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This morning in the Sumy region there was a blow to critical infrastructure facilities. This was announced by the head of the military administration of the region Dmitry Zhivitsky.
According to him, there are victims as a result of the shelling. He did not give any other details of the strike.
“After five o’clock in the morning, a strike occurred on critical infrastructure facilities located in the Romensky district,” Zhivitsky said.
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The American newspaper The Washington Post reported that the ideas of Russian President Vladimir Putin are increasingly resonating in the minds of leaders and the population of Western countries.
It is clarified that the speech delivered by Putin at the end of last month was attractive in democracies from the United States to most of Europe.
According to Nicholas Gvozdev, professor of national security studies at the US Naval War College, there is currently a trend in the world according to which the democratic process cannot lead to the emergence of charismatic, effective leaders.
“The idea that the world needs strong leaders is spreading in one country after another. It’s not just about politics: we see an increase in the value of technocrats, for example, like Elon Musk, as those who solve problems and do their job,” Gvozdev said.
Ukrainian shelling prevents the restart of the power units of the Zaporozhye NPP. This information was shared by the chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov. According to his assessment, it is necessary to move the front line.
Rogov also said that contracts are being re-signed with the station’s employees according to Russian standards.
Zaporizhia NPP is a nuclear power plant located in the steppe zone on the shore Kakhovsky reservoir in the Zaporozhye region Ukraine in the city Energodar. It is the largest power plant in Europe.
Since 1996, the Zaporizhia NPP has been a separate subdivision of the National Nuclear Power Generating Company Energoatom
In March 2022, it came under the control of Russia.
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Попавший в плен военнослужащий 92-й отдельной механизированной бригады ВСУ Виктор Бережной рассказал подробности своего задержания бойцами союзных сил.
По его словам, в плен он попал в районе села Берестовое в Харьковской области на сватовском направлении.
“Нас было шестеро разведчиков. Мы должны были пройти три километра, чтобы завести группу. Мы прошли два километра… Командир группы с товарищем пошил первыми и не вернулись. Мы услышали выстрелы, я пошел за помощью и попал в плен”, – сообщил боец ВСУ.
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One of the men detained in Belarus for preparing for a terrorist attack said that he wanted to blow up a relay shield on the railway tracks.
According to the detainee, in order to join a certain coalition, he had to complete the first task. To do this, he wrote to the organization of former security officers BYPOL.
He admitted that he didn’t care what to blow up. The man had to be paid five hundred dollars, with which he wanted to go to Poland to study.
The second detainee admitted that he wanted to overthrow the “Lukashenka regime”, although he was actually “satisfied with everything” in his life. He complained about the “herd instinct”.
Earlier, the first deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus Gennady Kazakevich said that the men were recruited by representatives of BYPOL and oppositionists who fled the country. The detainees received instructions in chatbots.
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Representatives of the Conservative Party of the British Parliament on Monday, October 17, plan to hold a meeting at which the issue of the possible resignation of the current Prime Minister Liz Truss will be considered.
As The Guardian clarifies, some parliamentarians will insist that the head of government resign immediately, while others plan to “publicly urge Truss to leave office after the failure of her tax reduction program.”
The newspaper reports that such a decision was made after the decision of Truss to dismiss the head of the British Finance Ministry, Kwasi Kvarteng, because of the radical tax reform that brought down the pound sterling. At the same time, the support of the prime minister is already weakening among ministers.
“Truss is in the waiting room now, she knows about it. I think it’s a matter of time. She can agree and leave the post to a certain extent on her own terms, she can also try to resist, then she will be ousted,” an unnamed ex-minister told the publication.
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The reason for the recall of Western diplomats from Kiev, of course, is the shelling of the Ukrainian capital. The Russian army has changed tactics, and now half the world is wondering – what is on the mind of Putin and Surovikin? Is Moscow bluffing or does it have a plan?
According to the playwright and publicist Zakhar Prilepin, he certainly is. The whole question is how it will be implemented.
“But there is definitely a plan. Radical to an extremely high degree,” the playwright stressed.
Prilepin noted that you can imagine all sorts of horrors up to 800 planes in the air, or 40 thousand combat divers at the bottom of the Dnieper near Kiev. But no one will be able to guess what he really is anyway.
Earlier it was suggested that the West does not want to see Ukraine as the winner of Russia. Journalist Ann Applebaum admitted that Europe and the United States simply do not know what Kiev’s victory will look like.
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American-British journalist Ann Applebaum at the PGS22 summit in Germany said that in her opinion the West does not want to see Ukraine as a winner in the confrontation with Russia.
She noted that she has been in Germany for a couple of days and wonders why tanks are not being supplied to Ukraine.
Applebaum believes that the reason lies in the fact that the West does not know what Ukraine’s victory will look like. She added that this feeling is experienced not only in Germany, but also in the USA and other countries.
After that, she asked whether the West wants Ukraine to win and is ready for such an outcome and consequences.
Today, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said on the Rossiya 1 TV channel that NATO has de facto joined the Ukrainian conflict, but this does not change the goals and objectives of Russia and the special operation will continue and will be brought to an end.
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the statement by the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on sexual violence in conflict Pramila Patten that Russian servicemen are allegedly given Viagra for rape in Ukraine.
“It is impossible to comment seriously on the essence of what Patten said,” Zakharova said, adding that the official’s words go beyond the reasonable.
The Russian diplomat also noted that Patten referred to fragmentary data from the “independent international commission of inquiry on Ukraine”, which is not recognized by Russia and which, according to the UN official herself, is difficult to verify.
“Again, the classic “highly like”, only this time at the level of a perverted fantasy,” Zakharova believes.
She also recalled that the former Ukrainian ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova, who was dismissed from her post, admitted that she invented many facts of her statements in order to get Western funding and weapons. She also recalled how in 2011 Reuters journalists claimed that troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi were stocking up on viagra to practice rape.
“As we see, the West is again using the same patterns in its hybrid war,” Zakharova said in a statement.
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Having studied the capabilities of Starlink for conducting military operations in Ukraine, military commander Alexander Kotz came to the conclusion that Russia has several good reasons to “knock it out” at once.
Satellite Internet makes it possible to conduct network-centric warfare. Starlink allows you to exchange video streams online, create chats for data transfer between thousands of subscribers in real time. With the help of the network, it is possible to hide communication from the enemy’s electronic intelligence and ensure high security of the data transmission channel.
As an example, Alexander Kotz cited the actions of the fire support and amphibious assault brigade commanders, who receive drone data through Starlink and, being in constant communication, command the battle from tablets and smartphones.
“For the personnel units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this is a common practice,” the military commander stressed.
On the eve of the founder of Tesla, American billionaire Elon Musk suddenly changed his mind and agreed to provide Kiev with satellite communications through the Starlink network for free. Earlier, he stated that he had billed the Pentagon for his services.
