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⚡️Update: Death toll rises to 26, including 5 children, following mass Russian attack on Ukrainian cities on Oct. 7. The deadliest strike hit a residential building in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, killing at least 20 people, including all five children.

Russia slams Ukraine with missiles, drones on Putin's 74th birthday, at least 26 dead including 5 children

Explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on Oct. 7 as Moscow launched its latest mass missile and drone attack on the capital, coinciding with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday.

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🇺🇦📚 Russian strikes destroyed 13 million Ukrainian books over the summer, - The Guardian Summer losses account for one-third of all copies printed in the country this year. The publication views these losses within the broader context of the war against Ukrainian culture, literature, and language.

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Following a bio lab accident in Russia, which caused the breakout of the plague pathogen (pestis bacteria) and the death of at least one lab technician, 5 hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been put under strict quarantine. The quarantine is not voluntary.

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⚡Dozens detained at authorized Communist Party rally after chants of 'Down with the Tsar'. Moscow police detained about 60 people at an authorized Communist Party rally on Oct. 4 after participants began chanting anti-Kremlin slogans, according to the party and Russian rights group OVD-Info.

Dozens detained at authorized Communist Party rally after chants of 'Down with the Tsar'

The event had been authorized by Moscow authorities, but detentions reportedly intensified as the rally was ending and participants shifted toward more directly anti-Kremlin slogans.

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OTD in 1938 Nazi Germany started occupying the Sudetenland. The west tried to appease Hitler by giving him bits of someone else's country without asking the owners. It didnt work & led to a terrible war. Imagine it happening today....

😡❗️ Russia plans to paralyze Kyiv before winter to maximize public tension and destabilize the political situation in Ukraine, — The Economist This involves missile and drone strikes, sabotage, and information operations. The campaign is expected to peak in November.

A former Wagner fighter, now in Ukrainian captivity, said Russian mercenaries in Mali used captured Africans as live subjects for brutal "tactical medicine training." In 2023-2024, Russian instructors deliberately maimed African prisoners, after which the mercenaries practiced stopping bleeding.

❗️Estonia’s Internal Security Service says Russia’s intelligence services ordered the Aug. 15 arson attack on a Milrem Robotics facility in Tallinn. Three Latvian citizens suspected of directly carrying out the attack have been arrested and extradited to Estonia. #Russia

🇬🇧 BBC: Several men were arrested under the Explosives Act after a “major incident” was declared near RAF Fairford, a UK base hosting the U.S. Air Force. Homes in Whelford were evacuated as Army bomb disposal specialists examined several vehicles. Police said the incident appeared contained.

In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.

ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe

ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...

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"Today, my mother and my sister-in-law were killed. A child survived, and my brother survived. My mother’s body is still there. They just covered it up." Tetiana Zhovtobriukh came to Zaporizhzhia with her family from Russian-occupied Berdiansk district.

⚡Serbia grants citizenship to former Ukrainian MP Novynskyi, wanted on treason suspicion. Novynskyi received citizenship through a provision allowing Serbia to naturalize a foreign national under an expedited procedure when authorities determine that doing so is in the country’s interest.

Serbia grants citizenship to former Ukrainian MP Novynskyi, wanted on treason suspicion

Novynskyi received citizenship through a provision allowing Serbia to naturalize a foreign national under an expedited procedure when authorities determine that doing so is in the country’s interest.

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⚠️🇺🇦 Russia recruits Ukrainian teenagers for sabotage Russian recruiters are looking for Ukrainian children on social networks, Telegram, online games and messengers, offering money, gifts or simple tasks. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets urged parents to talk to their children about Internet safety.

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🤬 Russians destroyed the oldest building of the Zaporizhzhia National University. The third building of ZNU, built in 1902, burned down. During the night terror in the city, 2 shopping centers and high-rise buildings were also damaged. 5 people were injured.

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