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🇸🇰Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed his desire to restore “normal” relations with Russia if the war in Ukraine ends during his government’s tenure, claiming that the European Union needs Russia, speaking to Slovak outlets Aktuality and Denník N on October 3

Speaking to reporters, Fico stated that “If the war ends during this government’s mandate, I will do everything to restore economic and normal relations with Russia. The EU needs Russia, and of course, Russia needs the EU.”

Fico also added his intent to maintain “normal, friendly relations” with Ukraine, adding that all wars eventually end through negotiations, and in his view, there is no military solution to conflicts. He said that Ukraine should remain a transit country for resources needed by Europe.

Additionally, Fico referenced Czech President Petr Pavel, suggesting that Pavel had shifted his stance on the war in Ukraine, allegedly stating that Ukraine should prepare for some form of compromise.

Earlier, Kyiv condemned Slovak PM Fico’s comments about Nazis in Ukrainian military.

Being a Putin lover has aged him

“russia Tortures Ukrainian Prisoners at All Stages, Involving Rape, Beatings, & Electric Shock.
- United Nations 🇺🇳

According to a UN report, russia has subjected Ukrainian prisoners to torture throughout their captivity, including rape, beatings, and electric shocks. The report highlights that many of these documented abuses involved personnel from various government agencies, suggesting a high level of coordination.

The report also notes that prison guards were aware of the mistreatment and had the opportunity to stop it but failed to do so. Additionally, russian officials have publicly called for the cruel treatment and execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war, further fueling these abuses.”

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Vladyslav Oksenchuk and Anastasia Kunytska met while serving in the "Azov" regiment.

He came to Donetsk region from Kovel, Volyn region, she is a local, born in Urzuf. Relationships were built, but they were cut short by the war...

In May, Nastya died in Mariupol, and Vlad was captured. On September 14 of this year, Azov native Vladyslav Oksenchuk returned home. He dedicated his first Instagram post to his beloved Anastasia.

"They say that such trials make us stronger. Two years have passed already, and I have not become stronger from this, every day it only gets harder..." - wrote Vladyslav.

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Goodnight Resisters everywhere

Air defense activity was reported in Kurchatov, the city where the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is located.

The Kursk region authorities have officially confirmed that the shelling of Kurchatov did not affect the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in any way.

It was likely that the missile hit an ammunition depot several kilometers from the nuclear power plant.

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Russia has launched 119 Kinzhal missiles at Ukraine, 28 of which have been shot down. Today, it has become known that another Patriot system has arrived in Ukraine that can shoot them down.

Unfortunately, Ukraine has not had such air defense systems for a long time.

Most of the objects hit by the Kinzhals are civilian: 68 civilian versus 15 military (latest available data, there may be more).

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Vovchansk. No, this is not the aftermath of a nuclear strike. This is a town that the Russian army came to “liberate” in May

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Russian train with letter Z not allowed into Lithuania until it was cleaned

Border guards in Kyana noticed the inscriptions and symbols on the Moscow-Kaliningrad transit train. The letters "Z", "ZOV" and the inscription "Vilnius is a city of Russia" were painted on the carriages.

The border guards threatened to uncouple the graffitied carriages. As a result, the train personnel had to scrub off the graffiti. The train manager and his subordinates, under the supervision of the border guards, erased the inscriptions and letters with sand.

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A Ren-TV employee posed as a BBC journalist in order to get close to the opposition in Europe.

Journalists found out that an employee of the Russian federal TV channel Ren-TV, Airat Shiryaev, posed as a special correspondent for the BBC Russian Service "Mark Nazarov" in order to film events of the Russian opposition in Europe.

Airat Shiryaev is a former employee of NTV and the Izvestia media group, now working for a company that produces content for REN TV. He created WhatsApp and Telegram on a British phone number under the name Mark Nazarov, and also created an email with the address of marknazarov.bbc@gmail.com. In addition, he forged the press card of a BBC correspondent, but made a mistake in the word "valid" - he wrote it with a "w".

In particular, under the guise of a BBC journalist, he tried to get accredited for a meeting with Tatyana Lazareva in Dusseldorf. One of the organizers of the meeting, Yuri Nikitin, suspected forgery and turned to the editorial office of the publication. The BBC asked to let "Mark Nazarov" in to meet him at the event.

However, Nazarov did not come to Düsseldorf, he sent there the local stringers he hired - Olga and Sergey, whom he also convinced that he worked for the BBC. Olga showed reporters a list of questions for an interview with Tatyana Lazareva, which he sent her. Among others were the following: "In Russia, you were included in the list of terrorists and extremists. What do you think about this?", "Russian propaganda says that you are happy about the strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russia, if you do not take it out of context, as you actually said?"

Olga called "Mark Nazarov" at the phone number from which he wrote to her on WhatsApp, and asked who he really was. He assured her that he was a BBC reporter, had previously worked "at Echo, at Venediktov's" and "left Russia after the start of the special military operation." After that, the BBC journalists themselves called him, but he continued to assure them that he worked for the BBC, and offered money for a video recording from a meeting with Lazareva.

"Don't ask stupid questions so you don't get stupid answers. And I don't want to tell you. Especially for comrades like you. Change your position, come to Moscow, maybe I will tell you how my photo ended up on the BBC press card. And now I suggest that you merge into the sunset and not interfere with our work," he eventually wrote in response to a request from the BBC editorial board on Telegram.

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Russian oil depots had another explosive night with storage locatons in the Russian regions of Voronezh and Perm Krai burning for hours.

Perm Krai is 1700km from Ukraine.

Why is Andriy Yermak so powerful?

The head of the Ukrainian presidential office is actually an office manager. But President Zelensky has given Andriy Yermak far more power. Who is the man - and how powerful is he really? - An article by Isabel Schayani, WDR/tagesschau.

When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at the UN Security Council last week, a man wearing olive-green clothing could be seen sitting just to his right behind him. Even when he talks to heads of state or visits soldiers near the front, the tall "green cardinal", as some in Kiev call him, can always be seen in his immediate vicinity.

At the Swiss peace summit in June, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, stood in the front row between the heads of government for a group photo. The then Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba was only spotted in the second row. Yermak, the shadow of Zelensky, has long been conspicuous in Ukraine and abroad.

The journalist and knowledgeable observer of Ukrainian politics, Denis Trubetskoy, sums it up like this: "It's not possible to have much more power than that which Yermak has." There is no doubt "that Yermak is the second most powerful man in Ukraine." This assessment is not only shared by the independent Ukrainian press, but can also be heard from those close to the presidential office.

On the one hand, the constitution does not provide for this amount of authority for the head of the presidential office - on the other hand, Yermak acts on behalf of the president. His political opponents see him as a power-hungry politician who wants to succeed the president.

The well-connected political scientist and blogger Mykola Davydiuk also describes Yermak's power as "enormous." He is stronger than the prime minister and everyone else in the power apparatus. "He is the producer who serves the president and does all the stuff for him so that the star has a free hand and can move and shine."

However, Davydiuk points out that in a country at war, there is more chaos in the presidential administration than in peacetime. This could justify the otherwise unusually high level of power wielded by its leadership.

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“This is how it is, guys.
They're bombing it.”

The moment a Ukrainian UAV hit an oil depot in the Anninsky district of the Voronezh region.

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I am completely exhausted. Got 8 banana boxes of mostly hickory. Pretty good for a 72 year old man. Going to bed early. Goodnight Resisters

30 years ago ukraine voluntarily renounced its nuclear status @ukrainejournal

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Putin's conveyer

Hasidic Jews celebrate the Jewish New Year in Uman
Round about 30.000 Hasidic Jews pilgrimed to Uman this year to celebrate the Jewish New Year, which started with yesterdays sundown. The annual pilgrimage is dedicated to visit the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, the revered founder of the Breslover Hasidim.
Earlier this month, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated, that „Russia’s ongoing full-scale military aggression against Ukraine poses real threats to people’s lives and safety, [making] it impossible to guarantee the safety of foreign citizens on the territory of Ukraine.“
Therefore, the ministry wrote, Ukraine “urges Hasidic pilgrims to refrain from this year’s pilgrimage to Uman as part of the celebration of Rosh Hashanah.”
The statement went on to say that due to the war, there are not enough bomb shelters or medical personnel in Uman, and the transportation infrastructure has been compromised due to shelling.

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To everyone celebrating, Shana tova u‘metuka 🍯🍎

We must come to terms with the fact that Russia will continue to receive Western components for its missiles. No one in the West is interested in stopping such supplies , — Budanov in an interview with Bloomberg

According to the Kyiv School of Economics, from March 2022 to the end of 2023, Russia imported $20.9 billion worth of high-priority components for missiles and other military products.