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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.

Biden wants to go at the peak: will the US give permission to strike Russia after the elections Angela Figin

In a week, the United States of America will hold presidential elections. However, Joe Biden will still have time to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range Western weapons, regardless of who wins, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.

This opinion was expressed to Channel 24 by the head of the Center for Analysis and Strategy, political scientist Igor Chalenko, noting that a certain window of opportunity may open for Ukraine in the period after November 5 and before the inauguration of the new president.

When will it be a good time for Biden to make a decision

First of all, the window of opportunity is connected with the fact that Harris's headquarters will relieve Biden of certain responsibilities. In addition, if Trump wins, then a new round of confrontation between Democrats and Republicans will begin on November 5, and it will be necessary to show maximum activity.

Biden still needs to finish his political career on a high, so I think that in fact such decisions have a better chance of being made than Biden going into memoirs again and saying that he has allegedly already defeated Vladimir Putin, Chalenko said.

A victory for the Republican candidate will give Biden the opportunity to make the necessary decisions before the inauguration of the new president. If Harris wins, she can say that this was her predecessor's decision and that she had nothing to do with it.

There is potential in this situation, but the question is whether it will be used. It is obvious that the United States and Germany are under pressure from other partners to grant permission for strikes with Western long-range weapons on Russian territory. The UK is the most active here, the political scientist noted.

Recall that British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said that a decision on long-range weapons should be made before winter.

Please note! According to Ivan Us, chief consultant at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, Joseph Biden may give Ukraine permission to strike deep into Russia immediately after November 5, when the US presidential elections will take place.

There may be different scenarios

The United States uses different tactics when cooperating with Ukraine. One tactic is when a political decision is first made, then it takes two to three months to implement it.

And there is an inversely proportional situation, for example, as was the case with the ATACMS cluster and high-explosive missiles. Only a month after Ukraine first used high-explosive ATACMS, they said they had granted permission.

It is possible that some preparations are already underway, but we do not know this, so we cannot appeal to this possibility either. But we would like to receive positive signals in November, Chalenko added.

By the way, former CIA Director David Petraeus believes that the United States should grant permission to strike Russia as soon as possible. In his opinion, this situation is similar to the decision to provide Ukraine with F-16 aircraft, Abrams and Leopard tanks, and ATACMS missiles.

The United States intends to use China's influence on North Korea to force the DPRK to return its troops sent to Russia to participate in a full-scale war against Ukraine.

This was reported by CNN, citing an unnamed American official.

HOW the US wants to influence China so that the DPRK does not participate in the war

According to the source, the US called on China, which maintains relations with Pyongyang, to intervene and put pressure on the DPRK to withdraw its own troops from Russian territory.

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US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan called on other countries to contact Beijing over the sending of DPRK troops to Russia and the possible consequences, the source added.

The publication notes that the interlocutors were not optimistic that China would interfere with North Korea's plans. One of the reasons they cited was North Korea's support for Russia's military-industrial complex.

Recently, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said that North Korean troops are already in the Kursk region of Russia. However, he did not give an exact number.

Earlier, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh reported that North Korea had sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to wage war against Ukraine.

Israeli strike on Iranian missile assembly base: satellite images of aftermath released Dmitry Usik

On the night of October 26, Israel launched strikes on Iran. This attack likely damaged the base of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which creates ballistic missiles.

This was reported by the Associated Press, citing satellite images from Planet Labs PBC.

Attack on the Shahrud space center under the control of the IRGC Air Force

Thus, the Associated Press writes that the damage at the Shahrud base raises new questions regarding the Israeli attack. Iran has previously denied that the area was hit and has remained silent about any possible damage.

Tehran has noted that Israeli attacks have only occurred in the provinces of Ilam, Khuzestan and Tehran, and not in the countryside of Semnan province, where the base is located.

It also potentially further limits the Guards' ability to produce solid-fuel ballistic missiles, which it needs to maintain as a deterrent to Israel, the reporters write.

Tehran has long relied on that arsenal because it has been unable to acquire the advanced Western weapons that Israel and Tehran's Gulf Arab neighbors have armed themselves with for years.

Consequences of the Israeli attack on the Iranian space base/photo AP

Even earlier it became known that Israel had carried out serious strikes on missile production. In particular, the attack targeted 12 facilities that Iran used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles

On the last day of summer 2024, August 31, Russian terrorists hit Kharkov with a Grom-E1 air bomb. The occupiers used the same projectile during the shelling of the city on the night of October 29. This is not a new development of the Russians, but this weapon has been modified recently in order to continue to attack civilian targets in Ukraine.

These shells have been used before, for example, in the Donetsk and Kharkov regions. It was used to attack Mirnograd in March of this year.

In this way, the Russians want to increase the effectiveness of their terror against Ukrainians.

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What is the Grom-E1 bomb, what are its characteristics and range of destruction — read on ICTV Facts.

Grom-E1: what is known

Grom-E1 was created on the basis of the Soviet Kh-38 missile. In essence, this weapon is a hybrid of a gliding bomb and a missile.

The first use of this aerial bomb in the Russian-Ukrainian war became known in March 2023.

This means of destruction was first presented at the international air show MAKS-2015.

The Grom-E1 aerial bomb, unlike conventional gliding bombs, has a jet engine, which allows for an increase in the range of destruction.

In addition, the Grom-E1 projectile has a high-explosive fragmentation modular warhead with a contact detonator. In addition to the standard high-explosive fragmentation part, a development in a thermobaric version with the possibility of high-altitude detonation was also declared.

Photo: Russian Defense Ministry

Military observers say the bomb's advantage is that it can descend at a large angle before hitting a target.

The MiG-35, Su-34, Su-35, Su-57 and helicopters can carry the said projectile.

The Grom-E1 missile-bomb uses inertial and satellite navigation systems for guidance. The first demonstration of the munition took place in 2015. As of 2019, it was reported that testing of the Grom-E1 had been completed.

Grom-E1: characteristics

• projectile weight – 594 kg;
• warhead weight – 315 kg;
• range of destruction – up to 120 km;
• navigation – inertial and satellite.

It is noteworthy that for this aerial bomb the maximum range of destruction depends on how high and fast the projectile carrier flies. Accordingly, as noted in Defense Express, the figure of 120 km is realized, if we believe the declarations of the developer, the Russian corporation Tactical Missile Weapons, when dropped from an altitude of 12 km and a speed of 1600 km/h.

— With lower flight indicators, the range may well be less, which is also indicated by the illustration for the Grom-E1 presentation, in which the range of destruction when dropped from an altitude of 5 km is about 35 km, — the report says.

At the same time, observers point out that given the small number of photos and videos of aircraft with the X-38, this missile remains rare in the Russian Federation.

Kadyrov said that Ukrainian prisoners of war Oleg Tereshchenko were killed during the drone attack in Gudermes

Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov stated that as a result of a drone attack on a building in Gudermes, there are casualties among the captured Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen.

He reported this on his Telegram channel on the evening of October 29.

Kadyrov stated the death of Ukrainian prisoners of war

Ramzan Kadyrov stated that as a result of the attack, there were no casualties on their side.

“But! They are among the Ukrainian prisoners. “At each strategic facility in the republic, up to 10 Ukrainian prisoners are being held, including on the territory of the RUS,” he said.

The corresponding statement by the Chechen leader is an attempt to cover up his own crimes or a panicked attempt to defend himself using prisoners, which is a war crime.

Powerful explosions thundered in Sumy on the evening of October 29.

Explosions in Sumy on the evening of October 29 — what is known

The explosions in Sumy were reported by Suspilne Novoviny correspondents.

An air raid siren was declared in Sumy and the region before the explosions.

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Earlier, the Ukrainian Air Force warned of KAB launches in the direction of Sumy.

Ukrainian military also recorded a group of enemy UAVs in the Sumy region.

Soon, there was a threat of using ballistic weapons from the north-east direction.

Sumy on the map

Sumy — It is a city of regional significance in the north-eastern part of Ukraine.

The total area of ​​the city of Sumy is about 95.39 sq. km.

Photo: Google Maps

The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 979 days.

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

Among the seized Russian property in Finland is a beach for Russian diplomats, – Yle Irina Martsiyash

Finnish authorities have seized a section of beach belonging to Russia and used for diplomats to relax.

This was reported by the local television and radio company Yle.

Russia's Seized Property in Finland

Property belonging to Russia has begun to be seized in various parts of Finland. One of the plots is a seaside plot belonging to Russia, located in Heggesbøli in Kirkkonummi.

According to the land register, the plot includes 17 hectares of land and three and a half hectares of sea area. A bailiff seized it on October 24, the report says.

Another plot that Yle checked is located in Siuntio. It covers almost 8,000 square meters. In 1973, the plot was purchased by the commercial representation of the Soviet Union.

In the city of Megion, which is in the Russian Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO), as a result of an operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense (GUR MO), the local administration building and the police vehicle depot burned down.

Ukrinform reports this with reference to sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate.

Arson of the Megion City Hall in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

— On October 28, 2024, as a result of a successful operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the local administration building burned down in the city of Megion in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Napalm was poured into three broken windows on the first floor of the city hall and set on fire, after which a call was received on the FSB hotline with a message about the mining of the building, — the source said.

The agency's source reported that while local law enforcement officers in Megion were trying to find out whether the administration building was really mined, the firefighters took no action because they were waiting for permission to work.

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— Meanwhile, the fire was spreading over an ever-widening area — the flames completely destroyed the chancery, the deputy mayor's office, and several other rooms. When the attention and resources of the special and rescue services of the city of Megion were focused on extinguishing the fire in the mayor's office, napalm had already been spilled on local police cars in a guarded parking lot, — reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate.

As the intelligence officers added, a second fire was also started, which destroyed at least five police cars.

At the same time, it became known that the arson was started by a woman who threw Molotov cocktails into the building. Also, Russian media write not about five, but about one burnt car.

Russian media reports that the woman who committed the arson was detained, and a criminal case was opened against her, which was transferred to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

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A new step in defiance of the EU: Orban played along with Putin again Natalia Belzetskaya

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited the capital of Georgia, where protests continue. There he was booed, but pro-government TV channels praised the head of government as the prime minister of the country presiding over the EU, although the European Union claims that it did not give Orban the right to represent the organization at this meeting.

By his behavior, the Hungarian politician only confirms that he is a puppet of Vladimir Putin. This opinion was expressed to 24 Kanal by the chairman of the Hungarian community of Kyiv and the Kyiv region Tibor Tompa, adding that this was finally confirmed by Orban's reaction to the elections in Georgia.

Orban played along with Putin again

The pro-Russian party “Georgian Dream” won the elections in Georgia held on October 26. Since then, protests have been spreading across the country. Against this background, Viktor Orban arrived in Tbilisi, where he stated that the Georgians allegedly made the right choice because they did not get involved in the war and “did not become a second Ukraine.”

Then one of the Hungarian intellectuals stated that Orban should be awarded a “black belt of political cynicism.” After all, in this situation, the prime minister's cynicism simply knows no bounds. He is playing along with the Russian dictator, who has adopted a wait-and-see position regarding the elections.

Why Putin did this? Because the Kremlin has a representative like Orban, who constantly destroys European principles, European policy and does all the dirty and unworthy work instead of the Kremlin, – emphasized Tibor Tompa.

Unfortunately, Viktor Orban has truly become the executor of Putin's wishes today. Although in reality Hungary has no positive benefits from interaction with Russia.

Recall that in Georgia people came out to protest after a pro-Russian party won the elections. On the day of the vote, there were numerous reports of violations and falsifications.

Viktor Orban arrived in Tbilisi on October 28. He congratulated the “Georgian Dream” on their victory and stated that “Georgians have chosen a peaceful path” unlike Ukraine.