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The cargo, which could have been used to blow up the Crimean Bridge, arrived on the territory of Russia from Georgia on October 4, Baza reports.

The cargo, which at the time of the explosion was in the car of 51-year-old driver Mahir Yusubov, drove across the border of the Russian Federation at about 6 a.m. on October 4. Neither the customs nor other inspection services found anything suspicious in the transported goods. Then the cargo was redirected to Armavir, and on October 7, Yusubov took his order towards Simferopol.

Now the FSB is finding out why the responsible services did not find the explosives. There is also a check on the corruption component.

Earlier, Georgia was mentioned among the states through which the truck passed – Bulgaria, Georgia and Armenia. Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin reported this to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “There is no doubt, this is a terrorist attack aimed at destroying the critically important civilian infrastructure,” the head of state said during the meeting. “The authors, customers, performers are the special services of Ukraine,” he stressed.

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The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, started a Twitter account on October 6. As a result, the commander-in-chief’s activities in social networks led to a scandal. On Sunday, users saw a swastika on his bracelet.

Earlier, Zaluzhny wrote in his Telegram channel that he had received an approving assessment and assurances of further support from the commander of the NATO joint forces in Europe, American General Christopher Cavoli.

The message of the Ukrainian commander-in-chief said that during this conversation, an exchange of views took place on the operational situation, future plans and needs of the Ukrainian army in armament.

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Before that, Russia sent a note to NATO countries because of arms supplies to Kiev. Moscow warned that the countries of the alliance, by supplying weapons to the Armed Forces, are “playing with fire”. The Kremlin also noted that pumping Ukraine with Western weapons will have a negative effect and will not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations.

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The Guardian explained the meaning of the exploded object

The sabotage on the Kerch Bridge connecting the Krasnodar Territory with the Crimean Peninsula caused a response in the Western media.

Commenting on the incident on the bridge, the British edition of The Guardian calls the attacked structure a “hateful” symbol for Ukraine and one of Vladimir Putin’s “prestigious projects.”

“The images from the bridge show how a burning fire engulfed at least two railway cars of the train on the bridge, accompanied by a huge column of black smoke, and half of the parallel automobile bridge collapsed into the Kerch Strait,” writes The Guardian.

Talking about the act of sabotage, the British edition reminds its readers that this “bridge, built by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin and opened in 2018, was a key transport link for the delivery of military equipment to Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, especially in the south, as well as for the transfer of troops there.”

“Russia claimed that the bridge is safe, despite the fighting in Ukraine, but threatened Kiev with reprisals in case of an attack”, writes The Guardian.

At the same time, the publication quotes the words of Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, in which he actually takes Kiev’s responsibility for the explosions on the bridge.

The Kerch Bridge, writes The Guardian, is very symbolic for Russia and an important supply route for Russian troops in Crimea and neighboring areas.

The British edition also notes that the explosion occurred after the Russian president celebrated his 70th birthday.

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John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the US National Security Council, said that a way out of the situation around Ukraine should be sought through diplomacy.

Kirby, in an interview with ABC News, voiced what exactly, according to the White House, should happen. “Both sides should find a way out of this through negotiations,” he said, pointing out that the process should take place “peacefully and diplomatically.” At the same time, Kirby claims that Washington does not see Moscow’s serious intentions regarding negotiations with Kiev.

The day before, the Russian Foreign Ministry said once again: our country is ready for negotiations with Ukraine. At the same time, it was stressed that the choice of residents of the four regions will not be discussed at these negotiations.

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London billionaire John Caudwell will not heat his mansion this winter. He decided to give up the heat so that Russian President Vladimir Putin would receive “less dollars,” the Mirror reports.

“We have a fuel crisis and we need to use less energy,” Caudwell said. “I’m going to put into practice what I preach,” he further stated.  – I will heat one room, and 98% of the house will remain cold.”

The fuel industry of Russia, in his opinion, finances the SVO of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

The billionaire intends to do everything possible so that the president of the Russian Federation “gets a few dollars less.”

Caudwell in February, according to local media, sheltered a Ukrainian refugee with a child. Meanwhile, he is criticized for helping Ukrainians, while British families are experiencing difficulties due to economic problems.

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The German publication Junge Welt reports that the call of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky for the West to launch a pre-emptive strike against Russia was adventurous and hysterical. The FRG noted that it has become a standard in the political life of Kiev.

As columnist Arnold Schelzel writes, since 2014, the Kiev authorities have been accustomed to “morally blackmail their own sponsors in the West.” “The tail is trying to wag the dog,” he pointed out.

The author added that there is a crack in relations between Ukraine and the United States. This became known last week. Then Zelensky called for Ukraine’s accelerated entry into NATO. However, later CNN and the New York Times published information that Ukraine itself ordered the murder of Russian reporter Daria Dugina.

As a result, the publication concluded that due to the unpredictability of Zelensky’s office, “The West will only help with arms supplies and will not want to fight directly with Russia.” The biggest threat to Zelensky was called calm at the front. This assumption explains his “irresponsible appeals to despair.”

Earlier, columnist Rod Dreher, in an article for The American Conservative, noted that the United States cannot allow Vladimir Zelensky to “lead himself by the nose” in order not to cross the line of nuclear war. He stressed that Zelensky intends to force Europe and the United States to provide maximum assistance to Ukraine. However, this is at odds with the interests of the Americans themselves.

And the author also stated that the Ukrainian authorities do not always demonstrate commitment to democratic values. He recalled that at various times Zelensky banned the activities of 11 political parties on the territory of Ukraine. In addition, the support of neo-Nazi rhetoric characterizes the President of Ukraine not from the best side.

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The Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense announced the decision to cancel the command and staff exercises with the participation of the CSTO peacekeeping forces “Unbreakable Brotherhood-2022”.

The exercises were to take place in October in the city of Balykchy in Issyk-Kul region on October 10-14. It was planned to invite representatives of Mongolia, Serbia, Syria, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as observers.

The reason for the cancellation of the exercises is not reported. The CSTO, which in addition to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan also includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, has not yet commented on Bishkek’s decision.

At the beginning of the summer, the Kyrgyz Defense Ministry announced the beginning of preparations for the exercises, in particular, staff talks with the CSTO forces took place. It was planned that Tajik servicemen would also be involved in the exercises, but after the subsequent military clashes on the border, Kyrgyz politicians and the public demanded that representatives of the Tajik Armed Forces not be allowed to participate in the exercises, notes 24.kg .

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The New York Times, citing a source, states that the organization of the explosion on the Crimean Bridge was carried out by the Ukrainian special services.

The publication says that such information was given to journalists on condition of anonymity by a high-ranking Ukrainian official. According to the source, it was the Ukrainian special services that planted explosives in the truck, which blew up on the bridge early in the morning on October 8.

Earlier, the alleged involvement of the Security Service of Ukraine in the emergency on the bridge was stated by sources of Ukrainian UNIANa and Ukrainska Pravda, as well as The Washington Post. At the same time, the authorities and departments of Ukraine did not take responsibility for the incident, but hinted in the public space that it was perceived favorably by them.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian ambassador in Minsk Igor Kizim was summoned to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry to present the note.

In a diplomatic note, as reported in Kiev, Belarus claims that Ukraine is allegedly preparing “a strike on the territory of Belarus.”

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry rejected the suspicions, calling them an insinuation. The very fact of handing a note to a diplomat in Kiev is considered a “Russian provocation”.

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Moscow considers the beginning of deliveries of long-range or more powerful weapons to Kiev to be a red line for the West, said Alexey Polishchuk, director of the second CIS department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

In an interview with TASS, Polishchuk noted that these red lines have already been marked.

“This is primarily the supply of long-range or more powerful weapons to Kiev,” he said. According to Polishchuk, the United States is already a party to the conflict in Ukraine.

According to the diplomat, the response to the supply of weapons to Ukraine by Washington and its allies will be determined based on a thorough analysis of the current situation.

On September 28, it was announced that the United States would provide Ukraine with another $1.1 billion arms aid package. In total, 22 packages of US military aid worth $16.2 billion have been allocated to Ukraine since the end of February.

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