10/15/2022

Ukraine war in live broadcast
+++ 03:30 USA sends more HIMARS ammunition and anti-tank weapons to Ukraine +++

The United States is providing up to $725 million in additional military aid to Ukraine. According to the US Department of Defense, additional ammunition will be provided for the HIMARS multiple rocket launchers. In addition to 23,000 155mm artillery shells, 5,000 anti-tank weapons, more than 200 off-road vehicles known as „Humvees”, in addition to pistols and two million units of ammunition. The shipments also include missiles capable of targeting radar installations or radio transmitters, as well as 500 precision artillery shells.

+++ 02:36 Putin: mobilization should be completed within two weeks +++
Russian President Vladimir Putin expects the call-up of Russian reservists to be completed within the next two weeks. „I think that in about two weeks all mobilization activities will be completed,” Putin said at a press conference in Kazakhstan. Of the 300,000 reservists, 222,000 have already been mobilized. At the moment, Russia is not planning further large-scale air strikes on Ukraine.

+++ 01:29 Microsoft records ransomware attacks on Ukrainian carriers +++
Transport and logistics companies in Ukraine and Poland have become the target of a new attack using encryption software. Microsoft announced that a previously unknown malware circulated in a series of attacks at the beginning of the week. Security experts make no assumptions about the origin of the attack, but point out that the targets are the same as those of previous Russian cyberattacks. In so-called ransomware attacks, computers are encrypted by malware and thus become unusable.

+++ 00:54 Faeser: Protecting critical infrastructure is a 'top priority’ +++
After the Nord Stream pipeline attack and rail sabotage, the federal government wants to increase protection of critical infrastructure. „The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine also marks a turning point in internal security. We are preparing ourselves for that,” Interior Minister Nancy Weser told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. Security authorities “take additional precautions when necessary. For example, we have increased the protection of maritime infrastructure by significantly increasing the presence of the Federal Police at sea. We must identify risks and threats earlier, prevent dangers more effectively – and increase the ability to Facing crises in general,” the minister declared. „Protecting our critical infrastructure is the highest priority.”

+++ 00:04 The Qurum Truck Bridge was launched on Saturday evening +++
Russia wants to allow trucks to pass over the destroyed bridge into the annexed Crimea on Saturday night. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Chusnolin announced that loaded trucks should be checked in the future before entering the driveway. Trains and cars resumed on the evening of the explosion a week ago. Trucks and buses must convert to ferries through the Kerch Strait. Some supplies for Russian forces in Crimea and southern Ukraine cross the bridge.

+++ 23:15 Selenskyj: 15 destroyed power plants in operation again +++
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the country is making progress on reforms after massive Russian missiles were fired at Ukraine’s energy supply systems. 15 pieces have already been repaired. „We will also renew all the others,” he promised in his video address. „In most regions, the technical potential for power supply has been restored.” In other cases, temporary shutdowns are still necessary to stabilize the entire network. According to Kremlin President Vladimir Putin, of the 29 targets targeted on Monday, 7 „were not damaged as much as the Defense Ministry had planned.” He threatens that it will happen at a later time.

+++ 22:10 An improved power supply for the Zaporizhia Nuclear Plant +++
External power supplies improved at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, occupied by Russian forces. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, citing its local representatives, the nuclear power plant has been reconnected to a power backup line. In addition, it was possible to increase the diesel stock at the plant near the city of Inerhodar with seven tanker trucks. This will allow the plant’s generators to cool the reactors at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant for ten days in the event of an emergency. Five trucks came from the Ukrainian regional capital of Zaporizhia, and two from the territories occupied by Russia.

+++ 21:48 A power station in the Russian border area after a Ukrainian attack on a fire +++
A power station in the Russian border town of Belgorod caught fire after a Ukrainian attack. As the local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov stated in the Telegram online service, it will take „up to four hours” to activate the alternative energy supply infrastructure. The door is left open to the number of people affected by the power outage. Gladkov also reported that Ukrainian missiles hit a railway and damaged several power lines. As a result, the movement of trains stopped for several hours. Ukraine had already bombed an ammunition depot and an apartment building in Russia’s Belgorod region on Thursday.

+++ 21:15 Ukraine: many Russian weapons and equipment destroyed +++
Ukraine’s General Staff said on Facebook that large quantities of Russian weapons and equipment had been destroyed in Antratset, south of Luhansk. Ukraine hopes to restore major cities in this region. „The strategic initiative is in our hands. The most important thing now is not to stop,” said the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zalochny, in light of Ukraine’s territorial gains in recent weeks.

+++ 20:42 German air defense IRIS-T has already been deployed in Ukraine +++
Ukraine is already using the IRIS-T air defense system that Germany introduced a few days ago in the south of the country. This is what the spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force Yuri Henat said on TV. He did not say the exact location, and only spoke in general terms of „southern direction”. Ukraine is the first country in the world to use this modern air defense system. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov confirmed on Wednesday that the first IRIS-T system has arrived in the country attacked by Russia. Germany initially wants to provide four of the weapons systems, each costing 140 million euros, in Kyiv, and funding has been secured for three more.

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