The EU approves sanctions for Iran for the supply of drones to the Russian Federation; Ukrainians have been warned about the blackout. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
EU approves sanctions on Iran over drone deliveries to Russia
The ambassadors of the EU member states on Wednesday, October 19, approved the sanctions for Iran for helping Russia in the war against Ukraine. In particular, restrictions are imposed on the Shahed Aviation Industries company, which is responsible for the design and development of the Iranian Shahed drone.
the sanctions list includes the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Commander of the Aerospace Corps of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Syed Aghajani, and Khojatol Ghoreishi, who is in charge of logistics at the Iranian Ministry of Defense.
The flight inflicted ten blows on the enemy – General Staff
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian aviation delivered ten strikes on the positions of the Russian invaders. In addition, air defense units shot down four cruise missiles, one Ka-52 helicopter and thirteen Shahed-136 UAVs.
Steinmeier cancels visit to Ukraine – media
German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier canceled a planned visit to Ukraine, which was supposed to take place on Thursday, October 20. Steinmeier’s office explained the cancellation of the visit for “security reasons.”
Ukrainians warn of blackout
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported that rolling power outages are possible in different regions to simplify the process of restoring the destroyed infrastructure.
Orders on sanctions against Russia are signed – Danilov
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed two decrees on sanctions against Russian oligarchs and Russian companies.
In Kyiv the electricity started to go out
Ukrenergo introduced a blackout in Kyiv to prevent accidents from 23:24 on October 19.
Russia is preparing to “justify” the loss of Kherson – ISW
Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War believe that Russian propagandists began to create informational conditions to justify the loss of Kherson and the complete retreat of the invaders from the right bank of the Dnieper .
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Source: korrespondent
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