Donetsk is still the scene of bombs and deaths in Ukraine. A child and a woman are the latest victims, with allegations being exchanged between Moscow and Kiev. Meanwhile, according to Ukrainians, Russia has deployed two new missile boats in the Black Sea. US President Biden is trying to reassure Kiev: “The USA is able to support both Ukraine and Israel.” But for Putin “Kiev’s counteroffensive has completely failed.” And “it was the attempts to integrate Kiev into NATO that caused the escalation.” Lavrov is now flying to China. And relations between Moscow and Beijing appear to be getting stronger.
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03:50
Kiev: Two more Russian missile ships in the Black Sea
00:01
Biden: “US is able to support both Israel and Ukraine”
2:03 p.m
Kiev, Russia’s presence “risks killing the OSCE.”
Ukraine has called for Russia’s expulsion from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), saying the OSCE itself would risk a “slow death” if Moscow remained a member.
“The situation in the OSCE is very complicated and painful, but the choice is very simple: either a slow death with Russia or a new life without Russia,” the Ukrainian foreign minister said Dmytro Kuleba. The OSCE was founded in 1975 to promote relations between the Western and Eastern blocs.
1:34 p.m
Israeli media: “Zelensky would like to visit, but it’s not the right time”
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky He expressed his desire to visit Israel to show solidarity with the country following the Hamas attack, but was told that “it was not the right time.” Israeli media writes it. After the attack on Saturday, October 7, Zelensky vigorously defended Israel’s right to defend itself and compared Hamas to Russia. “Terrorism is always a crime, not only against a country or specific victims, but against humanity as a whole,” said the Ukrainian leader.
(afp) 12:04
Kiev: “Almost 30 civilians killed in a week, including a child”
Russian forces killed nearly 30 civilians last week Ukraineincluding a child, and over 100 injured: The spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said: Andriy Kovaliov, on the United News channel. Ukrinform reports about it. Kovaliov specified that during the same period, the Russians carried out 21 rocket attacks, 432 air strikes and 386 multiple rocket launcher attacks against positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and against civilian infrastructure. “As a result of such cynical attacks, almost 30 of our compatriots, including one child, were killed and more than a hundred civilians, including three children, were injured,” the spokesman said, adding that last week the “Ukrainian Air Force destroyed 55 of 69 fired by Russia Shahed 136/131 kamikaze drones.
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11:54
Zelensky: “600 days of war, we must not lose unity”
“The will that does not give up gains freedom. Freedom based on unity always prevails. It’s about not wasting time. Don’t lose your drive. Don’t let doubts destroy your will.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote this on Telegram, reminding that today marks 600 days since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Zelensky reiterated that “every day we must strengthen the strength of Ukraine” and that “we must destroy the occupier” and “do everything to ensure that the future of Ukrainians belongs only to Ukrainians.” The Ukrainian president concluded by thanking “everyone who fights and works for the freedom of Ukraine.”
(afp) 10:57
Ukraine: Podolyak, “600 Days of Fighting an Apocalyptic Future”
“For six hundred days, Ukraine has been stoically trying to prevent the world from falling into a post-apocalyptic future, into lawlessness, into the law of the stronger, into genocide as an end in itself.” This was stated by Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhailo Podolyak, reminding us of how long the Ukrainian armed forces are already defending themselves against the Russian invasion. “Six hundred days of large-scale destructive war in the center of Europe,” he says, “600 days of Russia brutally killing another country’s citizens, breaking global rules, plunging the world into bloody chaos and making other dictators want to shoot.” , destroy.” But Ukraine, according to Podolyak, will do it “because the price of ending the war is too high.”
(bend) 09:40
Lavrov and Wang spoke about Ukraine and Israel
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese diplomatic chief Wang Yi spoke about the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians at their meeting in Beijing. The Russian Foreign Ministry said this in a statement. Lavrov and Wang also discussed the “Ukrainian crisis and ways to resolve it using political and diplomatic methods.” In the note, republished by Tass and Ria Novosti, we read that between Lavrov and Wang “an intensive exchange of views took place on a wide range of international and regional issues, including the significantly deteriorating situation in the Middle East.”
09:05
Putin: “Realistic Chinese peace plan”
“We are grateful to our Chinese friends for trying to find ways to end this crisis.” I think they are absolutely realistic and can lay the foundation for a peace agreement.” So praised Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with China Media Group criticized Beijing’s peace proposals to end the war in Ukraine. Putin is expected in China this week to meet with President Xi Jinping. It will be the Russian leader’s first trip outside the borders of the former Soviet Union this year.
08:43
Kiev shoots down eleven Russian kamikaze drones
During the night, the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down eleven of a total of twelve kamikaze drones fired by Russia and one of five Kh-59 air-to-surface guided missiles: this was announced by the Air Force, as Rbc reported -Ukraine. The Russians also fired an Iskander M ballistic missile, the Kiev Air Force added
06:30
Putin: “NATO caused the escalation”
Russian President Putin again blames NATO. “Washington’s attempts to draw Kiev into NATO have exacerbated the conflict in Ukraine,” he said in an interview with China Media Group, reported by Tass. “Hostilities in Donbass began after the coup in Ukraine in 2014, while the Kiev regime refused to implement the Minsk agreements,” he added.
05:10
Lavrov meets Chinese Minister Wang Yi in Beijing
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Beijing and begins his visit to the Chinese capital, where the third international Belt and Road Forum will take place. The summit has an economic agenda, but relations between Moscow and Beijing appear to be increasingly solid. Lavrov met with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto also said he was ready to meet his Russian counterpart.
04:57
Kiev: Woman killed by Russian attacks in Donetsk
Local media reported today that a 58-year-old woman was killed and a 26-year-old man was injured in a Russian bomb attack in the Donetsk region two days ago. The victims were recorded in the city of Avdiivka and the village of Ocheretyne. “The Russian army shelled both settlements with artillery,” said regional spokeswoman Anastasia Medvedeva.
(Portal) 03:50
Kiev: Two more Russian missile ships in the Black Sea
According to military authorities in southern Ukraine, Russia has expanded its Black Sea Fleet with two more missile boats. According to the report from Kiev, two new Russian frigates are present and in active combat use in the region. These ships could fire up to 20 Kalibr cruise missiles. According to Kiev, the risk of Russian missile attacks from the Black Sea remains very high.
(afp) 01:14
Moscow: Child killed by Kiev bombs in Donetsk
Moscow accuses Kiev of causing the death of a 10-year-old boy and the injury of two civilians through bomb attacks “in populated areas of the Donetsk People’s Republic.” This was reported by the Russian agency Tass.
00:50
Explosions in Dnipro, alarm in 7 regions
According to local media, several explosions occurred overnight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Air alerts were sounded overnight in the Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Poltava and Sumy regions.
00:01
Biden: “US is able to support both Israel and Ukraine”
Joe Biden Try to calm Kiev. “The United States is capable of supporting both Ukraine and Israel with military supplies,” the American president said in an interview with CBS. “We are the most powerful country in the world, the most powerful in the history of the world. We can overcome these two crises and continue to maintain our global international defense. We have the ability and the obligation to do so,” he emphasized. “If we don’t do it, who else will?”
