Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:48 Zelensky, in an evening video message, announced the details of the conversation with Biden: “We discussed further joint steps to protect freedom. We discussed defense support, among other things, that “attacks” can help us speed up the liberation of Ukraine from the occupier. Of course, we also talked about "Continuing aid to Ukraine next year is a significant package of support for our country. America will support the implementation of the Peace Formula, and I informed President Biden about the upcoming large international meeting on the Peace Formula, which will be held in Malta this month."
22:17 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Biden: “He thanked for the effective implementation of our recent defense agreements. The Ukrainians were very inspired by the receipt of ATACMS missiles, and our soldiers are successfully using them on the battlefield. We discussed further strengthening our long-range capabilities.”
In addition, the Ukrainian president thanked US Special Representative Penny Pritzker for the fruitful visit, during which negotiations began on ways to use frozen Russian assets. Zelensky also welcomed the US decision to send a representative to the next meeting of advisers in Malta later this month.
21:02 Zaluzhny reported that he visited the Avdeevskoe direction, with the commanders and brigade commanders they determined the sequence of steps and discussed the priority needs of the units. We also carried out work in the Kupyansk direction, where the Russians continue their offensive. According to the commander-in-chief, near Avdiivka the enemy is not abandoning attempts to break through the Ukrainian defenses and surround the city. The enemy is actively using assault units, throwing a large number of armored vehicles, using aviation and artillery. Despite this, the Defense Forces continue to repel attacks, destroying enemy personnel and equipment.
20:24 Ukraine and France have begun the first round of negotiations to conclude a bilateral agreement on security guarantees, the Presidential Office reported. France became the fifth G7 state after the USA, Great Britain, Canada and Japan, with which Ukraine began such bilateral negotiations.
18:31 Zelensky put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council, providing for the protection and uninterrupted operation of critical infrastructure and energy facilities in war conditions. According to the document, the government must, within ten days, strengthen engineering protection of critical facilities, increase the number of air defense groups, and create reserves of equipment and spare parts for quick repairs. In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers must approve a plan for the restoration of critical facilities destroyed or damaged within three months.
17:59 The Russian Army shelled the Kherson region from aircraft, two people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. In particular, the enemy fired ten aerial bombs at Berislav, and two more at the village of Veseloye.
16:47 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, thanked him for the $435 million preparation plan for the winter season, as well as for the UN’s active participation in the implementation of the Peace Formula and its readiness to send a representative of the organization to the next meeting of advisers. “After the meeting of advisers in Jeddah, it is also important that the next event be no less successful and produce concrete results. To do this, we need to maintain the support of the countries of the Global South. In this, Ukraine very much counts on the UN,” the president emphasized.
16:34 The International Commission on Missing Persons is aware of about 30 thousand Ukrainian civilians who have gone missing since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, said the agency’s director general, Katherine Bomberger.
15:31 Zelensky said that he was on a working trip to the Kiev region, got acquainted with the progress of housing construction for people affected by the Russian invasion, which is being built in the village of Tarasovka at the expense of philanthropists.
15:28 Kuleba is confident that the United States will supply Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles on an ongoing basis. The minister also expressed hope that in the future Ukraine will receive ATACMS missiles capable of hitting targets at a distance of 300 km.
14:50 Kuleba predicts that Ukraine will receive the first F-16 fighters in the first half of 2024, at best: “As soon as the pilots complete training, and in parallel Ukraine is preparing the infrastructure for this, the planes will be in Ukraine. That is, the only obstacles for "In order for F-16s to appear in Ukrainian air, pilot training and infrastructure preparation are completed. The optimistic scenario, I think, is somewhere in the first half of next year."
14:44 The UK, together with its partners, is implementing a Winter Emergency Assistance Plan for Ukraine totaling £127 million, said Nicholas Aucott, senior military adviser to the UK delegation to the OSCE.
14:27 Scholz promised to continue supplying weapons to Ukraine and announced the preparation of a winter military assistance package, the key element of which will be air defense systems.
14:19 The Russian Orthodox Church is creating its own private military companies engaged in the recruitment and combat training of mercenaries for the war against Ukraine, the SBU reports. One of these PMCs, called St. Andrew's Cross, operates on the basis of the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Its representatives are recruiting parishioners for further inclusion in the Russian troops.
After mercenaries are enrolled in the ranks of PMCs, they undergo a course of military tactical and fire training under the guidance of instructors from the Russian special services. To disguise combat training, training is carried out exclusively on the territory of the cathedral, as well as at special training grounds. Such PMCs are financed by representatives of financial and industrial groups close to Putin. Money goes to the accounts of the Russian Orthodox Church in the form of charitable contributions and donations for the “construction of churches.”
13:04 In Moscow, not far from residential buildings, a plant for the production of air defense missiles was built, according to the mayor’s website. Production is planned to start before October 2024. As the Russian publication Important Stories writes, the plant is located in the east of Moscow - close to residential buildings. There are two metro stations a few kilometers away. In addition, a test site for testing drones with an area of 100 hectares has been organized in the Nekrasovka district.
12:55 Kazakhstan has introduced a ban on the export of 106 types of goods to the Russian Federation, including technological ones - drones, microelectronics and others that can be used by Russians for military purposes. These are products that were not produced in Kazakhstan.
12:46 Russian so-called military correspondents began sounding the alarm on Tuesday and declaring that the Ukrainian military had gone on the offensive on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Oleshek region. Propagandists claim that marines of the Ukrainian Navy took occupier positions in two villages - Poyma and Peschanivka. Read more in the material New operation of the Marines .
12:03 Russian Alexander Mozhaev , known as “Cossack Babai,” was killed in the Zaporozhye direction , Russian military publics report. Since 2014, Mozhaev has fought in the Donbass against Ukraine and participated in the seizure of administrative buildings. He himself said that he went to Crimea, and then to Donbass with other Russian “volunteers”. In April 2014, Mozhaev gained fame in the Donetsk region because of his colorful appearance; he was accused of shooting down a helicopter near Kramatorsk with a grenade launcher.
11:22 The defense forces shot down another enemy Su-25 attack aircraft. This is the fifth plane shot down in the Donetsk region over the past ten days, the Tavria group of troops reports.
11:19 After a short lull, the Russians continue to try to capture Avdiivka, the shelling continued all night, said the head of the GVA Vitaly Barabash. According to him, due to the aggravation of the situation, humanitarian aid is not being delivered to the city now, but there are still reserves. At the same time, the evacuation of civilians is underway, leaving about 1,600 people in the city.
11:16 The Russians hit Kherson with artillery: they hit a residential area, three people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Over the past 24 hours, two people were killed and four were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
10:50 British intelligence believes that the Kerch Bridge, although restored after damage, will be limited in providing Russian transportation to Crimea, and will also require significant resources to protect against new Ukrainian attacks.
10:09 Russia is expanding the Rostov-Novoazovsk-Mariupol highway to improve automobile logistics to Crimea. We are talking specifically about the expansion, and not the construction of a new road, said Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko and showed a photo. He emphasized that the road that Radio Liberty previously showed in the photo is not a road one. “This is the golden dream of Russians about a railway over the sea Rostov - Mariupol and Beryansk - Kirillovka - Crimea,” Andryushchenko added.
09:03 At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles and attack drones , the Air Force command reported. In total, the enemy recorded the use of 17 air attack weapons:
five Iskander M ballistic missiles;
one S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile;
one X-59 guided aircraft missile;
one cruise missile (type to be confirmed);
nine Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs.
Industrial, infrastructure, civilian and military facilities were attacked in the Donetsk, Nikolaev, Sumy, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions. Air defense forces destroyed one Kh-59 guided missile and three attack drones.
08:51 Late in the evening of October 18, the Russians launched a missile attack on Pavlograd in the Dnepropetrovsk region, destruction was recorded at an infrastructure facility, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. In the morning, air defense forces shot down a missile over the Krivoy Rog region. In addition, at night the Russian army continued to shell the Nikopol region, without any deaths or injuries.
08:36 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 19:
personnel - about 290,680 (+630) people,
tanks - 4992 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 9437 (+17),
artillery systems - 6983 (+39),
MLRS - 818 (+4),
air defense systems - 548 (+1),
aircraft - 320 (+1),
helicopters - 324 (+1),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5318 (+17),
cruise missiles - 1534 (+0),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9337 (+34),
special equipment - 985 (+3).
08:13 As a result of an evening missile attack on the settlement of the Stepovskaya community of the Nikolaev region, two people were killed and one was wounded, said the head of the OBA Vitaly Kim. The missile hit a food establishment, and the strike also damaged residential buildings, agricultural enterprises and other civilian infrastructure. Also at night in the same locality, as a result of falling debris from the Shahed attack drone, a fire broke out in the roof of an unused warehouse building; no people were injured.
In addition, at night the Russians launched a missile attack on Nikolaev, which resulted in a fire in an unused warehouse building on the territory of one of the enterprises, and the blast wave damaged apartment buildings. No casualties.
07:58 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Ukrainian marines landed on the left bank of the Kherson region and occupied enemy positions. In particular, yesterday's geolocation footage shows that Ukrainian fighters have advanced north of Peschanivka (14 km east of Kherson and 3 km from the Dnieper River) and towards Poima (11 km east of Kherson and 4 km from the Dnieper River).
In turn, Russian media write that two assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces landed on the eastern bank of the Dnieper and broke through the defenses of the occupation forces, temporarily occupying the entire Poima and positions on the northern outskirts of Peschanivka. As of October 18, the Russian army controlled only the southern part of Peschanivka.
07:35 Defense forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and have partial success southwest of Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region, the General Staff reported in its morning report . The Ukrainian Armed Forces also continue assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
Over the past 24 hours, about 80 military clashes took place at the front. In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Kislovka areas of the Kharkov region, as well as near Nadezhda, Lugansk region; on Limansky - in the Makeevka area of the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Kleshcheevka area of the Donetsk region; in Avdeevsky - in the Avdeevka, Novokalinovo and Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the area of Marinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - in the Novomayorsky district of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the areas of Novodarovka and east of Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region.
05:28 Of the $100 billion that Biden intends to request from Congress to help Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel, $60 billion is intended for Kiev, NBC reports, citing sources. The remaining 40 billion are planned to provide assistance to Israel, Taiwan, and to protect the US-Mexico border.
Republicans expect the new Ukraine aid package to be used, in part, to replenish US military supplies, especially ammunition that was previously sent to Europe and Ukraine.
04:37 Lavrov said that relations between Russia and the DPRK after the summit between Putin and Kim Jong-un “reached a qualitatively new, strategic level.”
02:24 Biden intends to address the Americans with a speech about the war in Ukraine and Israel, the White House reports. The American leader's address is scheduled for Thursday evening. "White House President Joe Biden will voice the US response to Hamas' terrorist attacks on Israel and Russia's brutal war against Ukraine," the statement said.
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[RIA] According to media reports, Russia has actually turned off the switch on one of its important export routes. We are talking about the flow of electricity along the so-called Georgian corridor and further to Turkey. Previously, especially in the summer, during the period of peak loads due to abnormal heat, the export of electricity was already limited, which was due to the need to dispatch energy due to the failure of a number of transformer and distribution substations.
Since the residents and infrastructure of the southern regions suffered the most from record temperatures, export volumes through the nearest energy bridges were quite logically cut in their favor. In particular, to Azerbaijan, South Ossetia and the already mentioned Georgia.
Regarding supplies to Turkey, it should be noted that this country is the largest buyer of Russian megawatts. But weather conditions and the need to cover domestic needs led to the fact that in the period from April to June, the Turks on average received no more than 50 megawatts during the day and about 250 megawatts at night, when consumption within Russia itself fell. From July onwards, this figure decreased further, although, according to some sources, the terms of the bilateral contract imply the supply of at least 700 megawatts daily.
The critical reason for stopping flows is the lack of internal generation. Or, simply put, there is an insufficient number (and capacity) of our own Russian power plants. Those who at least slightly follow the news from the world of domestic energy must have experienced a fair amount of surprise at this moment. For the reason that just recently, in 2021, the Rosatom corporation published a report on its activities and a development forecast, which stated in black and white that the construction of new nuclear power plants in Russia is not planned in the near foreseeable future due to that there is overproduction. That is, Russia produces so much electricity that there is literally nowhere to put it.
The inconsistency will be all the more glaring if we remember that just a couple of days ago, at the end of the annual “Russian Energy Week” (REW), the head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, told the press that our country lacks at least 30 nuclear power plants of medium and low power. At least twenty more similar projects are being asked to be implemented by foreign buyers, but we are not talking about them today.
While a fair portion of the planet's population was fascinated by the blazing kaleidoscope of events of the last two years, the situation in Russia individually has changed radically.
Here we will try to explain the essence of the processes, as they say, on the fingers, relying on numbers and mathematics of the school course.
At the end of 2021, our country consumed 1090.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. In 2022, when the special military operation began, it was already 1106.3 billion, that is, the net increase in consumption was 15.9 billion kilowatt-hours (or 15.9 terawatt-hours). According to average world statistics, one nuclear reactor at full load per hour produces 25 million kilowatt-hours (25 gigawatt-hours). We calculate the progression, and it turns out that to obtain one terawatt-hour, continuous operation of one reactor is required for 40 hours, that is, to cover the resulting increase in consumption, at least 600 machine-hours are needed.
Currently, there are 11 nuclear power plants in operation in Russia, with 37 reactors humming comfortably with piping and generators. By simple division we find that to cover the peak it is necessary to increase production at at least 17 reactors. Any person with the slightest knowledge of systems technology understands that this is almost impossible, since reactors cannot constantly operate at the limit; they require power maneuvers, compliance with fuel cycles and scheduled preventive maintenance.
Naturally, it is not only nuclear workers who supply electricity to our outlets. There are also coal, gas, oil, hydroelectric and battery stations. The difficulty is that all of them, in fact, are the backbone of the generation, the main workers who also get tired, break down, and ask for rest, repairs and cleaning of boilers.
Russia, which in 2021 consumed 1,090 billion and produced 1,131 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and sleepily rested on the laurels of energy redundancy, at the end of 2023 ran into a wall of deficit, which simply has nothing to cover, since neighbors are located along the perimeter of the borders , themselves ready to buy a thousand or two megawatts.
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The answer lies on the surface - this is due to the same sharp increase in the workload of plants, factories and various specialized and related enterprises carrying out orders in the interests of the Ministry of Defense, the front and import substitution. Producing bandages, cartridges, tanks, 3D-printed frames and blades for FPV drones, low-current wires for fire control systems on ships and a million other products that are difficult to cover even with the richest imagination. It has long been known that you and I, that is, the population, consume the smallest part of electricity for our domestic needs.
A significant part of it is spent on transport and the production of essential goods. The vast majority of electricity is consumed by factories and factories, especially in heavy and medium industry. In different countries, depending on the degree of industrialization, they account for from 60 to 80 percent of consumption, which is why in professional jargon they are called anchor consumers.
We sincerely hope that in the near future energy engineers from other directions will also be pleased with the news. For example, coal miners will report that they have mastered the industrial technology of boilers with ultra-supercritical performance, but for now let’s be happy for our nuclear workers. Alexey Likhachev says that Rosatom is actively preparing for the production of small and medium-sized nuclear power plants (the so-called NPP projects), and their power will be adjusted to the specific conditions of the location region - from a few to hundreds of megawatts.
How can one not recall the Russian folk saying that there would be no happiness, but misfortune would help.
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[KavkazUzel] The bodies of civilians, including women and children, killed during the Azerbaijani military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh show signs of torture and mutilation. Information about this has been sent to the Hague Court, the Armenian Ombudsman said today.
The "Caucasian Knot" wrote that by October 1, Karabakh rescuers had discovered the bodies of 130 people killed as a result of the military escalation on September 19-20, including nine civilians, it reported. 100,632 internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh arrived in Armenia, of which about 58,000 received temporary housing in Armenia with the help of the state, the country’s authorities reported on October 7. On October 14, former State Minister Artak Beglaryan reported that no more than 40 residents remained in Nagorno-Karabakh, including ethnic Armenians.
On September 19-20, Azerbaijan conducted a military operation in Karabakh and, as a result of the virtual capitulation of Stepanakert, gained control over the region. On September 28, the President of Nagorno-Karabakh signed a decree ending the existence of the republic. After the fighting, almost all residents left Nagorno-Karabakh, in which, according to various sources, about 120,000 people lived. On October 2, the UN mission stated that between 50 and 1,000 ethnic Armenians remained in Karabakh. The original UN statement , which provides such figures, was published on the "Caucasian Knot".
Dozens of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh died during the Azerbaijani aggression on September 19, Armenian Ombudsman Anahit Manasyan said at a briefing.
She noted that the ombudsman's office had collected evidence of brutality and torture. According to her, a preliminary report was drawn up in English, which was submitted to the Hague court. “Many bodies, including children’s and women’s, with signs of torture and mutilation were transported to Armenia from Artsakh. The facts of the crimes were presented to all international partners,” the Ombudsman said.
The Ombudsman did not provide data on the number of deaths, noting that monitoring work is still ongoing.
On September 28, Armenia filed a lawsuit against Azerbaijan with the International Court of Justice, demanding not to discriminate against residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, and not to persecute Karabakh political figures and military personnel. Baku considered this claim unacceptable.
[KavkazUzel] The school textbook on the history of Russia, in which the deportation of the peoples of the Caucasus is explained by their collaboration with the fascists, should be withdrawn throughout the country, history teacher Marifa Maisigova is sure. All those involved in the publication of this textbook should be held accountable, and also apologize to the peoples deported during the war, believes Honored Cultural Worker Tamara Malsagova.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, in September activists, scientists and politicians from the republics of the North Caucasus criticized a new school textbook on the history of Russia, in which the deportation of the peoples of the Caucasus was explained by their collaboration with the fascists. On October 5, scientists from Chechnya noted that the authors of a history textbook, blaming the peoples of the Caucasus for their deportations, provided false data without thinking about how this information would affect students.
On October 10, one of the authors of the history textbook, MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov, promised to change the paragraph about the deportation of the peoples of the Caucasus, which was published in a circulation of 755 thousand copies. The Karabulak prosecutor's office demanded that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia conduct an analysis of the history textbook for extremism and incitement of hatred, human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov reported. In his opinion, the information presented in the textbook also needs to be checked for the formation of a negative image of the victims of Stalin’s repressions.
There was no mass support for the German fascists in the North Caucasus, and the version of the Soviet authorities about collaboration, which became the reason for the deportation of the Chechens and Ingush, is unfounded, historians Pavel Polyan and Pieter van Huis previously pointed out. The historians' arguments are confirmed by Wehrmacht archival documents analyzed by the "Caucasian Knot", cited in the article " Operation Shamil: how the failure of the Abwehr became the reason for the deportation of the Vainakhs."
The textbook passed through many corridors of power before it was sent to print, and none of the officials had any objections to what was written, emphasized Tamara Malsagova, Acting State Advisor, Honored Worker of Culture of the Chechen- ChIASSR . According to her, if false facts about the republics of the North Caucasus are given in school textbooks, then these textbooks are subject to confiscation, and for the next edition it is necessary to carry out an examination with the involvement of scientists and teachers from these republics.
“In addition, I believe that everyone who is related to the release of this textbook, and specifically to the paragraph on deportation, should be brought to criminal liability, because this is an unconstitutional act that leads to incitement of ethnic hatred. All those involved in the release of this shameful for our "The textbook's authors must be fired from their positions, and without the right to continue to engage in science, education, and upbringing of youth. The authors of the textbook are obliged to publicly apologize to the slandered peoples," says Tamara Malsagova.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the historian, author of the biography "Stalin. The Life of One Leader" Oleg Khlevnyuk noted that under Stalin, entire nations were declared "hostile." You can read about these and other most famous myths and reliable information related to the role of Joseph Stalin in the events of the Great Patriotic War in the “Caucasian Knot” reference “10 myths about the role of Stalin in the Great Patriotic War.”
This textbook cannot be used to teach high school students, Marifa Maysigova, a history teacher at the first school in the village of Barsuki, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. “The authors agreed that significant changes need to be made. These changes will be made to the textbooks that our children and children in other republics, whose peoples were sent into exile, study from. And other high school students in Moscow, Ryazan, Tyumen and all of Russia will do the same study from this textbook and they will still remember the fact that a completely justified decision to deport was made against our peoples? We already know where the truth is and where the lies are. We want other regions of Russia to know the real truth, and not the one that the authors of the textbook Medinsky and Torkunov present to them,” the teacher believes.
The textbook “History of Russia 1914-1945” (authors V.R. Medinsky, A.V. Torkunov, publishing house “Prosveshcheniye” 2023) on page 351 states that based on facts of cooperation with the occupiers of a number of peoples of the North Caucasus, as well as Crimean Tatars and Kalmyks, the State Defense Committee in 1943-1944 decided to liquidate state entities and subject these peoples to collective punishment - deportation.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces exploiting results of aviation strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems fire repelled 11 attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 14th, 32nd, and 115th Mechanised, 68th Jaeger, 95th Air Assault Brigades near Sin'kovka, Ivanovka, Novoyegorovka, (Khar'kov region), and Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).
Operational-tactical aircraft inflicted fire damage on the enemy manpower and hardware near Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).
Up to 70 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles were neutralised.
In counterbattery warfare, the enemy lost one 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system and one 122mm 1S1 Gvozdika howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, coordinated actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, as well as air strikes and artillery fire repelled six attacks launched by AFU assault groups near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation inflicted fire damage on the manpower and hardware of the 21th and 63rd Mechanised Brigades' units and the 40th National Guard Regiment have been hit near Torskoye, Yampolovka, and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were over 235 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, and three pick-up trucks.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled an attack launched by the enemy close to Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at enemy manpower and hardware near Andreevka, Kurdyumovka, Yakovlevka, and Vasyukovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's casualties were more than 260 Ukrainian personnel killed or injured, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles.
In addition, two 152mm Msta-B guns, one 152mm D-20 gun, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were hit during counter-battery warfare.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, ground-attack aircraft, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised and 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Ugledar, Novomikhailovka, and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 190 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In Zaporozhye direction, two attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region) were repelled by skillful actions of the Russian Group of Forces supported by air strikes and artillery fire.
Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 65th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 40 Ukrainian personnel, two tanks, five armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles were neutralised.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B gun, and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were hit.
? In Kherson direction, up to 40 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, as well as one 152mm D-20 gun have been neutralised.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 154 areas during the day.
Moreover, an ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was obliterated close to Avdeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Fighter aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces downed one MiG-29 fighter jet of Ukrainian Air Force near Troitskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian air defence systems shot down one Su-25 ground-attack aircraft in Dnepropetrovsk and one Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Zagryzovo (Kharkov region).
Over the past 24 hours, one JDAM bomb, two S-200 converted surface-to-surface missiles, as well as 10 HIMARS MLRS projectiles have been intercepted during the day.
Moreover, 61 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were downed close to Olshana (Kharkov region), Yegorovka, Soledar, Lyubovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Kremennaya, Zhitlovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Romanovskoye, Molchansk (Zaporozhye region), Kazachyi Lageri, and Sagi (Kherson region).
In total, 493 airplanes and 252 helicopters, 8,065 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,764 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,163 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,823 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,438 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/19/2023 to 00:00 10/20/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 36 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a man, in Mineralny.
Residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district),.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 26 attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were seven artillery attacks from MLRS and 152mm artillery.
At Yasinovatsky there were three artillery attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.
A total of 127 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 12 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.
21:05 Storm strongpoint of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevsky direction by fighters of the separate reconnaissance and assault detachment “Cluny”
20:01 The Russian Ministry of Defense showed personnel combat work of airborne artillery units in the zone of a special military operation
20:00 FSB operatives detained a Ukrainian citizen in the Zaporozhye region, who, on instructions from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, was preparing an explosion at the site of a Russian military convoy.
19:33 Personnel destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces electronic warfare station in the area of Seversk
19:33 Effective personnel work against the enemy using the VT-40 drone
18:04 Military personnel of the Dnepr group of troops continue to destroy military facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Kherson region.
This time, they destroyed two boats and a position of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the area of Nikolaevka, Berislavsky district. Up to 15 neo-Nazis were eliminated.
18:00 Ukrainian TG channels report explosions in the Nikolaev region
17:07 Ukrainian fighters have become more active: the Russian military destroyed a column of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The information was provided by retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko. He reported that in the Kupyansk direction the enemy tried to carry out a full-scale offensive.
Ukrainian formations with up to three battalion tactical groups attempted to attack our defensive lines on a broad front. A sharp surge in attacks was noted in the Sin'kovka-Sergeevka section, which is more than thirty kilometers of front. During their counteroffensive, the enemy used Western and Soviet armored vehicles, tanks, artillery, various vehicles, and aircraft were also used.
Russian military personnel repelled all attacks, and no breakthrough of the front line was allowed. Marochko noted that such actions on the part of Ukrainian militants, using forces and means, have not yet been observed in this area.
17:00 ATGM operators struck enemy BMP Marder
16:35 Vladimir Rogov reports that today Tokmak was shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces twice in a day
At 11:40 and 14:20, the Nazis tried to strike Tokmak, Zaporozhye region.
The air defense system of the Russian Armed Forces successfully worked against targets.
There were no reports of casualties or destruction. The information is being clarified.
16:34 The situation in the Avdeevsky direction fromParatrooper's Diary
On the southern outskirts of Avdievka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to consolidate their positions.
The second destroyed bridge is controlled by our troops. The fortified areas in this area are being cleared.
Also, the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Severnoye are confidently moving forward. To the south of the settlement, fighters discovered and later destroyed an enemy tank with artillery fire.
15:39 Destroyed ZIL-131 truck of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants
15:38 Artillerymen of the “Southern” group of troops destroyed positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Spornoye area
14:47 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
-- The Russian Armed Forces repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Verbovoy area in the Zaporozhye direction;
-- The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 260 soldiers and a tank in the Donetsk direction in one day;
-- The Russian Armed Forces repelled six attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction, the enemy lost over 235 military personnel and six pieces of equipment;
-- The Russian Armed Forces repelled 11 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces per day in the Kupyansk direction;
-- The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction per day amounted to 190 military personnel;
-- The Russian Armed Forces hit the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Torskoye, Yampolovka and Grigorovka;
-- The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter in the Troitsky area in the DPR;
-- Russian air defense shot down a Su-25 attack aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force within 24 hours;
-- During the day, Russian air defense intercepted 10 HIMARS rounds, two C-200 missiles, a JDAM bomb, and destroyed 61 drones.
14:10 “Grad” falls asleep on the right bank of the Dnieper: personnel combat work of MLRS crews near Kherson
In the Kherson direction there is active artillery work on both sides. The enemy is firing at the positions of our fighters with incendiary rounds. Our crews are firing back at the enemy using Grads.
Having quickly transferred the system to a combat position, our fighters release a package at the enemy and instantly move into cover, not giving the Armed Forces of Ukraine a chance to inflict a retaliatory defeat.
14:09 Destruction of Ukrainian 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" with a precise strike by artillerymen of the Western Military District in the area of Obukhovka, Kharkov region.
14:08 Aviation of the Russian Armed Forces strikes FAB-500M-62 with UPMK on clusters of Ukrainian Armed Forces near Orekhov
13:23 The situation in the Kherson direction fromParatrooper's Diary
The dispersion of enemy forces is observed both in the island part and on the left bank: we are increasingly seeing enemy DRGs.
The Russian Armed Forces are displacing the enemy with artillery, and we are delivering a comprehensive strike against the enemy’s rear positions with FABs, missiles and UAVs.
In this direction, during the liquidation of enemy groups, his losses per day were:
-- KIAs – 46 personnel
-- Wounded – about 30 personnel
-- 120mm mortar with ammunition
-- Hangar with equipment and weapons
-- 13 cars
-- 122mm BM-21 Grad system with BC
13:22 Explosions were also reported in the occupied Ukrainian Armed Forces of Zaporozhye
13:22 Ukrainian TG channels report strong explosions in Dnepropetrovsk
12:45 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 11:50
In the Orekhovsky sector of the front, the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues to make unsuccessful attempts to break through our defense line.
Despite serious artillery support, Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers with armored vehicles are unable to advance near Verbovoy.
The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces and the ATGM crew are working with lightning speed on the advancing enemy forces.
12:07 Sources report an explosion in Kharkov
12:06 Information on the Kupyansky direction from Front bird
It is reported that the crews of our Su-34 fighter-bombers attacked temporary deployment points and strongholds of units of the 44th Mechanized Brigade in the Berestovoye area.
12:05 Power lines were damaged in the Nikolaev and Kharkov regions of Ukraine due to explosions, the country's Ministry of Energy reported on ThursdayTelegram channel.
“As a result of a missile strike in the Nikolaev region, a power line was damaged, more than 800 consumers were de-energized. The artillery attack also damaged two 110 kV power lines in the Khar'kov region. At the same time, consumers did not lose power,” says a statement published by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.
12:01 A man was wounded as a result of a rocket attack on Thursday morning in the village of Mineralnoye in the Yasinovast district of the DPR, they reported Telegram channel representation of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
12:00 The day before, six Ukrainian aircraft-type drones were shot down with small arms in the Kursk region, which became a record, a representative of the emergency services told RIA Novosti.
11:15 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 100 soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region
By data of “Come and see,” the Ukrainian landing force had previously tried to create a bridgehead in the area of the village of Peschanivka, Kherson region.
“Up to 100 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were destroyed. The battle for the bridgehead continues,” the channel’s source said.
According to him, Russian artillery is now firing at the enemy.
Previously, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to gain a foothold in the area of the Kazachi Lagery, but failed.
11:15 Arrival at st. Zuevskaya in Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk
10:42 Early in the morning, Ukrainian militants shelled Gorlovka
At 07:10 Moscow time from the village. In Nelepovka, 10 missiles from the MLRS were fired into the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka in the DPR.
There have been no reports of casualties or damage yet.
10:42 Russian air defense destroyed an air target on approach to the Rostov region - Vasily Golubev
The regional governor said there were no casualties or destruction.
09:43 Kherson region, reports Call sign Ossetian:
The night went very well, we tried several times to advance in the area of the railway Antonovsky another area, but our wing lads came from all over, there was no progress, there were wounded, dead, requesting evacuation. That side was not silent; before the landing, they worked along our shore with tanks and multiple rocket launchers. Unfortunately, there are losses.
Advancement in depth is not allowed, the boys get a solid five.
09:38 The commander of TOS-2 with the call sign “Snake” spoke about the use of a combat vehicle in the Northern Military District zone -video
“TOS-2 Tosochka,” he says, “is designed to destroy enemy fire groups, dugouts, shelters and buildings. This vehicle is on a wheeled chassis, which makes it more mobile.”
“Tosochka” has a significantly increased range of destruction – over twenty kilometers. Inflicts damage with high-power thermobaric projectiles.
“The crew is always ready to carry out tasks. Victory will be ours!" - the fighter is confident.
08:28 Summary on the morning of October 19, 2023
In the Kherson direction, the Russian Armed Forces yesterday opposed the attempt of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to increase its presence on our bank of the Dnieper in the area of the settlement. Peschanivka and Podstepnoe.
The enemy who advanced to the villages was covered with artillery fire and pressed against the Dnieper in the area of the railway bridge; the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 60 people on our bank alone. To defeat the enemy on the other side of the river, the Iskander tactical missile system was used. However, the enemy is increasing his efforts, skillfully trying to exploit our weaknesses.
In the Verbovoye area on the Zaporozhye front, enemy activity was stopped by a strike from our artillery and anti-tank missile systems. An armored fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a pike with personnel were destroyed. Mutual artillery artillery attack continues, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not experience a shortage of ammunition, using 203mm 2S7 Pion cannons to destroy our field positions.
The enemy transferred the 1st Separate Tank Brigade, 45th and 63rd Separate Rifle Brigades to the Avdeevsky direction. Our troops are increasing the density of artillery fire and air strikes.
Yesterday evening, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to attack targets in the Sevastopol area with Grom-2 and S-200 missiles. In the Belgorod region, an aircraft-type UAV was shot down, and villages were under fire. Dronovka of the Grayvoronsky urban district and Novaya Tavolzhanka. In the DPR, a civilian was wounded as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:07 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/19/2023
The Kherson-Crimean direction has become more active. Marines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, are trying to gain a foothold on the final left bank of the Dnieper near Peschanivka and Podstepnoye. On their side, units trained by the Royal Marines of Great Britain take part in the battles. At the moment, it is difficult to say whether we are talking about a large-scale operation to cross the Dnieper, or whether this is just a diversionary maneuver to resume offensive operations on other sectors of the front. Russian artillery and aviation are hitting the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kherson, Antonovka, Pridneprovsky, Novotyaginka and Berislav. The positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Gola Pristan, Alyoshki, Kazachi Lagery, Krynki, Korsunka, Dnepryanakh, Novaya Kakhovka and Kakhovka are under fire.
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops, supported by long-range weapons, again counterattacked on the western approaches to the village of Rabotino. No success. Similar actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy ended with the same result. The Russian Armed Forces also tried to push back the enemy in the Novopokrovka area. Ukrainian positions in Malye Shcherbaki, Shcherbaki, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka are under fire. Russian - in Nesteryanka, Kopany, Rovny, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkovo, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.
On the Donetsk Front, with the support of artillery, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations near Novomikhailovka, in Mar'inka, in the Severny region (a settlement west of Avdeevka), as well as on the southern, western and northwestern approaches to Avdievka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked near the village of Krasnogorovka.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops tried to break through the Ukrainian defenses near Makeyevka and Nadezhda. No promotion. They had tactical success at Ivanovka (a settlement east of Kupyansk). In the Sinkovka area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces held their positions.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Oleg Krivoshapov File under Things That Happen When the Church is a Department of the State.
[REGNUM] On October 19, by an absolute majority of votes, deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, a country “fighting for democratic values,” outlawed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) in the first reading. That is, the only canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Are they keeping the UOC-not MP? Linking to the Greeks or Serbs, something like that?
Among those who voted for the ban on canonical Orthodoxy, the “servants of the Ukrainian people”, apparently, include not only parishioners of the Uniate Church (an experiment that has been ongoing for centuries to resubordinate the Orthodox to the Catholic Vatican), but also supporters of the so-called Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) - a project of schism Ukrainian Orthodoxy and its actual dismantling under the formal patronage of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. That sounds like a yes.
The Uniate Church, which has never hidden its hostile attitude towards canonical Orthodoxy under the pretext of its ancestral ties with Russia, is linking its future less and less with Ukraine itself. And the leaders of the OCU, which emerged in 2018, with their practical actions, including the public “ blessing ” of an “icon” with images of the leaders of Ukrainian nationalism, actually prove that their organization is in fact a political project, and not a religious institution.
The decision of the Ukrainian parliamentarians looks especially expressive against the background of what the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Inna Sovsun announced the day before : the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Justice supported her bill on the legalization of same-sex marriage in Ukraine.
CRIMINAL LAW
“The law, which involves the destruction of the largest religious community in Ukraine, is absolutely criminal ,” comments Vakhtang Kipshidze , Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) MP . “ This law, if it comes into force, will mean increasing the suffering of many religious people who want very simple things - to believe as they are accustomed to believe, and to go to the religious community to which their fathers and grandfathers belonged.
It is this right that the Ukrainian government wants to deprive its citizens. This law is an act of cultural and spiritual self-destruction, because the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with its heritage, traditions, and its significance for the life of every Ukrainian believer is irreplaceable for the inhabitants of this country. The Ukrainian authorities want to deprive the Ukrainian people of this treasure, this spiritual support.”
The ban on the canonical church in Ukraine, according to Kipshidze, although carried out on behalf of the Ukrainian people, is implemented by external forces not associated with this people. “They are openly repressing the Ukrainian people ,” states the interlocutor of IA Regnum .
He sees the symbolism of what is happening in the fact that an essentially anti-Orthodox law was adopted in Ukraine immediately after the news about the likely imminent legalization of same-sex marriage. In other words, the current Ukrainian authorities have made their choice between Orthodox Christians and homosexuals.
“I think these are phenomena of the same order,” shares Kipshidze. — With one hand, the Ukrainian government is destroying the spiritual support of the Ukrainian people, with the other, it gives life to immoral practices that are alien to the vast majority of Ukrainians, replacing the traditional family with gay marriages. That is, they are doing something that is unthinkable and unacceptable for Ukrainian believers.”
The deputy chairman of the Synodal Department of the Russian Orthodox Church MP notes that it is not yet completely clear as to how exactly this law will be implemented, although it is obvious that this legal act is insignificant from the point of view of the legislation of Ukraine itself:
“It is impossible to imagine its implementation otherwise than by force, with coercion. We’ll see how much the handful of atheists who are fighting the Ukrainian Church have the strength to destroy the entire church . ”
THE PLAN OF THE ATHEISTS IS CLEAR
In fact, not everything is so simple, agrees Archpriest Alexander (Ovcharenko), cleric of the Alexander Nevsky Church at MGIMO (until 2023, cleric of the Zaporozhye diocese of the UOC. - Ed.). Commenting for the news agency Regnum on what happened on October 19 within the walls of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, he notes: “Does this mean that from today the UOC is banned? No, it doesn’t mean that.”
After all, the church specified in the new law, according to official data from the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, simply does not exist (although the decision of the Kiev regime, as well as media and political support, clearly indicate that the law will be applied specifically to the UOC). However, the ban on 12 thousand parishes within the legal framework could last, according to the clergyman, for years.
Indeed, Archpriest Andrey (Novikov), a member of the Synodal Theological Commission of the MP, former secretary of the Odessa Diocese of the UOC MP, confirms: if you follow the law, then the nationalists have a long way to go to the formal abolition of canonical Orthodoxy in Ukraine.
“When the president signs the law, they will start cutting it piece by piece ,” says Father Andrei. — There is no single UOC as a legal entity, but there is a Kiev Metropolis and a diocese for each person, a parish for each person. And where they succeed, their arrivals will be prohibited through the courts. Whatever the capacity of this system will be, the extent to which they will prohibit and take away property. And, accordingly, treat those who do not obey as lawbreakers."
Archpriest Alexander (Ovcharenko) names another potentially repressive measure. If the UOC, according to Ukrainian laws, no longer exists, then its priests and monks, from the point of view of the state, are ordinary secular citizens, with all the ensuing consequences: “now they can remove the reservation from all priests and monks who have not transferred to the OCU and send them to defend, for example, Avdiivka.”
There is nothing impossible for the current Kiev regime, points out another former clergyman of the UOC, Archpriest Andrei (Novikov): “In wartime, everyone at a rally will be tied up and thrown into prison. This is already such a brutal face of open persecutors of Christianity, aimed at destroying Orthodoxy as a fact. And they are destroying Orthodoxy not because it is connected with Russia. They are fighting against Russia because Russia is a symbol of Orthodoxy. And the man who participated in the siege of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, a Satanist named Veles, was awarded for outstanding services to the state.”
Thus, the current regime in Ukraine gives a clear signal to the Ukrainian people, the expert concludes.
“Becoming perverts, Satanists—this is what Ukrainian statehood is now intended for,” says IA Regnum’s interlocutor. - This is the path that is approved. The path for which the war is being waged against the Russian people, against Russia, against Orthodoxy. Their religion is “Ukrainian patriotism,” anti-Russian and anti-Orthodox. After all, the coming of the Antichrist, which is spoken of in the Scriptures, will be accompanied by religious worship of him. And I think that Ukraine is just such an example in miniature of the future Antichrist - the society that awaits humanity at the end of world history, with the inculcation of Satanism in all its forms.”
Father Andrey believes that the mass arrests of priests of the canonical church may well be used by the current Ukrainian regime, including to replenish the “exchange fund” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. But this is not the main thing, he notes. The main goal of Ukrainian nationalists in power is precisely the destruction of Orthodoxy.
“And there are simply no other ways to protect Orthodoxy in Ukraine except to win a special operation,” sums up the clergyman.
HISTORY OF THE UKRAINIAN SCHISM
In October 1990, the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) established the self-governing Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) from more than 20 dioceses on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR with rights of broad autonomy within the ROC.
On May 27, 2022, the council of the UOC, held in Kyiv, decided on its “complete independence and independence”, making appropriate changes to the charter. In addition, the cathedral expressed disagreement with the support of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill for a special military operation.
On June 7, 2022, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church stated that changing the status of the UOC is possible only within the framework of a canonical (i.e., legal from the point of view of church law) procedure, including a resolution of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In parallel with the UOC, two large non-canonical religious organizations operated in Ukraine until December 2018: the self-proclaimed Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate.
After February 2014, the new authorities began to actively put forward the idea of creating a new local church in the country from several schismatic groups, which would not be associated with the canonical UOC and the Russian church tradition.
In September 2018, the Patriarchate of Constantinople announced its readiness to create an autocephalous church in Ukraine under its patronage. The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church declared the illegality of such actions and decided to sever Eucharistic communion with the Church of Constantinople.
On December 15, 2018 in Kyiv with the participation of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and delegates of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople on the basis of the so-called. The Kyiv Patriarchate and the UAOC formed a new religious organization, called the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU).
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[Regnum] All game servers must be located in Russia in the “Ru” zone. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this on October 19 at a meeting of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports.
The head of state emphasized that it is necessary not only to work on them, but also to make sure that they are in Russia.
“We need to include this in a single regulator. What's stopping you?" Putin asked.
He also mentioned shooter games with a negative attitude towards Russia. The Russian leader noted that countries in which such products are created should not be allowed to make money from Russia - this applies, in particular, to the USA and Canada.
As Regnum reported , Putin noted the openness of Russia, which initially cherishes its traditions, to all modern sports disciplines, including e-sports.
According to him, Russia is ready to host competitions that combine classical sports and e-sports. The head of state emphasized that a good indicator of this was the idea of holding competitions that combined e-sports with classical sports. Putin recalled that the format was called “Games of the Future” and they will start on February 23, 2024 in Kazan.
At the “Russia – a Sports Power” forum, the head of state said that Russia plans to multiply the number of competitions at various levels for enthusiasts, sports fans and professionals, both national and international, with a fairly high prize fund. The Russian leader emphasized that everything necessary to hold such events at the highest level and invite foreign athletes to them is available - modern stadiums and sports complexes equipped to world standards, as well as successful experience in organizing major competitions.
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[Regnum] The Turkish authorities intend to continue to comply with the Mantro Convention, which allows not allowing warships of non-Black Sea countries into the Black Sea through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, the Turkish Ministry of Defense reported on October 19.
In a published statement, the Turkish military department reported the outcome of the weekly briefing by Media and Public Affairs Advisor Rear Admiral Zeki Aktürk.
A representative of the Turkish Ministry of Defense said that a meeting of NATO defense ministers was held in Brussels on October 11-12. Based on its results, the department stated that the balance in the Black Sea will be maintained within the framework of the principle of “regional ownership.”
“In this regard, we will continue to carefully and responsibly implement the Montreux Convention. We resolutely combat all forms and manifestations of terrorism and expect support from our allies in this regard,” the department said.
According to the Montreux Convention (named after the city in Switzerland where the conference was held), adopted in 1936, Turkey restored sovereignty over the Bosporus and Dardanelles. At the same time, she promised to comply with the principles of international maritime law.
The document preserves freedom of passage through the straits for merchant ships of all countries, including in wartime. The convention introduced restrictions for warships. Ships of the Black Sea countries, after notifying Turkey, can sail through the straits in peacetime.
But this permit does not apply to warships of non-Black Sea countries. Only small surface ships can pass through the straits. There are also tonnage restrictions.
In addition, Turkey received the right to prohibit the passage of any warships through the Bosporus and Dardanelles if it considers that it is in danger of war.
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