A new Russian drone attack targeted the port infrastructure on the Danube on the night from Wednesday to Thursday, damaging warehouses in the port area and civilian buildings, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “South” reported. On the other hand, Russia said that the wreckage of a drone shot down by anti-aircraft units over the Belgorod region in the south of the country killed three people and injured at least two others.

The mobile anti-drone unit of the Ukrainian army in OdesaPhoto: Maksym Marusenko / Zuma Press / Profimedia

Ukrainian war. Day 596. LIVETEXT:

06:29Vladimir Putin arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday to meet with several of his allies. This is his first trip abroad since he became the subject of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court.

00:15 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that he had received assurances from Washington that military aid to his country would remain “constant and uninterrupted” as Kiev expects more Russian bombing this winter.

A quick summary of the latest information:

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China next week, where the third “One Belt, One Road” forum will be held on October 17 and 18, Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuriy Ushakov confirmed on Wednesday.
  • Two people died during an attack by Russian troops on a Ukrainian school. A Russian missile hit a school in central Ukraine, killing at least two people, authorities said.
  • The damage to a gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia was likely caused by “mechanical force” rather than an explosion, the Finnish police department investigating the incident said on Wednesday. What is known about the damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline, which connects two NATO countries
  • President Maia Sandu presented on Wednesday at a meeting of the High Security Council in Chisinau the draft of the National Security Strategy of the Republic of Moldova, focused on three goals aimed at strengthening security at the “most dangerous moment since the independence” of the republic. .
  • ‘It’s stupid’: Putin criticizes Germany’s refusal to certify Nord Stream 2 no gas is transported by the “North Stream-2” gas pipeline.
  • Russian activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleg Orlov was sentenced to a fine for criticizing the offensive in Ukraine.
  • Ukraine’s chief rabbi, Moshe Azman, published a collage of two photos showing his grandchildren hiding from Russian rocket fire and then, after being evacuated to Israel, from Hamas.
  • The Internal Intelligence Service of Ukraine on Wednesday accused two villagers who fled to Russia of helping to organize a rocket attack on the village of Groza in the Kharkiv region, which killed dozens of people.
  • Zelensky visited the NATO headquarters for the first time: “We must win the winter battle against terror.”
  • Russian TV presenter Volodymyr Solovyov caused a wave of irony on social media after he said that the Israeli army’s tactics against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip would be “absolutely unacceptable” for the Russian armed forces.

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  • Wednesday’s events related to Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro