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The Kremlin: Putin and the Saudi Crown Prince stressed the importance of continuing cooperation within the framework of the OPEC alliance to ensure the stability of the energy market

Elering, AST, and Litgrid, electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) of the Baltic states, have notified Russian and Belarusian operators on the non-extension of the BRELL agreement, which is bound to expire in February of 2025. At that time, the three Baltic states will decouple from Russian and Belarusian grids to join the Continental Europe Synchronous Area.

U.S. Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens tells @AspenSecurity he spoke to Paul Whelan, who is also being wrongly held by Russia, just 10 days ago. “We will bring both Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich home.” He recalled a phone call from Whelan shortly after Carstens negotiated Brittney Griner’s release. He had just dropped Brittney with her family and got a call from Whelan. Whelan, a former Marine, while disappointed that he was not part of the deal told Carstens it was “a great day for Brittney and a great day for America.” What a brave American. Carstens has worked for both Democratic and Republican Presidents at the State Department

Three people were injured during the shelling of Shebekino, - governor

US seeing increase in "intent to use" by Russia China of space and counterspace weapons, @DefenseIntel Dir LtGen Jeff Kruse tells @AspenSecurity

Unknown people set fire to the cabin of an electric locomotive in Odintsovo. At that time the electric locomotive was standing at the Petelino station in the Smolensk direction

Explosions over Shebekino in the Belgorod region

Russian aviation conducted airstrikes at Lyptsi, Vovchansk, Hlyboke, Mali Prokhody, Starytsya, Vovchanski Khutory and Veterynarne of Kharkiv region, Mezhove, Novoselivka Persha, Vozdvyzhenka, Tymofiyivka, Vovche, Hrodivka, Velyka Novosilka, Vuhledar, Katerynivka and Yelyzavetivka of Donetsk region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

Big fire reported in Krasnodar

Blackouts reported in Krasnodar and occupied Sevastopol

Governor of Belgorod region announced 14 villages near the border with Ukraine a closed security zone

The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry said that he expects to meet with Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN Security Council; in the morning he spoke by telephone with the head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry

Blackouts in Rostov, Taganrog and Bataysk

One of the power units of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant switched off the grid due to a malfunction in the turbogenerator; the background radiation was normal, - Rosatom reported

Ukrainian Military intelligence claimed cyberattacks against about a hundred Russian web resources

Energy consumption restrictions of 1.5 GW were imposed in the power system of southern Russia due to a failure in the operation of generating equipment at the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant - Ministry of Energy

Problems with mobile communications and the Internet are observed in the regions of the Far East among MTS and Beeline users

An emergency shutdown in Buryatia occurred at the power unit of the Gusinoozerskaya State District Power Plant; there are restrictions on the supply of electricity in the Transbaikalia power system. A power outage occurred in a number of microdistricts of Ulan-Ude in Buryatia

Russian Ministry of Defense claims shooting down Ukrainian Yak-52 plane, equipped with machine gun

Security forces are conducting searches in the administration of the Babayurt district of Dagestan. This was reported by the district administration.

Big fire near Rostov

Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs to wind down US operations

Russian Air defense shot down a drone over Kamensk of Rostov region

The combined arms and tank army, as well as special forces, electronic warfare and chemical warfare units became part of the Moscow Military District - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Russian aviation conducted airstrikes at Vovchansk, Lyptsi, Veterynarne, Borschove, Hlyboke, Vesele, Bilyy Kolodyaz of Kharkiv region, Serebryanske forestry, Torske, Chasiv Yar, Katerynivka, Yelizavetivka, Staromlynivka, Makarivka, New York, Toretsk, Oleksandropil, Zhelanne, Ivanivka, Novoselivka Persha of Donetsk region, Otradokamyanka, Mykolayivka, Tokarivka of Kherson region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

During the night, air defense systems destroyed 13 drones over the Rostov, Belgorod, Kursk, Voronezh regions and occupied Crimea, - the Russian Defense Ministry reports

Fire at the plant in Korenevo of Kursk region as result of a drone attack

The European Commission has decided to boycott Hungary's EU Council presidency in response to Viktor Orbán’s controversial trips to Moscow and Beijing

An explosion at a construction site occurred in the village of Bashin-Kali in Chechnya, 5 people were killed, 26 were injured - Ramzan Kadyrov

Spain is delivering a new military package for Ukraine, which includes 10 Leopard 2A4 tanks and a significant number of anti-tank rockets