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[Korrespondent] 22:50 Canada has imposed new sanctions against Russian propagandists and the Zvezda TV channel. The sanctions list includes 34 individuals and one legal entity. The list also includes Russian actors Sergei Bezrukov and Vladimir Mashkov, Putin's assistant Medinsky and others.
22:34 The EU is considering paying for Starlink services for Ukraine, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said in an interview with Politico. According to him, Ukrainians' access to the Internet should not depend on one person who can "wake up one day and say: I don't want to do this anymore, that's all." “I thought that it was probably much better to have a contractual agreement between, say, a coalition of countries that could purchase a service from Mr. Musk, the Starlink service, and continue to provide it to Ukrainians,” Landsbergis explained.
22:27 In an evening video message, Zelensky thanked everyone who replenishes the exchange fund and ensures the capture of enemies: "The more Russian prisoners we have, the faster we can free our heroes."
22:13 The appointment of Sergei Surovikin to the post of commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine should satisfy the supporters of tough actions of the Russian Federation. But the general is unlikely to succeed in waging war in Ukraine in the same way as in Syria. More details - in the material "Syrian Butcher" in Ukraine .
21:50 In the Sumy region, as a result of today's missile attack on an infrastructure facility, 14 people were injured, three of them were rescued alive from the rubble. Five people were killed, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. Rescue work continues.
In addition, today the Russians shelled the Krasnopol, Shalygin, Velikopisarevskaya communities, and in the Seredino-Budskaya community, as a result of shelling, one person was injured, six private houses were damaged, and three fires broke out.
21:37 The occupiers in the Lugansk region built concrete cubes as a line of defense - the Armed Forces of Ukraine will later transfer them to the border with the Russian Federation, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually advancing in the Luhansk region, and the Russian “mobiles” only increased the statistics of dead Russians, since they arrived practically unprepared; they are sent to attack in order to reveal the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Gaidai noted that the most difficult sections now are the Svatovskoye and Kremenskoye directions. He also said that local residents were evicted from the villages of the Shulgin community and settled in the homes of militants.
20:54 Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called on Iran to immediately stop the supply of weapons to the Russian Federation: "Providing weapons for waging a war of conquest in Ukraine and killing Ukrainian citizens makes Iran an accomplice to the crime of aggression, war crimes and terrorist acts of Russia against Ukraine."
20:46 The mayor of Brovary, Igor Sapozhko, announced the work of the air defense.
20:32 In the process of negotiations on the last exchange of prisoners, the Ombudsmen of Ukraine and Russia, Dmitry Lubinets and Tatyana Moskalkova, met for the first time. Moskalkova said that it was "a constructive dialogue, we agreed to work on further measures."
20:27 In the Cherkasy region, air defense is also working, there is a high probability of a drone attack, said Igor Taburets, head of the OVA.
20:25 Air defense forces are working in the Kiev region, said the head of the OVA, Alexei Kuleba.
20:06 Zelensky said that during a conversation with UAE President Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nagayan, the 30th anniversary of relations between our states was celebrated: "Ukraine will remain the guarantor of global food security. I am grateful for the effective support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, in particular, in the fields UN".
20:03 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Disputed, Bakhmutskoe, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Krasnogorovka, Pobeda and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the evening report .
19:59 Discussions of UN representatives on the food deal that took place in Moscow were "positive and constructive," Guterres' office said.
19:22 Musk said that Crimea is as important for Russia as the Hawaiian Islands are for the United States: “Whether someone likes it or not, but Crimea is definitely considered by Russia as an integral part of Russia. Crimea is also critical for Russia’s national security, since it is its southern naval base." According to him, if Ukraine tries to return the Crimea, Russia will use nuclear weapons, and if the West responds to this, World War III will begin.
Podolyak responded: “If every time you capitulate to Russia after hearing nuclear threats, after how many iterations of this confrontation will SpaceX become SpaceZ with Dmitry Rogozin as CEO? And how many more countries will start a chaotic nuclear race to protect themselves? Questionable strategy ... "
19:18 Podolyak said that Iran is directly responsible for the killings of Ukrainians: "A country that suppresses its own people is now transferring weapons to Russian monsters for massacres in the center of Europe. This is what unfinished business and concessions to totalitarianism mean. The case when sanctions are definitely too much few".
19:05 In Yeysk, Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, a military plane fell on residential buildings. Russian publics write that there are dead and injured, after the plane crashed, a strong fire broke out. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that "while climbing for a training flight from the military airfield of the Southern Military District, a Su-34 aircraft crashed." According to the agency, the plane crashed "within the city of Yeysk", according to the report of the ejected pilots, the cause of the crash was the ignition of one of the engines during takeoff. At the site of the crash of the Su-34, "in the courtyard of one of the residential areas, an ignition of the fuel of the aircraft occurred."
Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, reminded that it is over these houses that planes bombing Ukraine fly every day. According to him, all local publics are full of videos where the residents of Yeysk see off these planes with exclamations like "come on, piss crests." The media report that now the airborne ammunition is exploding at the scene of the accident.
18:54 On Monday, October 17, the people of Kiev were awakened by the sounds of explosions and air raid sirens, the Russian army attacked the Ukrainian capital with Iranian kamikaze drones. Details - in the material Drone raid .
18:46 Yermak confirmed the information about the exchange of prisoners: 108 women were released from captivity. According to him, it was the first all-female exchange. Among them are 37 evacuees from Azovstal, 11 officers, 85 privates and sergeants. 35 defenders from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 32 from the Navy, 12 from the TRO, eight from the NSU, including two from Azov, five from the State Special Transport Service, four from the State Border Guard Service and 12 civilians, were released.
Among those released were women illegally imprisoned in ORDLO even before the large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. According to the head of the Presidential Office, they have been imprisoned in pseudo-republics since 2019 for a "too pro-Ukrainian position", which was expressed in the transportation of humanitarian aid for orphans, far-fetched "espionage" and "terrorism".
18:04 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced that the forces of the regional group of troops will conduct tactical exercises with live firing and launches of anti-aircraft guided missiles.
17:59 Belarus reserves the right to use "preventive measures of strategic deterrence" to prevent an attack, Valery Revenko, head of the Department of International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, said: "We clearly see NATO's intentions aimed at further expanding the conflict in Ukraine by increasing the supply of weapons and equipment capable of turning the conflict into a global one... The Republic of Belarus will defend its national interests by using all means, including military force, and reserves the right to take a set of preventive measures of strategic deterrence in order to prevent an attack or neutralize an internal armed conflict."
Revenko also accused Ukraine of supporting the Belarusian opposition, which aims to overthrow the government in Belarus. In addition, he accused Poland and the Baltic states of building up military infrastructure.
17:48 The Embassy of Italy in Ukraine issued a warning to citizens of the country about the danger of traveling to Ukraine and recommended that they leave its territory.
17:17 The website of the Ukrainian state project I want to live , through which Russian servicemen were asked to apply for surrender to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been blocked in Russia. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense informs that for the Russian military who want to surrender, there is a round-the-clock hotline of the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War: +38 066 580 34 98; +38 093 119 29 84, or telegram bot @hochu_zhyt
The military themselves, as well as their relatives, can contact the hotline. Captured Russians are guaranteed maintenance in accordance with the norms of the Geneva Conventions.
17:00 Kiev city military administration spoke about Shahed-136 drones and what not to do:
16:44 A residential building in Kiev, which was destroyed by a Russian kamikaze drone today, cannot be restored, Klitschko said on the Kiev TV channel: "16 families, as far as I know, were in this house. The house is completely destroyed and cannot be restored. Almost nothing there is nothing left of this house, the supporting structures are destroyed.According to the mayor, residents of the house are placed in hotels and provided with temporary housing, and they are also considering the possibility of providing permanent new housing to the victims.
16:38 Zelensky showed a photo of the consequences of today's enemy strikes on Kiev:
16:24 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar urged not to publish photos of the wreckage of downed drones. She explained that if the tail number of an enemy drone is visible in the photo, then from this information the enemy can draw an important conclusion for him - whether a certain device reached the target. Moreover, hostile media can use this fact for propaganda purposes. Also, Malyar reminded of the old rule - do not make references to the terrain in the photo.
16:00 Pushilin said that today there is an exchange of prisoners according to the formula 110 for 110, "DNR" gives Kiev mostly women. According to him, Ukraine extradited 80 civilian sailors and 30 military personnel from the "DPR", "LPR" and "other regions of the Russian Federation."
15:55 As a result of a blow to a house in the Shevchenko district of the capital, four people have already died, search and rescue operations continue, there may still be people under the rubble , Klitschko said. Three victims were hospitalized, two of them are employees of the State Emergency Service.
15:52 In the de-occupied Liman, as of October 17, the bodies of 35 military and 152 civilians were exhumed, said the press officer of the Donetsk region police Alexander Gavrilko. According to her, where the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were buried, exhumation work has been completed, and experts are still working at the site of the mass grave of civilians. According to preliminary data, about 40 graves remain unexplored, during the day it is possible to exhume bodies from 12-14 burials.
15:33 Hungary is the only EU country that did not support the initiative to train the Ukrainian military in Europe and will not take part in it, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
15:31 The authorities of the Khmelnytsky region, as well as the city of Rivne, reported emergency power outages.
15:28 About 170 tanks and up to 100 guns and mortars with a caliber of more than 100 mm will arrive from Russia to Belarus to create a regional grouping of troops, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus reported.
15:22 The head of the Vinnytsia OVA, Serhiy Borzov, announced a missile attack on a critical infrastructure facility, previously without casualties.
15:20 Reznikov said that Ukraine is negotiating the supply of SAMP-T and Crotale air defense systems. He added that Spain would transfer the Hawk air defense systems, while the UK and France promised additional missiles for air defense.
15:17 Iranian drones damaged one of DTEK's power plants, the company said. According to preliminary information, three people were injured.
15:14 A column of Russian military equipment has been spotted in Kerch, Radio Liberty reports. The column consists of trucks to transport personnel, special equipment and tractors that carry guns.
15:11 Kuleba said that he appealed to the Council of Foreign Ministers of the EU: "I was probably the first minister who appealed to the Council of Foreign Ministers from a bomb shelter - a siren in Kiev. He called on the EU: to provide more air defense and ammunition; to impose sanctions against Iran for the supply of drones to the Russian Federation. The 9th package of EU sanctions against the Russian Federation should be strong."
15:02 Today, the enemy attacked Ukraine with 42 drones, 36 of which were shot down, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said. According to him, 30 drones were moving in the direction of Kyiv, 25 of which were shot down: "This is a very high figure and actually indicates that the massive attack that was planned today did not reach its goal."
14:56 Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky urged weapon owners not to try to shoot down drones and leave this matter to law enforcement officers and the military: “The probability of such a shootdown is extremely small, and the danger, if, for example, an inexperienced person simply shoots upwards from a weapon, exceeds the ability to shoot down a drone ".
14:31 The EU Council has decided to establish the European Union Military Assistance Mission to Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) , a statement on the Council's website says. The Mission will ensure individual, collective and specialized training of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the Territorial Defense Forces, as well as the coordination and synchronization of the activities of the Member States contributing to the training.
The EUMAM Ukraine mission will operate on the territory of the EU Member States and will have an Operational Headquarters in Brussels in order to ensure overall coordination at a strategic level. The mission commander will be Vice Admiral Hervé Blezjan, director of the Military Planning and Operations Force (MPCC). The mandate of the mission will initially last two years, with a financial target for total expenditures for this period of 106.7 million euros.
The Council of the EU also decided to provide another 500 million euros under the European Peace Fund to further support the capabilities and resilience of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The sixth tranche will bring the total EU contribution under the fund for Ukraine to 3.1 billion euros.
14:10 The head of the Khmelnytsky OVA, Serhiy Gamaly, announced explosions in the region.
14:04 This morning, the Russians fired three rockets at the Romensky district of the Sumy region, they hit a civilian infrastructure facility. At least three people were killed and nine injured. People remain under the rubble, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. In the Sumy region, 1625 subscribers were disconnected from power supply. Local residents are asked to save electricity during peak hours: 8:00-11:00 and 17:00-22:00.
14:00 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani again stated that Tehran does not supply drones to Russia: "The news that Iran supplies drones to Russia has political ambitions, they are distributed by Western sources. We have not supplied weapons to any of the parties that are in state of war."
13:58 Ukroboronprom announced that it is already completing the development of new kamikaze drones in response to Iranian drones used by Russia. Declared characteristics: flight range - 1000 km, warhead - 75 kg.
13:51 Klitschko said that during search and rescue operations in a residential building in the center of Kiev, where a Russian drone hit, they got the bodies of three dead civilians. Among them - a young couple who were expecting a baby , the woman was six months pregnant.
13:18 According to the Office of the President, as of 12:44, the number of deaths as a result of a kamikaze drone raid on a residential building in Kiev has increased to three, 19 people have been rescued.
13:16 EU Foreign Ministers approved the decision to create a training military mission for Ukraine, which should train up to 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers. The mission should begin work in mid-November, Radio Liberty Europe editor Rikard Jozwiak said.
13:14 Ukrenergo reported that as a result of an enemy attack, energy infrastructure facilities in the central and northern regions of Ukraine were damaged. Repair teams are working to eliminate the consequences, the situation in the power system is under control. At the same time, the possibility of introducing emergency shutdown schedules is not ruled out, so it is important to observe the mode of economical consumption of electricity throughout the country, especially in the evening hours.
13:03 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that during the day the Russian armed forces continued strikes with "high-precision weapons" of long range air and sea based on military command and control facilities and the energy system of Ukraine, "all designated facilities were hit."
12:59 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced that it is carrying out a rotation of units performing tasks to strengthen the protection of the state border. In order to prevent "provocations", bridges, crossings and railway lines are taken under protection, positions for shooting are equipped, the department reports. Earlier it became known that the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus were given weapons.
12:55 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the completion of mobilization in the capital of the Russian Federation. According to the Moscow military commissariat, the tasks of partial mobilization "have been completed in full." Collection points for the mobilized are closed on October 17 at 14:00, sent summonses cease to be valid.
12:40 In total, more than 40 enemy drones flew into the territory of Ukraine today, most of which were shot down, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said.
12:38 In Kiev, after the explosion in a residential building, as of now, 19 people have been rescued, four were injured, two were killed, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kirill Tymoshenko said.
12:36 In Kiev, under the rubble of a residential building, the body of another deceased was found, Svetlana Vodolaga, spokeswoman for the capital's State Emergency Service, said.
12:30 28 drones flew towards Kiev this morning, most of them were shot down, Klitschko said. Five explosions sounded in Kyiv. One of them is in a residential building in the Shevchenko district. Rescuers continue extinguishing the building's structures and clearing debris.
12:26 Podolyak urged to exclude Russia from the G20: "He who gives orders to attack critical infrastructure in order to freeze civilians, and organizes total mobilization to cover the front with corpses, categorically cannot sit at the same table with the leaders of the G20. It's time to put an end to Russian hypocrisy . The Russian Federation must be expelled from all sites."
11:59 At night, six enemy kamikaze drones were destroyed by air defense units in the sky over Odessa region. In the morning, the invaders launched a missile attack on the region with a Kh-59 missile. The infrastructure object was damaged, there were no victims, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko.
11:47 This morning, the Russians attacked the energy infrastructure of Ukraine in three regions, Shmyhal said. In particular, five drone strikes were recorded in Kyiv, energy facilities and a residential building were damaged. The aggressor also launched rocket attacks on critical infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions. Hundreds of settlements are de-energized. The prime minister urged Ukrainians to stabilize the energy system in a cohesive and conscious approach to economical consumption of electricity, especially during peak hours.
11:40 From under the rubble of a house in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kiev, where an explosion occurred as a result of a drone attack, they got the body of one of the dead. Another person remains under the rubble, search and rescue operations continue. Three victims were hospitalized, Klitschko said.
11:23 On the territory of Brovarsky, Buchansky and Vyshgorodsky districts of the Kiev region today, October 17, planned mine clearance and disposal of explosive objects will be carried out, the sounds of explosions can be heard, the OVA said.
11:04 Ukraine is working through diplomatic channels with Iran's neighbors to stop all logistics corridors for the supply of weapons to Russia, Arakhamia said.
10:47 Over the past day, the enemy fired from mortars and rocket and cannon artillery on the settlements of the Kharkiv region, along the line of collision and the border with the Russian Federation. In particular, the city of Volchansk in the Chuguevsky district and the villages of the Volchansky community, the village of Dvurechnoye in the Kupyansky district, the village of Kazachya Lopan in the Kharkov region and others were hit. As a result of the shelling, fires broke out in non-residential buildings. One person died in Lukyantsy, two more were hospitalized - in the village of Solonitsevka and in the Kupyansky district, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
10:38 Air Command Center (northern and central regions of the country) reported the destruction of at least 11 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones as of 10:00. All kamikaze drone attacks, in particular on the capital, were carried out from the south.
10:32 The enemy launched a missile attack on the Odesa region - from the direction of the Black Sea, from the Su-35 aircraft, an X-59 missile was fired, which hit one of the region's infrastructure facilities. People were not injured, OK Pivden reported.
10:23 Zelensky showed a video from the site of an enemy strike on a residential building in the center of Kiev:
10:14 As a result of an attack by kamikaze drones in the Shevchenko district of the capital, an explosion occurred in a residential building , Klitschko said. Currently, 18 people have been rescued from it, according to preliminary information, two residents remain under the rubble. It is not yet known if there are any dead.
09:47 Ukrzaliznytsia said that passengers who are waiting for the end of the air raid in shelters and will not be able to board their flight on time will be able to board the next train in the same direction. To do this, you need to save the ticket and show it to the conductor. Trains depart on schedule.
09:45 In the center of Kiev, traffic was blocked on sections of several streets, Klitschko urged residents of the capital not to travel to the city center without urgent need.
09:42 As a result of the shelling by the Russian military at the ZNPP, the last line of communication with the power grid was disconnected. According to Energoatom, the Russians have changed tactics and are now trying to blackmail Ukraine and the whole world with rocket attacks on remote substations through which the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is powered.
So, today, October 17, Russian terrorists once again fired at substations of critical infrastructure in the territory controlled by Ukraine, as a result of which, at 3:59, the last 750 kV ZNPP communication line - Dniprovska, was disconnected. In the transient process, due to a short-term voltage drop, the ZNPP auxiliary auxiliary transformer was switched off and the diesel generators started up. In addition, the 750 kV communication line South Ukrainian NPP - Dniprovska was disconnected, but without affecting the load of the South NPP.
09:31 In Kiev, the end of the air raid alarm, four strikes by drones were recorded, local authorities reported. A hit on a residential building in the Shevchenko district was confirmed, information about the victims is being specified.
09:02 In the south of Ukraine, 26 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones were destroyed overnight, information about the morning attack on Kiev is being specified, said Air Force Command spokesman Yuri Ignat.
09:00 Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko said that the strike in Kiev was carried out in the area of the railway station - the target of the drones was one of the critical infrastructure facilities nearby. However, the hit was near this object, the object itself is functioning. The building, next to which there was an impact, was damaged. People were not hurt.
08:58 Due to the air raid in Kiev, all educational institutions switched to remote mode, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
08:56 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 17th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions.
- personnel - about 65,320 (+320) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2537 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 5205 (+12),
- artillery systems - 1599 (+10),
- MLRS - 366 (+1),
- air defense systems - 187 (+1),
- aircraft - 268 (+0),
- helicopters - 242 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1241 (+17),
- cruise missiles - 316 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3969 (+10),
- special equipment - 144 (+1).
08:49 In Kiev, an Iranian drone hit a high-rise residential building, said Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to him, the drone attack continues, information is being received about the flight of groups of drones from the south and east of the Kyiv region.
08:43 British intelligence writes that the logistical problems faced by Russian forces in southern Ukraine are likely to have worsened after the damage to the Kerch bridge on October 8. Repair work is ongoing and it is partially open to traffic. However, there is a large queue of waiting trucks near the crossing.
Russian forces operating in southern Ukraine are likely to increase the flow of logistics through Mariupol in an attempt to compensate for the reduced capacity of the Kerch Bridge. With a tense Russian presence in Kherson and a deteriorating supply route through Crimea, the landline through Zaporizhya Oblast is becoming increasingly important to the sustainability of the Russian occupation. The city of Melitopol is a hub of supply routes and a base for Russian aviation, analysts say.
08:36 In Nikolaev last night, three drones hit an industrial infrastructure facility, tanks with sunflower oil caught fire there. The fire also broke out in a pharmaceutical warehouse. All fires were eliminated by the rescuers of the State Emergency Service, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said.
08:31 Klitschko announced two more explosions in the Shevchenko district of the capital - in the city center.
08:30 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Torskoe, Disputed, Soledar, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Vodiane, Krasnogorovka, Marinka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report.
08:28 The invaders are trying to make up for their losses in manpower and massively mobilize men in the temporarily occupied territories. Thus, according to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in Stanytsia Luhanska, public utilities workers were forcibly registered under Russian law and underwent a so-called medical examination. According to its results, all were "suitable" for military service.
08:17 Five drones have just flown over the village of Protsev in the Kiev region, three of them were shot down by air defense, one drone exploded in Bortnichi, said Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
08:14 At night, the enemy attacked Zaporozhye with missiles, there were no damages or casualties, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said.
08:12 Air defense forces are working in the Kiev region, said the head of the OVA Alexei Kuleba.
08:07 In the Donetsk region, as a result of enemy shelling over the past day, four civilians were killed - in Bakhmut, Klescheevka, Zarechny and Avdeevka. In addition, the bodies of seven more civilians killed by the Russians during the occupation were found in Liman. Ten more people were injured yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:02 The Russians attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region all night with rockets, Grads and heavy artillery, said the head of the UVA Valentin Reznichenko. Three missiles were destroyed by air defense forces, one missile hit an energy infrastructure facility, and a severe fire broke out.
07:46 The Bundeswehr will train up to 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the coming months, Ntv reports. To minimize the risk of a Russian attack on the training mission, exercises are organized not in Ukraine, but in countries such as Poland and Germany.
07:44 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin's intentions are unlikely to change regardless of whether there is a ceasefire: the Kremlin will use any cessation of hostilities to consolidate gains and freeze the front line in its best configuration to prepare to further aggression against Ukraine. Those who seek a lasting peace in Ukraine, analysts say, must resist the temptation to freeze the battle line in a way that creates the conditions for a resumption of war on Russia's terms.
07:36 In the Romensky district of the Sumy region, the enemy launched a missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities, there are victims, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
07:30 As a result of a drone attack in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kiev, a fire broke out in a non-residential building, fire departments are working. Several residential buildings were damaged, information about the victims is being specified, Klitschko said.
07:22 Yermak said that the capital was attacked by kamikaze drones: "The Russians think that this will help them, but such actions are like agony. We need more air defense systems and as soon as possible."
07:06 Klitschko reported two explosions in the Shevchenkovsky district - in the center of the capital: "All services are on their way. Details later."
02:01 On the evening of October 16, the enemy attacked Nikolayevshchina with kamikaze drones of the Shahed-136 type. Eleven drones were shot down, three hit industrial infrastructure facilities and a pharmaceutical warehouse in the regional center. There were no preliminary victims, OK Pivden reported.
00:02 The UN is no longer suitable for "new realities," Pope Francis writes in his new book, which will be released in Italy on Tuesday, October 18, La Stampa reports. Francis notes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine demonstrated the need for the UN Security Council to find more effective ways to resolve conflicts: "Today's world is already completely different, and the need for UN reform is more than obvious."
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