Three people, including a child, died and two others were injured after debris from a downed drone fell on a house in the Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine. Zelenskyy surprised everyone at the NATO summit in Brussels yesterday. Today is Putin’s first trip abroad after the international arrest warrant: The Russian President will be in Kyrgyzstan. Armenia and Azerbaijan were brought before the International Court of Justice in The Hague today. La Russa and Fontana in India today for the G20 parliamentary leaders’ summit
The United States agrees to participate in the Beijing Security Forum
The United States has accepted China’s invitation to attend a major annual security forum in Beijing this month, a sign that relations between the world’s two largest economies are beginning to normalize. The U.S. Department of Defense has actually said it responded to China’s August invitation to attend the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, although it did not specify which officials would attend. China had invited US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin; However, the United States will not be sending Austin to the event.
President Xi Jinping’s government froze high-level military talks with the United States in August 2022 after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan.
US think tank ISW, Moscow advances towards Avdiivka, but these are not strategic gains
“Ongoing localized Russian offensive operations near Avdiivka likely demonstrate the ability of Russian forces to learn and apply tactical lessons on the battlefield in Ukraine,” wrote the US think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW). their daily report. According to the institute, geolocated images in this area on October 10 and 11 confirm the advance of Russian troops southwest and northwest of Avdiivka and near Sieverne and the settlements of Stepove and Krasnohorivka in the Donetsk region, respectively. However, the ISW adds: “It is unlikely that these adjustments and successes at the tactical level will necessarily lead to broader operational and strategic gains for Russian forces.”
Easyjet: announces planned deal to purchase 157 Airbuses
British airline Easyjet has announced a planned deal to buy 157 Airbus aircraft and convert another 35 in the 2029 to 2034 financial years. According to a press release, this is a transaction with a total value of nearly $20 billion at list price. In particular, the list price from January 2018, including the conversion of 35 A320neos into A321neos, is expected to cost “around $19.9 billion,” excluding discounts, the company states. The agreement includes an option to purchase an additional 100 aircraft.
The airline said it expects a pre-tax profit of 440-460 million pounds for the full 2022-2023 financial year ending in September, compared with a loss of 178 million pounds last year.
Easyjet Holidays in particular contributed around £120m to full-year results and the group is targeting growth to over £250m in the medium term.
Kiev: “Russian attempted invasion of Sumy region repelled”
During the night, a formation of Russian soldiers belonging to sabotage and reconnaissance groups attempted to cross the Ukrainian lines in the Sumy area and were repulsed by Kiev’s defenses. This was reported by Ukrainian Lieutenant General Sergei Naev in Telegram. They wanted to get to critical infrastructure. “Today at midnight, soldiers of a territorial defense brigade performing tasks in the territory of the Sumy territorial community, while performing tasks at an observation post, discovered an enemy reconnaissance group consisting of eight members,” Naev explained that they “tried to cross the state border of Ukraine and on “We wanted to head towards one of the critical civilian infrastructures”, but were repelled by Kiev’s artillery and mortars and also suffered some casualties.
Drone attack on Odessa: one woman injured
Yesterday evening, a woman was injured after a drone strike by Russian forces in the Odessa region, which damaged some warehouses and houses around the port of Ismail. This was announced by the head of the regional military administration, Oleg Kiper. In particular, according to Kiper, the Ismail district southeast of the city of Odessa was attacked, “where damage to port infrastructure and residential buildings was recorded.” Fires broke out on site… One person was killed injured, a woman born in 1935 suffered burns.” For its part, the Southern Operational Command said that of the 28 Russian drones destroyed by Ukrainian forces during the night, four were intercepted in the Mykolaiv region and ten in the Odessa region.
USA: Republicans nominate Scalise as Speaker of the House of Representatives
Steve Scalise has won the Republican nomination to be the new speaker of the US House of Representatives, but his fight has only just begun, at the most sensitive moment for Capitol Hill with the war in the Middle East on one side and the conflict in Ukraine on the other. The current leader of the Grand Old Party received 113 votes to 99 in a closed party meeting, defeating his only opponent, Jim Jordan, the Ohio hawk supported by Donald Trump, who a few days ago described him as a “star” of politics. For Scalise, a 59-year-old with great-grandparents of Sicilian heritage who began campaigning immediately after Trump’s coup against Kevin McCarty, it is still a success and the highlight of a long career on the Hill that began in 2008.
Putin in Kyrgyzstan: First official visit since the ICC arrest warrant
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kyrgyzstan this morning on his first official foreign visit since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the tsar. This was announced by the Russian and Kyrgyz news agencies. Putin will meet his Kyrgyzstan counterpart Sadyr Japarov and attend the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) leaders’ summit, which is attended by several former Soviet republics.
Drone shot down in Belgorod, the remains fall on a house: three dead
Debris from a drone shot down in Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine fell on a house, killing two people and injuring at least two others. This was announced by the local authorities. “The air defense system of the Belgorod district shot down an aerial drone that was approaching the city,” Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram, adding that “falling debris completely destroyed one residential building and partially damaged two others. Unfortunately, there are fatalities.” The bodies of three people, including a child, were found under the rubble by rescue workers.
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