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«MK» conducts an online broadcast of events in Ukraine. This is the 608th day of the special operation. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of three unmanned Ukrainian boats in the Black Sea on the morning of October 24. The WP publication published an article in which responsibility for the murder of Daria Dugina, the bombing of the Crimean Bridge and the attacks on the Kremlin lay with the SBU. NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said that Sweden has fulfilled all obligations to join the alliance.
23 influential rabbis of Ukraine handed over an open letter to the Prosecutor General, in which they called for the release of billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, who is in jail .
The mayor of Novomoskovsk, Dnepropetrovsk region, Sergei Reznik, said that on November 3, residents will have to vote for a new name for the city, which will be renamed as part of de-Russification.
RV military correspondents spoke about the ongoing offensive of Russian troops on Avdeevka, showing a video of an attack on a strong point under the railway near the Avdeevsky waste heap.
The Ukrainian Air Force warns about the approach of Russian attack UAVs to the Kiev region. An air raid alert has been declared in the region.
Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine: an air alert has been declared in the Poltava, Kharkov and Cherkasy regions.
The DPR representative office at the JCCC reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at Donetsk and the Yasinovatsky district using 12 NATO shells. caliber 155 millimeters.
Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev, commenting on reports of "explosions" in the city, reported that a UAV was landed in the Kara-Koba area using electronic warfare equipment. When landing on the ground, it detonated, there was no destruction.
The State Department approved the sale of HIMARS missile systems and other equipment to Latvia for $220 million.
The Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced Oleg Tkachenko, a serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, to 28 years in prison. He was accused of ordering the murder of two residents of Mariupol who expressed dissatisfaction with the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Stefanchuk said that Ukraine can hold presidential elections if five issues can be resolved: how to provide the military with the opportunity to vote and be elected, how to ensure refugees can vote, how to organize elections in territories under the control of the Russian Federation, how to finance the campaign and how to ensure access to the media .
The UN and its humanitarian partners provided assistance to approximately 9 million people in Ukraine this year, including 7 million Ukrainians who received medical services and medicine, a report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
The United States may enter into a military conflict with Iran, which will turn into a disaster, former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, wrote on the social network X.
Russia will not allow the world to forget about Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
UAV RQ-4B “Global Howk” The US Air Force approached the Russian border in the Black Sea, a Su-27 took off, no border violations were allowed, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
An air alert was declared in the Nikolaev and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, as well as in the controlled Kiev, parts of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, Ukrainian media report.
Today Ukraine has shown that it is a terrorist state, there can be no justification for such crimes, they will be assessed, said Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko.
Critical infrastructure was damaged in the Sinelnikovsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region in Ukraine, said the head of the regional Council Nikolay Lukashuk in his Telegram channel.
The EU will give a verdict on Ukraine’s application for membership in the association on November 8. This date was indicated by sources, reports Reuters.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó fears that conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, coupled with conflicts in Africa, could escalate into a third world war.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine made several unsuccessful attempts to attack Russian positions in the Rabotino area, in particular in the direction villages Kopani and Novoprokopovka. This was reported to TASS by the head of the “We are together with Russia” movement. Vladimir Rogov.
The Abrams tanks that recently arrived from the United States to Ukraine will not help the Ukrainian Armed Forces change the course of the conflict. This statement was made by former CIA agent Larry Johnson on the YouTube channel Stephen Gardner.
If the tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of Russia's air defense are mainly offensive, then the Russian Armed Forces use the principle of active defense, said military expert, Colonel reserve Yuri Knutov.
Fragments of an unexploded rocket were discovered in the north of Crimea. As a source in the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told RBC and was confirmed by a source in the territorial police department, we are talking about the British Storm Shadow.
The German defense concern Rheinmetall has increased prices for 155-mm ammunition, which is in demand in the conflict in Ukraine, by more than 1.5 times since the beginning of the SVO, the Welt publication reported.
Slovakia will strengthen the security of its border with Ukraine, which is also external border of the European Union, supplied from Germany by two MANTIS air defense systems. The Ministry of Defense of the Republic reported this on its website.
During a speech via video link at the German-Ukrainian economic forum, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that the authorities are looking for opportunities to produce air defense systems jointly with Western countries.
Sweden has fulfilled all obligations, changed the constitution and laws, and allowed the supply of weapons to Turkey is now ready to join NATO, said Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Germany is preparing a winter aid package for Ukraine worth €1.4 billion, — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The German and Ukrainian sides have created a joint defense enterprise for the repair and maintenance of armored vehicles. Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal reported this.
The village of Novaya Tavolzhanka came under artillery fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There were no casualties. Shell fragments smashed windows and cut the façade and roof of a private home. Construction crews will soon begin eliminating the consequences,” wrote Vyacheslav Gladkov in his Telegram channel.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) suffered heavy losses while trying to attack Russian positions on the southern flank of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name — Bakhmut). Advisor to the head of the DPR Yan Gagin reported this to TASS.
Ukraine has changed the tactics of attacks on Sevastopol: they will attack under water
Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov commented on the statement of Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal that there is a large shortage of ammunition around the world. According to a Kremlin official, «the West's capacity to produce ammunition is limited.»
American journalist Garland Nixon, in a conversation with the YouTube channel Through the eyes of, said that at the moment when the conflict ends, Russia will control all the territories of present-day Ukraine it needs.
The shortage of ammunition in Kiev is associated with an extremely high level of corruption in Ukraine, a source in Moscow told RIA Novosti. He also noted that "shell famine" observed due to the high intensity of hostilities, as well as the lack of control over Western weapons supplied to Kyiv.
A man died after the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donetsk.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal in an interview with the Financial Times said that Kiev is concerned about the uncertainty in the United States surrounding the issue of financing the American government, which affects assistance to Ukraine.
< p>The forced evacuation of children from settlements on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region is an attempt by the Ukrainian side to mislead the Russian forces. This statement was made by the regional governor Vladimir Saldo in his Telegram channel.
Ukrainian specialists have converted air-to-air guided missiles received from the United States to AIM-9M Sidewinder for F-16 fighters in surface-to-air missiles, the Financial Times reported.
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict may continue for a very long time, so Western countries need to increase investment in weapons . This statement was made by the Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Alexander Kamyshin.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine could last for decades, so the West should increase investment in weapons. This was stated by the Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Alexander Kamyshin.
Russian military revealed the tactics of Ukrainian kamikaze drones
Ukrainian media report explosions in the Dnepropetrovsk region and Zaporozhye.
A man died as a result of shelling from the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the Kalininsky district of Donetsk, a woman was injured. This was announced by the mayor of the city, Alexey Kulemzin.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal, in an interview with the Financial TImes newspaper, said that not only his country is experiencing a shortage of ammunition, this problem exists all over the world: "All warehouses empty,” he said.
Ministry of Defense: The Black Sea Fleet hit three Ukrainian unmanned boats
Retired LPR officer Andrei Marochko said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun to use American ones in the Krasnoliman direction ammunition that was released in 2023.