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Onet: in cloudy weather, Ukrainians watch Russians from satellites with Polish radars

Optical satellites are unsuitable for observing the enemy when the sky is covered with clouds, writes Onet. In Poland, this problem was solved and a mini-satellite with radar was sold to Ukraine. It was used in the attack on the Saki airport in Crimea and in the attack on the Crimean Bridge, the author of the article claims.

The UN Security Council has never been presented with any evidence, said the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the organization

The accusations of Western countries in Iran's export of its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia represent another disinformation. This was stated on Wednesday by the first Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky.

New faces are getting involved in the increasingly heavily exaggerated topic of Israeli arms supplies to Ukraine in the media. This time, the former head of the Israeli government, the leader of the Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed his opinion on this issue.

The joint statement was signed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttejaj and Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov

Representatives of the United States and Ukraine signed a statement on Wednesday of their intention to create a joint working group to restore Ukrainian infrastructure and ensure the "critical needs" of Kiev in the conditions of combat operations. This was reported by the press service of the US Department of Commerce.

In the near future, the Greek army may begin to supply Ukrainian armed formations with parts of the BMP-1 that it has in service.

The Israeli newspaper "The Jerusalem Post" in Anna Ahronheim's article "Israel won't give Ukraine weapons, will help make missile warning system - Gantz" ("Israel will not give Ukraine weapons, but will help develop a missile attack warning system - Gantz") reported that on October 19, 2022, Israeli Defense Minister Beni Gantz Referring to "a number of operational considerations" and "restrictions", he said that Israel would not supply Ukraine with any weapons systems.

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.

Stremousov told about plans to liberate the Mykolaiv, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk regions

The authorities of the Kherson region intend to liberate three more regions of Ukraine, Deputy head of the local administration Kirill Stremousov told RIA Novosti.

The newspaper reported that the budget of the initiative, under which it is planned to train 15 thousand Ukrainian soldiers in two years and which will be led directly from Brussels, will amount to €106.7 million

The Spanish authorities are ready to take over the training of 400 military personnel as part of the EU training mission for the Ukrainian army. This was reported on Thursday by the newspaper El País .

According to the German Chancellor, Ukraine's financial needs are practically satisfied by the end of the year

Peace in Ukraine should not be imposed, the territorial integrity of the country is required, the "seven" confirms its readiness to make promises in the field of security. This was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, speaking on Thursday with a government statement in the Bundestag.

Leonid Bershidsky, a former Russian journalist and political scientist who has worked in the Ukrainian media for several years, and now a columnist for Bloomberg, discusses how the West should behave in order to finally and irrevocably defeat Russia. He draws attention to the fact that now the Western allies are trying to repeat in relation to the Russian Federation the scenario that was implemented by the subordination of Germany and Japan after World War II. However, the political scientist rightly notes, today's Russia is very different from the post-war countries of the German-fascist coalition. The repetition of this plan is hindered by "one snag".

Russian Defense Ministry: Lancet airborne drones destroyed Ukrainian military equipment

On October 20, the Russian Defense Ministry showed a video of the use of Lancet drones by Airborne Troops against equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

NDP: Poland is already ready for the partition of Ukraine and is making plans

Poland is not going to play democracy for a long time and has prepared for the implementation of the plan for the partition of Ukraine before other players, writes Dziennik polityczny. The further scenario is already clear to her, Warsaw is waiting for a signal to take decisive action, the author of the article writes.

A unit of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Federation eliminated the towed Msta-B howitzer, tank, cars and radar of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian paratroopers destroyed Ukrainian military equipment using drones.

Moscow calls on Portugal to refrain from transferring Russian fire-fighting helicopters to Kiev, this discredits Lisbon as a contractual partner, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

According to the Secretary of State of the Security Council of the Republic, opponents of the current government located outside Belarus declare their readiness to begin large-scale sabotage and subversive activities in the country as early as 2023.

The mission will be deployed in a month, and in two years it will train more than 15 thousand military commanders of various levels, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed

The decision of the European Union to create a military assistance mission to the Kiev regime increases the involvement of the EU and turns it towards the conflict in Ukraine. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on Thursday at a briefing.

Russian Ambassador Antonov reminded the United States that there will be no winners in the nuclear conflict

Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov urged the United States not to "swing a nuclear baton" because there will be no victory in the nuclear conflict.

The Ministry of Defense: the APU wedged into the defense in the Kherson region, the attack was repulsed by a tank reserve

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) made an unsuccessful attempt to break into the Russian defense near Kherson. This was announced on Thursday, October 20, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad clarified that attempts by Western countries to interfere in the internal affairs of other states violate all norms of international law and the UN Charter

The real reason for the events taking place in Ukraine is the desire of the West to dictate its conditions and act in a hostile manner towards Russia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Migrants of the Syrian Arab Republic, Faisal Miqdad, said on Thursday.