fotieva, 66, 68 - private residential buildings, the gas pipeline was damaged, the power line was interrupted.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
16:28 Enemy attack on Kherson: the Airborne Forces destroyed the attacking tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and NATO armored vehicles.
The paratroopers destroyed Ukrainians during another attempt to break through. The personnel of the Airborne Forces, showing courage and heroism, thwarted the attacks of a numerically superior enemy 12 times. Video NM DNR.
16:00 The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered losses in the area of the settlement. Davydov Brod in Kherson direction.
Armored vehicles and cars were burned and smashed, weapons were thrown, and the bodies of the dead were in the pits. Video Voenkor Kitten Z (video 18+, contains profanity)
15:55 Effects of shelling by Ukrainian militants st. Biryuzova in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
15:53 Deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov announced the losses of the side for a month and a half of fighting near Kherson:
The enemy lost more than 1,500 pieces of equipment here. More than 9,800 Ukrainian soldiers are considered killed alone.
15:44 VFU wounded two more civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Ukrainian militants attacked the Petrovsky district of the city. On st. Hugo injured man born in 1959 and a woman born in 1939 They were taken to Hospital No. 14, where they receive all the necessary medical assistance.
15:38 As a result of shelling from the side of the VFU, one civilian has been killed in Donetsk at the moment, 7 people were injured.
15:35 Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Zaporozhye region discovered and seized weapons and ammunition in one of the households in Melitopol.
15:28 In the Kiev region of Donetsk, a civilian was wounded.
During the shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Kyiv region of the city on the street. The purple wound was given to a woman born in 1983.
15:05 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 17, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- a woman born in 1938 was wounded.
Received additional information on damages as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
15:00 In the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, Ukrainian militants wounded a civilian.
During the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of the city of VFU on the street. Yunokommunarskaya wounded a woman born in 1938.
14:44 VFU wounded a civilian in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
During the shelling of the Kuibyshev district of the city by Ukrainian militants, a man was wounded on the Kremlin Avenue. Delivered to DokTMO.
14:26 Effects of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the village of Gornyak, Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
14:10 The head of Donetsk administration Aleksey Kulemzin publishes consequence of shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Oktyabrsky mine in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
Residential buildings, the building of the Housing Office and the boiler house were damaged (the equipment, the external heating main and the wall of the building were damaged). There are also reports of casualties.
14:02 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the Gorlovka village of Panteleymonovka. Explosions of two enemy rounds were recorded on the Gorlovka-Donetsk highway near a gas station at the entrance to the village. Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports.
14:01 Artillery of the 3rd Brigade destroys the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Mayorsk.
Self-propelled howitzers 122mm self propelled 2S1 "Gvozdika" of the 3rd Guards Brigade, with well-aimed fire, which was corrected with the help of UAVs, covered the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Mayorsk. Among the Ukrainian militants there are dead and wounded. Video NM DNR.
13:31 Kadyrov published video in Energodar direction of the Zaporozhye region, where the units of the commander of the OMON "AKHMAT-Krepost" work
"Our fighters daily carry out operational and combat activities in the forests and in the territories adjacent to industrial facilities. In the course of work, close cooperation with other departments has been established. For reconnaissance on the ground, quadrocopters and UAVs for various purposes are used. When enemy dislocations are detected, artillery is also connected," the head of Chechnya wrote in his Telegram channel.
13:21 A cache of Ukrainian Nazis was discovered in the Veselovsky district.
Employees of the Internal Affairs Directorate for Melitopol and the Melitopol region discovered a cache that the Ukrainian Nazis hid in one of the coal depots in the Veselovsky region.
Among the found, packed in a bag and carefully hidden photographs of Nazis from the OUN-UPA, prohibited literature, portraits of Bandera and Shukhevych.
Found removed. Checking in progress. Video Melitopol police.
13:01 In the Lisichansk direction, the nationalists tried to advance in the direction of the Stryapovka DPR
- as a result, they were thrown back to their starting lines, more than 50 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed;
During the day, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit two command posts in the areas of Dvurechnaya, Kharkov region and Drobyshevo, DPR;
Six ammunition depots were destroyed in the areas of Figolevka, Kharkiv region, Verkhnekamensky, Soledar, DPR, Novogrigorovka, Mykolaiv region, Novopetrivka, and Davydov Brod, Kherson region;
Nine unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems, 21 HIMARS MLRS rounds were shot down in the air, and two American HARM anti-radar missiles were intercepted. MO RF.
12:58 Effects of shelling by Ukrainian militants of a passenger bus of the 41st route in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
12:02 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on October 17, 2022.
12:01 VFU wounded a civilian in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk
Ukrainian militants shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. On st. Kosareva, a woman born in 1979 was wounded. Delivered to hospital No. 14.
11:58 Effects of shelling by Ukrainian militants st. Biryuzova in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
11:46 Headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reports:
According to updated data, two women were injured during the shelling of a shuttle bus by Ukrainian militants: born in 1964. and born in 1988 They were taken to City Hospital No. 24 and DokTMO, where they receive the necessary medical care.
A man born in 1982 was also wounded. Delivered to Dok TMO.
11:15 Donetsk Kuibyshevsky district Marshal Zhukov street hit in the house.
10:42 According to updated data, during the shelling of a shuttle bus by Ukrainian militants suffered two women: born 1964 and born in 1988 They were taken to City Hospital No. 24 and DokTMO, where they receive the necessary medical care.
10:31 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 10.30 10/17/2022
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 171 units of ammunition from the Himars and 122mm BM-21 rocket artillery, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The artillery was fired at the areas of nine settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, one civilian was killed and eight were injured. Twenty housing constructions and six 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: two 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, two tanks (T-64BV), nine armored and automotive vehicles, four enemy UAVs were shot down in the air.
Losses in enemy manpower amounted to 30 people.
10:12 In the photographs, an outbuilding destroyed as a result of a direct hit by a Ukrainian shell and a damaged house at the address: Zaytsevo village, st. Heroic, 149 (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).
At the moment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing artillery at the village of Shirokaya Balka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy district of Gorlovka).
10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. according to the situation on 10/17/2022
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 70 personnel;
- three tanks;
- four armored personnel carriers;
- two unmanned aerial vehicles;
- 17 units of special vehicles.
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements.
Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. Svatovo with the use of artillery pieces.
According to preliminary information, a residential building was destroyed as a result of the shelling. Information about the victims 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 16, they cleared more than six hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Antonovka and Tarabany.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.
Also, communication equipment, generators and other equipment were handed over to the military from the staff and viewers of the Spas TV channel.
09:57 Effects of shelling of the Armed Forces of the village. Biryuzova in the Kirovsky district.
09:39 The Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR reports that during the shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the village. Lidievka in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a public transport stop and a shuttle bus were hit, three civilians were injured. Detailed information is being specified.
09:32 Ukrainian militants are shelling the Chervnogovardeisky district of Makeevka.
From positions in Orlovka, the VFU is shelling residential areas of the Chervonogvardeisky district of the city. NATO artillery of 155mm caliber is used against the population.
09:31 AFU attacked the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
According to preliminary data, during the shelling of the village. Lidievka in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a public transport stop and a shuttle bus were hit, three civilians were injured. Detailed information is being specified.
09:03 Ukrainian militants fired at Yasinovataya.
VFU from positions in Orlovka attacked the residential areas of Yasinovataya. NATO artillery of 155mm caliber is used against the population.
08:59 AFU are shelling the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
Ukrainian militants from positions in Krasnogorovka continue to strike at residential areas of the Kirovsky district of the city. 152mm artillery is used against the population.
08:40 The arrival of foreign-made MLRS with prepared calculations is expected in the area of the settlement of Chasov Yar.
At the moment, one of the Ukrainian units received the task of preparing a place for the covert placement of equipment and personnel. Andrey Marochko, officer of the NM DPR, reports.
08:19 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 10/17/2022
08:01 "Rapier" of the "Miner's Division" strikes at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Ugledar direction is still one of the most important in the DPR. Here, the fighters of the 3rd battalion named after the 383rd Mining Division do not sit idly by and daily inflict fire damage on enemy positions, preventing him from gathering strength.VideoNM DNR.
07:59 During the day, three people were killed on the territory of the DPR, eight more were injured.
Over the past day, from 08:00 on October 16 to 08:00 on October 17, three people were killed and eight more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, October 16.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded on the settlement. Svatovo with the use of artillery pieces. According to preliminary information, a residential building was destroyed as a result of the shelling. Information about the victims is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
05:03 armored vehiclesAPU, destroyed in the Kherson direction.
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[REGNUM] Partial mobilization in Moscow has been completed. Moscow volunteers sign contracts with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, fill up the divisions of the republics and join the ranks of PMCs.
Mobilization measures have ended in Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced on October 17. The military commissariats of the capital fulfilled the tasks of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on conscription for military service as part of partial mobilization.
The military commissar of Moscow, Maxim Loktev, informed that from 14:00 on October 17, appearance on mobilization agendas is not required. Additional mobilization points will be closed in the near future. The military commissar thanked the city authorities for their assistance in opening temporary points and opening a hotline, where the residents of the capital are explained the procedure for partial mobilization.
“Moreover, the Moscow government organized help and support for both the mobilized themselves and their families. This applies to both monetary payments and a number of benefits, and, of course, we must not forget about those uniforms and other necessary things that each mobilized person received. The guys and their families feel supported, they know that they have a strong and reliable rear behind them , ”the Moscow agency quoted Loktev as saying.
The military commissar said that Muscovites sign up as volunteers on their own. In total, several hundred people expressed their desire to defend the Motherland and came to the military registration and enlistment offices.
Former Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, State Duma deputy Andrei Kartapolov (United Russia) said that a number of volunteer units were created in Moscow even before the announcement of partial mobilization. In addition to three volunteer regiments, hundreds of Muscovites came to the military registration and enlistment offices at the call of their hearts.
“There was and is a well-established, high-quality work of the military commissariats, structures of the government of Moscow and Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, who personally controlled the draft. Employees of law enforcement agencies, together with city services, did a huge job of verifying all the data of those who today can and want to defend their homeland. Everyone knows cases when even volunteers were refused in Moscow - in order to save the health and lives of those of our patriots who, obviously, due to health reasons, will not be able to help us defend our country today , ”wrote Kartapolov in his personal telegram channel.
According to him, Moscow has always been famous for its patriots and defenders of the Fatherland.
Deputy Speaker of the Moscow City Duma Andrei Medvedev drew attention to the fact that behind the official words "mobilization" and "tasks" are real people who went to the military registration and enlistment offices because they were called by the Motherland.
“But in general, even before the official mobilization, Moscow sent three volunteer battalions to the front. And now there were a lot of volunteers.
Already, even when the plan seemed to be closed (the word is so official, inappropriate), the men continued to go. Many who were not taken went as volunteers to the divisions of the republics or to PMCs, ” the deputy wrote in his personal telegram channel.
In his opinion, the completion of partial mobilization in Moscow does not change much in the minds of people, since they are “mobilized by the situation” - they buy copters and equipment for the front, sew stretchers and copters, and send humanitarian supplies. Free courses on tactical medicine and combat tactics will also continue to work. They will continue to rake up the mistakes "which were stuck during mobilization. "
“And most importantly, the families of the Moscow mobilized. They need to be especially protected, they need care. For the mayor, of course, this is a priority. That is why support centers for mobilized families were opened. But the Motherland is not only power, it is all of us. If you have mobilized neighbors, colleagues, friends, then support the families of these people ,” Andrey Medvedev said.
In his opinion, there will be a long confrontation, which can only be won together, having passed difficult trials.
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The video they showed had the metal bending outward. Which means the force came from inside the pipe. Datapoint which goes toward the theory of a hydro-plug that ruptured the pipe due to Russian incompetence.
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Looks like it was blown from the inside outward, based on debris field in the videos and photos.
Until I see a crater caused by an external explosive, I'm still under the belief that hydrate plugs busted loose by a cleaning pig (or something similar).
BERLIN, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Sweden has rejected plans to set up a formal joint investigation team with Denmark and Germany to look into the recent ruptures of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, a Swedish prosecutor investigating the leaks
“citing national security” LOL
Secure from… NATO??
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