Events, statements, economic news
Day 609. NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg stated that Sweden has fulfilled all commitments to join the alliance. Stockholm could join the bloc at the end of November. Verkhovna Rada Chairman Stefanchuk said that Ukraine can hold presidential elections, but five key issues will need to be resolved. Shojgu visited the command post of the Vostok force group, which is located in the direction to the south of Donetsk.
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16:09 Ukraine has started negotiations with Moldova and Romania on the creation of a “green corridor” to speed up the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure informed.
15:38 The Ukrainian media are writing about rumors about the alleged early resignation of Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, who, according to these rumors, should be replaced by the ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova. President Zelensky's office denied this information and called it a “Russian forgery.”
15:04 A bill was submitted to the State Duma, which prohibits the naming of villages, microdistricts, residential complexes and neighborhoods in foreign language. It is also proposed to ban the use of foreign language for signs, signs, inscriptions, external surfaces, information labels – eg “coffee, fresh, sale, shop, open.”
14:56 The head of the European Council, Michel, invited the heads of EU countries to discuss increasing military supplies to Ukraine and the possibility of using frozen Russian funds at the EU summit on October 26-27. p>
14:30< /strong>Russian Ministry of Defense: during the last two operational-tactical ATACMS missiles were intercepted for the first time overnight in the zone of the Northern Military District.
14:14TASS: FSB detained residents Ugra on charges of treason in favor of Ukraine.
13:43 Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said that “heavy and sticky battles” are taking place in Kupyansk and Avdeyevka.
1:14 p.m. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Kartapolov said that the committee supported in the first reading the draft law, which provides for an increase in pensions for military personnel from October 1, 2024 by 4, 5%.< /p>
13:08 The Crimean Arbitration Court granted the request of the authorities of the republic to recover damages from Ukraine from the water blockade of the peninsula and decided to return 152.6 billion rubles.
12:50
strong>Medvedev in response to the words the head of the Czech Foreign Ministry on the return of Crimea to Ukraine suggested to the Czechs to return the Sudetenland to Germany.
12:37 < /strong>The Russian Ministry of the Interior has placed the street artist Philippenz, who has created several works since the beginning of 2022, on the wanted list criticizing SVO. A few months ago, the artist was detained and placed under administrative arrest after arriving from Georgia; now he is in Lithuania.
12:16 Kazakhstan denied media reports of alleged opening of a “NATO center”; The country's Ministry of Defense said that the video that appeared on the Internet was filmed at the opening of the building of the National Peace Operations Center, the US ambassador was invited to the ceremony. However, the center itself has existed since 2006 as a training institution for the preparation of peace operations according to UN standards.
11:59 Stoltenberg called on the defense companies of NATO countries to take a responsible attitude and not increase the costs of missiles.
11:28 SK: in Berdjansk, an unknown person planted an IED under the car of a soldier of the Russian Armed Forces, he died.
11:18The Federation Council approved the federal constitutional law, which excludes from the legislation the provision on the obligation to inform the Secretary General of the Council of Europe about the introduction or termination of martial law and the state of emergency in the Russian Federation.< /p>
11:08 The explosions occurred in Kherson, said the head of the city administration Mroczko.
10:51 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland announced a change of ambassador to Ukraine. It is specified that the new ambassador of Poland will be Jaroslav Guzy.
10:27 The Russian army now has systems that shot down 24 Ukrainian planes in five days — Shoigu.
10:23 The EU is ready to allocate only half of the planned volume of funds to Ukraine for 2024, said Deputy Minister of Economy for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitization Alexei Sobolev.
10:13 < /strong>In the last In 3-4 weeks, many Ukrainian military personnel were captured and voluntarily surrendered, Shoigu said. The situation indicates that the Ukrainian armed forces have fewer and fewer opportunities, the minister added.
10:04 The EU in Brussels will discuss helping Ukraine with Russian funds p>
9:23 Ukrainian army started moving weapons and equipment towards Kupyansk, retired LPR officer Maročko said on his Telegram channel.
< strong>9: 09 The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the airborne forces, together with a special forces unit armed with an anti-tank guided missile system, managed to stop a column of the Ukrainian armed forces in the direction of Zaporozhye.
9:00 strong>Ukrainian armed forces simulate attacks and equip false positions in the direction of Krasnoliman, said retired LPR lieutenant colonel Marochko.