Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:25 Biden intends to request from Congress the largest package of military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, which should be enough until the beginning of 2025, The Daily Telegraph writes, citing sources. The size of the package could reach $100 billion.
18:53 Crimean public pages report explosions in Dzhankoy. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Ukraine tried to attack Crimea with an S-200 anti-aircraft missile converted into a strike version, but Russian air defense allegedly destroyed it in the air.
16:31 Today, the first round of negotiations with Japan on a bilateral agreement on security guarantees began, the Presidential Office reported.
16:04 “Secretary of the United Russia branch” in Novaya Kakhovka, Vladimir Malov, died from wounds received when his car was blown up, the occupation administration of the city reported.
15:27 Since the liberation, almost 40 thousand residents have been evacuated from the right bank of the Kherson region, said deputy head of the OVA Yaroslav Shanko. The mandatory evacuation of families with children from dangerous communities also continues: 305 children and their families left in three weeks.
14:38 The Russians fired at Kamyshany, Kherson region - residential buildings, outbuildings and enterprise premises were damaged, one person was wounded, OVA reported.
13:55 The enemy attacked the village of Peresechnoye, Kharkov region, with an S-300 missile. The rocket hit a residential area between houses, injuring two people, the prosecutor's office said.
11:24 In Novaya Kakhovka, the car of the “secretary of the local branch of United Russia” was blown up; he is in extremely serious condition, said Russian senator Igor Kastyukevich.
11:12 The Office of the Prosecutor General clarified that at night the Russian army launched a missile attack on Chernomorsk, Odessa region.
11:09 In the morning, the Russians shelled Kherson, one person was wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported. According to the OVA, over the past 24 hours, two people were injured as a result of enemy shelling in the region.
10:32 A representative of the Slovak government confirmed to Politico that the country is stopping providing military assistance to Ukraine. After Robert Fico's party won the elections, negotiations are underway to form a coalition, so until the creation of a new government, Slovakia has frozen aid to Ukraine.
09:38 Trump proposes to give the Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine to Russia: “We could give away areas that tend to be Russian, where people speak Russian. Then we could save the country.”
08:55 In the morning, the enemy fired cluster shells from MLRS at the village of Belenkoye, Zaporozhye district. A private house was damaged, one person was killed, two were injured, said the head of the OVA, Yuri Malashko. In addition, as a result of the shelling of Orekhiv, Zaporozhye region, on October 6, two people were wounded.
08:52 The Russians attacked Kupyansk in the Kharkov region with a controlled aerial bomb at night - three residential buildings were damaged, a fire occurred, no people were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has been shelling settlements in the Chuguevsky and Kupyansky districts. One person was wounded in the village of Shevchenkovo, Kupyansky district, and three people were wounded in Volchansk, Chuguevsky district.
08:49 Next week the Biden administration will announce another package of military assistance to Ukraine worth about $200 million, Reuters reports.
08:31 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 7:
personnel - about 281,700 (+610) people,
tanks - 4800 (+23),
armored combat vehicles - 9102 (+20),
artillery systems - 6688 (+22),
MLRS - 808 (+2),
air defense systems - 541 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5185 (+27),
cruise missiles - 1530 (+0),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9073 (+58),
special equipment - 956 (+5).
08:04 In the Melitopol direction, the Defense Forces have partial success north of Kopan and north of Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region, in Bakhmut - east of Andreevka, Donetsk region, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
Over the past 24 hours, 34 military clashes took place at the front. In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - east of Makeevka, Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - south of Andreevka, Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky and Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - near Ugledar, Zolotaya Niva, Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and north of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region. In the Zaporozhye direction, the Defense Forces are holding back the enemy in the area northeast of Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region.
07:13 At night, the Russians launched a missile attack on the Odessa region, targeting civilian and port infrastructure, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OBA. In the Odessa region, a hit was recorded in a boarding house building and in a granary near the port, four people were injured. Missile debris and a blast wave caused a fire in a garage cooperative, and several apartment buildings were also damaged.
The Southern Defense Forces clarified that the strike was carried out by Onyx supersonic anti-ship missiles fired from the Bastion coastal missile complex in Crimea.
00:47 Russia attacked the Poltava region: during an air raid, the sound of an explosion was heard in the Mirgorod region, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin. Information about hits on critical or civilian infrastructure is being clarified. Preliminary - no casualties.
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[RIA] The two-day Granada gatherings of the heads of EU member states ended in political failure: the highly respected meeting, dressed in white European clothes, did not agree on anything. The entire agenda, so carefully prepared by the diplomats, made a characteristic sound, which was accompanied by an equally characteristic smell. Seven hundred accredited journalists felt it immediately: at the end of the first day of the meeting, there was no briefing, not even a standard communiqué.
Translated from diplomatic to public: not on a single point, not on a single position, this club of the elite (aka the European Political Community) has not reached a consensus.
Macron - and this was his idea - turned out to be the political father of a stillborn child. In Prague, at the beginning of the summer, they agreed with the idea, believing that they would be able to organize accession to the EU through an accelerated procedure; in Chisinau , a couple of months later, the first doubts appeared, and Granada turned out to be an illustration of what is called “Spanish shame.”
It was immediately clear that the idea of appeasing the most impatient people waiting for European membership would not work. The morals of those who are knocking on the door of the EU today with the request “let me in, we are not local, we want food, and also money” are such that they cannot be fooled with slogan chaff, they want allocations, and more. Refusing partnership with Russia, as a result of which they received everything they needed at “home prices” and ran their businesses, counting their profits, they requested the same from the European bloc. Same prices. And also a little leniency in regards to morals.
Well, financial tranches and other subsidies, as much as possible. In short, they demanded the keys to the apartment where the money was. And the apartment itself should be in a European Union building with exemplary culture and life. All-Europeans were somewhat surprised by such pressure, asking what was the reason for the rush. Their future partners replied that an aggressive Russian bear was chasing them.
The Brussels people, despite the pompous appearance and manners of Sergeant Prishibeev, when it comes to our country, are still not the worst fools, they know how to geopolitics, and are better than anyone else, aware of the reasons why Russia was forced to start SVO.
Therefore, of course, they did not believe the rhetoric about the terrible Siberian bear. They should have sorted things out with Ukraine , but then there was a line of people wanting to join the banquet.
It is not possible to invite everyone to a common table. It’s not even possible to organize meals for shifts. Moreover, this food in shifts causes surprise among those who know the situation from the inside. And even Ukraine, which was first in line, did not get much good from the experts.
Jean-Claude Juncker, who spent five years as President of the European Commission , said the following: “Anyone who has dealt with Ukraine knows that this state is corrupt at every level of society. <…> The country is not ready to rise to the level required by Europe level". And he added: “I don’t feel angry enough when I look at those who tell Ukrainians that they can be accepted into the EU immediately.”
The recipients of the wrath of one of the top leaders of the EU, even with the prefix “ex-,” are not in Kiev.
They are sitting in Brussels , familiar to him , in Berlin and, of course, in Paris . Macron is suffering one defeat after another in his foreign policy, France is losing influence in the world by leaps and bounds - with Scholz joining, ready to dodge like a snake to push Kiev through the gates of the “Garden of Eden”. Be it a carcass or a stuffed animal. Scholz, like Macron, has nothing to lose; he is ready to encroach on the pan-European Grail. For consensus decisions on any issues. The Franco-German commission, which has been working for several weeks, has prepared proposals that will make the hair on end not only of the former Juncker, but also of the current Orban.
The essence of the proposals : decisions on strategic issues should be made by a simple majority of votes.
The failure of the first day of the Granada meeting will seem like a nice joke if these proposals, albeit in an unformed form, are given to the participants of the meeting for study.
However, albeit for a different reason, the Hungarian Prime Minister has already stopped mincing words, saying: “Brussels raped us, us and Poland , trying to push through the Migration Pact. We will not make any more compromises. Neither today nor in the coming years."
This gives an idea of the failure suffered by the policy of impossible promises, hopes that are not destined to come true, and the collapse of the entire pan-European ideology, once based on trust, and today on lies.
In order for the EU to survive, it will either have to agree to the new system of international relations that was proposed by Russia, or die, leaving behind a bad memory and a few old European stones.
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[EngMilRu] Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (7 October 2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aircraft, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled five counter-attacks of the AFU 4th Tank Brigade and 66th Mechanised Brigade near Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic) and Liman Perviy (Kharkov region).
In addition, Russian units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 14th, 30th, 32nd Mechanised Brigades, and 115th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kupyansk, Sinkovka, Liman Perviy, and Ivanovka (Kharkov region).
Over 40 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system were neutralised.
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units, Army aviation, artillery repelled one attack of an assault detachment of the AFU 63rd Mechanised Brigade close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 65 Ukrainian troops, two pick-up trucks, one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, two 122mm D-30 and one 152mm D-20 howitzers.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled three attacks of AFU assault detachments near Kurdyumovka, Veseloye, and Severnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses in this direction during the day amounted to up to 190 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces repelled three attacks of the AFU 127th and 128th territorial defence brigades assault detachments close to Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
Ground-Attack Aviation and artillery launched attacks at manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Motorised Brigade and 79th Air Assault Brigade close to Urozhaynoye and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 225 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, as well as one electronic warfare station.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by Ground-Attack aviation and helicopters hit manpower and hardware of the AFU 80th Airborne Assault Brigade, 65th and 118th Mechanised Brigades near Uspenovka, Rabotino, Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 50 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two pick-up trucks were eliminated.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one M-46 towed field gun were neutralised.
In Kherson direction, up to 30 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer have been neutralised by fire.
Two AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups were eliminated on Aleshinskiy and Pereyaslavsky islands.
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 121 areas during the day.
In addition, one AFU military equipment depot has been obliterated close to Ilichevsk (Odessa region).
The command post of the AFU 95th Airborne Assault Brigade was hit near Pobeda (Donetsk People's Republic).
Ukrainian Air Force air-delivered ordnance depots were destroyed near Dubievka (Cherkasy region).
One ammunition depot of the AFU 1st Special Operations Brigade was destroyed close to Ogurtsovo (Kharkov region).
AFU aircraft fuel depots were destroyed at Ozernoye airfield near Zhitomyr and Mirgorod airfield in Poltava region.
Russian air defence units intercepted one Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region).
Air defence units shot down seven HIMARS MLRS projectiles and four HARM anti-radiation missiles during the day.
Moreover, 38 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles suppressed and neutralised close to Rubezhnoye, Svatovo (Lugansk People's Republic), Mospino, Novoselovka, Veseloye (Donetsk People's Republic), Romanovskoye, Vishnevoye, and Skelevatoye (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 487 airplanes and 250 helicopters, 7,610 unmanned aerial vehicles, 440 air defence missile systems, 12,387 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,161 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 6,679 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,892 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/07/2023 to 00:00 10/08/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 28 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
Five residential buildings were damaged in the Kiev, Kuibyshev and Kalininsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
Districts of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Kalininsky districts), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kalininsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks from AGM-88 HARM, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were eight artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there were six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
A total of 93 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 19 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces.
21:45 About half an hour ago, representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Zmeiny Island accepted a batch of FAB-1500s.
20:45 Seversk: are we advancing? Exclusive report News Front from the Seversky direction. We visited our soldiers, saw with our own eyes life on the front line and, of course, found out how things were going.
Contrary to the opinion that Russia has gone into a deep defense, in some sections of the front line our troops are very actively moving forward. On others it will be, in any case, as the guys assure, Victory is ours!
20:20 RF Armed Forces knocked out from a number of positions near Verbov.
19:45 Situation in the Berestovoe area -video.
19:20 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 7, at about 18.00 Moscow time, the Kyiv regime attempted a terrorist attack with an anti-aircraft missile of the S-200 air defense system converted into a strike version on the territory of Crimea.
The Ukrainian missile was promptly detected and destroyed in the air by Russian air defense systems.
18:40 Cast iron arrived at the Ukrainian Armed Forces facility in the Liman direction -video.
18:20 North of Crimea, Dzhankoy
Reported work Air defense.
17:30 Destruction of the P-18 radar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Nikolaev region at a distance of about 40 km from the LBS -video.
16:55 In the direction of Novomikhailovka RF Armed Forces advanced and they walk confidently.
16:20 Soldiers of the Russian Guard continue to prevent sabotage in areas of responsibility. The day before, in the DPR, together with military counterintelligence, they identified another enemy cache, where there were anti-tank grenade launchers and more than 10 kg of TNT.
In a cache located in a non-residential building, 27 TNT blocks, two RPG-27 grenade launchers, shots for an RPG-7 and an under-barrel grenade launcher, grenades and magazines for machine guns were found. Methodological manuals of the Ministry of Defense, SBU and the National Guard of Ukraine on the use of communications, organizing combat work of artillery and special training of troops were also found here.
15:45 Ukrainian militants attacked Donetsk by American AGM-88 HARM missile
Its debris fell in the Kalininsky district of the capital of the Republic. The shooting occurred around 12:55 p.m.
14:35 This morning the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants again attacked Belgorod region: Russian anti-aircraft gunners intercepted three Tochka-U missiles over Belgorod and the Novooskol urban district.
In addition, Ukrainian formations fired at the village of Urazovo from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS: one person was killed, houses and civilian infrastructure were damaged
14:05 Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu presented private 155th Separate Guards Order of Zhukov Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet Dmitry Egorov with the call sign “Suntar” to the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).
As part of a unit of a separate guards naval infantry brigade, Dmitry Egorov took part in battle (VIDEO) with superior enemy forces near the settlement of Novomayorskoye, Donetsk People's Republic.
Using a massive artillery strike with cluster munitions, the enemy attempted an offensive. Having assessed the situation, Private Egorov took an advantageous position and was one of the first to engage in battle with a superior enemy. During the battle, with continuous small arms fire, Dmitry eliminated part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces assault group, forcing the enemy to retreat.
In this battle, Dmitry Egorov was seriously wounded, which became fatal for him.
For heroism, courage and bravery shown in the performance of military duty, private Dmitry Egorov was nominated for the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously). The call sign “Suntar” was taken by Dmitry after the name of the settlement Suntar, located in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), where he lived.
13:30 Fighting in the Zaporozhye direction: “Alligators” continue their hunt for Ukrainian equipment
The crew of the Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopter destroyed an armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine camouflaged in a forest belt with a precise strike from a guided missile -video.
13:05 RF Armed Forces advanced northeast of the village of Makeevka (LPR). The Ukrainian Armed Forces are in panic.
12:35 The story of a fighter from the Trans-Baikal Territory. "Jager" and his two brothers participate in it. They all have different specialties and serve in different directions. And the fourth brother was left at home to help his parents.
11:50 Tonight a missile strike was carried out on a boarding house in the Odessa region. Foreign mercenaries lived in the boarding house -photo.
11:30 In the Avdievka area of the Russian Armed Forceshave gained a foothold in the area of the ring road, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to prevent this.
11:00 Chronicle of special military operation: events of October 6, 2023.
In Sevastopol, two Ukrainian unmanned boats tried to break through to the bay near the Northern Pier.
Small fire was opened on them, after which a boat and helicopters were sent to intercept the departing drones.
Russian troops continue to strike military targets in Ukraine.
In Khar'kov, several objects used by the enemy were destroyed by missile hits.
In addition, the attack was carried out on the enemy’s port infrastructure on the Danube.
Russian UAVs hit the ferry crossing in Orlovka, where cargo was stored for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
On the Kupyansky sector of the front, Russian units, after artillery preparation, resumed their offensive along the entire line of combat contact.
The greatest activity is observed near Sin'kovka, the liberation of which will open a direct road to Kupyansk.
On the southern flank of the Bakhmut defense, Russian troops are conducting counterattacks in the area of Andreevka, Kleshcheevka and Grigorovka.
Intensive air strikes are carried out on enemy positions, as a result of which the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffer heavy losses.
In the Vrem'yevsky sector, fighting continues near Urozhainy, where positions change hands.
There is relative calm in the Priyutnoye area. The enemy regroups, concentrating forces for the next attacks.
Near Orekhovo, Russian troops carried out several counterattacks in the Verbovoye area.
The enemy tried to advance on the northern outskirts of Novoprokopovka, but was thrown back to their original positions.
10:30 RF Ministry of Defense: Today at about 10.00 an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation using three Tochka-U operational-tactical missiles was stopped.
All three Ukrainian missiles were destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the Belgorod region.
10:00 Kupyansky front.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have minus two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles (one Bradley) up to the Ukrainian Armed Forces company. The Russian Armed Forces advanced along the entire line, six km to Kupyansk.
According to aerial reconnaissance, only ruins remained of Sin'kovka.
The Russian Armed Forces knocked out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the outskirts of the Liman forest first.
We advanced two km to Petropavlovka, 1.5 km left.
25th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
09:32 Our guys don’t lack courage: a gunner from a motorized rifle platoon with the call sign “Sailor” spoke about one of the battles in the Northern Military District zone -video
“Our group was given the task of holding this building during the assault on the village on the second line of houses, which we successfully accomplished. But we had a difficult moment: the enemy pulled up a tank, which began to “disassemble” the building. At one point the tank “placed” a shell under the window. We were on the first floor at that time, and as a result of a shell explosion, a shrapnel hit my knee. Having helped myself, I continued completing the task,” Sailor said.
A family awaits the serviceman at home - wife, daughter, son. “My wife was very worried that I left here. In principle, all the men in our family served, and she fully understands that it is my duty to protect the state and protect ordinary people.”
09:30 The task is to provide everything to everyone in full: how is the logistics of the “West” group of troops organized in the Kupyansk direction -video
The rear units of the Western Military District are continuously working to provide logistical support to troops in the special military operation zone. Their tasks include carrying out scheduled maintenance of equipment and weapons, replenishing units with material resources, equipment and uniforms.
In rotation places located in the rear areas, fighters from logistics units have deployed entire logistics support complexes, which include a bakery, a field kitchen, a canteen, a consumer service room, a sewing workshop, a field bath and laundry complex, a laundry, a drying room, a storage and refueling point Fuel and lubricants and other logistics facilities.
For temporary accommodation of military personnel, residential dugouts with electricity and water supply are equipped.
But the main task of the rear personnel remains to ensure uninterrupted supplies of fuel and food to units performing tasks on the front line. After all, when military personnel have everything they need, nothing distracts them from performing their main tasks.
08:25 Russian troops in the Krasnoliman direction repelled seven enemy attacks, destroying about 60 Ukrainian military personnel, the Ministry of Defense told RIA Novosti -video
08:09 Summary on the morning of October 7, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces attacked targets in Il'yichevsk, Odessa, and Mirgorod in the Poltava region at night with missiles and a Geranium UAV.North of Verbovoy on the Zaporozhye Front, a group of enemy infantry was destroyed by artillery fire. The enemy in the area from Verbovoy to Rabotino is also constantly firing at our positions from all types of weapons available to him; yesterday morning it was reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were attempting to continue the “meat” assaults on Novoprokopovka.
The forces of the naval infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are converging on the Kherson direction to the coastline. The enemy's task is to rush to occupy bridgeheads on the islands in the floodplain of the river Dnieper as soon as possible and establish pontoon crossings, also transferring forces along the dry channels of the river.
For these purposes, engineering units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting reconnaissance of the area. Enemy concentration areas and reconnaissance groups are constantly being attacked with heavy weapons. Also yesterday, small enemy groups were detected at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the Antonovsky Bridge: earlier the Russian Armed Forces also launched powerful strikes in the area with TOS and aerial bombs.
South of Artemovsk, in certain sectors of the front near Kleshcheevka, a difficult situation is developing for our units. This is due to problems with communications, replenishment of units, and timely delivery of reports on the real situation.
At the same time, our neighboring units, on the contrary, report that in their areas they are firmly holding the defense, suffering with paper reports for spent ammunition in the meat waves of the advancing Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Kupyansk direction, our troops resumed active offensive operations near Sin'kovka, and strikes were carried out against the rear areas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' positioning and warehouses with long-range weapons.
At night, Sevastopol again repelled a raid by enemy UAVs, one of which was destroyed 10 km from the city over the Black Sea. At five in the morning, an aircraft-type drone was destroyed over the Istra urban district of the Moscow region.
Yesterday morning, a Black Sea Fleet naval aviation helicopter destroyed the enemy's MBEC in the Black Sea. A UAV was also shot down over the Kursk region. In the DPR, a civilian was wounded by Nazi shelling.
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[Regnum] The first night frosts were recorded on the night of October 7 in Moscow and the Moscow region. They became the fourth case of such a cold night this century, said Tatyana Pozdnyakova , chief specialist of the Moscow Meteorological Bureau.
“Last night was cold and frosty in places. At VDNKh, the minimum air temperature was 0.2 degrees, and in some sections of the Moscow Ring Road it dropped to minus 1.4 degrees,” the forecaster said on the Telegram channel.
Pozdnyakova noted that frost was observed in Tushino and Zelenograd, where the temperature dropped to minus 0.8 degrees. In Vnukovo it was minus 2 degrees. The last time sharp frosts were recorded on the night of October 7 was in 2015 - minus 1.4 degrees at the weather station at VDNKh. We won't have to wait for warmer weather any time soon.
“At the beginning of next week, the nights will become even colder, the charm of squares and gardens will fade,” Pozdnyakova summed up.
As the head of Roshydromet, Igor Shumakov , said on October 5, despite the fact that the seasons have shifted due to global warming, which is felt better in Russia than in the rest of the world, Russians will still need a fur coat in January. This summer, he said, has become one of the three warmest since 1891, but the other side of the coin is such dangerous natural phenomena as heavy rainfall, hurricane winds and droughts, the number of which will increase. At the same time, this process is difficult to predict, Shumakov noted.
#1
So? It was -1 C in Winnipeg last night. Welcome to the usual weather, buddy. It;s going to be -1 C again tonight then it will gradually get even colder. Wait until March. Then it will get warmer.
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Sporting fish fur ushanka and boots!
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That you ended up there,"
Muttered Stalin, the two rubbing snoots.
Text taken from the Live Journal post of Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Named after Kastusya Kalinovsky, with a strength at the level of an understaffed battalion (up to 350 militants, about 250 active), remains a priority instrument of political pressure of the Atlantic community on Belarus through the administration in Kyiv. And, formally, a military tool. At the suggestion of the Atlantic community, the administration in Kiev adheres to the format of relations with Minsk, in which support for communication channels with the Belarusian government is combined with the use of multidirectional instruments of pressure on it - diplomatic, military, political, economic . The emphasis is on harming integration in the Union State.
#2
Hey, while Zelensky was in Washington on the last round of glad handing, his wife was in NY on a shopping spree (according to NYPost) and reportly dropped over $1mil.
So it seems to work for them.
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If Russia disappeared tomorow, Ukraine would still never be admitted to EU.
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