Russian kamikaze drone attacks, Ukraine calling for Russia's exclusion from the G20, dissident journalist Ovsiannikova who fled Russia and her house arrest...
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Eight dead in Russian strikes on kyiv and other regions
Russian strikes, including using suicide drones, killed at least eight people, including four in kyiv on Monday morning, and targeted energy facilities in several regions, a week after a wave of massive strikes on the country.
The enemy
"acts slyly, kills civilians, strikes homes, infrastructure"
, accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the social network Telegram after these strikes.
“Among (those killed) is a young family expecting a baby
,” he lamented.
Several strikes targeted crucial infrastructure in three regions, including the capital, leaving
"hundreds of localities"
without electricity, for his part said Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmygal.
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Russian army claims to have hit all its targets after strikes in Ukraine
The Russian army assured on Monday that it had reached all its targets in Ukraine, after deadly strikes in the morning which targeted crucial infrastructure in three regions of the country and caused power cuts.
“The Russian armed forces continued to carry out long-range air and sea strikes with high-precision weapons against military command and energy system facilities in Ukraine.
All targeted facilities were hit
,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram.
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108 Ukrainian women freed after exchange with Russia
One hundred and eight women, mostly soldiers, have been released from captivity in a new prisoner exchange with Russia, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency announced on Monday.
“A new large-scale exchange of prisoners of war took place today.
A particularly moving and truly special exchange: we freed 108 women from captivity
,” Andriï Iermak said on Telegram.
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Russia: a military plane crashes in an inhabited area, near Ukraine
A Russian military plane crashed in an inhabited district of the city of Yeyesk, on the shores of the Sea of Azov, near Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Defense, quoted by Russian agencies.
"At the place of the fall of Sukhoi 34 in the courtyard of a residential area, the fuel of the plane caught fire"
, specifies the ministry, while images on social networks filmed by witnesses show a gigantic fire in an apartment building.
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Ukraine calls for Russia's exclusion from G20 after kyiv strikes
Ukraine on Monday (October 17th) demanded the exclusion of Russia from the G20, one month before a summit planned in Indonesia, after the strikes of kamikaze drones on kyiv early in the morning.
“
Those who give the order to attack critical infrastructures (...) and who organize a general mobilization to cover the front line with corpses, cannot sit at the same table as the leaders of the G20.
Russia must be excluded
”, urged on Twitter an adviser to the presidency, Mykhaïlo Podoliak.
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Dissident journalist Ovsiannikova fled Russia and house arrest
Russian journalist Marina Ovsiannikova, under house arrest for denouncing the Russian offensive in Ukraine, fled Russia with her daughter, her lawyer told AFP on Monday.
"Ovsiannikova left Russia with her daughter a few hours after leaving the apartment where she was under house arrest
," Dmitri Zakhvatov told AFP, adding that mother and daughter are in Europe.
"They are fine, they are waiting to be able to express themselves publicly, but for the moment it is not sure
," he added.
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This announcement comes two weeks after a wanted notice for the 44-year-old journalist was issued by the Russian authorities, suggesting that she was on the run.
Indicted in August for
"disseminating false information"
about the Russian army - a crime punishable by 10 years in prison - she had been placed under house arrest by a Moscow court and was prohibited from using any means of communication.
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Moscow's military mobilization centers close on Monday
Moscow's military mobilization centers, which have been open for nearly a month, will close on Monday, announced its mayor Sergei Sobyanin, believing that the Russian capital had recruited its quota of men sent to fight in Ukraine.
According to him,
"the objectives of partial mobilization, established on the basis of the decree of the president and the mission of the Ministry of Defense, have been fully fulfilled"
, allowing the end of the enlistment process in Moscow.
“We hope and pray that you come back safe and sound
,” he added.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he did not foresee a new wave of mobilization of Russians in the army, while acknowledging that the current one had experienced failures for almost a month.
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Russia warns Israel against arms shipments to Ukraine
The former Russian president and current number 2 of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, warned Israel against delivering arms to Ukraine, believing that this
would "destroy"
the relationship with Russia.
“Israel seems to be preparing to deliver arms to the regime in kyiv.
It is a very reckless step.
It will destroy all inter-state relations between our countries
,” he said on his Telegram account.
He renewed the accusations of
"Nazism"
against Ukraine, one of the justifications put forward by Moscow to explain its assault on its neighbor.
Asked about these remarks, a spokeswoman for Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid told AFP that his cabinet would not comment on Dmitry Medvedev's remarks.