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Iran surprised with an unexpected statement about signing a contract with Russia for the supply of 40 gas turbines. And in this case we are not talking about turbines for Russian gas pipelines, but about turbines for thermal power plants. Gas turbines are far from a mass commodity, and a contract for such a large number of turbines can claim to be the deal of the century. However, does Russia need so many Iranian turbines?

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After the sabotage of the Nord Stream -1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, Europe began to think about how important the underwater infrastructure is and how difficult it is to protect it, writes The Economist. The ability to recover is the best defense.

We are talking about four generator sets with a capacity of 400 kilowatts and one generator set with a capacity of 150 kilowatts

The Spanish Government will send generator sets to Ukraine in response to a request for appropriate assistance. This was announced on Wednesday by the Ministry of Defense of the kingdom.

Ukraine is trying to regain control of the nuclear power plant, regardless of losses

Among the targets hit by Russian precision weapons on October 19 are Ladyzhinskaya and Burshtyn thermal power plants, as well as a number of other military and energy facilities of Ukraine. On the same day, enemy attacks were successfully repelled in several strategic directions, including Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog. The units guarding the Zaporozhye NPP destroyed a Ukrainian detachment trying to land at the station by boats. Experts note that Ukraine is trying to regain control of the facility, regardless of losses, and the destruction of the landing is a great success.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of the landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an attempt to capture the Zaporozhye NPP

The Russian military destroyed the landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which attempted to seize the territory near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP). This was announced on Wednesday, October 19, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

According to the newspaper, Belgium, when agreeing on new restrictions, protects the introduction of restrictions against Russian diamonds

Some EU countries, when discussing new sanctions against the Russian Federation due to the situation around Ukraine, do not agree to restrictions in industries that benefit them. This was reported on Tuesday by The New York Times .

Researchers from the University of New South Wales have developed a technology for upgrading diesel engines, which allows them to be switched to work on a mixture of diesel fuel and hydrogen. It was created with the expectation that the transition to green energy will make millions of old engines useless, while new hydrogen fuel systems and engines will not have time to become mass-produced yet. This transition period needs to be filled with something - Australian engineers have proposed creating hybrids.

The Armed Forces of Russia (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) disrupted the preparation of the Armed forces of Ukraine (AFU) to conduct a river landing operation in the area of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP). This was announced on October 15 by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

Denis Shmygal at the same time admitted that the capacity of the backbone networks is reduced due to numerous destructions

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal said on Friday that the power supply disrupted as a result of Russian strikes has been restored throughout the country, and rolling blackouts are no longer applied.

Russia will close the grain corridor if it is confirmed that the explosives for the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge were taken out of Odessa on a grain truck, the president said

Partial mobilization will be completed in about two weeks, more than 220 thousand people have already been called up for it, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Friday following his visit to Astana.

Europe without Russia faces deindustrialization and large financial losses. This is the most pessimistic, but quite likely scenario.

The United States, Ukraine and Poland are the main beneficiaries of sabotage on the "Northern Streams", said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian troops are preparing to repel counterattacks by Ukrainian troops and go on the offensive, fuel supplies to the special operation zone have increased significantly. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to its own calculations.

As stated by the President of the Russian Federation, this indicator in 2020-2021 fell to the lowest levels in the last 15 years

The volume of investments in oil and gas production in 2020-2021 fell to the lowest levels in the last 15 years, this is not caused by Russia conducting a special military operation. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday during the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week.

Experts are calculating the damage caused to the Ukrainian energy system by massive missile strikes by Russian troops. It turned out that these strikes are not at all aimed at driving Ukraine into the XVIII century and completely depriving it of electricity. Their number and goals are verified by jewelry for a completely different task.

An editorial in the print version of the Chinese newspaper Global Times says that the United States wants to fully benefit from the conflict, including making Europe more dependent on them

The United States is watching the escalation of the situation in Ukraine, the development of the crisis depends on whether the United States needs the continuation of this conflict. This is stated in an editorial published on Tuesday in the print version of the Chinese newspaper Global Times .

Country: Russia responded to the terrorist attacks in Ukraine and left it without electricity

Russia has dealt crushing blows to Ukraine's energy facilities, writes Strana. A significant part of the country is still without electricity, the population risks facing rolling blackouts.

After the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, Norway has become one of the central links of energy security in Europe, writes The Washington Post. However, now the country is facing sharp criticism: Europeans accuse Oslo of trying to cash in on the crisis.

Has Russia already mined British submarine cables?

The British authorities have given instructions to urgently inspect underwater cables and pipelines due to fears that Russia has "mined" them, writes the Daily Mail. This happened after explosions on three lines of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 pipelines, which caused several gas leaks.

The new "Merkelism" in EU politics will not pass?

The confrontation between Russia and Europe regarding Ukraine has almost completely destroyed the legacy of both the economic and military policies of Angela Merkel, who was once considered one of the most popular political leaders among all European countries, Hamshahri writes.