USA will help Ukraine to restore damaged infrastructure
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo signed a Joint Statement on supporting Ukraine’s infrastructure resilience and recovery through enhanced bilateral cooperation in Washington on October 19, 2022. Source: US Transportation Secretary Pete...
Russian military killed 19 Ukrainian civilians and injured 23 on October 19
According to the data of the regional military administrations, 19 civilians were killed and 23 more were injured in Ukraine on October 19, 2022, as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. Source: The Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko The largest number of victims of Russian aggression...
European Commission announced humanitarian aid to Ukraine worth of €150M
EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic said on October 19, 2022, that the European Commission announced the new emergency shelter and winterised facilities programme for Ukraine, as well as humanitarian aid for the most vulnerable Ukrainian population that was affected by Russia’s war. Source: EU Commissioner for Crisis...
US has “abundant evidence” that Russia is using Iranian drones to strike Ukrainian civilians
The United States, Britain and France stated during the meeting of the UN Security Council on October 19, 2022, that there was “abundant evidence” that Russia used Iranian drones to attack civilians in Ukraine. Source: The US Department of State “We expressed our grave concerns about Russia’s acquisition of these UAVs from Iran...
Russian troops hit thermal power plant with missiles in Ukraine’s west
The head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Administration Svitlana Onyshchuk noted that Russian troops did not stop attacking the critical infrastructure of Ukraine. They launched rocket attacks on the thermal power plant in the territory of the Ivano-Frankivsk region (west of Ukraine) on October 19, 2022. Source: The head of the Ivano-Frankivsk...
Greece has started the transfer of infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1 to Ukraine
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, announced the beginning of the transfer of Greek infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1 to Ukraine. He stated this after negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Nikos Dendias, during a joint press conference in Kyiv on October 19, 2022. Source: The Minister of Foreign...
Russia’s attacks on the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine are acts of pure terror, – EU
The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that deliberate attacks by the Russian Federation against the civilian population and critical infrastructure of Ukraine in the face of approaching winter are acts of pure terrorism, and this is how all of Europe should treat such actions. She said this on October 19, 2022, in Strasbourg...
More than 400 objects of Ukrainian infrastructure were attacked by Russia since October 10
Oleksiy Chernyshov, the Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine noted that 408 Ukrainian infrastructure objects were attacked and damaged by Russia from October 10 to October 18, 2022. More than 45 of them are energy infrastructure objects. In addition, there are data on damage to more than 180 residential buildings....
Ukrainian Air Force has already destroyed 223 Iranian kamikaze drones
The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted on October 19, 2022, that Ukrainian military shot down 223 Iranian-made “Shahed-136” kamikaze drones, which Russia used to attack Ukrainian cities, during the period from September 13 to October 19. Source: The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine...
Ukraine’s police opened 43 criminal proceedings on sexual crimes committed by Russian troops
The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Kateryna Pavlichenko noted on October 18, 2022, that Russian troops committed the greatest number of sexual crimes in the Kyiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine. Source: The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Kateryna Pavlichenko 43 criminal...