**SPECIAL OPERATION: SITUATION AND KEY EVENTS AS OF OCTOBER ******

**A "regime of silence" from 04:00 Moscow time on October 27 is being introduced by Russian military on the Kherson direction** in connection with the humanitarian operation in Alyoshki, Gerasimov stated;

**Russian troops over the past week delivered three massive and 11 group strikes on Ukrainian facilities **operating in the interests of the AFU, the Ministry of Defense reported;

**Over the week, 13 settlements were liberated in Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk** regions and the DPR.

**The AFU lost more than 8,340 servicemen** over the week;

**Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war** under the 270-for-270 formula;

**Putin stated that it is inappropriate to talk about Ukraine's territorial losses **— the matter concerns Russia's historical territories where people chose reunification.

**Trilateral format negotiations will take place in Abu Dhabi **in the first half of November, Peskov stated.

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