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More than 10 websites were hit: military cybers “congratulated” propagandist Peskov on his birthday Irina Martsiyash

Military cybers “congratulated” Dmitry Peskov on his birthday/Collage 24 Kanal (Photo Getty Images StratCom Armed Forces of Ukraine)

Ukrainian military cybers “congratulated” the press secretary of the head of the Kremlin Putin on his birthday. And they did it in an eloquent manner.

This was reported by the StratCom Armed Forces of Ukraine. They showed a corresponding photo of the “congratulations”.

Peskov's bright “congratulations” on his birthday birthday

StratKomi of the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted that military cybers posted a birthday greeting to Russian propagandist Dmitry Peskov.

Dead bodies of Russians are depicted against the background of a switched-on TV showing speeches by Putin's press secretary Peskov.

11 websites were affected, including companies involved in the production of components for cars used by the occupiers – Transpromelektronika and the Tundra car manufacturer, the report says.

“Congratulations” to Peskov on his birthday/Photo StratCom VSU

The Ukrainian side has never said that it is allegedly preparing to create nuclear weapons.

This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a briefing with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, answering a journalist's question about the publication's recent statement Bild.

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It cannot but cause horror – Orban was frightened by the Ukraine Victory Plan and wants EU negotiations with Russia Iryna Martsiyash

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The head of the Hungarian government Viktor Orban said that the Victory Plan, which was presented by Volodymyr Zelensky the day before, causes him “horror”. Thus, the prime minister announced his intentions to promote the idea of ​​​​negotiations between the European Union and Russia.

He wrote about this on his Facebook page on the eve of the EU summit in Brussels. He published a corresponding post on Thursday, October 17.

Orban responded to the Victory Plan

Orban described the EU summit as “three big battles”, the first of which he called Zelensky's presentation of the Victory Plan.

What he (Zelensky – 24 Kanal) posted yesterday in the Ukrainian parliament cannot but cause horror, the Hungarian prime minister emphasized.

The head of the Hungarian government once again stated that the European Union should reconsider its “poorly organized, poorly implemented, poorly calculated” strategy regarding Ukraine.

“But this does not mean more wars, more dangerous weapons and long-range weapons, but it does mean that we need to move from a strategy of war to a strategy of peace. We need a ceasefire and peace talks,” Orban said in the publication.

According to him, he wants to call on the German Chancellor and the French President “on behalf of the entire European Union to start negotiations with the Russians as soon as possible so that we can find a way out of this situation.”

In Kyiv, law enforcement officers together with the SBU officers exposed another fraudulent scheme that allowed men of draft age to avoid mobilization.

A man who smuggled conscripts abroad has been detained

A 24-year-old resident of Kyiv offered conscripts help in enrolling in a Polish university for full-time study. For successfully passing online exams, he asked for $10,000.

This allowed his clients, namely men of draft age, to cross the Ukrainian border without hindrance.

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The man's activities ceased, since during the transfer of money from a fictitious 25-year-old applicant, the police detained the fraudster red-handed.

The offender was charged under Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on the illegal transfer of people across the state border of Ukraine. Issues regarding his detention are currently being resolved.

If the man's guilt is proven, he faces up to nine years in prison and confiscation of property. In addition, the offender will be prohibited from holding certain positions or engaging in certain activities for up to three years.

For the first time in a year and a half: a Russian An-124 has arrived in Belarus Asya Kovaleva

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A heavy transport aircraft An-124 departed from Russia for Belarus. This happened for the first time in the last year and a half.

The monitoring group “Belarusian Gayun” writes about this. Before that, he was in Vladivostok and Ulyanovsk.

Russian An-124 lands in Belarus

Analysts report that on the night of October 17, a Russian An-124 transport plane landed at the Machulishche airfield in Belarus.

Reference. The An-124 Ruslan is a heavy military transport aircraft. It is designed to transport troops with military equipment and weapons from the deep rear of the country to the combat zone, to reinforce airborne assault forces with heavy military equipment, to deliver cargo to naval forces, and to transport heavy and large-sized cargo.

According to the monitoring group, the An-124 aircraft was at the airfield in Belarus for four hours, after which it returned to Russia. It should be noted that the last time an aircraft of this type, belonging to the Russian Aerospace Forces, flew to Machulishche was about a year and a half ago.

A scandal broke out between women and employees of the territorial recruitment and social support center (TRC and SP) in the Zakarpattia region.

Scandal with the TRC in the Zakarpattia region

As reported by journalist Vitaliy Glagola, the scandal between the TRC employees and women occurred in the village of Bolshiye Komiaty, Beregovsky district, Zakarpattia region.

Photo: Google Maps

The released video footage shows the women blocking the road and attempting to overturn a TCC service vehicle.

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— An incident occurred in which the women blocked the road, attacked a TCC employee, and attempted to overturn their vehicle, — the report says.

What the National Police responded to the scandal with the TCC

The spokesperson for the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Zakarpattia region, Anna Dan, noted in a comment to Ukrainian journalists that the second case of an attack by women on a military vehicle in four days was recorded.

Two criminal cases have been opened on this fact.

The first is under Art. 296 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Hooliganism), the second is under Art. 114-1 (Obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine).

According to her, the police managed to identify all the participants in the incident in the Zakarpattia region. The pre-trial investigation is currently ongoing.

The absolute maximum temperature on Earth was broken in July 2024 Yulia Murina

The absolute maximum was broken in July/Getty Images (illustrative photo)

In July 2024, the absolute maximum on the planet was broken. Such a temperature had not been observed before.

Vera Balabukh, head of the department of applied meteorology and climatology of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, spoke about this.

The absolute maximum on Earth was broken in July

The meteorologist said that 2024 could be significantly warmer than the previous year. I noticed that already based on the results of the first half of the year, it is clear that the temperatures are significantly higher.

In July of this year, the absolute maximum temperature was broken on our planet. Such a temperature has never been observed before, – Vera Balabukh emphasized.

Of course, the changes that are happening are very significant. The expert noted that the state of the planet can be assessed by temperature. It is changing at such a high rate.

The meteorologist noted that this leads to very large consequences – changes in all systems. In particular, both the cryosphere and water resources are changing.

Interesting! The meteorologist noted that, unfortunately, in Ukraine the increase in average annual air temperature is occurring 2.5 – 3 times faster than the increase in global temperature.

The thirty-ninth US President Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 this year, voted early in the presidential election for Vice President Kamala Harris.

The New York Times and CBS News report this.

US Elections: Jimmy Carter Votes for Harris

Jimmy Carter's family said that the former US President, who has been in hospice since February 2023, really wanted to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.

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The grandson of the 39th US President, Jason Carter, said that his grandfather's ballot was dropped into a ballot box at a courthouse in Americus, Georgia.

Note that Kamala Harris responded to the news that former US President Carter cast his vote for her.

“President Carter, thank you for your support,” Harris wrote on her X (Twitter) page.

Note that the in-person early voting period in Georgia began on Tuesday. The US presidential election will take place on November 5.

Jimmy Carter: What is known about the former US President

Earlier this month, Carter turned 100 years old, becoming the first former president in US history to reach that age. He has been battling cancer since 2015 and is currently receiving hospice care.

Jimmy Carter was President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He is also a recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.

He served two terms as Governor of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975.

Born and raised in Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Naval Academy. He served seven years as a submarine officer in the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets of the U.S. Navy, leaving the military after the death of his father in 1953.

Carter's tenure saw improvements to the U.S. Social Security system, but it also saw significant tax increases. On the international stage, he helped negotiate the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt and the Panama Canal Agreement.

In the November 1980 presidential election, Carter ran for a second term but lost to Republican Ronald Reagan.

Putin's “Victory Theory”: ISW Analysis, Will the Dictator Achieve His Goals Yulia Murina

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The Russian dictator's current “victory theory” is aimed at prolonging the war. Putin dreams that the occupiers will be able to “survive” Western support and break the Ukrainian resistance, winning a war of attrition.

This was stated by the American Institute for the Study of War. ISW analyzed Putin's so-called “victory theory.”

ISW on Putin's “victory theory”

Analysts noted that Putin's “victory theory” in Ukraine is aimed at prolonging the war. It claims that Russian troops “can survive” Western support for Ukraine and “break” Ukrainian resistance, “winning a war of attrition.”

However, Russia is likely to face serious medium- and long-term limitations that will undermine these strategic efforts, ISW emphasized.

They also noted that Putin and the Russian military command have committed the military to conduct offensive operations along the front lines in the East and Northeast for a year. The goal is to exhaust the Ukrainian Armed Forces and prevent Ukraine from accumulating the necessary manpower and material and technical resources to conduct counter-offensive operations that would call into question Russia's initiative throughout the entire theater of military operations.

Putin and the Russian military command likely view maintaining the initiative across the entire theater of military operations as a strategic priority and have demonstrated that they tolerate protracted offensive actions that lead to gradual creeping advances that do not correspond to the intended “operational” goals, the Institute for the Study of War wrote.

Analysts noted that the occupiers are now trying to eliminate the challenge to their initiative across the entire theater of military operations in the Kursk region after the start of Operation Defense Forces in August, while maintaining offensive pressure in eastern Ukraine and pursuing long-standing goals.

ISW suggested that the intensified offensive operation by the Russian military in the summer of 2024 to capture Pokrovsk would likely “culminate in the coming months.” Although the occupation command would likely continue to commit troops to an overall strategic effort to maintain the initiative across the entire theater and exhaust Ukrainian forces well before that operational culmination, regardless of the state of Russian forces' combat readiness.

Putin's “victory” theory is based on the idea that Russian forces will conduct successive offensive operations ad infinitum, but these exhausting assaults will likely degrade the condition of Russian manpower and equipment to such an extent that Russian forces will be forced to slow down the pace of the offensive at least in certain areas of the front, giving Ukrainian forces the opportunity to fight and possibly seize the initiative on the battlefield in these areas, ISW said.

They added that medium- and long-term limitations on Russian military potential and military-industrial production will undermine Russia's ability to sustain successive offensive operations aimed at prolonging the war and exhausting Ukraine.

ISW on Russia's Enormous Losses and the Possibility of Mobilization

By the way, analysts are observing a constant and widespread increase in the financial incentives that the authorities of the aggressor country offer for concluding a military contract with the Ministry of Defense. This indicates that Russia is exhausting its reserves of “volunteers.”

Interestingly, Russian authorities have expressed concern that current efforts to recruit volunteers are yielding diminishing results. Putin remains keen to avoid mobilization, despite growing signs of constraints in the formation of the armed forces.

Putin retains the option of carrying out another wave of partial mobilization, as he did in the fall of 2022, but will likely do so only under intense pressure or after the current campaign suffers significant failure, ISW believes.

Analysts noted that enemy offensives in Ukraine have resulted in significant losses of equipment, especially armored vehicles. Russia's military-industrial capacity is unlikely to be able to replace these losses in the medium to long term.

Russia is now relying on the restoration of large but limited stockpiles of Soviet-era equipment to replace the huge losses in Ukraine, and appears to be depleting stockpiles at a rapid pace, the Institute emphasized.

They added that the aggressor is using partnerships with North Korea and Iran to acquire ammunition and military equipment, and is also cooperating with China to acquire critical components for defense production. However, according to analysts, these international purchases will not be able to meet all of Russia's needs for material and technical means in the war against Ukraine.

“Putin appears to be as reluctant to carry out a full-scale economic mobilization as he is to carry out another wave of mobilization, and it remains unclear whether critical bottlenecks and the worsening labor shortage will allow Russia's economy to be quickly and fully mobilized for military action if Putin allows it,” ISW noted.

Russian losses as of October 17, 2024 – summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the latest data, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 1,420 Russian occupiers in one day.

Total losses of Russian army personnel on the 967th day of the full-scale war exceeded 674 thousand.

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Russian losses as of October 17, 2024

• personnel/personnel ‒ about 674,270 (+1,420) persons,
• tanks ‒ 9,014 (+17) units,
• troop-carrying AFVs ‒ 18,002 (+33) units,
• artillery systems – 19,510 (+51) units,
• MLRS – 1,232 (+1) units,
• anti-aircraft systems ‒ 978 (+0) units,
• aircraft – 369(+0) units,
• helicopters – 329(+0) units,
• UAV operational-tactical level – 17104(+54),
• cruise missiles ‒ 2620(+0),
• warships/boats ‒ 28(+0) units,
• submarines — 1 (+0) units,
• vehicles and fuel tanks – 26815 (+83) units,
• special equipment – ​​3446 (+5).

The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 967 days now.

The situation in the cities can be monitored on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the air raid map in Ukraine.