Russian soil attacked; Russia accuses the US

The Russian Defense Ministry announced on October 28 that Russian air defense forces had intercepted four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Oryol province and two other UAVs in Tula province on the night of October 27, according to TASS news agency. Both Oryol and Tula provinces belong to Russia.

In addition, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on October 28 that a Ukrainian UAV crashed into a nuclear waste storage facility at the Kursk nuclear power plant in western Russia on October 26, damaging the plant's walls, according to Reuters.

As of late October 28, there was no information about Ukraine's response to the above accusation.

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Ukraine claims to have shot down three Russian cruise missiles

The Ukrainian Air Force announced on October 28 that its air defense forces had shot down three out of four Iskander cruise missiles launched by Russia targeting Dnipropetrovsk province on the night of October 27-28, according to The Kyiv Independent .

The remaining missile "also failed to reach its target," according to the Ukrainian Air Force. The Iskander missiles are believed to have been launched from the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Regional authorities did not report any casualties or damage from the Russian missile attack.

Earlier, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhii Lysak said that Russian forces shelled the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts on October 27, damaging 14 houses in Nikopol and leaving 1,200 households without electricity. There were no reports of casualties.

As of late October 28, there was no information about Russia's reaction.

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Russia intercepted 4 long-range ATACMS missiles?

The Russian Defense Ministry announced on the evening of October 28 that Russian air defense forces had intercepted four ATACMS long-range missiles, two JDAM bombs, three HARM missiles, eight rockets from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and destroyed 36 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within 24 hours, according to TASS News Agency.

The Russian Defense Ministry also said that the UAV was shot down in the Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia provinces, in eastern and southern Ukraine.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the country's air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet and a MiG-29 fighter jet.

As of late October 28, there was no information about Ukraine's reaction to the new statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

8 Russian brigades join the battle for Avdiivka?

The British Ministry of Defense said on October 28 that Russia may have sent elements of at least eight brigades to join the battle for the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, according to The Kyiv Independent . A brigade in the Russian army can have between 2,000 and 8,000 soldiers, according to open sources.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on October 28 that Russian losses in Avdiivka amounted to about 4,000 people, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on October 27 that Russia had lost at least one brigade while trying to take the city.

Ukrainian servicemen attend a training course in Kyiv province on October 28.

As of late October 28, there was no information about Russia's reaction to the above statement of the British Ministry of Defense as well as the statement from Ukraine.

See also : Russia advances towards Ukraine's Avdiivka stronghold

Russia accuses the US of deliberately escalating the conflict

TASS news agency reported on October 28 that Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky said at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council that the US is deliberately trying to escalate the conflict in Ukraine.

"We have repeatedly said that the Americans and their allies do not need peace in Ukraine. The Kyiv government is just a tool for them to weaken Russia," said Mr. Polyansky.

Mr. Polyansky also recalled the words of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who said that the Kyiv government did not agree to peace in negotiations with Moscow in March 2022 because Washington did not allow them to do so.

Mr. Polyansky also said that former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett blamed the US, Germany and France for breaking the negotiation process on Ukraine. As of late October 28, there was no information about the US reaction.

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Ukraine, Netherlands negotiate security deal

Ukraine and the Netherlands have begun negotiations for a bilateral agreement on security guarantees in accordance with the joint statement in support of Ukraine by the G7 countries (including the US, Canada, Japan, the UK, France, Germany and Italy).

The Kyiv Independent quoted an announcement from the Office of the President of Ukraine saying that the first round of consultations took place on the sidelines of the summit on the Ukrainian peace formula in Malta on October 28.

The two-day peace formula meeting brought together representatives from more than 65 countries to discuss achieving lasting peace in Ukraine. The countries attending included the G7 countries, South Africa, India, Qatar, Türkiye and many others, but not Russia, according to Reuters.

The Netherlands has become the sixth country after the US, UK, Canada, Japan and France, and the first non-G7 country, to start bilateral talks with Ukraine on security guarantees, according to The Kyiv Independent .

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