TheVoiceOfJoyce Russia is committing Genocide once again in the Ukraine. They are destroying Ukrainian history, by destroying their monuments. They are deporting the people of Kherson to Russian territory on the pretext of saving their lives. Iranian Kamikaze drones are being used to destroy Ukrainians infrastructure. 100,000 without power before a brutal winter. The battle for control of Kherson will take place shortly. The Ukrainian counteroffensive is proceeding. Belarus seems to be mobilizing to help the Russians in Ukraine. And an Apple app that broadcasts advocacy in Russia for the Ukrainian people is back on line. Every effort to stop the Ukrainian Genocide must be taken. Ukraine’s Counteroffensive can’t fail, nor can muscular diplomacy. Day 238 and more devastation before this unjust War ends. Putin rewrote history in order to invade Ukraine and justify Genocide.

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The Guardian’s Pjotr Sauer writes that Russian-installed officials in the occupied city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine have removed a monument to the forced starvation of the Holodomor famine of 1932-33.

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Russian appointed officials in occupied Mariupol remove a Holodomor monument. Some “official” says Ukraine didn’t actually suffer that much compared to Russia and Kazakhstan. Another lady says it is better not to dwell too much on the past

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A senior Ukrainian official has accused Russia of staging a “propaganda show” in occupied Kherson after Russian-installed officials said they were preparing to defend the city from imminent Ukrainian attack and urged civilians to evacuate.

Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, also denied that Kyiv’s troops were shelling the city in southern Ukraine.

In a post on Telegram, he wrote:

The Russians are trying to scare the people of Kherson with fake newsletters about the shelling of the city by our army, and also arrange a propaganda show with evacuation. Propaganda will not work.

Last Updated: 06:48 Wednesday, 19 October 2022

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Russian social networking apps VKontake and Mail.RU have been restored to the iOS App Store after their parent company proved it wasn’t owned by a sanctioned entity, Apple says.

The two apps were removed from the App Store in September, after a wave of UK sanctions targeted the senior leadership of Gazprombank and Sberbank, state-owned banks that between them are believed to own around half of VK, the apps’ parent company.

But on Monday, they were restored to the App Store without explanation. The company was criticised by activists for the “opacity” with which it made its decision to remove and then reinstate the apps.

Apple says the reason for the reinstatement is because it is satisfied that the apps are not in violation of sanctions. In a statement, a company spokesperson said:

The apps from this developer were removed from the App Store, as required by law, after multiple requests were made to the developer to provide documentation to verify that they were not in violation of UK sanctions. Subsequent to the removal, the developer has provided the requisite information verifying that they are not majority owned or controlled by a sanctioned entity. Thus, the apps have been reinstated to the App Store.

VKontake is now available on every national app store. Mail.RU, however, remains unavailable in two countries: mainland China and Ukraine.

Last Updated: 07:16 Wednesday, 19 October 2022

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Mykhailo Podolyak, a political adviser to the Ukrainian president, has warned Russia that “reality can hurt” after the Russian-installed leader of the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson urged residents to evacuate amid escalating pressure from a Ukrainian counter-offensive.

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Less than a month has passed since the pompous announcement of Kherson annexation and solemn concert on the Red Square, as the self-proclaimed “city administration”…ceremoniously evacuates in anticipation of  justice. Reality can hurt if you live in a fictional fantasy world.

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Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian power infrastructure are war crimes, says EU chief

Russia’s strikes on critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine are “acts of pure terror” that amount to war crimes, the head of the European Commission has said.

In a speech to lawmakers in the European parliament this morning, Ursula von der Leyen said:

Yesterday we saw again Russia’s targeted attacks against civilian infrastructure. This is marking another chapter in an already very cruel war. The international order is very clear. These are war crimes.

Targeted attacks on civilian infrastructure with the clear aim to cut off men, women, children of water, electricity and heating with the winter coming, these are acts of pure terror and we have to call it as such.

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Russia’s attacks against civilian infrastructure, especially electricity, are war crimes.

Cutting off men, women, children of water, electricity and heating with winter coming – these are acts of pure terror.

And we have to call it as such.

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Hello everyone. It’s Léonie Chao-Fong here again, taking over the live blog from Martin Belam to bring you all the latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war. Feel free to drop me a message if you have anything to flag, you can reach me on Twitter or via email.

Last Updated: 06:25 Wednesday, 19 October 2022

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Summary of the day so far …

The Russian-installed leader of the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson, which Russia claims to have “annexed”, said this morning that authorities plan to evacuate 50-60,000 people over the next six days, amid escalating pressure from a Ukrainian counter-offensive. Governor Vladimir Saldo said authorities were moving civilians to the left bank of the Dnipro River in order to keep people safe and allow the military to “act resolutely”.

The new commander of Moscow’s army in Ukraine described the military situation as “tense”. “The enemy continually attempts to attack the positions of Russian troops,” Sergei Surovikin said in his first televised interview since being appointed earlier this month, adding that the situation was particularly difficult around the occupied southern city of Kherson.

Kyiv has recently introduced a news blackout in the south of the country, leading to speculations that it was preparing a new major offensive on Kherson. “When the Ukrainians have a news blackout it means something is going on. They have always done this before when there is a big offensive push on,” Michael Clarke, a former director general of the Royal United Services Institute, told Sky News.

The head of Kryvyi Rih’s military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, said Russia launched rocket fire overnight on an energy facility, causing “serious destruction”.

Ukrainian forces shot down 13 “kamikaze” drones over Mykolaiv overnight, according to the region’s governor, Vitaliy Kim.

An attempt to retake control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) by boats loaded with Ukrainian special forces has been repulsed, according to one of the Russian-installed officials in occupied eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine has withdrawn its ambassador to Kazakhstan following a row over Petro Vrublevsky’s comments about killing Russians.

The Belarus defence ministry said in a statement that it has begun summoning citizens to check their eligibility for military service, but that it is not planning mobilisation. The military registration and enlistment activities are strictly routine and are expected to be completed by the end of this year, it said.

That is it from me, Martin Belam, for now. I will be back later. Léonie Chao-Fong will be with you for the next few hours.

Last Updated: 06:27 Wednesday, 19 October 2022

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There are reported air alarms in the Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Kyiv regions.

Last Updated: 06:26 Wednesday, 19 October 2022

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Russian-installed leader of Kherson says 60,000 people to be evacuated over next six days

The Russian-installed leader of the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson, which Russia claims to have “annexed”, said this morning that authorities plan to evacuate 50-60,000 people over the next six days, amid escalating pressure from a Ukrainian counter-offensive.

Speaking on an online broadcast of Soloviev Live”, Vladimir Saldo said authorities were moving civilians to the left bank of the Dnipro in order to “keep people safe” and allow the military to “act resolutely”.

“I drove through the regional centre this morning. On the exterior, there was nothing to suggest there was a lot of pressure,” Saldo said.

“But when I arrived at the river port I saw that the boats were waiting and are already loaded with people ready to go to the left bank of the Dnipro,” he said, adding that the situation “is getting tense”.

Reuters reports he said an estimated 10,000 people a day would be moved over the next six days, and that some regions in Russia were being prepared to accept people. More than 5,000 people have already left Kherson in the last two days, Saldo said.

The River Dnipro flows through the Kherson region. The city of Kherson is to the north of the river, where Russia controls some territory. However, the bulk of the region is to the south of the Dnipro, which Russia fully occupies at present. There are limited crossings, one of which is the Antonovskiy Bridge, which has been a frequent target for Ukrainian attacks.

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