09:42
Missiles in the Kyiv region
Explosions were heard in Kyiv and Buchi early in the morning. “All services are working, the rescuers are on site. At the moment there are no casualties,” the authorities say. However, the energy infrastructure facility was severely damaged and power outages occurred in Kyiv. This information was confirmed by the company Ukrenergo.
09:37
A Russian citizen has been banned from buying real estate in Finland
The Finnish Ministry of Defense for the first time banned a Russian citizen from buying real estate in the city of Kotka.
09:15
The United Nations has asked Russia to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross access to all detained Ukrainian military personnel.
“The Secretary-General reiterates his request to the Russian Federation that the International Committee of the Red Cross have unrestricted access to all prisoners of war, in accordance with international humanitarian law, including the Third Geneva Convention,” tweeted UN Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric.
08:26
Many Russian reservists have to buy their own body armor
According to the UK MoD, many Russian reservists called up to fight in Ukraine will likely need to buy their own body armor, prices of which have skyrocketed. The British Ministry of Defense also saw widespread corruption and poor logistics as the main cause of Russia’s “poor performance” in the war in Ukraine. The ministry said the vest sold for around $640 on Russian online shopping sites, down from less than $200 in April.
08:19
According to the IMF, the war in Russia is the “most important” brake on growth
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is “the most important factor” in the global economic slowdown and workplace instability, said the chairman of one of the International Monetary Fund’s main committees.
“This week calls for Russia to end the war in Ukraine have multiplied,” said Nadia Calvino, Spain’s deputy prime minister and chair of the IMFC committee responsible for advising the IMF on monetary and financial matters. during a press conference on the occasion of the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington. “War is the most important factor in slowing growth and increasing inflation, volatility, food and energy insecurity and insecurity,” she said.
08:01
Bodies of six civilians found in Lyman, Donetsk region
According to Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the regional military administration, “on October 14, the Russians murdered two residents of the Donetsk region in Bakhmut. Also, six other civilians were found in Lyman who were killed by the Russians during the occupation.” According to the Ukrainian authorities, 35 burial sites were discovered in the Donetsk region and more than 120 bodies were exhumed.
07:56
SpaceX cannot “indefinitely fund” the Starlink system in Ukraine, warns Elon Musk
The SpaceX company no longer has the funds to continue financing the Starlink Internet network in Ukraine. His boss Elon Musk pointed out the costs of this system and appealed to the US government to adopt it. Read our article
07:54
A Wagner employee and an FSB employee are said to have applied for political asylum in France
According to insider Vladimir Osechkin, head of the Gulagu.net project, these two people will be able to help “the international investigation into Russian war crimes.” In addition, according to Osechkin, several employees of special services have been able to leave Russia and apply for asylum in recent months.
07:39
Air raid alert over Ukraine
According to Ukrainska Pravda, air raid sirens have been sounding in all regions of Ukraine except Crimea for the past 7 hours.
07:35
“Ukrainians must restore peace to their country and ensure their country a historic victory,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
On the occasion of the Feast of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin in Ukraine, President Zelensky, in his daily video message, congratulated the entire population “that guards our sky, our sea and our cyberspace”. Before launch: “We must restore peace. And let’s do it. We must secure a historic victory for our country. And it will be.”
07:25
Two wounded in shelling in Nikopol
More than 50 Russian shells were fired at Nikopol overnight, injuring two people, a 35-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, Dnipropetrovsk region governor Valentyn Reznichenko told Telegram. More than 10 high-rise buildings and apartment buildings, a transport company, several shops, a garage, cars and several offices were destroyed in the city.
07:23
New bombings in the Zaporizhia region
According to Oleksandr Starukh, head of the regional military administration, four drones and a dozen rockets fell on Zaporijjia during the night. “A Shahed-136 UAV attack damaged infrastructure. Fires broke out, but our rescuers brought them under control in time. There are no victims,” Starukh adds.
07:19
Five suicide drones were shot down in the Dnepropetrovsk region
Ukrainian forces shot down five suicide drones over the Dnipropetrovsk region. “At midnight, East Air Command troops destroyed five enemy Shahed-136 suicide drones over the region,” said Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration. He added that three drones were shot down over Kryvyi Rih district and two more over Nikopol district.
07:18
Anti-aircraft defenses on the American side
Also includes over 23,000 artillery shells, 5,000 anti-tank remote controlled mines, 5,000 anti-tank weapons and 200 Humvee transport vehicles.
Joe Biden promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday that he would “continue to provide Ukraine with what it needs to defend itself, including advanced systems” of air defense.
07:07
400 million from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia also announced a major donation to Ukraine on Saturday, in this case $400 million in humanitarian aid to Kyiv. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the official SPA news agency reported.
The prince stressed “the Kingdom’s position to support anything that contributes to de-escalation and the Kingdom’s willingness to continue mediation efforts,” SPA said.
07:06
$725 million
The United States will provide an additional $725 million in military aid to Ukraine for its defense against the Russian invasion, the Pentagon and the State Department announced on Friday.
“This payment will bring total American military aid to Ukraine to an unprecedented figure of more than $18.3 billion,” US chief of diplomacy Antony Blinken said in a statement since Joe Biden took office.
07:00
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