Russian Ministry of Defense html 18 confirmed that it launched another attack on Ukrainian energy facilities. Ukrainian officials said that the situation in Ukraine is currently critical and the entire country needs to prepare for power and water outages and heating interruptions. In addition, according to Reuters , Ukraine has sent a letter to the United Nations, inviting UN experts to investigate whether Russia has used Iranian -made drones to carry out air strikes in Ukraine.
Russian army attacked Ukrainian infrastructure, Tomir power outages throughout the city
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said on the 18th that in the past 24 hours, the Russian army has continued to use high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons to attack Ukraine's military command facilities and energy systems, as well as an arsenal that stores foreign-made weapons and ammunition, and all established targets were hit.
As winter approaches, the Russian army accelerates its crackdown on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. In Zhitomir, about 140 kilometers west of Kiev , the Russian army launched two attacks on the local energy infrastructure. Local officials said that the entire city was in a state of power outage and hospitals could only rely on backup power.
Kremlin denies using Iranian drones: Russian equipment is named after Russia
In addition to using missile , the Russian army has frequently sent drones to launch attacks on Ukraine recently, and Ukraine accused that these drones were provided by Iran. reported that the Iran-made "Eyewitness-136" drone was renamed "Geranium-2" by the Russian side and is widely used in various parts of Ukraine to carry out strike missions. The Kremlin denied this.
Russian President Press Secretary Peskov:
We have no information on this, Russian devices are named after Russia.
Ukraine invites the United Nations to investigate Russian air strikes
According to Reuters' report on the 18th, Ukraine has sent a letter to the United Nations, inviting UN experts to investigate whether Russia has used Iran-made drones to carry out air strikes in Ukraine. , if true, the use of these drones violates the relevant resolutions of the Security Council on , , on , Iran nuclear issue.
Ukraine said that recently Russia frequently used Iran-made "Witness-136" drones to carry out air strikes on Kiev. This type of drone is also called "suicide drone". will cruise with the target, fall quickly and detonate during impact.
Ukraine Permanent Mission to the United Nations stated in a letter to members of the Security Council that Ukraine hopes that UN experts can visit Ukraine as soon as possible, inspect and recycle these drones from Iran, and ensure that the Security Council resolution 2231 is implemented.
In addition, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kureba submitted a proposal to formally break off diplomatic relations with Iran to Ukrainian President Zelensky on the 18th. Kureba said that Russia used dozens of Iranian-made drones to launch a series of attacks on Ukraine, including attacks on energy facilities in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Kureba said that there is sufficient evidence to prove that these drones are from Iran, and that Tehran and are fully responsible for undermining relations with Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister: It is meaningless to continue to maintain diplomacy with the West
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov On October 18th that due to the Western terrorism policy, many diplomats have stopped visiting abroad, and European countries have also decided to isolate them from Russia. The West stands on the side of those who want to revive Nazism, and maintaining the original diplomatic relations is meaningless.
Lavrov said that Russia will shift its focus to countries that are willing to cooperate on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, and look for promising cooperation projects. The future focus of will be on third world countries. Lavrov also pointed out that the world is going through a turning point, and this period will be long.
Source: Phoenix TV Information Station
Edited by: Qiuguo
