Violinist at the front

Everything you need to know early in the morning of October 17

Good morning!

The Pope Francis, in his new book, from which La Stampa publishes, calls the need for UN reform “more than obvious”, since the organization could not cope with what was created for - did not prevent war. Which lasts already the 236th day:

• The Russian army fired at the Dnipropetrovsk region and Zaporozhye; On Saturday, a missile blow was destroyed by an energy facility in the Kyiv region.
• At the weekend, the Belgorod region was intensively fired: on Saturday, the oil depot was burning there, on Sunday the missiles flew to the airport.
• At the training ground in the Belgorod region, where volunteers trained, a mass murder occurred: at least 11 people were killed, dozens were injured.
• The first echelons of the Russian military "regional grouping of troops" arrived in Belarus.
• According to Washington Post, Russia purchases Iran with another batch of drones and ballistic missiles.
• The mother of illegitimate children Shoigu is trying to regain a Lithuanian residence permit through the court.

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Military reports

On Saturday night, the Russian army intensively fired at the Dnipropetrovsk region and Zaporozhye (30 residential buildings and energy facilities were damaged), a missile blow was inflicted on the energy facility in the Kiev region. The shelling of the Dnipropetrovsk region continued on Sunday night.

In the Belgorod region, as a result of shelling on Saturday, oil depot caught fire ; On Sunday, the Air Defense System worked in the region, there are victims - the blows were probably delivered at the airport. The authorities of the so -called “DPR” reported on Sunday in the morning of the shelling from Himars of the city administration. Russian “military commissars” write about the arrival of Igor Girkina-Strelkov-the former FSBSHNIK, who took an active part in the hostilities in the Donbass in 2014. Ukrainian military intelligence offers one hundred thousand dollars for his captivity.

The situation on the fronts almost does not change : Ukrainian troops are slowly moving to Svatov in the Luhansk region, Russian are trying to take the Bakhmut of the Donetsk region ( here is a report from the city; President Zelensky says that there are heavy battles, “two thousand prisoners” were thrown against the Ukrainian army), in the Kherson region the offensive of the Ukrainian army has been suspended - this is the report from the recently liberated village. Watch fresh photos of the war here .

At the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant resumed backup food; According to the Ukrainian mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov, the Russian military does not produce a single nuclear holder, even former retired nuclear power plants from Energodar to Ukraine controlled by Ukraine. The Mission of the Red Cross is still not allowed into the colony in Elena Donetsk region, which contains Ukrainian prisoners of war.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture confirmed information about the death of the conductor of the Kherson musical and drama theater Yuri Kerpatenko: the conductor was shot by the Russian military in his own house after he "refused to cooperate with the invaders." The New York Times managed to restore the circumstances of the murder of three women in Buch Kiev region - this is the retelling of their articles .

The first echelons with the Russian military, which are part of the regional group of troops, arrived in Belarus. The Belarusian state media accused the BYPOL Foundation and the opposition in the preparation of terrorist attacks in exile: it is claimed that several people have already been detained. Against this background, “Military Minister” of the United Transition Cabinet of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Valery Sahashchik recorded an appeal to the Belarusian military.

The newspaper Washington Post writes that Russia is going to purchase a new portion of drones and ballistic missiles from Iran. The Deputy Minister of Finance of the United States claims that Russia ends with microelectronics for the production and service of weapons.

Electronics is not needed to mobilize

Mobilized Russians began to be transferred massively to the front, and some of them had already died: in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in two days they reported seven dead in Ukraine, a mobilized teacher of physical education of the St. Petersburg gymnasium No. 631 Vadim Sedov was killed .

Some do not reach the front: on Saturday at the training ground in the Belgorod region, a mass murder occurred - three immigrants from Central Asia opened fire, at least 11 people were killed, dozens were injured ( according to rumors , the reason was the insult from the commander). There are no official explanations yet, but there is a story by the human rights activist Valentina Chupik about how immigrants from Central Asia in Russia are by hook or by crook to the front.

In Moscow, owners of hotels and hostels were obliged to provide information about male guests aged 18 to 55 years. Here is the story of a Petersburger , who was taken from the hostel and taken to the Patriot Park near Moscow, where he is already sitting for a day without documents and understanding what will happen next. About who in St. Petersburg is mobilized for war is described here . An employee of the subway, who appeared at the military registration and enlistment office on someone else's agenda, was already in the military unit in Sertolovo - now his family is seeking him to at least serve under his own name, but does not manage to do anything. There are, however, volunteers: the founder of the Earlymusic festival, the former violinist of the Aquarium, Andrei Reshetin, announced the decision to go to the war in Ukraine.

The Russian Guard strengthened the protection of the military enlistment offices throughout the country, said Rupor of this department, State Duma deputy Alexander Hinshtein. This is due to the frequent attempts of arson: the military enlistment office was set on fire on Sunday on Sunday for the second time. In the Primorsky Territory, the military commissar of Partizansk was found dead - investigators consider the versions of the murder and suicide. The head physician of the St. Petersburg military registration and enlistment office was sent to a pre -trial detention center in the case of a bribe for help in exemption from the draft.

According to “important stories”, Moscow parking lots began to be prepared under bomb shelters. According to the Jewish agency “dry”, a third of all Jews will leave Russia by the end of this year to Israel.

Other Russian

• The total amount of fines for the “discrediting” of the Russian army amounted to 85.7 million rubles, follows from statistics on the website of the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court. But not all anti -warriors are fined - some are sent to a psychiatric hospital, here is the story of a student from Nizhny Novgorod.
• Putin gave the Central Bank the right to issue permits to export currency from the country in the amount of more than 10 thousand dollars, but the problem of most Russians - just in the absence of money, here is a selection of the corresponding stories.
• In Moscow, at the 89th year of life, the creator of the First All-Russian television and radio company Oleg Poptsov died .

International Echo of War

• The governments of Western countries are discussing plans to prevent panic among the population in the event of a nuclear strike of Russia in Ukraine. And although most military experts do not think that Putin will decide on this step, the discussion of a nuclear blow is considered a serious danger. Here is an interview with the former head of the NATO information center in Russia Robert Pochem - on the military assistance of NATO to Ukraine and the possible reaction of the defensive union to a Russian nuclear blow. China and Egypt called on their citizens to urgently leave Ukraine.
• Ilon Musk promised to continue to provide Starlink services to Ukraine at the expense of the company, despite losses. It turns out that the multi -day commotion preceding this was just an advertising campaign of the satellite Internet.
• The mother of illegitimate children of the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu Elena Kaminskas is trying to regain a residence permit in Lithuania through the court. Not later than 2019, she married a citizen of Lithuania Adolfas Kaminskas, after which he became the beneficiary of several Lithuanian enterprises - mostly developer. Elena Kaminskas herself remains a large contractor of Russian ministries of emergency situations and defense. Under what circumstances she was deprived of a residence permit, it is not yet clear.
• A Russian with drones detained in Norway turned out to be a photographer Vitaly Rustanovich. After watching what he removed, the Norwegian authorities are likely to let him go. After the start of a full -scale war in Ukraine, Norway forbade the Russians to use drones on their territory.
• The damaged section of the Druzhba oil pipeline was restored . The causes of leakage are clarified.

Around the world

• At least 40 people died as a result of a major accident at a mine in the northern part of Turkey - in the city of AMARA.
• On the night of Saturday to Sunday, a major fire occurred in Evin prison in Tehran, which contains political prisoners, foreigners and dissidents. The reason is unknown; At least four people died, more than 60 were injured.
• The court in Malta sentenced to 40 years in prison of the brothers Alfred and George DJorgii, accused of the murder of local journalist Daphne Karuana Galicia in 2017. They pleaded guilty. The trial of the alleged organizer of the murder has yet to be.
• In China, a multi -day congress of the Communist Party was opened , during which, as expected, the chairman of the SI will be re -elected for a third term.

Six links

• Classic. 11 words helping to understand the culture of ancient Greece. Or a story about how the body and marriage in late antiquity were understood.
• How to read “Game in the Classics” by Hulio Cortasara and the novels of Kurtzio Malapart , who described the second world as a macabric masquerade.
• Theater. The story of Anna Brenko (1848–1934) - the former actress of the Maly Theater, who first created a private theater in Moscow when it was forbidden, and then made the noble entertainment of the proletariat. Or the thoughtful review of Pavel Arsenyev for the play by Romeo Castelcucci “Third Reich”.

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