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[Regnum] In warm autumns, bears may hibernate later than usual, and if they haven't accumulated enough fat, they may skip their dens altogether and begin searching for food near populated areas. Alexander Lipkovich, biologist, zoologist, and Deputy Director for Research at the Rostovsky State Nature Biosphere Reserve, spoke with Regnum News Agency on Monday, October 26.
Bears in Buryatia have begun hibernating and are appearing less frequently near populated areas. However, the season remains potentially dangerous until the animals have fully denned. According to the expert, in northern regions, bears typically hibernate earlier due to frosts and snow cover. In Central Russia, the timing depends on how warm the autumn is, while in the Caucasus, hibernation typically begins in December.
"Before winter, animals need to accumulate fat reserves, which requires energy-rich feed. In Siberia, this primarily includes pine nuts, in Central Russia, acorns and hazelnuts, and in the Caucasus, beechnuts and other forest fruits," the expert explained.
Lipkovich clarified that even bears that have successfully denned can wake up during thaws.
"If there's a thaw, which is not uncommon in the Caucasus, he might get up and walk around his den, which is about a kilometer and a half in diameter. And if it freezes again, he'll hibernate again," the zoologist explained.
A much more dangerous situation occurs when a bear hasn't accumulated enough fat and can't survive the winter. Such animals may wake up due to hunger or fail to hibernate at all.
"A bear wakes up hungry and very irritable, and then can come to populated areas and attack any living creature, including its own kind. Bears are cannibalistic. Especially large males can devour bear cubs," added specialist Lipkovich.
The expert emphasized that the mass appearance of bears is a serious danger, one that has already been encountered in Siberia. In such conditions, people working in the taiga, including commercial hunters, are particularly at risk. If a bear has accumulated the necessary fat reserves, it usually spends the winter safely in its den until spring.
On October 16, Pavel Glazkov, a PhD candidate in biology, told Regnum News Agency that in October, before hibernation, bears have two tasks: preparing a den and accumulating fat. During this time, the predator may more frequently enter populated areas in search of food.
Zoologist and game warden Mikhail Krechmar previously told Regnum News Agency that the top three regions with the worst bear activity were Primorsky Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Irkutsk Oblast. In these regions, bears are more likely to approach people due to a food shortage.
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[Korrespondent] 19.19 President Volodymyr Zelensky signed laws on the continuation of the war and illegal mobilization in Ukraine. About this, check the data from the cards of laws No. 16182 and No. 16183 on the website of the Verkhovna Rada on Mondays.
18.22 The number of dead children from the Russian attack on Juveleyny Park near the village of Nova Vodolaga, Kharkiv region, has grown to three. The head of the Novovodolazka community, Oleksandr Yesin, announced this on the evening of Monday, June 26th.
The 12-year-old Artem Koval died at the Kiev doctor's office, having been seriously wounded during the attack on the 19th. The boy was the brother of the eight-year-old Arina, who died in the scene of shelling.
According to the words of the Posadovtsy, the capital’s doctors have been fighting for the boy’s life for the past ten years. Despite all the efforts of doctors, the child could not be rescued. “The injuries turned out to be unreasonable in life,” said Yesin.
18.14 The Russians regularly conduct their “flagship” campaign, showing that they have no control over the entire territory of Ukraine. The damn propaganda campaign of the war of the 225th Okremny Assault Regiment (OSHR) was disrupted in the Zaporizhzhya region, the press service reported to the terrorist group on the Telegram channel.
17.25 The units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the low military targets of the Russian occupiers in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) on June 25-26. The ZSU General Staff provided details.
17.11 Russia intensified diplomatic contacts with African countries ahead of the Russia-Africa summit, scheduled for 28-29 June. According to the data of the Head Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Moscow will not force military-political and economical influx on the continent and remove additional opportunities to support its military machine. According to the researchers, the Kremlin itself is currently pursuing strategic interests in the political, military, energy and economic spheres.
16.51 A huge spy of the occupation “police of the Russian Federation”, which met the fate of the re-investigated and kidnapped residents of the hourly occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region, taking away 12 fatalities reduction of freedom due to confiscation of the lane. As reported by the Security Service of Ukraine, a citizen of the Vasylivsky district of the Zaporizhzhya region was convicted, who in early 2022 entered into the local police department of the “Russian Federation police” created by the Russian occupiers. There, he surrounded the seat of the so-called farmer on the right of the minors. He was accused of kidnapping residents, reinvestigating opponents of the occupation government, and protecting the pseudo-referendum on the TOT.
16.23 The topic of “territorial compromises” may become the subject of upcoming trilateral negotiations to regulate the situation in Ukraine. The Kremlin river manager Dmitro Peskov announced this in comments to Russian propagandists on Monday.
We also allowed the expansion of the truce zone behind the butt of Oleshok in the Kherson region.
15.41 The meeting of President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels with representatives of the EU, NATO and the USA has not yet been confirmed. The head of state’s communications adviser, Dmytro Lytvyn, said this, European Pravda reported.
15.05 Ukraine has already received the signature of US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for the delivery of missiles for the Patriot and NASAMS anti-aircraft systems. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on Telegram following the results of the conference call.
14.49 Russia is expanding its campaign from recruiting the people of African countries to its army, trying to compensate for the significant costs of the war against Ukraine and the shortage of special warehouses. The number of recruits has grown sharply in Burundi and Zimbabwe. According to Bloomberg, which was sent for a presentation taken from Ukrainian intelligence officials, Russia is expanding its recruitment geography, focusing on countries with low indicators of democracy, bordered by freedom of the press. weak judicial system. Among them are Burundi, Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone.
14.40 Ukraine could have produced enough missiles for Patriot, if a significant portion of the missiles had not been wasted at the Close Gathering. Suddenly, the military evidence allowed the ZSU to change the tactics of their stagnation.
The Ukrainian military has learned to use the Patriot in various tactical situations and to use missiles more rationally. One of the benefits is the ability to freeze the complex not only in stationary positions, but also for ambushes with further changes in the place of rotation.
“For example, you can use the Patriot not as a stationary complex, as the Americans are trying to destroy it at airfields and bases, but to kill it, apparently intelligently, to put it in the ambush, shoot down five sides and turn around unsafely,” - explained the riverman of the Povitryan forces Yuriy Ignat.
Another concern is the consumption of ammunition. According to Ignat, the Ukrainian defense forces began to stack one missile against one target, while at the Closer Meeting in separate episodes they could launch all the missiles at the same time.
14.25 As a result of the Russian attacks on the Kramatorsk community of the Donetsk region, at least one person died, and 10 more were injured. Among the victims is a 13-year-old girl. Also, Slovyansk’s wife died as a result of the airstrike. The head of the Donetsk Regional Administration Vadim Filashkin and the DSNS reported this.
13.57 The security service documented the new evils of the prisoner, the resident of the occupation administration of the Russian Federation on the left bank of the Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo. Two of their friends are accountable for the illegal transfer of Ukrainian children after being buried in the regional center.
The investigation revealed that on June 7, 2022, the figures organized the illegal export of students from the Kherson Professional Shipping Lyceum to the so-called “sanatoriums” from the now-occupied Crimea.
Vikhovants were initially transported by buses to the river port, and departed by boats to the left bank, where additional transport from the route to the river bank was checked on them.
13.31 Last year, Kharkiv survived 36 Russian attacks. Three people died as a result of the shelling, another 28 were injured, including three children. Mr. Igor Terekhov told about this.
Zokrema 28 strikes from the Russians in the distance with rocket-propelled "Shaheds". The same is true for the “Banderol” drones, FPV drones, uninstalled UAVs and the “Tornado-S” multiple launch rocket system.
Six districts of the city fell under shelling. Private buildings and large surfaces, industrial enterprises, warehouses, offices, television, health and energy infrastructure were damaged. Vibukhov's hair also spoiled the Kharkov circus.
On June 24, Russian troops attacked the remaining Epicenter hypermarket, which operated near Kharkov, with jet drones. Following Terekhov’s words, the store was attacked by three people for two months. After the first two attacks, he was captured, but the next attack caused a large-scale fire that burned through trade halls and warehouses.
13.29 The Verkhovna Rada continued the military regime and foreign mobilization in Ukraine for the 21st time. This became known during the plenary session on Monday. The war period and mobilization were extended for another 90 days – until June 29, 2027.
13.27 An 86-year-old woman died in a doctor’s shop, having been injured on the 21st of the Russian shelling of Uman.
12.29 Planning of new approaches to humanitarian relief is limited to the surrounding territories of six regions due to the security situation. The press service of the Ministry of Defense informed about this.
There are still lots of plots in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Mykolayiv, Kharkiv and Sumy regions, where the workers have not yet returned.
Humanitarian relief is losing priority in frontline areas. Nowadays, plans may be made to build vests for the workers who are building robots and for the needs of local communities.
The exchange was carried out in view of the current safe situation and the advancement of risks for the personnel of operators of industrial activities and the civilian population.
11.55 A military service member who voluntarily left the service and began to cooperate with the Russian special services has been accused. For a pittance, passing on information about the dismantling of the Ukrainian military in Zaporizhia and the Kherson region.
The man was called up for military service at the end of 2024. However, after several months of service and completion, the departure from the military unit was transferred to the present day Ukraine.
Constantly demanding pennies, the deserter bought into the proposal of a representative of the Russian FSB to make money by transmitting information about the Ukrainian military. According to the assignments of Russian curators, they collected data on the movement and distribution of Ukrainian subdivisions, their armed forces and military equipment on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions.
I will remove the information by passing it on to the Russians, further helping to establish the exact positions of the Ukrainian military. After capturing this data, the Russian military launched strikes on the transmitted coordinates. As a result of the shelling, Ukrainian military personnel were injured, and military equipment was also damaged.
11.40 On Monday, in six regions of Ukraine, new light connections were recorded due to Russian attacks on civil energy infrastructure. It is possible for energy workers to pay off everything in order to heal the most likely possible for all their frantic companions, they sang in Ukrenergo.
11.32 The Russian military officer, who threatened to kill and seduced a woman during the occupation of Balaklia in the Kharkiv region, was sentenced in absentia to 12 years of imprisonment. Prosecutors brought to trial the guilt of a grenade launcher of the 202nd Infantry Regiment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against the cruelty of civilians.
At the beginning of 2022, near the hour of occupation of Balaklia, the Russian military detained a local resident on suspicion of spying from the ZSU. The woman was illegally taken away in a buried police station. Take the Russian military officer out of the camera, go to the service office, threaten to kill him, and shout.
The court found him guilty of broken laws that resulted from war and in absentia recognized 12 fatalities of freedom.
11.06 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine revealed data on the presence of foreign technological equipment, which is used by Russian manufacturers of ballistic missiles.
“The Russian military-industrial complex retains a significant holdover from foreign technologies. However, as far as we know, the Russian Federation has not yet been able to replace the industrial possession of light generators with localized analogues,” reads informed by power steering.
The reconnaissance survey has collected data from 30 technological units of Chinese, German, Taiwanese, American, Turkish, Swiss and Italian production plants, like Russian factories producing ballistic missiles. warehouses before them.
10.55 Military counterintelligence officers avoided a series of missile and drone attacks by the Russian Federation on warehouses of foam and oil materials in Ukraine. The SBU reported this. The Russian agent installed GPS “beacons” on just two tank trucks: a military fuel tanker and a civilian fuel tanker.
10.33 In the Sverdlovsk region there is a draft at night from the rails. The fire tanks were burned down, the Ministry of Taxes and Taxes of the Russian Federation reported on Monday. The flow of trains in the village of the zaliznytsia had to be completely slowed down due to the smoothing of limited traffic.
10.19 As a result of Russian strikes, two residents of the Chernihiv region were injured during the previous year, 25 June. The Russians attacked the Banderoll village on Priluchina. Є the agricultural enterprise, the hangar, where 70 tons of grain were saved - wheat and soybeans. The 33-year-old man recognized the cunning wound.
Near the village of Novgorod-Siverskaya community, Russians gave Gerbera a gift. The grain crop caught fire. Watermelon and wheat were saved there. A 54-year-old woman was injured.
Lightning strikes were recorded in the village of Koryukiv community. The adjacent school has damaged windows, walls and ceilings. The Russians also launched a business in the village of Menskaya community. Poor possessions and 700 tons of potatoes.
09.59 Russia will try to initiate a new round of peace talks instead of Ukraine, in order to achieve an action that would weaken NATO defenses. Zokrema, we are talking about the withdrawal of the military Alliance from the countries of the United Europe. Write about this to The Telegraph iz poslannyam na dzherela.
The Russian dictator's aide, Yuri Ushakov, stated that Europe may be awaiting negotiations between representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the United States, leaving the continent to play a key role in the rest of the world.
“It is clear that Putin is aware of the shortness of NATO’s military presence in Europe until around 1997 - before the largest parts of the Joint Bloc began to join the Alliance. This would mean the possible withdrawal of NATO troops from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as Finland, which joined the Alliance in 2023. All five countries maintain a strong border with Russia,” writes the author.
09.56 On the night of the 26th, Russian troops attacked a private industrial enterprise and a garage cooperative in Odessa region several times. The legacy of the attacks resulted in large-scale fires, and by the hour of the second attack, the special equipment of the warriors began to suffer. There were no casualties. This was announced by the head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration Oleg Kiper and the DSNS of Odessa region.
09.31 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on the 26th day submitted to the Verkhovna Rada for the bill on the continuation of the military regime and foreign mobilization for another three months - until 29 June 2027.
The following documents confirm the confirmation of presidential decrees on the continuation of current affairs.
09.22 Russia will not be ready for serious negotiations, so we can believe that it will press on Ukraine to achieve goals that it did not achieve on the battlefield. Therefore, the pressure on the Russian Federation requires conservation and strength. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sibiga.
In fact, in his words, saving and strengthening the pressure on Russia becomes critically important for starting the war.
"The world of great power is a single strategy that works. This force is directed against the aggressor, and not against the edge that is being protected. This war cannot be completed by ending the foundation of Ukraine. It can only be completed “too much of the aggressor’s attacks,” Sibiga said.
09.11 Vrancia on Monday, June 26, Russian troops launched a second strike on a shopping center in Zaporizhzhia. After the wedding, the wine burned.
According to previous data, there are no casualties. Having informed V.O. about this heads of Zaporizhzhya OVA Mikhailo Semikin.
08.46 At the beginning of the 26th, Russia attacked with an anti-radar missile Kh-31P, 3 ceramic aircraft missiles Kh-59/69 and 140 attack UAVs of the Shahed type (70 of them are jet), Gerbera, imitator drones of the Parody type.
The anti-aircraft defense destroyed/suppressed three armored Kh-59/69 aircraft missiles and 112 drones of the Shahed type (56 of them are jet), Gerber, and other types of drones. An accident was recorded at 15 locations, as well as a fall of downed people (tricks) at four locations.
08.33 During the last battle, 177 combat operations were recorded at the front. The most battles were recorded on Pokrovsky directly, where our defenders stopped 36 Russian attacks. Aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces attacked the area containing a special warehouse, an artillery system and one control point for UAVs of the Russian military.
07.58 The number of wounded legacies of the overnight Russian attack on Zaporizhzhya has grown to four. Two women were injured - 22 and 30 years and two men - 40 and 61 years.
07.47 Vranci On the 26th of June, Russian Voronezh was attacked by drones. There were bruises in the area, there were fires in residential areas, buildings and the Chizhov Gallery business center were destroyed, dozens of cars were on fire.
Drone troubles in the region were voiced close to three years ago, and two years later - missile troubles. The local bags inform about the number of bulges and “swells”. Behind these words, the wind alarm siren did not sound, the place was filled with smoke like fire.
Vlada Voronezha has not yet commented on the attack. Russian military officials say that the place is fighting off one of the most concentrated drone attacks in the entire hour of the full-scale war against Ukraine.
07.14 From February 24, 2022 to June 26, 2026, military losses to the special warehouse of the Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,580,440 individuals (+1990 per addition).
02.53 An energy facility in the Kamyanets-Podilsky region was damaged as a result of a Russian attack. Emergency power outages.
02.25 Brussels will have a double meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and the leaders of the European Union, US representatives and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The parties negotiate security guarantees for Ukraine.
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[NewsFront] 21:31 In Chernivtsi and Ivano-Frankivsk power outages began following Russian Armed Forces drone strikes on targets in the west of the country. 20:43 Crew of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the Center group burned a stronghold and control point for UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk direction
20:15 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted an destroyed 37 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol regions, the Moscow region and over the Black Sea
19:24 Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in Vinnytsia Oblast
18:13 In Dubovoye in the Belgorod region, a Ukrainian drone attacked a residential apartment building, local media reported
According to the Operational Headquarters, there were no injuries, but the building's roof and windows were damaged. The moment of impact was captured on camera.
17:39 Crew of the modernized Sokol-V2 UAV of the Center group destroyed strike and reconnaissance drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region
16:59 In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to destroy logistics in the near rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
FPV drone operators from the 6th Army of the West Guard Forces destroyed three Ukrainian Armed Forces rocket launchers carrying cargo near the village of Andreevka.
16:11 Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked veterinary station in the village of Alekseyevka, Korocha District, Belgorod Region
16:03 Ukrainian drones attacked Melitopol University
Several educational buildings were damaged: windows were broken, panels and concrete floors were destroyed.
There were no injuries. Education has been moved to distance learning.
15:27 Death toll from Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on Voronezh Oblasthas grownup to three
13:40 Daily units of the Dnepr group of forces conduct engineering reconnaissance and clearing of the main access roads to the village of Aleshki from explosive devices and booby traps, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to lay mines using unmanned aerial vehicles, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
13:10 Tornado-S MLRS crew of the Zapad group destroyed UAV control points and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Khar'kov region
12:28 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 26, 2026
Units of the "North" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the villages of Podsrednee, Prikolotne, Doroshenkovo, and Fedorovka in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, the formations of the mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Khoten, Barilovka and Nikolskoye in the Sumy region.
The enemy lost more than 300 servicemen, 19 vehicles and three electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized, an airmobile, and an assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Lesnaya Stenka and Donetskoye in the Khar'kov region, and Raigorodok, Cherkasskoye, and Bogorodichnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 servicemen, 20 vehicles, and three electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. Formations of five mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and a naval infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Druzhkovka, and Kondratovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 185 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 33 vehicles, an artillery piece, and four electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Stepanivka, Krinitsy, Belozerskoye, Shilovka, Starovarvarivka, and Malotaranivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 340 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, eight cars, a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Obshchee in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The manpower and equipment of three airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Gavrilovka, Vsesvyatskoye, Pokrovskoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Volnyanka and Vasilevskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 210 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, seven vehicles, and a counter-battery radar station.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and mountain assault brigades have been defeated near the villages of Orekhov, Dimitrovo, and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 30 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 12 vehicles and a counter-battery radar station were destroyed.
12:08 Units of the Eastern Group of Forces released locality of Obshchoe, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
11:50 Social facilities and houses of Energodar were subjected to a series of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the city's mayor reported.
A civilian was injured.
11:42 Russian Armed Forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Druzhkovka area
Unmanned aerial vehicle units are also providing fire support to advancing Russian Armed Forces units in the Kramatorsk district, the Ministry of Defense reported.
10:23 In the Moscow region, a drone attack on one of Moscow's key missile defense facilities was prevented.
The SBU was preparing a strike with FPV drones against a key element of the capital's missile defense system. Two suspected SBU agents, originally from the Caucasus, retrieved drones and explosive device components from hiding places in the Smolensk and Kaluga regions. The drones were planned to be launched from the Moscow region, after which operators from Ukraine would intercept them. Both suspects were detained while preparing the attack.
10:01 During the past night, from 20:00 Moscow time on October 25 to 09:00 Moscow time on October 26, air defense forces on duty destroyed 290 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Novgorod, Oryol, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions and the Moscow region.
9:33 AFU continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 14 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
Kakhovka - Four;
Gornostaevka - Three;
Nova Kakhovka - Three;
Kairo - Two;
Dneprians - Two
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Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 13 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Oleshky, Dnepryany, Kozachii Lagerya, Kakhovka, and Korsunka.
9:00 Last night and early in the morning, air defense forces on duty in the skies above the Voronezh agglomeration and a number of districts of the region detected and destroyed 113 unmanned aerial vehicles.
More than 70 UAVs were shot down directly over Voronezh. According to updated information, which may be further updated, the terrorist attack in Voronezh unfortunately resulted in two deaths (men born in 1960 and 1973) and 17 injuries. One child was among the injured. All are receiving medical assistance.
8:36 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against logistics centers and energy facilities that ensure their functioning, as well as Ukrainian ports and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As a result of the strikes, the following were damaged:
in the Khar'kov region:
- a warehouse for storing long-, as well as components for them in the village of Olshany;
- electrical substation PS-330 "Zalutino" in Khar'kov, which ensures the functioning of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine;
in the Khmelnytskyi region:
- electrical substation PS-330 in the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, ensuring the functioning of logistics infrastructure facilities;
in Odessa region:
- loading and unloading infrastructure facilities for three berthing terminals of the port of Chornomorsk, as well as four warehouses that housed military and dual-use cargo intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In addition, a dry cargo ship was damaged during the sea crossing, delivering military equipment intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the port of Odessa.
8:10 Last night the Kyiv regime committed another war crime, launching a massive drone strike on peaceful Melitopol.
A number of civilian properties were damaged, and there were casualties. As a result of the attack on private homes, children born in 2015 and 2016 and a man born in 1961 were injured; they are receiving medical assistance. In the central part of the city, private homes, an apartment building, and administrative buildings were damaged.
8:01 Strike drone crews of the Sever group hit shelters, UAV control points and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Khar'kov region.
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[Regnum] Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers conducted a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Bering and Chukchi Seas. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on October 26.
"Tu-95MS long-range missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a scheduled flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Bering and Chukchi Seas. The flight lasted over 13 hours," the Ministry of Defense clarified.
The military department added that fighter escort for the missile carriers was provided by crews of Su-35S aircraft of the Aerospace Forces (VKS). On certain sections of the route, the Tu-95MS were escorted by foreign fighters.
The Ministry of Defense emphasized that long-range aviation crews regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Baltic, and Black Seas. All flights are conducted in strict compliance with international airspace regulations.
On October 16, Russian Aerospace Forces Tu-22M3 long-range bombers completed a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea, lasting over four hours. Fighter escort was provided by Su-35S and Su-30SM crews, and on certain stages, by foreign fighters.
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[Regnum] Federal Security Service (FSB) officers have uncovered a network of drug labs in villages along the White Sea coast. This was reported on October 26 by the FSB Directorate for the Arkhangelsk Region.
Law enforcement officers detained a 41-year-old native of the Tyumen region who, on orders from his handlers, purchased laboratory equipment and several batches of precursors. He and his accomplices manufactured drugs in several laboratories, which they then sold in the Arkhangelsk region and beyond.
The laboratories were located in remote areas of the Arkhangelsk region, including on the White Sea coast and in villages in the Kholmogory and Primorsky districts. The Tyumen resident, using a self-built boat, navigated freely along the Northern Dvina River and the White Sea.
Upon his arrest, FSB officers discovered precursors on the boat, which, according to experts, were manufactured in a foreign-made 100-liter reactor. The total weight of the seized chemicals was approximately 830 kg. These could have been used to manufacture over 50 kg of synthetic narcotics.
The Investigative Department of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 30 and Part 5 of Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Preparation for the illegal production of narcotics on an especially large scale”).
A drug lab was previously discovered in the Novgorod region. Law enforcement officers seized over 1.1 tons of illegal substances. The criminals manufactured the substances under the direction of anonymous handlers. The six detainees are residents of various regions of Russia, three of whom have previous convictions.
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