| Lots about the Kerch bridge. See also here. |
23:05 The Russians hit an infrastructure facility in Zaporozhye with a rocket, a fire broke out, information about the victims is being specified, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
22:38 Germany announced additional deliveries of weapons to Ukraine, writes CNN. German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht promised that Ukraine will receive, in addition to the IRIS-T air defense system, a total of 100 tanks from Greece and Slovakia.
22:34 In Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, about 6,000 cars are waiting at the checkpoint to leave the territory controlled by Ukraine, people live in cars for more than ten days, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.
22:27 Today, the Russians fired at the Sumy region from self-propelled guns, mortars, and also inflicted four air strikes from helicopters that did not cross the state border. The villages of the Krasnopol and Velikopisarevskaya communities were under enemy fire, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. As a result of an air strike on one of the villages of the Velikopisarevskaya community, one person was injured. The property of one of the agricultural enterprises was damaged, a corn field caught fire.
21:56 Zelensky, in an evening video message, announced a very difficult situation in the Bakhmut direction: "During these days, the movement of our military, the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Guard and everyone who is involved in active operations continued - in operations in the east, in operations in the south of our "We hold positions in the Donbass, in particular in the Bakhmut direction, where it is very, very difficult now, very tough battles. Today I want to once again commend our soldiers from the 93rd separate mechanized brigade Kholodny Yar for courage, for their steadfastness in this particular direction" .
The President also said that the authorities are doing everything possible to protect the Ukrainian sky: "And this is one of the highest priorities for our diplomats - to accelerate the decision of partners regarding the provision of modern and effective air defense systems to Ukraine, a sufficient number of them. We will definitely come to this."
21:25 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Ukraine guarantees the Russians who surrender to the preservation of their lives and treatment in accordance with all international norms and conventions: "If the occupiers flee - while they have such an opportunity - this will be the best option for them "If they are forced to stay, any occupier can find a way to surrender to Ukrainian captivity. We guarantee that all Russian soldiers who voluntarily lay down their arms and surrender will save their lives. Ukraine always complies with all international norms and conventions. There are no other options for the occupiers could rely on them, we will not leave them."
21:19 Turkey plans to organize negotiations between Russia and the West on Ukraine, the proposal has already been submitted to Washington through diplomatic channels, Turkish Milliyet writes. In particular, according to the newspaper, Ankara intends to seat four major Western countries at the same table with Russia - the United States, France, Germany and Britain. The plan has not yet been brought to the attention of all Western capitals, but has been communicated to the US "through important and private channels."
21:13 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said that railway traffic on the Crimean bridge has been fully restored, car traffic has been organized along the undamaged part of the road, while one lane is in reverse mode. By morning, it is planned to launch it in two lanes.
| The Kerch bridge? That seems fairly miraculous, based on yesterday’s conversation here. |
19:52 Putin signed a decree on strengthening the protection of the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait, the power grid energy bridge Russia - the Crimean Peninsula and the main gas pipeline Krasnodar Territory - Crimea. The authority to organize and coordinate protection measures is vested in the FSB. Previously, the National Guard was engaged in this.
19:38 Over the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Belogorivka, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Krasnogorovka and Terny. Local hospitals in the temporarily occupied areas of the Kherson region cannot cope with the flow of wounded invaders, the General Staff reports in an evening report .
18:51 According to the results of the first three quarters of 2022, the Ministry of Economy estimates the fall in Ukraine's GDP at 30%.
18:40 An adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, reported explosions 50 km from the city - at the junction of the freight railway station Karan, Donetsk region.
18:14 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the village of Shevchenkovka, Kherson region , said the head of the OVA Yaroslav Yanushevich: "There are no longer Russian invaders who terrorized and killed. The worst for these bright people is over."
18:07 Russians who fled from mobilization can become weapons in Russia's hybrid war, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said at an informal summit of EU leaders. According to her, Russians tend to arrive in countries where there is already a Russian minority: "If now these people are coming to Estonia and Latvia, then the Russian minority is growing, and Russia further says: we must 'liberate' them. This is all part of a wider imperialist picture, and we are very wary of this."
18:03 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on the creation of the federal state unitary enterprise Zaporozhye NPP, the Federal State Property Management Agency was instructed to appoint the general director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise.
17:56 The Russians launched a missile attack on Kurakhovo in the Donetsk region in the morning - three people were injured, six high-rise buildings were damaged, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
17:27 Arrests of the military began in Moscow, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, a set of measures against the military has begun in the Russian capital. Traffic in the center is blocked, units of the Dzerzhinsky operational division, the "elite" of the National Guard, have entered the city. They move to the center together with police units. It is known about numerous arrests, detentions and blocking of the military. Meanwhile, all military units along the perimeter of Moscow are on high alert.
16:30 The movement of vehicles on the Crimean bridge has been resumed, now it is open to cars and buses with a full inspection procedure, the "authorities" of Crimea said. For cargo trucks, later today, the ferry Kerch-2 will start sailing through the Kerch Strait.
15:53 ​​Podolyak believes that the explosion on the Crimean bridge could have been arranged by the Russians themselves: "Now seriously. The FSB/PMCs are trying to eat the leadership of the Defense Ministry/General Staff. A moment before the change of personnel, the FSB goes into a knockdown: they watched the explosion on the Putin bridge. Now The Defense Ministry will be able to blame the FSB for future defeats in the south. It is not yet clear who blew up the bridge?
15:22 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that General of the Army Sergei Surovikin has been appointed commander of the Joint Group of Forces in the area where the "SVO" is being held. At the end of June, Surovikin became the commander of the southern grouping of Russian troops in Ukraine, which led the offensive in the Zolote and Gorsky Luhansk regions. Before Ukraine, he was the commander of the Russian group in Syria, then in 2017 Putin appointed him head of the Aerospace Forces.
14:40 Russian media write that a printing house is on fire in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, allegedly because of Ukrainian shelling.
13:57 According to preliminary data, as a result of the explosion on the Crimean bridge, three people died - in addition to the driver of the blown up truck, the passengers of the passenger car driving nearby were killed, the RF IC reported. Also, the investigation allegedly established the data of a truck that was blown up on the Crimean bridge, and its owner is a resident of the Krasnodar Territory.
13:14 Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu congratulated Ukraine on the blowing up of the Crimean bridge: "Estonia certainly welcomes this and congratulates the Ukrainian special forces, which are probably behind this operation ... The positive moment is that the movement has stopped. The bridge was also important for Putin as a confirmation that Crimea will forever remain with Russia.
12:23 Propaganda media have already received a manual from the Kremlin regarding the Crimean bridge, writes Meduza. Thus, Putin's administration advises to emphasize that the bridge has not been destroyed, "there is only a damaged canvas on the road and railway parts." The media recommend repeating that preparations for restoration work have already begun, and reminding them of the launch of the Kerch ferry crossing.
12:20 Zakharova after the emergency on the Crimean bridge said that "the reaction of the Kiev regime to the destruction of civilian infrastructure testifies to its terrorist nature."
11:41 The death toll in Zaporozhye as a result of shelling on October 6 increased to 17, the State Emergency Service reports. Work continues on the removal of the rubble of two destroyed residential buildings - a five-story and a four-story building.
11:23 Ukrposhta will issue a new stamp in honor of the explosion on the Crimean bridge, General Director Igor Smelyansky said: "As you understand, they have been preparing it for a long time together with the artist Yuri Shapoval. There is a washing machine, and enemy equipment, and handcuffs that Crimea is tearing apart with Russia "The exact date of issue will be announced later. The face value of the stamp is M (because it's a bridge), the cost is 18 hryvnia, the circulation is 7 million."
10:42 The All-Russian Union of Insurers estimated the damage from the emergency on the Crimean bridge at 200-500 million rubles.
10:19 Departure through the Crimean bridge to the mainland is impossible. The "authorities" of Sevastopol assure that there will be enough gasoline and food supplies in the city for 40 days, there will be no shortage. Meanwhile, local publics write that queues are lining up at Crimean gas stations. The sale of railway tickets from and to Crimea has been suspended, bus services to the peninsula have been cancelled.
10:08 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 8. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk, Bakhmut and Kramatorsk directions.
- personnel - about 62,060 (+380) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2472 (+6),
- armored combat vehicles - 5111 (+18),
- artillery systems - 1459 (+4),
- MLRS - 345 (+1),
- air defense systems - 180 (+3),
- aircraft - 266 (+0),
- helicopters - 234 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1079 (+12),
- cruise missiles - 246 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3875 (+13),
- special equipment - 136 (+1).
10:01 In the Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, six civilians were killed - two in Zarechny, two in Ocheretino, one each in Bakhmut and Pavlovka, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said. In addition, the bodies of nine more civilians killed by the Russians during the occupation were found in the liberated communities: six in Liman, two in Svyatogorsk and one in Yarovaya. Another 17 people were injured yesterday.
09:52 As a result of night rocket strikes on the Saltovsky and Osnovyansky districts of Kharkiv, one person was wounded. The sports complex, non-residential premises, cars, garages were damaged. The State Emergency Service liquidated several fires, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
In the region, the enemy attacked the Kupyansky, Bogodukhovsky, Kharkov and Izyumsky districts. During the day, six people were hospitalized, including four in the Izyum region as a result of mine explosions.
09:40 Peskov said that there are no forecasts for the timing of the restoration of the Crimean bridge yet, Putin instructed to create a government commission in connection with the emergency.
09:34 Podolyak, in the context of the fire on the Crimean bridge, said that everything stolen would be returned: "Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything Russian occupation must be expelled."
09:27 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Kadyrov and Prigozhin will try to achieve minor military successes in the Donetsk region in order to maintain their popularity and reputation in the Russian information space. According to analysts, on October 6-7, Russian forces gradually advanced in the area of ​​Bakhmut and Avdiivka, probably with the support of Wagner PMCs and the Kadyrovites. Prigozhin also sent 1,000 soldiers to strengthen positions in Lisichansk after the failure in Liman.
Meanwhile, reports of a split in the Kremlin are gaining momentum in the Russian media space, undermining the appearance of stability in the Putin regime.
09:05 The National Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation announced that a truck was blown up on the Crimean bridge. As a result, there was a partial collapse of two automobile spans of the Crimean bridge, the arch over the navigable part of the bridge was not damaged.
The head of the "parliament" of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, said that "Ukrainian vandals" damaged the roadway on the Crimean bridge. At the same time, he assured that the damage will be promptly restored, they are not of a severe nature.
The "authorities" of Crimea also reported that after the emergency on the bridge, the launch of a ferry crossing to Kerch is being worked out. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties as a result of the incident.
08:24 In the Luhansk region, about 300 wounded Russian prisoners who agreed to fight on the territory of Ukraine were delivered to the local hospital in Novosvetlovka, the General Staff said.
08:02 There was a strong fire on the railway line of the Crimean bridge - a fuel tank is burning, the shipping arches are not damaged. According to the Taman Road Administration, traffic on the bridge has been suspended. Photos and videos of the fire are published online .
07:44 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders near 16 settlements. The enemy is advancing in the Avdeevsky and Bakhmut directions, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
06:51 At the Zaporizhzhya NPP tonight, due to another shelling by Russian troops, the last line of communication with the 750kV ZNPP energy system - Dneprovskaya was damaged and disconnected. As a result , there was a complete blackout of the Zaporozhye NPP. The diesel generators were switched on automatically. The available stocks of diesel fuel for their operation in this mode will be enough for ten days, Energoatom said. It is necessary to repair and resume the operation of ZNPP communication lines with the power system. Plans to turn on power units in the face of shelling and damage to all lines are unrealistic, the company notes.
Meanwhile, the local occupation "authorities" confirmed the de-energization of the nuclear power plant and accused the Ukrainian side of the shelling.
01:22 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced the shelling of the central part of the city. After the missile strikes, fires began, according to preliminary information, one of the medical institutions is on fire, as well as a non-residential building.
00:57 The "DPR" stated that Ukrainian troops fired at Ilovaisk.