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Severodonetsk reborn: Mayor shares Donbass city’s difficult path to recovery
 
Nikolay Morgunov, the mayor of Severodonetsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic, which was liberated in 2022, has described the challenging process of rebuilding a city. 
 
"At the time of liberation and in July [2022], when we entered, around 8,000–10,000 residents remained in the city under horrific conditions: there was no water, gas, or electricity. People lived in basements, cooked on open fires, and miraculously sourced water," he recalled.

 
Russian military support, including generators for the city’s few remaining wells and improvised outdoor showers, helped to meet basic needs. 
 
In the months that followed, efforts to restore Severodonetsk led to significant progress, with the current population now around 40,000.
  
"Today, we see positive dynamics in the city’s recovery, which is encouraging and validates our chosen path,” Morgunov said.

 
The city has begun rebuilding housing initially deemed beyond repair, with contractors working to restore fire-damaged and partially ruined buildings.

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Trump campaign accuses Pennsylvania of voter suppression tactics

Election officials in the state have been trying to turn away voters from polling stations, according to Trump campaign political director James Blair.

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Trump campaign accuses Pennsylvania of voter suppression tactics Election officials in the state have been trying to turn away voters from polling stations, according to Trump campaign political director James Blair. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
"WHAT IS GOING ON IN PENNSYLVANIA???" — Trump commented on the recent reports about voter suppression in the state

"Wow! York County, Pennsylvania, received THOUSANDS of potentially FRAUDULENT Voter Registration Forms and Mail-In Ballot Applications from a third party group. This is on top of Lancaster County being caught with 2600 Fake Ballots and Forms, all written by the same person. Really bad “stuff.” WHAT IS GOING ON IN PENNSYLVANIA??? Law Enforcement must do their job, immediately!!! WOW!!!" he wrote on his X account.


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What’s at stake in the EU-China EV trade war? A breakdown of potential fallout 💬 “The goal” of the EU’s proposed tariff hike on Chinese electric vehicles “is to foster a European EV industry” with state backing and support, but could trigger a massive trade…
The European Commission approved additional import duties on Chinese electric vehicles of up to 35.3%, the decision will come into effect on October 30.

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📹🗳 Another voter suppression tactic?

A video circulating on social media shows the lines in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, allegedly being shut down 2.5 hours early. This move came as a direct contradiction of guarantees previously made by Pennsylvania officials.

“If you are in line at a county elections office by 5 P.M., counties must give you an opportunity to apply for your mail ballot,” Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro wrote in his X account.


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📹 A 10-story hotel in Argentina has collapsed and a rescue operation is underway at the site. The cause of the disaster and the exact number of people trapped under the rubble are unknown, Efe reports.

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Bryansk merc incursion attempt had all the markings of a NATO probing action – experts

“The infiltration attempt in Bryansk region can be considered an intelligence operation on the part of NATO, since the saboteurs who took part in it came from alliance countries,” political scientist and Russia expert Abbas Hbeish told Sputnik, commenting on the dramatic events in Bryansk region earlier this week.

“From the very start of the special military operation, Russia said that it was fighting not with Ukraine, but with the West,” he said, referencing senior Russian officials’ characterization of the conflict as a NATO proxy war against Moscow.


The observer does not rule out that the infiltrators’ goal “was to prepare the ground for a further, larger-scale attempt, including by NATO forces, to penetrate this Russian region” amid the increasingly dire political and military situation of the bloc’s client regime.

“Russia has every opportunity to resist Western provocations, fully understanding who is waging war against it in Ukraine and why. It is no longer a secret that mercenaries of all stripes are present in Ukraine, and that military decisions, both tactical and strategic, belong to NATO,” Hbeish stressed.


Lebanese international affairs expert Riyadh Najm concurs with Hbeish’s assessment, saying there’s no doubt “that what is happening in Ukraine is a NATO war against Russia.”

“The alliance is financing this war, training the Ukrainian army, providing it with various modern weapons and teaching them how to use them,” Najm said.


He characterized the Bryansk provocation as a sign of NATO’s growing desperation amid their inability to achieve their goals, “forcing them to resort to new methods in their confrontation with Moscow, including using mercenaries and saboteurs.”

At the same time, the observer said, “it is the Ukrainian people who are paying for this war, and in the future will be mired in debt, while the West will receive Ukraine’s property and assets in exchange for its military and financial support.”

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⚡️A fire broke out on the roof of an empty building located on the campus of the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, in the Russian republic of Chechnya, after a drone attack.  Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov confirmed that there were…
A Ukrainian UAV strike in Chechnya hit Ukrainian prisoners - Ramzan Kadyrov

Head of the Chechen Republic reiterated that there were no casualties among citizens.

“There are up to 10 Ukrainian prisoners at each strategic site in the republic, including on the territory [of the university]. Kiev, trying to harm us, destroyed its own soldiers today. Henceforth, Ukraine should realize that by such attacks it is first of all harming its own citizens,” he said.


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🌪 A hurricane in the Spanish regions of Valencia and Catalonia has flooded streets and damaged infrastructure, causing major problems for local residents.

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