Looks like Russia has similar problems with organized crime, AKA the left and the Democrats. Nice to see they’re cleaning things up a bit, too.
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[Regnum] The Federal Security Service (FSB), together with the police, detained more than 20 individuals involved in organizing illegal migration and embezzling funds allocated for state defense procurement. This was reported on October 27 by the FSB Public Relations Center (PRC).
"The FSB, in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Perm, Rostov, Novgorod, and Ivanovo regions, stopped the illegal activities of the heads of several commercial companies related to the organization of an interregional criminal organization that operated to facilitate illegal migration and embezzle budget funds allocated for state defense contracts," the Center for Public Relations clarified.
By court order, 21 people were remanded in custody, and two more were placed under house arrest.
Previously, a criminal case was opened in the Nizhny Novgorod Region for the embezzlement of over 250 million rubles during the fulfillment of a state defense contract. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, from 2020 to 2025, a commercial company received funds under contracts with a research and development company, including for employee salaries. However, the employees were fictitiously employed, and the perpetrators pocketed their wages.
Prior to this, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case regarding the theft of more than 176 million rubles during the fulfillment of a state defense contract in Sevastopol.
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[Regnum] Moscow could be blanketed in snow as early as early next week, on November 2. Alexander Ilyin, a forecaster at the Meteo forecasting center, toldRegnum News Agency on Tuesday, October 27.
As early as the first days of November, summer tires will be unsafe to drive on Moscow roads due to the first snowfall. Drivers are advised to switch to winter tires by the end of October.
"The forecast already includes snowfall starting November 2-3. By the end of the first ten-day period, snowfall should be so abundant that a snow cover will even form. It's best to 'change your shoes' this coming weekend, " Ilyin noted.
A significant cold snap will also arrive with the start of November. Frosts are possible in Moscow by the middle of next week.
"November will start off quite like November. Daytime temperatures will drop to between 3 and 8 degrees Celsius. At night, it will start to freeze, and by the middle of the first ten days of November, it will drop to between -1 and -6 degrees Celsius," Ilyin added.
Earlier, Tatyana Pozdnyakova, chief specialist at the Moscow Meteorological Bureau, told Regnum News Agency that the first snow in Moscow and the Moscow region would likely appear in the first ten days of November, but a stable snow cover might not be established until early December.
In the Moscow region and central Russia, the first autumn frosts were recorded on the night of September 17. According to Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, the temperature dropped to -0.1 degrees Celsius.
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[Korrespondent] 19.09 President of Finland Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Stere, during a telephone conversation with the Russian ruler Volodymyr Putin, informed him about the need of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to “talk” especially, but they actually took away the cynical Vidmova. The aide to the head of the Russian Federation, Yuri Ushakov, said this in comments to Russian propagandists.
18.14 The Kiev City State Administration called on the media, administrators of information channels and social media not to expand the footage of the damage to the bridges of the capital, the secrecy of Pivdenny.
The local administration guessed about the rules of information security:
Vykorist to publish only those photos and videos that have been published in official settings;
do not publish or expand images that reveal details of damaged bridges;
Please remove previously posted materials that may contain sensitive information.
18.08 Russian ruler Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the President of Finland Alexander Stubb and the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre, stating that Russia is not ready to compromise now The whole Donbass will be consumed by its own intentions. Reuters reports this from dispatches to Dzherelo, close to the Kremlin.
17.15 Steel production in Ukraine has completely slowed down after a series of Russian attacks on metallurgical enterprises. This can be seen in the Al Jazeera TV channel’s report from the Kametstal plant near the Kamianske town in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
17.13 More children from the immediately occupied part of the Kherson region were returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine: five girls and three boys aged 7 to 16 years. The head of OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, told us about this.
16.57 Kiev plans to direct 1 billion UAH for the implementation of the project of creating combined water crossings across the Dnieper and the connecting routes before them. Vitaly Klitschko informed the capital about these measures in Telegram for pouches for the defense of Kiev.
In addition, the specialists of the capital's profile installations will need to develop additional technical solutions to preserve the design of bridge crossings across the Dnieper.
16.47 Italy is celebrating the end of 2025, the delivery of military aid to Ukraine was completed upon the completion of the 13th package. The reason for the delay was divisions in the middle of the right-wing ruling coalition. La Repubblica reports about this.
The latest delivery to Kiev is being carried out by Vice-Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, leader of the League party. These days, he publicly declared that Italy can no longer afford to support Ukraine, and added that he is ready to especially destroy the food chain at the meeting for the sake of ministers.
Officially, Rome did not disclose the replacement of the 13th package of military aid, which would result in a levy. Following the information of ZMI, you can transfer four batteries of SAMP/T NG anti-aircraft missile systems, Aster 30 surface-to-surface missiles, long-range radars and other equipment.
16.25 South Korea called all diplomats from Ukraine to the front of the line for the release of information about the transfer of two South Korean military units to Seoul. Seoul says that it has not yet been possible to resolve the conflict with Kiev. Recently, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Korea Cho Hyun said that Seoul’s position has not changed despite the support of Ukraine. New Korea continues to participate in conferences in Western Ukraine to provide humanitarian assistance and reach international efforts due to the outbreak of war.
16.07 Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the low military targets of the Russian occupiers in the urgently occupied territories (TOT) on June 26-27. The ZSU General Staff provided details.
15.43 At the military airfield Gvardiyske, near the quickly occupied Crimea, new shelters and equipment are being built for the preservation and maintenance of unmanned aircraft of the “Geranium” type. Analysts of the Dnipro Osint project learned about this after tracking satellite images.
15.40 Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk received information from the leaders of Finland and Norway about their telephone conversation with the Russian ruler Volodymyr Putin and pleased them save the sweetness during the hour of such contacts. Having told about this before the meeting, having informed Onet.
15.14 The Vostok battalion was informed in absentia about the suspicion of cruelty against the civilian population through the punishment of a local resident and the order to shoot him under the hour of occupation of Mariupol in 2022. The Office of the Prosecutor General was informed about this.
14.55 In Dergachi, Kharkiv region, the number of victims of the Russian missile strike on Tuesday, 27 June, has grown to five. According to the head of the Kharkiv Regional Police Department, Oleg Sinegubov, an incident at the warehouse was immediately recorded. The gas station and the car were also damaged.
14.46 Quiet mode in the Oleshok area in the Kherson region from 27 June to 22:59 week, 1 leaf fall. The head of the parliamentary faction, Servant of the People, David Arakhamia, who took part in the negotiation process until the end of the war, told Telegram about this.
“ This is the greatest deescalation since 2022. Quiet mode will be reduced from the 27th day to 22:59 of the first leaf fall. Skin-like deescalation is bringing closer peace in Ukraine,” - the author Arahamia.
14.23 Throughout the entire territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea, the supply of electricity was distributed through the disruption of main lines. In Sevastopol, the current schedule is “2 through 6” for four hours: every two years, electricity is supplied to the same people as each other. At this hour the other three cups are lost without light.
14.12 Russian ruler Vladimir Putin spoke about the so-called “proper reasons for the war” with Ukraine in the hour of negotiations with the President of Finland Alexander Stubb and the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store. The Kremlin press service reported this.
14.07 Before the end of the attack, Russian troops fired a number of ballistic missiles along the Pivdenny Bridge in Kiev. Renovating a damaged bridge deck will take time, but such things are difficult to repair. Yuriy Ignat, a representative of the ZSU Military Forces, stated this at the telethon.
“Bridges are not as easy to break down as one might think. If they are closed, this also causes a song of incompetence; it will take an hour to restore them,” said Ignat.
13.44 Law enforcement officers sought two lawyers from Kiev for extorting 150 thousand dollars from a company that produces drones for self-propelled units. The SBU reported this.
It was also established that before this offense, the lawyers fraudulently obtained another 55 thousand euros from the enterprise.
13.39 The Russian troops were unable to adequately expand the wedge on the Velikoburlutsky direct, but continued to speak to the military service of the Russian Federation about achieving success. About the chain of command of the Grouped United Forces, Viktor Tregubov, is on television.
13.17 President Volodymyr Zelensky greeted Rozmov with the leaders of Finland and Norway – Alexander Stubb and Jonans Gahr Stjore – after their contact with the Russian ruler Volodymyr Putin. I told you about the price on Telegram.
12.54 Prime Minister Sergey Koretsky instructed the Ministry of Renewal, Infrastructure and Transport to speed up work to renovate the Pivdenny place near Kiev after the missile attack of the Great Patriotic War. I told you about the price on Telegram.
12.42 Russia removes the Ukrainian population from the occupied left bank of the Kherson region and resettles its citizens there. The Head Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this.
In the forced areas of the Kherson region, Ukrainians have an unbearable life and a simmering atmosphere, often due to illegal savings in life and other objects of private power.
Before the start of the full-scale war, nearly 500,000 Ukrainians lived on the left bank of the Kherson region. Nini, according to rough estimates, they may lose as little as 10-20% of the pre-war population.
12.22 The Lord's Court of Kiev ordered the enterprise to pay the National Guard of Ukraine 24 million UAH in penalties for violating the delivery lines for defense goods. According to the prosecutor's office, the shutdown lasted 200 days. The Office of the Prosecutor General was informed about this.
12.16 The President of Finland Alexander Stubb and the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Store held a telephone conversation with the Russian ruler Volodymyr Putin. Stubb's office reported this.
11.57 In the island zone of the Dnieper delta in the Kherson region, the Ukrainian army, thanks to constant monitoring and modern technologies, reveals Russian assault groups even before the hour of their departure. If the enemy tries to gain a foothold on the islands, these groups will end up impoverished. Also, the Russians were not able to settle in the Korabel microdistrict near Kherson. The riverman of the 30th Marine Corps of the Navy ZSU Pavlo Drogal told about this. In his words, Ukrainian soldiers are also actively opposing Russian attacks on Kherson. He stated that 90-93% of Russian drones that are launched directly from the city will be either destroyed or suppressed.
11.52 Russian military forces on June 27 carried out a drone strike on a living hut in the village of Menskaya community. The victims of the attack were a woman and a 12-year-old child.
Yesterday, late in the evening, Russian couples attacked the village of the Kholminsky community. As a result, two donkeys and rulers caught fire. Two people were hurt - friends. They were given medical assistance at the hospital.
There were a lot of vibrations in Semenivtsi. Under Gerber's blow, the culture and life booths tripped over. At the place of intercourse - burning. The victims were an older woman and a 34-year-old man. It’s still close to night when the FPV drone takes over from the car. Near the village of Kozeletskaya community, a cow died due to a Geranium drone strike.
11.28 In seven regions of Ukraine, new light connections have been recorded due to Russian attacks on civil energy infrastructure. Ukrenergo reported about this. There, where safety precautions are allowed, emergency work will begin.
11.21 The legacy of Russian attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region left three people injured. Throughout the night, the Russians attacked five districts of the region more than 40 times.
Three people were injured in the Synelniki district. Vinikli burned in the rich upper living quarters, cars, private settlements and state-owned disputes.
In the Nikopol and Pavlograd regions, living buildings near the private sector were burning. The infrastructure of the Dnieper and Kamyansky districts is damaged, and the blame is on fire.
11.00 Counterintelligence officers tracked down in Odessa an agent of the Russian special services who was collecting intelligence to prepare sabotage and planning information provocations. The SBU reported this.
It was stated that a 21-year-old student worked on the Russian side. In the eyes of the Russian special services, he lost money if he made “easy” money in thematic Telegram chats.
10.43 Russia has made a serious escalation against logistics in Ukraine. And the troubling delays in the post-launch anti-aircraft missiles directly help Russia achieve the goals of its terrorist campaign. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this on Telegram.
10.36 Continuing the last achievement as a result of Russian attacks on Kharkov, three people died in 12 settlements in the region, and eight more were injured. Residential buildings, businesses, cars and other civil objects were recognized as having suffered damage. The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Sinegubov, announced this incident on Tuesday, June 27th.
10.18 In the Donetsk region, three people died as a result of Russian attacks, another 22 were injured, and perhaps 50 civilian buildings were damaged. Over the past 26 years, the police have recorded 1,768 strikes along the front line and the residential sector of the region. 10 settlements were caught in the fire.
10.17 In the Khmelnytsky region, as a result of massive Russian shelling, the energy infrastructure has experienced significant destruction. As reported in AT Khmelnytskyoblenergo, the energy infrastructure of the downstream part of the region recognized the ruin. Energy specialists work diligently at the sites of attacks and liquidate their legacy. Nowadays, the renewal of damaged equipment will require time and complex technical robots.
9.59 Camp at 9:00 on the 27th, the Russian side is approaching the fire regime in Oleshki in the Kherson region, reserved for carrying out a humanitarian mission. The Ukrainian military will continue to monitor the situation. As Pavlo Drogal, a riverman of the Marine Corps of Ukraine, reported, the Marine Corps must carefully monitor the development of the approach and control changes in the operational situation.
9.37 In Kharkiv region, a group was discovered that, for 12,000 dollars per person, helped military deserters to move beyond the cordon.
“Services” were expressed by the administrator of the Telegram channel: surplus parts, exported from the combat zone and illegal crossing of the cordon at checkpoints. The participants transported the military vehicles to the assembly point in Uman, and the spies in groups planned to take them to the border.
The two organizers of the transfer were detained and informed about the suspicion of suspected desertion, and the prosecutor's office asked for arrest for them. The administrator of the channel and other honorable ones are heard, the investigation is disturbing.
9.18 Russian drones attacked the Poltava region on the night of the 27th. In the Omelnytsky community of the Kremenchuk district, a country house caught fire through the fall of a UAV, and the windows of the adjacent buildings were also damaged. The previous evening, in the Mirgorod region, a UAV was detected in the territory of one of the enterprises. First of all, no people were harmed. The head of the Poltava Regional Administration, Vitaly Dyakivnych, reported this.
8.52 An important humanitarian mission for Ukrainians started near the occupied Oleshki in the Kherson region. The coordination of the process at the local level will be especially ensured by the Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets. The area where the mission was carried out was hit by fire on both sides.
8.26 During the last battle, 196 combat operations were recorded at the front. The missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit three areas where enemy manpower and equipment were accumulated.
8.00 In Kiev, due to the Russian ballistic attack, the infrastructure of the metro and the Pivdenny district was damaged. The legacy of this is the introduction of trains on the “green” metro line. Mr. Vitaliy Klitschko told about this.
"All metro stations on the "Chervona" Giltsya are open for passengers. Trains run between the stations Akademmystechko - Lisova. Late in the evening, after the enemy's attack, there was devastation between Darnytsia and Chernihivska stations and exits from Lisova station. Metro workers worked all night to ensure the restoration of all stations,” he wrote.
According to Klychka, the flow of trains between the stations Osokorki - Chervony Khutir on the “green” Giltsy metro station is gradually slowing down through interference with the metro infrastructure on the Pivdenny Bridge.
“The city has added a number of buses to cover the routes of ground transport that runs between the left and right banks,” added the mayor’s head.
On the Pivdenny Bridge, the workers will assess the level of deterioration. The bridge is now closed.
7.44 As a result of Russia's nighttime attack on Kiev, a 46-year-old woman died and 14 people were injured. Law enforcement officials are detecting violence in six districts of the city.
Near the Desnyansky district, a 46-year-old woman died as a result of a magician’s blow. Another 13 people between 19 and 59 were injured. Among the victims are two doctors from the emergency medical aid team. Also wounded, having taken off the 22-river lad in the Obolonsky district.
The Russian strike damaged many surface and private residential buildings, medical buildings, a metro station, a university campus, a business center, an administrative building, trams and cars.
7.14 From February 24, 2022 to June 27, 2026, military losses to the special warehouse of the Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,581,840 individuals (+1400 per addition).
5.50 The flow of transport is surrounded by the Pivdenny Bridge near Kiev due to the attack of the Russian military villains. The Kiev Municipal Military Administration (KMVA) reported this on Telegram.
4.25 The administrative situation began in the Podilsky district of Kiev during the hour of repeated ballistic strikes of the Russian Federation on the night before the 27th. The mayor of Kiev, Vitaliy Klitschko, told us about this.
3.59 A regime of silence began in the area of the temporarily occupied town of Oleshki, Kherson region. The Ukrainian side is ending its home ownership. About this, having informed the Supreme Court for the sake of human rights, Dmytro Lubinets on Telegram.
3.46 The Russian aggressors launched repeated ballistic attacks on Kiev on the night of the 27th after attacking in the late evening of the 26th. Vlaskor Correspondent.net reports this.
2.58 Former leader of the Republicans in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, criticized American President Donald Trump for his policies of the Russian Federation and tried to get along with the Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin. Even the Kremlin’s actions are aimed at helping Ukraine not to end the war, but rather to strengthen Moscow’s position. I wrote about this in a column for The Wall Street Journal.
2.36 Deputy Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Salvini vowed to seek assistance for Ukraine. Without supporting the government, Prime Minister George Meloni expressed dissatisfaction. The Italian newspaper La Repubblica writes about it.
1.38 The town of Konotop in the Sumy region is deprived of its fourth supply without power supply after Russian strikes for 24 years. There are still no forecasts for the future of life. About the ceremony, the head of the city Artem Semenikhin appeared on the air of Suspilny.
0.28 Russian ballistics hit the territory of one of the universities of Kiev, Kyoto Park, the locality of the subway station and residential buildings in the late evening of the 26th. Nina knows about the victim and the wounded; There may be people under the rubble. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on his Facebook page, as well as publicly posted a video of footage of the aftermath of the strike.
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[NewsFront] 21:29 Man suffered in Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone, the regional operational headquarters reported. 20:58 During the day from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 71 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Tula regions and the Moscow region.
20:48 Calculation of FPV drones of the "West" group destroyed self-propelled artillery unit "Crab" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Khar'kov region.
19:18 Russian Armed Forcesare moving forwardon the Zaporizhzhya section
Frontovaya Ptichka reports that Russian forces have captured the village of Obshche and established control over a 12-square-kilometer Ukrainian Armed Forces defense zone. In this area, Russian units were confronted by the 225th Assault Regiment of the Ukrainian Army.
Russian troops continue to expand their zone of control west of the Verkhnyaya Tersa River, along the T0408 highway connecting Novonikolaevka with Omelnik and Orekhov.
Further advancement may develop in the direction of Volnyanka, Novorosovka, Novotroitskoye and Vasilevskoye.
18:39 Today afternoon the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, port infrastructure facilities, and sea vessels involved in the delivery of military cargo to Ukraine.
As a result of the strike, an electronics industry enterprise (LLC "NTP Ukrspetssvyaz") in the village of Nadtochii in the Khar'kov region, which produces automation systems and communications equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was damaged.
In addition, a dry cargo ship was hit during the sea crossing, delivering cargo to the port of Odessa intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
18:35 As of 17:30 on October 27, there were no violations recorded of the “silence regime” in the Kherson direction.
Russian Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights Yana Lantratova reported that work continues jointly with Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets, with the mediation and coordination of the US First Lady.
18:07 In the Kursk border regionsufferedone more person
A Ukrainian drone struck a tire shop in Lgov. A man born in 1981 was injured in the attack. He suffered a non-penetrating, blind shrapnel wound to the chest. An ambulance is transporting him to the Kursk Regional Hospital.
16:40 The enemy again attacks Moscow
Air defense forces shot down six UAVs flying toward the capital. Emergency services are working at the site of the crash.
16:38 Another Ukrainian servicemansentencedto a long term of imprisonment
The court found the evidence collected by the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation sufficient to convict Junior Sergeant Maksim Krasekha, a serviceman of the 144th Separate Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A4828). He was found guilty of committing a terrorist act (paragraphs "a" and "c" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code).
15:45 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate more crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod regions
According to local authorities, a man was killed in the Bezhitsky district of Bryansk as a result of Ukrainian drone attacks, and six people were injured in the Sovetsky district. The total number of casualties is being determined.
In the Kursk region, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation used a drone to strike a gas station in Lgov, injuring a man.
According to the Belgorod Region Operational Headquarters, three civilians were injured in Shebekino due to attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces FPV drones on vehicles.
14:30 In the Khar'kov region, UAV crews of the Vakha battalion of the Akhmat special forces destroy enemy drones.
13:52 Enemy drones attacked gas station in the city of Lgov, Kursk region
A 50-year-old man was injured, suffering shrapnel wounds to his right hand and chest. Medics are transporting him to Kursk. The roof of a gas station and six buses were damaged.
13:20 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 27, 2026
Units of the "North" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Bugayevka, Rubizhne, Velykyi Burluk, Izbitskoye, and Staryi Saltov in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Sukhodol, Luzhki, Vakalovshchina and Proletarske in the Sumy region.
The enemy lost more than 165 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and 11 cars.
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 a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Studenok, Smorodkovka, Glushchenkovo, Nizhneye Solenoye, and Monachinovka in the Khar'kov region, and Donetskoye and Bogorodichnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 14 cars and a field artillery gun.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Druzhkovka, Kamyshevakha, Kondratovka, and Semenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 150 servicemen, eight armored combat vehicles, 41 cars, a Czech-made Vampire multiple launch rocket system and an artillery piece.
Units of the "Center" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Yakovlevka, Starovarvarovka, Verovka, Viktorovka, Krinitsy, Kalinino, Belozerskoye, Novofedorovka, Shilovka, and Svyatogorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 345 servicemen, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, 13 cars, a field artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of an airborne assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Trudoolenovka, Tersyanka, Volnyanka, Barvinovka, and Vasilevskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region and Gavrilovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 195 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three 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 and mountain assault brigades near the villages of Preobrazhenka and Orekhov in the Zaporizhia region.
Up to 30 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen and nine vehicles were destroyed.
11:58 in Donetsk a drone attack on residential areas was prevented. The warhead of the enemy drone was destroyed by bomb disposal experts from the Donetsk Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). The UAV was heading for residential areas in the Kirovsky district of the DPR capital.
10:26 The Center group's slush producers intercepted supply of the enemy's advanced units in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.
9:50 Over the past 24 hours, air defense units of the Russian Ministry of Defense, mobile fire groups of the BARS-Bryansk brigade, the mobile task force of the Bryansk LO of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for transport, and special units of the Russian National Guard for the Bryansk Region conducted air strikes over the territory of the Bryansk region.destroyed 44 enemy aircraft-type UAVs.
9:19 AFU continue strikes on civilian infrastructure in the left bank of the Kherson region Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 17 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 11 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Hola Prystan, Gornostaivka, and Krynky.
8:51 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 222 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Novgorod, Tver, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Kaluga, Oryol, Tula, Voronezh, Smolensk, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.
8:40 A drone operator of the Northern group of forces uncovered and destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV crew, video.
8:04 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike by high-precision ground-based weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles, which resulted in the destruction of:
- enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine involved in the production and storage of cruise missiles and long- and medium-range UAVs;- transport infrastructure facilities in Kiev ;
- logistics center in Khar'kov region;
- sea vessels used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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[Regnum] Kyiv authorities intend to build new combined water crossings across the Dnieper River. This was announced by Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, on October 27.
According to him, the issue of constructing crossings and access roads to them was discussed at a meeting of the city's Defense Council. The project is estimated to cost 1 billion hryvnias (approximately $21.8 million). The government has adopted a corresponding resolution.
"The city, on the government's recommendation, will find the funds—1 billion hryvnias—for this project," Klitschko wrote on Telegram.
The Kyiv mayor clarified that the military command will determine the specific locations for the new crossings, and the Kyiv City Military Administration will subsequently coordinate and approve the locations.
Earlier, Klitschko reported a strike on the Southern Bridge across the Dnieper. He also noted that on the evening of October 26, the strike damaged certain sections of the metro line. The Syretsko-Pecherskaya (green) line of the Kyiv metro runs across the Southern Bridge. The bridge is part of the E40 highway and serves as the shortest route from central Kyiv to Boryspil Airport.
On October 22, major traffic jams formed in Kyiv on the approaches to the Southern Bridge over the Dnieper River due to traffic restrictions. Earlier that day, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Russian forces had struck the Southern Road and Rail Bridge, which was used for transporting military cargo by road and rail.
Representatives of the pro-Russian underground had previously reported serious logistical problems in Kyiv due to damaged bridges. They also noted that it would be impossible to quickly restore the crossings, and further strikes could complicate the supply of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Text by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhn:
[ColonelCassad] Overnight, there were more than 10 missile strikes in Kyiv, including drones.
Two thermal power plants, CHPP-5 and CHPP-6, were hit. Power was cut off to the entire left bank of Kyiv.
Metro infrastructure was damaged, with service halted.
The Southern Bridge was hit again. Traffic on the bridge was blocked, causing massive traffic jams throughout the city.
Various warehouses and military installations were affected.
Air defenses were operational, but very weakly.
More from Boris Rozhin: A hole in the Southern Bridge in Kyiv
A hole in Kyiv's Southern Bridge after an incoming missile. Another twenty or so holes like this would need to be made before the problems became systemic.
P.S. The enemy claimed a total of four missiles hit the bridge overnight. The bridge is currently closed.
This is the Antonovsky Bridge in 2022. This section sustained dozens of HIMARS missile hits. The span was heavily damaged, but remained standing.
In the fall of 2022, Russian forces withdrew from Kherson through this section, and only after that was the bridge destroyed by blowing up spans on another section.
Accordingly, when we talk about disabling bridges in Kyiv, we must expect a series of hits on a single span, puncturing the span and weakening its overall structure (in the case of cable-stayed bridges, weakening the cable structure and severing the cables is also important), making it difficult to use the bridge normally.
Single, targeted strikes will not yield significant results.
Long-term, methodical work will yield significant results.
by Nikolai Salatsky
On the night of October 26-27, the Russian army launched a massive attack on Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises, transport infrastructure facilities, logistics centers, and naval vessels used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces for their own purposes.
Missile and drone forces launched two waves of attacks: the first at approximately 9:45 p.m., the second at half past three in the morning.
In total, about two dozen Iskander-M and S-400 ballistic missiles, as well as nearly three hundred drones, participated in the strikes, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Most of the incoming strikes hit targets in Kyiv. Explosions were reported on the left bank of the Dnieper River, in the Desnyansky and Dniprovsky districts of the city.
In the Ukrainian capital, a drone assembly plant belonging to the Oakline company was destroyed. Earlier, on July 19, the same company's facilities were hit, halting production of components for long-range Deep Strike drones.
On October 27, an air strike hit the Oakline facility, which housed long- and medium-range FP-1 and FP-2 UAVs manufactured by the Ukrainian company Fire Point.
At the same time, the Russian army continues to disrupt the logistics of enemy troops.
The Yuzhny (Pivdennyi) road-rail bridge in Kyiv, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces used for the transit of military cargo by both trains and trucks, was disabled. Following the attack, a large hole appeared in the bridge's deck between the railway tracks.
In the Kharkiv region, the strike hit the unloading and customs terminal of the Regional Logistics Center. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were storing attack and reconnaissance drones there, as well as military ammunition and dual-use cargo.
As before, energy facilities throughout Ukraine were among the main targets. Three Kyiv combined heat and power plants—CHP-4, CHP-5, and CHP-6—were damaged in the overnight attacks. Power outages were reported in several districts of the city.
After a precise hit from a Geranium, power was also lost in one region of Western Ukraine – the Chernivtsi region on the border with Romania.
Chernivtsi Mayor Roman Klychuk stated that the city is without power in several districts, and public transportation is down, including trolleybuses. The regional power company warned of possible major outages. The power outage has also caused problems with the water supply, with water pressure dropping. The regional administration acknowledged that restoration timelines are unknown.
Neither the western regions, through which the Ukrainian Armed Forces received weapons from NATO partners, nor the Black Sea ports, which remain under Ukrainian control, feel secure.
The Ministry of Defense reported that one of the strikes hit a dry cargo ship that was heading to the port of Chornomorsk (Ilyichevsk) in the Odessa region with cargo for the Ukrainian army.
The Russian Armed Forces also destroyed targets in seven regions of Ukraine: Rivne, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Poltava, Sumy, Odessa, and Dnipropetrovsk.
The actions of Russian missile and drone forces on the night of October 26-27 confirmed that regular and large-scale attacks are destroying Kyiv's military-industrial complex facilities and the infrastructure of the enemy capital in general.
The damage from the launches of dozens of Iskander, S-400, and Geraniya missiles is becoming increasingly significant as Ukraine's air defense system weakens. The current attacks have demonstrated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' air defenses have essentially failed once again—a stark contrast to the effective performance of Russian anti-aircraft systems in repelling Ukrainian drone strikes.
Each strike reveals the Ukrainian Armed Forces' insufficient preparation for Russian attacks. Weapons supplies are depleting—this is particularly evident in the performance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' unmanned aerial vehicles: Ukrainian production facilities are being destroyed, and NATO supplies are clearly insufficient to wage a full-fledged drone war.
Ukraine has placed its bets on drone strikes against our territory. Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his entourage tried to convince their Western partners that drone attacks would turn the tide of hostilities. But the progress of the autumn campaign shows the opposite: Russian strikes, unopposed, are destroying the Ukrainian Armed Forces' technical base, thereby nullifying the Kyiv regime's plans.
While Kyiv refuses a peaceful settlement, it is gradually losing its energy, logistics, and transport systems.
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[Regnum] Russia will send its next tanker of diesel fuel for the global market on October 28. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced this on October 27.
"We expect it on the 28th," Novak told reporters at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.
Earlier, three tankers with exported diesel fuel left Russian ports.
On October 25, Novak said that Russia is ready to provide its partners with any volume as part of the diesel deal with the United States.
On October 9, Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed global energy issues by telephone. The Russian President expressed his willingness to supply oil and petroleum products to the US and global markets.
Following this, the US Treasury Department, at Trump's direction, issued a temporary license for Russian diesel fuel supplies. The White House chief announced that Russia was prepared to export up to 3 million tons of fuel monthly.
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