The Russian Federation shelled Kharkiv with anti-aircraft missiles — 13 people were injured, including a child
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The Russian Federation shelled Kharkiv with anti-aircraft missiles — 13 people were injured, including a child

State Emergency Service
The Russian Federation shelled Kharkiv with anti-aircraft missiles — 13 people were injured, including a child

In the evening of October 20, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv. As a result of the shelling, there were problems with the electricity supply, so far we know about 13 victims, one of them a child.

Points of attention

  • Russian troops shelled Kharkiv, causing problems with electricity supply and damage to buildings and infrastructure.
  • As a result of the attack, 13 people were injured, including a child, and damage was also recorded to a gas station and a service station.
  • Russian shelling was also recorded in other cities, such as Kryvyi Rih, Kyiv, Sumy Oblast, and Zaporizhzhia, leading to the destruction of buildings and infrastructure.

The Russian army shelled Kharkiv again

At 10:10 p.m., Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that explosions were heard in Kharkiv, and that the city was under attack by enemy security forces.

Later, he specified that three districts of the city were under attack. Some of them have certain problems with electricity supply.

Later, the head of the OVA Oleg Synegubov reported on 4 victims, one man was hospitalized. There is a house fire, a service station is damaged. There is also damage to the gas station.

Later, Terekhov specified that gas stations, service stations, private houses and high-voltage transmission lines were damaged in the Kyiv region. There is damage to multi-apartment and private buildings, garages in the Osnovyansk district.

On the night of October 21, the National Police reported that the number of people injured by Russian shelling in Kharkiv had increased to 12.

Already in the morning, the State Emergency Service clarified that a total of 13 people were injured.

Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and air defense systems all night

  • In the Sumy region, the Russians launched an airstrike on the critical infrastructure of the Romen district. Several villages are without electricity.

  • In Kryvyi Rih, 4 people, including a child, were injured due to a rocket attack. Hotel, houses, bank, shops were damaged.

  • One victim was found in Kyiv after the drone attack. The man has burns on his face.

  • In Zaporizhzhia, the Russians dropped anti-aircraft missiles, launched drones and shelled the region with anti-aircraft missiles. People were not injured. There is damage to buildings and infrastructure.

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EU agrees to confiscate €200 billion of Russian assets

Russia may irretrievably lose another 200 billion euros
Source:  Financial Times

EU leaders are now determined to do everything possible to seize frozen Russian assets worth more than €200 billion, all as part of a plan to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Points of attention

  • The proposed confiscation of assets is being discussed as a potential consequence for Kremlin's non-compliance with the ceasefire agreement, aiming to create leverage for negotiation after the war.
  • With support from influential leaders within the EU and discussions on tying frozen assets to Russian compliance, the move could have far-reaching implications for international relations and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Russia may irretrievably lose another 200 billion euros

As journalists learned from EU insiders, French leader Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have dramatically changed their positions.

What is important to understand is that for quite a long time they were the ones who opposed the complete confiscation of Russian assets located in Europe.

Official Brussels is currently discussing the idea of confiscating these assets if the Kremlin violates the upcoming ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

According to anonymous sources, the efforts are being made within the framework of security guarantees for Kyiv.

Supporters of this idea see tying frozen assets to Russia's compliance with a possible agreement as a way to put pressure on Moscow and provide guarantees for Ukraine.

During talks with US President Donald Trump last week, French President Emmanuel Macron said that immediately seizing the assets would not be "respecting international law" but that the funds could be "part of the negotiations after the war ends."

British leader Keir Starmer and future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are more resolute on this issue.

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