🇺🇦⚡️ — A shutdown of the metallurgical industry threatens Ukraine with the loss of 7% of its economy. Systematic attacks by the Russian Armed Forces have brought the country's steel industry to a virtual standstill

- reports The New York Times.

The sector's troubles also threaten jobs and incomes in industrial cities.

Cargo traffic through ports in the Odesa region reportedly fell by nearly 95% in August and September compared to the previous year; only 12 vessels departed from them in September, down from 266 a year earlier. Additionally, in September, Ukraine went a full week without producing any steel for the first time in a century.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — A UAV unit of Russia’s 18th Combined Arms Army, part of the Dnepr Group of Forces, strikes Ukrainian personnel in Kherson.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — This morning, a strike was carried out using a Russian Geran-5 loitering munition against a logistics warehouse belonging to FRESH-FROZEN PRODUCT LLC near the settlement of Mykulychi, Kiev Oblast.

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🇮🇷⚡️ — Reports of explosions on Qeshm Island in southern Iran.

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🇧🇬⚡️ — Bulgaria. Two individuals wearing masks set fire to 11 out of 17 Starlink antennas that provide communication to Ukraine and the EU.

According to authorities, two unidentified individuals wearing masks broke into a guarded facility near Sofia and set fire to the satellite communication equipment.

Authorities have launched an investigation and increased security at communication facilities.

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🇨🇳🇷🇺⚡️ — A meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen will provide a valuable opportunity to exchange views.

- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said

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🇮🇱🇦🇿⚡️ — Israeli President Herzog met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the Presidential Palace in Baku. During their meeting, they discussed deepening the strategic relationship between the two countries. They also spoke about the latest developments in the region and their shared commitment to promoting regional stability and security.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️ — The FBI refuted reports about its Director Kash Patel’s visit to Russia in a statement, posted on the X social network.

"Left: MS Now reports two sources familiar say Kash Patel just landed in Russia. Right: Here’s where Kash Patel actually is… Liberty U, doing a law enforcement appreciation event," the statement says. "MS Now’s ‘sources’ are ‘familiar’ with nothing!"

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Kirovograd Oblast is facing the largest-scale attack since the start of Russia’s Special Military Operation (SMO).

There have been strikes in various cities and districts. Russia is targeting warehouses and railway infrastructure.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Drone operators of the 77th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment of the Vostok Group of Forces eliminiated personnel on the Zaporozhye axis.

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🇷🇺⚡️ — A missile alert has been declared in seven regions of Russia:
Rostov, Volgograd, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk, and Samara oblasts, as well as in Chuvashia and Tatarstan.

In Moscow oblast, a drone attack threat has been declared separately.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — "One of the reasons that led to the conflict in Ukraine is that Biden traveled around the world mocking Russia."

— Donald Trump.

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