The local military administration reported that on October 8, Russia used guided bombs to attack the Esman community, located in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast, killing two civilians.
In 22 separate attacks, Russian forces have struck eight communities in Sumy Oblast. Sumy Oblast borders the Russian oblasts of Bryansk (Bryansk), Kursk (Kursk), and Belgorod (Belgorod).
The Russians bombarded the border communities all day with guided bombs, drones and grenade launchers. The communities of Mykolaiv and Khotin were targeted, as well as Yunakivka.
Since Kyiv launched its cross-border incursion in the neighboring Kursk region at the beginning of August, Russia has intensified its strikes against this region. The border between Sumy Oblast, the Kursk region and the 245-kilometer (152-miles) border is shared.
The President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian incursion in the Kursk Oblast has prevented the occupation of Sumy Oblast, and its regional centre, the city Sumy.
The U.S. military’s top commander in Europe Gen. Chris Cavoli has compiled a list of American weapon systems that could help Ukraine fight Russia, but which the Biden Administration has yet to provide.
Senior U.S. intelligence officials have warned that American voters will likely face a surge in misinformation and influence campaigns orchestrated against them by U.S. enemies.
Denys Shmyhal, the Prime Minister of Donetsk Oblast, said that Russia had stolen more than 180,000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain from the port of Mariupol.
According to Bob Woodward’s book, the former U.S. president Donald Trump secretly sent Putin the COVID-19 test device for personal use when the coronavirus epidemic began in 2020.
Biden was to convene in Germany a meeting of leaders of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on October 12, where President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected present his victory plan.
Local authorities reported that Russian forces used guided aerial bombs to attack a densely-populated area in Kharkiv on Oct. 8. At least two people were killed and five others injured.
“We believe this issue, the extension of the Russian sanctions should be decided after U.S. election.” We need to see the direction in which the new U.S. Administration takes this issue,” said Mihaly Varga, Hungarian Finance minister.
Oleksandr Ohrimenko, commander 72nd Mechanized Brigade, said: “The enemy had superiority on tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and artillery systems as well as anti-tank weapons and personnel.”
The police announced on October 8 that the head of an inter-district Center for Medical and Social Experts will appear in court for allegedly issuing fake disability certificates.
The Foreign Office of the United Kingdom announced on October 8 that sanctions were issued against Russian units who used chemical weapons in the battlefield in Ukraine.
In a post shared on the official account of the Cuban Foreign Ministry’s X page, Carlos M. Pereira said that Cuba had officially requested to be a BRICS ‘Partner Country.’ This was done through a formal letter sent to Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia.
The documentary of Anastasia Trofimova has been criticized by many for what they perceive to be an attempt to whitewash Russians who were involved in the war.
“As Russia has signed a treaty with North Korea that is similar to a military alliance,” South Korean Defense minister Kim Yong-Hyun told the parliament.
The governor initially claimed that Russia used KAB air bombs, but later clarified the type of weapon still being determined.
Regional authorities reported that Russian attacks in Ukraine have killed at least 3 people and injured 50 others, including children, over the past 24 hours, according to regional authorities.
In an interview broadcast on October 7, Vice President Kamala Harri said that Washington would address Ukraine’s possible entrance into NATO “if and whenever it reaches that point.”
According to Oleh Kiper, the Governor of Odesa Oblast, Russian forces attacked a foreign civil ship flying the flags of Palau in Odesa. The attack resulted in the death of a 60-year-old Ukrainian port worker and the injury of five foreigners.
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