Events, statements, economic news
Day 609. NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said that Sweden has fulfilled all obligations to join the alliance. Stockholm could join the bloc at the end of November. Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Stefanchuk said that Ukraine can still hold presidential elections, but for this it will be necessary to solve five key problems. Shoigu visited the command post of the Vostok group of troops, located in the southern Donetsk direction.
Crews of heavy flamethrower systems (TOS) of the West grouping attacked a concentration of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Timkovka area of the Kharkov region. This was reported to TASS by the head of the group's press center, Sergei Zybinsky.
Military expert Boris Rozhin published on his Telegram channel footage of the destruction of a Turkish MRAP armored car in the Bakhmut direction by the ATGM crew of the 200th separate guards motorized rifle brigade of the Northern Fleet. Kirpi.
Forbes journalists calculated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not spare equipment supplied by Western countries. As an example, he cited the German Leopard 2A4 tanks. Three such vehicles have been lost by the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the past few days.
TASS: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine admitted that mobilization in the country will be intensified.
American billionaire Elon Musk agreed with entrepreneur David Sachs that that continued US support for Ukraine is a stupid idea.
Military expert Rozhin spoke about the current situation in the Northern Military District
Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine: an air raid alert sounds in the Nikolaev region.
A mouse climbed onto a Russian drone and flew away to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Telegram channel "Militaries of the Russian Spring" ; reports that on the Zaporozhye front, the Russian Armed Forces, under the cover of bad weather, carried out a successful series of counterattacks on the Kopani-Rabotino-Novoprokopovka line.
RT military correspondent Igor Zhdanov reported that employees of the OSCE mission in Donbass were engaged in espionage instead of impartially nal monitoring.< /p>
Kiev may allow Ukrainians liable for military service to travel abroad for a fee.
New Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson, speaking in his inaugural speech about the priorities of the work of Congress, ignored Ukraine.
Politico: Joe Biden's administration decided to change grounds for allocating new aid to Ukraine, since its previous rhetoric about supporting Kiev was a disaster. Now the White House explains the need to continue assistance to Ukraine as a guarantee of economic growth in the United States itself.
Mobilization in the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be intensified “due to the loss of personnel and the need to form new formations,” believes Rakhmanin, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security.
A bill has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada proposing to allow men to travel abroad “for a fee.” According to the document, travelers must open an account in a state bank with a minimum contribution of UAH 12,945 and replenish it every month during their stay abroad by UAH 1,306.5, with permission for the bank to transfer these contributions to a special account of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Hungarian government will not support changes to the EU budget for 2024-2027, including the allocation of 20 billion euros to help Ukraine, the Prime Minister's Office said.
Ukrainian President Zelensky will speak on October 26 at the EU summit in Brussels.
Ukrainian President Zelensky will speak on October 26 at the EU summit in Brussels.
Putin thanked the leaders of religious organizations for supporting the Russian Armed Forces: “I want to thank you, thank you all for supporting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, for supporting the Russian Armed Forces and supporting our fighters, their family members, all those who are fighting for Russia within the framework of a special military operation.»
Ukraine intends to produce tens of thousands of drones per month by the end of 2023, said Minister of Strategic Industries Kamyshin.
A new evacuation has been announced from the Kharkov region. The head of the local administration, Sinegubov, said that 275 children were forcibly evacuated from 10 settlements in the Kupyansky district and recommended evacuating the Borovskaya community in the Izyumsky district.
The IAEA reported a “powerful night explosion” in the area of the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant, the operation of the facility has not been disrupted.
The Ministry of Defense showed a video of nuclear training with Putin
Putin became interested in the reasons for the rise in prices for poultry meat, which has risen significantly since the beginning of the year: he warned that the Cabinet of Ministers must respond in a timely manner to the increase in prices for poultry meat by purchasing it from friendly countries.
Shoigu reported to Putin on training on launching a massive nuclear strike. Gerasimov clarified that the Yars complexes, the Tula submarine and the Tula submarine will be involved in the training. and strategic bombers. According to Shoigu, the training is being carried out under the leadership of Putin.
Great Britain began training Ukrainian military pilots in September, said Deputy Prime Minister Sunak.
Putin instructed Medvedev to complete the army with contract soldiers
Starovoit: “In the village of Gorodishche, Rylsky district, as a result of shelling from Ukraine, the facades, windows and fences of 3 households were damaged. No civilians were injured <…> The gas pipeline in the settlement has been interrupted and the power supply has been disrupted.»
Governor of the Kursk Region Starovoit: “The village of Popovo-Lezhachi, Glushkovsky district, was shelled. 7 arrivals were recorded. None of the residents were injured. The car of one of the citizens was damaged. In addition, the village of Tyotkino in the same region came under fire. There are no casualties or destruction. The village of Kozino, Rylsky district, was also shelled. There is damage to the building of the village club — its windows are broken.»
Financial Times: since February 2022, more than 820 thousand people have left Russia, about 15% of them have returned.
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Ukraine has begun negotiations with Moldova and Romania on the creation of a “green corridor” to accelerate the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure reported.
Ukrainian media write about rumors about the alleged imminent resignation of Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, who, according to these rumors, should be replaced by Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova. The Office of President Zelensky denied this information, calling it a “Russian fake.”
A bill was introduced to the State Duma banning giving names to villages, microdistricts, residential complexes and neighborhoods in a foreign language. It is also proposed to prohibit the use of a foreign language for signs, inscriptions, signs, external surfaces, information plates — for example, “coffee, fresh, sale, shop, open.”
The head of the European Council Michel proposed to the heads of EU countries at the summit On October 26-27, the EU will discuss increasing military supplies to Ukraine and the possibility of using frozen Russian assets.
Russian Ministry of Defense: over the past 24 hours, two ATACMS operational-tactical missiles were intercepted for the first time in the Northern Military District zone.
TASS: The FSB detained a resident of Ugra on charges of treason in favor of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Zelensky said that “heavy, sticky battles” are going on in Kupyansk and Avdievka.
Head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Kartapolov said that the committee supported for the first reading a draft law providing for an increase in pensions for military personnel from October 1, 2024 by 4.5%.
The Arbitration Court of Crimea satisfied the claim of the republican authorities to recover damage from water from Ukraine blockade of the peninsula, decided to recover 152.6 billion rubles.
Medvedev, in response to the words of the head of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the return of Crimea to Ukraine, proposed that the Czechs return the Sudetenland to Germany.
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has put on the wanted list the street artist Philippenzo, who has created several works criticizing the SVO since the beginning of 2022. Several months ago, the artist was detained after arriving from Georgia and placed under administrative arrest; now he is in Lithuania.
Kazakhstan has denied media reports about the alleged opening of a “NATO center.” The country's Ministry of Defense stated that the video that appeared on the Internet was filmed at the opening of the building of the national Peacekeeping Operations Center; the US Ambassador was invited to the ceremony. However, the center itself has existed since 2006 as a training institution for preparing peacekeeping operations according to UN standards.
Stoltenberg called on the defense enterprises of NATO countries to take a responsible position and not increase the cost of shells.
SK: in In Berdyansk, an unknown person planted an IED under the car of a serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces, he died.
The Federation Council approved a federal constitutional law that excludes from the legislation provisions on the obligation to inform the Secretary General of the Council of Europe about the introduction or termination of martial law and a state of emergency in the Russian Federation.
The explosions occurred in Kherson, said the head of the city administration Mrochko.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland announced the change of ambassador to Ukraine. It is specified that Jaroslaw Guzy will become the new ambassador of Poland.
The Russian military acquired systems that shot down 24 Ukrainian planes in five days — Shoigu.
The EU is ready to allocate only half of the planned amount of funding to Ukraine for 2024, said Deputy Minister of Economy for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization Alexey Sobolev.
In the last 3-4 Weeks ago, many Ukrainian military personnel were captured and voluntarily surrendered, Shoigu said. The situation suggests that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have fewer and fewer opportunities, the minister added.
The EU in Brussels will discuss assistance to Ukraine with Russian assets
The Ukrainian army began to transfer weapons and equipment to the Kupyansk direction, retired LPR officer Marochko said in his Telegram channel.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Airborne Forces, together with a special forces unit armed with an anti-tank guided missile system, managed to stop the Ukrainian Armed Forces convoy in the Zaporozhye direction.
AFU imitate assaults and set up false positions in the Krasnolimansk direction, said retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Marochko.