In the new edition of the Soviet novel “Eternal Call,” the AST publishing house censored the monologue, quotes from which were used to fabricate the so-called “Dulles Plan.” This was noticed by blogger Yana Karachina, and the Agency drew attention to her post on October 18. Karachina compared two editions of “Eternal Call” - for 2025 from AST and for 2022 from “Azbuka” (part of AST).

The United States is again transmitting information about Russian ballistic missile launches to Ukraine, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview with NBC. “We are very grateful for this. Everything is working now,” said the Ukrainian leader. He explained that Ukraine can only receive information about upcoming Russian ballistic missile attacks from the United States.

On October 17, an explosion occurred at the Wainwright military base in the Canadian province of Alberta, after which a large fire started. At least seven people were killed and dozens were injured, sources told Global News. According to the publication, the cause of the explosion was that during a live-fire exercise, a shell hit a gas pipeline or gas well at the base. Due to strong winds, the fire quickly spread beyond the training site.

In Lithuania, an arson attempt was prevented at an enterprise where Starlink satellite communications equipment is stored. Prime Minister of Lithuania Mindaugas Sinkevičius spoke about this. According to the head of the Lithuanian National Crisis Management Center, Vilmantas Vitkauskas, Lithuanian authorities consider the attempted arson of the Starlink facility as sabotage linked to Russia.

While director Nathan Fielder peers into his heroine, she tries to justify herself to America, which hated her more than thieves and murderers. A24 The documentary film “You Can See It All” by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim was released in America. Its heroine is Silicon Valley's top fraudster, Elizabeth Holmes. She was only 19 years old when she founded the healthcare startup Theranos.

On October 17, demonstrations and riots took place in several Italian cities, including Milan, Turin and Bologna, Italian TV channel Sky TG24 reported . In Milan, protesters clashed with police in Piazza Duomo, then set barricades on fire and destroyed nearby shops. Clashes with police also occurred in other cities. Stefano Porta / LaPresse / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA Burning barricades in Piazza Duomo.

The failure monitoring service Detector404 has recorded an increase in the number of complaints about the operation of the social network VKontakte and the VK Music service. Users complain mainly about problems with loading news feeds and playing tracks. The complaints began after a night attack by Ukrainian drones on the VK data center in St. Petersburg. It is not known for sure whether they are related to the attack. The company itself reported that its services are available as usual.

And not only in politics: at what age is it time for a surgeon to retire? What about the driver? In Russia, they elected the oldest State Duma in history (read more about this in our large material ). On the one hand, older people are more likely to experience cognitive impairment, which may interfere with their duties as a deputy. On the other hand, limiting the right of older people to be elected, to vote, to work in certain positions seems to be discrimination.

US President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner proposed that EU representatives again increase purchases of Russian gas, which had decreased after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Sources told The New York Times. Witkoff and Kushner proposed to Ukraine to resume the transit of Russian gas.

With the outbreak of the great war, thousands of Ukrainian children found themselves in Russia - without the opportunity to return home. Here is the story of a family from the Kharkov region, separated on February 24 Aris Messinis / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Military airfield in Chuguev near Kharkov, February 24, 2022. In October, the Meduza publishing house published the book “Stolen Childhood.

Blogger and musician Ivan Zolo (real name Ivan Zolochevsky) was detained at a concert in annexed Donetsk on the evening of October 17. A video circulated on Telegram channels showing security forces in helmets and masks taking him away right during his speech. Zolo performed at the Terrikon club. According to Baza, security forces entered the club 15-20 minutes after the start of the concert.

Photos and videos of the consequences On the night of October 18, Ukraine struck St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region with drones. Apparently, this attack was the largest in the region since the beginning of the war. In St.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Russia did not comply with the energy truce, which was announced a week ago by US President Donald Trump. “Since the moment the US President announced the energy truce, Russia has already launched targeted attacks on the Ukrainian energy and oil and gas sector 76 times. Just this night, attacks were carried out on substations in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky and Odessa regions.

In the southwestern French city of Limoges, protesters set fire to the historic 19th-century town hall on October 17, local authorities said .

His cooperation with the Ukrainian Armed Forces led to the death of hundreds of his colleagues The name of Lev Stupnikov became known in September 2025. Then, in an interview with Ukrainian video blogger Dmitry Karpenko, Stupnikov made a confession: that he was a Russian officer who found himself in the war in Ukraine, became a gunner for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and for more than six months helped strike his own colleagues.