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Day 613. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of 36 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over the Black Sea and Crimea on the night of October 29. The third discussion of the Ukrainian “peace formula” is taking place in Malta without the participation of China.
SK: nine people, including two children, were shot in a private house in Volnovakha
Air raid systems worked in the Kiev region. No possible consequences on the ground were reported.
Medvedev: EU companies have lost billions due to leaving the Russian market, and it will be difficult, if not impossible, for them to return here.
Medvedev called Europe “the real enemy of Russia”
In the Verkhovna The Ukrainian Rada has registered a bill to increase fines for violating curfews for businesses and individuals.
According to a number of analysts, Ukraine will not wait for the gas transit contract to expire at the end of 2024 and will terminate the agreement with the Russian Federation in the spring, after completion heating season.
The Washington Post: Ukrainian President Zelensky's support for Israel has jeopardized Kiev's year-long efforts to win support from Muslim countries.
Traffic on the Crimean Bridge has resumed from the Krasnodar Territory.
Medvedev compared the photo with rallies for Palestinians and Ukraine: “Feel the difference”
State Duma Deputy Gorelkin called for the removal of “weapons of information warfare against Russia” — «Wikipedia» — from search results in Runet.
Vehicle traffic along the Crimean Bridge from Kerch has been resumed.
Former People's Deputy of Ukraine Oleg Tsarev, who was assassinated, is still in intensive care, his friend Alexander Chalenko told RBC.
Governor of the Rostov region Glubev: “According to updated information, several fragments of a downed air target fell in the Pervomaisky district Rostov, causing damage to property, the consequences are being assessed. There are no reports of casualties. Information is being clarified.»
Traffic on the Crimean Bridge from Taman is temporarily blocked. Earlier, it was announced that traffic would be blocked from Kerch.
Ukraine will not extend the agreement on the transit of Russian gas to Europe, which expires at the end of 2024, the head of Naftogaz said. Chernyshov.
A drone was shot down over Rostov-on-Don, Governor Golubev said.
Vehicle traffic on the Crimean Bridge from Kerch is temporarily blocked.
The US Congress may significantly reduce the amount of aid to Ukraine and not give President Biden the required amount of $61 billion, says ex-ambassador of Ukraine Chaly.
Governor of the Belgorod region Gladkov — about the strikes on October 28: "In the Belgorod region under artillery fire the shelling hit the village of Shchetinovka – 16 arrivals were established. One artillery shell was fired at the village of Nekhoteevka. There were no casualties or destruction in any of the settlements in the region. In the Shebekinsky urban district, one mortar shell was fired at the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka. There were no consequences.»
An air raid alert has been declared in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Nikolaev regions of Ukraine, in the parts of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The leader of the “Time Machine”, who left the Russian Federation after the start of the Northern Military District, Makarevich (included in the register of foreign agents) reported that the organizers of his upcoming concerts in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are being threatened by unknown persons because he supported Israel.
RIA Novosti, citing the Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea, reports that a direct descendant of Empress Catherine II and Prince Grigory Potemkin, Andrei Kalageorgi, was planning to obtain Russian citizenship and settle in Crimea.
Special forces commander "Akhmat" Alaudinov said that “in all directions, it should be noted that recently there have been a lot of prisoners. Probably everyone already sees that in a day or two, maximum three, we will definitely have new prisoners.”
State Duma Speaker Volodin said that “theft” frozen funds of the Russian Federation will require a symmetrical response, large assets belonging to unfriendly countries will be confiscated.
"Kommersant": a fire occurred on the territory of the Afipsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar Territory, the regional government called it a “local fire”, the cause of which it turns out. There is no official data yet on possible drone attacks or sabotage.
Russian Ministry of Defense: “Duty air defense systems destroyed 36 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black Sea and the northwestern part of the Crimean peninsula.”