Crimea

An explosion was heard in Kryvyi Rih after an air raid alert was issued. The air force warned of the threat of ballistic missile attacks from Crimea.

The Russian military has conducted at least 99 exercises on the territory of Crimea in the first 9 months of 2024. The exercises damage the peninsula's ecosystem and violate international law.

The Helsinki District Court has seized Russian assets in Finland worth tens of millions of dollars. This is the first successful seizure of Russian assets in a lawsuit over the expropriation of property in Crimea.

In Dzhankoy, Simferopol and Chervonogvardeisky districts of Crimea, local residents reported numerous explosions.

In Sevastopol, ATESH agents recorded the deployment of 5 Russian military vessels in Streltsy Bay. Among them are 3 combat boats.

The conference on the sixth point of the Peace Formula discussed the conditions for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. The event was organized by Ukraine and Lithuania and attended by representatives of 56 countries and international organizations.

In the occupied Crimea, religious persecution of believers who do not belong to the “bonded” denominations is intensifying. The OCU temple was destroyed, Muslim schools are being closed, and “Jehovah's Witnesses” are being sentenced to real terms.

More than a thousand cases of persecution for peaceful resistance have been recorded in occupied Crimea since February 2022. People are being punished for flying the Ukrainian flag, having a patriotic manicure, and listening to Ukrainian songs.

In the temporarily occupied Crimea, UAVs attacked a mobile unit of the 31st Air Defense Division near the village of Olenivka. The drone explosion damaged a mobile radar station.

The Russian Navy's combat-capable ships were relocated from Crimea to Novorossiysk due to Ukraine's constant attacks. After the destruction of the Caesar Kunikov, the occupiers' maritime logistics in the region virtually ceased to exist.

The President of Ukraine spoke at the Crimean Platform Summit in Latvia. Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine's support demonstrates the failure of Russia's attempts to legitimize the occupation of Crimea and other international crimes.

At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 50 drones and 4 missiles. Defense forces shot down 40 UAVs in different regions, 7 were lost and 3 were recovered. The missiles did not reach their targets, and combat operations continue.

Aziz Akhtemov, a Crimean convicted by the Russian Federation, arrived at SIZO-1 in Novosibirsk region after 1. 5 months of the stage. He is awaiting further transfer to a penal colony, the location of which is still unknown.

Six Ukrainian children have been returned from the occupied territories as part of the Bring Kids Back UA plan. The families faced pressure on the TOT and are now receiving assistance with reintegration in the government-controlled territory.

ATES agents discovered a large-scale construction of closed ammunition depots near the base of the 7th Airborne Assault Division near Novorossiysk. The purpose is to protect against attacks by Ukrainian UAVs and missiles.

The wife of the Crimean journalist Remzi Bekirov, convicted by the Russian Federation, said that he has not been in touch for three weeks. The last letter from him was dated October 2, and the family has not received any calls for more than two and a half months.

Andriy Sybiga met with Turkish President Erdogan. They discussed support for Ukraine, freedom of navigation in the Black Sea, and ways to a just peace.

Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported on the successful evacuation of a 77-year-old woman from the occupied Crimea. Due to her advanced age and health condition, she needed urgent medical care, which she could not receive in the occupied territory.

Ukrainian soldier Oleksiy “Stalker” called Petro Poroshenko's statement about his personal defense of Kyiv with weapons a lie. He accused Poroshenko of speculating on the deaths of the fallen defenders of Kyiv region.

The Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Turkey discuss assistance in the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war from russian captivity. Documents were signed to strengthen cooperation between the ministries.

On the night of October 21, Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and 116 drones. The Ukrainian Air Force reported shooting down 59 enemy drones.

NATO PA President Jerry Connolly said that Ukraine is on its way to membership in the Alliance, but first has to restore its territorial integrity. The best-case scenario is that all of Ukraine will join after the war is over.

Occupants are shelling Kryvyi Rih mainly with ballistic missiles from Crimea. After the enemy retreated beyond the Dnipro River, shelling with artillery and MLRS stopped, said the head of the Kryvyi Rih Regional Military Administration.

Mikhail Rogachev, a former Yukos top executive, is found dead near his home in Moscow. According to preliminary information, he fell out of a window, leaving a suicide note and a text message to his sister.

The Russian occupiers are using the entire fleet to patrol the western and southern coasts of Crimea. The goal is to protect the remnants of the fleet from possible drone attacks and to strengthen the defense of the Crimean bridge.

An agent of the ATES movement conducted a successful sabotage near Novooleksiyivka, destroying a relay cabinet. The operation complicated the occupiers' logistics, especially the supply of fuel after the attack on the port in Feodosia.

After the attack on the oil depot in Feodosia, the price of A95 gasoline in Crimea rose to 67. 19 rubles per liter. Experts note the effectiveness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strikes on fuel infrastructure and Russia's inability to mitigate the consequences.

The occupiers are building a road from the Russian border to Crimea through Mariupol, which makes it difficult to move along the land corridor. In 1.5 years, only 10 km out of 60 km have been built.

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine has asked the IEBC to suspend the membership of the election commissions of the Russian Federation and Belarus. The reason is the organization of illegal elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine and violation of the principles of democracy.

In the occupied Kherson region, a Russian court sentenced 58-year-old Khalil Kurtamet to 8 years in prison for “participation in the Crimean Tatar battalion”. He was accused of providing hotels for members of the battalion in 2015.