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Ukraine has urged the United States to impose sanctions on several Russian entities contributing to the development of Moscow’s “Rassvet” satellite network, the Russian alternative to SpaceX’s “Starlink” network, according to Reuters. Denys Sienik, the deputy head of the diplomatic mission of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, stated that Russia is rapidly expanding the “Rassvet” satellite network, asserting that its objective to commence operations in 2027 would pose serious risks for Ukraine. “If they launch Rassvet by the end of 2026, they will be able to strike Ukrainian targets in real time from our territory,” said Sienik, adding that he…
Ukraine has lost a pilot and a MiG-29 fighter jet in battle, reports the Ukrainian Air Forces. “Another Ukrainian defender was killed in battle on October 1, 2026. Aboard a MiG-29 fighter jet, he was conducting missile and bomb attacks against Russian occupiers on a front sector. During a combat mission, the aircraft was hit by an enemy missile. The pilot ejected, but, unfortunately, did not survive…”, informs the statement of the Ukrainian Air Forces. The deceased pilot was Marat Mambetov, captain and flight commander of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade (nicknamed “The Ghosts of Kiev”).
Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned on Thursday that Germany is facing an increasing number of hybrid attacks from Russia, while also committing to continue supporting Ukraine in view of what is anticipated to be the harshest winter since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022, reports Reuters. The German authorities have repeatedly warned that Russia is conducting a hybrid campaign of drone attacks and cyber attacks, accusing Moscow of being behind an attempted drone attack on Leipzig airport in August. “We are preparing for new hybrid attacks, including some serious ones,” Merz declared in a speech given on the occasion…
Russia has moved from threats of retaliation to concrete measures in the diplomatic conflict with Hungary. Moscow announced on Thursday, October 1, that a group of employees from the Hungarian Embassy in the Russian capital and the general consulates in Saint Petersburg and Kazan must leave the country within two weeks. The decision comes after Hungary expelled, in September, 10 Russian diplomats. In response, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Hungarian Chargé d’Affaires in Moscow, Gabor Gergics, to whom it conveyed a protest against the decision of the authorities in Budapest. According to Moscow, Hungary’s measure was “unfounded”…
A senior officer of the Ukrainian navy was killed in an armed attack in Odessa, and the police have detained an 82-year-old suspect, according to Ukrainian authorities and local press reports. Investigators suspect that the man intentionally caused a collision with the victim’s car, after which he allegedly shot at it. Authorities are investigating the case as a premeditated murder, writes The Sun. The Attack on Odessa The incident took place on Liustdorfska Street, in the Kyivski district of Odesa. According to available information, the suspect allegedly drove his car into the vehicle where the 50-year-old Ukrainian officer was. After…
The European Commission has announced that Ukraine’s financial and military needs for this year are fully covered, a month after Kiev signaled a funding deficit of 27 billion dollars, approximately 23.9 billion euros, in the Ministry of Defense’s budget, a sum that took Brussels by surprise. “Today, through joint and coordinated efforts, we have identified the necessary means to cover the budgetary and defense needs of Ukraine for 2026”, the European Commission announced on Thursday, in a statement distributed by the President of the institution, Ursula von der Leyen. “We also reconfirmed the necessary steps for the funds to be…
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Thursday that the likelihood of international disputes continuing is very high as the world changes, but that the situation will improve with the decline of what he called “Western hegemony,” reports Reuters. Catastrophic scenarios had to be avoided, Putin stated. “Regardless of the scenario that will take shape globally in the coming years, the continuation of international conflicts is, unfortunately, very likely. This is due, in part, to the fact that the fundamental changes underway – and the opportunities they offer – fuel ambitions and the desire to take risks in the hope of…
Five European countries have agreed, during an emergency meeting held on Thursday, to respond “with one voice” to the increasing pressures of the American government for the release onto the market of a significant quantity of diesel from the European strategic reserves, according to people familiar with the discussions, quoted by Politico. France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Ireland, and the European Commission participated in discussions to determine how to respond to Trump’s pressures to reduce oil stocks or face an American ban on diesel exports. All these countries have been privately pressed by the United States to release fuel…
The Ukrainian army has regained ground in the eastern Donetsk region in September, following a counteroffensive aimed at pushing the front line away from two key cities for its defense, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Named “Vivaldi”, this operation launched at the beginning of September allowed Ukrainian forces to recapture 172 km2 of the territory occupied by the Russians. The information comes from an analysis conducted by the France Presse agency, based on data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), cites Agerpres. Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski traveled this week to his troops in the vicinity of the city of…
The states that will be present at the meeting – known as the “Bergen Group” – say that its purpose is not to break the alliance, writes Politico. The Trump Administration has excluded several important allies from a NATO members meeting that will take place next month. The meeting planned in Poland and coordinated by the head of the Pentagon’s policy department, Elbridge Colby, is essentially a working group focused on the future of NATO, several diplomats familiar with the planning told Politico. However, many of the states that did not receive an invitation – such as the United Kingdom,…