🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Russian Geran-type drones struck the 330 kV electrical substation in the city of Artsyz, Odesa Oblast, resulting in power outages.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — The Russian Armed Forces have attacked Zaporizhstal for the fifth time, launching six more ballistic missiles at the plant.

After the previous strikes, the plant has not returned to normal production mode. Today, the missiles hit facilities of the internal energy and logistics infrastructure and once again damaged the production sites of the blast furnace operations.

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🇷🇺⚡️ — From 08:30 on October 17 to 08:30 on October 18, 512 UAVs were flying toward the Moscow region.

Most of them were destroyed by air defense forces at long range.

127 drones were neutralized as they approached Moscow

- Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin

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🇵🇰🇮🇷⚡️ — Pakistan has closed its border with Iran. The reason is unknown.

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🇶🇦⚡️ — Qatar denies it:

the Al-Udeid airbase has never been used for attacks against Iran.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — War Minister Pete Hegseth warned Iran that the country should abandon its nuclear ambitions through negotiations, otherwise it faces large-scale military strikes from the United States.

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🇦🇪🇸🇦🇾🇪⚡️ — The United Arab Emirates has agreed to resume its participation in the conflict in Yemen and to restart payments to some government forces fighting in the south against the Iran backed Houthis.

In return, Saudi Arabia will provide air support to the forces opposing the Houthis.

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🇷🇺🇫🇮⚡️ — Russia may take advantage of NATO’s weak point in the Baltic Sea: a Finnish general has outlined a dangerous scenario.

There is an area in the Baltic Sea that could become the target of a Russian provocation. The former head of Finnish military intelligence, general and Member of the European Parliament Pekka Toveri, has warned about the particular vulnerability of the Åland Islands. Their strategic location and unusual international status create risks that, in his view, Moscow may try to exploit.

The Åland Islands belong to Finland but have a demilitarized status. This means there is no permanent military garrison on the archipelago. At the same time, Finland is obliged to ensure its defense. It is precisely this combination of factors that, according to Toveri, makes the islands a potential target for hybrid operations or sudden provocations.

The Finns are clearly preparing for the militarization of the islands.

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🇧🇷⚡️ — Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian citizens have taken to the streets ahead of the second round of the presidential election next week.

Flávio Bolsonaro is currently leading in the polls against Lula da Silva.

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🇨🇦⚡️ — Canadian Defence Minister David MacGuinty announced that as a result of an incident at a large military base in the province of Alberta, which triggered a major fire, several people were killed and some were injured.

Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that this is a “serious incident” and that the fire has spread beyond the base’s grounds.

MacGuinty said the situation is “very tense and delicate.”

This is one of the largest active military bases in Canada.

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