[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Hundreds of Russians have called for Putin to be overthrown in a show of public dissent against the dictator in St Petersburg.
A massive crowd was seen joining street musicians at Kazanskaya Square to sing banned anti-war lyrics on October 13.
Russian citizens jumped up and down as they sang the lyrics to Co-operative Swan Lake by Noize MC, a pro-Ukrainian rapper, which was being played by a band that had set up in the historic square.
They chanted in Russian: 'Where have you been for eight years, you f***ing monsters? I want to watch ballet, let the swans dance. Let your grandpa tremble with excitement for Swan Lake.'
Lyrics also include: 'When the czar dies, we'll dance again. The old man still clings to his throne, afraid to let go. Old man in the bunker, still thinks it's nineteen eighty-five.'
The song became something of an anti-war anthem for Russia's youth, who have long detested Putin's regime and his invasion of Ukraine, which is now threatening to harm targets in Russia.
Noize MC, whose real name is Ivan Alekseev, fled to Lithuania shortly after Russia launched its invasion in 2022.
A St Petersburg court banned the distribution of the song in May, following a lawsuit in April.
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[Korrespondent] However, the General Staff has not yet recorded any fighting in the Severo-Slobodskoy, Kursk, or Gulyai-Polye directions.
Since the beginning of the day, the Russian occupation army has carried out 99 assaults on the front. The overwhelming majority of the fighting is taking place in three directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report as of 4:00 PM on Wednesday, October 15.
Thus, in the Yuzhno-Slobodsky direction, Ukrainian troops repelled eight attacks near Vovchansk, Vovchanskie Khutory, Kamyanka, Kutkovka, and in the direction of Okhrimovka, Odradne, and Bologovka. Two more clashes are ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked once in the area of Stepova Novoselovka.
In the Liman sector, Ukrainian Armed Forces units repelled six attacks near the villages of Grekovka, Kolodyagi, Novoselovka, and Derilovo. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, our soldiers repelled five attacks near Serebryanka, Yampol, Dronovka, Vyyomka, and Fyodorovka. Two combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, one battle took place near Predtechnoye.
In the Konstantinovka direction, Russian occupiers launched 19 assaults near the settlements of Pleshchyivka, Shcherbinovka, Kleban-Byk, Aleksandro-Kalinove, and Rusin-Yar. Three combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian forces have carried out 31 assaults on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near the settlements of Volodymyrivka, Nikanorovka, Mirolyubovka, Novoekonomichnoe, Promen, Lisovka, Pokrovsk, Zvirovoe, Chunyshyn, Udachnoe, Kotlyarovka, Gorikhovoe, and Filiya. Twenty-six attacks have already been stopped.
In the Aleksandrovsk direction, the invaders attempted to break through 17 times near the villages of Zeleny Gai, Ivanovka, Aleksandrograd, Sichnevoye, Sosnovka, Alekseyevka, Novomikolayevka, Novogrigorovka, Malinovka, and Poltavka. Five clashes are still ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, the enemy attacked four times in the areas of Kamyansky, Plavni and Stepovoye.
Three enemy attacks were repelled in the Dnieper direction.
However, the General Staff has not yet recorded any fighting in the Severo-Slobodskoy, Kursk, or Gulyai-Polye directions.
As a reminder, Russia lost over 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of October 14. The aggressor country's total losses are approaching 1.2 million.
The front is boiling. Russia has restored its well-known assault tactics.
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[NewsFront] 21:41 In the period from 16:00 to 21:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region. 21:17 A fighter with the call sign “Mio”, who fought alone against five Ukrainian Armed Forces militants, presentedto the title of Hero of Russia.
"Throwing a grenade isn't difficult; it's more difficult to understand how the enemy will react and take the right position in time. I did everything correctly—the mission was accomplished with flying colors," the soldier said.
20:22 DPRK soldiers performed the legendary "Katyusha" in Korean.
19:42 Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate the criminal actions of Ukrainian militants against residents of the DPR, Kherson and Kursk regions.
According to reports from executive authorities, a woman was killed and another civilian was wounded in the city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of artillery shelling by Ukrainian armed forces.
In the Kakhovka district of the Kherson region, two men were injured as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A police officer was injured in the Belovsky district of the Kursk region as a result of an enemy drone strike.
18:28 Units of the Center group of forces, as a result of decisive actions knocked out enemy from fortified positions in the Krasnoarmeysk direction and cleared the territory of the village of Novopavlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the operation, the main firing positions and strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed. The remaining Ukrainian militants fled the battlefield.
17:42 Three civilians suffered from the strikes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the village of Kozynka in the Graivoron district, the head of the Hora-Podilskyi territorial administration and the deputy head of the Kozynskyi territorial administration were injured in a drone attack. The man suffered a mine blast injury and shrapnel wound to the chest, while the woman suffered a mine blast injury and shrapnel wounds to her leg and lower back. The victims went to the Graivoron Central District Hospital, where they are receiving all necessary medical care.
In the village of Berezovka in the Borisovsky District, a moving passenger car was attacked by an FPV drone. The driver was injured. A volunteer volunteer squad transported him to the Borisovsky Central District Hospital. He was diagnosed with a mine blast injury, barotrauma, and shrapnel wounds to his leg, shoulder, and back. Medics are providing him with all necessary medical care, after which he will be transferred to City Hospital No. 2 in Belgorod.
16:25 In the period from 13:00 to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region.
15:30 Mercenary from Georgia in absentia convicted for participation in the armed conflict on the Ukrainian side
The court found the evidence collected by the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation sufficient to sentence Georgian citizen Akaki Berianidze in absentia. He was found guilty in absentia of committing a crime under Part 3 of Article 359 of the Russian Criminal Code (participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict).
The investigation and the court established that since March 2022, Berianidze, as a mercenary in a Ukrainian armed formation, has been participating in combat operations against representatives of the security forces of the DPR, LPR, and servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for monetary compensation.
14:41 Calculation of the ISDM "Agriculture" of the "Center" group of forces blocked routes for movement and delivery of supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Military engineers fired a salvo of rockets with programmable ammunition, creating minefields in an area of high Ukrainian Armed Forces activity.
13:43 In the period from 8:00 to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region.
13:15 Enemy inflicts attacks on civilians in the Kherson region, two people injured
In Chaplinka, two young men were wounded and taken to the Chaplinka Central District Hospital for treatment, Governor Saldo reported.
In Velyka Lepetikha, militants struck a civilian vehicle with an FPV drone. The vehicle was completely destroyed.
In Knyaz-Grygorievka, houses were damaged, and a civilian vehicle parked in the yard burned.
In Novaya Mayachka, the forestry and hunting administration building was partially destroyed.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces also struck Oleshky, Velyki Kopani, Gornostayevka, Dnepryany, Zavodovka, Kairy, Kakhovka, Kardashinka, Kazachiy Lagery, Novaya Zburyevka, Novaya Kakhovka, and Peschane.
12:40 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 15, 2025
Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position, defeating formations of three mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Korchakovka, Pavlovka, Proletarske, Kondratovka, Varachino, and Sadki in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the village of Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 service members, seven armored combat vehicles, an anti-aircraft missile system, a German-made Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, 10 vehicles, and two Western-made field artillery pieces. An electronic intelligence station, an ammunition depot, and nine supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Shiykovka, Moskovka, Petrovka, and Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region and Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 220 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, 26 cars, an artillery piece, seven electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the front line. They defeated units of six mechanized and airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Sloviansk, Stepanivka, Ivanopol, Seversk, Berestok, Kondratovka, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 175 service members, a US-made HMMWV armored fighting vehicle, a Cossack armored car, 18 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations and three supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of six mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, two assault brigades, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and three National Guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Belitskoye, Novonikolaevka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Vladimirovka and Novopodgorodnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Units of the "East" group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novoye, Novouspenovskoye, Uspenovka, Poltavka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Danilovka, Privolye and Kolomiytsy in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy lost up to 290 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, an armored combat vehicle, 16 vehicles, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the heavy mechanized and mechanized brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Olhivka and Antonivka in the Kherson region, and Primorskoye and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, 14 vehicles, five field artillery pieces, including two US-made 155mm M-777 howitzers and a 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery unit, as well as an electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
12:10 Units of the Center group of forces as a result of active offensive actions released the settlement of Novopavlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the East group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defenses andcompletedLiberation of the village of Alekseevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
10:52 UFSB of Russia for the Zaporizhzhia region revealed the activities of Russian citizen Lavrik Ruslan Yuryevich, born in 1970, who was detained on suspicion of treason, were stopped.
During the investigation of the criminal case initiated under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (treason), it was established that Lavrik R. Yu. transferred funds to bank accounts used by the armed forces of ZeReih in April–May 2024.
10:25 Self-propelled233mm 2S1 howitzer crews "Gvozdika" of the "North" group of forces destroyed strongholds, UAV control points, military equipment and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov direction.
The 152mm Giatsint-B crew of the Center group of forces eliminated a fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
An artillery crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer from the Vostok group of forces hit Ukrainian Armed Forces positions and an AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery station in the Zaporizhzhia region.
9:21 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian military drones attacked civilians of the Belgorod and Kursk regions
An enemy FPV drone attacked a Lada car in the village of Belitsa, Belovsky District, Kursk Region. The strike killed a woman born in 1979, and left a 69-year-old man with acupuncture and a concussion. Another drone attack occurred in the village of Peschanoye, injuring a 49-year-old man.
A Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a moving vehicle on the Rylsk-Lgov highway in the Kursk region. The strike injured a 45-year-old woman, who suffered a closed head injury, a concussion, and acupuncture.
In the Valuysky District of the Belgorod Region, a drone attacked a passenger car on the Kazinka-Ryabiki highway. The driver suffered a mine blast injury, barotrauma, and a shrapnel wound to the thigh.
9:05 Strikes in Dnipropetrovsk regionwere struck targets in Pavlograd, Kamenskoye, and the Slavgorod community. Energy facilities, transport, and industrial infrastructure were damaged.
8:25 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed and 59 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
17 – over the territory of the Rostov region,
12 – over the territory of the Volgograd region,
11 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Nine – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Four – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Three – over the Black Sea,
One – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One – over the territory of the Kursk region,
one – over the territory of the Oryol region.
8:12 Crews of T-72B3M tanks of the Southern Military District inflicted a series of precise strikes on a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold located in a forest belt in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Tank crews from the "East" force group targeted fortified positions and nationalist manpower, destroying an enemy field ammunition depot in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
8:00 Crews of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the Zapad group of forces destroyed armored vehicles and disrupted the rotation of personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Krasnolimansk direction, video.
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[Regnum] Hunters in Khakassia have shot the second large bear in a week that had approached people. Valentina Filimonova, the mayor of Abakan, reported the incident on October 15.
According to Filimonova, hunters neutralized a bear in the Pensioner dacha community. The animal was causing damage to apiaries. The predator was shot after destroying several beehives in the dacha plots.
"Our guys are currently flying over areas where bears have been seen in the past to determine whether the city's surroundings are generally bear-free," the mayor wrote on her Telegram channel.
In a conversation with TASS, Filimonova clarified that this is the second bear to approach people and be shot since the beginning of this week. Earlier this week, a predator was neutralized on the grounds of the Gornyak dacha community. The mayor added that over 20 bear sightings in the immediate vicinity of the city have been recorded since the beginning of autumn.
On the morning of September 25, a bear attacked a woman on school grounds in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The bear was quickly eliminated thanks to reports from residents of the Kamchatka capital. The woman injured in the bear attack died in the hospital.
On September 21, a female bear mauled a woman who was picking berries in a forest in the Sakhalin Region. According to Kirill Lushin, head of the Sever search team, the search party found the woman's body. Boots and a bucket were scattered nearby, along with traces of blood.
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