CURRENTTIME — broadcast 20261012 203000 UTC 439 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:50] Russia does not confirm an energy truce with Ukraine, the [00:00:53] Kremlin said that contacts are ongoing. This is a live broadcast [00:00:57] of Current Time TV channel, today is Monday, October 12. My name is [00:01:00] Evgenia Toganovich. [00:01:01] Hello. [00:01:04] Possible elections in Ukraine. Zelensky is ready to [00:01:07] organize a vote if Russia agrees to a ceasefire [00:01:11] for 2 months. The Kremlin rejected [00:01:13] the proposal. Attack of Ukrainian drones on [00:01:17] Yandex data centers. Users in Russia complain about service failures. [00:01:20] Equipment replacement may take up to [00:01:22] six months. Technologies on the battlefield. How [00:01:25] artificial intelligence is used by Ukrainian and Russian armies. [00:01:29] We will show you. [00:01:30] Special report. [00:01:35] A number of European countries, after negotiations between Kyiv and [00:01:38] Washington, expressed their support for Ukraine, in particular Poland, France, [00:01:41] Germany and Estonia. Ukraine called on partners to increase pressure on [00:01:45] Russia, primarily through sanctions. However, the US insists that the [00:01:48] Ukrainian Armed Forces stop striking Russian oil refineries. Our [00:01:51] correspondent, Boris Sochalko, will tell about the demands of the parties. [00:01:55] Boris, hello. What are the results of the negotiations, will the [00:01:58] energy truce come into force? [00:02:30] Russia wants us to stop striking its oil refineries [00:02:33] and oil exports, then Russia must stop striking [00:02:37] our energy system, so that it is [00:02:40] fair. At the end of last week, when the Ukrainian delegation was [00:02:44] in the US in Washington, they announced the purchase of diesel from Russia, [00:02:48] and at the same time demanded to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries. The negotiations [00:02:51] ended ahead of schedule, Zelensky called the decision to [00:02:55] buy Russian diesel a weak position of strong partners, and Donald Trump [00:02:58] explained his decision and his conditions [00:03:01] like this. [00:03:05] We told him to do whatever he wants with Russia, just don't attack the [00:03:08] oil refineries, because that's a world problem, and he [00:03:12] wants to create problems for the whole world, he wants to create problems with diesel [00:03:16] fuel for our farmers, our cattle breeders, because Russia [00:03:19] supplies most of the diesel fuel, so he better damn [00:03:23] stop, and I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new [00:03:26] president. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, the news about [00:03:30] the energy truce came as a surprise to him. In his evening address, [00:03:34] he said that it was important that what Trump wrote on social networks became [00:03:37] a reality, and added that he gave the command to cease fire on [00:03:41] Russian oil refineries. Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andriy Sybiha, [00:03:44] reiterated: Kyiv is ready for [00:03:46] a truce? [00:03:52] We are ready for an energy truce, we are ready for any mutual format, for [00:03:56] anything that will not be unilateral. Yesterday there were [00:03:59] statements, but... Just a few hours after them, Russia attacked [00:04:02] our power plant in Kharkiv, later [00:04:05] at night, the gas infrastructure in the Kharkiv region and a substation [00:04:09] in the Zhytomyr region. In [00:04:12] the Kremlin, this topic was commented on by the press secretary of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry [00:04:15] Peskov, but he did not provide any specific [00:04:18] details. In the Kremlin, [00:04:22] President Putin and other levels have repeatedly said [00:04:25] that [00:04:28] we want not [00:04:30] peace, we want long-term peace and are ready to do [00:04:34] everything possible for it. I note that after the night attacks, there have been no [00:04:38] news about attacks on Ukrainian energy yet. And another topic that [00:04:41] has been actively discussed after Donald Trump's statement is the elections in [00:04:44] Ukraine. The conditions for them, according to Volodymyr Zelensky, [00:04:48] are again [00:04:49] a truce. [00:04:52] Tell Putin: Give us 2 months, 60 days of complete [00:04:56] ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organize elections. [00:05:00] Of course, we will be ready for any choice of our [00:05:02] people. And in the Kremlin, they refused to cease fire for [00:05:06] 2 months, but admitted that they might not shoot for one day on [00:05:10] election day. [00:05:12] I don't think he deserved a break, I don't think [00:05:16] we will once again [00:05:19] fall for [00:05:22] assurances and promises, the president said very [00:05:25] clearly about this: we continue to achieve the goals of the special military [00:05:29] operation. In Ukrainian society, the demand for [00:05:33] elections was mostly met with criticism. [00:05:37] No one has the right to tell us what to do, [00:05:40] especially during a war, elections cannot be held. Therefore, [00:05:44] well, [00:05:46] how to say it correctly, it's not just bad, it's, well, [00:05:50] it's treason, in my opinion, it's treason of partners, but what about [00:05:54] those guys who are defending us now, how can they [00:05:57] vote to elect, even if a better [00:06:01] president is found, during a war it [00:06:04] is impossible to do this by law, by the constitution [00:06:07] of Ukraine, and secondly, I don't see another [00:06:10] candidate for president [00:06:14] of Ukraine, and thirdly, it's not his [00:06:17] business, it's not in his competence, it should be decided by the Ukrainian [00:06:21] people. [00:06:29] Political scientist Vladimir Fesenko is sure that the topic of elections is even [00:06:33] to Vladimir Zelensky's advantage. Why? He explained it with the [00:06:36] example of the last similar [00:06:38] case. A year ago, or rather a year and a half ago. [00:06:42] after the incident in the Oval Office, when Trump [00:06:46] also, even more harshly, with insults, [00:06:49] demanded the impeachment of the president of Ukraine, what happened in [00:06:52] Ukraine was a sharp surge in Zelensky's political [00:06:56] ratings, the biggest, by the way, in the last 3 years was exactly [00:07:00] then, after Trump's call, Ukrainians did not [00:07:03] like it when they are taught what kind of president they [00:07:06] need, especially when it happens against the [00:07:09] background of pro-Russian actions and statements. [00:07:13] Ukrainian-American negotiations were actively discussed in Europe. French President Emmanuel [00:07:17] Macron said that he would discuss this with Donald Trump, and meanwhile, the [00:07:21] EU approved the 22nd package of sanctions against Russia, which [00:07:24] included 1,500 companies and individuals. [00:07:28] Friends, thank you very much, our correspondent, Boris [00:07:31] Sochalka from Kyiv, on the possibility of establishing a temporary [00:07:35] ceasefire, and also on the possible holding of elections in [00:07:38] Ukraine. [00:07:52] In total, 19 residents were injured in Kharkiv as a result of shelling. [00:07:55] We saw how one missile, [00:07:59] the first and second, hit the thermal power plant. Although [00:08:02] Trump promised [00:08:04] a truce. [00:08:07] We didn't expect a missile to hit the thermal power plant. I think that this missile [00:08:10] was also going for the thermal power plant, but it hit... The authorities called on local [00:08:26] residents not to pick up drone debris themselves, [00:08:29] but only to inform emergency services about them. Among the surviving debris [00:08:33] there may be explosive [00:08:34] substances. [00:08:37] As a result of drone attacks on Yandex data centers, [00:08:41] at least 10 services in the company are operating with failures. For [00:08:44] several days, drones attacked data centers in the [00:08:47] Vladimir, Ryazan, and Kaluga regions. It may take several months [00:08:51] to restore them. More details from Artyom [00:08:54] Filatov. On the second day after the drone [00:08:57] attack on the Yandex data center in Vladimir, the company's [00:09:00] services continue to operate with limitations. Users [00:09:04] complain about failures in the operation of Yandex Go, Yandex [00:09:07] Lavka, Yandex Eda, and other applications. I open [00:09:10] Yandex Music and I want to click on the text, yes, it [00:09:14] gives me this text. Problems also persist [00:09:17] in the Yandex Pay system, where some money transfers and payments [00:09:21] are unavailable. The application is not working and [00:09:24] it says why this happened, information [00:09:28] that the money is safe, and the [00:09:31] application should start working soon, but it's not working yet. The day before, users in [00:09:34] Russia and abroad complained about the unavailability of [00:09:37] the Yandex Taxi application. In a specific situation, I ordered [00:09:41] a taxi. It didn't work the first time, and even, that [00:09:45] is, when the application showed me that the taxi [00:09:49] was ordered and the driver was on his way, nothing else was displayed at all. [00:09:52] Drivers also reported serious failures in the Yandex Taxi application. [00:09:56] There is no Yandex at all, [00:09:59] it's impossible to turn it on, then [00:10:02] they turn it on, something appears, and then everything [00:10:06] disappears. The problems affected third-party platforms that [00:10:09] use Yandex cloud infrastructure, in particular, users of the [00:10:13] Cyan website, Vkusvill applications, and [00:10:16] Apteka.ru continue to report failures. Yandex did not [00:10:19] specify the full recovery time for its [00:10:22] services, but promised to complete the work [00:10:25] as soon as possible. Engineers are primarily [00:10:28] restoring services that are used by the most people. They [00:10:31] continue to work to make all services available in full volume in all [00:10:35] regions as soon as possible. Last week, three out of six [00:10:39] Yandex data centers in Vladimir, Ryazan region, [00:10:42] and Kaluga were attacked. According to Kommersant today, replacing [00:10:46] equipment that failed as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces [00:10:49] could take up to 6 months, and Yandex will have to [00:10:53] buy new equipment at the highest prices [00:10:57] in recent years. Strikes on Yandex affect its [00:11:01] reputation as a reliable service provider, including in [00:11:05] countries neighboring Russia, say IT experts. I [00:11:08] think this was a quite indicative story, especially for countries [00:11:12] like Kazakhstan, Armenia, which are very heavily dependent on [00:11:16] Yandex Taxi, Yandex Maps. [00:11:20] But for Yandex, of course, this means [00:11:23] that there will be no more expansion, but of course, [00:11:27] on the contrary, there will be a shrinking of the sphere of influence and [00:11:31] the refusal of foreign users from [00:11:34] services that have already failed once. [00:11:37] Last night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces did not strike Yandex infrastructure. In total, [00:11:41] over Russian regions and annexed Crimea, [00:11:45] 151 Ukrainian drones were shot down, [00:11:48] reported the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Rostov region was also attacked, [00:11:51] according to the Astro publication, there... [00:12:25] all flights are cancelled, we just can't [00:12:29] fly anywhere. Flights at Moscow [00:12:32] airports began to be cancelled on Friday. On that day, 15 [00:12:36] drones were shot down by air defense forces approaching Moscow, [00:12:39] announced Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin. Temporary [00:12:42] restrictions were in effect at Vnukovo, [00:12:45] Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports, flights had to be [00:12:49] redirected. [00:12:54] Closed. [00:12:58] Airport disruptions continued over the weekend. On Sunday [00:13:01] morning, the Krasnodar Territory operational headquarters reported [00:13:05] drone debris falling on the territory of Sochi airport [00:13:08] and a fire in one of the administrative buildings. At night, drones [00:13:12] also attacked the federal territory of Sirius. The attack [00:13:15] has been going on for the second hour, the second time in my life I have to stand [00:13:19] in the entrance, because it's really unsafe, friends. Some [00:13:23] passengers after many hours. [00:13:55] they feed us breakfast for five minutes and they don't [00:13:58] tell us anything, they don't know anything, first they [00:14:02] wanted to put us in a hotel, now they changed their mind, they said [00:14:05] we are refueling, after refueling they told [00:14:08] us to wait for an answer [00:14:11] from ground transport, soon we will go on [00:14:15] cockroaches. For many, finding [00:14:19] hotels became a problem. According to Russian regulations, the carrier is obliged to provide [00:14:23] a hotel free of charge if passengers wait for boarding to begin for more than 8 [00:14:26] hours during the day or more than six at night. Transfer to [00:14:30] the hotel and back [00:14:33] should be arranged. The room stock is limited for the [00:14:36] airline, unfortunately, your airline rebooked [00:14:39] you on the next flight based on [00:14:42] seat availability, that is, it fulfilled [00:14:45] its obligation. Airports are much less protected than [00:14:49] oil refineries or thermal power plants, says Alexander Lonets, director of the consulting company Friendly [00:14:53] Aviasupport. [00:14:55] Airports themselves are a very fragile, poorly protected [00:14:59] infrastructure object, which is very easy [00:15:03] to put out of order or, at least, [00:15:06] well, probably the most suitable word is to scare, uh, [00:15:10] to scare, to knock out of the normal rhythm [00:15:13] of work. So far we have heard more threats than real, well, [00:15:17] real actions, but if strikes are indeed delivered, [00:15:21] then this will paralyze all air traffic, at least. [00:15:28] In the 9 months of 2026, compared [00:15:30] to the same period last year, flights were cancelled [00:15:34] twice as often, write Kommersant journalists, citing [00:15:38] the insurance company Alfa-Strakhovanie. According to the company's [00:15:41] estimates, based on the average capacity of aircraft, during this [00:15:44] period, more than 7.5 million passengers waited for their flights for more than [00:15:48] 3 hours, which is approximately 2.2 times more than in the [00:15:52] same period of 2025. [00:15:54] года. [00:15:57] Russian and Ukrainian armies use weapons on the battlefield [00:16:01] that work with artificial intelligence. These are autonomous combat [00:16:04] systems, drones, missiles, and control complexes. Our correspondent [00:16:08] Andrei Kuzakov spoke with Ukrainian military personnel and [00:16:12] drone manufacturers about how the technology works and how [00:16:16] it should be controlled. Chicks, cool. That's how [00:16:20] the Ukrainian drone pilot from the 154th Brigade of the [00:16:23] Armed Forces of Ukraine comments on the interception of a Russian Shahed. [00:16:27] The operator watched the air battle and hardly interfered. His [00:16:30] drone did almost everything itself. This is one of [00:16:34] the weapons samples that has artificial [00:16:37] intelligence integrated. This drone can [00:16:40] independently fix [00:16:42] a target, find it, chase [00:16:46] it, destroy it, and you may not even [00:16:49] see this target, but the artificial intelligence [00:16:53] already guides it with a square [00:16:56] from about a kilometer away. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported that the [00:17:00] armed forces are already using over seventy [00:17:03] diverse systems with artificial intelligence and [00:17:06] machine vision. [00:17:53] This was a Russian lightning bolt that attacked a gas station in Zaporozhye. Among the debris, a mini-computer [00:17:55] NVIDIA was found. It is responsible for the operation of [00:17:59] artificial intelligence. Well, how did [00:18:01] it happen, they sent drones, [00:18:05] through the network. with cameras on sticks, they [00:18:09] set a specific task, to search [00:18:12] for, well, what a gas station looks like, and [00:18:15] what's around it, that's it, it flew, took pictures, immediately [00:18:19] sent the picture that was needed, you don't sit there, it [00:18:23] sends it with coordinates, after that it [00:18:25] is processed, well, it's already implemented. Chips with [00:18:29] artificial intelligence, built into drones or missiles, [00:18:32] are constantly trained by humans. Data sets, what are they, [00:18:36] they are... many, many photos and [00:18:39] videos, for example, of one object, and then [00:18:42] a person sits down, a specialist, [00:18:46] takes this photo and marks it: [00:18:49] this is a Zhiguli, it cannot be [00:18:53] hit, this is an armored personnel carrier, [00:18:56] it can be hit. An agreement on [00:18:59] how to control autonomous weapon systems [00:19:02] is currently being discussed at the UN. American and Russian [00:19:05] diplomats removed a clause from the project about mandatory [00:19:09] human verification of targets, the Washington Post [00:19:13] reported, citing three participants in the negotiations. The document also no longer [00:19:16] contains a requirement to consider ethical aspects when [00:19:20] using weapons with artificial intelligence. For example, when [00:19:24] the European community or [00:19:26] Americans [00:19:28] through their legislative norms limit the development [00:19:32] of this, then, for example, such a monster as [00:19:35] China does not limit it and... [00:19:37] then it gives an opportunity for the development of these artificially [00:19:41] without control, but without those [00:19:45] principles that are laid down, conditionally speaking, in a democratic society. [00:19:49] Volodymyr Zelensky stated at the General Assembly that the [00:19:52] point of no return is close. [00:19:56] Already next year there is a real possibility that [00:19:59] artificial intelligence, not just people, will start making decisions about what [00:20:03] happens on the battlefield. We need peace before we reach this. [00:20:24] Kohanovsky called it an experiment that did not continue. [00:20:27] In combat conditions, the decision rests with the human, insists [00:20:31] the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, but the technology is being [00:20:34] actively developed at training grounds. [00:20:40] and that's it, and you don't touch it, and if someone passes [00:20:44] at a distance of more than 500 meters, and it [00:20:47] reads this with the camera, it [00:20:51] lifts itself up and works on the target itself, without an operator, [00:20:55] without an operator, we recently [00:20:57] showed [00:20:59] it to the Bundeswehr, and Americans came to Germany to see [00:21:03] these models, and it tracks, searches for what [00:21:06] the operator told it, that you are looking for this [00:21:10] point, this flag, this [00:21:13] dugout, and there is no connection with the operator anymore, [00:21:17] it searches, searches, searches, and found it, hit it. Roman, Myron [00:21:21] and Sova continue to cover the Ukrainian sky with their [00:21:24] artificial intelligence drones. They [00:21:27] also believe that it is not worth [00:21:30] letting it out of [00:21:31] human control. [00:21:35] Well, there are a couple of films where artificial intelligence [00:21:37] became very smart and could control itself. I believe [00:21:41] that if a person does not control it, [00:21:44] then the Internet and technology [00:21:47] will control us. I believe that [00:21:51] we need to control it. Andrei Kuzakov, Vasily [00:21:54] Martynchenko, Current [00:21:56] Time. [00:21:59] In the European Union, the issue of restricting visas for Russian [00:22:03] tourists, military personnel, and possibly athletes has been revisited. The issue was discussed [00:22:06] today at a meeting of the foreign ministers of the European [00:22:09] Union countries. Our European correspondent, Elena [00:22:12] Abramovich, will provide details. After [00:22:15] the incident with a Russian drone found with explosives at [00:22:19] Leys airport, the European Union decided to return to the issue [00:22:22] of restricting the entry of Russian citizens into the Schengen area, as well as to [00:22:26] additional restrictions for diplomats. Earlier this [00:22:30] year, employees of Russian diplomatic missions in the EU were already obliged to [00:22:33] notify another country where they are going if they travel outside [00:22:37] the state where they work. Now they want [00:22:40] a Russian diplomat, for example, in Brussels, when traveling to Berlin [00:22:43] or Paris, not just to notify, but to ask for permission [00:22:47] to visit a neighboring state and could... [00:23:20] Germany became the advocate for restrictions. Berlin also wants visa [00:23:23] restrictions for tourists from Russia. This issue has long been [00:23:27] promoted by Poland and the Baltic states, and they are also seeking [00:23:30] entry restrictions for military personnel who fought in [00:23:33] Ukraine. [00:23:36] Last year, Schengen zone countries issued 650,000 [00:23:39] tourist visas to Russian citizens, this is something we can no [00:23:43] longer allow. Estonia also proposed a sanctions regime, and [00:23:46] the European Commission supported this initiative. Now it is trying to [00:23:50] find a way to implement it, to prohibit entry to former combatants. [00:23:53] Countries where there are the most Russian tourists, France and [00:23:56] Italy, oppose the restrictions. French diplomats [00:23:59] believe that Russians should not be left in complete [00:24:03] isolation. Diplomats from northern and eastern [00:24:05] countries argue that Rome and Paris simply do not want to lose tourism [00:24:09] revenue. Due to the position of these countries, the European Union [00:24:12] failed to agree last summer on a complete ban on entry for [00:24:16] Russian military personnel. Instead. [00:24:50] which Vladimir Putin pays for a colonial and [00:24:53] imperialist war that must definitely [00:24:56] stop. The problem with banning visas for combatants [00:25:00] was the limited number of employees of European [00:25:03] states in consulates in Russia, because each visa [00:25:06] application needs to be thoroughly checked. Moreover, among [00:25:09] consulate staff there are many Russian citizens, and Russian [00:25:13] authorities threatened them with prosecution if they demanded [00:25:16] documents about military service, diplomats say. [00:25:20] It may be easier to restrict visas for Russian [00:25:23] athletes, there are far fewer of them, they are easier [00:25:27] to check, but this is only an idea that arose in some [00:25:30] countries in response to the return of Russian citizens to international [00:25:34] competitions. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs previously accused the European Union of [00:25:37] hypocrisy and double standards in response to all these [00:25:40] steps. And in response to the restriction of diplomatic movement, [00:25:44] Moscow responded with reciprocal measures. This summer, diplomats [00:25:47] from EU countries were required to [00:25:51] additionally report on crossing the Russian border. [00:25:54] Elena Abramovich, Marok Gaiduk, Current Time. [00:25:58] Brussels. [00:26:01] In Tbilisi, it is understood why Rospotrebnadzor banned [00:26:05] the supply of a number of goods from Georgia, this statement was made by the speaker [00:26:08] of parliament. On October 10, it became known that Russia imposed temporary [00:26:12] restrictions on the import and sale of some Georgian beverages, including [00:26:15] alcoholic ones, citing a decision of the Council of the Eurasian [00:26:18] Economic Commission. The official reason is the non-compliance [00:26:22] of products with established requirements, for example, regarding color or taste, or [00:26:26] chemical composition. This is [00:26:28] surprising, the reasons are unclear to us, so the authorities, of course... [00:26:32] will sort out this issue, we will see, we hope that this decision will be [00:26:36] changed, because in this case the reasons for its adoption are unclear [00:26:39] to us. The interpretations we heard from different [00:26:42] sides are separate interpretations, whereas we [00:26:46] have not heard any official justifications. The Ministry of Agriculture [00:26:50] of Georgia has the opportunity to clarify this issue with the Russian [00:26:54] Federation. [00:26:56] In total, the products of four large producers of wine and brandy, [00:27:00] one brewing company, as well as the products of the [00:27:02] Coca-Cola plant and a mineral [00:27:05] water producer, fell under the sanitary restrictions. Russian retail [00:27:08] chains have already begun to withdraw the products of these companies from [00:27:12] sale. At the same time, no similar restrictions by other [00:27:15] states of the Eurasian Economic Union were reported. [00:27:18] The founder and head of the sanctioned [00:27:21] wine company Gbilvino, [00:27:24] Georgy Margvilashvili, called this decision political. He [00:27:28] believes that it, I quote, has nothing to do with [00:27:32] product quality. End of [00:27:33] quote. [00:27:36] The Nobel laureates in economics this year were Americans [00:27:40] Robert Hall and Michael Woodford. They received [00:27:44] the award for, I quote: Microeconomic foundations [00:27:47] of macroeconomic stabilization. In simple terms, economists [00:27:51] linked the behavior of an individual person or firm, that is, [00:27:54] microeconomics, with how the entire economy [00:27:57] of a country works, and taught the state to save markets from severe [00:28:01] crises. [00:28:04] The Central Bank, with its statements and changes in rates, can [00:28:08] calm people and businesses, keeping inflation at a stable [00:28:12] level. Thanks to Robert Hall's research, [00:28:15] governments understood how to properly support citizens during [00:28:18] crises and how to regulate the labor market to quickly get [00:28:22] people back to work after economic downturns. Hall [00:28:26] and Woodford gave states and central banks [00:28:29] precise mathematical tools, thanks to which... [00:29:23] persons who do not directly participate in hostilities, [00:29:26] including those persons from the armed forces who [00:29:30] have laid down their arms, as well as... those who have ceased to participate [00:29:34] in hostilities due to illness, [00:29:37] injury, detention or for any other reason, [00:29:41] must under all circumstances be treated humanely. [00:30:26] I don't think he deserved a break, the aerial [00:30:29] truce turned out to be nothing. Why neither [00:30:33] Russia nor Ukraine are [00:30:35] going for it? [00:30:40] From this moment on, an energy truce - [00:30:43] wrote in his social network True Social US President Donald Trump. [00:30:46] The moment was on Sunday evening. But on Monday [00:30:49] morning, Ukrainian authorities announced a Russian [00:30:52] strike on one of the Ukrainian [00:30:54] power plants. [00:30:58] Immediately after publication.