The Ukrainian army says today (Saturday) that during the night they intercepted 10 Iranian-made suicide drones over the Mykolaiv district. According to reports in the United States, military instructors from Iran arrived in the Crimea yesterday to help operate the drones. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran issued a strong condemnation of the call by France, Germany and Great Britain to the United Nations to investigate Russia’s use of Iranian-made drones during its attacks in Ukraine.
Earlier, Ukrainian media reported a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odessa and Khmelnytsk regions. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaly Klitschko, announced that several missiles fired at the city were intercepted. The mayor stated that there is an expectation of further attacks on Kyiv. Proactive power outages continue throughout Ukraine to overcome the damage caused by previous Russian attacks.
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, claimed tonight that on October 10, the Ukrainian army launched more than 100 missiles, including some armed with missiles, into the territory of the Belgorod region in Russia with the aim of damaging the civilian population and infrastructure.
The American Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, held a meeting tonight with his French counterpart, Catherine Colonnade, and said that the United States will continue to be in contact with Russia, but that more meaningful diplomacy depends on President Putin’s desire to “stop the aggression”. Yesterday, American Defense Minister Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, spoke on the phone. No significant details were provided about the conversation, but the two confirmed that it dealt, among other things, with Ukraine.