Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he plans to hold a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 7. As Interfax reports, citing the Anadolu news agency, Erdogan, who participated in the summit in Prague, stressed that he is the only leader who is conducting an “open dialogue” with both Russia and Ukraine.

The press secretary of the Ukrainian president said that Volodymyr Zelensky did not call on NATO to launch a preemptive strike to prevent Russia from using nuclear weapons. “Colleagues, you have gone a bit too far with your nuclear hysteria and now you hear nuclear strikes even where there are none,” wrote Sergei Nikiforov on Facebook .

The Rostov-on-Don publication 161.ru managed to contact people who were mentioned in a “wanted poster” about 13 armed soldiers who had escaped from Kherson to Crimea, which circulated widely on social media on October 6. The “poster” reported that 13 men from the Cossack detachment Don had escaped with stolen Russian Ministry of Defense weapons and cars. It listed first and last names and other identifying details – including phone numbers.

We continue to ask difficult questions about the situation at the front (which is constantly changing) military experts Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Scanpix / Leta "Grad" in the Kharkov region hits Russian positions. October 4, 2022 In recent weeks, the situation at the front is changing rapidly - and is constantly deteriorating for the Russian side. Ukrainian forces have already freed significant territories from the occupation and do not plan to stop.

The Yandex.Maps service no longer shows area boundaries. In particular, according to RIA Novosti, the borders of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine are not displayed. In June, Yandex.Maps stopped displaying country borders . Then the press service of Yandex said that the company's service will focus on the physical and geographical image on maps, focusing on natural objects, and not on state borders.

Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky announced that NATO should preemptively strike Russia, in order to “exclude the possibility of use of nuclear weapons by Russia.” He did not specify whether he had in mind a preventative nuclear strike or the use of conventional weapons. What should NATO do? Exclude the possibility of use of nuclear weapons by Russia.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has once again expanded the list of individuals who are “foreign agents”. The list includes Bogdan Litvin, the coordinator of the Vesna movement, and Timofey Martynenko, a former employee of Navalny’s headquarters who is now an activist of Vesna. Bogdan Litvin was put on the Russian Interior Ministry's wanted list in June in connection with a case "on the creation of an NGO that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens," TASS reported.

US President Joe Biden announced pardons for all those convicted under federal laws for possession of marijuana. We are talking only about those cases where the charge of possession of marijuana was not accompanied by others. Biden noted that those prosecuted for marijuana possession could be disadvantaged when applying for a job, renting or buying a home, or trying to get an education. “Too many lives have been upended by our misguided approach to marijuana.

On the island of St. Lawrence, belonging to the state of Alaska, two Russians were detained, who, according to them, came by boat from Chukotka. According to Alaskaʼs News Source, the Russians landed on the island on Tuesday, October 4th. They told local residents that they had come by boat from the village of Egvekinot in Chukotka, which is about 500 kilometers away from St. Lawrence Island by sea. According to local residents, the Russians told them that they were fleeing military service.

Rostov-on-Don publication 161.ru managed to contact people mentioned in the “targeting of military personnel who fled from Kherson to Crimea,” which was published on social networks and Telegram channels on October 6, including Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexey Goncharenko and head of the “Sided Rus” foundation Olga Romanova. The "guidance" spoke of servicemen who had escaped from the military unit of the Cossack detachment "Don", located in annexed Kherson.

A group of Russian soldiers escaped from the military unit of the Cossack detachment Don, located in annexed Kherson, and are currently wanted in Russia. Photographs of wanted posters were published on Telegram channels and social media, including on the Telegram of Ukrainian parliament member Oleksiy Honcharenko. According to the posters, 13 men escaped from the unit. They took weapons and ammunition with them, and stole two vehicles from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill blessed the Orthodox bishops, clergy, monastics, and all the faithful to offer their “zealous home prayers” for the health of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on October 7, his seventieth birthday. On October 8 — the feast day of St.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that NATO should deliver a preventive blow to Russia in order to "exclude the possibility of Russia's use of nuclear weapons." He did not specify whether he meant a preventive nuclear blow or is about the use of conventional weapons. What should NATO do? Exclude the possibility of Russia's use of nuclear weapons.

The Russian conscripts who died without going to war Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS Since the start of Russia’s current mobilization, new conscripts have complained about their living conditions prior to being dispatched to the front. Newly drafted soldiers are routinely sent to Ukraine without adequate training, essential gear , or even warm clothing. What’s even more alarming is the number of deaths that occur among these new conscripts even before they leave their home country.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' blessed the bishops, clergy and believers to pray for the health of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a message published on the website of the Moscow Patriarchate, it is said that on October 7, the day when Putin turns 70 years old, Kirill calls "to offer fervent prayer at home for the health of the Head of State of Russia." On October 8, the day of the feast of St.