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Gtovr:
The next update is very interesting!

Gtovr:
The repairs and upgrades of the INS Sindhuratna were completed amid the pandemic and the Ukrainian crisis.

The Indian Navy has seven kilo-class boats after it lost one, INS Sindhurakshak, to a massive explosion in the dock in August 2013 and decommissioned INS Sindhudhvaj in July this year.

Gtovr:
"Sea transportation of a kilo-class submarine from Severodvinsk, Russia, to Mumbai on a transport dock ship during the time period early Jan 23 to mid Feb 23," the navy document read.
INS Sindhuratna is one of four kilo-class boats selected for medium refit under a $700 million deal signed between Zvezdochka and the Indian Navy in 2018.

Gtovr:
Besides enhancing the combat potential of the underwater vessel, the service life of the submarine was also extended by ten years to 35 following the repairs and upgrades. Now, the submarine is fitted with a Klub (Kalibr) land attack cruise missile.

The Indian Navy has planned to bring the submarine from Zvyozdochka Shipyard in Severodvinsk to Mumbai by next March using a sealift vessel.

Gtovr:
Indian Sub Set to Resume Operations After Russian Refit
The Indian Navy has 15 conventional diesel-electric submarines, including seven Russian kilo-class ships. The navy is facing many challenges in shoring up its underwater capabilities amid the burgeoning power of competitors in the Indian Ocean.
India’s diesel-electric INS Sindhuratna submarine will resume services from next March-April after the Russian Zvyozdochka shipyard completed the refit cum life certification of it, a Defense Ministry document has revealed.

Gtovr:
The report also noted that between 2011 and 2020, military suicide rates were similar to the US population in most years.

Gtovr:
"Between 2011 and 2021, there is a gradual increasing trend in suicide rates among Active Component Service members, and no increasing or decreasing trend for the Reserve and National Guard. However, the 2021 suicide rate for the Active Component was lower than 2020," the report said.

Gtovr:
Out of 519 who died by suicide in 2021, 328 were active-duty members, 74 were in reserve, and 117 were in National Guard, according to the report.

Gtovr:
A total of 519 US military service members committed suicide in 2021 in continuation of the upward trend since 2011, according to a report published by the US Department of Defense on Thursday.

Gtovr:
Over 500 US Military Members Commit Suicide in 2021, Upward Trend Since 2011: Pentagon

Gtovr:
"We have definitely not ordered anything like that, as far as I know," he said in an interview for Canada’s CTV.

On October 8, a truck was detonated on the Crimean Bridge, igniting cargo train fuel tanks. Four people died in the explosion. Two sections of the automobile part of the bridge collapsed. Russian Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin called it a terror attack, pointing out that Ukrainian intelligence agencies are behind it.

Gtovr:
Vladimir Zelensky claimed that, "as far as he knows," Kiev did not order the terror attack on the Crimean Bridge.

Gtovr:
"We have definitely not ordered anything like that, as far as I know," Vladimir Zelensky stressed

Gtovr:
Zelensky claims Kiev did not order terror attack on the Crimean Bridge

basilico:
How is this not a war crimes

Israel vs Egypt. Israel warned Egypt it would bomb Aswan dam if Egypt threatened Israel existence.Flood waters would wipe out many downstream including Cairo.

Civilian targets that result in mass casualties are a no go zone. You can't bomb an ammonia plant and remain in good world standing. You can't bomb a nuclear reactor that's up and running. You can't detonate a nuclear device on the shores to cause a massive tsunami too.

NLaob:
Ukraine’s military delivers five rocket strikes on Kakhovka hydropower plant — authorities

Updates pending.

Gtovr:
The official noted that "more than 1.7 million cubic meters of water are delivered to Crimea from the Dnieper River every day, the monthly amount being about 51 million cubic meters." According to him, the possible destruction of the Kakhovka HPP would be a major man-made disaster that would affect everyone living downstream the Dnieper.

Gtovr:
"Should the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant’s dam be blown up, the water supply to Crimea would stop," he said. "If the hydro power plant explodes, the North Crimean Canal would have no water for years to come, until the facility is rebuilt, and Crimea would be left without water, too," Leontyev added.

Gtovr:
It would be impossible to supply water to Crimea via the North Crimea Canal should the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant’s dam be blown up, head of the Novaya Kakhovka administrative district Vladimir Leontyev told the Soloviev Live TV channel on Thursday.

Gtovr:
On October 14, the Kherson Region’s Deputy Governor Kirill Stremousov said that Kiev planned to blow up the Kakhovka dam to flood part of the region

Gtovr:
Kakhovka dam explosion would cut off water supply to Crimea, official warns

Gtovr:
Russian troops strike over 220 Ukrainian military targets in past day. Russian combat aircraft, missile and artillery troops struck over 220 Ukrainian military targets in the past day in their special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Friday.