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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Polish military aviation has been scrambled to "ensure airspace security," the command of the country’s armed forces said.

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🎥 Ukrainian TV propaganda marathon turned off by Russian large-scale strikes on defense industry facilities

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Ukrainian authorities report repeated explosions in Volyn region, air raid alert continues

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🎥 Stabbing, arrests, and twerking with police officers - carnival in the UK

Three people were stabbed, including a young woman, and 90 were arrested during yesterday's “Family Day” at the Notting Hill Carnival in the UK.

The traditional Caribbean carnival has begun in Notting Hill. On the first day of the event, 15 police officers were assaulted amid ugly scenes, although none of those assaulted sustained serious injuries.

A scandal erupted due to a carnival video featuring a participant twerking in front of a police officer, who did not react at all.

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Key takeaways from Russian President Vladimir Putin's at a meeting on economic issues via videoconference:

◾️ The Russian economy continues to grow at a good pace, as it did last year;

◾️ Russia's GDP has grown by 4.6% in the first half of the year;

◾️ Budget revenues in the first 7 months of the year have approached 20 trillion roubles ($217.6 billion), two-thirds of which are non-oil and gas revenues;

◾️ Inflationary dynamics in Russia are not slowing down despite the central bank's rate hike;

◾️ Unemployment in Russia remains at a record low of 2.4% as in June.

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❗️This morning, the Russian armed forces launched a massive strike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities that power its military-industrial complex. All designated targets were hit, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

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❗️Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied reports that Ukraine's attack on the Kursk region disrupted ceasefire talks on energy infrastructure

◻️ Before the attack on the Kursk region, there were no negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

◻️ The issue of negotiations with Ukraine has currently lost its relevance.

◻️ Such hostile actions cannot go unanswered, there will be a response, but we are not talking about a single decision.

Other key statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at his briefing:

◾️Vladimir Putin and Pavel Durov did not meet during the Russian president's recent visit to Baku. At the same time, the Kremlin does not consider it right to comment on the Telegram CEO’s arrest right now, as it is still not known what he is accused of.

◾️ Putin prioritizes receiving information about the special military operation's progress from those who are conducting it on the battlefield.

◾️Putin has no plans to contact IAEA head Rafael Grossi.

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Nude World Order: a club you've never heard of where Washington’s naked power plays are exposed

The Finnish Embassy in Washington DC decided to 'sell' the Finnish sauna experience to government officials.

The embassy has set up a sauna and turned it into a kind of private club. Only select US officials are invited to take a steam bath and discuss important topics at the same time. They are greeted in the baths with Finnish Marimekko bathrobes and Lumene cosmetics, and 'full nudity is encouraged'.

“If you want to understand how Putin’s power centers work, if you can’t talk to the Russians, which often you can’t, the next stop is the Finns,” said Robbie Gramer, a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy. Finland’s border with Russia is over 800 miles long.

Gramer said the set-up was a win-win: “I never thought I would say this, but networking in the nude is just better.” That way, the Finns say, you can understand the Russians and their way of thinking, which is very useful these days.

But, guys, you got it wrong: sauna and banya are different things!

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❗️The French Foreign Ministry told Sputnik it would not comment on the detention of Pavel Durov so as not to compromise the independence of the judicial system.

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