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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 08.10 Ukraine MOD 08 Oct 2022
• Blast Damages Key Bridge Connecting Russia to Crimea VOA 08 Oct 2022 -- An apparent truck explosion caused the partial collapse of a road and rail bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia early Saturday, damaging a conduit that is essential for sustaining Russia's military operations in southern Ukraine.

Ukraine

• If occupiers flee, this will be the best option for them - address of President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 08 Oct 2022
• We must strengthen our alliances and cooperation, we must get rid of all types of dependence on Russia - address by the President of Ukraine to the participants of the 2BS FORUM in Montenegro President of Ukraine 08 Oct 2022

Russia

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question concerning a statement by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Oct 2022
• Executive Order on stepping up measures to ensure security of transport crossing Kerch Strait, the power bridge connecting Russia with the Crimean Peninsula and the main gas pipeline from the Krasnodar Territory to Crimea President of Russia 08 Oct 2022 -- Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Stepping Up Measures to Ensure the Secure Operation of the Transport Passage Across the Kerch Strait, the Power Bridge Connecting the Russian Federation with the Crimean Peninsula and the Main Gas Pipeline from the Krasnodar Territory to Crimea.
• Instructions pertaining to emergency situation on Crimean Bridge President of Russia 08 Oct 2022 -- In light of the emergency situation on the Crimean Bridge, Vladimir Putin heard reports from Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, Emergencies Minister Alexander Kurenkov and Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev, as well as heads of security services.
• Russia Names Overall Commander Of Forces Fighting In Ukraine As Losses Mount RFE/RL 08 Oct 2022 -- With its forces struggling against a dramatic Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russia's Defense Ministry on October 8 named General Sergei Surovikin as the new overall commander of Kremlin forces engaged in Ukraine.
• Putin Places FSB In Charge Of Crimea Bridge Probe, Infrastructure Security After Explosion RFE/RL 08 Oct 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Federal Security Service (FSB) to take charge of security measures for a strategic bridge after an apparent truck bomb damaged the structure linking Russia to the occupied Crimean Peninsula and dealt a humiliating blow to the Kremlin's prestige.
• Bad Battlefield Performance in Ukraine Subjects Russia to Increasing Critic VOA 08 Oct 2022 -- Russia's defense ministry is coming under criticism from "increasingly diverse actors within the Russian system," according to an intelligence update posted on Twitter on Saturday by Britain's defense ministry. The growing criticism is a result, the ministry said, of "continued battlefield setbacks for Russia over the last two weeks."

United States

NATO

United Nations

• Update 114 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 08 Oct 2022 -- The nuclear safety and security situation at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has deteriorated further, with the facility losing all access to external power due to renewed shelling overnight, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.
• Ukraine's ZNPP Must Be Urgently Protected, IAEA's Grossi Says After Plant Loses All External Power Due to Shelling IAEA 08 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has lost its last remaining external power source due to renewed shelling and is now relying on emergency diesel generators for the electricity it needs for reactor cooling and other essential nuclear safety and security functions, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.

Foreign Reactions

• IMF Frees Up $1.3 Billion In Emergency Funds For Ukraine Under 'Food Shock Window' RFE/RL 08 Oct 2022 -- The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an additional $1.3 billion in emergency funds for Ukraine stemming from hardships from the Russian invasion and related gaps in grain production and sales.
• Russia: Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on the ZNPP latest decree European External Action Service (EEAS) 08 Oct 2022 -- The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms the decree of Russian President Putin on the illegal seizure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and the establishment of a government enterprise to that matter. The
• EU Condemns Russia's Takeover of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant VOA 08 Oct 2022 -- The European Union's top diplomat Saturday condemned "in the strongest possible terms" Russia's attempt to annex the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and said Russia's forces must fully withdraw from the plant and return control of it to Ukraine.
• Can China De-Escalate a Nuclear Crisis Over Ukraine? Will It? VOA 08 Oct 2022 -- As concerns grow of a possible nuclear conflict between Russia and the West over Ukraine, there are hopes China could defuse the crisis.

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