The war in Ukraine continues, the 611th day since the Russian invasion. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia lost a brigade in the fighting in Avdiivka. Russian forces have shelled the center of Kherson in southern Ukraine, injuring several people and damaging at least 10 buildings, a senior local official said.

SUMMARY OF THE DAY

• Zelenskyi: Russian losses have increased significantly this week. So it should be
• The SBU is behind the attack on the pro-Russian politician Teriov. The shelling, as a result of which pro-Russian politician Oleg Tsarev was seriously wounded in Crimea, could have been a special operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukrinform reported on Friday with reference to SBU sources.
• Colonel-General Viktor Afzalov has been appointed commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed on Friday.
• Russia has sentenced physicist Anatoly Gubanov, arrested 3 years ago for working on a hypersonic aircraft project, to 12 years in prison for treason.
• More than 1.3 million tons of agricultural products from Ukraine, as well as other goods, were exported by 37 ships through the temporary Black Sea corridor, the Ministry of Infrastructure reports, until October 27.
• Russian troops heavily shelled the center of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson today, injuring several people and destroying at least 10 buildings, a senior local official said, The Guardian reports.
• Oleksandr Lukashenko invited Viktor Orban to Belarus to “discuss serious issues.” Details HERE.
• The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, confirmed that the EU is working on the 12th package of sanctions against Russia.
• French President Emmanuel Macron criticized the recent meeting between Viktor Orban and Vladimir Putin.

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Friday’s events regarding Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro