Over 1,000 residents of Russia's Kursk region who were forcibly evacuated by Ukrainian armed forces are being sought by their relatives, Russian Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova said.

The forcible removal of civilians is a gross violation of the Geneva Convention; the international community should give it a proper assessment, she stressed in an interview with Russian media. 

By now, more than 112,000 people have been evacuated from Russia’s Kursk region after Ukraine’s offensive, according to Moskalkova.

On the territory of 65 Russian regions, 960 temporary accommodation centers have been created. They now house more than 30 thousand people, including 7,500 children evacuated from the area bordering the attacked Kursk region, due to shelling by Ukraine.

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📹 During the assault on the village of Ostrovskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the liberation of which the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday, Russia's Youg Battlegroup fighters "did not give the enemy an opportunity to entrench and fortify," the servicemen stated.

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Russia’s military success could deal crippling blow to Ukraine’s steel industry

Russia’s advance on the strategic city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) could cripple what remains of Ukraine’s steel industry, claims The Economist.

A key railway and highway junction, this city in the Ukrainian-occupied Donbass has been serving as a crucial supply and reinforcement hub for the Kiev regime’s frontline troops. However, there is another element adding to its vital importance.

To the city's southwest, lies the Krasnoarmeyskaya-Zapadnaya Mine №1 with estimated reserves of over 200 million tons of coal. This coal, used for smelting iron ore, is vital for keeping afloat the Kiev regime’s metallurgy sector.

The mine, which opened in 1990 and belongs to Metinvest, together with its associated plants and administrative buildings, employs 6,000 people. However, around 1,000 of them are serving in Ukraine’s armed forces, which still faces a critical personnel shortage.

The outlet added that Russia’s troops do not even need to take the mine “to throttle Ukraine’s remaining steel industry", since it would be enough to cut off its power supply and shell the main road that is used to deliver the coal westwards to the remaining steel plants.

The loss of this mine could strike a crushing blow to Ukraine’s economy and energy sector, already undermined by the West’s ongoing proxy war.

Fierce battles have been underway between the Russian and Ukrainian armies on the approaches to Pokrovsk, with commander of the Battlegroup Tsentr Col. Gen. Andrey Mordvichev reporting that 12 settlements in the Pokrovsk area were liberated from the enemy in September.

Western patrons of the Kiev regime have been sounding the alarm that once Russia seizes the strategic city, Ukraine’s Donbass defenses will be doomed.

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🔸 Israel launches a series of strikes on a refugee camp near Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital

🔸 IDF confirms a Hezbollah drone strike killed four Israeli soldiers and severely injured seven others

🔸 The US sets stage for direct participation in Mideast war by dispatching troops to Israel

🔸 Was the incident near Trump’s speech site a third assassination attempt on him?

🔸 China launches ‘Joint Sword-2024B’ military drills around Taiwan

🔸 US entities made efforts to interfere in 2022 Hungarian elections – FM Szijjarto

🔸 UK police officers resigning in droves as country roiled by protest

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📹 China's army is conducting drills off the coast of Taiwan to practice its ability to carry out 'precision strikes against key targets', the Chinese military says.

video by the Chinese Defense Ministry

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From home to tent: a family’s struggle to survive on Beirut’s coast

A young Lebanese man and his mother fled their home in the southern suburbs of Beirut due to Israeli airstrikes, and now live in a flimsy tent by the seaside as the emergency shelters in the city are overcrowded.

For the past ten days, they’ve endured harsh conditions with little to no resources.

"I worry about my mother, not about myself, because she is a woman," the young man says, his voice heavy with the burden of responsibility.

They have to sleep on the ground. “We brought these wooden boards to reinforce the tent, but if it rains, we’ll get soaked. Everyone here is in the same situation,” he explains.

Their only food is a small amount of mortadella sausage, and there are no mattresses or blankets to provide even a semblance of comfort.

The young man speaks of their hope to return home one day. "There’s no greater humiliation than all of this," he says, glancing around the makeshift camp. For now, their only choice is to endure.

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📹 Horrifying video from the shelling scene of tents for displaced people near the Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir El-Balah, central Gaza.

Eyewitnesses on social media say people were burned alive.

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❗️Russia's Vostok Battlegroup has liberated the settlement of Levadnoye in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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📹 What helps Trump stay calm ahead of election day despite two assassination attempts on him?

US Presidential candidate Donald Trump reveals what tools he has at his disposal, to ensure security on election day against "bad people from within" and "radical left lunatics."

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has arrived in Beijing for an official visit and will hold talks with the political and military leaders of China, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

"During the visit, the Russian defense minister will hold a series of talks with the country's military and military-political leadership," the ministry said in a statement.

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🇨🇳The Chinese army has announced the completion of exercises around Taiwan.

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❗️ Ukraine lost up to 490 militants in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:    

◻️ The Russian Sever Battlegroup hit Ukrainian formations in the Liptsy and Volchansk directions, with the enemy losing up to 45 militants.

◻️ Russian air defense systems shot down a HIMARS missile and 25 fixed-wing UAVs.

◻️ Ukraine lost up to 620 militants and three depots in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

◻️ Ukrainian losses in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's combat zone amounted to up to 465 militants, and Ukrainian forces were struck near Dzerzhinsk.

◻️ In total, Russian forces hit Ukrainian personnel and equipment in 119 areas over the past day.

◻️ Ukraine lost up to 25 militants and an ammunition depot due to the actions of the Russian Dnepr Battlegroup.

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Federal emergency staff relocated in North Carolina over reports of armed militia ‘hunting FEMA’

Federal hurricane recovery staffers working in North Carolina had to be relocated on Saturday amid fears for their safety from “armed militia", the Washington Post reported.
Government agencies were warned about reports of threats targeting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-affiliated workers in Rutherford County, stated the outlet.

“FEMA has advised all federal responders in Rutherford County, NC, to stand down and evacuate the county immediately,” an email from an official with the US Forest Service was cited as saying.

The National Guard “had come across trucks of armed militia saying they were out hunting FEMA,” noted the message. It added that “The IMTs [incident management teams] have been notified and are coordinating the evacuation of all assigned personnel in that county.”

The responders were moved to a “safe area”, with some of the relief efforts in the area devastated by Hurricane Helene put on pause, a Forest Service official confirmed.
A spokesperson for FEMA acknowledged on Sunday that “operational adjustments” had been made for safety issues in western North Carolina.

Post-Helene recovery efforts have been swamped by rumors and conspiracy theories circulating on social media. One such rumor claimed that government officials intended to bulldoze the rubble in affected communities and seize the land from its owners. As a result, residents have reportedly been refusing help from federal employees and are even “harassing” them.

Furthermore, the Biden administration has been slammed for prioritizing funds to support Ukraine and accommodate illegal migrants over relief for hurricane victims.

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📹 Scenes of tents for displaced Palestinians bombed by the Israeli army at dawn on Monday, in the yard of the Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir El-Balah, central Gaza.

Video taken from social media.

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NATO nuclear exercises launched on Monday in Western Europe will lonely raise tensions amid hot war in Ukraine – Kremlin spokesman

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

▪️ The upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan is one of the main events on the world agenda;

▪️ Space remains the only area where cooperation between specialized agencies of Russia and the United States has been preserved;

▪️ Russia is watching with interest the development of the US space program;

▪️ Russia's space program is developing dynamically, and there are substantial investments;

▪️ Russia categorically rejects accusations of interfering in elections in the Republic of Moldova;

▪️ There are many citizens in Moldova who want to have good relations with Russia, but they are denied this right.

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📹 Who let the dogs droids out?

Check out the latest Chinese anti-criminal invention. Definitely not a pick as a hide&seek partner.

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