- New shelling on the city of Zaporizhia, at least 17 people were killed. This new Russian bombardment took place on the night of Saturday to Sunday, according to the secretary of the city council of the city, Anatolii Kurtiev. At least five houses were destroyed by missiles, and around 40 other buildings suffered heavy damage.
- The vast automobile and railway bridge linking Crimea to Russia was partially destroyed by the explosion of a truck bomb on Saturday October 8 at around 6 a.m. According to Russian investigators, at least three people were killed. In a decree issued a few hours after the explosion, Vladimir Putin said that the FSB security services would be responsible for strengthening protective measures around this area.
- Traffic for cars and buses has been restored Saturday afternoon. According to the Russian news agency TASS, rail traffic has fully resumed for passengers and goods, but with delays. The Russian army, in difficulty on the Kherson front in southern Ukraine, assured that the supply of its troops was not threatened. According to a Russian official, repairs could take ” two months “.
- Kyiv and Moscow blame each other for the explosion on the bridge. After seeming, in an ironic tweet on Saturday morning, to half-acknowledge a Ukrainian attack, the adviser to the Ukrainian presidency Mykhaïlo Podoliak later referred to a “Russian track”arguing that the explosion was the result of an internal struggle between the FSB [les services spéciaux] and the Russian military. The spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, considered that the reactions of kyiv showed the “terrorist nature” of the Ukrainian regime.
- A sign of discontent in high places over the conduct of operations, Moscow announced on Saturday that it had appointed a new man at the head of his “special military operation” in Ukraine, General Sergei Surovikin, 55 years old. Until then he led the group of “southern forces” in Ukraine, and had previously had high responsibilities in the war in Syria.
- Zaporizhia nuclear power plant has again lost its external power source due to bombardments and relies on emergency generators, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), whose mission is on site, alerted on Saturday.
- The balance sheet of bombardments Thursday, October 6 on the city of Zaporizhia increased, the Ukrainian emergency service said late Saturday evening, announcing at least seventeen dead.
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