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It makes no sense for Russia to maintain its former diplomatic presence in Western countries, as stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He said this at a meeting with university graduates who were accepted into the diplomatic service for the first time.

According to him, Russians in these countries work in conditions that are “hardly human.” Lavrov added that constant problems are being created for them there, threats of physical attacks are being voiced.

In addition, the minister added that there is no work for Russians in the West now since Europe decided to close itself off from the Russian Federation and “stop any economic cooperation.”

“You won’t be nice by force,” he added.

Prior to that, Lavrov, speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, said that the West intends to resolve the confrontation in Ukraine “on the battlefield.” He recalled that on March 29, at a meeting in Istanbul, Russia was offered the principles of conflict resolution. Moscow accepted these proposals without changes, and also handed them over to the Ukrainian side. According to him, after that there were events in the Ukrainian settlement of Bucha related to the murders of the local population, and the Russian side was not given a list of victims.

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Ukrainian servicemen sent a large number of drones to the contact line in the Zaporozhye region. This was announced on Tuesday, October 18, by the head of the movement “We are together with Russia”, a member of the main council of the regional administration Vladimir Rogov.

“Whole armadas of drones with suspensions, (they) are being sent now more than ever,” he told reporters. “They have dozens of new drones.”

Rogov added that the APU has reconnaissance drones, but most often they are equipped with suspensions with improvised explosive devices.

Earlier, about 10 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRG) were found in the Zaporozhye region. Rogov said that they were found thanks to the use of drones. After the discovery, the allied forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the republics of Donbass opened artillery fire on Ukrainian saboteurs. At the same time, Rogov pointed out that suchattempts to probe the Russian defense by the AFU have become more frequent.  The politician added that we are talking about special groups of up to ten people who tried to get behind the front line in different directions. But after the use of artillery fire by the Russian side, the DRG suffered heavy losses and had to return to their original positions. 

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In the summary of the Ministry of Defense over the past day, it is reported that Russian artillery destroyed a government communications center near Odessa among other targets.

“In the area of the settlement of Paliyivka, Odessa region, the space communication station of the Government Communications Center of Ukraine was destroyed,” representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

In addition to this object, among the targets hit by Russian artillery, the launcher of the Ukrainian S-300 air defense system, located on the territory of the DPR, as well as several US-made radars designed for counter-battery warfare, are indicated. The latter were also located near three settlements in the DPR.

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The Russian Defense Ministry confirms that the Russian Armed Forces have launched a new series of missile strikes on energy facilities, as well as the military command system of Ukraine. Managed to hit all designated targets.

As noted in the department, during the day, the Armed Forces continued to strike with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons at targets. Arsenals with ammunition and foreign-made weapons were subjected to strikes.

“All designated facilities have been hit,” the agency said.

On Tuesday, Zelensky’s office reported that missiles hit energy facilities in Kiev, Dnipro, and Zhytomyr. It happened on the morning of October 18. As the ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Ilya Kivp told, the Pridneprovskaya CHP was hit in Dnepropetrovsk.

Later, Kirill Tymoshenko, deputy head of the office of President Vladimir Zelensky, said that in the near future Ukraine will experience difficulties with energy supply. He did not rule out rolling blackouts across the country and urged to prepare for a hard winter.

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The RIA Novosti news agency drew attention to the discussion by readers of the German newspaper Die Welt of President Zelensky’s appeal to Western countries with another request to provide more air defense systems and missiles. The President of Ukraine reinforced his request with a reminder that such supplies would be in the interests not only of Ukraine, but of the whole world.

The audience, first of all, paid attention to the change in the tone of the address.

“Is he asking? Usually he always demands, is he ill?”— said one of the participants in the discussion, who noted the change. Others also, though less sarcastically, expressed a similar thought: “This time a pleading, not a threatening statement from Zelensky. How about negotiations?”.

Some of the commentators also noted the wording used to designate the addressees of the appeal. “When was Ukraine admitted to NATO in the last few hours? Or do I misunderstand the word “ally?” – said another attentive listener to the appeals of the Kiev leadership.

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German investigators concluded that the incidents on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines were the result of sabotage. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to anonymous officials close to the investigation.

The publication notes that the investigation was unable to identify those involved in the pipeline explosion, but is inclined to believe that Russia may allegedly be behind them.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the sabotage was organized by the “Anglo-Saxons”. According to him, thus they actually started destroying the pan-European energy infrastructure.

Damage to gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea occurred at the end of September 2022. As a result of the incident, three of the four branches of the “Northern Streams” were damaged.

Germany, Sweden and Denmark decided to conduct a joint investigation into the incident. However, according to the ARD TV channel, the countries subsequently decided to conduct investigations separately.

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On the morning of Tuesday, October 18, an air alert was declared over the entire territory of Ukraine. It is reported that the strikes were carried out in a number of major cities of the country.

So, as a result of two strikes, an energy infrastructure facility in Dnipro (Dnepropetrovsk) was put out of operation. This was announced by Kirill Tymoshenko, deputy head of the office of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.

In turn, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported two series of explosions in the city. He noted that the strikes fell on one of the industrial districts of the city. It is also reported that the movement of metro trains has been suspended in Kharkiv.

In addition, it is reported about strikes on Krivoy Rog and Mykolaiv, power supply is disrupted in these cities. Strikes on energy infrastructure facilities were also carried out in Zhytomyr.

Later, there were reports of strikes on Kiev. The nature of the damage has not yet been reported. 

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Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich said that the Russian side has found the “key” to the Ukrainian missile defense system and intends to force the air defense to release all available Kiev has a missile reserve during drone attacks.

Arestovich also named Kiev’s missile reserve – 2,4 thousand pieces.

The representative of Ukraine suggests that drones can attack without interruption for two to three months.

MK is following Russia’s special operation in Ukraine on October 17, 2022. It’s day 236. In Kiev, the air alert is working again. The number of explosions in the center of the Ukrainian capital has already reached four. President of Ukraine Zelensky spoke about “very heavy fighting” in the areas of Soledar and Bakhmut. The APU shelled Belgorod again. There are four victims there, as reported by Governor Gladkov. A strong fire at an energy infrastructure facility in the Dnipropetrovsk region

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Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during his speech at Stanford University, said that without the leadership of the United States, “the world will not organize itself.”

The head of the State Department expressed fears that after the Cold War, other countries with values different from the United States may take leadership positions.

“Whose values will be reflected?… The world does not organize itself. For the USA, the choice is: if we… we do not take a leadership role, this means one of two things – someone else takes it… not in a way that completely coincides with our interests. Or no one takes it. There will be a vacuum that bad things can fill,” Blinken said.

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According to the portal “Russian Spring”, Russian troops are fighting in Zaporozhye against the background of the transfer of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It is specified that the transfer is carried out in preparation for the offensive on the cities of Berdyansk and Melitopol, as well as, possibly, Energodar.

“Russian artillery and aviation are striking at the enemy’s concentration of forces… Sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are also detected daily… up to 10 people who are trying to get behind the front line from different directions,” the message says.

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