"
The potential for conflict in the world
as a whole, as well as at the regional level,
remains very high
. New risks and challenges for collective security are emerging, mainly due to a sharp aggravation of the global geopolitical confrontation."
This was stated by Russian President
Vladimir Putin
at a meeting of the Council of heads of security agencies and special services of the CIS countries.
Tass reports it.
"Ukraine has become an instrument of US foreign policy and has practically lost its sovereignty."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree extending the restrictions on trade on certain types of products and raw materials with so-called hostile countries until 31 December.
The Ria Novosti agency reports this.
Putin observed
exercises
by the Russian "strategic deterrence forces": the Russian state news agency Ria Novosti reports that "practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles took place" and "Tu-95Ms aircraft were been used to launch air-launched cruise missiles. "
The warning from NATO
"Vladimir
Putin is losing on the ground
and is responding with attacks on civilians and with nuclear rhetoric".
Russia "does not use false pretexts for an escalation.
NATO will not be intimidated in its support" for Ukraine.
"NATO will defend all the Allies".
This was stated by the secretary general of the Atlantic Alliance
Jens Stoltenberg
receiving the premier of Romania Nicolae Ciuca in Brussels
Tajani's position
"There is no peace without justice and justice in this case is the sovereignty of Ukraine. Here it is a question of protecting the freedom of a people that cannot be trampled with violence".
This was stated
by the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani,
speaking at the international conference for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the AVSI at the Maxxi in Rome.
War on the ground
According to Kiev, eleven civilians have died and another 14 have been injured in Ukraine in the past 24 hours due to Russian attacks.
"More than 70,000" civilians left their homes "in one week" in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine after pro-Russian occupation authorities began evacuating on 19 October.
The pro-Russian authorities made it known today.
"I am sure that more than 70,000 (people) left in a week since the crossing" from the right bank of the Dnipro River to the left bank, further from the front, said Vladimir Saldo, head of the Russian occupation administration, live on the Krym 24 television channel.
Meanwhile, in the late evening yesterday,
the Russians attacked Dnipro
, a city in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 2 and wounding 3.
On social networks there were reports of explosions and fires, which were subsequently confirmed.
"The Russian terrorists have launched their rockets in the city", the office of the president said according to the Ukrainian agency UNIAN.
If Russia employs a
'dirty bomb'
or other type of nuclear weapon in Ukraine, "there will be consequences", Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said in a briefing.
These consequences have been communicated to Moscow at various levels, he added, reiterating that the Russian allegations that Kiev is preparing a 'dirty bomb' are blatantly false.
Ukraine has received in recent days from the United States the expected
NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems
, which Kiev will deploy to cope with the attacks of helicopters, cruise missiles but above all the deadly Iranian-made kamikaze drones Shahed-136 used by the forces Russian.
Interviewed yesterday by CNBC, Greg Hayes - CEO of the aerospace and defense group Raytheon Technologies that makes NASAMS - said the group has delivered two of these systems to the Pentagon, adding that they are now installed in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Russia would be recruiting
Afghan commandos to fight in Ukraine
: wrote the Foreign Policy magazine, which cites Afghan military and security sources.
Former members of the Afghan National Army's elite corps reported being contacted with offers to join the Russian military and fight in Ukraine, Foreign Policy writes.
The same sources point out that the US-trained light infantry force, which fought alongside US special forces and other allies for nearly 20 years, could make a difference on the Ukrainian battlefield.
Overall, between 20,000 and 30,000 volunteer soldiers from the Afghan elite Corps were abandoned when the United States left Afghanistan to the Taliban in August 2021, the magazine recalls: