Fragments of a Ukrainian rocket fell on a residential building in Belgorod

1 Russia The air defense systems went off in the city of Belgorod. A local residential building was damaged — the mayor Anton Ivanov reported. «An unknown object hit a local building on the Gubkina Street, building number 42G. It happened after the air defense forces shot it down. The top floor was damaged. 2 cars were damaged by the debris. There is currently no information about the victims» — he reported on his Telegram channel and added that the emergency services are visiting the apartments. The residents of the building will be relocated to a hotel. According to the Deputy Governor of the Belgorod Region, Konstantin Polezhaev, no-one was injured. The RIA NEWS reported that the first explosion took place in the city center around 12:25. Then 7 more took place within 15 minutes. Loud noises set off the alarms of parked cars. He specified that the technical floor of a 16-storey building had collapsed.

2 Russia — Turkey «The saboteurs who planned to sabotage the Turkish Stream gas pipeline were arrested» — the press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, stated on 13th of October. «They tried to reach the Turkish Stream. The saboteurs, several people, were arrested. They wanted to blow up our property on our own territory» — he added

3 Ukraine «The Kiev regime confessed their guilt of terrorism — namely the attack on the Crimean bridge» — the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on the recent statement from the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Dmitry Kuleba. He was tricked by the famous pranksters Vovan and Lexus. They called him on behalf of the former US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul. Dmitry Kuleba said the following: “If you ask me who blows up anything in Crimea or Belgorod, then, in a private communication, as private as Zoom can be, I can tell you that it is us” — Dmitry Kuleba said to Vovan and Lexus. The pranksters posted a video of the conversation with the Ukrainian minister on Telegram. He clarified that by strikes on the peninsula Ukraine is trying to damage the combat capability of the Russian forces. In his opinion — Crimea is a «source of ammo» for Moscow, and an air base for the planes to carry out air attacks.

4 Syria At least 18 Syrian soldiers were killed by an explosive device in a bus in the province of Damascus — the RIA NEWS reported while citing a source from the Syrian security services. It was noted that so far no group has claimed the responsibility for the explosion.

5 Ukraine The recent attacks of the Ukrainian forces in several directions at once were repelled by the Russian forces — the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on 13th of October. The ministry added that Ukraine is suffering heavy casualties. 2 combat aircraft of the Ukrainian forces were shot down as well. Igor Konashenkov added that «over the past day, the Russian air force, missile and artillery forces hit 4 command posts, 52 artillery units on their firing positions, as well as the manpower and military equipment in 164 areas. 5 rocket and artillery ammo depots were destroyed near the village of Vasyukovka, in the DPR, as well as Novoaleksandrovka, Gulyaipole, and Novopavlovka — in the Zaporozhye region, as well as near Solonchaky — in the Nikolaev region.

6 Europe The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the adoption of a resolution by the UN General Assembly on Ukraine is aimed at prolonging the conflict. «This confrontational initiative isn’t aimed at finding a peaceful settlement, but at a prolonging of the conflict in Ukraine» — the ministry stated on their website. The Western countries are trying to find a solution to their own geopolitical problems against Moscow, and to keep the monopoly in the world affairs. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the referendums in the DPR, the LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions were held in a full compliance with the UN Charter. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, stated that the West managed to achieve a result on the anti-Russian resolution of the UN General Assembly by diplomatic terror and blackmail.

Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS