Russia and Pakistan are negotiating on the deliveries of liquefied natural gas for Islamabad's long-term needs, Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told Sputnik.

"Pakistan has long been cooperating with Russia in the energy sector. We are pleased with how the recent talks between the two sides on energy cooperation went. Our countries are also discussing LNG deliveries for Pakistan's long-term energy needs, and these talks will continue," she said.

"Last year, a contract was signed for energy supplies. The first ship delivered 100,000 tonnes of oil to Pakistan in test mode last year. We are very pleased with this cooperation," Baloch added.

In July, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told journalists that the issue of LNG deliveries to Pakistan had been discussed during a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Astana on the sidelines of the SCO summit. In addition, Novak said that Russia had already supplied Pakistan with 7 million barrels of oil.

Pakistani Energy Minister Muhammad Ali reported last year that the country was discussing signing a long-term contract with Russia on the supply of its oil, and was considering volumes of 0.7-1 million tonnes per year.

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Israel launched a strike on the Khalil family home in the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, according to reports in Palestinian media, leaving many injured and dead.

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Rumble's CEO Chris Pavlovski has revealed on X that he has left Europe following the arrest of Pavel Durov in France.

"France has threatened Rumble, and now they have crossed a red line by arresting Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov, reportedly for not censoring speech," he noted.

Pavel Durov faces up to 20 years in French jail.

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Ukrainian media reports explosions on the outskirts of Kiev, as well as in Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Krivoy Rog, Kropivnitsky, and in the Sumy and Vinnitsa regions

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Residents of districts in Kiev report a lack of electricity after a series of explosions, local media claims

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◾️ Telegram’s team has issued a statement on their founder Pavel Durov’s detainment in France, dubbing law enforcement’s reasoning “absurd”

◾️ Ukraine is desperately begging Belarus to move troops further away from the border

◾️ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a drone test and ordered that production be boosted

◾️ Diplomatic stalemate: Gaza ceasefire talks have concluded without reaching any agreement, while Israel continues shelling the area

◾️ Russia and Pakistan are on track to signing a long-term LNG-deal

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Emergency power outages have been introduced throughout Ukraine, the energy company reported

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❗️The US is extremely dissatisfied with developments in Georgia on the eve of the October 26 parliamentary elections, and is preparing a “color revolution” in the country, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) reported.

Despite US efforts, Georgian opposition forces remain fragmented, and the coalitions they create are very fragile, the SVR noted.

In this regard, the US intends to significantly increase pressure on the Georgian authorities in the weeks remaining before the elections in order to weaken the ruling Georgian Dream party’s electoral position as much as possible.

In addition, at the future “Tbilisi Maidan,” they plan to make "evidence of falsifications" public during the voting, announce the non-recognition of the election results, and demand a change of power, the SVR emphasized.

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Large-scale strikes on defense industry facilities in Ukraine – what we know so far:

▪️An air raid alarm was announced in Ukraine after 6 am Moscow time.

▪️Ukrainian media has reported explosions in a number of regions: Kiev, Kharkov, Sumy, Poltava, Vinnitsa, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk, Lvov, and Odessa.

▪️Power outages began in Kiev after a series of explosions. In total, about a dozen explosions were heard in the city, according to the local pro-Russian resistance.

▪️An energy facility was hit in Odessa, Sergei Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian Nikolayev underground, told Sputnik.

▪️In the town of Stryi in the Lvov region, a major detonation occurred after a strike, and the power went out.

▪️In Ivano-Frankovsk, a strike was carried out on a warehouse with military equipment, with the explosion occurring in an area where Ukrainian forces had also hid two F-16s, the pro-Russian underground told Sputnik.

▪️In Volyn, a strike was carried out on a Ukrainian military location.

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The strike was carried out on the Ukrainian units location in Poltava, the pro-Russian underground told Sputnik

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