Forward and captain of Real Madrid, player of the French national football team Karim Benzema received the Ballon d'Or - the prize for the best player of the year according to the weekly France Football. This is the first such award in the career of the 34-year-old athlete. Last season, as recalls , Karim Benzema, together with Real Madrid, won the Champions League (for the fifth time in his career), and also became the champion of Spain (for the fourth time).

The US Department of Defense is considering allocating funds to pay for the operation of the Starlink satellite communications system in Ukraine, Politico reports, citing sources. According to several sources, the money could be allocated within the framework of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative , which is used to supply weapons to Ukraine. Another source said another option under consideration would be for Ukraine to turn to U.S.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has urged Iran to stop supplying Russia with the weapons it uses in the war against Ukraine. A statement published on the ministry’s official website addresses the government of Iran: Supplying weapons to wage an aggressive war in Ukraine and to kill Ukrainian citizens makes Iran an accomplice to Russia's criminal aggression, its war crimes, and its acts of terrorism against Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on the Iranian authorities to stop supplying Russia with weapons that it uses during the war. The application is published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. “The provision of weapons for the waging of a aggressive war in Ukraine and the murder of Ukrainian citizens makes Iran accomplices of criminal aggression, war crimes and the Russian terrorist acts against Ukraine,” the Foreign Ministry said.

The number of people who live in Russia below the poverty line will increase by more than 8.3 million in 2022 due to the war in Ukraine. Nearly 2.9 million of them are children. Such assessments were presented by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in a report on the consequences of the war for 22 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The number of poor people in these countries, according to UNICEF forecast, will grow by more than 10 million people.

At least 13 people were killed, and more than a dozen injured, including three children A Russian Su-34 bomber plane crashed near a nine-story apartment building in Yeysk, a town in Russia’s Krasnodar Region. This was reported by the Interfax , citing the town’s emergency dispatch service. The plane carrying a full load of ammunition crashed into the communal yard of the building at 47/1 Krasnaya Street, around 6:20 p.m. local time on October 17.

The richest man on the planet, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk believes that Russia will be ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat of losing the annexed Crimea. this Musk stated during a discussion on Twitter. If Russia is faced with a choice: lose Crimea or use nuclear weapons on the battlefield, it will choose the latter. We have already imposed all sorts of sanctions and turned off Russia in every possible way, so what do they have to lose?

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which officials sent to the annexed territories of Ukraine will receive double salaries, as well as daily allowances of eight and a half thousand rubles. In addition, the decree provides for the payment of "unaccountable amounts" to reimburse additional expenses related to business trips. The decree was published on the legal information portal.

A joint regional military grouping with forces from both Russia and Belarus has begun operating in Belarus, as reported by the news agency Belta, citing the Belarusian Defense Minister Victor Khrenin. When speaking at the Minsk Tractor Plant, Khrenin said: We are not going to attack anyone. I stress once again that this group’s task is strictly defensive. All of its current activities are aimed at responding appropriately to what’s happening near our borders.

Due to the crash of a Su-34 bomber in the courtyard of a residential building in Yeysk, according to the latest information, six people were killed, six more were missing, RIA Novosti reports citing the Ministry of Emergencies. According to the department, 19 people were injured. Earlier it was reported that at least 20 people were injured (Baza reports 27 injured). Among the wounded are three children aged 8-10.

Personnel from the place of disaster Subscribe to our YouTube in the evening of October 17 in the city of Yeysk of the Krasnodar Territory next to the residential nine-story building, the Su-34 fighter-bomber. The plane was full of ammunition. A series of explosions occurred at the crash site, a strong fire began on a nine -story building, which gripped the whole entrance.

Political scientist Kirill Rogov on disappointment with Putin — among ordinary Russians and the ruling class alike Broadcast of President Vladimir Putin’s speech to Moscow’s Red Square, following the annexation ceremony on September 30, 2022. Yury Kochetkov / EPA / Scanpix / LETA A shift of public opinion is underway in Russia, following the Russian-orchestrated pseudo-referendums, the annexation of Ukrainian territories, and finally mobilization in Russia itself.

The Su-34 Russian bomber fell near a nine-story residential building in Yeysk in the Krasnodar Territory , Interfax reports with reference to a unified city dispatch service. The aircraft with a full ammunition around 18:20 on October 17 fell in the courtyard of the house 47/1 on Krasnaya Street (near the TC "Meotida" and school No. 7 ). After the crash, the ammunition of the aircraft exploded, the fire spread to the high -rise house in which 556 people lived .

In the city of Yeysk in the Krasnodar Territory, a military plane crashed on a multi-storey residential building, according to TASS , Baza and Sota . A Su-34 fell on a residential building, Interfax was told in the unified dispatching service of Yeysk. According to preliminary information, the aircraft was fully armed. A series of explosions occurred at the crash site. In the high-rise building on which the plane fell, a strong fire started.

Facts "Medusa" Alexander Shcherbak / TASS On October 17, Sergei Sobyanin announced the completion of a “partial” mobilization in Moscow. The mayor of the capital with reference to the military commissar of the city said that the tasks of “partial” mobilization established by the president’s decree were “fulfilled in full”.