[MAIL] Britain has sent warships to the North Sea to protect underwater gas and oil pipelines and internet cables from Russian sabotage after the Nordstream was blown up in a suspected Kremlin attack.
Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset and survey ship HMS Enterprise have been deployed amid fears that pipelines, rigs and undersea cables that countries including Britain rely upon for energy are at risk of further attacks.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has acted to 'reassure' those working near the pipelines after Western intelligence agencies were blindsided by the pipeline blasts.
A naval source told The Times: 'There are a number of uncertainties associated with that area and the infrastructure.
'The likelihood of anything happening is remote but people are concerned and what better system to have than a ship that has good radar and good sonar?'
HMS Enterprise uses a sonar and miniature drones to carry out 'oceanographic and hydrographic surveys examining and mapping the seafloor'.
HMS Somerset, meanwhile, is a 'fast, adaptable, versatile frigate' that has previously been deployed to shadow Russian naval destroyers through UK waters.
It comes as Europe's critical infrastructure is now at risk after the Nord Stream gas pipes were blown up in an attack widely thought to have been orchestrated by Russia, senior politicians, defence chiefs and experts have warned.
Norway is also understood to be increasing its security presence around the pipelines following threats to its offshore gas platforms.
That suggests the UK - connected to Norway via two major pipelines which carry a third of this country's gas - is also at risk.
Britain's largest oil and gas fields, which are dotted with dozens of rigs and criss-crossed by pipes, also sit close to Norwegian waters.
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'The likelihood of anything happening is remote but people are concerned and what better system to have than a ship that has good radar and good sonar?'
...And, with any luck, the SSN they're not talking about...
[An Nahar] A Kremlin-installed official in the south Ukraine region of Kherson urged residents to remain calm Tuesday as reports were surfacing that Kyiv's forces were making sweeping gains into Russian-controlled territory.
Moscow this month called up hundreds of thousands of troops to bolster the military in eastern Ukraine where Kyiv's forces have recently made lightning advances and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu meanwhile put the number at 200,000 as of Tuesday.
Ukraine's southern region of Kherson was one of the first where Kyiv's defenses collapsed in February after Russian forces invaded but Ukrainian forces recently have accelerated a months-long offensive to recapture it.
"Our artillery and fighter jets are hitting enemy forces that enter the sovereign territory of Russia," said Kirill Stremousov, the Moscow-appointed deputy head of the Kherson region.
"There is no reason to panic," he added in his message to residents of the Black Sea region on social media.
The reported gains into Kherson are a threat to the Kremlin's claim to have formally integrated the agriculturally rich region with a pre-war population of around one million people into the Russian Federation last week.
According to Russian news agencies and unconfirmed social media reports, unidentified forces have attacked occupying Russian units and officials, while Ukrainian forces have destroyed river bridges, leaving Russian units vulnerable to being trapped.
Some 80 percent of the region is estimated to be under Russian control.
"Yes, you can hear explosions at a distance, but they're infrequent," Stremousov said in his message.
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He called on Kherson's residents to remain calm after his superior, Vladimir Saldo, conceded in an interview that Ukrainian forces had made a "breakthrough" in the region's north east, at the village of Dudchany along the Dniepr river.
But he claimed the push was short-lived and that Russian forces had pushed back again the advancing Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian officials have so far remained silent about any concrete territorial gains but the head of the presidential administration Andriy Yermak on Tuesday posted emojis of watermelons on social media, hinting at gains in the region famous for the fruit.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address to the nation Monday evening said that "there are new liberated towns and villages in several regions."
"Fierce fighting continues in many sectors of the frontline," he added, claiming that "more and more occupiers are trying to escape."
Western officials have said that as many as 20,000 Russian troops could be at risk of being trapped on the western bank of the Dniepr river, which cuts diagonally through the region and flows into the Black Sea.
Ukraine's apparent gains in Kherson follow a similar trend in the eastern regions of Kharkiv and Dontetsk in recent weeks, with a series of setbacks coinciding with Moscow's claim to have annexed the regions.
The four territories -- Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south and Donetsk and Lugansk in the east -- create a crucial land corridor between Russia and the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014.
Together, all five make up around 20 percent of Ukraine.
Shoigu said the Russian men mobilized to back up Moscow's forces were being trained at "80 training grounds and six training centers."
"As of today more than 200,000 people have entered the army," Shoigu during a televised meeting.
The Kremlin's mobilization has led to some protests and an exodus of men of military age -- with tens of thousands fleeing the draft, mainly to ex-Soviet neighbors.
Kazakhstan said Tuesday that more than 200,000 Russians had crossed into it in two weeks.
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"There is no reason to panic," he added in his message to residents of the Black Sea region on social media.
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At this point the Ukraine army is the biggest and one of the heaviest equipped armies in Europe. Why stop? They will try to take all their lost lands.
[Twitter] Witness a steady diet of upside-down propaganda fed to the Russians: head of RT claims the West is supposedly trying to "colonize & enslave" Russia and other countries. Without a hint of awareness, she unwittingly describes what Russia is doing to Ukraine and why Ukraine resists. The Russians, including trolls here, don't have much of a playbook but they are going to push their limited repertoire to the hilt.
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I'd expect the real trolls to be too distracted by the internal quarrels between the true-Putinists, the Telegram warriors, the lesser siloviki, the digital veterans, and the Slavo-Kodoha extremists.
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The West has never conquered what is termed as Russia. That was done by what the Chinese call their Yuan dynasty.
Official says White House is 'panicking' over oil prices
The White House has launched a last-ditch effort to dissuade Middle Eastern allies from dramatically cutting oil production at an OPEC+ meeting. CNN’s Alex Marquardt reports.
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For the ignorant: soaring oil prices — as we will now see, as soon as OPEC announces today they will slash production by 1 million barrels (despite Biden’s ass-licking of the Saudi king) — soaring oil price will eventually lead to a declining dollar and an increase in the value of the ruble, the dinar and all the other currencies of the oil rich states.
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The bullshit is so thick that even reliable globalists like the rockstar economist Jeffrey Sachs are calling out the Biden people’s absurd lies.
Jeffrey Sachs: Rest Of The World Thinks The U.S. Probably Sabotaged The Nord Stream Pipeline, But It Doesn't Show Up In Our Media
Tim Hains
Realclearpolitics.com
October 3, 2022
Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs on Monday suggested that the U.S. and Poland are probably behind the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline.
"A lot of the world is watching these events in horror," Sachs said. "They view this as a horrible clash between Russia and the U.S. They don't see this, as we do in the media, as an unprovoked attack by Russia on Ukraine."
"Most of the world doesn't see it the way we describe it. Most of the world is just terrified right now, frankly," he added.
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If you’ve lost Jeffrey Sachs, you’ve lost the globalist crowd. Nobody believes Biden’s bullshit anymore. Now even their allies are speaking out against the madness of dragging us toward nuclear war with Russia.
JEFFREY SACHS: "The European economy is getting hammered by the sudden cutoff of energy. And now to make it definitive, the destruction of the Nord Stream Pipeline (which I would bet was a U.S. action, perhaps U.S. and Poland). That is speculation."
I know it runs counter to our narrative, you're not allowed to say these things in the West, but the fact of the matter is all over the world when I talk to people, they think the U.S. did it. Even reporters on our papers that are involved tell me 'of course' [the U.S. did it], but it doesn't show up in our media."
“I was attacked in The Atlantic for being on the side of peace. And I confess, I'm on the side of peace. I'm very worried we are on the path of escalation to nuclear war, nothing less than that.
“Russia feels that this war is at the core of its security interests. The United States insists it will do anything to support Ukraine's defeat of Russia. Russia views this as a proxy war with the United States. Whatever one thinks about this, this is the path of extraordinary, dangerous escalation.
“A lot of the world is watching these events in horror, and a lot of the world doesn't like this NATO expansion, which they interpret as at the core of this. They want to see a compromise between the U.S. and Russia.
“In vote after vote at the United Nations, basically, it has been the Western countries that have been voting for sanctions and denunciations and other actions. Whereas most of the world, certainly most of the world counted by population, is on the sidelines. They view this as a horrible clash between Russia and the U.S. They don't see this, as we do in the media, as an unprovoked attack by Russia on Ukraine.
Anyone in the U.S. thinks, "well, what else is it?" But that is because of the way our media has been reporting this. This conflict goes back a long time, it didn't start on February 24, 2022. In fact, the war itself started in 2014, not 2022. and even that had antecedents.
“Most of the world doesn't see it the way we describe it. Most of the world is just terrified right now, frankly.
It is unbelievable to be hearing on one side that they will use nuclear weapons if they have to, while the other side says, "You can't frighten us."
" Neighbors constantly heard screams from there [...] At this moment, the police know for sure about torture - burying alive in the ground and using a gas mask with a smoldering rag, " Bolvinov said.
He said that the torture chamber also found a dildo, a box of broken dentures [actually a box of extracted gold teeth and rings from the tortured], wires with ropes and a letter with an interview of one of the men who had been there.
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You are in denial Woodski. Look upon the works of your fellow Russians and weep. The rest of the world is watching. The 50 Roubles you get for posting is not worth a man's conscience.
#18
New York Slimes, denazifying Ukraine all by its lonesome:
Mar 15 2019:
On his flak jacket was a symbol commonly used by the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary organization.
Feb 11 2020:
Defenders of the Ukrainian Azov Battalion, which the F.B.I. calls “a paramilitary unit” notorious for its “association with neo-Nazi ideology,” accuse us of being part of a Kremlin campaign to “demonize” the group.
Mar 17 2022 — here they are, de-Nazified by the Slimes, who suddenly soften their language and call them a “far-right” “military unit”:
Facebook last week said it was making an exception to its anti-extremism policies to allow praise for Ukraine’s far-right Azov Battalion military unit, “strictly in the context of defending Ukraine, or in their role as part of the Ukraine National Guard.”
Apr 29 2022: now denazification is complete: what used to be Nazis are now just “a unit in the military,” no different from your ordinary workaday warrior:
These scenes are from videos shared online in recent days by the Azov regiment, a unit in the Ukrainian military, which says they were taken in the mazelike bunkers beneath the sprawling Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine.
Let’s review — As The Narrative Turns, brought to you by the New York Slimes:
2015-Feb. 2022: "a Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary organization" which even the FBI said is notorious for its “association with neo-Nazi ideology”
March 2022: Nazi "far right"
Today: Nazi "far right" a "unit in the Ukrainian military"
#21
we Americans have no dog in your fight.
Not our business. Not our problem.
Quit trying to drag us into an idiotic, pointless nuclear war with Russia over your shithole country where have no vital interest. None whatsoever.
Hear, hear. Same is true for us in Europe. Leave us out of your squabble.
#24
How’s that plan to “isolate Russia” working out for us, Brandon?
Bloomberg/Newsweek: “Biden Faces Gas Price Nightmare as OPEC Agrees Russian Proposal To Cut Oil”
“Today the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allied oil producing nations have backed plans to dramatically slash oil supplies in a bitter blow to President Joe Biden.”
CNN: “Inside the White House’s failed effort to dissuade OPEC from cutting oil production to avoid a ‘total disaster’”
Forbes is short and sweet (although their headline’s subject, White House Freaks, is missing a predicate):
Forbes: “White House Freaks Over OPEC Plan To Cut 2 Million Barrels Per Day”
#27
They say that fighting Putin is the most important thing in the world BUT they work hard to limit drilling in the west. Real dissenters would point out that this is one way in which they talk out of both sides of their mouth BUT we don't have that, all we have are cheap Russian knockoffs who agree with Biden about the two choices we have being shoveling money to Russia or freezing.
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Pholunter "they think the U.S. did it."
The last few decades the world thought Mossad did it, whatever it was. That doesn't make them correct.
“a lot of the world doesn't like this NATO expansion, which they interpret as at the core of this."
Ukraine isn't part of NATO and they were invaded anyway. Sweden and Finland now want to join NATO because of the war. Seems the only folks against NATO expansion are in Russia and China and I don't particularly care what they think.
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agree with Biden about the two choices we have being shoveling money to Russia or freezing
What are you talking about? No one said that. What a ridiculous straw man argument.
Of course we should drill and produce more and lower the world oil price with more US supply.
We should also stop this bullshit about pretending we can impose a “price cap” on a multi-trillion dollar global market — and maybe also try to avoid a nuclear war over a country where we don’t have any vital interests at stake.
#31
Russia getting ass kicked -> troll season on the 'burg.
Give 'em a break. It's better than clutching a rusty AK sitting in the Luhansk woods and wondering when the drones are going to drop things on you. Privilege has its privilege, you know.
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Current Russian operational summary: "It feels like your melon has been thumped."
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#26 *so fucking stupid it can only be deliberate
No worries. I kinda liked ducking stupid.
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Also, highest Ruble valuations recently: 0.019048 USD on 06/29/2022. Today: 0.016308 USD; Average: 0.016062 USD since spring of 2022. 0.013568 USD in fall 2021, so they've made up around 20% since last fall to today (remember that in 2019 they were around 0.0155 USD for most of the year, so that's only about a 5% delta in 3 years).
As a reference, Canadian Dollar has gone down 11% against the USD and the Euro has dropped 13% during the same fall 2021 to the present.
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When Russia sends in 300,000 troops into Ukraine Putin will strike against Bidens US as well.
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If the mobilees (mobis?) are sent piecemeal they will be killed quickly. It will take 2 months or more to train and equip a decent size force, let alone 300,000 when the Russians are already scraping the bottom of the barrel with T-62s. I read even a T-55 was captured. Guessing it as a DNR/LNR relic. Ukraine Is Capturing Russia’s Old T-62 Tanks. Will It Use Them?
Does the Russians little good. Can't spend Rubles or Dollars in the west for the imports they need. Even China is refusing trade. Reduced to bartering with the likes of Iran and North Korea for weapons.
#45
I wouldn't laugh too much at a modernized T-55. I have some ideas as to what to arm it with, and it has nice wide tracks for the bad road conditions Ukraine is stuck with.
#46
“The OPEC coalition’s move could also add to inflationary pressures in the United States and Europe, as well as undercut the effort to bolster Ukraine as it defends itself against the Russian invasion. Russia relies on gas and oil sales for a large portion of its budget and had pushed for the production cut, which will enable Moscow to sell oil for higher prices on the global market, generating more revenue for its war and troop mobilization. Oil prices jumped this week in anticipation of Wednesday’s news. They are expected to increase further now, probably to over $100 per barrel.“
#48
All possibly true. It won’t be long before we’ll be able to look back and see what actually happened instead of all the predictions.
At which point those of our new visitors who choose to stay on will no doubt return to using one nym apiece per day... instead of some of them looking like a crowd. In the meantime, watching what everyone has to say — and how they say it — has been truly educational.
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I wouldn't laugh too much at a modernized T-55.
Yeah, horses for courses. Light weight, wide tracks, and a shooty thing. Not your first choice for a tank battle, but it would make a nifty assault gun and give your infantry something to hide behind as they advance across open fields.
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“According to CNN which cited people familiar with the situation, the White House used all available resources to lobby the oil cartel ahead of their Vienna meeting, and is now left "having a spasm and panicking."
“A defeated Biden said he is "concerned" with OPEC's decision, going as far as to call the move "a hostile act" and a "total disaster."
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[Vesti] October 4 is the 223rd day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
6:00 a.m. Kharkov region . RF hit industrial and infrastructure facilities in Kharkiv at night. Kholodnogorsky and Novobavarsky districts of the city were under fire. A 46-year-old woman died.
7:00 am . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, the Russians launched 3 missile and 12 air strikes, made more than 100 attacks from the MLRS. More than 20 settlements of Ukraine suffered.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vyimka, Mayorsk, Disputed, Ozeryanovka, Bakhmutskoye, Kamenka and Ternovye Pody.
Aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 22 strikes. The defeat of 3 strongholds, 16 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 3 air defense systems of the Russian Federation was confirmed.
Rocket troops and artillery hit 2 command posts, 12 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 2 ammunition depots, an air defense facility, and 5 other important objects of the Russians.
8:00 a.m. Dnipropetrovsk region . 30 shells arrived at night in Nikopol - 4 people were injured, more than 30 multi-storey and private houses were damaged, 4 apartments were destroyed. The city was left without water - the networks of the pumping station of the water utility were damaged. A school, a pharmacy, an industrial enterprise, a grain elevator, shops and administrative buildings were also affected.
11:00 am . The Federation Council of the Russian Federation approved the federal constitutional law on the adoption of the so-called. "L/DNR", Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to Russia. The West does not recognize either the results of the "referendums" previously held in the occupied Ukrainian territories, or the accession of these same occupied territories to the Russian Federation. Only North Korea has declared support for the illegal annexation of regions of Ukraine.
12:00 . Kharkov region . The Armed Forces of Ukraine probably liberated the villages of Boguslavka and Borovska Andreevka . There are no official comments.
12:15 pm . Odessa region . Over the sea, air defense shot down a Shahed-136 kamikaze drone .
13:00 . Kherson region . The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated Novopetrivka .
14:30 . Kherson region . The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the villages of Staroselye, Dudchany, Davidov Brod and Velyka Aleksandrovka . There are no official confirmations yet.
Nikolaev region . An explosion is reported.
15:00 . Kherson region . Explosions are reported in Kherson.
15:30 . The EU is working on the eighth package of sanctions against Russia. It should strike at the most painful "targets" for the Kremlin and will have the greatest effect. First of all, it will affect the import of Russian oil.
16:30 . There will be no customs between the "DPR" and Russia from October 5, they write in Russian media.
17:27 Six HIMARS missiles were fired at the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson, three were shot down, three hit the bridge area, no one was injured. This was reported to RosSMI by a "representative of the city's emergency services."
17:50 Zelensky, in his decree of October 4, called the acts and laws adopted in the Russian Federation and signed by Putin in relation to the Ukrainian territories "null and without any legal consequences."
18:10 Big and Small Aleksandrovka in the Kherson region came under the control of Ukraine.
18:31 The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Yusov on the air of the FREEDOM TV channel told how the "I Want to Live" project saves lives and explained the algorithm by which Russian soldiers can surrender to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:50 The military handed over to officials from the Donetsk regional administration "the authority to establish a future life" in Liman. The Ukrainian flag was officially raised in the city today. This was announced by the Governor of the region Pavel Kirilenko.
19:09 Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen said that preparations for sending the ninth batch of military aid to Ukraine are nearing completion.
"The new aid package is unlikely to be the last one. We must be ready to support Ukraine for a long time to come," Kaikkonen said.
19:28 Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko said that the Armed Forces have already liberated 1,534 settlements.
19:47 Estonia handed over drones to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were bought by a trucker from Pskov for the Russian army. The man has dual citizenship. He collected money for drones in social networks. The man was arrested at the border when he was transporting drones to Russia.
20:09 The UN cannot send a mission to establish the facts of the death of prisoners of war in the village of Yelenovka in the DPR until security guarantees are received, the Secretary General's office said.
20:30 Biden told Zelensky that the United States will provide Ukraine with another $625 million military aid package - the White House.
20:49 Ukraine's application to join NATO formalized the discussion about membership. The first discussion will be at the level of the Alliance ambassadors.
“Member countries should first discuss our application and express their position. I am pleased that now the discussion about our future membership has become formalized,” said Ukrainian Ambassador to NATO Natalia Galibarenko.
21:15 The Cabinet approved the creation of a new state institution. It will be an architectural complex, including a military cemetery, a museum complex, a ritual building and other necessary buildings for organizing honorary burials.
21:39 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed the liberation of the Davydov Brod settlement in the Kherson region.
21:58 Biden told Zelensky that the United States will "never recognize" the Russian annexation of the territory of Ukraine - the White House.
22:22 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated more than 50 settlements in the Kherson region. This was stated by First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yevgeny Enin. He added that mobile checkpoints began to work in the region.
22:40 The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily occupied territories, is concentrating efforts on trying to disrupt the active operations of the Defense Forces in certain directions, while conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions and regrouping.
22:49 During the day, the Russian military launched five missile and one air strike, made more than 15 attacks from the MLRS. Objects and the civilian population of more than 12 settlements suffered from enemy strikes.
23:15 According to updated information, on October 3, in the south of Ukraine, the defeat of at least thirty enemy targets by the Defense Forces was confirmed. The enemy is demoralized, leaving positions, retreating to a safe distance, destroying ammunition stocks, trying to damage bridges and crossings. Operational report from the General Staff as of 18:00 Tuesday, October 4.
23:33 The Military Chaplaincy Service has started its work in the Armed Forces. This was announced on Telegram by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar.
23:55 US arms supplies to Ukraine are being brought closer to the dangerous line of a direct military clash between the Russian Federation and NATO. This was stated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, a list of what will be included in the new US aid package has emerged. In addition to four HIMARS installations, 155 and 105 mm howitzers and tens of thousands of various shells are also indicated.
00:15 The head of the ZNPP, Igor Murashov, will no longer be able to perform his duties, as he is located on the territory controlled by Ukraine. It is reported by the IAEA.
" As far as the IAEA knows, Murashov is now with his family in the territory controlled by Ukraine and will not continue to fulfill his duties at the ZNPP. It is not yet clear who will replace him in this role ," the Agency's report says.
00:31 Inthe Kherson region, the settlements of Lyubimovka, Kreshchenovka, Zolotaya Balka, Belyaevka, Ukrainka, Bolshaya Aleksandrovka, Malaya Aleksandrovka and Davydov Brod have been liberated. And this is not a complete list. The main thing from the traditional evening address ofVladimir Zelensky.
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[Korrespondent] 23:20 Permanent representatives of the EU countries have agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia, which includes a ceiling on prices for Russian oil, writes Politico. According to the publication, the agreement was agreed upon at a meeting of ambassadors on Tuesday, October 4. The final text is expected to be approved by ambassadors on Wednesday 5 October.
23:11 The United States considers it more appropriate to transfer Soviet, rather than Western tanks to Ukraine, said Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder.
22:37 Zelensky, in an evening video message, announced good news from the front line: "The Ukrainian army is making a fairly fast and powerful movement in the south of our country as part of the current defense operation. Since the Russian pseudo-referendum, dozens of settlements have already been liberated this week alone. This is in the Kherson region , Kharkiv region, Luhansk region and Donbass together.In particular, from military reports from the Kherson region: the settlements of Lyubimovka, Kreshchenovka, Zolotaya Balka, Belyaevka, Ukrainka, Bolshaya and Malaya Aleksandrovka and Davydov Brod were liberated from the occupier and stabilized. And this is still not a complete list ... Our warriors do not stop. And it is only a matter of time before we drive out the occupier from all our land."
22:22 Zelensky, by his decrees, formed 13 military administrations in the liberated territories of the Kharkiv region.
22:10 Arakhamia said that four HIMARS, provided for by the new military aid package, will arrive in the near future: "Before our delegation left for the United States, I asked Valery Zaluzhny what result we should provide for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He replied that we would be satisfied with four additional HIMARS Reporting: The US today officially announced a new assistance package that includes, among other things, four more HIMARS systems, and we will receive them in the near future, and not within several years, as previously stated.
21:11 Over the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Mayorsk, Vyemka, Disputed, Ozeryanovka, Zaitsevo, Bakhmut, Bakhmutskoye, Veseloye, Pervomayskoye and Novomikhailovka, the General Staff said in an evening report . The enemy is demoralized, leaving positions, withdrawing to a safe distance, destroying ammunition stocks, trying to destroy bridges and crossings.
20:39 The new package of US military assistance to Ukraine includes four HIMARS, 32 howitzers, 200 armored vehicles, tens of thousands of shells and mines, the Pentagon reported.
20:33 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the leader of the Italian political force Brothers of Italy, George Meloni: "During the conversation, they noted the need to continue comprehensive support for Ukraine after the formation of the new Italian government. We discussed the need to introduce additional sanctions against Russia, in particular, strengthening the 8th sanctions package of the EU and the ban on the issuance of tourist visas by the EU states for Russian citizens. Thank you for your strong support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state."
20:16 Biden and US Vice President Kamala Harris had a telephone conversation with Zelensky, the White House said. American leaders stressed that they would never recognize Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory. Biden pledged to continue supporting Ukraine and announced a new $625 million security assistance package. We are talking about additional weapons and equipment, in particular the HIMARS MLRS, artillery systems and ammunition, as well as armored vehicles.
19:50 The coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war reported that the first Russian mobilized began to surrender to the Defense Forces with the help of the project I want to live . So, 26-year-old Russian Mikhail Kulikov from Orsk was sent to the front in Ukraine five days after receiving the summons. While still in Russia, he called the project's hotline and received instructions on how to properly and safely surrender to the Ukrainians.
19:38 The head of the NBU, Kirill Shevchenko, said that he had resigned "due to health-related reasons."
19:04 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has officially received Ukraine's application to join the alliance , Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the OPU, said. The next stage is the discussion of the application with all NATO member countries.
18:41 The Ministry of Defense confirmed the release of Davydov Brod: "The Ukrainian flag is again flying over the village of Davydov Brod, Kherson region. Ukrainian marines are confidently moving towards the Black Sea."
18:37 Zelensky said that he had discussed with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the so-called "referendums", food and nuclear security, cooperation within international organizations, primarily in the UN. "It is important to strengthen the Ukrainian-Indian partnership against the backdrop of Russian aggression against Ukraine. I thank India for supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state. We appreciate the significant humanitarian assistance provided by the Indian government and the private sector," the president said.
18:11 The first and second nuclear power units of the Zaporozhye NPP are mined, Grigory Plachkov, former head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate, said: "We are receiving reports of Russia's attempts to transfer the ZNPP under the jurisdiction of the federation. It is also known that the first and second units are mined." According to him, at present, all nuclear units of ZNPP are in a state of cold shutdown.
Plachkov noted that it is difficult to predict the actions of the Russians: "The only thing that can be predicted is that they are trying to do everything so that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant works for the needs of Crimea or the unified system of Russia."
17:42 On Tuesday, October 4, Ukrainian defenders solemnly raised the state flag in Liman, Donetsk region, the Ministry of Defense reported. The commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky, thanked the defenders for the liberation of the city from occupation and gave the order to solemnly raise the flag of Ukraine.
17:29 The "authorities" of occupied Kherson said that Ukrainian troops hit the Antonovsky bridge from HIMARS, three missiles hit the bridge, three more allegedly shot down air defense. Earlier, local publics reported about explosions in Kherson.
17:13 In one month, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated five times more territory than Russia seized in June, July and August combined, the UA War Infographics project calculated.
16:57 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that on the issue of pseudo-referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine, Tehran "emphasizes the need to fully comply with the principle of the territorial integrity of countries as a fundamental norm of international law and respect the principles and purposes of the UN Charter." He stressed that "any provocative actions that could disrupt the path to peace, stability and tranquility" should be avoided.
At the same time, Kanaani spoke about the "stormy fire of war caused by the provocative actions of NATO and the United States." According to him, Iran will support "any efforts" undertaken for a peaceful settlement of the conflict, and "always declared its readiness to contribute to this process."
16:53 The Pentagon called Liman's liberation an outstanding event. About what prospects the city opens up for the Armed Forces of Ukraine - in the material De-occupation of the Liman .
16:49 In Vasilievka, Zaporozhye region, the invaders are building a "state border", said the head of the OVA Oleksandr Starukh: "The invaders are trying to equip the "state border" in the Vasilievka area, as they think, with all the crossing rules that they have come up with there. As a result of this men of military age are not allowed in."
16:26 Zelensky, by his decree, officially recognized Putin's decrees on the "independence" of Ukrainian territories as null and void.
15:57 The EU is working on the eighth package of sanctions against Russia, which should strike at the most painful points for the Kremlin, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock. According to her, first of all, the restrictions will affect the import of Russian oil. Burbock stressed that Europe will not leave unanswered Russia's attempts to illegally annex the territory of Ukraine.
15:46 At the enemy checkpoint in Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, the queue to leave the temporarily occupied territories has reached 4.5 thousand people. An elderly man died in line yesterday, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. An alternative exit route is towards Georgia through the Crimea, but there are also long queues.
15:31 Ukraine's official application for an accelerated entry into NATO has formalized a dialogue on future membership, and now the alliance will begin to discuss it at the official level, Ukrainian Ambassador to NATO Natalia Galibarenko said: "As for a specific plan of action, here, of course, the ball is on side of NATO. After the application has been submitted, the member countries should discuss it and express their position." One of the first discussions will be at the level of ambassadors, and the second will presumably take place within the framework of the meeting of defense ministers during the meeting in the Ramstein format on October 12-13.
15:22 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council warns that Russia will continue to increase nuclear blackmail, so there is a high probability of various kinds of provocations. So, in recent days, foreign media have been spreading information from secret sources that the Kremlin may want to use nuclear weapons.
First, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported that the Russian "submarine with nuclear warheads went to the test." Then The Times wrote that "Putin orders to send a nuclear military train to Ukraine." Meanwhile, on Twitter, various users are spreading videos of the effect of Russia's targeted use of nuclear weapons along the front lines.
The JRC emphasizes that even at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into the territory of Ukraine, Moscow brought nuclear forces to a state of special alert. A demonstrative demonstration of readiness to launch a nuclear strike on the territory of Ukraine at any time is another stage of information terrorism staged by the Russian Federation in order to persuade Ukraine to negotiate on the Kremlin's terms.
14:54 In Gostomel, Kiev region, the invaders tortured 50 people in refrigerators, the bodies of two tortured men were found, the police of the Kiev region reported. According to law enforcement officers, people had their ribs broken, their joints twisted, they were interrogated for weeks at the Gostomel airport, and then they were taken to Russia.
14:48 In the near future, residents of the Lugansk region will be asked to evacuate due to the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He warned that large cities such as Rubizhne, Lisichansk and Severodonetsk would not be allowed to enter freely after the de-occupation: “It is impossible to provide a heating season there - everything is broken. the opportunity to return to check their apartments, but you can’t stay for the winter.” Gaidai clarified that the situation in Rubizhne is better, because several years ago decentralization of heating was ensured there.
14:33 The Ukrainian military publish videos on social networks, from which it follows that the settlements of Davydov Brod, Staroselye, Velyka Oleksandrivka, Novonikolaevka have been liberated in the Kherson region, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine have also entered Dudchany. In addition, Boguslavka, Borovaya, Borovska Andreevka were liberated in the Kharkiv region. There is no official information yet. Yermak, in his Telegram channel, hinted that Ukrainian flags were installed in five settlements.
14:22 Russia deliberately escalates nuclear tension to sow fear, and Musk fell for this bait, Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said: “After Putin waved flags about nuclear weapons, disinformation about allegedly “convoys” began to spread in the Western media This is not happening, but the Kremlin's rise in "nuclear temperatures" pays dividends in fear. Elon Musk was the first to fall for this trap."
14:05 Air defense forces shot down a kamikaze Shahed-136 drone over the sea, which was trying to attack Odessa, OK Pivden reported.
13:54 The winner of the beauty contest Mrs. Crimea-2022, Olga Valeeva, was fined 40 thousand rubles for singing the song Oy u luzi red viburnum .
13:51 The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security under the Ministry of Culture and Information, together with the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety, have developed detailed recommendations on how to escape from a "dirty bomb", a nuclear attack or an accident at a nuclear power plant.
13:41 The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, said that summonses in Russia were issued to 100 thousand mobilized, who are sent to the most dangerous sectors of the front. According to him, Russian soldiers are surrendering en masse. So, over the past few weeks, the hotlines of the Want to Live project have received more than 2,000 appeals from Russian military personnel and their relatives about their desire to surrender.
13:19 Shoigu said that more than 200 thousand people arrived in the Russian armed forces as part of a partial mobilization. At the same time, he assured that the mobilized will be sent to the areas of the "special operation" after combat coordination: "The use of these units should be planned only in conjunction with those units that are already participating in a special military operation."
13:03 Peskov commented on Kiev's refusal to negotiate with Putin: "We will wait for a change in the position of Zelensky or the future president of Ukraine."
12:42 Lukashenka admitted participation in the war against Ukraine: "As for our participation in a special military operation in Ukraine, we are participating there. We do not hide this ... But we do not send our military anywhere ... Our participation is to to prevent the spread of this conflict to the territory of Belarus, firstly, and secondly, to prevent an attack on Belarus under the guise of a special military operation by Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.As I said, no one will shoot in the back of the Russians from the territory of Belarus. Here is our participation."
Lukashenka also said that at the end of the harvesting campaign, it is necessary "without any hubbub, without noise" to check those liable for military service - "to see their presence and clarify all our materials, lists and documents in the military registration and enlistment offices."
11:48 The SBU intercepted another Russian documents and established that the "DPR" terrorists "painted" foreign observers at the fake referendum retroactively. In particular, samples of invitations to "foreign observers" to participate in an illegal plebiscite in eastern Ukraine were found. It was established that the corresponding letters were signed by the so-called "head of the CEC" on September 29, that is, two days after the formal completion of the pseudo-voting.
11:19 Zelensky, by his decree, put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of September 30 on Ukraine's actions in response to Russia's attempt to annex the territories of Ukraine, which states the impossibility of negotiating with Putin: "To state the impossibility of negotiating with President of the Russian Federation V. Putin." The decree also approved the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on Ukraine's application to join NATO in an expedited manner.
11:16 Ukraine can achieve key military goals before winter, Pentagon international security spokeswoman Celeste Wallander said. In particular, according to her, the goal of Ukraine is to push back the Russian bridgehead on the western bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. According to Vollander, this will be a "big defeat for Russia" because it will become an even greater obstacle to the Kremlin's ambitions to seize Odessa.
11:10 Russia blocks the evacuation of Ukrainians on the border with Estonia. According to the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko, a critical situation has developed at the checkpoint near Ivangorod. The FSB carries out filtering before crossing the border - people have been waiting in line for the sixth day in inhuman conditions. They also report about detentions, facts of a ban on crossing the border by the Russian Federation. The situation is aggravated due to the large number of Russians who are trying to escape - the border guards and the FSB primarily "serve" the citizens of the Russian Federation.
11:05 Estonia handed over to the Ukrainian military the drones that the Russian tried to take out to the Russian Federation in July of this year, the embassy said: “Remember the Estonian-Russian citizen with dual citizenship who tried to smuggle drones for the Russian army? In addition to his arrest, the security police seized the drones and handed them over to the Ukrainian army."
10:38 The Federation Council unanimously ratified the agreements on "joining" the "DPR", "LPR", Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into Russia.
10:13 The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and its head Hakan Fidan contributed to the release of 215 Ukrainian soldiers from Russian captivity and provided conditions for the defenders of Azovstal in Turkey, Yermak said.
09:52 The invaders launched a missile attack on Kramatorsk at night, two people were injured, the city council said.
09:48 Natives of "new regions of the Russian Federation" who are abroad must decide within a month whether they want to change their citizenship, said Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov.
09:15 CNN writes that Russia claims the annexation of Ukrainian regions, which it does not fully control. Referring to ISW data, the agency showed what percentage of the territory in the occupied regions of Ukraine is controlled by the Russian Federation (as of September 30):
09:10 British intelligence notes that this year Russia starts the autumn conscription a month later, which indicates problems with training and arming a large number of new conscripts. Analysts state that Russia's problems with accommodating, training, equipping and deploying mobilized and conscripts are significant, and the shortcomings of the Russian administrative and logistical systems will continue to undermine these efforts.
09:04 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 4. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk and Bakhmut directions.
personnel - about 60,800 (+370) people liquidated,
tanks - 2424 (+44),
armored combat vehicles - 5018 (+27),
artillery systems - 1407 (+2),
MLRS - 340 (+2),
air defense systems - 177 (+1),
aircraft - 266 (+1),
helicopters - 228 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1028 (+2),
cruise missiles - 246 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3823 (+12),
special equipment - 131 (+0).
08:58 In the Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, one civilian was killed - in Krasnogorovka. Two more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:46 Elon Musk said that he still supports Ukraine, "but he is convinced that the massive escalation of the war will cause great harm to Ukraine and, possibly, to the world." According to him, SpaceX's cost to launch and support Starlink in Ukraine is currently about $80 million, while "Russian support is $0." "It is clear that we are for Ukraine. But an attempt to return the Crimea will lead to mass deaths, possibly fail and could lead to a nuclear war - that would be terrible for Ukraine and the Earth," the billionaire believes.
08:39 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Putin is trying to shift the blame for the recent and future failures of the Russian military in the Kharkiv region, using personnel changes in the Russian Defense Ministry. Thus, analysts recalled that a new commander was appointed in the Western Military District of the Russian Federation - Lieutenant General Roman Berdnikov replaced Alexander Zhuravlev in this post.
The ZVO units over the past few months have mainly operated in the northeast of the Kharkiv region, but without a clearly defined commander. Zhuravlev has not been seen for some time, and Putin replaced two commanders of the western group of troops in two weeks.
Putin is likely trying to redirect his growing anger over the losses in the Kharkiv region and Liman by appointing a new person to the leadership of the ZVO. It could also be an attempt to shield the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel General Alexander Lapin, from criticism for the recent Russian setbacks around Liman. Putin may try to shift the blame for the upcoming Russian losses to Berdnikov - in the Kharkiv and, possibly, Luhansk regions, ISW experts say.
08:28 At night, the Russians hit the Nikopol and Sinelnikovsky districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region. In Nikopol, as a result of shelling from Gradov and heavy artillery, four people were injured, said the head of the UVA, Valentin Reznichenko. More than 30 high-rise and private houses were damaged, four apartments were destroyed in one of the high-rise buildings. The electrical networks of the water utility pumping station were damaged, and there is no water and electricity in part of the city. As a result of the shelling, a school, a pharmacy, an industrial enterprise, a grain elevator, shops and administrative buildings were also damaged.
07:59 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine have repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vyemka, Mayorsk, Disputed, Ozeryanovka, Bakhmutskoye, Kamenka and Ternovye Pody, the General Staff said in the morning report . The Russians are suffering colossal losses and, in order to make up for them, they are forced to transfer troops from distant borders, in particular from Siberia and Syria.
07:08 In Kharkiv, as a result of night rocket attacks, a fire broke out at an enterprise in the Kholodnogorsk district, critical infrastructure was damaged in the Novobavar district, a fire also broke out, one person died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
02:18 The DPRK Foreign Ministry welcomed the "entry" of the occupied regions of Ukraine into Russia.
01:46 Director General of the Zaporozhye NPP Igor Murashov was "expelled" to the territory controlled by Ukraine on charges of "carrying out activities aimed at discrediting the authorities of the Russian Federation," Russian media report. Murashov himself allegedly "confessed" to the propaganda media that he was transmitting information to Kyiv about what was happening at the station, "realizing that the shelling was coming from the Ukrainian troops." He also allegedly "confessed" that he forbade the team from publishing an appeal to the UN and the IAEA demanding to stop the shelling, since this "could hurt the state interests of Ukraine."
Earlier, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said that Murashov "safely returned to his family."
01:10 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported on the shelling of Kholodnogorsk and Novobavar districts of the city. Under attack in one case, industrial, and in the second - infrastructural facilities. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:30 Pushilin said that the Ukrainian military had no chance to hold positions near Kremennaya and that the allied forces were planning to liberate Krasny Lyman. 22:29 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported heavy Ukrainian losses in a number of areas: more than 120 people in Krasnolymansky, up to 250 people in Krivoy Rog and Andreevsky.
22:17 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of the headquarters of the Ukrainian air command "Vostok" in Dnepropetrovsk by an airstrike.
21:30 According to the JCCC, Ukrainian punishers fired at the Kyiv region of Donetsk tonight. Fired three rounds of 155mm caliber.
20:21 Ukrainian troops are suffering significant losses in the Kherson region, the price of their offensive is estimated in hundreds of dead - the authorities of the region. The situation on the Kherson front line is not critical, there were certain advances of Ukrainian troops, but they were stopped.
19:42 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
19:20 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
19:17 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Kirovskiy district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
18:36 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 4, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- a man born in 1989 was wounded.
18:13 In Energodar, new artillery strikes from Ukraine are reported - Vladimir Rogov, a member of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region. According to him, the TPP area is under fire.
17:38 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Kirovskiy district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
17:32 About five explosions thundered in Kherson. Presumably, the air defense system worked. Six HIMARS rockets were fired across the bridge. Three rockets were shot down, three hit the object - a representative of emergency services. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
17:21 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 4, additional information was received about the damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- st. Biryuzova, 14 "a" - an apartment building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Panteleimonovka village):
- as a result of shelling on the street. Mayakovsky scattered PFM "Petal".
17:10 Russian security forces eliminated a group of Ukrainian saboteurs near Kherson, two militants were destroyed, explosive devices were defused.
17:09 APU opened artillery fire on the coastline of Energodar. At least sixteen arrivals - a member of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region Vladimir Rogov. At the moment, there are no reports of damage to civilian infrastructure, and there are no casualties.
17:08 In Melitopol, the Russian Guard prevented a terrorist attack on a playground, the found grenade was seized and neutralized - the department.
16:17 According to the JCCC released:
- in the direction of the Kirovskiy district at 15:49 from n. settlement Netaylovo - four rounds with a caliber of 155mm;
- in the direction of the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts at 15:52 from n. settlement Novomikhailovka - six rounds with a caliber of 152mm.
14:13 VFU fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, on the street. Yugoslav man died.
14:03 In Berdyansk, a gunner of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who was planning terrorist attacks in the Zaporozhye region, was detained. Patrol officers received information that a suspicious man was hiding in one of the houses. After checking the address, they found the gunner.
"During the inspection of the phone, the fact of its connection with the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was established, photographs of places of service were found, messages in which he declares his readiness to assist the Armed Forces of Ukraine by pointing at military facilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Zaporozhye region reported.
13:48 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 4, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovsky district):
- a woman born in 1950 died.
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
A total OF 20 transformer substations de-energized, without power supply for 2000 subscribers n.p. Alexandrovka.
13:43 Kyiv deployed mercenaries trained at training bases in Eastern Europe to the Kremennaya area in the LPR - LPR Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
13:20 The main DPR Denis Pushilin about the situation:
- The front line in the Krasnolimansky direction is stabilizing.
- A serious line of defense is being built in the Kremennaya area.
- In some areas in Artemovsk, the retreat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is recorded.
13:18 During referendum days, seven Ukrainian planes and more than 100 rockets, including HIMARS, were shot down, hundreds of lives were saved - Shoigu
13:17 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
13:12 As a result of the shelling of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a girl was killed in the Zhilkoop microdistrict. Questionnaire data are specified. According to eyewitnesses, in the Biryuzova microdistrict, the arrival was near the temple. The glazing in the houses was damaged, the bus Kulemzin was hit by shrapnel.
12:33 The Ukrainian military has no chance to hold positions near Kremennaya - Pushilin. He also added that the allied forces are planning to liberate Krasny Lyman.
12:12 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to break through the LPR defense line near the city of Kremennaya, suffering enormous losses, but the situation is under control - Andrey Marochko.
11:17 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
11:09 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. according to the situation on 04.10.2022
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 110 personnel;
-- three tanks;
-- 15 armored personnel carriers;
-- 16 units of special automotive equipment.
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements.
Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. STAROBELSK with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS, firing one missile. As a result of the shelling, the Forget-me-not nursery, the Kolos stadium and three residential buildings were damaged. Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Luhansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: Engineer and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining.
During October 3, they cleared more than seven hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of STARAYA KRASNIANKA and ZHYTLOVKA settlements.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.
11:05 The advance of Ukrainian troops in the Kherson region has been stopped, the authorities of the region told RIA Novosti.
09:43 The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reports 43 facts of firing by the AFU over the past day. The enemy used MLRS "Himars", 220mm BM-27 MLRS "Hurricane", artillery 155mm, 122mm, mortars 120mm.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Donetsk, Zaitsevo, Panteleimonovka, Yasinovataya, Mineralnoe, Makeevka, Dokuchaevsk. 13 housing constructions were damaged in the Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk and Staromikhaylovka, as well as 12 civil infrastructure facilities.
09:25 In Artemovsk, the disposition of Kyiv militants was destroyed. As a result of the missile attack, more than 260 Ukrainians were eliminated.
09:20 Akhmat special forces units and the People's Militia of the LPR are in full control of the situation at the front in the area of Seversk and Lisichansk - Chechen Security Council Secretary Apty Alaudinov.
09:06 Front-line summary for the morning of 10/04/22 from wargonzo
The Kharkov direction for the Russian army somehow abruptly turned into Lugansk. Ukrainian troops established control over Borovaya on the left bank of the Oskol River. They also occupied vast territories in the area.
In fact, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reached the right bank of the Zherebets River. And it is possible that they will jump to the right. And there already in ten kilometers Svatovo. True, on the other side of the Red River. And this is the "red line" of defense of the Russian army in the Luhansk region. To the east of Svatov there are no large settlements, significant water barriers and large forests.
In turn, the artillery of the allied forces is holding back the possible advance of the Ukrainian army from the west to Lisichansk from Belogorovka.
Also on the ground, they attack the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sporny and conduct assault operations in the direction of Vymka.
PMC "Wagner" traditionally fights on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut. To the south-east of the city, allied forces are trying to advance in the area of the village of Zaitsevo.
On the Donetsk front, they once again attacked in the direction of Pervomaisky. To the south - fighting near Nevelskoy.
On the Krivoy Rog direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine took the village of Mikhailovka on the right bank of the Kakhovka reservoir and are trying to move towards Novoaleksandrovka and Dudchan. This is a serious danger for the Russian group.
In the Kherson direction, ground battles are going on in the Bruskinsky area, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to expand their foothold on the left bank of the Ingulets. For now, they can't move forward. And on the right bank of the Ingulets, the line of contact has already moved close to the bridgehead of the Russian army in Snigurovka. The price of the issue is control over an important rocade.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched another missile attack on Kherson. Russian cannon and rocket artillery worked on almost the entire line of contact.
09:00 A column of buses with Nazi personnel walked to the Ugledar region in order to strengthen positions. Didn't get there. Was met by fire from the 1st AK.
08:57 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): two rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:40 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, additional information was received about the damage as a result of shelling of the cities of the Republic by the AFU on October 3:
n.p. Dokuchaevsk:
- st. Industrialnaya, 1 - a direct hit with subsequent ignition of the administrative building DOF-1 of branch No. 3 "DFDK" LLC "DMZ";
- st. Lenina, 40 - GBOU "Dokuchaev boarding school No. 27";
- st. Lenina, 51 - Bus station;
- st. Lenina, 55 - cafe "Dokuchaevskoe" - a low-pressure gas pipeline Ø 15mm was damaged;
- st. Lenina, 57 - shop "Stroybat", shop "Hope".
08:30 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:27 Report of the Luhansk People's Republic's Representation in the JCCC for the past day, October 03: From the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, shelling was recorded on the settlement. Starobelsk with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (one missile type M30A1 GMLRS).
07:50 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Dokuchaevsk: five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:42 More than 200 thousand people have already arrived in the Armed Forces as part of partial mobilization, Shoigu said. 19:08 The Russian army retreats in the south due to a shortage of forces to create a continuous front line instead of a focal one
In the north of the Kherson region, our troops are urgently reformatting the front line. Due to the large numerical superiority of the enemy, the RF Armed Forces are creating a new line of defense in a narrower area, eliminating the threat of our units falling into the boiler after the breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Berislav.
▪️“Avoiding the emerging encirclement, the RF Armed Forces withdrew along the entire front of the Ingulets River to the east of the previously captured enemy bridgehead on the indicated river.
▪️The key n.p. Davydov Brod (for which fierce battles were fought for two months) and a number of large villages in its vicinity.
▪️The withdrawal continues. Apparently, the goal of the command of our group is to reduce the front line, at least to the state of creating a continuous (and not focal) front line covering Berislav and the Novo-Kakhovskaya dam," writes I. Strelkov.
▪️On the other side of the left-bank bridgehead of the Dnieper, during the enemy's breakthrough along the Dnieper, ours left Dudchany and hold the line of defense along the Mylovoe-Borozenskoye line.
▪️Here, from the right bank of the Dnieper, our artillery will also be able to support the defending troops.
▪️But our urgently need reinforcements, primarily with heavy equipment.
▪️At this time, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other equipment are moving into the Crimea, and our mobilized units are preparing at the training grounds. Before entering them into the NWO zone, it is necessary to hold the front.
15:40 Russian Defense Ministry on the course of the military special operation. Summary for October 4:
The Russian Aerospace Forces near Dneproperovsk hit the headquarters of the Air Command "Vostok" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Up to 100 military personnel, including foreign mercenaries, and 16 units of military equipment were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, massive fire damage was inflicted on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two points of temporary deployment of nationalist formations.
More than 120 nationalists and 14 armored vehicles were destroyed. Up to 90 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three tanks and six armored vehicles were destroyed in the Lisichansk direction.
In the area of the city of Zaporozhye, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, production workshops for the repair of aircraft on the territory of the Motor Sich plant were hit. More than 15 tons of ammunition were destroyed, including shells for the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, as well as two Ukrainian Mi-24 combat helicopters.
On the Krivorozhsky and Andreevsky directions in the Russian Aerospace Forces, nine tanks, 12 infantry fighting vehicles, 20 vehicles and up to 250 military personnel were destroyed. Five command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit, as well as 43 artillery units, manpower and military equipment in 157 districts.
Five depots of ammunition and rocket-artillery weapons were destroyed. In the area of the settlement of Chasov Yar, the DPR, the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed. In the area of the village of Aleksandrovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, the radar of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed.
Russian Aerospace Forces shot down in a day: Ukrainian Su-25s and Su-24s. During the day, air defense systems destroyed eight unmanned aerial vehicles, shot down two Tochka-U ballistic missiles, and nine shells of HIMARS and Alder multiple launch rocket systems were destroyed in the air.
15:34 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
▪️ 312 aircraft,
▪️ 157 helicopters,
▪️ 2,145 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▪️ 379 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▪️ 5,336 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▪️ 860 multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles,
▪️ 3,445 field artillery pieces and mortars,
▪️ 6,226 units of special military vehicles.
15:17 On the southwestern outskirts of Dnepropetrovsk, the headquarters of the Vostok air command of the Ukrainian army - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, was hit by a high-precision strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
15:01 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing in two directions on the Kherson front. There are heavy battles. According to “Come and See”, in the area of Davydov Brod, the airborne forces are holding the line. However, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are building up pressure, bringing fresh reserves into battle.
In the Berislav direction, the enemy has so far been stopped in the Dudchan area. There, Russian forces were able to blow up the dam, which significantly hampered the advancement of Ukrainian units. However, part of the settlement is currently under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The main tactical goal of the Ukrainian offensive is the unification of forces in the so-called "St. Andrew's gut". In the future, the Ukrainians will be able to conduct an offensive against New Kakhovka. The strategic task is to bypass Kherson and cut off the RF Armed Forces from supplies.
Currently, the Russian army has two options: either try to dislodge the enemy and launch a counterattack, or retreat to new positions in order to prevent falling into the boiler.
15:00 An air raid alert has been declared in all regions of Ukraine.
13:37 Peskov about Kyiv's refusal to dialogue: we will wait for a change in the position of Zelensky or the future president of Ukraine.
13:34 The current conscripts will go home after demobilization, and those recruited during the autumn mobilization will serve not in the NVO-Shoigu zone.
13:03 Air defense systems have worked in the Odessa region. According to local sources, one of several Geran-2 kamikaze drones flying in the Odessa region was shot down.
12:19 Explosions are reported in Odessa. Earlier, local channels wrote that kamikaze drones were flying towards the region.
11:26 Zelensky put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on the impossibility of holding negotiations with Putin.
08:00 Russian military crushed column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region. The footage is published by the Russian Defense Ministry. Ukrainian tanks, armored vehicles and motor vehicles, driven into a heap, became the prey of artillery. The calculation of the reconnaissance drone of the Russian paratroopers corrected the strikes.
07:55 Russian military crushed column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region. The footage is published by the Russian Defense Ministry. Ukrainian tanks, armored vehicles and motor vehicles, driven into a heap, became the prey of artillery. The calculation of the reconnaissance drone of the Russian paratroopers corrected the strikes.
[DW] Ministers from across the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... have drawn up a plan to make the bloc less dependent on Russian fossil fuels.
EU finance ministers on Tuesday agreed on the financing and distribution of a €20 billion ($19.8 billion) fund needed to reduce the bloc's dependency on Russian energy imports.
The consensus is the first step in turning the commission's proposal into an EU law as the bloc struggles with the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine.
It comes as part of a long-term response to soaring energy prices in the European Union as a consequence of Russia's war on Ukraine.
WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM?
Ministers agreed that money to reduce EU dependency on Russian fossil fuels should be raised by taking about €15 billion from the EU's innovation fund.
About €5 billion would also come from selling carbon dioxide emission licenses to industries sooner than planned from the EU carbon market's "market stability reserve."
The money would be used to diversify energy supplies and replace fossil fuels. The delegates agreed to allocate funds in a way that recognizes some EU countries are more dependent on Russian oil, gas, and coal than others.
The €20 billion is part of a plan of the European Commission to raise up to €300 billion in loans and grants to boost investments into renewable energy.
A large part of the amount — up to €225 billion — is to come from unclaimed money from the European Union's COVID-19 recovery fund, according to the proposal.
The talks took place as Germany comes in for criticism over a costly package to protect homes and firms from soaring energy costs.
Germany unveils €200bn plan to address energy crisis
PRAISE FOR PROGRESS MADE
"Today we achieved a major step forward in strengthening Europe's autonomy from Russia's fossil fuels," said Czech Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura, who chaired the talks.
"It will help improve EU energy security and tackle high energy prices by investing quickly where it matters most," EU Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis wrote on Twitter.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the agreement would help member states fight inflation and invest in cutting reliance on fossil fuels.
The European Parliament next has to agree on a position before member states and politicians can begin negotiating the legislation together.
The ministers on Tuesday were also discussing the wider economic consequences of the war in Ukraine amid record inflation and financial support for Kyiv.
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[An Nahar] A Kremlin-installed official in the south Ukraine region of Kherson urged residents to remain calm Tuesday as reports were surfacing that Kyiv's forces were making sweeping gains into Russian-controlled territory.
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