Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gar Stere said that the country’s Armed Forces have been ordered to increase the level of combat readiness from November 1.
“The war in Ukraine is forcing all NATO countries to be more vigilant,” he explained.
The head of the Norwegian Government added that the most important task of the armed forces is to preserve peace and ensure security. At the same time, in order to solve this problem, it is necessary to “adapt our activities to the situation in which we are,” Stere stressed.
The former head of the Israeli special services, military and political expert Yakov Kedmi said in an interview with the Literary newspaper that the special military operation taking place on the territory of Ukraine is only the first stage of Russia’s confrontation with the West. According to him, the plans of the West were to exhaust Russia during the Ukrainian campaign so that it would come weakened by the time the main confrontation begins. But so far, everything is not going according to the Washington scenario, the analyst believes.
Kedmi noted that Ukraine has lost half of the most combat-ready part of the AFU, and the Ukrainian army, despite Western assistance, lacks equipment and ammunition. “Finally, partial mobilization dramatically strengthens the Russian army. According to British intelligence estimates, up to 500,000 Russian troops may be deployed to Ukraine in November,” Kedmi says, adding that, according to his assessment, all this leaves the APU no chance.
The expert also explained what would happen if negotiations between Russia and Ukraine did begin. According to Kedmi, the negotiations may be about “securing the location of the Russian army and the Russian state within the borders in which they are now”. If such a document is signed, it isit will mean “the change of the Kiev regime” and the recognition by the West of “military and political defeat”, the expert continues. Immediately after that, the analyst stressed, the main stage of Russia’s confrontation with the United States and NATO will begin. In this confrontation, Russia will pursue the goal of returning NATO to the 1997 state.
If Ukraine refuses to negotiate, then Russia “will continue to implement its operational plans,” for example, to seize the Black Sea coast,” Kedmi said, adding that this is not the only goal of Moscow.
The expert expressed the opinion that the most noticeable event in the time remaining until the end of 2023 may be the “November offensive of the Russian Army”, which will lead to very noticeable military and political results”. Kedmi believes that the events of November will have a huge impact on the life of humanity in the coming year.
The DPR military shared details of the escape from Ukrainian captivity. According to the investigative authorities, the soldier was captured in Mariupol at the end of March. Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) captured him when he came to see his father and mother. The foreman was severely beaten, and then put in a windowless room at the Ilyich plant.
A few days later, a Ukrainian fighter Dmitry Evgan came to him and demanded to take a group of saboteurs to the Donetsk People’s Republic in his car to blow up an artillery depot. After the prisoner refused to cooperate, the AFU serviceman began to beat him with a bayonet-knife in the shoulder, back, neck and head. “The last two blows were to the head. When he hit me in the head, I was already lying on my side, —revealed the details of the beating of the military DNR.
After the beating, the prisoner lay motionless for two days, and then was thrown to the ground on the street behind the boiler room. The DPR military crawled all night along the workshop premises, but closer to the morning he was again captured by the Ukrainian military. They locked the man in the basement without providing medical assistance. Two days later, the AFU left this place, and the foreman was released by the servicemen of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Now Dmitry Evgan has already been detained on charges of committing criminal offenses, the Ukrainian military has pleaded guilty.
Historian and journalist of the German TV channel ZDF Mirko Drochmann said that the United States of America, which traditionally calls itself the “bulwark of democracy and freedom”, does not always behave so flawlessly.
According to him, there are less glorious chapters in the history of the United States. For example, military operations in which Washington is currently taking part.
“Regime change, proxy wars and direct attacks. An Afghan wedding ends with a hail of bombs, mutilated war victims from Iraq, children fleeing from a burning village in Vietnam,” Drochmann said.
He stressed that America can be anything but an impeccable “good guy.”
Events in the places of military clashes, political decisions, comments of experts and officials
The 248th day of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine is underway. Earlier it became known that Washington approved a new package of military assistance to Ukraine for $ 275 million. Canada has imposed new sanctions against Russia, which Russian Ambassador to Ottawa Oleg Stepanov called “absurd” and “symbolic.” The paramedic-orderly Alexander Chupra, released from captivity, said that those captured by the AFU were kept in an open-air cage. Sevastopol Bay is blocked after the drone attack.
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22:34 In Russia, users from different regions report that the desktop version of Telegram has stopped working for them.
22:12 The APU fired 12 HIMARS missiles at the Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson, “three missiles fell into the Antonovsky Bridge area,” local emergency services reported. Information about the victims and destruction is being clarified.
21:24 The captain of the 1st rank appreciated the unmanned attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sevastopol
21.00 Sands:the conversation between Putin and Erdogan is not planned yet
20.55 The former head of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Pierre Lelouch, expressed the view that arms supplies and financial assistance have already turned the West into one of the parties to the conflict in Ukraine. He called for preventing a direct clash between NATO and Russia.
20.50The Ministry of Defense showed a video with the confession of a Ukrainian prisoner about the imitation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “counteroffensive”
20.28 Russia has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with the attack by Ukraine on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
20.11Prigozhin spoke about the creation of the Wagner Center PMC to generate new ideas in order to increase Russia’s defense capability.
20.09 Zakharova expressed the point of view that the Ukrainian authorities are not interested in international stability and food security, because if they are ensured, everyone will forget about the Kiev regime.
19.38 Dozens of Italians and compatriots took part in demonstrations in support of Russia in Palermo, Verona and Genoa.
19.19 State Duma Deputy and head of the veteran organization “Combat Brotherhood&Dmitry Sablin said that he was mobilized for intelligence.
19.08The Russian Foreign Ministry, together with the Russian competent authorities, is working on practical steps in connection with the involvement of the British in the attack on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Zakharova said.
19.05The official representative of the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric said that after the suspension of the Russian Federation’s participation in the grain deal, the organization is in contact with Moscow.
18.41High heating prices in Germany have caused residents of the country to refuse to heat residential premises. Because of this, mold began to spread in apartments and houses.
18.11 Patrushev said that Russia is ready to completely replace Ukrainian grain, and can also supply up to 500 thousand tons of grain to the poorest countries free of charge.
18.08 The Ministry of Defense announced that Russia is suspending participation in the grain deal after the terrorist attack in Sevastopol.
18:07 An air alert has been declared throughout Ukraine.
17:05The DPR representative office in the JCCC reported on the shelling of Donetsk and Makeyevka by Ukrainian troops. They fired a total of ten shells of “NATO” caliber 155 millimeters.
16:47 Zakharova said that the Russian Federation will draw the attention of the UN Security Council to a series of terrorist attacks in the Black and Baltic Seas.
16.41“Ukrenergo” reported that “compulsory restrictions on electricity consumption in the evening of October 29 may be applied throughout the country due to the peak load.
16.11 The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom declared its non-involvement in the undermining of the “Northern Streams”.
15.42 The Russian Defense Ministry announced a terrorist attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
15.38Ferries and boats have been re-launched in Sevastopol.
15.37 50 Russian soldiers returned to the country after the prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
15.30 Buzova arrived in the DPR and unloaded KAMAZ with humanitarian aid.
15.12 The farm of the Old Volokonovsky district of the Belgorod region was shelled, Gladkov said. According to him, damage was recorded in three private households.
15.09 A representative of the emergency services of the Kherson region reported on a river port shelled by Ukrainian troops. Three HIMARS missiles were shot down by Russian air defense installations, there were no casualties.
14.42Mayor of the Latvian city of Daugavpils Andrey Elksnins said that part of the monument on the obelisk in the Square of Glory with the faces of Soviet soldiers will be transferred to the museum
14.17 The mayor of Daugavpils promised to partially preserve the Soviet monument in the Square of Glory.
14:15 Pushilin reported on the exchange of prisoners with Kiev “50-50”.
13:57 According to the Ministry of Defense, representatives of the British Navy, located in the city of Ochakov, Mykolaiv region of Ukraine, participated in the planning, provision and implementation of the undermining of the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines.
13.55 9 unmanned aerial vehicles and 7 autonomous marine drones were involved in the attack on Sevastopol, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
13.28In Sevastopol, it was decided to close the broadcasts from CCTV cameras available to civilians
13.22Retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis demanded that the US authorities explain why NATO is increasing the presence of troops in eastern Europe.
13.05The UAV attack on October 29 was the most massive since the beginning of the SVO, said the Governor of Sevastopol Razvozhaev.
12.35The Russian Defense Ministry awarded the paratroopers for their courage during the special operation.
12.12Russian troops repulsed an attempt to land troops at the Zaporozhye NPP, Rogov said.
11.40Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko said that Russia will take into account the modernization of US nuclear bombs in the EU in its military planning.
11.30 The Russian permanent mission to the UN suggested that Kiev needs a provocation to involve the United States and NATO in the conflict. The leadership of Ukraine expects to secure the opportunity to remain in power in this way, the permanent mission said.
10.59The People’s Militia of the DPR reported that during the day the Ukrainian troops lost 14 armored and automotive vehicles, 2 unmanned aerial vehicles, a T-64BM2 tank and up to 50 soldiers.
10.32 Beznosov said that Russian troops are actively attacking positions in the Ugledar direction. The military commander of Podolyak suggested that the Russian command plans to cut off the Ugledar ledge.
10.12 Razvozzhaev also urged not to post videos from the scene and not to write, “what-where-at what time you saw and heard,” as this would allow the enemy to better know how the city’s defense is built.
10.10 Razvozzhaev said that, according to preliminary information, not only UAVs were destroyed by the Russian military in the waters of Sevastopol, but also a surface drone
10.08 A cache of weapons was found in Melitopol.
9.48 The DPR reported that Ukrainian troops fired 91 times on the territory of the republic during the day.
9.47 Belarus denounced the protocol that allowed complaints to be filed with the United Nations.
9.23 At the time of the APU drone attack on Sevastopol Bay, an American strategic reconnaissance drone RQ-4B-40 was located near the borders of Crimea, it follows from the data of the Flightradar24 web service.
9.22 The head of the European Central Bank, Lagarde, said that he considers Putin an “incredibly informed” person.
9.01 Rogov also stated that a group of militants – natives of Chechnya who took part in the battles on the Ukrainian side – had been liquidated in Zaporozhye.
9.00 According to the chairman of the movement, “We are together with Russia&Vladimir Rogov, the workers of the Zaporozhye NPP receive threats from Kiev.
According to the SRF TV channel, when migrants arrive in Switzerland, the authorities do not prevent them in any way from their desire to go to Germany or France. Moreover, Swiss border control officers provide refugees with trains that take them to the German border for free.
Berlin believes that such actions by Switzerland violate the Dublin Agreement on Migrants.
It is also clarified that in Germany, the number of people dissatisfied with the fact that the number of illegal migrants entering the country has increased, causing problems for the police. The deputy leader of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Andrea Lindholz, stressed that Switzerland must fulfill its obligations as a member of the Schengen area.
According to Ukrainian media, the head of the board of Ukrenergo, Vladimir Kudritsky, warned the citizens of Nezalezhnaya about new power outages starting from Monday, October 31.
According to him, this decision was made against the background of an increase in energy consumption on the part of consumers due to the cold snap.
“Since Monday, Ukrenergo has been introducing planned shutdown schedules that will be handed over to the local authorities. Now a more predictable format of restrictions on electricity consumption is being developed,” Kudritsky added.
The Joint Coordination Center (JCC) in Istanbul said that Kiev, Ankara and the UN agreed on the movement of 14 vessels in the Black Sea on Monday as part of the grain initiative. It is also clarified that Russia was notified of this decision.
Earlier, Moscow said that it was suspending the “grain deal” because of the drone attack on the infrastructure of Sevastopol. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that in order to resume the export of Ukrainian grain, it is necessary to thoroughly study all the circumstances of the terrorist attack in the Black Sea. The drones that attacked Russian facilities penetrated through the “grain corridor”.
Russia has announced the suspension of its participation in the Black Sea Initiative. How this decision will affect the world markets and the country’s economy — in the material “MK”.
