According to CCTV News, on October 18, local time, 80 meters below the sea surface of in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Express took a picture of the explosion location of the "North Stream-1" natural gas pipeline.
The newspaper said that has at least 50 meters of natural gas pipeline lost, some parts of the pipeline have straight and sharp edges, while other parts of the metal is severely deformed .
"North Stream-1" pipeline explosion site. Image source: Swedish Express
The wreckage after the explosion of the "Northern Stream-1" pipeline. Image source: Swedish Express
" Nord Stream-1" pipeline is located in the deep seabed. Image source: Swedish Express
According to CCTV News, on October 18 local time, the police in Copenhagen issued a statement saying that the preliminary investigation of showed that the large-scale damage to the "North Stream-1" and "North Stream-2" pipelines was caused by a violent explosion.
This investigation was completed with the assistance of the Danish Ministry of Defense and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
statement said that the Danish Defense Intelligence Agency and the Copenhagen Police will set up a joint investigation team, and the joint investigation team will work closely with relevant domestic and foreign departments. It is too early to discuss the investigation framework for international cooperation with Sweden and Germany. It is also difficult to say when the investigation will be completed at this time.
Zelensky : 30% of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed
Kiev Mayor calls on citizens to save electricity
According to CCTV News, Ukrainian President Zelensky said on October 18 local time that since October 10, 30% of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed .
He also said that there is "no negotiation space" between and Russia.
Image source: Visual China-VCG111394012874
According to CCTV News, Ukrainian media reports, on the morning of the 18th local time, the entire Ukraine air defense alarm sounded. The Ukrainian President's Office said an energy infrastructure in Kiev was attacked by two Russian troops.
Kharkov Municipal Government reported that two consecutive explosions occurred in the city. Kiev city , Ivano Frankovsk city and Shitomir mayors also said that local infrastructure was attacked on the 18th, and water supply and power supply in Shitomir city were temporarily interrupted, and no casualties have been reported.
Kiev Mayor Klichko said that at present, many buildings in the left bank of the Dnieper River are limited in power and water supply. Klichko calls on Kiev citizens to save electricity as much as possible, and do not use high-power electrical appliances such as air conditioners, electric kettles, microwave ovens, etc. Residents with low water supply network pressure should save water as much as possible. In areas with temporary water cuts, you should go to the nearest supermarkets and other places to purchase drinking water as soon as possible.
According to the Ukrainian National News Agency on the same day, an energy infrastructure in Dnepropetrovsk Prefecture was attacked, the power of the city of Dnepro and two settlements in the state were cut off, and the water of Dnepro City was cut off. The state's military and political leaders issued a message calling on the public to save water and electricity.
Russia has no response to this yet.
EU approved a new round of military aid
will also provide training for Ukrainian soldiers
According to CCTV News, the EU Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in Luxembourg on the 17th. The meeting approved the provision of a new round of military aid to Ukraine and decided to set up a "Military Assistance Mission" aimed at providing training to Ukrainian soldiers and helping Ukrainian armed forces improve their military capabilities.
It is reported that the amount of a new round of military aid provided by the EU to Ukraine is 500 million euros . So far, the EU has provided five rounds of military aid to Ukraine, with a total amount of 2.6 billion euros.
In addition, the meeting also formally approved the launch of training tasks for the Ukrainian army.
EU Council issued an announcement on the same day stating that the Ukrainian military training mission will be carried out within the EU member states, and the command center will be established within the EU International Operations Agency located in Brussels .
According to EU officials, the Ukrainian military training mission may start in mid-November. All parties have reached an agreement on the budget for project of more than 100 million euros. EU plans to train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers in two years.
It is reported that this is the first time since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict that the EU has publicly claimed to train Ukrainian soldiers. Analysts believe that in the context of continued tension in Russia and Ukraine, the EU's decision will intensify the risk of direct conflict between Western countries , especially EU member states near Russia, with Russia. will not help ease the regional situation and will only prolong the conflict.
Ukrainian President's wife: Zelensky has never left Kiev
According to reference information, German News Agency reported on the 17th that Ukrainian President's wife Yelena Zelenskaya said that her husband Zelensky would stay in his post in Kiev during the war with Russia.
Zelenskaya told the German Biography reporter: "I knew from the beginning that he would not leave Kiev. If a country has no leadership in the war, it will be conquered."
She said that despite many good intentions, Zelenskaya did not leave the Ukrainian capital after Russia began its "invasion" on February 24.
Zelenskaya said in March: "My family and I are being hunted down, and this fact makes people feel like we are in a bad action movie."
reported that now, she said that sometimes she would meet her husband who works in the office, but their family was "in a state of separation every day."
She said that her 18-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son also rarely see her father. Zelenskaya said, "The children miss him."
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