Russian MoD briefing:

▪️In the Kupyansk direction, all enemy attacks were repelled. More than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, and nine armored fighting vehicles were destroyed;

▪️In the Kharkov region, Russian troops destroyed about 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, and three armored vehicles;

▪️In the Krasniy Liman direction, 17 Ukrainian troops, two pickup trucks with heavy machine guns, and one car were destroyed;

▪️More than 120 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks, seven armored fighting vehicles, and 11 vehicles were destroyed in the Lugansk direction;

▪️In the Zaporozhye direction, all attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled by Russian troops, and about 100 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, five armored combat vehicles, and six vehicles were destroyed

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▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces struck at temporary deployment points of units of Foreign Legion mercenaries on the island of Khortitsa and the Bars special forces brigade of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine near the city of Zaporozhye;

▪️Ukrainian forces lost more than 80 servicemen, two tanks, 22 armored combat vehicles, and seven infantry fighting vehicles in the Kherson region. A Polish Krab self-propelled artillery mount, two American M777 howitzers, and four vehicles were destroyed;

▪️Attacks by two Ukrainian motorized infantry companies were repelled in the Andreevka direction. Up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, 12 armored fighting vehicles, and three other vehicles were destroyed;

▪️In the Nikolaev region, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the 61st Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which stored more than two hundred missiles for US HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, as well as Uragan MLRS;

▪️Russian Aerospace Forces fighter aircraft shot down a Ukrainian Su-24 jet and Mi-24 attack helicopter;

▪️Air defense systems destroyed six UAVs during the previous day, including one Bayraktar-TB2

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⚡️🇵🇰 A massive fire breaks out in the Centaurus Mall in Islamabad, Indian media said. Further details are awaited.

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"Two floors were completely demolished": Kherson residents recall how their house burned down after Ukrainian shelling with HIMARS rockets

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🇵🇰 A new video of a fire in a mall in Islamabad has emerged online

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The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces wears a bracelet with what appears to be a swastika, the symbol of Nazi Germany.

Twitter users noticed the symbol on a photo that Valery Zalyuzhny posted on his page.

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🇺🇸 The way out of the current situation in Ukraine has to be found through peace negotiations, US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said.

💬 "What needs to happen is for the two sides to be able to sit down and negotiate and find a way out of this peacefully and diplomatically," the official told ABC News.

At the same time, the Ukrainian side has either refused or disrupted negotiations, despite Russia’s proposals to hold talks.

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⚡️Ukrainian special services ordered, concocted and carried out attack on Crimean Bridge: Putin

▪️Putin: the Crimean bridge explosion was a terrorist attack aimed at destroying the critical infrastructure of Russia

▪️A terrorism case has been opened on the explosion on the Crimean bridge, head of Russia’s Investigative Committee Bastrykin told Putin

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🇷🇺 A resident of Donbass shared her thoughts on the region joining Russia

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Video of a meeting between Russian President Putin and head of Russia’s Investigative Committee Bastrykin regarding the terror attack on the Crimean bridge

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🇬🇧 Shaken UK Conservatives seek unity after Truss’ rocky start

Cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi told the BBC that with two years or less until the next general election, the party should “get behind Liz because division will cause delay, delay is our enemy, and ultimately (means) defeat.”

A misfiring economic plan that sparked turmoil on financial markets marred Truss’ tumultuous first month in office and threw her party into disarray. 45 billion pounds ($50 billion) in tax cuts, to be funded by government borrowing – spooked financial markets and sent the pound plunging to a record low against the dollar. The Bank of England was forced to intervene to prop up the bond market and stop a wider economic crisis.

Truss also faces a growing Conservative rebellion over reported plans to weaken planning rules and environmental protections as part of her push to get the economy growing.

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💊 Doctor admits illegally prescribing 120,000 opioid pills

On Sunday Southern California doctor has pleaded guilty to writing prenoscriptions for more than 120,000 opioid pills over a six-year span, including to an impaired driver who struck and killed a bicyclist, federal prosecutors said.

Dr. Dzung Ahn Pham of Tustin admitted distributing the pills without a legitimate medical purpose in exchange for cash and insurance payments. He pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, the Orange County Register reported.

From Jan. 1, 2013 and Dec. 17, 2018, Pham wrote prenoscriptions for around 53,000 Oxycodone pills, 68,000 hydrocodone pills and 29,000 pills of amphetamine salts using 18 different patient names, according to his plea agreement.Pham faces up to 20 years in federal prison.

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🗣 Biden preaches patience to voters spooked by economic tumult

Speaking at a Volvo drivetrain factory in Hagerstown, Maryland, Biden tried to make the case once more that lots more factory jobs were on the horizon.In the long term, the economy built on a firmer foundation. We still have a lot of work to do. We’re building a different economy than before, a better one, a stronger one.”

The $25 trillion-plus economy is veering in radically different directions. Growth has fallen for two straight quarters, raising the specter of recession.

Nonetheless, the latest jobs report sent stocks plummeting Friday on renewed worries that the Federal Reserve will have to continue aggressive interest rate increases to temper rising consumer prices. A September poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found just 38% of those surveyed approve of Biden’s economic leadership.

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