“Such obvious gloating, which has nothing to do with reason, has everything to do with a desire to bully others,” one analyst said of the reaction of many pro-Kremlin commentators to the Hamas attack on Israel.

Amid widespread horror, many pro-Kremlin commentators have welcomed the carnage as a distraction from Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and a comeuppance for antiwar Russians who fled to Israel.

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-israel-conflict-pro-kremlin-commentators-ukraine-good-news/32633318.html

The Hamas attack on Israel is drawing the attention of a crisis-stricken world away from the Russia’s war on Ukraine. At the same time, it could provide a path for the U.S. administration to secure support in Congress for new financial and military aid for Ukraine -- but that’s far from guaranteed.

“The real problem is political: the reservoir of support in Congress for aid to Israel is inexhaustible. But support for continued, open-ended assistance to Ukraine is declining,” political science professor Rajan Menon said.

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-israel-gaza-war-us-military-aid/32633143.html

Today's 🇺🇦 updates:
⚡Russia stepped up its shelling of Kherson, striking the region 100 times in 24 hours, killing civilians and causing widespread damage, a regional official said. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html

It may be the biggest Russian offensive since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022: at least 3 battalions, dozens of armored vehicles, and reportedly prison convict “Storm Z” units, trying to overrun Ukrainian positions near the city of Avdiyivka. For the moment, Ukrainian lines are holding.

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-avdiyivka-russian-offensive-east/32636398.html

For months, a team of 20 Ukrainian snipers, known as the Ghosts of Bakhmut, has been tirelessly eliminating Russian forces in a eastern Ukrainian city utterly destroyed by intense combat.

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-ghosts-of-bakhmut-snipers/32639201.html

Watch the full investigation with English subtitles on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBXj1dp46PQ

The producers of the decades-old Russian TV quiz show “What? Where? When?” wanted the show to remain free of politics. That’s impossible, ex-contestants say.

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-quiz-show-war-propaganda/32641389.html

Today's 🇺🇦 updates:

⚡🇷🇺 has launched drone and missile strikes on 4 Ukrainian regions overnight

⚡🇺🇦 parliament votes in favor of bill to ban churches affiliated with Russia

⚡In major address, Biden lays the groundwork for massive aid to 🇺🇦 and 🇮🇱

⚡🇺🇸 Biden linked Putin's invasion of 🇺🇦 and Hamas in the Gaza Strip who attacked 🇮🇱, saying both were threats to global democracy and security.

⚡🇷🇺's shelling partially cuts off electricity supply in 9 🇺🇦 regions, killing one person, and wounding several more. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html

Now in its 20th month, Russia invasion of Ukraine is approaching its second winter, shifting again into a new phase with no clear indication that either side has the upper hand.

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-atacms-avdiyivka-dnieper/32643247.html

Today's 🇺🇦 updates:

⚡Debris from a downed 🇷🇺 drone has damaged a critical infrastructure facility in Ukraine’s Khmelnytskiy region

⚡ Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected command posts of Russian troops in Ukraine's Donetsk region https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html

On the latest episode of The Week Ahead In Russia by Steve Gutterman, Moscow-born Yelizaveta Surnacheva spoke about her feelings while reporting on Russian mercenaries who went to invade Ukraine.

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Today's 🇺🇦 updates:

⚡🇷🇺 maintains pressure on Avdiyivka as Kyiv eyes EU summit for support

⚡Ukrainian pilots begin F-16 training in the 🇺🇸

⚡🇪🇺 leaders holding Brussels summit with focus on Ukraine amid signs of ‘fatigue' https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html

"It's not necessarily that the Russians are doing it on purpose, but it has consequences and a side effect is that it can been very dangerous for civilian vessels relying on satellite navigation."

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-gps-jamming-black-sea-romania-bulgaria-ukraine/32655397.html

Несмотря на то, что чиновники заявляют, что контролируют ситуацию и аэропорт свободен, очевидцы сообщают совсем другое: протестующих вывели из здания аэровокзала и со взлетно-посадочной полосы.

Но участники акции все еще находятся на территории аэропорта. Полиция просит их разойтись.

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Scores of mourners attended the burial of Iranian teenager Armita Garavand on October 29 in Tehran. The 17-year-old was fatally injured earlier this month after an alleged confrontation with Iran's morality police. Amateur video obtained by RFE/RL shows raw emotions on display at the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery and at a separate funeral ceremony in the Jaberi mosque. A heavy police presence was observed at both places.

Today's 🇺🇦 updates:

⚡4 Ukrainian police officers wounded in 🇷🇺 shelling, Kyiv says

⚡🇩🇪 has supplied third advanced air-defense system to Ukraine

⚡Pro-Russian Ukrainian politician reported in intensive care after being shot https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html

More than 20 people were injured -- two critically -- when a mob of hundreds of people shouting anti-Jewish epithets stormed and shut down the airport in the Russian city of Makhachkala in the predominantly Muslim region of Daghestan after a flight arrived from Israel on October 29.

Late on October 29, videos and photos from the scene published by RFE/RL’s @kavkazrealii indicated that protesters had stormed onto the Makhachkala runway, attempting to gain entry to the incoming plane.