👨‍🦲🇷🇺📞🇮🇱🇵🇸 President Vladimir Putin will hold five international telephone conversations on October 16, including a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas - Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov.

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🇷🇺 In the context of aggravation in the Middle East, the Kremlin calls for an immediate ceasefire and the start of a political settlement process - Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov

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🇷🇺🇺🇳🇵🇸🇮🇱 We believe that the goal of any peace negotiations should be a UN-approved formula involving the creation of the state of Palestine - Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov.

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🇮🇱❌🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to visit Israel against the backdrop of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalation. However, the Israeli side conveyed to Kiev that such a visit would be untimely at this moment, as reported by the Israeli portal Ynet.

According to their information, Zelensky, who recently visited Europe, intended to come to Israel along with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is making his second visit to the state on October 16 since the conflict escalated.

Nevertheless, the Israeli side informed Ukraine that it's not the right time for Zelensky's visit, as Ynet claims.

As Ynet notes, the current refusal "does not mean that Zelensky will not visit Israel" at all. According to their assessment, such a trip could happen later and might be combined with one of the Ukrainian president's subsequent tours of European countries.

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🇷🇺 Latest statements by Sergei Ryabkov, the Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry:

➡️Israel's operation in Gaza is indiscriminate;

➡️The situation in the conflict zone in the Middle East tends to worsen;

➡️The threat of an Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip remains;

➡️The US bears primary responsibility for the current crisis in the Middle East;

➡️The threat of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict spiraling out of control is high.

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🔹🇷🇺 The latest statements of Sergei Shoigu, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in a meeting with President Putin about the current situation in the SMO zone:

➡️During the counter-offensive, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost hundreds of tanks and 1.5 thousand armored vehicles and continue to do so;

➡️The Armed Forces of Ukraine have no success, what is happening in the SMO zone is the enemy’s attempts to carry out offensive actions, but they are facing resistance;

➡️Deeply echeloned defense has been built in all directions in the SMO zone;

➡️The Russian Armed Forces not only hold their positions, but are also preparing to continue implementing their plans.

➡️Russian troops are conducting very professional actions, showing heroism in many areas:

"In general, the situation in the special military operation zone looks stable and confident."

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🇮🇷🇵🇸🇮🇱 The Iranian Foreign Minister said that Hamas is ready to release the hostages if Israel stops airstrikes on the Gaza Strip - The Times of Israel.

According to Nasser Kanaani, Hamas representatives “stated that they were ready to take the necessary measures to release citizens and civilians held by resistance groups, but their point of view was that such measures required preparations that were impossible in the face of daily Zionist bombing of various parts of Gaza."

Hamas said it would exchange the captives, estimated by Israel at 200, for thousands of imprisoned Palestinians in one-off swap deals.

Kanaani also said that Hamas is ready to fight for a long time.

“We heard from resisters that they have no problem continuing to resist. They said that the resistance has the military potential to continue resistance in the field for a long time,” the Iranian diplomat said.

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🇮🇷🇵🇸🇮🇱Iranian Foreign Minister: The time for political solutions is running out and the expansion of the war on other fronts is about to become inevitable

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 During the assault on the Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Verbovo, the 247th Airborne Regiment of the Russian VDV (airborne) captured personnel from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

During this battle, the paratroopers eliminated over two dozen fighters, with several taken as prisoners, thereby saving their lives.

On the Zaporozhye front, dozens of Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoners have been taken in recent days. As seen in the footage, they are well-equipped.

Many of the prisoners claim they were conscripted, don't want to fight, and won't do so anymore, but during interrogations, it often becomes apparent that they are not conscripts at all.

Via: @RVvoenkor

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🇮🇱🇱🇧🇮🇷Bejnamin Netanyahu warned Hezbollah and Iran that Israel "will give a tough response to any attacks"

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🇮🇱⚔️🇵🇸Defeating Hamas in Gaza will take time - Netanyahu

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🇮🇱🇵🇸Benjamin Netanyahu said in the Israeli parliament that he considers Hamas a “new form of Nazism” and called on the world to unite in the fight against this threat

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦🇺🇸 The US supplied "wunderwaffe No. 88" aka AGM-88 HARM and the Buk-M3 Air Defense launcher it was probably supposed to hit in the bacground.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: America, without a doubt, can afford to support Israel and provide the necessary military assistance to Israel. And we can and must support Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

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