Russia-Ukraine War 2022 [Day by Day]: 10/16/23

Monday, October 16, 2023

Russia Says Western Satellites Could Be Considered Legitimate Targets

"Russia

Says Western, Satellites Could Be Considered, Legitimate Targets . ....a Russian Foreign Ministry official warned that Russia could shoot down Western commercial satellites used to aid Ukraine's war efforts." WTE

Israel rejects Zelenskyy's visit: Time is not right

"Israel has rejected a request from the Ukrainian President's Office to allow an official visit by

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to this country in the wake of the Islamist group Hamas attack. The Israelis reportedly explained their refusal by saying that "the time is not right" for Zelensky's visit." Pravada

"Islamist Terrorist Attack" In Brussels; Shooter Still At Large

"An unidentified shooter killed two people near the center of Brussels in what Belgian

officials condemned as a ‘terrorist attack’, prompting the country to raise its terror threat level to 4, the highest since 2016.
Media and social media platforms aired amateur videos showing a man shooting several times near a station using a large weapon, with the gunman, who claimed to belong to the IS (Islamic State), said to be on the run. As the events unfolded, Sweden was playing Belgium in a Euro 2024 qualifying match at the national King Baudouin Stadium in northern Brussels.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that Europe had been "shaken" by a "terrorist attack" in Brussels, after two Swedes were killed in a shooting. Belgium's crisis center has raised Brussels' terror alert status to its highest level, and France was tightening controls at its border with Belgium, France’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin." Euroriv

Hamas Issues Hostage Video

"The short video shows a young woman, 21-year-old Mia Schem, being treated after she was

wounded in her arm, and later speaking to the camera.
Schem was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists while taking part in the desert rave in Kibbutz Re’im, where the gunmen also massacred over 260 festival-goers.
She tells the camera she was operated on for three hours and that “I’m being cared for, I’m getting medications. I’m only asking for me to be returned home as soon as possible, to my family, to my parents, to my siblings. Please get me out of here as soon as possible.” ZeroHedge