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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 10.10 Ukraine MOD 10 Oct 2022
• Russian Missiles Hit Ukrainian Capital Kyiv, Other Cities VOA 10 Oct 2022 -- Deadly Russian missile strikes hit the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv Monday as part of what Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted was a "massive strike" against Ukraine in response to the recent destructive attack on the bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland.
• Explosions rock Kiev, other Ukrainian cities, leaving several dead, injured Press TV 10 Oct 2022 -- Russia's military struck Kiev and other Ukrainian cities on Monday with President Vladimir Putin warning of a "harsh" response in case of any further attacks such as that on the Crimean Bridge.

Ukraine

• Ukraine Denounces Russia As 'Terrorist State' At Emergency UN Meeting Following Deadly Missile Strikes RFE/RL 10 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations has denounced Russia as a "terrorist state" during an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly that came just hours after Ukrainian cities were struck by a wave of deadly missile strikes.
• Ukraine Urges International Community to Condemn Russia for Airstrikes VOA 10 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine appealed to the international community Monday to condemn Russia's deadly missile strikes on its capital and several other cities, and to reject Moscow's attempt to annex four regions of eastern and southern Ukraine.
• Zelenskiy Accuses Russia Of 'Terrorism' As Deadly Strikes In Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Continue RFE/RL 10 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that Russia's latest attack on civilian targets in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya that killed 14 people and left scores wounded, including children, was an act of "terrorism at state level," which proved that it is impossible to negotiate with Russia.
• President held a meeting on the restoration of communications and energy supply damaged by Russian attacks President of Ukraine 10 Oct 2022
• We are Ukrainians, we help each other, we believe in ourselves, we restore the destroyed - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 10 Oct 2022
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone conversation with President Joseph Biden President of Ukraine 10 Oct 2022
• Russia cannot defeat Ukraine on the battlefield, so it resorts to the greatest terror since World War II - Andriy Yermak President of Ukraine 10 Oct 2022
• Ukraine cannot be intimidated, we united even more instead - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 10 Oct 2022
• The U.S. stands in solidarity with Ukraine and condemns the crimes of the Russian aggressor - meeting of the President and the Head of the Presidential Office with the U.S. Ambassador President of Ukraine 10 Oct 2022

Russia

• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on a recent statement by US National Security Council official John Kirby Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Oct 2022

United States

• Readout of President Joe Biden's Call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine The White House 10 Oct 2022
• Statement by President Biden on Russia's Missile Strikes The White House 10 Oct 2022
• U.S. Support for Ukraine in the Face of Russian Strikes US Dept. of State 10 Oct 2022 -- "The Kremlin's strikes against Ukraine today again place the stakes of Russia's brutal war into stark relief. Russian bombs hit children's playgrounds and public parks in Kyiv; wave after wave of missiles struck Kyiv's city streets and damaged heating and targets without military purpose throughout Ukraine."
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba US Dept. of State 10 Oct 2022

NATO

United Nations

• Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown condemns wave of deadly attacks on Ukraine today UNOCHA 10 Oct 2022
• Ukraine: Any threat to use nuclear weapons 'should be universally condemned' UN News 10 Oct 2022 -- The door for a diplomatic solution to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine must be kept open, and any threat to use nuclear weapons, "universally condemned", said the President of the UN General Assembly on Monday.
• Ukraine: Russian large-scale strikes are 'unacceptable escalation', says Guterres UN News 10 Oct 2022 -- The UN chief António Guterres said that large-scale strikes by the Russian military on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other locations on Monday, were deeply shocking and represented "another unacceptable escalation" of the war.

Foreign Reactions

• Statement by President von der Leyen with Estonian Prime Minister Kallas European Commission 10 Oct 2022
• Council of Europe leaders condemn Russian air strikes against towns and cities in Ukraine Council of Europe 10 Oct 2022 -- Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, Simon Coveney, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Tiny Kox, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, have made the following statement:
• Russia/Ukraine: Call between High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Ukraine Foreign affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba on the attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure European External Action Service (EEAS) 10 Oct 2022 -- "Today High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell had a phone call with Ukrainian Foreign affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba to discuss Russia's latest indiscriminate attacks."
• Statement by President von der Leyen on the attacks on Ukrainian cities European Commission 10 Oct 2022
• OSCE Troika, Secretary General, OSCE PA President and Secretary General strenuously condemn Russia's attacks in Ukraine's civilian centres OSCE 10 Oct 2022 -- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, Foreign Minister of Sweden Ann Linde, and Foreign Minister of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, representing the OSCE Troika, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Margareta Cederfelt (MP, Sweden), OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General Roberto Montella strenuously condemned Russia's recent attacks against Ukraine's population in the following statement:
• In Wake Of Russian Missile Attacks, Germany Says It Will 'Quickly' Deliver Air Defense System To Ukraine RFE/RL 10 Oct 2022 -- Germany says it will deliver the first of four IRIS-T SLM air defense systems to Ukraine "in the next few days," after Russian rockets pounded several cities across Ukraine, killing several civilians.
• We urge UN member states to condemn the largest forcible annexation attempt since the Second World War: UK at UN General Assembly UK FCDO 10 Oct 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine
• Iran not supplies any party with any weapons to be used in war in Ukraine: FM ISNA 10 Oct 2022 -- Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski met with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and exchanged views on the horizons of cooperation between the two countries in various political, economic, and cultural fields as well as consular issues.
• FM: Iran opposes arming either side in Ukraine war IRNA 10 Oct 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said that the Islamic Republic of Iran has not provided any weapon for either side in Ukraine war, as Tehran's basic stand is opposing to arm any side in order to help end the war.
• Three Russian Cruise Missiles Crossed Moldovan Airspace, Foreign Minister Says RFE/RL 10 Oct 2022 -- Moldova said three Russian cruise missiles targeting Ukraine had violated Moldovan airspace on October 10, and that it was summoning the Russian ambassador to demand explanations.
• Lukashenka Says Ukraine 'Planning' Attack On Belarus RFE/RL 10 Oct 2022 -- Belarus's authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, claimed on October 10 that Ukraine was preparing an attack on his country's territory and said that Russia and Belarus will deploy a joint military task force.

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