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[Korrespondent] 19.05 The number of victims of the Russian attack on the center of the village of Nova Vodolaga in Kharkiv region has grown to six, half of them are children. The head of the Kharkiv Regional Police Department, Oleg Sinegubov, told Telegram about this.
18.48 Ukrainian metallurgy is experiencing its greatest crisis in the hour of a full-scale war. After a series of Russian attacks, the key metallurgical enterprises of the Serpna-Versna decreased, and the production of steel in the Versna decreased by almost five times the previous year - to 131 thousand tons. To renew the galuzia, government support and updating the work of ports are necessary, write Deutsche Welle.
18.31 For the spoils of the 18th, Russia awarded 463 strike UAVs of various types. The PPO squads moved over 90% of them, informing the General Staff of the ZSU.
17.50 Russian fire fighters hit the village of Nova Vodolaga in the Kharkiv region with a drone. Two women died and were disabled, at least 14 people were injured, among them seven children. The National Police reported this.
17.46 The service of trains between the Lisova and Akademmystechko stations near Kiev is planned to resume under emergency conditions on the evening of the 19th. Trains run smoothly at the Chernihivska station, the docks are still not repaired.
Officials of the Kiev metro are aware of the damage at the Chernihivska station, which suffered as a result of overnight Russian shelling. Before the liquidation of the attack, more than 70 fahives were killed. At the final stage, the work involves repairing damaged tracks and contact strips. There is a need to update the electrical systems and steering control systems for trains.
17.44 The European Commission is still working on preparing the 23rd package of sanctions for the European Union against Russia. However, the date of his presentation has not yet been determined, the representatives of the European Commission reported, reports EP.
“We are actively working on the upcoming package of sanctions against Russia. Also, the focus is on how much it will happen, and not on how much it will happen,” said the head of the IK, Paula Pigno.
At the same time, she did not say if she herself could see the presentation of a new package of sanctions.
17.27 Starlink equipment on various frontline sites ceases to function at a speed of 130-161 km/year. President Volodymyr Zelensky told Telegram about this in the intercom. We note that today’s situation may be discussed again with partners on all levels.
16.59 Under the hour of the final wave of Russian attacks, the enemy hit 28 substations and other important energy facilities. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on Telegram.
“I checked the selector on the situation in the regions of Ukraine after the last wave of Russian attacks. Unfortunately, 28 substations and other important energy facilities were hit. We are gradually turning over electrical equipment to people. All skin repair teams, all workers and workers of energy companies,” he wrote.
16.44 At the beginning of 2026, according to the materials of the Security Service of Ukraine, 75 citizens took off the ship's forks for expanding photos and videos with information about the Defense Forces. The SBU press service reported this.
Wake up, watchfully, about the publications with data on the expansion and movement of Ukrainian military forces, anti-aircraft defense robots, as well as the consequences of the attack on ground targets and attack targets.
16.36 From 1 leaf fall on the entire territory of Donetsk region during the long curfew: from 16:00 to 11:00. In the Oleksandrivsk and Cherkasy communities, the curfew period remains unchanged for the time being - from 21:00 to 05:00.
This decision was dictated by the safe situation. Russian troops will continue shelling populated areas in the region, and the risks for civilians are steadily increasing.
16.22 The Ukrainian Defense Forces on the 18th-19th attacked the low military targets of the Russian occupiers in the Russian Federation and in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT). The ZSU General Staff provided details.
16.18 The Ukrainian military will fight against the “Shahed” type jet attack drones. Andriy Gritsenyuk told about this to the core worker of the Brave1 defense cluster.
According to him, today, 22 teams of fighters were captured in the fight against high-speed drones against jet Geraniums. Of these, 12 withdrew government funding from Brave1.
"These are projects of drones with miniature turbojet engines, as well as electric models with propellers. Another promising direction is drones with an impeller engine, which is structurally similar to a turbo engine, but is not driven electric batteries," he explained.
Kerivnik Brave1 also noted that the ranks have already contracted new divers at a rate that “has long since exceeded a thousand.” However, its production is still at the scaling stage.
16.07 Eleven children from the occupied Kherson region were returned to the controlled territory of Ukraine. The head of OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, told us about this.
All boys and three girls age from 1 rock and 1 month to 17 rocks.
Perhaps years instead of rock here…
15.55 The losses of Ukrainian business due to Russian attacks are estimated at $7.7 billion by the beginning of 2026. Over 1 million square meters have been degraded or destroyed. m insulation, warehouse and logistics protection.
15.46 The Russian Ministry of Defense awarded contracts for a maximum of 46 thousand. Foreigners from 151 ends of the world. This was stated by the secretary of the Coordination Headquarters for military support, Brigadier General Dmitro Usov.
The Ukrainian side is aware of the personal data of the foreigner who signed the contract from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, his title, military badge and the date of the contract.
The number of foreigners that Russia received before the war is rapidly growing. Since 94 contract signings were recorded in 2022, recruitment was expected to be on a much larger scale.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to arrange 18,500 contracts with foreigners; 16,168 have already been signed. To preserve the current dynamics, Russia can withdraw or revoke this plan. Indonesia, Peru, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Chad, Philippines, Congo, Panama, Ecuador and Zimbabwe.
15.08 The remaining speculation about the end of the war without representatives of Kiev is impossible. The Kremlin river official Dmitro Peskov said about this.
Having added that the topic of a possible fight on the main level of the US-China-Russian Federation was conceived during the meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Putin, but no substantive propositions emerged from this drive.
15.00 The Russian army is trying to speed up the autumn storm for local spills on the Gulyai Pilsky direct. Following the data of the 7th Corps of the Airborne Forces, the Ukrainian army has reduced the group of the 22nd Guards Special Purpose Brigade of the Russian Federation. The corps also reported that over the past three hours, the Russian army had been trying to accumulate armored vehicles within a 20-kilometer zone from the battle line.
14.41 The absolute majority (61%) of Ukrainians, as before, strongly believe in transferring the entire Donbass under Russian control in exchange for guarantees of security, while 35% of the population is ready for such an act. Let us compare the results of the survey conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology.
In all macro-regions, half or more support the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops in exchange for security guarantees. It is clear that those who are ready to praise this option are the most out of the middle (most importantly, the language about the Kharkiv region), among which 45% generally agree to praise it, while 51% are categorically against it. In other regions, including the modern and lower Dnieper regions, 60-66% categorically support this proposition. In Kiev, 66% of the food supply.
15.56 Terms of renovation of the work of the Chernihivska metro station in Kiev, damaged as a result of the overnight Russian attack, despite the unknown. Fahivtsi assess the scale of the ruins. As the head of the Kiev Municipal Military Administration, Andriy Tkachov, announced that he was victorious, the people at the station recognized significant damages. Nowadays, it is necessary to have spare parts and spare parts that can help to carry out the renovation work of the truck more quickly.
14.29 Revision of the rules of armor due to the mobilization of knowledge due to the critical need of the Defense Forces for increased rotation, as well as abnormal increases in the number of lines. Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky said this in an interview with BBC Ukraine.
13.47 A trilateral alliance between the leaders of Ukraine, the USA and the Russian Federation could hasten the end of the war, as the US-China-RF format would encourage the head of the Kremlin, Volodymyr Putin, to continue the aggression. The Minister of Abroad Affairs Andriy Sibiga informed the social media about this.
13.29 The Security Service of Ukraine and the Office of the Prosecutor General collected evidence of the responsibility of the captain of the private vessel before the illegal export of Ukrainian wheat from the now-occupied Crimea. According to investigators, the person involved is a citizen of the Russian Federation, captain of the vessel MATROS POZYNICH. As the investigation has established, in 2022 - 2023, the ship dvichi transported wheat from Sevastopol to the Syrian port of Latakia. According to the investigation, the grain of the Russian military was illegally collected from Ukrainian farmers in the temporarily occupied territories. We imported over 54 thousand tons of grain to Syria.
13.20 The number of victims as a result of the attack of Russian prison guards in the town of Irpin, Kiev region has grown to 17, among them – 8 children. Timur Tkachenko, a resident of the Kiev Regional State Administration, told about this on Telegram.
13.06 The government of Ukraine has confirmed the mechanism of sovereign compensation for surpluses resulting from the legacy of Russian aggression. VIN transfers up to 80% of the estimated damage from attacks on civilian ships, since the secondary risks are not covered by insurance. As reported by the Administration of Seaports of Ukraine, compensation is broadly available for damages due to damage or depletion of vessels, expenses and damages of assets, expenses for emergency repairs and others. spend, transferred by a solidified mechanism.
12.33 As a result of the overnight Russian ballistic attack on Kiev, the National Commission for the Regulation of Energy and Utilities (NCREKP) recognized the damage. The injuries were not critical; the commission’s workers were not harmed.
11.48 As a result of the Russian night attack in Ukraine, 10 energy infrastructure facilities were damaged, and at least 550 thousand families were left without electricity. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on Telegram.
11.35 The legacy of Russia's nighttime ballistic attack in Kiev has been transferred to the data center of the Datagroup company. It is impossible to replace him with a robot, the company’s press service said. The military personnel were not harmed. In general, clients will be served with the help of backup maidans.
11.23 In Odessa, an FSB agent was contacted to prepare coordinates for the enemy’s missile and drone attacks on the regional center. The SBU reported this. The woman was recruited when she was looking for “additional” earnings in Telegram channels.
11.00 Russian troops attacked an industrial infrastructure facility near Krivoy Rozi with a Banderol missile. Two people died. On the adjacent streets there are a lot of dirty little buildings.
10.55 On Monday, in 11 regions of Ukraine, new light connections were recorded due to Russian attacks on civil energy infrastructure and disaster. Ukrenergo reported about this. There, where safety precautions are now allowed, emergency work is already ending.
10.38 Propagandist Tetyana Montyan took away 1.5 years of colony in Russia. This was reported to Mediazona by sending a decision to the so-called “Voroshilov Interdistrict Court” in Donetsk.
10.26 The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published new data about the production of Russian navigation modules Comet, which are used in missiles, drones and ceramics Russian air bombs.
In the Components section of the War&Sanctions portal, the GUR published a transfer of 37 electronic components of foreign production, information about 28 enterprises associated with the production of modules and supplies of electronics for them, as well as data about 13 units of foreign technological equipment, which is stagnant in the production industry.
10.24 At the hour of the night massive shelling of Ukraine, international partners did not immediately provide information about the threat of stagnation of the ballistic formation. Just before the onset of the three attacks, emergency alerts were already being sent. Yuriy Ignat, a riverman of the Military Forces of the ZSU, spoke about this on air during the telethon.
“The first time we were informed was close to 22:40, but there was no information from our partners about the ballistics. But already three attacks were reported from our partners about the stagnation of the ballistics,” said Ignat.
10.03 In the Solomyansky district, as a result of the Russian attack, significant losses were recognized by one of the Consultative and Diagnostic Centers of the place. Vibukhova's twig knocked out over 200 windows, doors in the premises, and damaged the steles. And also possession of a medical deposit.
There are no casualties among the personnel. Medical workers were immediately transferred to other mortgages. There were no patients at the medical center at the time of the attack.
10.02 Urants 19 June in the village of Zubra, Lviv region, as a result of the fall of the tricks of the Russian drone, six residential buildings and six cars were destroyed. According to information from the Lviv OVA, at approximately 08:50, Ukrainian security forces shot down a Russian drone. As a result of the fall of evil, six residential buildings and six cars were damaged. The detector detected damage to 12 objects. Based on previous information, there was no information about the victims.
09.47 At the beginning of the 19th, Russia attacked Ukraine with Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, Iskander-K missiles and 269 Shahed-type attack UAVs (of which 59 were jet), S-8000 Banderol, Gerbera, simulator drones of the Parody type.
According to previous data, 247 targets were knocked down/suppressed by the anti-invasion defense:
several winged Iskander-K missiles;
-243 hostile UAVs of the Shahed type (of which 43 are jet), S-8000 Parcel, Gerbera and drones of other types.
An accident was recorded at 25 locations, as well as a fall of killed people (tricks) at eight locations. The attack is alarming, there are dozens of drones in the windy expanse.
09.42 On Monday, June 19, the Russian army launched a massive combined attack on the Kiev region, stationary ballistic missiles and attack drones. In Irpen, six people were injured, among them three children. Three more people fell into obscurity after reporting to the head of the Kiev Regional Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko.
According to the data of the first protector of the Irish mayor, Oleksandr Pashchinsky, direct involvement in the private sector was recorded in the territory of the Irish community. Also, in the territory of one of the communities, there was a fire as emergency services were suspended.
09.23 Russia's overnight ballistic strike on Kiev on the 19th occurred without any advance on the US side. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke about a “software failure.”
“A few nights ago, there was a program cleanup in Ukraine’s early warning system. The US European Command (EUCOM) is immediately looking into this,” he said.
With this, Rubio added that “we cannot comment on what happened last night.”
Now the US Secretary of State confirms that Washington is not obliged to transfer intelligence information to Ukraine. So Rubio responded to the call of President Volodymyr Zelensky, who announced the slowdown in the exchange of intelligence with the United States.
“I don’t know whether the celebrities got this information and what to say about the press. There was no pause. Zelensky should focus on ending this war,” he said.
09.02 On Monday, the 19th, Russian troops attacked Irpin in the Kiev region. One of the biggest assets of the place was destroyed under the blow, as it became aware of serious ruins. As soon as the mayor Oleksandr Markushin informed him, there was a large-scale fire at the site of the wedding. Vibukhova Khvilya also damaged the roztashovanny handrails of the rich surface.
08.46 Continuing the previous achievement, Russian troops shelled Kherson and Komishan. As a legacy of malicious attacks, the privacy and security of the building was damaged, the child was injured, reported the head of the Kherson MBA Yaroslav Shanko.
08.23 Ukraine did not immediately abandon its advance over the United States before the Russian ballistic attack on Kiev at night before the 19th. This was reported by RFE/RL Washington journalist Alex Raufoglu. This information is also confirmed by Bloomberg.
As reported by the DSNS, traces of the attack were recorded in just three districts of Kiev. As a result of the overnight Russian attack, people died and eight more were injured. There was a fire in the Desnyansky district, cars and a metro station were damaged. At the site of the fire, a person was found dead. In the Solomyansky district, a fire broke out near the medical warehouse, the façade and the slope of the roof were damaged. The Dnipro region's lighting system has been damaged.
08.01 Near the Rivne region, two women were injured as a result of Russian attacks. Also recorded was the occurrence of several objects of civil infrastructure, according to the head of the Rivnenskaya Regional Administration, Oleksandr Koval.
07.38 Last Monday, the 19th, Russian troops launched an attack on the Dnieper. The legacy of the attack was that a damaged private account suffered. Following up-to-date information, people may be blocked in the middle. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Oleksandr Ganzha, reported this.
6.45 Russia is proposing to hold a trilateral conflict with the United States and China at the end of the day in order to achieve “the end of the war on the minds that are favorable to Moscow.” There are no plans to push the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to the front line. About this interview with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov to The Wall Street Journal.
5.57 The above-ground metro stations Chernihivska and Lisova on Chervona Giltsia were immediately closed for entry and exit after the Russian attack on Kiev on the night of the 19th. Train cadets from Akademmystechka to Darnitsa. The Kiev City State Administration informs about this on Telegram.
5.35 The switching on of the alarms at the first 25-surface housing unit was recorded in the Solomyansky district of Kiev; three people were injured there. This will be completed by the Kiev Metropolitan Head Vitaliy Klitschko on Telegram.
3.58 Repeated Russian ballistic strike on the night before the 19th anniversary of the call to destroy one metro station on the left birch of Kiev. The control of the station through the cracks tore off the running and contact rails. The mayor of Kiev, Vitaliy Klitschko, told us about this.
3.10 Russian military forces yesterday launched an attack on Kiev with ballistic missiles on the night of the 19th. This was reported to Vlaskor Korespondent.net, as well as to the Defense Forces of the ZSU.
1.59 As a result of the Russian attack on Kiev, a 21-year-old girl died. Three more people were injured. This was reported to the Kiev Municipal Military Administration (KMVA), as well as the head of the capital, Vitaliy Klitschko.
0.59 President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with Bloomberg, called out US President Donald Trump for trying to put pressure on Ukraine for its capitulation to Russia, and in the future the delivery of supersonic missiles to Patriot.
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[NewsFront] 21:17 Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in Novodnistrovsk, Chernivtsi Oblast 20:36 During the day from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty destroyed 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions, the Republic of Crimea and the Perm region.
19:38 The Cersanit company is completely stopped a ceramics factory in Zvyagel, Zhytomyr Oblast, after an attack by Russian forces
18:41 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate more crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces, resulting in the deaths and injuries of civilians in the Luhansk People's Republic and the Belgorod region
According to executive authorities, three people were killed and two more were injured in attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the LPR.
According to the operational headquarters, one person was killed and another was injured in the Belgorod region as a result of strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine using unmanned aerial vehicles.
18:06 Today afternoon the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against Ukrainian port infrastructure and sea vessels involved in the delivery of military cargo to Ukraine.
As a result of strikes during sea passage, a dry cargo ship was damaged, which was delivering cargo to the port of Odessa intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
17:56 A guided aerial bomb (FAB with UMPK) struck the Southern Bridge over the Dnieper, punching a hole in the roadbed. Because of this, the bridge will reportedly be closed for a month for repairs.video.
17:36 Three people died, two more were injured due to the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
In Pervomaisk, a UAV struck a funeral service vehicle transporting a deceased person. Three people were killed, the head of the republic reported. Another drone strike struck a truck on the Lisichansk-Luhansk road, injuring the driver. A second attack on the same road injured a 27-year-old man. The injured are receiving medical attention.
16:28 Enemy hit a man was killed in a residential building in the Kherson region.
Last night, the Kherson region was attacked again by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A drone struck a private home in the village of Kostiantynivka. A 53-year-old man was inside at the time; he died instantly from his injuries.
In addition to residential areas, energy infrastructure was also hit. In the village of Olgino, a drone attacked a substation, damaging a 2,500 kVA transformer. Approximately 6,300 customers remain without power.
15:49 Special forces of the Main Directorate of the Russian National Guard in the Donetsk People's Republic fought off a massive drone strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The UAVs were heading toward a populated area and were promptly detected by aerial surveillance posts.
15:24 Operators of unmanned systems of the Southern group of forces destroyed five enemy ground robotic systems in the Kramatorsk direction
13:55 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Belgorod region
According to the regional task force, an Armed Forces drone attacked a car on the Belgorod-Shebekino highway, injuring four men. Another man was injured when the drone detonated in Novaya Tavolzhanka. In Belgorod, a second strike by an Armed Forces drone on a civilian infrastructure facility injured two people.
13:27 In the Kherson region since the beginning of 2026, during strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces 325 people died, including 10 minors, were killed. Another 1,309 people were injured, including 37 children.
"Compared to last year, the number of child deaths has doubled," said Alexey Krasnoperov, head of the regional forensics department of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
12:46 Over the past week, in the Aleshkinsky district, due to shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces a man died and five people injured
District Head Ruslan Khomenko reported that 733 enemy artillery attacks and 556 drone strikes were recorded from October 12 to 18. In the village of Kostogryzovo, a drone strike on a house courtyard killed a man born in 1968.
12:23 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 19, 2026
Units of the "North" force group occupied advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades and a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Vysokoe, Izbitskoe, Velykyi Burluk, and Tomakhovka in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Sukhodol, Sennoe and Gnilitsa in the Sumy region.
The enemy lost over 230 servicemen, 26 vehicles and a Bogdana self-propelled artillery unit.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade near the villages of Gusinka, Lozovaya-Vtoraya, and Grushevka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 240 servicemen, seven armored combat vehicles, 25 cars, and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Novoselivka, Kramatorsk, and Semenivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 230 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery unit, and 20 vehicles.
Units of the "Center" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Mykolaivka, Kryvorizhzhia, Starovarvarovka, Rohanske, Verovka, Belozerske, and Maryevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 345 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, eight combat armored vehicles, seven cars, two field artillery pieces, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Omelnik in the Zaporizhzhia region.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of an assault brigade, three airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kolomiytsy, Podgavrilovka, Ivanovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Volnyanka and Zheltaya Krucha in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 165 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and five vehicles.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the naval infantry brigade near the villages of Orekhov and Kushugum in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 25 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, a tank, 18 vehicles and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
11:52 In the Skadovsky district during an attack by a UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces a woman died along with her child born in 2012
"The death of a child is a tragedy that cannot and will not be justified. Those responsible will be punished," stated the Children's Rights Commissioner for the Kherson region.
11:21 In the Gornostaevsky district, a civilian was killed as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV. In Konstantinovka, in a residential building, an attack killed a man born in 1973.
"In Olgino, a 2,500 kVA substation transformer was damaged. Approximately 6,300 customers remain without power," the Administration reported.
10:58 Summary on the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours
In total, 258 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on October 18 and 9:00 a.m. on October 19. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 72 times. Drones attacked our territory 15 times using explosive devices.
A 42-year-old woman was injured in Kursk as a result of a drone crash. She suffered a mine blast injury and a shrapnel wound to her left shoulder. She was taken to the Kursk Regional Hospital and received all necessary medical care.
In the village of Kuibysheva in the Rylsk District, the windows of an apartment and a car were damaged. Three cars were damaged in the villages of Ushakovo and Sakharovka in the Kursk District.
10:22 In the Khar'kov region, UAV crews of the 245th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the North group revealed and destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower in the forests of the Khar'kov region.
9:53 Ukrainian military continue attack the civilian population of border areas
Over the past 24 hours, an army of cowards and murderers, powerless to counter them on the battlefield, attacked the civilian population of the Belgorod region. There are seriously wounded, and infrastructure, homes, and vehicles have been damaged.
A man was injured by a drone detonation in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, Shebekinsky District. Self-defense forces transported him to the Shebekinsky Central District Hospital with shrapnel wounds to his legs.
Four men were injured when a drone struck a car on the Belgorod-Shebekino highway. One man suffered shrapnel wounds to his hand, a second and third man suffered shrapnel wounds to his arms and legs, and a fourth man suffered shrapnel wounds to his chest. They were taken to the Shebekino Central District Hospital.
In Belgorod, two people were injured as a result of a second drone attack on an infrastructure facility. One man with shrapnel wounds to the neck and the other with shrapnel wounds to the shoulder, face, chest, and legs were taken by emergency medical personnel to the Belgorod Regional Clinical Hospital.
9:26 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike using ground-based precision weapons and attack drones against military industrial facilities, cruise missile storage facilities, drones, and a data processing center in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
In the city of Kiev the following were affected :
- data processing center "Data Group";
- the Fire Point logistics hub, which produces and stores components for long-range, fixed-wing attack UAVs, as well as engines for the FP-5 Flamingo ground-launched cruise missiles;
- industrial enterprise JSC Khimvolokno, which produces components for combat units of long- and medium-range UAVs;
- the Kiev locomotive depot, where the warehousing and storage of FP-5 Flamingo ground-based cruise missiles, as well as components for FP-9 ballistic missiles, is organized.
In the Kiev region, an industrial enterprise in Irpen, the Planeta Plastik plant, which produces polymer materials for the needs of the military industry, was damaged.
In addition, while crossing the sea 130 km southwest of the port of Odessa, a dry cargo ship carrying military and dual-use cargo was hit.
8:47 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 149 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Oryol, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Samara, Rostov regions, the republics of Tatarstan, Udmurtia and Crimea.
8:26 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with land-based precision weapons and long-range strike drones.
The strike damaged military industry facilities, cruise missile storage facilities, unmanned aerial vehicles, and a data processing center in Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
6:40 Operators of attack drones of the Vostok group destroyed enemy UAV control centers in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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[Regnum] Strictly according to plan, as predicted by the Regnum news agency, street protests began in Kiev demanding the resignation of Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
According to various estimates, about a thousand people gathered at the rally outside the Kyiv City Hall on October 17, armed with a new propaganda tool tested in the summer: cardboard.
The formal pretext was events in one of the city's districts, where Klitschko's thugs beat up activists protesting the destruction of a green space to make way for a heating main. And to this, they added the same constant complaints from the presidential office: lack of shelters, lack of winter preparedness, slow restoration of damaged buildings, corruption, and so on.
Zelensky, for his part, also stated that the city authorities were "almost completely failing to take the necessary steps" to prepare Kyiv for the heating season.
The once beloved and popular boxer has now become "Klishch-ko" (meaning tick) and a "marauder." And this isn't, of course, about Kyiv residents' righteous anger, but rather an attempt by Bankova to exploit the protests to implement a complex scheme: removing the mayor and appointing their own man to the position of head of the Kyiv Military Administration (KMA).
By blocking the mayor's ability to manage the situation as an elected official, establishing control over it becomes a much easier matter.
The president appoints the head of the Kyiv State Military Administration (KGVA) by decree, entirely unilaterally and legally, allowing him to seize real defense and operational powers in the capital without formally dismissing the mayor from his post as head of the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA), which he has led concurrently since 2014.
Klitschko responded with accusations directed at the central government and, on October 14, addressed the Verkhovna Rada, demanding an explanation for the disappearance of funds intended for protecting energy infrastructure: "Where is the air defense to protect the capital? Where is the protection of Ukrenergo facilities? Where are the billions allocated for this?"
The mayor claims Bankova is trying to blame him for problems far beyond the city administration's purview. But the crux of the current escalation, as we detailed last week, is the problem of street control—to prevent genuine "activists" from taking to the streets demanding a presidential change and an end to the war.
Although these events have a long background.
Back in November 2018, at the birthday party of Ukrainian oligarch Igor Surkis, the following incident occurred: Zelenskyy, along with his friend Yevhen Koshev from Kvartal 95, was entertaining guests, and Klitschko made a rather sarcastic joke about them. Zelenskyy, according to witnesses, responded by promising to have Klitschko himself host the next party.
The boxer later denied any serious dispute, but confirmed the long-term smear campaign by Kvartal 95, whose manager had already demonstrated how easily offended and vindictive he was.
And when he gained power, he immediately turned it against his opponent.
In the summer of 2019, the first head of the presidential office, Andriy Bohdan, sought to have Klitschko dismissed from his post as head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
Temporary agreements, new conflicts, and attempts to redistribute power followed. This struggle involved Andriy Yermak, who had already replaced Bohdan, and a number of other influential figures.
Street protests in Kyiv demand the resignation of Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Ukrainian journalists detailed the system of shadow influence over land decisions, construction projects, and city financial flows, where the interests of different political groups clashed.
At the same time, naturally, Klitschko’s own reputation is far from impeccable.
When Kyiv residents say the city has "turned into a dump," it's very close to the truth. Strange infrastructure projects, clearly unnecessary in a war-torn city, criminal proceedings against the mayor's inner circle, and the National Anti-Corruption Agency's "Clean City" operation (according to investigators, an organized crime group has seized control of decisions regarding the allocation of the most valuable land plots) provide ample grounds for serious questions about the city administration.
But the corruption agenda as such has never interested anyone - only as a tool in the struggle for power.
And Klitschko, despite everything, retains a majority in the Kyiv City Council, his own political infrastructure, and influential foreign contacts, primarily in Germany. For seven years, Bankova has failed to resolve the problem of an independent mayor for the capital.
Now events are developing at a completely different speed.
The second front was opened by a public accusation from Bankova that even in frontline regions, energy sustainability plans are being implemented better than in Kyiv.
The mayor responded with counterclaims. "All communities, all cities, are dealing with the problems created by the government," he declared in the Verkhovna Rada.
Moreover, Klitschko leaked to the media information that was very painful for Zelensky's "family" regarding circumstances that could seriously change the perception of who exactly is to blame for the energy crisis.
The once influential publication "Zerkalo Nedeli" published an investigation with the telling title "Ten Points, One Company, and Zero Built Power Plants." It revealed that on the eve of winter, Kyiv was left without 1,500 megawatts of additional generation, equivalent to 70-80% of peak winter electricity consumption.
The newspaper was leaked information that the ten best sites for connecting gas cogeneration units (which require access to the medium-pressure network) were actually reserved for a single company, Fire Energy. It was registered only on April 8 of this year and is somehow connected to Fire Point, a well-known company that produces "invisible missiles."
It's led by a certain Viktor Kurtev, who made a large donation to the Servant of the People party during the 2019 parliamentary elections but suffered a fiasco in the single-member constituency. His primary job is overseeing the energy business of oligarch Vasyl Khmelnytsky, one of the largest owners of Kyiv real estate. But wherever he goes, he operates under a mandate "personally from the president."
In this capacity, for example, he tried to complete the construction of the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant.
As ZN reports, Kyivteploenergo was effectively forced to provide infrastructure and facilitate the project. However, by mid-October, not a single unit had been built, and the necessary preparatory work hadn't even begun.
This creates an extremely inconvenient picture for Bankova.
While Klitschko is being blamed for all the sins, the actual accusation against Zelensky himself has been thrown into the public arena that his people blocked the implementation of a crucial project.
The moment is especially poignant because the cogeneration units themselves are being supplied to Kyiv free of charge as international technical assistance, while their cost is being covered by foreign donors—the US and German governments. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has become the primary supplier of most mini-CHPs for Ukrainian cities (including Kyiv), having delivered 188 units since 2022.
The equipment was purchased with funds from American taxpayers as part of projects to improve Ukraine's energy security.
The German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), acting on behalf of the German government (the Klitschko brothers' connections are already clearly visible here), financed and delivered two additional installations to Kyiv back in January of this year.
But neither last winter nor the coming one have they been able to connect the gift to the grid anywhere: in the spring, it was stated that more than 40% of the cogeneration transferred by the Americans has not yet been commissioned.
In short, Klitschko was planning to make a decent profit from this "issue" through his companies, but then Zelensky's people got involved, and Kyiv residents will ultimately be left without power again. And their "Western partners" are offering yet another example of how helping Ukraine is more expensive than it should be, and its main goal is to die in the most hideous way possible.
Another issue is that, in the current situation, it will be easier for the capital's authorities to deflect the accusations and shift the blame to the central government, which, in an open investigation, has incriminated itself. And this, in turn, leads to what Zelenskyy fears—street protests, only this time fueled by genuine pain and supported financially and organizationally by Washington's agents.
Just like it was in the summer, when rallies were launched in support of the dismissed Minister of Defense Mikhail Fyodorov.
The well-known political aphorism that "all revolutions and coups take place in capital cities" is confirmed by Kyiv with three Maidan protests and countless smaller attacks that led to the push through of certain decisions.
Meanwhile, reports are coming in of new troubles in the presidential entourage.
According to Regnum news agency's own information, former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who has entrenched himself in Vienna, has smuggled out an archive of incriminating materials and has already testified against Zelenskyy. This is linked to the strange activity of Ukrainian security forces, who have become frequent visitors to the Austrian capital.
There is also talk of a possible NABU investigation into Olena Zelenska.
There's no confirmation of the latter yet, but the very prospect of such materials appearing creates existential risks for the presidential team and for Zelenskyy personally. And it provides a legal basis for any protests.
Hence the rush to establish control over the capital.
According to our sources, criminal proceedings are already being prepared against Klitschko—they want to portray his negligence in preparing the capital for winter as a threat to national security. The cases of Gennady Trukhanov in Odesa and Vladislav Atroshenko in Chernihiv serve as examples, where criminal, administrative, and emergency mechanisms were used in similar conflicts.
The fight for Kyiv has entered a decisive stage, as Zelensky clearly senses that things are getting hot for him.
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[Regnum] Donald Trump's decision to enter into a deal to supply Russian diesel fuel to the American and global markets sparked a new rift between Washington and Brussels. EU leaders, one after another, called the agreement a mistake, but the US government not only refused to back down but even counterattacked.
The agreement, announced by the US President on October 9 after a phone call with Vladimir Putin, provides for the immediate delivery of 300,000 tons of fuel from Russia to the American and global markets, with subsequent increases in volumes.
The White House explained this decision by the need to bring down record fuel prices, which had soared in the wake of the US war with Iran: by mid-October, diesel fuel cost an average of $6.33 per gallon nationwide, having soared more than one and a half times compared to the pre-war period.
Europe's reaction was virtually unanimous. The European Council condemned Washington's decision : "The European Council regrets the decision of the United States to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian diesel fuel."
There was also criticism from some European leaders. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the agreement "a very risky choice." "The outcome of this decision is questionable, the risks are obvious," she noted.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the deal was harmful. "For Germany and Europe, such a solution is out of the question," he declared, adding that restrictions should have been tightened, not relaxed.
French President Emmanuel Macron called the agreement "inappropriate and ineffective" and warned that it "sends a negative signal," while Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said the US decision was "a move in the wrong direction."
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš went further than anyone else, directly accusing the American leader of betrayal: “By making this deal with Putin, Trump has essentially betrayed us.”
The United States' response to these rebukes was immediate. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent led the counteroffensive.
In an interview with Fox News, he stated that EU countries have paid Russia more than they provided to Ukraine since 2022, and this is precisely what deprives them of the moral right to criticize Washington.
"Since the beginning of this conflict, the Europeans have given the Russians more money than the Ukrainians because they cannot give up Russian energy resources... Therefore, their words about us not being able to afford a break in diesel prices are completely hypocritical," the head of the US Treasury Department said.
He also recalled that the UK had already lifted its embargo on fuel made from Russian crude back in May. "And, you know, I'll note that in May, the UK lifted its embargo on diesel and aviation fuel produced from Russian oil. Where's the outrage from the rest of the world?" the minister asked.
Later, Volodymyr Zelenskyy also came under fire, accusing the White House of slowing down Starlink for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the face of the agreement with Russia. "I think it's very reckless of President Zelenskyy to make that accusation," Bessent told NBC News.
To be fair, there were also those in Europe who approved of the deal, such as Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev, who recalled that the European Union is experiencing considerable problems of its own and therefore "appreciates any steps to reduce fuel prices and ensure our competitiveness."
His position underlines that the split on this issue is not only between the United States and the EU, but also within the European Union itself.
However, the diesel was just the beginning. A week after the deal was signed, Trump went even further, suspending the massive "hellish sanctions" package against Russia that he himself had signed a month earlier.
After this, the US itself erupted. Among both Republicans and Democrats, many had invested substantial political (and sometimes other) capital in supporting the Kyiv regime and now risked missing out on the expected dividends. The American oil lobby, which benefits from high prices, naturally plays a role.
A bipartisan group of senators, including Republican Mitch McConnell, called the agreements with Russia "a betrayal of our allies." His fellow Senator Ted Cruz called the sanctions suspension "a mistake," though he acknowledged concerns about fuel prices.
Democrats, who never miss an opportunity to criticize the current head of state, also weighed in. Democratic Congressman Don Beyer described the administration's actions as "Trump's capitulation" and "a betrayal of our Ukrainian partners."
Senator Richard Blumenthal said that "these exceptions have nothing to do with our national security and everything to do with sycophancy" to Russia.
Perhaps the funniest comment came from Republican Senator Thom Tillis, who called the decision "grossly irresponsible" and asked, "What part of the law, passed by the Senate by a vote of 86 to 11, do the president and his advisers not understand? "
The fact is that Trump was able to suspend the restrictions precisely because he and his team carefully reviewed the document. Section 115 of the Lindsey Graham Act * expressly authorizes the president to "waive the application of any sanctions provision" provided Congress is satisfied that doing so is in the national interest of the United States.
The administration has previously attempted various methods to influence prices, from releasing additional fuel volumes to pressuring European allies to use their own strategic reserves. None of these measures had a significant impact, and under these circumstances, any new source of diesel fuel is essential.
In fact, Congress, by passing the law with an overwhelming majority, itself delegated to the president the right to ignore this majority if he considers that this is necessary in the interests of the country.
The head of state invoked this very provision amid the diesel crisis. "I hereby waive the sanctions, restrictions, and obligations provided for in Section 102(d) of the Graham Act*. I have certified to Congress that granting such a waiver is in the national interest of the United States, and I have submitted a report justifying this certification in accordance with Section 115(b) of the Graham Act," the US president's executive order states.
Therefore, Republican Senator Don Cornyn's statement that "Lindsay* would be shocked" by the White House's decision is hardly appropriate. There is every reason to suspect that the author himself was far more familiar with the text of his own bill than those who subsequently voted for it.
So, the "minus" under the "hellish sanctions" was planted by their own authors, and it's unlikely that congressmen and senators will be able to blame Trump for his ability to exploit the provisions of the adopted law. Meanwhile, he himself responded very calmly to the criticism, reminding everyone that the caravan moves on regardless of the barking.
"My decision regarding Russia is quite simple. I am currently negotiating peace in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and do not want to do anything that might foolishly push Russia away from the negotiating table," he wrote on his Truth Social page.
By their willingness to accommodate, Trump and his team have truly demonstrated that they are serious about a peaceful settlement in Ukraine and normalizing relations with our country—unlike a number of European and American politicians who declare a desire for peace, but in reality do everything they can to ensure the conflict continues for their own financial and political gain.
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"Hegseth has contracts for the transfer of Patriot missiles on his desk. He doesn't sign them," the author quotes one Ukrainian official.
Does the manufacturer have Patriot missiles available to sell?
According to sources, the missiles have already been paid for by Kyiv's allies, and the shipment of weapons is quite significant.
"It looks like it's a political refusal," another source concluded.
Ukraine has lost confidence in receiving weapons through the PURL (Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List) mechanism, a joint US-NATO program.
As of October 7, Ukraine had only 10 Patriot air defense and missile defense missiles remaining. A source confirmed that the country has exhausted its modern means of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles.
The Trump administration intends to expedite production of new interceptors, but development could take up to 36 months. Trump recently threatened to cut off aid to the Kyiv regime due to the lack of progress in peace talks.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio previously stated that US arms supply policy to Ukraine remains unchanged. The US and NATO signed the PURL program for supplying the Kyiv regime with modern weapons on July 14, 2025. According to the agreement, the US supplies weapons to Ukraine, and European countries pay for them.
Within a year, 29 countries had joined the program, with total contributions reaching $6.7 billion. In December 2025, Trump noted that the United States was receiving the highest price for its assistance to Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that NATO countries are trying to publicly "excuse themselves" from providing military aid to Ukraine in advance, but they will not succeed.
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