About it The Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) launched an offensive in the Nova Kakhovka area of the Kherson region. This was reported in the Readovka Telegram channel with reference to military correspondents who are in the zone of special operations.
It should be noted that Ukrainian troops began to move in the direction of Novaya Kamenka – Berislav. According to preliminary information, there are up to 1,000 people in the ranks of the attack force in two battalions. They are supported by a large number of drones and cannon artillery.
On the eve of the acting governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said that it is necessary to evacuate residents from the right bank of the Kherson to the left, as there is a risk of damaging the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant and flooding the territory.
Vladimir Rogov, member of the Main Council of Administration of the Zaporozhye Region announced that the Ukrainian side attempted to land in Energodar overnight today to capture the nuclear power plant, at least 30 boats took part in it. After many hours of fighting, Rogov clarified, the enemy attack was repulsed.
“Last night, a large group of landing craft crowded with militants from the special operations forces left the southern region of the city of Zaporozhye and other directions. Along with them, a large loaded ship. After the shelling of the city, there was an attempt to disembark troops, among other things, with the aim of seizing the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant,” Volodymyr Rogov described the situation. p>
It is reported that last night the armed forces of Ukraine shelled the city administration, the bridge at the entrance to the city and the electric substation “Luč”.
The attack on the nuclear power plant carried out by the armed forces of Ukraine was not the first. Meanwhile, the IAEA leadership insists on creating a protective zone around the station, and the head of the organization, Rafael Grossi, said the day before, that he considers it possible to create such a zone by the end of the year.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin will traditionally speak at  plenary session of the Valdai Club. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov. The performance will take place on October 27.
For now, however, the question is whether it will be in a personal format.
“If I understand it correctly, various nuances are being finalized there, but sometimes the same mixed format as in recent times is used. Still, given the remaining restrictions regarding COVID-19, it cannot be ruled out that there will be some mixed format — Kremlin spokesman commented on the speech.
The Valdai International Discussion Club was founded in 2004. The club owes its name to the venue of the first conference, which was held in Veliky Novgorod, near Lake Valdai.
As stated on the website of the event, the intellectual potential of the Valdai Club is highly valued in Russia and abroad. Over the years of the Club's existence, more than 1,000 representatives of the international scientific community from 85 countries have participated in its work. Among them are professors of the world's largest “think tanks”; and universities – Harvard, Columbia, Georgetown, Stanford, Carlton, London, Cairo, Tehran, East China, Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Messina, as well as Johns Hopkins University, London School of Economics, King's College London, Science Po and the Sorbonne.< /p>
The regional conferences of the Valdai Club have become well-known among the international expert community. – Asian, Middle Eastern, Russian-Chinese and Euro-Atlantic dialogues. Club meetings are held within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
Only in recent years have many prominent politicians, experts, figures of public life and cultural figures from Russia and other countries become participants in the Valdai Club conference.
From the Russian side – they are Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister (as President of Russia, 2008-2012); Valentina Matvienko, Chairman of the Council of the Federation; Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma; Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Defense; Sergey Ivanov, Head of Presidential Administration (2011–2016); Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister (2008-2018); Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow and others.
Among the foreign participants – Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Kassym-Jomart Tokaev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Republic of the Philippines; Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan (2004-2014); Tarja Halonen, President of Finland (2000-2012); Ali Larijani, Chairman of the Islamic Advisory Council of Iran (2008–2020); Heinz Fischer, Federal President of Austria (2004-2016); Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa (1999-2008); Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic (2003-2013); Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Chancellor of Austria (2000-2007); François Fillon, Prime Minister of France (2007-2012); Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy (1996-1998, 2006-2008); Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France (2005-2007); Fu Ying, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress (2013–2018); Volker Rühe, German Minister of Defense (1992-1998); Tsogtbaatar Damdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia (2017-2020); Yang Jiechi, member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, head of the Office of the Foreign Commission of the CPSU Central Committee; Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish film director and producer; Moshe Yaalon, Israeli Minister of Defense (2013-2016); Robert Skidelsky, Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom; John Mearsheimer, professor at the University of Chicago; Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group, and many others.
Thirty percent Ukrainian power plants were destroyed in just over a week, causing “massive blackouts” across the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. CNN writes about it.
Zelensky added that “there is no room left for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that the Russian military carried out precision strikes on “energy systems” in Ukraine.
“During the day, the armed forces of the Russian Federation continued to strike the army with long-range high-precision air and naval weapons. command and energy systems of Ukraine, as well as arsenals with ammunition and foreign-made weapons, all intended targets were hit,” said Lt. Col. Igor Konashenkov.
Deputy head of Kherson region administration Kirill Stremousov urged to the residents of the region to evacuate as the “Battle for Kherson” may begin in the very near future.
“The civilian population is advised to leave the area of the upcoming fierce fighting if possible to avoid unnecessary risk,” said Stremousov.
According to the Kherson official, there is a danger of the destruction of residential buildings as a result of missile and bomb attacks by the armed forces of Ukraine.
“We will not give up the city, we will stand until the end,” he assured the citizens .
Let us recall that the former acting governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, announced the start of an organized evacuation of the region's civilian population to the left bank of the Dnieper because the armed forces of Ukraine are “accumulating forces for a large-scale offensive. ”
According to The Telegraph, The Ministers UK and US defense are holding urgent talks in Washington over Russia's use of Iranian munitions lying around as part of the NMD.
It is understood British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace had to cancel a visit to the Defense Committee due to a visit to Washington British Parliament.
Earlier it was reported that the United States, Great Britain and France started a discussion on the use of Iranian drones by the armed forces of the Russian Federation at a closed session of the UN Security Council.
Russia's use of Iranian drones to be discussed tomorrow at a closed meeting of the UN Security Council.
According to the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera, the discussion was initiated by the United States, Great Britain and France.
Recall that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier that he was not aware Russian purchases of strike UAVs from Tehran. “No, we do not have such information. Russian equipment is used in the special military operation zone. All other questions can be addressed to the Ministry of Defence,” he said.
American fighters F -16С took off to intercept two Russian Tu-95MS bombers in the Alaska area. This was announced by the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
According to the US military, the Russian missile launchers entered and were in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, for which NORAD is responsible. At the same time, the American side noted the professionalism and lack of provocations on the part of the Russian pilots.
Earlier it was revealed that 2 Tu-95MS long-range bombers of the Russian Air Force completed the planned 12-hour flight over the neutral waters of the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk.
Unit Commander ( forces) United Group in the field of special operations, Army General Sergei Surovikin spoke about the situation in the NVO zone. According to him, it is generally tense and the enemy does not abandon attempts to attack the positions of Russian troops.
First of all, as Surovikin noted in the broadcast of the Rossiya 24 TV channel, it is the direction of Kupyansk, Krasnolimansk and Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih.
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8. On October Surovikin was appointed commander of the grouping of troops in the NVO zone. He is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force since October 31, 2017.
Meanwhile, Rodion Miroshnik, head of the Lugansk People's Republic's embassy in Moscow, said the West would not respond to the UN Human Rights Commission's war crimes report committed by Ukrainian nationalists on captured Russian soldiers.
There is no reason for Russia saved the former diplomatic presence in Western countries, as stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He said this at a meeting with university graduates who were first accepted into the diplomatic service.
According to him, Russians in these countries work in conditions that “can hardly be called humane.” Lavrov added that they have constant problems there, there is a threat of physical attacks.
In addition, the minister added that there are now no jobs for Russians in the West because Europe has decided to close with the Russian Federation and “stop any economic cooperation. “
“You will not be forced to be nice,” he added.
Earlier, Lavrov said at a press conference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that the West intended to resolve the confrontation in Ukraine “on the battlefield” . He recalled that on March 29, at a meeting in Istanbul, Russia was offered the principles of conflict resolution. Moscow accepted these proposals without changes and also forwarded them to the Ukrainian side. According to him, events took place in the Ukrainian village of Bucha and the list of the dead was not handed over to the Russian side.
