[Lord Ashcroft] Mother-of-two who is one of Ukraine’s very few women snipers reveals with brutal candour how she gave up her comfortable job in the family firm to become a ruthless killer.
Iryna is a 37-year-old mother-of-two, just 5ft 4in tall and weighs less than eight stone. Her hobbies include reading, travel, learning languages and fashion. She is also a highly trained and ruthless killer.
Every day, her job is straightforward and dangerous in equal measures: to shoot dead as many Russian soldiers as possible. For Iryna is one of just a handful of female snipers in the Ukrainian army defending her beloved homeland.
’My first kill was early this year,’ she says. ’I did not hesitate when I pulled the trigger. It wasn’t difficult and I had an adrenaline rush. I didn’t feel pleasure or joy but neither did I cry or feel upset. I was glad I did a good job.
’I did it and then I went home [to her base],’ she tells me matter- of-factly.
Speaking softly in near-perfect English at a secret training camp west of the country’s capital of Kyiv, Iryna explains why she has no sympathy for her many victims: ’The Russians came here to invade our country and so I don’t feel sad for them if they die.’
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:59 Zelensky in an evening video message clarified that 66 states took part in the first day of the summit in Malta: “All continents are represented. Many states, different political traditions. And there is potential to expand the representation of states. The points of our Formula were created exactly like this, so that everyone in the world who truly values international law can express themselves and their values and support global efforts against aggression."
16:01 Armenia is taking part in the Ukrainian Peace Formula summit for the first time - Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan arrived in Malta, Radio Liberty reports.
15:42 The Russian Army attacked the village of Kazatsky, Kherson region, with aviation, one person was wounded. The enemy also shelled Ivanovka of the Daryevsk community, two people were injured, the prosecutor’s office reported. According to OVA, just since yesterday evening the Russians have dropped 24 guided bombs on populated areas of the region. Power lines were damaged, Kreshchenovka, Shevchenkovka and Petrovka of the Novovorontsovsk community were left without power.
15:05 The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that a “Ukrainian UAV”, which was intercepted by Russian air defense on October 26, allegedly crashed into the nuclear waste warehouse of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, damaging its walls, and two more drones fell on the station’s administrative building complex.
14:13 Ukraine, on the sidelines of a meeting of advisers in Malta, began consultations with the Netherlands on concluding a bilateral agreement on security guarantees, the Presidential Office reported.
10:34 The third meeting of foreign policy and national security advisers dedicated to the Ukrainian Peace Formula began in Malta. More than 65 countries are taking part in the event, including representatives of the Global South, the Office of the President reported. During the meeting, specific plans for the implementation of the five points of the Peace Formula will be presented and discussed: nuclear security, energy security, food security, humanitarian direction (the release of prisoners and deported Ukrainians), restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the world order.
10:00 Hungary will block the 12th package of EU anti-Russian sanctions if they affect energy, said the country's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó: “If the next sanctions package contains something that contradicts our national interests, we will definitely not agree to its adoption. The red line for us concerns energy, gas, oil, nuclear energy." He also stated that Hungary is ready to host negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv, “if they want it.”
09:52 One of the four Iskander-K missiles with which Russia attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region at night exploded in the air over the Krivoy Rog region, said the chairman of the regional council Nikolai Lukashuk.
09:46 In the morning, the Russian army struck the Korabelny district of Kherson, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, 11 people were wounded, seven of whom were injured during shelling of the center of Kherson.
09:39 “Inhuman crimes” are being committed in the Berdyansk torture chamber, said Deputy Head of the District Council Viktor Dudukalov. According to him, one of the functions of the Russian special services is work on the territory of correctional colony No. 77, which is a torture facility and where hundreds of prisoners are kept. “People who come out of captivity know them by sight, know their call signs, know perfectly well what they are doing there - these are terrorist, inhuman crimes. Unfortunately, only after de-occupation will we know the scale of what they committed there. But people say that torture and what they have in prison are very professional,” said Dudukalov.
09:35 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russians are forcing Ukrainian prisoners to join their “volunteer forces.” In particular, Russian media reported on October 27 that the “volunteer battalion” Bohdan Khmelnytsky “recruited” about 70 Ukrainian prisoners of war from various Russian colonies, began training and, after completing training, will be deployed to an unspecified section of the front line. Analysts emphasize that this is an obvious violation of the Geneva Prisoners of War Convention.
09:19 Air defense at night shot down three of the four ground-based Iskander-K cruise missiles that Russia launched into the Dnepropetrovsk region from the Dzhankoy area. The fourth missile also did not reach its target, the Air Force command reported.
08:26 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 28:
personnel - about 298,420 (+740) people,
tanks - 5167 (+22),
armored combat vehicles - 9749 (+23),
artillery systems - 7180 (+18),
MLRS - 834 (+0),
air defense systems - 558 (+2),
aircraft - 320 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5399 (+9),
cruise missiles - 1541 (+3),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9524 (+11),
special equipment - 1011 (+0).
07:44 In the sky over the Dnepropetrovsk region at night, air defense forces shot down three Russian missiles, said the head of the Air Defense Forces Sergei Lysak. In addition, the enemy fired heavy artillery twice at the Marganets community of the Nikopol region, no people were injured.
07:19 In the Avdeevka direction, the Russian army does not abandon attempts to encircle Avdeevka, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding the line and repelled enemy attacks in the Stepnoy, Avdeevka, Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
In total, 60 military clashes took place at the front over the past 24 hours. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position near Andreevka, in Maryinsky, he carried out unsuccessful assault operations in the areas of Maryinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region. In the Shakhtarsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks near Vodyanoye, Zolotaya Niva and Staromayorsky, Donetsk region. In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy tried to restore the lost position north-west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region, but was unsuccessful. In the Kupyansky and Limansky directions, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions and continued to regroup troops.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
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[RIA] For many years now, Russia has been falling into a demographic hole—or, to put it simply, dying out. The population decline reaches several hundred thousand a year: in 2022, the excess of mortality over the birth rate was 600 thousand (and a year earlier it exceeded a million - but then there was a covid pandemic). “Natural population decline,” in the language of demographers, is the main strategic threat both for Russia as such and for the Russian people. And increasing the birth rate is one of the main tasks of the authorities, who themselves remind us of this all the time.
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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 supported by aviation and artillery repelled three attacks of the AFU 43rd, and 68th jaeger brigades near Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 50 Ukrainian troops and three pickup trucks.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery repelled two attacks of assault groups of the AFU 63rd Mechanised Brigade and 15th National Guard Regiment close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic) and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
AFU 63rd, 67th Mechanised Brigades' units have been hit near Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.
Up to 100 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles were neutralised.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled three enemy attacks and inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower and hardware near Krasnoye, Andreevka, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheyevka, and Maryinka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Up to 160 Ukrainian servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles have been eliminated in this direction during the day.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare Also, one HIMARS MLRS and one U.S.-made M119 artillery system were hit .
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicoptes, and artillery inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower of AFU 72nd Mechanised and 128th Territorial Defence Brigades near Vodyanoye and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 120 Ukrainian troops and three pickup trucks.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled four attacks at AFU 65th, 118th Mechanised Brigades near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region), and inflicted fire damage on the enemy units close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 80 Ukrainian personnel, one German-manufactured Leopard tank, four armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were neutralised.
In Kherson direction, up to 110 Ukrainian servicemen, four motor vehicles, and 152mm Giatsint, 152mm Msta-B howitzers were 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 117 areas during the day.
One air traffic control tower of the Ukrainian Air Force has been destroyed at the Kanatovo airfield (Kirovograd region).
Russian air defence means have shot down Su-25 and MiG-29 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force near Daryevka (Kherson region) and Ternovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Air defence systems have intercepted four ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, two JDAM guided bombs, three HARM anti-radiation missiles, and eight U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day.
In addition, 36 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were neutralised near Proletarka, Sagi (Kherson region), Valeryanovka, Veseloye, Spornoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Verkhnekamenka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Tokmak (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 517 airplanes and 253 helicopters, 8,348 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,980 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,170 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,897 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,720 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:50 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/28/2023 to 00:00 10/29/2023
Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 15 facts of firing from the AFU.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
Two residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded. The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 11 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were two artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
A total 52 units of various ammunition were fired.
The the previous 24 hours, 19 attacks were recorded from the VFU.
21:52 Ukrainian troops fired 21 NATO 155mm caliber rounds at Makeyevka, Yasinovatsky district and Donetsk, they reported representative office DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
20:13 An attempt to take even one position in the Kleshcheevsky direction costs the Ukrainian Armed Forces disproportionate losses, a volunteer corps fighter with the call sign “Tasman” told RIA Novosti.
“Even an attempt to take one small position is not a victory for them, but causes great difficulties. Would you call the capture of one position a victory if you lost 400 soldiers?” - said “Tasman”.
19:41 Avdievka in the palm of our army: fresh personnel work of Russian UAVs on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the city.
The commanding heights taken by our troops in front of Avdievka are already bearing fruit - the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city are regularly destroyed by Russian FPV drones. Readovka has at its disposal footage where the tactical advantage is fully realized - the UAV combs Avdievka without any obstacles and at the end of the route overtakes the enemy cell tower.
Operators near Avdievka do not allow “field” targets to relax; in the footage, our drones are methodically destroying fortified Ukrainian dugouts. The gradual advance of the Russian army brings the long-awaited calm in the capital of the DPR closer.
19:20 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in the Mykolaiv region and Kyiv-controlled Kherson.
18:46 Law enforcement officers discovered in the Kherson region there is a cache with a large amount of ammunition.
Police officers discovered a cache of ammunition five kilometers from the village of Chaplynka in the area of an abandoned farm. From the cache, which was equipped at positions abandoned by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, law enforcement officers seized four high-explosive artillery rounds with a caliber of 152mm, four fuses for these ammunitions, 30 fuses for rounds with a caliber of 120mm, a tank shell with a caliber of 125mm, and the head of a projectile for an MLRS with a caliber of 122mm, one RPG shot and 10 rounds of 30mm caliber.
It was determined that the ammunition was unsuitable for further use, so an explosives specialist decided to destroy it on the spot using an overhead charge of TNT.
18:31 Battles near Rabotino: the Russian army repels the enemy’s offensive - Military correspondents of the Russian spring
The Ukrainian Armed Forces, with artillery support, continue attacks on our positions in the Rabotino area.
The enemy today is again operating mainly in small groups with the support of artillery and armored vehicles, sending attack aircraft to attack the trenches of the Southern Military District regiments. The fighting doesn't stop.
In the area of Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy there are also battles with small assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; our motorized rifles and troops are repelling attacks.
17:52 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Gornostaevka in the Kherson region -photo.
17:00 Today, from early morning, artillery attack of peaceful neighborhoods along the entire bank of the Dnieper is again underway. This was announced by the Chairman of the Government of the Kherson region Andrey Alekseenko
According to Alekseenko, artillery attack of peaceful neighborhoods along the entire bank of the Dnieper has been going on since early morning. It is dangerous for civilian cars to travel from Aleshki to Novaya Kakhovka; FPV drones attack any car that gets caught on the road. Operators from the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not find out who is inside. Artillery and mortars of various calibers are also fired.
“Today, in one village of Gornostaevka there have already been 38 “arrivals.” Three 57mm rounds immediately flew into an ordinary rural house on the street. Shevchenko. The family got out just minutes before the impact - all four of them. God took it away, there’s no other way to say it. Moreover, the same rounds then landed in the yard,” said the chairman of the regional government.
16:55 RT military correspondent Alexander Simonov showed, how the Terminator BMPT covers Ukrainian Armed Forces positions with fire from a distance of less than 600 m during the day.
He noted that these combat vehicles mainly operate at night. But now thick fog has made it difficult for Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance, and thanks to this, our fighters got so close to the enemy in the daytime.
The Terminator crew emphasizes that the combat vehicle is practically invulnerable: FPV drones, ATGMs and artillery rounds cannot attack it. And it has impressive weapons: two 30mm cannons, four ATGMs, two automatic grenade launchers and a machine gun.
15:45 News from the Kherson direction and the Antonovsky Bridge (Dachi) area is reported by the Front Bird.
It is reported that another group of DRGs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been detected.
Machine gun fire was opened on the fast boat. The enemy, escaping the shelling, also opened fire directly from the boat.
The timely actions of our soldiers prevented the enemy from landing.
Let us note that the Ukrainian Armed Forces still do not stop trying to cross and gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper.
To do this, they use quite sophisticated methods, such as an artillery raid on any part of our positions (hiding the main attack), and they themselves rush at all speeds into the channels that they control. Or they use bad weather to concentrate at least some strength for a breakthrough.
Nevertheless, our fighters continue to identify enemy DRGs and suppress all enemy attempts to create a bridgehead.
14:50 Destruction of the Ukrainian Air Force command post at the Kanatovo airfield and repelling 12 attacks in four directions: the main thing from the briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
In the Kupyansk direction, the “Western” group repelled three attacks by the 43rd Mechanized and 68th Ranger Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Enemy losses amounted to more than 50 military personnel and three pickup trucks;
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the Center group repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 15th Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine. The personnel and equipment of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit. Enemy losses amounted to up to 100 military personnel, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, three cars;
In the Donetsk direction, the “Southern” group repelled three enemy attacks. In total, in this direction the enemy lost up to 160 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles and four vehicles.
During the counterbattery fight, a HIMARS MLRS combat vehicle and a US-made M119 howitzer were destroyed;
In the South Donetsk direction, the Vostok group hit concentrations of manpower of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 118th Territorial Defense Brigade. Enemy losses amounted to up to 120 military personnel and three vehicles;
In the Zaporozhye direction, four attacks by the 65th and 118th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled. The total enemy losses amounted to up to 80 military personnel, a Leopard tank made in Germany, four armored combat vehicles, three cars, an M119 howitzer made in the USA;
In the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 110 military personnel, four vehicles, as well as howitzers: 152mm “Gyacinth” and 152mm “MSTA-B”;
At the Kanatovo airfield in the Kirovograd region, the command and control tower of the Ukrainian Air Force was hit;
Air defense systems shot down Su-25 and MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the area of Daryevka, Kherson region, and Ternovka, Dnepropetrovsk region;
Four ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, two JDAM guided bombs, three HARM anti-radar missiles and eight US-made HIMARS MLRS missiles were intercepted;
A total of 36 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
13:47 In the border areas of the Sumy and Khar'kov regions, a combined battalion is being recruited to be sent to one of the directions where active hostilities are taking place, the Director for Ukraine reports.
Due to the lack of motivated reserves, the battalion is staffed with fighters from different brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:29 Soldiers of the volunteer assault corps of the Skif battalion (BARS-35)reflectattacks near Soledar. RIA Novosti correspondent showed the work of the crew of the Cornflower mortar
12:50 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, with the support of artillery, operational-tactical and army aviation, inflicted fire on places where manpower and equipment were concentrated in units of the 72nd Mechanized, 79th Air Assault, 58th Motorized Infantry Brigades, 128th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Katerynivka, Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Zolotaya Niva, Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
12:27 Over the past 24 hours, 45 strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded in the Gornostaevsky district of the Kherson region
The administration of the Gornostaevsky district reported that in the area of the elevator south of Gornostaevka, after artillery attack by the Ukrainians, a large fire with an area of 0.5 hectares was recorded. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, and there were no injuries or damage.
In addition, yesterday the power supply was cut off due to damage to the power line as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on several streets of the regional center.
11:45 Sappers of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps continue demining the territory of the DPR.
The search and destruction of mines installed by Ukrainian militants is carried out by military personnel of a separate engineer battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps. Each enemy mine can injure or take an innocent life. To prevent this, Donetsk sappers perform their work at the highest professional level.
10:44 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Krynki 16 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi nine rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka nine rounds;
-- n.p. Proletarka 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 13 rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka nine rounds;
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Aleshki, one civilian was seriously injured.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Radensk, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Podstepnoye, n.p. Krynki, Dnepryany, firing a total of 29 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
10:20 Frontline summary on the morning of October 28, 2023:
In the Kherson-Krysma direction there were oncoming battles near Poima, Peschanivka, Podstepnoye and Krynoki.
In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops attacked at Nesteryanka, Kopanei and Rivne. There is a struggle for the flanks. Also an attempt to move near Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery and aviation, advanced near Novomikhailovka through a forest plantation north of the village. Assault operations in Marinka, the city of Krasnogorovka, near Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka), on the southern approaches to Avdeevka and near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions). There is progress in the last section.
09:17 Missiles were launched at night blows to places where militants of the 1st National Guard Brigade gathered in Volchansk.
In the village of Podliman, the 300mm BM-30 Tornado MLRS hit the reserves of the 66th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:15 Over the past 24 hours, the armed formations of Ukraine have carried out shelling at Golmovsky and Yasinovatsky districts, as well as Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk.
As a result of artillery attack by Ukrainian nationalists in the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk, one residential building received significant damage.
The artillery attack of civilian infrastructure was carried out using artillery, multiple launch rocket systems and the HARM-SK RF anti-radar missile
08:00 Morning summary October 28, 2023:
At night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy targets in Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk and Izmail (Odessa region). A powerful explosion was reported on the outskirts of Kupyansk.In the Kherson direction, our aircraft attacked the Ukrainian Armed Forces concentration in Berislav on the right bank of the Dnieper with FABs. There are reports of enemy attempts to advance towards Peschanivka, as well as the enemy holding part of the settlement. Krynki.
Despite the lack of success and losses, the enemy command is trying to expand the bridgehead on our shores and is transferring small landing groups from among the territorial defense units and marines. Radio interceptions indicate a lack of interaction between disparate units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On the Zaporozhye front near Rabotino, our anti-tank crews of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division and FPV drone operators of the Bobr detachment burned two units of enemy armored vehicles, incl. tank. The enemy carried out attacks from the direction of Novoprokopovka to the west of Rabotino. Verbovoy has mutual artillery strikes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively using cluster munitions.
There are oncoming battles in the forest plantations. The landing units of the Russian Armed Forces note the need to increase our efforts in counter-battery warfare and strengthen the work of electronic warfare, primarily against enemy FPV drones.
A total of up to 35,000 people were transferred to the Avdeevsky direction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, removing units from the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk line and the Chernigov region.
In the Vrem'evsky direction, the arrival of Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves in the Novomayorsky area is also noted.
Artillery attack of border settlements in the Belgorod region continues. In the evening, a UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed over the Kursk region. The Nazis fired 60 rounds at the civilian population of the DPR, but there were no casualties.
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[REGNUM] The Irish government is beginning to understand the population's dissatisfaction with Ukrainian refugees. A discussion began in the cabinet of ministers about a radical reduction in subsidies for them. As The Journal insiders report, officials believe that immigrants from Ukraine actually have “social security at the citizen level.”
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[REGNUM] Almost none of the summits of EU leaders over the past year was complete without discussing the allocation of aid to Ukraine and the blocking of these initiatives by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban . The meeting in Brussels on October 26–27 was no exception. Moreover, this time he did not rebel alone, and the conflict between Budapest and the community reached a new level.
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