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By Henri Astier & Yaroslav Lukov BBC News Russia has launched a "new massive strike" targeting Ukraine's energy grid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He added that the attacks were on a "very wide" scale, hitting regions in Ukraine's west, centre, south and east. In an evening address, Mr Zelensky said power had been restored in multiple areas where it had been cut off. Officials had said earlier on Saturday that nearly 1.5 million households had been left without electricity. In his video, Mr Zelensky added that most of the Russian missiles and drones were being shot down, and…

Ukraine is already working to convey a clear message to Russia that even preparations to blow up Kakhovka HPP entail responsibility. This was stated by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba on the air of the national telethon "United News" "We are already working to convey to Russia in the form of very concrete things a simple signal that even preparation - not implementation, but even preparation - of such a terrorist attack, such a crime will entail responsibility. Because blowing up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station is like using a weapon of mass destruction. Even the preparation of such…

Russia has failed to modernize its military doctrine. Like the video said, over 8 years, American military leadership came in and modernized Ukraine's doctrine. It's not WW2 anymore and blitzkrieg tactics don't work anymore when you can trap and stall a column of tanks/vehicles with a small squad equipped with anti tank missiles/rockets. https://youtu.be/D_Jizt8AAa4?t=14

Ukraine's energy minister: We need to close the sky Ukraine's energy minister has called for international help to "close the sky" over his country to protect its energy infrastructure from Russian aerial assault. Russian missiles had caused dramatic damage to the infrastructure, but officials were working around the clock on repairs, Herman Halushchenko told the BBC Hardtalk programme's Stephen Sackur on Monday. Attacks on nuclear power plants were a matter of "safety and security for the whole world", he said from Kyiv, as he called on the international community to help with an "air protection system". https://youtu.be/cgBwDXpMv0k?t=18

The Russian occupiers mined the dam of the Kahovka Reservoir ahead of time - the main works were carried out back in April. This is reported by the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. "The racists foresee the quick release by the Ukrainian Defense Forces of the right-bank part of the Kherson region and are preparing a series of terrorist attacks in this territory. In particular, the dam of the Kakhov reservoir and units of the Kakhov hydroelectric power plant are under threat of destruction.At the same time, the detonation of the dam was planned in advance…

For years the headlines have covered the controversies over advanced Russian air defence systems heading to Iran. But now the arms traffic is very much in the other direction, writes Jonathan Marcus of the Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter. Russia's predicament in Ukraine has prompted Moscow to turn to Tehran for stocks of precision-guided weapons. Its own arsenals are fast running out. There have been a number of instances where coastal defence and air defence missiles have been used by the Russians to strike at land targets in Ukraine - a role for which they are not best…

Moscow withdrew a key air defense system and some troops to bolster its war in Ukraine, officials said, potentially altering Israel’s calculations about striking Syria or arming Ukraine. JERUSALEM — Russia recently redeployed critical military hardware and troops from Syria, according to three senior officials based in the Middle East, underscoring how its faltering invasion of Ukraine has eroded Moscow’s influence elsewhere and removing one of several obstacles to Israeli support for Ukraine. Russia, which has been a dominant military force in Syria since 2015 and helps maintain the Syrian regime’s grip on power, still keeps a sizable presence there.…

By Andriy Zagorodnyuk https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/bowing-to-putins-nuclear-blackmail-will-make-nuclear-war-far-more-likely/Bowing to Putin’s nuclear blackmail will make nuclear war more likely With his armies in retreat and his invasion of Ukraine rapidly unraveling, Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently resorted to nuclear saber-rattling. This has caused widespread international alarm and is fueling mounting calls for Ukraine to reach a compromise with the Kremlin in order to avert World War III. The current rush to appease Moscow is deeply unnerving and reflects a shortsighted failure to appreciate the appalling security implications of bowing down to Russian intimidation. Giving in to Putin’s nuclear blackmail would not end the war…

Ukraine needs more support for our military and tougher measures to stop Putin evading sanctions. This can and must be agreed this week Volunteers for the Ukrainian army receiving training in Kyiv last week. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesTue 18 Oct 2022 06.00 BSTLast modified on Tue 18 Oct 2022 09.09 BST Vladyslav Vlasiuk is a sanctions expert working in the Ukrainian presidential office Last week saw the latest grim act in Russia’s war crimes epic. Missiles rained down indiscriminately on civilian areas across Ukraine two days after a massive explosion at a symbolic bridge built to link the annexed Crimean…

Ukraine expects the delivery of the first NASAMS air defense systems, Ukrainian soldiers are finishing their mastery of equipment. Minister of Defense Oleksii Rieznikov announced this on Facebook on Monday, October 17. Rieznikov noted that the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have already announced their intentions to provide additional missiles for the air defense/missile defense system to Ukraine, intensive dialogue with French partners on the Crotale air defense system is ongoing and there is hope for decision-making on SAMP-T systems. Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles Fernandez decided to provide HAWK systems. "And regarding the most recent events. On 13 October…