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[Regnum] The coming winter in Russia will be colder than last year, according to Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center.
"The preliminary forecast is that this winter's average temperatures will be around and even above normal. Overall, it won't be a cold winter, but compared to last year's, temperatures are predicted to be significantly lower, so yes, it will be colder," TASS quotes the forecaster as saying.
The Hydrometeorological Center has published a weather forecast for the coming winter in Russia on its website. Average monthly temperatures in December across most of the country are expected to be near long-term averages. Only in the northeast of the Far East are temperatures forecast to be below normal in the first month of winter. Meanwhile, across Russia, December will be colder than in 2024.
Forecasters predict that January will be colder than 2025 in most of European Russia and in the central and southern regions of the Ural and Siberian Federal Districts.
February 2026 will be warmer than last year in the eastern Central and Southern Federal Districts, most of the Volga Federal District, the Urals Federal District, the western Siberian Federal District, and most regions of the Southern Federal District. In the northern half of Krasnoyarsk Krai and western Yakutia, the upcoming final month of winter will be colder than last year.
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[Korrespondent] Russian troops are conducting the largest number of attacks in the Pokrovsky direction. Specifically, 51 combat clashes have occurred there since the start of the day.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has recorded 198 combat clashes since the start of the day. This was confirmed by the General Staff's evening report on Friday, October 10.
Twelve combat engagements occurred in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions. The enemy launched 101 artillery attacks, including two from multiple launch rocket systems.
Today the enemy attacked 24 times in the South Slobodskoy direction.
The enemy has made 11 offensive attempts in the Kupyansk area. Three clashes are still ongoing.
In the Liman sector, the Defense Forces repelled 14 assaults. Another eight clashes are still ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy attacked seven times in the areas of Dronovka, Yampol and Grigoryevka.
Since the beginning of the day, Russian units have carried out one attack in the Kramatorsk direction.
Today, 16 military clashes occurred in the Konstantinovsky direction.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy has made 51 attacks since the beginning of the day. Our defenders are holding back the enemy onslaught and have already stopped 47 enemy attacks. Fighting continues in four locations.
As reported, according to preliminary data, 198 occupiers have been neutralized in this area today, 140 of whom were permanently destroyed. Furthermore, Ukrainian forces destroyed one artillery system, eight vehicles, and 61 UAVs. Our forces also destroyed six armored combat vehicles, one artillery system, and 12 enemy personnel shelters.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, Ukrainian defenders have repelled 21 attacks by the invaders. Five more clashes are ongoing.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Gulyai-Polye direction, but carried out airstrikes in the areas of the settlements of Zaporizhzhia and Zheleznichnoye.
In the Orekhov direction, the occupiers attempted seven times to advance forward on the positions of our troops in the Kamyansky, Stepovoy and Plavni areas.
In the Dnieper direction, enemy units made five unsuccessful attempts to storm the positions of our units.
The General Staff recognized the soldiers of the 40th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade, who are effectively holding back the enemy.
As we wrote earlier, Russia lost another 1,120 of its soldiers in the war against Ukraine over the past 24 hours.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed two Russian "Solntsepёk" tanks near Kupyansk.
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[Korrespondent] Odessa has come under attack from Russia: local public groups are reporting damage to energy infrastructure.
On the night of October 11, Russian forces launched attack drones into Ukrainian territory. Several regions came under fire. In particular, Russian occupiers launched a massive attack on Odesa. The enemy targeted critical infrastructure in the city. Preliminary reports indicate hits, according to local media.
As a result of enemy shelling, power outages have already been reported in the city, leaving some residents without power.
The head of the Odessa OVA, Oleg Kiper, reported that air defense is operating in the city.
The air force and local authorities reported activity by several drone groups near Chuguev in the Kharkiv region. Enemy drones are moving through Sedniv toward Chernihiv and through Okhtyrka toward Poltava Oblast.
In the Chernihiv region, drones were recorded flying near Novgorod-Siverskyi, and in the Kharkiv region, near Lozova.
Individual drone groups are observed flying over the Black Sea. From there, they head toward the Odesa region, specifically Odesa and Chornomorsk.
Air defense forces are working to destroy targets in several regions. Potential damage or casualties are being determined.
As a reminder, on the evening of October 10, Russian troops launched a drone strike on official vehicles of JSC Chernihivblenergo near the village of Zhadovo in the Semenivka community, located in the border area of Chernihiv Oblast.
Russia is massively attacking the Kharkiv region: fires are raging in Chuguev
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[NewsFront] 21:54 Fighters of the Center group of forces are actively destroying enemy infantry and equipment day and night.
In support of the offensive, precision strikes on targets are carried out by attack drone operators –VIDEO
21:26 PM, Hulyai-Pole district, Zaporizhzhia region. Russian Armed Forces advanced toward Poltavka and took up positions along the Yanchur River.MAP
19:51 This morning the Ukrainian Armed Forces made another attempt to attack Alekseevka in Sumy Oblast
The enemy assault group was destroyed by mortar fire from the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "North" group of forces; no positions were lost. The settlement is under the control of the Severyans.
19:45 Ministry of Defense Russian Federation:
Attack UAV operators from the Vostok group of forces destroyed an American AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery station and heavy hexacopters of the Baba Yaga type in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Attack UAV crews from the Center group of forces burned Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles in the Krasnoarmeysk direction of the Northern Military District.
Operators of FPV attack drones from the Northern Forces Group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces military equipment in the Khar'kov region.
UAV crews of the Center group of forces disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Krasnoarmeysk direction of the Northern Military District.
Drone operators from the Dnepr group of forces destroyed enemy artillery, repeaters, and UAV control centers in the Zaporizhzhia region.
FPV drone crews from the Ivanovo paratroopers' reconnaissance unit destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces watercraft in the Kherson region.
18:11 Destruction of a UAV launcher of the 156th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by a concentrated influx of FABs in the village of Oktyabrskoye, –video.
17:20 Russian Armed Forces are rapidly advancing east of Okhotnichye and continuing their assault on Poltavka in the Hulyai-Pole district of the Zaporizhzhia region. Forward units have taken up positions along the Yanchur River. MAP.
16:32 Ministry of Defense Russian Federation:
Crews of 203mm 2S7 "Pion" high-power cannons from the "West" force group destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces fortified area in the Khar'kov region.
Artillerymen of the "East" force group hit fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the "Akatsiya" self-propelled howitzer in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.
15:22 Tank crews of the Eastern Group of Forces provided fire support for assault units during the liberation of the village of Novovasilevskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
15:11 Russian soldiers of the Northern Guard destroy the artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border zone, VIDEO
13:18 Zaporizhia Oblast. Russian troops entered Poltavka in the Hulyai-Pole district.MAP
12:49 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation from October 4 to October 10, 2025.
In response to the Kyiv regime's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike tonight using long-range, land- and air-based precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, as well as strike drones, against energy infrastructure facilities supporting the operation of Ukraine's military-industrial complex.
The strike's objectives have been achieved. All designated targets have been hit.
Furthermore, during the week, a massive strike and six group strikes were carried out using high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles, which hit military industrial enterprises and the energy facilities of Ukraine that supported them, railway and maritime infrastructure used for transporting weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, fuel depots, storage sites and preparation sites for the launch of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists and foreign mercenaries.
Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, a Jaeger, an airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades.
In the Khar'kov direction, as a result of active operations, the village of Otradnoye in the Khar'kov region was liberated.
The formations of two mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades were defeated.
Over the past week, in the North Forces Group's area of responsibility, enemy losses amounted to more than 1,355 service members, two tanks, 12 armored combat vehicles, 63 vehicles, and 21 field artillery pieces. Two HIMARS multiple launch rocket system launchers and a US-made MLRS multiple launch rocket system launcher, five counter-battery and electronic warfare stations, and 45 ammunition and materiel depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" group of forces defeated formations of six mechanized, an airmobile, and an assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade.
The enemy lost over 1,575 service members, 33 armored combat vehicles, including ten foreign-made, 141 motor vehicles, and 10 field artillery pieces, including four from NATO countries. Forty-three ammunition depots and 36 electronic warfare and counter-battery stations were destroyed.
As a result of decisive actions by units of the Southern Group of Forces, the settlements of Kuzminovka and Fedorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic were liberated.
The destruction of Ukrainian armed forces in the area south of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir in the Donetsk People's Republic has been completed. The personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated.
Over the past week, Ukrainian armed forces in this area have lost up to 1,115 service members, three tanks, including a German-made Leopard tank, 25 armored combat vehicles, five of which were Western-made, 102 vehicles, and 18 field artillery pieces. Nine electronic warfare and counter-battery stations, 23 ammunition, fuel, and supply depots have been destroyed.
Units of the "Center" group of forces continue active offensive operations in the Donetsk People's Republic and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Formations of seven mechanized brigades, two Jaeger brigades, an airborne assault brigade, three airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and three National Guard brigades have been defeated.
The enemy lost more than 3,120 servicemen, four tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, 12 artillery pieces and three electronic warfare stations.
Over the past week, units of the "East" military group liberated the settlements of Novovasilevskoye and Novogrigorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a national guard brigade.
The enemy's losses in this direction amounted to over 2,360 servicemen, three tanks, 12 armored combat vehicles, 108 automobiles, eight field artillery pieces, and seven electronic and counter-battery warfare stations.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, a coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 445 service members, 34 vehicles, and six artillery pieces. Twenty-nine electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, eight ammunition and supply depots, were destroyed.
11:05 Geran-2 UAV crewsburnedtemporary deployment point of the 48th Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Lozovoe in the Kupyansk direction.
10:26 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in Volchansk, –MAP.
09:31 Russian Aerospace Forces crews smashed temporary deployment point and control point for enemy UAVs.
As a result of reconnaissance activities in the Khar'kov region, a temporary deployment point of the 154th Separate Mechanized Brigade and a UAV control point of the 77th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were discovered in the areas of the settlements of Vishnevoe and Boguslavka.
The command decided to launch strikes using the FAB-3000 aerial bomb and the LMUR Kh-39 aerial missile.
08:20 In the period from 07:00 Moscow time to 08:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed nine Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black Sea.
07:30 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 23 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
10 UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
10 UAVs – over the waters of the Black Sea,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region.
05:03 Ministry of Defense Russian Federation:
A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew from the Center group of forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Artillerymen from the Southern Group of Forces hit UAV control points and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Konstantinovsky direction.
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[Regnum] Russia is ready for certain reciprocal steps to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, but this requires Washington's engagement with European and Ukrainian leaders. This was stated by Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov on October 10, commenting on the results of the meeting in Alaska between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
"We made certain concessions there (in Anchorage), to be honest. Our president is prepared to do so. This concession, or rather, our step forward, is linked to what the Americans should gain from the European-Ukrainian bloc," Ushakov clarified in an interview with Kommersant.
According to Putin's aide, Trump understands the problem and has sorted out many issues.
The day before, Ushakov noted that claims that the Anchorage momentum had been exhausted were fundamentally incorrect. Contacts between representatives of the Putin and Trump administrations on a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict are held regularly, and they are based specifically on the agreements reached in Alaska. Ushakov clarified that these agreements are not popular with the Europeans or representatives of the Kyiv regime.
On October 10, Putin stated that he generally assessed the results of the Anchorage summit as positive. He added that efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine are currently being built on the provisions discussed at the Anchorage meeting. Trump described his meeting with Putin in Alaska as productive and noted that, although a deal on Ukraine has not yet been concluded, the chances of reaching an agreement are high.
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[Regnum] On the night of October 10, in response to terrorist attacks by the Kyiv regime, Russian troops launched a massive strike on energy facilities supporting Ukraine's military-industrial complex. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense press service.
"A massive strike was launched using long-range, high-precision, ground- and air-based weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, as well as strike drones, against energy infrastructure facilities supporting the operation of Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises," the statement said.
The strike targets were achieved, all designated objects were hit.
On October 10, the Defense Ministry also reported that over the past week, the Russian Armed Forces launched a major strike and six group strikes against Kyiv regime military industrial facilities and associated energy facilities, as well as railway and maritime infrastructure. Russian troops are conducting active offensive operations in the DPR and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, liberating five settlements in the past week.
Ukrainian military forces have recently intensified attacks on civilian targets and energy facilities in Russia. Specifically, on the evening of September 27, the Zaporizhzhia region was left without power as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on energy facilities. Kyiv's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, threatened to impose a blackout in the Belgorod and Kursk regions. The Russian Ministry of Defense has repeatedly emphasized that Russian forces strike only military targets and those used for military purposes.
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