Verdun 1916? No, this is Bakhmut in October 2022.

Military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine publish footage from their positions on the outskirts of the city.

Now the republican forces continue to advance in the vicinity of Bakhmut.
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🇷🇺 It is reported that Igor Strelkov (former Commander in Chief of the Militia of the Donetsk Peoples Republic) went to the front as member of a volunteer unit.
Strelkov went to the front to the post of deputy battalion commander.
Igor Strelkov said hello to everyone, but there will be no comments from him in the near future, because he has left with an obligation not to write anything else on the Web, his associates report.

Volunteers wanted to appoint him as commander of the Volunteer Regiment "Vladimir", but the Ministry of Defence categorically rejected the offer, they add.
Everyone wants to wait for the colonel with a victory for his wife Miroslava with a child.
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According to the Ukrainian sources despite Strelkov's currently modest rank and military job there is a bounty (reward) on him of 10000$ for dead and 30000$ for capturing alive...
#Strelkov
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France to train about 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers, French Minister of Armed Forces Lecornu

He also clarified that soldiers from Ukraine would soon be sent to French units for several weeks.
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China urged its citizens to leave Ukraine
Global Times: Chinese Foreign Ministry urged citizens of the country to leave Ukraine

MOSCOW, October 16 - RIA Novosti. The Chinese Foreign Ministry called on citizens of the country to leave the territory of Ukraine, the Chinese state-run Global Times reported on Twitter.
Citizens of the People's Republic of China who are in Ukraine are urged to "strengthen precautions and evacuate", the country's embassy is ready to provide assistance in organizing the departure, the report said.
At the beginning of the week, the PRC representative office already called on fellow citizens not to stay on the territory of Ukraine unless absolutely necessary and to leave it in a timely manner when it is safe to do so. At the same time, the US Embassy published a call to leave Ukraine.
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Peaceful means first choice to resolve Taiwan question; provocations of external forces, separatists from island damage prospect - states Chinese official

To realize national reunification through peaceful means is our first choice to resolve the Taiwan question while non-peaceful means will remain the last resort to guard against external interference and separatist activities, Sun Yeli, spokesperson for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said at a press conference on Saturday.

In responding to questions on how the Chinese mainland evaluated the peaceful and non-peaceful reunification with the island of Taiwan, Sun said that "We are willing to continue working with the greatest sincerity and exerting our utmost efforts to achieve peaceful reunification."

In not promising to renounce the use of force, we are in no way targeting our Taiwan compatriots, but rather foreign interference and an extremely small number of "Taiwan independence" elements and their separatist activities, Sun said, adding that the goal is to advance the process of China's peaceful reunification.

Sun said that peaceful reunification and "one country, two systems" are our basic principles for resolving the Taiwan question. Peaceful reunification fits the interests of all Chinese people, including our compatriots in Taiwan and is beneficial to the long-term development of China. It is our first choice to resolve the Taiwan question, Sun said.

Sun urged compatriots across the Taiwan Straits to join hands to resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" forces and foreign interference, and to open up bright prospects for the peaceful reunification.

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Media: The White House was furious because of the words of Abbas at a meeting with Putin
Axios: the White House is disappointed with the words of the head of Palestine Abbas in a conversation with Putin

WASHINGTON, October 16 - RIA Novosti. The administration of US President Joe Biden expressed "deep disappointment" with the statements of the leader of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, made during a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the loss of confidence in the United States, reports Axios, citing a representative of the national security council of the country.
The White House is deeply disappointed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he lost confidence in the Biden administration.

According to Axios, during a meeting with Putin in Astana, Abbas also pointed to the inability of the United States to mediate in the negotiations between Palestine and Israel.
The Palestinian leader's remark is said to have infuriated the Biden administration, which informed an adviser to Abbas.
At the same time, Washington believes that the Russian president is not the partner that is needed to resolve the conflict between Palestine and Israel.
The talks between Putin and Abbas took place on October 13 on the sidelines of the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The leaders of the two countries discussed the development of economic and humanitarian ties. At the same time, Putin stressed the principled nature of Russia's position on the Palestinian-Israeli settlement.

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