Live text broadcast – short and concise about the most important Russian war in Ukraine on 12 October. Ukraine has heroically defended its land for seven months against the invasion of the aggressor.
14:51. According to the recommendations of the State Security Service (VDD), 209 people at risk have been denied residency in Latvia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the LETA agency informed. The VDD pays more attention not only to Russian citizens, but also to citizens of its closest ally, Belarus, and other foreigners who are connected to Russia.
14.10. In Russia, where fighters from the “Wagner” mercenary formation have been recruited in prisons for several months, the Ministry of Defense has now also started recruiting soldiers for the regular army in prisons. Army representatives have already visited prisons in the prisons. Ryazan region and Stavropol region, the publication reports. The “Wagner” mercenary formation financed by Yevgeny Prigozhin, confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been recruiting prisoners for war in Ukraine since the summer. A video posted on social media shows Prigozhin addressing prisoners, promising that they will be released from prison if they agree to serve as mercenaries in Ukraine for six months. According to “Važnije istorii”, the generals of the regular army have also promised the prisoners that they will be released after the operation.
12.56. The Iranian drones used by Russia in operations against Ukraine have not lived up to expectations, according to a report released Wednesday by the British Ministry of Defense intelligence. Russia has been using Iranian drones since at least August. Basically, they are “Shahed-136” kamikaze drones.
Russia also used drones of this model in the extensive airstrikes carried out on Monday. As previously reported by the Ukrainian Army General Staff, Russia launched 86 “Shahed-136” drones and about 36 of them were destroyed in the air.
12.31. At the end of the international campaign, “Circle K” donates over € 2,838,000 to support Ukraine.
12.09. The loss of Russian troops in Ukraine reached 63,380 soldiers on Wednesday morning, according to the Ukrainian army general staff. 270 invaders were destroyed during the day.
Since the reinvasion began on February 24, the Russians have lost 2,505 tanks, 5,181 personnel transport battleships, 1,507 guns, 355 multi-charge rocket launchers, 182 anti-aircraft artillery pieces, 268 airplanes, 235 helicopters, 1,129 drones , 315 cruise missiles, 3,927 cars and tankers and 15, as well as 136 units of specialized equipment.
11.45. The Russian regime has lost its illusions about peace and stability in occupied Crimea following the Kerch bridge attack and is already conducting a secret survey on how citizens will react to the loss of the peninsula and whether they are ready to defend it, the website reports. Ukrainian “National Resistance Center” (“Sprotyv”) created by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
11.22. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Wednesday that eight people were arrested as part of the investigation into Saturday’s explosion on the Crimean bridge. “Currently, five citizens of Russia, three of Ukraine and Armenia, who participated in the preparation of the crime, have been detained as part of the criminal proceedings,” the FSB announced.
The FSB said that, together with the Investigative Committee, it was determined that the attack “was organized by the main intelligence department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, by its head Kirill Budanov, by employees and agents”.
10.46. Latvia continues to help Ukraine in the war with Russia, ranking first among the countries that have donated the most in relation to their country’s GDP, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs (JV) announced on Twitter. From January 24 to October 3 this year, Latvia donated 0.9% of the country’s GDP to Ukraine. Estonia ranks second with 0.8% of GDP, while Poland is the third most active donor with 0.5% of national GDP.
10.32. Russia is removing ammunition and other material from warehouses in Belarus and such actions do not correspond to the idea of creating the conditions for a new attack on Ukraine from the north, analysts from the US Institute of Military Studies concluded.
10.08. Canada will send 40 instructors to Poland who will participate in the training of Ukrainian soldiers, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Ananda said.
This training will take place in conjunction with the training of Ukrainian recruits in the UK, as well as training Ukrainian personnel on the use of the M777 howitzers donated to Ukraine, Ananda added.
09.16. Russian forces fired more than 100 bullets overnight at the city of Nikopol across the Dnieper River in front of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), injuring three people, said Valentyn Reznichenko, president of the region’s military administration. of Dnipropetrovsk.
The enemy bombed the city seven times with Grad mortars and heavy artillery.
08.06. The military-industrial complex of Belarus is already involved in the repair of Russian equipment damaged during the hostilities, the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff announced Wednesday.
“Lukashenko announced the readiness of Belarus to help the Russian Federation in the war against Ukraine. The military-industrial complex of Belarus is already involved in the repair of Russian equipment damaged during the war. In addition, the first batch of 20 T- 72 tanks – 20 T-72s – were removed from the depot and sent to the Belgorod region, “the general staff said in a statement.
07.12. The United States has delivered four more HIMARS high-mobility artillery missile systems to Ukraine, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced Tuesday evening.
06.00. The city of Zaporizhia and the Zaporizhia region have suffered 202 Russian missile attacks since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, killing 242 people, Zaporizhia Oblast Police Chief Artem Kisko said in a press conference.
“242 civilians – residents of the city of Zaporizhia, including 10 children – were killed in the strikes,” Kisco said.
05.44. Since Monday, Russia has fired missiles at about 30 percent of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said Tuesday.
04.39. Russian billionaire Yuriy Milner, who is an investor in the social networks “Twitter” and “Facebook” and was on the list of the 15 richest people of “Forbes” magazine, has announced his renouncement of Russian citizenship.
“My family and I left Russia permanently in 2014, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. And this summer we officially completed the process of leaving Russian citizenship,” Milner said on Twitter.
03:55. US President Joe Biden said in a rare televised interview Tuesday that he sees Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “reasonable player” who generally “miscalculated” Russia’s ability to occupy Ukraine.
“I think he’s a smart player who’s miscalculated significantly,” Biden told CNN after Russia bombed civilian targets in Ukraine, aggravating the conflict by seven months.
01.45. NATO fully supports Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, therefore supports the UN Charter’s right to self-defense and will continue to provide Ukraine with military and financial support as long as needed.
00.47. US Finance Minister Janet Yellen on Tuesday called on US allies to speed up the delivery of financial assistance to Ukraine. “We ask our partners and allies to join us in quickly repaying our existing commitments to Ukraine and pledging to do more,” Yelena said while receiving her Ukrainian counterpart Serhii Marchenko.
The text of October 11 live here: Ukraine heroically defends its land for the 230th day.
