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MK is monitoring Russia’s special operation on October 19, 2022. It is the 238th day. The authorities of the Kherson region began the evacuation of civilians. The APU fired at Energodar. A drone flying to Belbek airport was shot down in Sevastopol. NATO will hand over hundreds of active jamming stations to Ukraine in the coming days. Estonia has recognized Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism.” Georgia refused to introduce visas for Russians. The EU has not decided to introduce a ceiling on gas prices due to internal disagreements. Read the previous broadcast here.
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12:03 The State Duma predicted the outcome of the battle for Kherson: “the demolition of Zelensky.”
12:02 Two people were injured during the shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the city of Shebekin in the Belgorod region. The injured man is in serious condition, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
11:46 About 40% of the residents of Kherson and the Kherson region have already left, but there are no exact figures, said Saldo. He added that no one is going to hand over Kherson.
11:17 “In the Avdiivka direction, I believe, the 11th Regiment is successfully developing its operation to liberate the Pervomaiske settlement, interacting with the Somalia battalion. There are certain successes,” Pushilin said on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
11:16 The Ukrainian shelling of Energodar and its suburbs lasted for more than 12 hours, there were no casualties, the head of the city administration, Alexander Volga, said on Wednesday.
11:14 President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was included in the database of the Ukrainian website “Peacemaker” (located in the register of violators of Roskomnadzor) for “public denial of Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014.”
10:30 The authorities of Kherson explained the need to evacuate residents with the threat of flooding. If the Kakhovskaya HPP is destroyed, the water will rise by one meter.
10:22 A shell hit one of the infrastructure facilities of Belgorod, the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
09:57 The captured deputy chief of the command post of the 56th separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant Colonel Valentin Altukhov, told how the fighters of the Ukrainian battalion “Azov” (a terrorist and extremist organization banned in the territory of the Russian Federation) killed drivers for the sake of capturing cars.
09:49 The authorities of the Kherson region decided to evacuate 50-60 thousand people to Russia in six days.
09:35 Captured senior sergeant of the reconnaissance company of the 74th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vitaly Katranich said that he went on combat missions under the influence of narcotic drugs.
09:31 The Ukrainian military pulled large forces to the front line in the Kherson region. According to the deputy head of the regional administration Kirill Stremousov, the regional authorities are strengthening the defense of the administrative center.
09:22 Last night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to land troops in Energodar in order to capture the nuclear power plant. According to Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, the attack was repulsed after an hour-long battle.
09:20 In the area of the Belbek airfield, an air defense system shot down a drone. This was told by the head of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozzhaev.
09:15 Foreign Ministry Speaker Maria Zakharova said that US attempts to “strengthen the position” of Ukraine will lead to the destruction of the country.
08:51 As a result of the APU attack, Energodar was almost completely left without electricity..
08:32 The APU fired from the American MLRS HIMARS at the administration of Energodar.
08:27 The administration of the Kherson region warned residents of the threat of shelling of residential areas from Ukraine and offered to leave the city.
08:18 The Volvo Group, which produces trucks in Russia, has been thinking about a full or partial sale of the business.
08:14 Director General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi was struck by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s detailed knowledge of the situation at the Zaporozhye NPP.
07:57 Ukraine will have to greatly reduce the work of the country’s industry and use hydroelectric power plants and nuclear power plants that do not require fuel supply. Only in this case, she will be able to survive the autumn-winter period, an anonymous expert said.
07:53 Part of the settlements of the Dnipropetrovsk region was left without electricity as a result of strikes by the Russian Armed Forces.
07:13 Zelensky dismissed the ambassador of Ukraine to Kazakhstan, Pyotr Vrublevsky, who had previously stated his desire to kill as many Russians as possible.