[intellinews[ Vladimir Putin told African leaders in Moscow that a multipolar world was "truly becoming a reality", pitching Russia as their partner against a West he accused of neo-colonialism.
Compare and contrast with Russian colonialism in the Ukraine, for instance, or Poland Cuba.
Putin was opening the plenary session of the third Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum on October 28, a day before the leaders' summit, according to the Kremlin transcript. Delegations from 48 African countries, 22 of them at head-of-state level, have confirmed they will attend, Vedomosti reported.
BRICS countries have accounted for more than 40% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity over the past five years and the G7 for less than 30%, Putin said, and BRICS' share "will only grow further - to the benefit of developing countries". Africa, with its natural resources, its demographics and its position on transcontinental trade routes, deserves much of the credit, he added.
The speech set out the logic of Putin's big bet on the Global South Century. Cut off from Western markets by the war in Ukraine and sanctions, Moscow is building new markets and partners among emerging economies, and Russia in Africa is a large part of that turn. Its pitch to the continent is that the West has spent decades bleeding the Global South of its wealth, while Russia presents itself as offering a partnership between equals.
Russia's own share of Africa's foreign economic interaction - trade, debt, investment, aid and remittances - is still only 0.5%, against 28.5% for Europe and 16.4% for the BRICS countries, according to Vedomosti calculations published on October 27.
Building a multipolar world meets resistance from countries "accustomed to thinking in colonial terms and becoming fabulously - yes, fabulously - rich at the expense of others", Putin said. Such countries resort to "tariff wars, illegitimate sanctions, economic dictate, blackmail and interference in the internal affairs of others", he said.
"Western countries are making aggressive attempts to drive Africans back into financial bondage, imposing on them the financial resources they so desperately need on extortionate terms, which force them to pay back many times over to service and repay such debts, to the detriment of their long-term development plans," he said.
He quoted Thomas Sankara, the first president of Burkina Faso, who called debt "a skilfully managed reconquest of Africa" in 1987, and said little had changed since. Value added in African manufacturing is less than 2% by expert estimates, and only 15% of the continent's $1.5 trillion of annual trade is conducted within Africa, Putin said.
Russia runs programmes with several African countries that turn debt into funding for national growth projects, and wants Africa to have a bigger say in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, both of which need to be reformed to serve developing economies, he said.
Africa is "rightly called the continent of the future", Putin said. The centre of global population growth will shift to Africa from 2030 and the continent's population will pass 2.5bn by 2050, about 70% of them under 30, according to UN forecasts he cited. The African Development Bank puts average growth on the continent at 4.2%, above the world average, and 12 of the 20 fastest-growing economies are African.
STUDENTS, NOT RAW MATERIALS
Russian business in Africa "does not engage in the predatory, neo-colonial exploitation of natural and human resources" but processes raw materials on the spot, creating jobs and tax revenues, Putin said.
It’s been fascinating to watch the Russians turn from spreading communism to spreading capitalism is a single generation.
The number of African students in Russia has risen 1.5 times since 2020 to a record of about 40,000, and Russian government scholarships for Africa have nearly tripled, with the quota raised to 5,500 places for the 2026-2027 academic year, Putin said.
Competing with the local, formerly Gulenist, Turkish schools? Though those are primary-secondary instead of university places…
A programme launched this year pays African students' travel, accommodation, food and tuition in Russia, and 58 Russian open-education centres teaching Russian and basic subjects now operate in 29 African countries, he said. More than 200 civil servants from 20 African countries have been through a Russian training programme in digital government.
TRADE TO DOUBLE
Russia-Africa trade exceeded $27bn last year, up from $18bn in 2022, Putin said, adding that this was "not enough". Customs data show that trade fell 2.4% in 2025, with Russian exports making up most of it.
"I am convinced that in the very near future we can increase this figure further, at least twofold, and certainly pass the $50bn mark," he said, according to the Russian transcript.
Russia is one of the most reliable guarantors of food security on the continent and more than 40 African countries already receive Russian fertiliser and grain, Putin said. Russia exported 13mn tonnes of agricultural products to Africa in 9M26, and shipments to some countries have grown "not by percentages, but several times over", he said.
The flows are under pressure after Russia and Ukraine started striking each other's grain ports, a food price shock that falls hardest on African importers. Russia is ready to deliver all contracted grain to Africa by other routes and already uses some, including the Baltic, Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko told Interfax on October 28.
Imports of African agricultural produce reached about $4bn this year, covering 8% of Russia's import needs. "But 8% is not that much. So what does that tell us? That the figure certainly must and will grow," Putin said. Russia is offering seeds, fertiliser, farm machinery, storage and processing, and plans agricultural and machinery hubs with some African countries, he said.
PAYMENTS, TECHNOLOGY, WATER
Putin called for more trade settled in national currencies, more correspondent links between Russian and African banks, and a switch to the Bank of Russia's financial messaging system and the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System. That would protect payments from "politicised interference by unfriendly countries", he said, in line with the wider BRICS Pay push to trade outside the dollar system. "Some countries simply do not have their own financial systems but are tied to European financial systems. Of course, that limits sovereignty," he said.
"We have been at the forefront in the global race to achieve technological sovereignty," Putin said, adding that Russia has two domestic large language models and that "our competitors have to catch up with us in some sectors". Russia is willing to share its high-tech and digital know-how with Africa, he said, and presented a "sovereign development platform" for African states at an exhibition after the session.
Russia will localise production of Russian medicines and vaccines in Africa and set up laboratories and diagnostic centres, Putin said. Russia's consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has supplied 15 mobile laboratories to eight African countries and trained about 450 specialists under a programme now extended to 2029.
Russia is also offering water management, irrigation and hydropower, a priority after the African Union made sustainable access to clean water its goal for this year. Hydropower generator RusHydro (MOEX: HYDR) is ready to design new plants, modernise existing ones and build modular generation for remote areas, Putin said, recalling the 55th anniversary of the Soviet-built Aswan High Dam in Egypt.
More than 30 energy projects are under way jointly in 16 African countries, Putin said, and he invited African airlines to start flying to Russia.
Leaders are due to adopt an action plan for the Russia-Africa partnership for 2027-2029 at the summit on October 29.
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[Regnum] A pensioner in the Irkutsk region saved his friend from a bear by shooting the animal twice with a rifle. This was reported on Wednesday, October 28, by the REN TV channel.
A bear attacked a 61-year-old man in a forested area of the Chunsky District. A 66-year-old friend of the man's came to his aid and shot the bear.
The victim managed to reach a populated area and seek medical attention. He was diagnosed with multiple open wounds to his head and arms and was hospitalized.
Earlier, in a national park in the Southern Urals, tourists spent an hour and a half fighting off a bear with songs and shouts. The animal was approximately 150 meters from the group, so the group climbed a slope of large rocks and began singing loudly to keep the animal from getting any closer. They also contacted emergency services. Everything ended well.
Previously, zoologist and game warden Mikhail Krechmar told Regnum news agency that the top three regions with the most bear activity were Primorsky Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Irkutsk Oblast. According to the expert, in these regions, bears are approaching people more often than usual due to a food shortage. Krechmar added that an improvement in the situation is not expected until next year, and regions should prepare for a sharp increase in conflicts with predators before the first snowfalls.
A polar bear attacked a 23-year-old worker in Taimyr, Krasnoyarsk Krai. A source from REN TV reported this on Wednesday, October 28.
The incident occurred at the Sever Bay terminal near Dikson. The young man was outside the town and outside the company's premises when the predator attacked him.
Following the attack, the worker was diagnosed with scalp wounds to his head, back, and hands. He will be airlifted to the hospital.
According to a source from the RT television channel, the animal that attacked the man is already being sought.
Several days earlier, in the northern Krasnoyarsk Territory, a bear mauled a guard at a production facility. The incident occurred several kilometers from the village of Boguchany. The animal was killed.
Biological Sciences PhD Pavel Glazkov told Regnum News Agency that hungry predators, including bears and wolves, enter villages to attack cats and dogs. In the forest, pets won't scare off a bear either—a dog could lead the animal to a person, causing a tragedy.
[intellinews] Russia's Northern Sea Route (NSR) could switch to year-round shipping as early as 2027, Vladimir Panov, head of Rosatom's Arctic directorate, said in an interview with Interfax, according to Vedomosti's October 27 report.
"The NSR is one step away from regular eastbound shipping, meaning year-round operations. We expect this to happen as early as 2027, when one of our largest shippers begins regularly shipping its products to Asia," Panov said. He did not name the shipper.
A year-round route would turn the Arctic passage from a summer-autumn window into a standing alternative to the Suez Canal for Russian exports heading to China and India, at a time when Moscow's Western markets are largely closed. State nuclear corporation Rosatom, which is the NSR's infrastructure operator, has been building the icebreaker fleet and convoy system to make that possible, but cargo volumes have lagged the targets. Cargo carried on the route fell 2.3% in 2025 to 37mn tonnes, and Panov told Interfax in June 2025 that the base forecast was around 109mn tonnes by 2030.
Panov said the technology still needed work. Convoys must move faster to raise cargo efficiency, and emergency rescue, communications and medical services along the route need to improve. Russian crews already have the Arctic experience, he said, and Arctic-class ships for NSR work have already been delivered to the customer.
"Today, we're no longer just talking about the NSR: we're talking about creating a Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor, which will include the Northern Sea Route, as well as associated inland waterways, rail routes, and other transport infrastructure," Panov said, adding that the corridor was aimed at developing the Arctic zone and the Far East and at domestic, international and transit traffic along the Russian coast.
Voyages on the route hit a record 133 in September, up 46% from August and more than four times the 2022 level, the Financial Times reported earlier this month, citing Lloyd's List Intelligence data. Almost half the voyages were made by Russian-flagged ships. Shippers' interest has grown as Arctic ice cover thins and as shipping is disrupted in the Middle East, the Red Sea and other chokepoints, the paper said.
Rosneft loaded the first Vostok Oil crude at the Sever Bay terminal on the Taimyr peninsula in September, and India plans to send its first cargo ship through the route in 2027.
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[Korrespondent] 20.11 In Ukraine, on the 29th of April, electricity supply schedules will become stagnant. Ukrenergo reported about this.
Thus, in some regions the yearly connection schedules for all categories of residents are expected to stagnate. The exchange rate runs from 06:00 to 23:59, and the duty becomes 1.5 to 2.5 hours. Also during this period there are ten schedules for reducing stress for industrial enterprises and business.
18.55 Prime Minister of the Netherlands Rob Ötten voted for the provision of 500 million euros for military aid to Ukraine. He spoke about this at a press conference with President Volodymyr Zelensky at Gaazi.
“Today I can also announce an additional package of military assistance worth 500 million euros. This includes, for the most part, air defense forces and drones designed to protect against continuous Russian air strikes,” he said. Vin.
18.26 Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky instructed the Ministry of Energy and Ukrenergo to restore electricity supply in Konotop in Sumshchyna, which can be done without light. I told you about the price on Telegram.
The aftermath of the shelling in Konotop will require sophisticated technical solutions. But there is a clear understanding of the necessary steps, they sang in Ukrenergo.
18.07 Ukraine has announced that the trilateral cooperation from the USA and the Russian Federation will be on par with the teams in Abu Dhabi until the 10th leaf fall. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this at a press conference with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Rob Ötten at Haazi.
17.48 On the territory of Belarus, the robotic repeaters will continue to be detected, which will strengthen the signal for Russian drones to attack Ukraine. Their work is recorded periodically, and the environment changes. Currently, the increase in the number of Russian troops near the Ukrainian cordon is not being guarded, according to the river officer of the State Cordon Service of Ukraine Andriy Demchenko.
17.44 Russia began to release grain ships from the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Channel, where shipping was blocked in the lime trees. This is reported by Reuters based on communications to market participants.
Following the words of the Spivrozmovniks, two ships have already passed through the channel. Other officials reported that the procedure for the official registration of ships, which are completely ready before departure, is being printed. According to unofficial data, travel will be allowed during the period from 1 to 15 leaf fall.
Two more ships decided to prepare to leave under the convoy of the ships, which had been standing around in disrepair on board for such a difficult hour.
Russia and Ukraine periodically carry out attacks on ships and port infrastructure in the Azov-Black Sea basin. On October 10, the Russian side restricted shipping in the Sea of Azov due to the complicated situation in the region. This led to a great deal of travel from the Don ports.
17.26 Russia is still “in contact” with the American businessman and the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, as well as low-orbital satellite groups that do not care about all the “political nutrition”. Russian ruler Volodymyr Putin said this about the opening of the exhibition between Russia and Africa on Wednesday.
16.55 Near Khmelnitsky, the Military Law Enforcement Service (VSP) checked a Tesla Model Y car with military license plates, which were marked as part of the territorial center for recruitment and social support (TCC and SP). The identity of the TCC drivers to the car was not confirmed, however, it was clear that the license plates were installed illegally in order to avoid fines for excess fluidity.
The inspection was carried out after the car caused a resonance in social circles. Law enforcement officers installed the vehicle and cleaned it up. Behind the data of the VSP, behind the scenes, he was a dignified military service member of the ZSU - a soldier born in 1990, who served as a sapper in one of the military units.
16.46 Great Britain will provide additional financial support to Ukraine with an additional debt of 10 billion pounds sterling. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on Telegram via telephone with British Prime Minister Endy Burnham on Wednesday.
16.27 Special forces fighters of the Primari of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine will continue to attack the radio-electronic infrastructure of the Russian military. Among the targets are antennas, drone relays, electronic warfare systems and equipment for suppressing Starlink.
16.18 The legacy of the Russian missile attack on the Pivdenny Bridge in Kiev damaged many elements - the concrete purlin, highways, metro structures and communications engineers. The Kiev Municipal Administration (KMDA) reported this.
16.13 The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, informed that international partners are being forced to inform his name, attempting to withhold information from the entire negotiations.
“As diplomatic efforts are intensified, we are once again recording messages that are being sent to representatives of the diplomatic corps and our partners in various countries. We are asked to establish contact with such representatives and to cancel information about Ukraine’s work with partners and international negotiations,” the head of the SZR said.
You must not respond to such notifications and do not transmit the necessary information “as you would like to least doubt to the contact.”
15.36 The European Commission was previously informed about the telephone conversation between the President of Finland Alexander Stubb and the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store with the Russian ruler Volodymyr Putin, as It was the 27th of June. This was stated by the head of the European Commission, Paula Pigno. Brussels spoke of the importance of Europe's united position in contacts with the Kremlin. For now, Brussels does not have sufficient readiness of the head of the Kremlin for peace negotiations.
14.48 In Ukraine, the rules for wearing light masks at night, keeping roads and highways clear of light may be revised. This was reported by the Presidential Adviser for Defense Technologies Sergiy “Flash” Beskrestnov.
In his words, in 2022 the population of light-masked people was led through fear and unreasonable situations. Now, in the opinion of “Flash,” it is certain that we will have to face the threat of new threats.
A revision of the rules may be necessary if the Russians begin to massively exploit the Susanin optical navigation module on Geran-5 drones and other UAVs at night.
14.45 Defense forces hit three elements of the PPO in Russia and a warehouse of material and technical supplies near the village of Valer'yanivka in the Donetsk region. I told the ZSU General Staff about this.
14.41 Russia is developing a new platform for launching attack drones near the military airfield Millerovo in the Rostov region, which lies between the currently occupied territory of the Lugansk region. The Head Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported this.
Satellite images confirm the clearing of launch sites. The configuration of the object shows that it is used for the preparation and launch of jet strike drones, most likely "Geran-4", "Geran-5" and their modifications.
According to the latest estimates of the power steering, after the completion of the work, the Maidan can provide up to 100 launches per load.
14.15 Russian troops hit the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov with a combat drone, leaving one person dead and two more injured.
14.14 Ukraine is directly developing evacuation drones to assist military forces in situations where ground operations are impossible. The Ministry of Defense and the Brave1 defense innovation cluster are working hard to improve technology, the ministry’s press service reports.
The following criteria were prescribed for evacuation drones:
the board is guaranteed to carry 130 kg for a distance of 15 km;
The presence of an integrated linking system (at least 3 alternative types) can ensure survival in the minds of REB.
14.08 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands to meet with Prime Minister Rob Ötten. The Ukrainian leader posted about this on Facebook.
There will be negotiations about defense and economic cooperation, strengthening the Ukrainian civil defense industry and new opportunities to support Ukraine.
13.49 The Verkhovna Rada voted for the draft law on the state budget for 2027 at the first reading. The document was supported by 239 people's deputies.
The main priority of the state budget for the offensive is the financing of the security and defense sector, for which 4.88 trillion hryvnia were transferred, or 43.8% of the projected GDP.
13.34 The Netherlands has allocated 1.2 billion euros for foreign aid to Ukraine for the next three days. The press service informed the authorities of the Netherlands about this. In this package, the emphasis is on additional assistance in the areas of energy and water supply, as well as on business support.
13.27 Law enforcement officers uncovered a large-scale scheme, the participants of which stole drones from military units, changed the marking and again sold their armies under the guise of new ones. Security forces carried out over 100 raids in nine regions and Kiev. Among the over 600 UAVs deployed, more than 200 have already been identified as military units. They decided to check their approach. The value of the stolen military mine is approximately 16 million hryvnia.
During the hour of searching around the unmanned vehicles, we received 13 million hryvnias, 400 thousand dollars, gold, silver, goods and 15 cars.
For all 16 we suspect the court has formed a trimannia under the war with an alternative to the outpost. Evildoers face up to 15 losses of willpower.
13.08 In the coming fate, Ukraine may reject 70 billion euros to cover financial needs. Recently, Kiev’s allies, who are not part of the European Union, have agreed to provide less than 4 billion euros in aid for 2027 - against the 19 billion euros planned for the current period. According to the Financial Times, the EU, which has already approved a loan for Ukraine of 90 billion euros for 2026-2027, is looking for additional funding and calling on international partners to increase contributions.
12.42 The Kupyansk Kharkiv region is deprived of Ukrainian military and Russian species. The Russian troops were able to penetrate to the lower part of the place and consolidate there in small groups, but after the Veles operation no new effective tests of infiltration were recorded, the riverman said Grouping of united forces Viktor Tregubov.
12.17 On Wednesday, in several regions of Ukraine, new light connections were recorded due to Russian attacks on civil energy infrastructure. It is possible for energy companies to pay off everything in order to heal as soon as possible for all their impatient subscribers, they sang in Ukrenergo.
12.13 The Russian marketplace Ozon estimated traffic jams from drone attacks on 11 logistics facilities at 30.1 billion rubles. Based on the financial reporting for the third quarter of 2026, the amount of purchased goods increased, the value of property was spent, and other expenses. The company has insured some of the risks and is negotiating possible payments with the insurers.
Despite the earnings, Ozon ended the quarter with a net profit of 3.7 billion rubles. The company's revenue increased 1.6 times - to 421.2 billion rubles. During the quarter, the marketplace delivered 1.2 billion orders, which is 76% more than the sales volume for the same period.
11.51 Tim hourly exchange of robots Starlink/Starshield charged the robot 2 thousand. drones-perekhoplyuvachiv Bars. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a meeting with journalists, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
11.17 Counterintelligence officers captured two contract soldiers of the 291st motorized rifle regiment of the Pivden Military District of the Russian Federation on the front-line territory of Donetsk region. The smells were overpowering in the civilian area and were collapsing near Kiev, the SBU reported.
11.05 The United States asked to reschedule the gathering from Brussels due to the situation at the Close Gathering. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a meeting with journalists, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
10.58 Military intelligence of Ukraine has identified the person of the newly-liquidated Russian Naiman from Africa - a huge Botswanan Pako Namogang. Vin is the first identified Botswanan who was involved in the liquidation of the Russian war against Ukraine.
10.50 As a result of Russian shelling in the Donetsk region, two people died and three more were injured. In addition, the police recorded 1,431 casualties along the front line and in the residential sector of the region. According to law enforcement officials, 25 civilian objects were damaged and 12 civilian buildings were destroyed.
10.17 The intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine collected data from 49 Russian and Belarusian enterprises involved in the implementation of the low-orbit satellite system project wide-smooth data transmission Dawn. The project is of great importance to us, and its planned coverage is supported by Ukraine and the EU.
10.09 Vrancia On June 28, a Russian drone attacked Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region. A 15-year-old boy was wounded and was taken to the hospital with shrapnel wounds. As reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Police Department, Oleksandr Ganzha, after the strike the fire broke out in the area. Through the attack of the Russians, a number of garages were destroyed at the local garage cooperative, writing a special report for the region.
9.58 President Volodymyr Zelensky assessed the current situation between the leaders of the United States, China and Russia, stating that Moscow is most interested in this format of negotiations.
“What they might be talking about is China, Russia, America - it’s not exactly clear today. It’s crazy, they’ll be talking about the Near Shift. It’s crazy, they’ll be talking about Ukraine. Let’s not just say it out loud, but think about how it’s possible to restructure it like that,” said the head of state.
The President respected the fact that, in his opinion, he redistributed the flow between the three powers of the Nina, although Russia is already stuck in such a scenario.
“I would have a lot of respect for those who want this hawk more than anyone else. I respect that after Alaska there will be such a diplomatic friend, a serious advantage of Russia, since everything will turn out the same way as the Russians “throw in” Well, I think that Russia wants more for everyone. I think China wants less for everyone. I just don’t see any benefits for China and I certainly don’t see the benefits of this format for Russia. I'll be for zustrich. We would really like for our team in Abu Dhabi to last until this day,” Zelensky said.
9.45 In the occupied Oleshki of the Kherson region, the regime of silence has lasted for 30 years without a single incident. Having informed the Supreme Council of Ukraine for the rights of people Dmytro Lubinets, the continuation of home ownership is consistent with consistent communication with the leader of the rights of people in Russia Yana Lantratova. The parties maintain connections and coordinate the acquisition of achieved properties.
9.34 President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that after a telephone conversation between the leader of Finland Alexander Stubb and the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store with the Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin, that Moscow is seriously preparing for the fate of the planned trilateral alliance in Abu Dhabi.
Following the president’s words, before the meeting with Putin, Stubb and Store discussed with him the topic of the upcoming meeting of the negotiating groups. After contact with the Russian leader, they telephoned Zelensky again and transferred his position.
“In principle, they conveyed that it appears that the Russians are seriously preparing for the meeting in Abu Dhabi. The topics include the following: the first de-escalation measures, the main priorities for the Ukrainian “The sides are secure, and the key to ending this war,” the president said.
According to Zelensky, under the pressure of many technical groups, there is a hope for de-escalation terms in the energy sector, as well as at sea, the exchange of troops and their return home and discussions on what format There may be a tripartite alliance between the leaders.
9.22 In the middle of the 28th, drones attacked the Azot chemical plant near the town of Novomoskovsk, Tula region of Russia. Ukrainian monitoring channels Exilenova+ and Supernova+ assume that the AM-70 ammonia production unit could have been hit.
The governor of the Tula region, Dmitro Milyaev, announced a massive attack by drones on the region. In his words, through the fall of drones, Novomoskovsk has a large number of apartments and private living quarters, as well as infrastructure in the adjacent industrial zone. How the enterprise itself recognized the damage, Milyaev did not specify. Recently, we reported that laboratories of the regional installation Nature and Management of Russia were sent to the site.
8.34 At the beginning of the 28th, Russia attacked with an Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missile and 88 attack UAVs of the Shahed type (38 of them were jet), S8000 Banderol/Dan-T, Gerbera, and simulator drones of the Parody type.
The anti-aircraft defense has shot down/suppressed 71 enemy UAVs of the Shahed type (31 of them are jet), Gerbera, drones of other types, a dozen attack drones are still in the air, the combat robot is in trouble.
The occurrence of the enemy's attack was recorded in eight locations, as well as the fall of the downed (tricks) in two locations.
7.52 US President Donald Trump stated that he is not preparing to fight with the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and the ruler of Russia Volodymyr Putin. In his words, at the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war, significant progress has not yet been achieved.
“We are clearly in agreement with the nutrition of Russia and Ukraine. I will immediately pursue a fight with Putin and Zelensky,” Trump said.
7.35 The number of people who suffered as a result of the Russian strike on the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov has grown to five, among them there are four people.
This night, Russians again warned of a jet drone attack on the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov. As a result of the accident, two upper apartment and private living units, an overhead building and three military buildings caught fire.
The Zagalna area covered 2500 sq. m. Also damaged were a large number of residential buildings, garages and passenger cars.
7.20 From February 24, 2022 to June 28, 2026, military expenditures to the special warehouse of the Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,583,350 individuals (+1510 per addition).
5.25 Russian Volodymyr Putin spent almost the entire hour on the telephone with the President of Finland Alexander Stubb and the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre (Støre) giving them a “lecture” on the topic of Slovenian stories. About this article, Financial Times.
Negainya pripinennya vognyu - the main benefit of Ukraine for the beginning of the process of peaceful regulation - was not discussed at all, respect the media.
2.47 Interruptions in the Starlink robot for Ukraine highlighted the inferiority of Europe to US technology. The situation has fueled discussions about the need to develop satellite power systems. Bloomberg reports about this.
Problems with Ukraine's access to the new version of the Starlink satellite connection - Starshield - showed how important American space technologies are for the defense of Ukraine and the security of Europe.
1.59 The United States “did not take anything away” for assistance to Ukraine and European allies “worth 350 billion dollars,” as seen by the administration of ex-President Joe Biden. The venerable leader of the country, Donald Trump, said this at his pre-election rally, reports The National Desk.
It is clear that his administration has restored the US Army, as well as the great head of the state, Joe Biden, by “distributing its share.”
0.58 The administration of President Donald Trump is considering the possibility of introducing sanctions against Russia’s flagship sovereign investment fund, the Russian Direct Investment Fund, in 2022. is considered one of the most important instruments of the Kremlin’s international influx. The American newspaper The New York Times wrote about this, quoting.
0.34 A missile alert sounded in some regions of Russia on the evening of the 27th. Zokrem, over Lipetsk a counter-attack defense was carried out for reactive purposes. A fire broke out near the local metallurgical plant. This is reported by the monitoring Telegram channels Exilenova+ and Supernova+.
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[NewsFront] 20:58 During the day from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 90 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, Voronezh, Ryazan and Tula regions. 20:52 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the 61st Naval Infantry Brigade of the Center group destroyed three UAV control points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations north of the city of Dobropillya.
18:01 Today in the afternoon the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of drone strikes on logistics centers, energy infrastructure facilities, and sea vessels involved in delivering military supplies to Ukraine.
The strike damaged a logistics center in Kharkov, which houses the storage of military and dual-use cargo intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces; the PS-330 Lutsk-Severnaya electrical substation in Lutsk and the PS-330 Kovel electrical substation in Volyn Oblast, which support military industrial enterprises producing unmanned aerial vehicles and components for them, as well as logistics centers used to store military equipment.
In addition, a dry cargo vessel was hit during the sea crossing, delivering cargo to the port of Chornomorsk intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16:16 FPV interceptor operators of the BPS troops units from the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group blew up enemy aircraft-type UAVs in the LPR.
13:26 Air cover groups of the "Vostok" group destroyed a swarm of hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Upon detection of a target, the group's fighters immediately raise the "bird" into the sky and eliminate the enemy target.
12:17 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of October 28, 2026
Units of the North military group liberated the settlements of Alisovka in the Khar'kov region and Barilovka in the Sumy region during active operations.
In addition, in the Khar'kov region, the manpower and equipment of units of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Izbitskoye, Stary Saltov, Bugayevka and Rubizhne in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, the formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Luzhki and Sukhodol in the Sumy region.
The enemy lost more than 195 servicemen and six vehicles.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Glushchenkovo, Studenok, Monachinovka, and Smorodkovka in the Khar'kov region and Bogorodichnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 240 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 15 vehicles, two field artillery pieces, a Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, and six electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and airborne assault brigades and the naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Semenovka, Slavyansk, Kamyshevakha, and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 155 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 31 vehicles and three artillery pieces.
Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belozerske, Bokovoe, Kalinino, Shilovka, and Viktorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Ivanovka and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 335 military personnel, nine armored combat vehicles, 10 cars, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two airborne assault brigades, a Ukrainian assault regiment, and a naval infantry brigade near the villages of Berestovoe, Novoukrainka, Tersyanka, and Serhiivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 215 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, seven cars and an artillery piece.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the territorial defense brigade near the villages of Orekhov and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
10:30 T-80BV tank crews of the Vostok group destroyed targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
09:02 Crews of the 152mm Giatsint-B guns of the Vostok group smashed to pieces control points for hexacopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk region).
08:42 During the past night (from 20:00 Moscow time on October 27 to 08:00 Moscow time on October 28), air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 531 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tula regions and the Moscow region.
07:36 Nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Generalissimo Suvorov completed launch of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile in accordance with the combat training plan (Sea of Okhotsk).
The missile launch was conducted from an underwater position. The missile warheads successfully arrived at the designated test site within the estimated time.
07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Enemy advanced in the Korchakovka - Yunakovka area (-40.8 km2)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] Russian troops have liberated the villages of Barilovka in the Sumy region and Alisovka in the Kharkiv region. The Ministry of Defense reported this on October 28.
The department noted that military groups of the "North" forces had established control over populated areas. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) lost over 195 people in the group's area of responsibility in the past 24 hours.
They added that the Russian Armed Forces also struck energy facilities and the transport network used by the Ukrainian army.
The day before, Russian troops liberated the village of Obshchee in the Zaporizhzhia region. While executing their combat mission, soldiers were able to advance deep into enemy lines and dislodge Ukrainian forces from the village.
Between October 17 and 23, 13 settlements in the SVO zone came under Russian control. Specifically, Russian forces liberated Omelnyk, Tymoshivka, Chervony Yar, and Myrivka in the Zaporizhia region.
A week earlier, from October 10 to 16, Russian troops liberated 12 settlements in the special military operation zone. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the LPR was fully under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, with 10% of the DPR remaining to be liberated, and 16.5% in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Furthermore, as Putin noted, Russian military forces are creating a security zone in Ukraine's border regions to prevent shelling of Russian regions. The depth of this zone will depend on the intensity of Ukrainian air strikes on Russian territory.
Ukraine has received three proposals from the Russian Federation regarding territorial compromises—terms to which Putin is reportedly prepared to agree—though there are a few "buts" involved (!). These potential scenarios are being circulated by Ukrainian media.
▪️Option "A": Putin withdraws Russian forces from a "buffer zone" in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, as well as parts of the Zaporizhzhia region, and is prepared to establish a demilitarized zone along the Dnieper River—with one major "but" (!): this would be in exchange for the remainder of the Donbas currently held by Ukraine.
▪️Option "B": Putin agrees to forgo the military liberation of the occupied parts of the Donbas, provided that NATO withdraws its forces from countries bordering the Russian Federation—specifically Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
▪️Option "C": Putin secures the liberation of the entire Donbas, provided that Ukraine:
– ends the discrimination against the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian language at the legislative level;
– adopts a non-aligned status, backed by international guarantees (meaning it would not join any military alliances, such as NATO);
– and undergoes mandatory demilitarization.
You can bet your bottom dollar that Ukraine will choose option "D" instead! 😂🤡
Ukraine has received three proposals from the Russian Federation regarding territorial compromises—terms to which Putin is reportedly prepared to agree—though there are a few "buts" involved (!). These potential scenarios are being circulated by Ukrainian media.
▪️Option "A": Putin withdraws Russian forces from a "buffer zone" in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, as well as parts of the Zaporizhzhia region, and is prepared to establish a demilitarized zone along the Dnieper River—with one major "but" (!): this would be in exchange for the remainder of the Donbas currently held by Ukraine.
▪️Option "B": Putin agrees to forgo the military liberation of the occupied parts of the Donbas, provided that NATO withdraws its forces from countries bordering the Russian Federation—specifically Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
▪️Option "C": Putin secures the liberation of the entire Donbas, provided that Ukraine:
– ends the discrimination against the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian language at the legislative level;
– adopts a non-aligned status, backed by international guarantees (meaning it would not join any military alliances, such as NATO);
[intellinews] Russian internet group Yandex (MOEX: YDEX) has moved all three of its supercomputers to new sites after Ukrainian drones hit three of its data centres, the company told RBC on October 26.
The machines, named Lyapunov, Galushkin and Chervonenkis, were not damaged in the attacks, Yandex said. "They have been moved out of the locations where they previously were and are now being deployed at new computing sites," its press service said, adding that they would continue to run its services and train its foundation language models.
The move came as Russia's Ministry of Digital Development approved recommendations on protecting data centres from drones and other aerial threats, which call for the most important facilities to be built underground or in bunkers, Kommersant reported on October 26, citing a document it had seen. The rules apply to every data centre in Russia that is being designed, built or already operating, whoever owns it.
The developments come as Ukraine extends its campaign against the civilian economy to the servers that run Russia's search, payments, cloud and AI services. A week of strikes on Yandex sites in Sasovo in the Ryazan region, Kaluga and Vladimir from October 8 knocked out services for millions of users, and IT market sources have said replacing the destroyed equipment could take up to six months.
The Sasovo site housed two of the three supercomputers, which Yandex uses to train neural networks. Chervonenkis, the most powerful, ranked 19th in the world's Top500 list of supercomputers in 2021, according to the science outlet T-invariant. The three machines work independently rather than as one cluster, so they can sit in different places, a source close to the company told Forbes Russia.
The ministry's guidelines sort critical data centres into three categories according to the damage an attack would cause. The top category, K1, covers strategic sites whose loss could disrupt key government functions for an hour or more, and these are the ones that should go underground. Operators are also told to make their buildings harder to spot from the air and to combine physical reinforcement with electronic warfare kit and air-defence systems.
The industry had already been moving in that direction. State telecoms operator Rostelecom called for dispersed, high-security "doomsday" data centres earlier in October, and a Duma deputy suggested building them in exhausted coal pits in Kuzbass. Ukraine has since widened its target list beyond Yandex, hitting a Sberbank data centre in Balakovo in the Saratov region on October 14.
[intellinews] Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom says it is in advanced talks with Egypt, Togo, Namibia and Tanzania to supply floating nuclear power plants, although no construction contracts, financing agreements or deployment schedules have been announced.
Rosatom Chief Executive Alexei Likhachev identified the four countries on October 28 at the Russia–Africa Summit in Moscow, Reuters reported. He said a meeting between the Russian and Egyptian presidents the same day could improve prospects in Egypt. The company is proposing power purchase agreements (PPAs) under which it would supply electricity from floating nuclear facilities.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said before the summit that Vladimir Putin would hold 24 bilateral meetings with African leaders during the summit and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, and put Russia–Africa trade at more than $27bn in 2025. Mali said ahead of the gathering that it would press Moscow to fast-track a feasibility study with Rosatom for a nuclear power plant.
Vladimir Aptekarev, deputy head of Rosatom’s machine-building division, said each floating unit would generate approximately 100MW using RITM-200M reactors adapted for warmer climates. The vessels would be towed to coastal locations, with servicing and refuelling carried out in Russia.
Aptekarev said the units could operate for up to 60 years and described a floating unit as “a good entry point” for countries seeking nuclear capability. He said 38 African countries had coastlines suitable for hosting a floating unit, although no country-specific site assessments were disclosed.
Rosatom already has interests in two of the four countries. Namibia, the world’s third-largest producer of uranium oxide, discussed joint work on uranium deposits and preparations for a framework intergovernmental agreement on peaceful nuclear energy with Rosatom in January. In Tanzania, Rosatom subsidiary Mantra Tanzania is developing the Mkuju River uranium project, which the government reaffirmed its support for after President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s state visit to Russia in June.
Rosatom separately signed a memorandum of understanding with Togo’s Energy Ministry on October 28 covering nuclear power and non-power applications. The memorandum, signed by Likhachev and Robert Koffi Messan Eklo, Togo’s minister delegate for energy, sets up working groups to assess project opportunities, develop skills and build public support for nuclear power, but contains no construction commitment. Likhachev described floating power units as one promising area for cooperation.
The Russian group is already building Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power station, comprising four 1,200MW VVER-1200 reactors with combined generating capacity of 4,800MW. Once operational, it would become Africa’s second commercial nuclear power station after South Africa’s Koeberg facility. Initial fuel delivery for Unit 1 is scheduled for 2027, with grid connection targeted for 2028, and Rosatom is in talks to add two more units that would lift capacity to 7.2GW.
The project has also drawn complaints from the client. In a letter sent in June and reported by Politico in August, Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority alleged defects in the foundation slabs of Units 1, 2 and 3 and problems with concrete structures at Unit 4.
Rosatom operates the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power station in Russia’s Chukotka region, commissioned in 2020 and currently the world’s only operating floating nuclear plant. It uses older KLT-40S reactors rather than the RITM-200M design proposed for Africa. Rosatom is also building four floating units to power a copper mining hub in Chukotka.
On October 16, Rosatom signed an electricity supply agreement with Indonesia’s PT Pembangkit Listrik Nuklir for two proposed floating units totalling 200MW off northern Halmahera Island in North Maluku. Rosatom expects first power about five years after the contract’s key terms take effect, and no comparable deployment agreement has been announced with the four African countries. Under Rosatom’s model, the floating units remain under its ownership and operation, and customers pay for the electricity they use. Built-in social hostages.
**Akademik Lomonosov** is Russia's first and currently only **operating floating nuclear power plant**, serving as the world’s northernmost nuclear facility. It is a non-self-propelled barge docked in **Pevek**, Chukotka, providing **60%** of the energy for the western Chukotka region and Chersky in Yakutia.
**Akademik Lomonosov – Quick facts:**
* **Operator:** Owned by **Rosatom** and operated by **Rosenergoatom**.
* **Reactor Type:** Two modified **KLT-40S** pressurized water reactors (icebreaker-derived), each generating 35 MWe.
* **Capacity:** Combined output of **70 MWe** electricity and **300 MW** thermal energy.
* **Status:** Commissioned in **May 2020**; has generated over **1.2 billion kWh** of electricity.
* **Physical Specs:** 144.4 meters long, 21,500 tonnes displacement, with a crew of 69.
**Future Fleet and Technology:**
Rosatom is expanding its floating nuclear capabilities with a planned fleet of **Floating Power Units (FPU-106)**. These newer units will utilize the **RITM-200S** reactor technology (derived from Arctic icebreakers) to deliver **106 MWe** per unit. The first of these, **PEB-106**, is being constructed to power a copper mining hub in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, marking the world’s first offshore atomic station dedicated to mineral extraction. Rosatom also targets international markets with 100 MWe units featuring **60-year service lives** and 10-year refueling intervals.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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