October 20, 2022
13:42
UK: “Russian plane dropped a missile near a British plane over the Black Sea”
A Russian plane dropped a missile near a British plane patrolling international airspace over the Black Sea on 29 September: Defense Minister Ben Wallace told Parliament, explaining that Britain has suspended patrols following the incident and expressed its concerns to the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The Guardian reports it. The minister said that an “unarmed RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft” was “involved” by two Russian SU-27s, one of which “dropped a missile near the RAF Rivet Joint beyond visual range”.
October 20, 2022
13:30
Moscow: “Open to dialogue with the US on de-escalation”
Russia remains open to dialogue with the United States on de-escalation and maintaining strategic stability: the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said today, as reported by Tass. “In principle, we remain open to dialogue with Washington on de-escalation, on maintaining strategic stability, on risk reduction measures, including the use of arms control tools,” Zakharova said. The spokesperson stressed that this dialogue is only possible on the basis of equal rights and respect for Russia’s interests.
October 20, 2022
13:17
Russia: “Three Ukrainian battalions rejected in Kherson”
Three battalions of Ukrainian forces attempting to break into the Moscow-controlled Kherson region were driven back by Russian forces. This was announced by the Russian Defense Minister, quoted by the Interfax agency. “In the area of the Sukhanovo settlement, in the Kherson region, the enemy managed to penetrate the defense of Russian units,” said the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov, adding that, “thanks to a reserve of tanks armed with the Russian command, as well as ambushes, the enemy suffered a significant defeat, as a result of which he withdrew ”.
“On the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction – explains Konashenkov, according to which the position along the first line of defense has been completely restored – the units of the armed forces of Ukraine have tried to break through the defense of Russian troops in the direction of the Novaya Kamenka settlements – Chervony Yar, Kherson region, using up to three battalions, including a tank battalion, on a restricted section of the front ”. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, more than 200 Ukrainian military, 14 tanks, 16 armored combat vehicles and seven vehicles were destroyed during the fighting in this area.
October 20, 2022
13:05
Moscow: “Sweden sabotages the dialogue with Russia on the Nord Stream. She has something to hide “
Sweden is provocatively sabotaging the dialogue with Russia on the story of the leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea because Stockholm has something to hide, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said today in a briefing. “The Swedish government is provocatively sabotaging a constructive dialogue with Russia on such an important issue for European security, because it has something to hide,” she said, as reported by Tass.
October 20, 2022
11:54
NATO: “All information indicates that Iran is supplying drones to Russia”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that “all information” indicates that Iran is supplying drones to Russia and warned that this military collaboration is a violation of resolutions passed by the United Nations Security Council. While not going into details, since the information he refers to “is intelligence”, Stoltenberg speculated that the Iranian authorities are supplying drones to Russia and that their use in the war in Ukraine is being studied. The NATO chief, who received the new Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Brussels, urged all countries, “including Iran”, not to support the war launched by Russia against Ukraine and in violations of international law. For Stoltenberg, the “horrific” attacks of recent days underline “the urgency of increasing support for the Ukrainian authorities and Armed Forces. In this sense, he recalled that recently several allied countries have announced new deliveries of anti-aircraft defense systems. Despite “Putin is failing in Ukraine” and committing “big mistakes”, Stoltenberg added, there are no signs of an immediate renunciation of the “brutal war of aggression”, aggravated in recent weeks with the launch of massive attacks on urban infrastructure and Ukrainian energy sources.
October 20, 2022
11:52
Russia: “New Kiev bombs on Kakhovka hydroelectric plant”
The Ukrainian army continues to bomb the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant, near Kherson (south), creating the risk of serious damage that could cause a disaster: the representative of the military administration said today to the Russian TV channel Channel One. civilian of Novaya Kakhovka, Ruslan Agayev, as reported by Tass. “These bombings occur more or less intensely every day and people don’t remember any case where there was no daily bombing of the hydroelectric plant. Of course, there is always the risk of destruction, because they don’t just throw stones: they purposely strike with HIMARS missile systems to destroy our dam and cause disaster, ”Agayev said.
October 20, 2022
11:52
From the EU new sanctions on Iran for supplying drones to Russia
The European Union today approved sanctions against five Iranian individuals and three entities, linked to the supply of drones to Russia used in attacks on civilians in Ukraine. “After three days of talks, EU ambassadors have agreed measures against entities that supply Iranian drones attacking Ukraine,” confirmed the Czech presidency of the Council, after specifying that the measures will enter into force this afternoon after the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
October 20, 2022
11:42
Russian Foreign Ministry: “Born close to direct confrontation with us”
“The flow of NATO weapons to Ukraine and military aid to Kiev bring the alliance closer to the dangerous line of direct military confrontation with Russia”. This is the new warning from the Russian Foreign Ministry, as reported by Tass.
October 20, 2022
11:20
Kiev: “Russian attack on hydroelectric site would be a disaster”
An eventual attack by Russian forces against the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant – near Kherson (south) – would cause a catastrophe with a huge number of victims and make it impossible to supply water to Crimea for years: he told the Ukrainian television station 24 TV is the secretary of the country’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Oleksiy Danilov, as reported by Ukrinform. According to Danilov, the NSDC is considering options for such a move by Moscow. Such an attack would not “just involve the destruction of infrastructure”, said the senior official, stressing that it would be “a catastrophe of enormous proportions with an enormous number of victims”. In this scenario, he noted, it would be “impossible to supply Crimea with water in the next few years, and this issue is important for Russia”.
October 20, 2022
11:00 am
Belarus, Russian planes took off for patrol
The Russian planes of the regional military group patrol the air borders of the State of the Union (Russia to Belarus): the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense said, as reported by Tass. “Right now the Russian air component of the regional military group is conducting routine patrols of the air borders of the State of the Union,” the press release read.
