In the occupied territories, the Russians looted museums and burned books in the Ukrainian language: This was announced by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army in its morning report, as reported by Ukrinform. “The invaders are destroying Ukrainian cultural heritage in the occupied territories, looting museums and burning books of Ukrainian literature,” the report said. The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has documented more than 500 cases of Russian war crimes against Ukrainian cultural heritage.
“Russia’s targeted attacks on civilian infrastructure mark a new chapter in an already gruesome war. The international order is clear. These are war crimes. Targeted attacks on civilian infrastructure with the clear aim of depriving men, women and children of water, electricity and heating in winter. These are pure acts of terrorism. And we have to call them that,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the European Parliament.
Pro-Russian authorities in the Kherson region plan to evacuate about 50,000 to 60,000 people to the left bank of the Dnieper In a week. This was stated by interim governor Volodymyr Saldo, which was broadcast on Solovyov Live, as reported by Ria Novosti. The commander of the Integrated Group of Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, Army General Sergei Surovikin, said yesterday that the Russian armed forces have information that Kyiv is preparing a massive rocket attack on the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.
A third of power plants out of order due to Russian raids, with more than 1,100 locations in Ukraine still without electricity. The capital, Kyiv, in the dark for hours, under a shower of kamikaze drones. And the Moscow army, which after more than a month on the defensive is threatening to return to the attack from the Kharkiv region, a symbol of defeat at the end of the summer. Ten days after the Kremlin was named sole commander of the offensive, the scorched-earth strategy imposed by “General Armageddon” Sergei Surovikin is hitting Ukrainian civilians harder and harder: a ruthless imprint that is now becoming apparent, designed to blunt popular resistance weaken while Russian troops reorganize themselves.
“Another type of Russian terrorist attacks: on energy and critical infrastructure. Since October 10, 30% of Ukraine’s power plants have been destroyed, causing massive power outages across the country” – from Kyiv to Kryvyi Rih, from Kharkiv to Dnipro, about four thousand Settlements affected by power outages in 10 days – is the budget approved by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to which “there is no more room for negotiations with the Putin regime”. The negotiating space between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, which is always very small, is currently at zero, even according to the key mediator of the crisis, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, fresh from the meeting in Astana with the tsar who defined one direct dialogue “now impossible”.
In the meantime, the new course of the conflict has finally plunged even the Kyiv region, scene of most of the 190 raids, into terror in one week they caused over 70 casualties and 240 injuries. The last two dead in the capital are just a few hours ago when another power plant in the Ukrainian capital was attacked, leaving several parts of the city in the dark for hours. Critical infrastructure remains the focus of the missile, drone and artillery barrages on Moscow, which are constantly sounding air alerts across the country. Raids sharply condemned by the international community, with French and British leaders Emmanuel Macron and Liz Truss denouncing “barbaric attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine”.
Under renewed pressure, Ukraine returns to cite long-range weapons supplies from the West and squanders NATO’s promise to deliver defense systems against Iran’s feared Shahed drone within days. Kyiv is also increasing pressure on Israel, to which it has made an official request for the delivery of an air defense system. “If Israel’s policy is really to constantly oppose Iran’s destructive actions, then it’s time to openly side with Ukraine,” said Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who at the same time suggested Zelenskyy cut diplomatic ties with Tehran , which sells weapons to Moscow, including missiles, but has always denied they are used for the offensive.
Meanwhile, Putin’s troops on the ground are preparing for the resumption of military operations in Kharkiv Oblast. The Moscow defenses claimed they had regained control of the village of Gorobyevka, which would be the first to return to Russian hands after September’s overwhelming withdrawal. In the region, Kyiv said, energy infrastructure continues to be bombed, while rockets fired from the Belgorod border area hit a humanitarian aid warehouse.
On the other hand, Belarus, where joint troops from Moscow and Minsk are stationed, is currently not showing any offensive movement. These forces, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin assured, “will not attack anyone” because their mission is “exclusively defensive”.
