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The US called on Biden to grant Poland permission to shoot down missiles over Ukraine Dmitry Usik

Bipartisan Helsinki Commission leaders ask US to allow Poland to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine. They made this request to President Joe Biden.

This was reported by The Hill.

A call to allow Poland to shoot down missiles

Republican Joe Wilson and Democrat Steve Cohen are reported to have sent a letter to Biden asking for authority to “intercept and neutralize missiles over Ukraine, particularly those threatening to approach Polish airspace.”

The request comes as Poland seeks to use its air defense shields, and possibly expand them, which would protect their skies from Russian missiles but would also help Ukraine in protection, the publication writes.

The Hill writes that closing the Ukrainian skies to Russian missiles is one of the biggest challenges of the entire full-scale war. They recalled the incident in November 2022, when two Polish farmers died as a result of a falling munition.

Poland, represented by Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, had previously proposed a scheme to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine. However, it did not receive support from then NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

The United States stated that military exercises of North Korean troops in Russia violate a number of UN Security Council norms.

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller stated this on October 29.

DPRK military exercises in Russia — US State Department Position

— We believe that Russia's training of DPRK soldiers using weapons or related materials is a direct violation of Security Council resolutions, — he pointed out.

Miller noted that in this vein, Moscow and Pyongyang are violating the UN arms embargo, as well as the import or export ban, which could help the DPRK conduct nuclear tests or launch ballistic missiles.

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The American official emphasized that Washington is consulting with the Ukrainian authorities and allies regarding steps in response to the involvement of North Korean forces in the war on Russia's side.

Also, according to him, multilateral monitoring of sanctions against North Korea continues, and the United States is ready to use the sanctions mechanism both against the DPRK and Russia.

There are no Ukrainian prisoners in Chechnya: why Kadyrov is lying Nadezhda Batyuk

Former representative of the Chechen battalion Islam Belokiev believes that the words of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov about Ukrainian prisoners in Gudermes are a lie. The soldier fights on the side of Ukraine and does not trust Kadyrov's statements.

Islam Belokiev questions Ramzan Kadyrov's words about Ukrainian prisoners in Chechnya. He spoke about this in a commentary to the publication Kavkaz.Realii.

Are there Ukrainian prisoners in Chechnya

The former press secretary of the Chechen battalion named after Sheikh Mansur suggests that by declaring that prisoners are being held in Chechnya, Kadyrov wants to protect important facilities from Ukrainian drone strikes.

There are no Ukrainian prisoners in Chechnya. They are being held in other regions, Kadyrov's men sometimes go there for filming. Only sometimes can they be brought to Chechnya temporarily, and only a few people for a staged video, and then they are immediately taken back, says Islam Belokiev.

Belokiev notes that it is unknown whether the aircraft that attacked the “university” was really launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Opponents of the current leadership of the republic inside Russia may be behind this.

The Every Human Being organization also believes that there are no Ukrainian prisoners in Chechnya. They refer to the words of released prisoners of war and say that none of them were held in Chechnya. There are also no known cases where the premises of any university were used to hold prisoners.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that although the Ukrainian military took control of part of the Kursk region in Russia, they did not try to seize factories or nuclear power plants, as Western media reported.

Zelensky said this during an interview with representatives of leading media in Northern European countries.

Ukraine did not plan to seize the Kursk NPP

According to the president, intelligence received information that Russia may be preparing to conduct an operation to destroy Ukraine's defensive lines in the east, namely in the Kharkiv region.

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In response to this information, Ukraine informed its international partners about the need to destroy Russian military resources that threaten Ukrainian cities.

“We started fighting the Russians on the territory of the Kharkiv region. This helped stop them,” Zelensky said.

He also added that Putin publicly announced the creation of a buffer zone across the east and north of Ukraine. Therefore, it was decided to go to Kursk to create a buffer zone there.

Although Ukraine has achieved some success in this territory, information in the Western media about attempts to seize critical facilities, such as energy systems or nuclear power plants, is false.

“No, we didn’t even try,” the president added.

He stressed that Ukraine does not occupy critical infrastructure facilities, as Russia does.

“Russia thinks that they are very strong, but if we wanted to occupy their nuclear power plant, we could do it. But we never wanted that, because we understand what that means. That we will be the same as Russia, Zelensky emphasized.

The head of the country also noted that Ukraine does not occupy critical infrastructure, as Russia does, and recalled the captured Zaporizhzhya NPP.

We will add that Russia tried to accuse Ukraine of attempting to strike the Kursk NPP. Then the Kremlin propagandists said that Russian air defense allegedly shot down a French air bomb, which fell 5 km from the NPP.

Russia thinks it is very strong, but if we wanted, we would seize the Kursk NPP, – Zelensky Sofia Rozhik

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue the operation in the Kursk region. The Ukrainian army was close to the Kursk NPP, and if Ukraine wanted it, the station would have been captured.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with representatives of leading media outlets in Northern Europe.

Ukraine never wanted to capture the Kursk NPP

“Russia thinks it is very strong, but if we wanted to capture their nuclear power plant, we would have done it, we could have done it, but we never wanted it,” Zelensky said.

He explained Ukraine's position on this matter by the understanding that this would mean becoming the same as Russia.

We are not occupying their critical infrastructure, as they did with the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, the head of state emphasized.

Recall that in early October, the Russians accused Ukraine of attacking the Kursk NPP with HIMARS. Then the head of the Central Dispatch Center of the National Security and Defense Council Andrey Kovalenko noted that there was no expediency in attacking the plant.

“Of course, no one attacked the NPP, there is no expediency in this. The Russians are showing some kind of fire in Kurchatov and the video shows an explosion on the ground. What does the shelling of the NPP have to do with it? It is far away. It has nothing in common with the attack on the Kursk NPP,” Kovalenko said.

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) is looking into whether to investigate and possibly punish Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc for using foul language at a press conference ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix.

This was reported by Motorsport.

Leclerc used foul language at the Mexican Grand Prix

The incident comes after Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was penalized for using foul language ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix last month. Because of this, the Dutchman announced a boycott of FIA press conferences.

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Part of the FIA's initiative is to pay attention to drivers' language, especially swearing, in order to avoid officials and drivers alike abusing it.

During the press conference, he was asked what he said when he turned his car on one section of the track and almost crashed in front of McLaren's Lando Norris.

— I overdid it a bit with the steering, and when I recovered, I skidded to the other side and I thought: Damn (in the English version of f..k), — Leclerc said.

The Monegasque immediately apologised: Oh, sorry! Oh, no, no, no, no! I don't want to join Max!

According to the publication, after the press conference, Leclerc had a long private conversation with FIA representatives. Then the driver apologized again.

As in the case of Verstappen, Charles Leclerc's comments could be considered a violation of Article 12.2.1k of the FIA ​​International Sporting Code.

The rule states that an offence is any word, action or publication that causes moral damage or loss to the FIA, its organs, the members of the FIA ​​or its executive officers, as well as in general to the interests of motor sport and the values ​​​​that the FIA ​​defends.

Recall that at the Mexican Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc took third place on the podium. The stage victory was won by his teammate Carlos Sainz, for whom this is his second triumph of the season.

Verstappen continues to lead the personal standings of the current Formula 1 season, who currently has 362 points. Norris is second with 315 points, and Leclerc is in third place (291).

A fire broke out at a shipyard in Britain where nuclear submarines are built Asya Kovaleva

Two people were taken to hospital in the British city of Barrow-in-Furness after a serious fire broke out at a BAE Systems shipyard. Nuclear submarines are built there.

Sky News reports this. BAE Systems is one of the world's largest defence contractors.

A fire has broken out at a shipyard in Britain

Cumbria Police said there were no casualties or nuclear hazards as a result of the fire that broke out on Wednesday night.

The police added that the shipyard's employees had been evacuated and advised people living nearby to “stay at home while emergency services respond to the incident and keep their doors and windows closed.”

It is noted that the company produces a huge amount of military equipment, including nuclear submarines, fighter jets, and ships, weapons and ammunition.

At Barrow-in-Furness, the company builds the Astute and Dreadnought nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy.

Since 1963, BAE Systems has built all but three of the Royal Navy's nuclear submarines.

On October 30, due to damage to the contact network during the night shelling of Kherson, trolleybuses did not work for some time.

Updated at 09:57. Electric transport was restored at around nine in the morning, but power outages are possible in the city for the next four hours.

Shelling of Kherson on October 30: what is known

During the shelling of Kherson on October 30, Russian occupiers attacked the territory of one of the municipal transport enterprises of the city council.

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Buildings, as well as several buses and trucks, were damaged by enemy strikes.

People, fortunately, were not hurt.

Due to damage to the contact network in Kherson, trolleybuses and three traffic lights.

Around nine in the morning, electric transport resumed operation.

However, soon the head of the city military administration Roman Mrochko reported that in Kherson there is now an urgent need to carry out emergency restoration work on the power grids.

Therefore in the next four hours, power outages are possible in the city.

The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 980 days already.

On the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the air raid map in Ukraine you can monitor the situation in cities.

Scholz's party said it was ready to improve relations with “Putin's friend” Schroeder Irina Martsiyash

The new General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Matthias Miersch, has expressed his readiness to reconcile with former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who found himself in a scandal over his ties to Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin after the start of the full-scale invasion.

Matthias Miersch said this in an interview with Stern magazine.

Scholz's party is ready to improve relations with Schröder

When asked whether Schröder should remain in the ranks of the Social Democrats, the party's General Secretary answered in the affirmative.

We should not think in black and white categories. I can pay tribute to his life's work… even if I have a fundamentally different view of Putin and the attack on Ukraine,” he said.

In addition, Miersch said that Schröder “achieved a lot” as German chancellor from 1998 to 2005, recalling the refusal to participate in the Iraq war, the reform of school education and the legalization of civil partnerships for same-sex couples.

To a remark about Schröder's ties with Russia, the SPD Secretary General responded that current Chancellor Olaf Scholz is ready to talk to Putin, and “negotiations and containment are two sides of the same coin.”

Gerhard Schröder was chancellor from 1998 to 2005 and leader of the SPD party from 1999 to 2004. After he was removed from his post as head of government, he worked for many years in Russian energy companies and is still considered a friend of Putin.

Among other things, Gerhard Schröder met with the head of the Kremlin in Moscow a few weeks after the start of the full-scale war, and then again in July 2022. After each meeting, he assured that Russia was interested in ending the war.

After the explosions in Kyiv on October 30, fires occurred at two addresses in the Solomensky district.

Explosions in Kyiv on October 30: what is known

On the night of October 30, the Russian army attacked Kyiv for the 19th time since the beginning of the month.

Enemy drones approached the capital twice from different directions and at different altitudes.

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In total, the air raid siren in Kyiv lasted more than two hours.

Defenders of the sky drones launched by the Russians were discovered and neutralized.

However, the wreckage of the downed UAVs caused fires at two addresses in the Solomensky district.

A fire broke out in several rooms in a multi-story residential building.

18 people were evacuated from the building. Nine people were injured, including an 11-year-old child.

Doctors diagnosed him with an acute stress reaction.

At another address in the Solomensky District, a fire broke out in an administrative building.

Subsequently, the gas pressure control station also became depressurized.

Specialists have already fixed the problem and extinguished the fire.

There were no casualties at this address. victims.

Let us recall that last night a fire also raged in the Solomensky district due to falling drone debris.

First, a gas pipe on the facade of a nine-story building became depressurized, after which a store and three cars caught fire. Six people were injured.

In Svyatoshinsky district, windows were broken in a three-story administrative building.

The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 980 days.

You can monitor the situation in cities on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the map of air raids in Ukraine.