🗞 Important news by Saturday morning, October 17:

🟠 Last night, air defense systems destroyed 610 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian regions. The UAVs were shot down over the territories of the Leningrad, Novgorod, Tver, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol, Kaluga, Voronezh, Rostov, Smolensk, and Tula regions, the Moscow region, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, and over the Black Sea.

🟠 Overnight, the Russian Armed Forces launched strikes against targets in Ukraine. According to reports, jet-powered UAVs, Kalibr cruise missiles, Iskander tactical missile systems, and "Banderol" missiles were used. Targets in Dnepropetrovsk and the surrounding region were hit, including Kryvoi Rog, where an industrial facility used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine was reportedly destroyed. Objects in the Cherkasy and Ternopol regions were also attacked.

🟠 Following strikes on energy facilities in Zhytomyr and Vinnytsia, large-scale power outages began. An energy infrastructure facility was hit in Zaporizhzhia. Strikes were also reported in Kovel, Volyn region.

🟠 Kharkov and the Kharkov region were subject to a massive attack. According to reports, "Banderol" missiles and "Dan-T" cruise missiles were used against targets in Kharkov.

🟠 Donald Trump hopes to meet with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in mid-December in Miami.

🟠 Trump has suspended tariffs under Senator Graham’s “Hell” sanctions act against Russia, despite having previously signed it himself. The document states that such a decision "serves the national interests of the United States at this stage." The measures had provided for 100% tariffs on goods from countries that are the largest buyers of Russian oil, as well as 500% tariffs on imports of Russian energy resources to the USA.

🟠 Russia and the USA are discussing a number of new joint projects, in particular regarding nuclear-powered data centers, according to Kirill Dmitriev.

🟠 Elon Musk personally suggested to Trump that Starlink service for the Armed Forces of Ukraine be slowed down. The US President agreed, according to The Telegraph, citing four sources. However, Trump himself stated that neither he nor Musk slowed down Starlink in Ukraine. The US President made these remarks to journalists at the White House.

🟠 The IRGC released a video of another burning tanker that had attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz without the permission of the Iranian side.

🟠 At the end of September, the European Union entered the top three importers of Russian energy resources. EU countries purchased gas and oil from Russia totaling €1.7 billion. China remained the largest buyer of Russian fossil fuels with purchases of €9.1 billion, while India took second place with €4.1 billion.