Ukraine confirmed the operation. Belgorod authorities asked residents to evacuate A Ukrainian drone strike on the dam of the Belgorod reservoir caused flooding and seriously complicated the supply of Russian troops in the area of ​​the Ukrainian Volchansk. The Telegraph writes about this with reference to sources. According to them, some units of the Russian army were cut off from the main forces after water from the reservoir flooded their positions.

The initiative provides for the possibility of holding “special rallies” to protect critical facilities On October 28, the State Duma approved in three readings a law allowing reservists to be sent to perform tasks in peacetime. The initiative, developed by the Ministry of Defense, provides for the possibility of conducting “special collections” to protect critical facilities and infrastructure. Previously, reservists could only participate in such tasks during mobilization or wartime.

This will be the fifth district court in the capital of Chechnya The Supreme Court of Russia approved the creation of a new - Putinsky - district court in Grozny. It will be the fifth in the capital of Chechnya and will be located in the district of the same name, named after President Vladimir Putin . The decision was made on October 28 at the first meeting of the plenum of the Supreme Court chaired by the new head, Igor Krasnov .

Executions are becoming more widespread, and torture is becoming more sophisticated. The Russian military has been talking about executions without trial or investigation since the first year of the invasion of Ukraine. Then soldiers were shot on the spot for refusing to go on an assault or for drinking in the trenches.

Russian offensive coincides with failure of Donald Trump's peace initiatives The Russian army has sharply increased its activity in the Donetsk region, concentrating its main forces in the Pokrovsk region. According to the Financial Times, the offensive coincides with the failure of US President Donald Trump's peace initiatives and is accompanied by the fiercest fighting since the beginning of the fall.