◼️ Death Toll in Yeysk Plane Crash Rises to 13 - Aide to Russian Health Minister

The death toll in the military plane crash in the southern Russian town of Yeysk has risen to 13, Alexey Kuznetsov, an aide to the Russian health minister, told reporters.


"According to the Emergencies Ministry, after the rubble was cleared, dead bodies were found at the plane crash site in Yeysk. As of 06:00 a.m. October 18, 13 people died in the crash, including three children," Kuznetsov said. He added that 19 people were injured.


An official statement from the Russian Emergencies Ministry has indicated that 68 people were rescued, and more than 360 had been evacuated during the search and rescue operation.


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📹 “Ukrofascists will not rest until they are driven out of our land”: Pensioners from Stakhanov speak on new Ukrainian strikes

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🇸🇰Slovakia to take part in EU training mission for Ukrainian military - foreign minister

▪️ Slovakia will take an active part in the training of the Ukrainian military, Slovak Foreign Minister Rastislav Kacer said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg.

▪️ The EU foreign ministers at their meeting on Monday supported the decision to create a military training mission for Ukraine.

💬 "Slovakia will take the most active part in the training of Ukrainian military personnel. The success and survival of Ukraine are in the vital interests of Slovakia. I have no doubt that the creation of an EU training mission for Ukrainian military personnel will increase their military skills and the effectiveness of their actions," Bratislava's Teraz online publication quoted Kacer as saying.

▪️ According to Kacer, the EU training mission centers will be located in Poland and Germany.

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⚡️Explosions in Kharkov and Kharkov Region are reported by local authorities

⚡️ Air raid alert throughout Ukraine is reported by local media

❗️ Ukrainian authorities report two strikes on an energy infrastructure facility in Dnepropetrovsk, causing serious damage

❗️ Kharkov Metro has reported that train traffic has been suspended because of shelling

❗️ Explosions in Kiev are reported by local media

❗️Ukrainian media report 3 strikes on an energy infrastructure facility in Kiev

🇬🇧 Liz Truss’s new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, who on Monday ditched further tax cuts introduced by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng in his disastrous “mini-Budget,” called on Tory critics to give the PM “a chance” and ruled out he had ambitions to succeed her.

▪️ As Liz Truss embarked on a flurry of talks to salvage her tottering premiership on Monday amid warnings that she was “in office but not in power,” speculations surfaced regarding a tacit pact between a Penny Mordaunt ally and Rishi Sunak, The Times reported.

▪️ Sunak was allegedly approached by an ally of the leader of the House of Commons last week to discuss whether he would consider becoming Chancellor again in a Mordaunt government in the event that Liz Truss is forced to resign. The suggestion was purportedly rebuffed by Sunak, with a second source acknowledging the private conversation took place, but denying there had been a formal offer.

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📹 Ukrainian ex-MP has released footage allegedly showing the consequences of a strike on an energy infrastructure facility in Dnepropetrovsk

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📹 Residents of Ukraine who left their city, said that they were threatened with reprisals for being volunteers

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🇰🇷 🇺🇸 South Korea and the United States will conduct large-scale joint air force exercises from October 31 – November 4 amid the recent test launches by the North, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

💬 "The planned training is aimed at verifying the systems of wartime combined air operations between the South Korean and U.S. air forces, and enhancing their combat readiness posture," the source was quoted as saying.

▪️ Seoul is set to send 140 aircraft, including the F-35A, F-15, and KF-16 fighters, while Washington will provide about 100 military planes, including the F-35B fighters, according to the news agency.

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⚡️🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia has expressed interest in joining the BRICS grouping (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said upon his return from the Kingdom, where he was on an official visit.

📹 Sweden’s media has published the first underwater scenes showing the damage to the Nord Stream pipelines.

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💥 Ukraine's Zelensky has said that 30 percent of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed since 10 October

🤔 New whistleblower allegations suggest that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has in its possession "significant, impactful and voluminous evidence with respect to potential criminal conduct by Hunter Biden and James Biden," according to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

🗣 Furthermore, President Joe Biden "was aware of Hunter Biden’s business arrangements and may have been involved in some of them," wrote the Republican senator in a Monday letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray and US Attorney for Delaware David Weiss.

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😮 Ukrainian deputy Sergei Pashinsky, speaking to Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus - who introduced themselves as an "American politician" - said that the Turkish Bayraktar drones used by Ukrainian troops are a "PR project" and work only in conjunction with other weapons, adding that a significant number of them were shot down in the first weeks of the crisis in Ukraine.

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Check out the highlights from the address of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday.

🔸There is nothing new about the latest sanctions introduced by Canada against Russia.

🔸No meeting is planned between Russia’s President Putin and IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, but one will be arranged if needed.

🔸Peskov said, that he does not have any information regarding the alleged acquisition of Iranian drones by Russia.

🔸The Kremlin is not surprised by the first conclusions of European states in the Nord Stream investigation that the explosions were sabotage; this is what Russian intelligence said immediately after the incidents.

🔸Nord Stream probe conducted without Russia’s participation a priori adjusted so that Moscow can be held responsible, this is absurd, Pesov said.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 China’s government has been accused by the US of mulling “unification” with Taiwan – considered by Beijing as an inalienable part of its territory - on a “much faster timeline”.

The remark by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken came as he was in conversation with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Stanford University and followed a statement from Chinese President Xi Jinping - while addressing the 20th Communist Party Congress in Beijing - in which he warned “outside forces” against “serious provocations” and meddling in China's internal affairs.

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🇬🇧 Liz Truss’ approval rating is falling further, with only 10% of Britons having a favorable opinion of the prime minister, down from 15% in a previous survey.

80% of British adults view Truss “unfavorably,” with 62% considering her “very unfavorably.” Overall approval of Truss now stands at -70, a 14-point drop since last week, a new YouGov survey shows.

The latest poll comes after the British prime minister reversed a cut in corporation tax and appointed Jeremy Hunt as the new chancellor.

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