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[Korrespondent] 23:20 During the war against Ukraine , 11 non-combat air crashes occurred in Russian aviation .
23:14 The US Department of Defense confirmed the conversation of the head of department Lloyd Austin with Shoigu - the second in the last three days. The Pentagon said in a statement that the phone call was initiated by the Russian side: "Secretary Austin rejected any pretext for Russian escalation and reaffirmed the importance of continued communication against the backdrop of Russia's illegal and unjustified war against Ukraine."
22:02 The European Union has successfully achieved energy independence from Russia, European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton said: "Today we are completely separated from Russian gas ... Nobody thought that we could do this, because we depended on Russia. We depended by 40%, and now - only 7%.
The European Commissioner recalled that at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, the achievement of energy independence of the EU from Russia was predicted by 2027. He also stressed that Russia is no longer a reliable partner, and Europe has managed to replace 155 billion cubic meters of gas, although the cost of blue fuel has increased.
21:14 Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Kleshchievka, Novomikhailovka, Maryinka, Nevelskoye, Pervomayskoye and Avdiivka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the evening report .
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the mobilized personnel of the Russian troops are sent to war, starting from the operational situation. The command does not take into account the level of their preparedness. Thus, the Russian military leadership is trying to hold the front line. Due to the poor organization of interaction, non-isolated cases of so-called friendly fire between enemy units were recorded.
21:13 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today the sixth vessel with food, chartered under the UN World Food Program, left the Ukrainian port: "This vessel is heading to Yemen, with wheat. Ethiopia, Yemen and Afghanistan are three countries, who have already received food thanks to our exports and the UN food program."
20:59 Zelensky, in an evening video message, commented on Shoigu’s statements about Ukraine’s alleged plans to use a “dirty bomb”: “When today the Russian defense minister sets up a telephone carousel and calls foreign ministers with stories about the so-called dirty nuclear bomb, everyone understands everything very well. who is the source of everything dirty that can only be imagined in this war ... If someone can use nuclear weapons in our part of Europe, then this is only one subject - and this subject just ordered Comrade Shoigu to call somewhere. I think that now the world should react as harshly as possible.If Russia has prepared another rate hike and another escalation step, it must see now, preventively and before any new "dirt" of its own,that the world won't swallow it."
20:28 Kuleba said that he had a conversation with his Estonian counterpart Urmas Reinsalu: “We welcomed the EU Council’s support for the need to hold Russia accountable for the crimes of aggression against Ukraine. We discussed the next steps towards the appropriate special tribunal. We coordinated efforts to call on partners to send more air defense systems to Ukraine".
19:29 Kuleba commented on Shoigu's statements about the "dirty bomb" that Ukraine allegedly plans to use: "The Russian lie that Ukraine allegedly plans to use a" dirty bomb "is as absurd as it is dangerous. Firstly, Ukraine is a devoted party to the NPT: we do not have any "dirty bombs" and we do not plan to acquire them. Secondly, Russians often blame others for what they themselves are planning."
19:18 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with IMF Director Kristalina Georgieva: "He stressed the importance of Ukraine's donor coordination platform. Grateful for $1.3 billion in emergency assistance. Ukraine will do its best to adequately pass the IMF monitoring program and move to a new one as soon as possible ".
19:01 Russian military correspondents reported that their colleague Semyon Pegov was wounded near Donetsk.
18:36 Shoigu has already reached the head of the US Department of Defense Lloyd Austin - they discussed the situation in Ukraine over the phone, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
18:25 The UK Ministry of Defense reported that the call to Ben Wallace was initiated by the Russian side, and Shoigu during the conversation said that London was contributing to Ukraine's plans to "escalate" the war: "The Minister of Defense denied these statements and warned that such accusations should not be used in as a pretext for further escalation. The Secretary of Defense also reaffirmed the support of the UK and the wider international community for Ukraine and the desire to de-escalate this conflict."
18:09 Ukraine, due to Russian aggression, has lost 90% of wind energy, Head of the Ministry of Energy German Galushchenko said in an interview with Mi-Ukraine . According to him, the main part of green energy was located in the south of Ukraine, where most of the territories are now occupied. Because of this, 90% of wind power plants and 45-50% of solar power plants have been decommissioned.
"We had a strategy that provided that in 2030 the share of green energy in Ukraine would be at least 25%. I think that after our victory, given the destruction caused by Russia, we may revise it and increase the percentage," noted the minister.
17:43 Russians are forcibly taking out children with disabilities living in the Oleshkovsky orphanage in the Kherson region, Yermak said. According to him, as of October 22, 12 pupils with disabilities of groups I, II and III, aged 8 to 18, were taken to the Clinical Psychiatric Hospital No. 5 in the village of Strogonovka, Simferopol District of Crimea. As early as October 7, the occupiers created the so-called budgetary institution Oleshkovsky orphanage-boarding school and appointed a new "director".
"There should be a tough legal response for such actions - this is the genocide of Ukrainians," the head of the President's Office stressed.
17:23 Israel has destroyed an assembly site for Iranian drones in Syria, according to the Syrian Monitoring Center for Human Rights (SOHR). According to him, on October 21, with a direct missile strike, Israel destroyed military logistics and equipment used to assemble Iranian-made drones near the Dimas military airport.
16:50 Shoigu conveyed his "concerns" about Ukraine's use of a "dirty bomb" to British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
16:39 The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine stated that the Russian Federation deliberately delays the full implementation of the grain initiative, in connection with this, the ports have been operating in recent days only at 25-30% of their capacity.
16:33 As a result of the night shelling of Kurdyumivka in the Toretsk community of the Donetsk region, three people were killed - artillery shells destroyed two houses. In addition, this morning the Russians fired at Bakhmut with artillery - the building of the Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Hospital was damaged, there were no casualties, said Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA.
16:20 Shmygal, in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, said that Ukrainians would be left without salaries and pensions if the European Union stops funding the country: "We have already exhausted all the possibilities of the economy. Today, the defense budget accounts for 60% of our public spending, and we use the financial assistance of our partners largely for the social needs of the people and for reconstruction. Any delay here could have dire consequences." Shmygal called for the use of frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine.
16:17 Minister of Education of Russia Sergey Kravtsov called on the teachers of the Kherson region to move to the left bank, to the Crimea or to the Kuban. "It won't be long," he assured.
15:52 In Kherson, an improvised explosive device went off on the street, one person died, three were injured, the occupying "authorities" said.
15:31 In Belarus, Iranian instructors train the Russian military and control the launch of drones, the National Resistance Center under the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. According to the latest data, on the territory of Belarus, the Russians completely control the air bases in Baranovichi and Lida. And in the village of Mikulichi, Gomel region, they noticed a group of Iranian instructors, officers of the IRI IRGC. They are heavily guarded by the National Guard and FSB officers.
14:48 Shoigu, in a telephone conversation with the Turkish Defense Minister, spoke about his concerns about possible "provocations" from Ukraine with the use of a "dirty bomb", the Russian Defense Ministry said.
14:30 Two pilots died in the crash of the Su-30 plane in Irkutsk, there are no casualties among the population, the fire on the ground is localized, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported. The Investigative Committee said that the crashed Su-30 in Irkutsk belonged to the airline and performed the test without ammunition. Upon the fact of the plane crash, a case was initiated on violation of safety rules and operation of air transport.
14:12 In the morning, the Russians fired on Nikopol again, five people were previously wounded, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
14:09 Since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of Russian troops, Ukrainian defenders have shot down 273 Iranian Shahed-136 drones, and in total more than a thousand enemy drones have been shot down, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
14:02 The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, said that residents of the temporarily occupied territories began to massively get rid of rubles. The rate has also changed significantly: in Kherson they already give 5 rubles for a hryvnia, and at gas stations they generally refused to accept Russian money. In Melitopol, the ruble did not become a popular currency; in the markets and shops, sellers preferred the hryvnia.
Fedorov also warned that today the Russians could arrange another provocation in Melitopol to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At 16:00 they gather extras on the central square of the city on the occasion of the Day of the liberation of Melitopol from the Nazis on October 23, 1943. During the "measure" provocations by the invaders are possible.
13:59 In Irkutsk, Su's military plane crashed on a two-story house, local authorities said.
13:55 The G7 countries issued a statement saying that control over the ZNPP should be returned to Ukraine, and the Russian Federation should immediately withdraw all Russian personnel from the station and stop any attempts to transfer it under its control. "We condemn the repeated abductions by Russia of the management and personnel of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant and the use of other forms of pressure on the Ukrainian personnel remaining at the plant and demand the immediate release of the detainees," the statement also says.
13:52 Shoigu held telephone conversations with the French Defense Minister, discussed the situation in Ukraine, "which has a steady tendency towards further, uncontrolled escalation," the Russian Defense Ministry said. According to the agency, Shoigu conveyed to his French counterpart his concerns "about possible provocations by Ukraine with the use of a "dirty bomb."
Earlier today, Russian propaganda media wrote, citing some "reliable sources", that the "Kyiv regime" was allegedly preparing a provocation related to undermining the so-called. "dirty bomb" or low-yield nuclear weapon to blame Russia for it. According to the "data" of these "sources", work on the creation of a "dirty bomb" is at the final stage, Kyiv is also allegedly negotiating with London to provide components for nuclear weapons.
13:35 The occupation "authorities" of Energodar said that Ukrainian troops attacked the hotel where Rosenergoatom employees live, they were not in the building at the time of the strike.
13:24 Ukrenergo reported that it had resumed power supply to the Khmelnytsky region after a massive missile attack on October 22, and work is also ongoing to resume power supply to the Rivne, Cherkasy and Volyn regions.
The company also said that today from 12:00 p.m. it was forced to give a command to limit consumers in Kyiv, Kyiv region, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions. This is necessary to avoid network congestion in these regions. All Ukrainians are urged to reduce electricity consumption, especially during peak hours - from 6:00 to 11:00 and from 17:00 to 23:00. Several powerful electrical appliances should not be connected to the network at the same time, and the use of washing machines, boilers, air conditioners and heaters, if possible, should be transferred to the night.
12:18 British intelligence notes that if the plans for the construction of a large "Wagner Line" are as big as Prigozhin claims, then the work will most likely be aimed at integrating the Seversky Donets River into the defense zone. Taken as a whole, this project indicates that Russia is making significant efforts to prepare defense in depth along the current front line, which is likely to deter a rapid Ukrainian counteroffensive.
11:49 Some parents who recently sent their children from Energodar and neighboring villages to the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation have already begun to receive alarming messages. As the mayor of Energodar Dmitry Orlov said, the occupiers confronted the parents with the fact that the children were "delayed on vacation in Russia for an indefinite period", ordered them to hand over warm clothes and "reassured" that the children would go to school there.
10:54 Washington believes that Iran can send more combat drones to Russia, Blinken said: "We believe that Russia has already received dozens of such UAVs from Iran and more are in the pipeline." The Secretary of State added that the US is working to counter Iranian efforts and strengthen Ukraine's ability to repel attacks.
10:23 Ukrainian intelligence has samples of Iranian kamikaze drones, specialists, together with scientists, are studying them for technologies and components, Arakhamia said: "We will continue to work with companies whose equipment is used for their production in order to stop the supply of components to Iran. In parallel We are working with Iran's neighbors to stop or delay the supply of drones to Russia."
10:21 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 23.
- personnel - about 67,470 (+400) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2584 (+5),
- armored combat vehicles - 5284 (+18),
- artillery systems - 1667 (+14),
- MLRS - 374 (+1),
- air defense systems - 189 (+0),
- aircraft - 270 (+0),
- helicopters - 245 (+2),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1361 (+20),
- cruise missiles - 350 (+21),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4039 (+18),
- special equipment - 148 (+0).
10:06 In Energodar, the Alisa hotel, which was often used by invaders and collaborators, was damaged as a result of the strike. The victims are still unknown, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said.
09:58 As a result of a night attack on Nikolaev, during which one of the rockets hit a five-story residential building, three people were injured, the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim, specified. Also, due to enemy shelling, a warehouse building was destroyed, as a result of which one person was hospitalized.
09:52 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two civilians were killed - in Kleshchievka and Torsk. In addition, law enforcement officers found the bodies of four civilians who died during the occupation - two in Dibrov and two in Ozerny. Nine more people were injured yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:49 Tonight, the enemy attacked Zaporozhye with drones, and the surrounding settlements with S-300 missiles. One of the drones hit a public building in the regional center. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. In one of the villages of the Zaporozhye region, private houses and school premises were damaged, also without casualties, said the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Starukh.
09:38 SBU detained the honorary president of the Motor Sich enterprise Vyacheslav Boguslayev on suspicion of treason. According to the investigation, he and the head of one of the departments of the company are involved in the scheme of transferring military goods, including aircraft engines, to the occupiers for Russian attack aircraft. Thanks to this, the invaders could repair and build helicopters, which are now fighting against the troops of Ukraine.
09:33 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Russians, with their attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure, are trying to weaken the will of the Ukrainians to fight and force the government to direct resources to protect the population and energy infrastructure, instead of paying attention to the counteroffensive in the east and south.
08:57 At night, the Russians fired at Nikolaev with S-300 missiles, one of them hit a five-story residential building, completely destroying the apartment on the fifth floor. Also damaged was a neighboring ten-story residential building, a heating main, a playground and several parked cars. There were no casualties, one person was slightly injured, said the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich.
08:25 On the night of October 23, the enemy attacked the south of the country with kamikaze shock drones. 14 Iranian Shahed-136 drones were shot down in the Mykolaiv region, two more drones were destroyed in the east and north of Ukraine, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
07:42 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutskoe, Ivangrad, Marinka, Soledar, Ozaryanovka, Odradovka in the Donetsk region and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
03:56 A "shadow fleet" of tankers with unknown owners is being formed in the world to transport oil in the interests of Russia, writes Bloomberg.
02:12 Lukashenka has already handed over at least 94 T-72A tanks and about 40 Urals to Russia, reports the Belarusian Gayun monitoring group. According to investigators, 24 more T-72A tanks were recently sent from Belarus in the direction of Donetsk, which were previously removed from storage. This is already the sixth group of platforms with reactivated military equipment, which was transferred to the Russian Federation.
01:44 The policy of ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel contributed to the outbreak of war in Ukraine, said the current head of the German Ministry of Justice Marco Buschmann in an interview with Die Welt: "As far as we know today, the fact that we, the Germans, pushed through the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline after annexation of Crimea was our contribution to unleashing a war in Ukraine."
01:07 A fire broke out at the Perm Powder Plant, where charges are produced for Grad and Smerch multiple launch rocket systems, as well as air defense systems - two people died, one was injured, Russian media write.
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