🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️ — The Russian Armed Forces have attacked Ukraine’s energy and oil and gas sectors 76 times since Trump announced the energy truce a week ago, Zelensky said.

Last night there were strikes on substations in the Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, and Odesa regions. Tens of thousands of families remain without power.

“In total over the past week, the Russian Armed Forces have launched almost 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs, and 66 missiles at Ukraine, most of them ballistic. The main targets of these strikes are precisely the energy sector; the Russians are trying to create a blackout,” he noted.

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🇺🇸🇨🇴🇭🇳⚡️ — Units of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division are being deployed to Latin America as part of an expanded counternarcotics campaign.

About 600 soldiers from the battalion based at Fort Drum, New York, will first arrive at a jungle warfare training center in Panama and then are expected to take part in joint exercises with the armed forces of Colombia and Honduras.

According to officials, they may provide support to U.S. special operations experts who are already advising local security forces on conducting raids against suspected drug traffickers.

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🇮🇷⚡️ — Iran's Parliament has approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi as the country's new Defense Minister.

A veteran Defense Ministry official, Ketabchi played a key role in developing Iran's missile industry, having previously headed the Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group and later the Aerospace Industries Organization.

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🇺🇦🇺🇸⚡️ — The United States has resumed the exchange of intelligence with Kiev, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

As reported by Bloomberg, the Ukrainian president had previously stated that Washington was threatening to suspend the transfer of intelligence.

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🇾🇪🇾🇪❌🇸🇦 — The Houthis have released footage showing a Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) AH-6i light attack and reconnaissance helicopter being brought down over Najran.

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🇱🇹🇱🇻🇷🇺⚡️ — On the morning of October 18, an unidentified object, presumably a drone, was detected in Lithuanian airspace, triggering the air-raid warning system.

NATO fighter jets were scrambled, but the object could not be intercepted.

It is presumed that the object may have exploded near the town of Pasvalys in northern Lithuania, close to the border with Latvia.

Latvia has also declared a state of emergency in three municipalities over concerns that the object could enter its airspace. The Lithuanian police are investigating the incident.

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🇺🇦🇱🇹⚡️ — A representative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

We regret that our drones, intended to strike legitimate military targets in Russia, were intercepted this morning by Russia’s electronic warfare systems and entered Lithuanian airspace.

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🇫🇷⚡️ — Over the last hour, the situation in Paris has begun to heat up: police have been deployed in several districts of the French capital due to the appearance of new gatherings of people.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳🇰🇵🌍⚡️ — The world is approaching a Third World War: the number of armed conflicts has reached its highest level since the Second World War, says the FT.

According to estimates by the International Crisis Group, 65 conflicts are currently ongoing worldwide.

The war in Ukraine, the confrontation between the US and Iran, and tensions around Taiwan could escalate into a global clash. An additional threat is posed by the growing alignment between Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, and Pyongyang.

The world order is breaking down, and Putin, Xi Jinping, and Trump are increasingly viewing the world through the prism of spheres of influence. At the same time, Trump is questioning the US willingness to defend its allies.

The key question is whether Russia will dare to attack a NATO country, and China to attack Taiwan, if they are not sure about Washington’s intervention. This could determine whether a global war can be avoided.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — A compilation of footage showing Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) operations.

Four FAB-500 bombs equipped with UMPK guidance kits struck the following targets:

• A temporary deployment point of the 159th Separate Mechanized Brigade in Hnylytsia, Kharkiv Oblast.
• A temporary deployment point of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade in Donetsk.

Additionally, five FAB-500 bombs equipped with UMPK destroyed an earthen crossing in Maiaky.

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🇷🇺⚡️ — Russia says its forces have struck a dry cargo ship carrying military and dual-use supplies to Ukraine, 50 km southwest of Odesa port.

— Russian Ministry of Defense.

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🇪🇬🇸🇦🇾🇪⚡️ — The Egyptian National Defense Council has approved providing “all necessary support” to Saudi Arabia in its fight against the Houthis in Yemen.

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