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A major Russian forces attack on central Kiev sparked a fire in a multi-story residential building and targeted energy facilities on Friday morning, disrupting power supply in some parts of the capital, officials said. The Mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, said that nine people were injured, five of them being transported to the hospital. He noted that power outages and water supply disruptions affected neighborhoods on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River, which runs through the city, according to Reuters. Images posted online showed apartments in flames, as firefighters intervened on the scene. Fragments from downed drones also hit…
Beijing and Moscow seem to have found a common goal: a divided and weakened Europe, caught between Russian military pressure and China’s economic influence. Behind seemingly isolated incidents, analysts see a coordinated strategy of attrition, primarily targeting transatlantic cohesion. In recent weeks, Europe has been the scene of a wave of incidents with geopolitical stakes. Drone flights have disrupted civil air traffic, Russian military aircraft have violated Estonian airspace, and Moscow’s agents have unsuccessfully tried to influence the elections in the Republic of Moldova. In August, Russia allegedly jammed the navigation signals of the plane of the President of the…
On Tuesday, October 7, Vladimir Putin turned 73. Having been in power for over a quarter of a century, he has become the hero of his own legends – with doubles, harems, a “black suitcase”, and the quest for immortality. Focus magazine presents the most common rumors surrounding the dictator – the same ones that the Kremlin itself has helped to create. Every system builds a legend around itself. The Kremlin is a whole global saga. It has everything: doubles in bunkers, frozen corpses, harems guarded by the FSO protection and security service, and experiments on achieving immortality. At the…
Russia has significantly altered the way it strikes Ukrainian territory, shifting to a more sophisticated and dangerous strategy. According to military analyst Julian Röpcke from the German publication Bild, some of the “Shahed” drones used in recent weeks are now equipped with cameras and transmitters capable of sending real-time coordinates of Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense systems directly to Moscow. This new approach allows Russian forces to obtain precise data about the locations of Ukrainian defenses and subsequently launch ballistic missile attacks, aiming to completely neutralize the defense of entire regions. A Ukrainian officer quoted by Bild explains that Russia has also…
In the context of Russia’s increasing attempts to sabotage the EU, Union governments have agreed to restrict the movement of Russian diplomats in Europe. This measure does not address the root causes of European vulnerability, say experts consulted by “Adevărul”. EU governments have agreed to restrict the movement of Russian diplomats within the European Union, in response to the growing number of sabotage attempts, which intelligence agencies say are often committed by spies operating under diplomatic cover, reports FT. The proposed rules would require Russian diplomats working in EU capitals to notify the governments of the respective countries about their…
Already affected by a “toxic cocktail” consisting of the war initiated by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, the unpredictable trade policy of American President Donald Trump, and the rise of far-right populist parties, Europe is now facing a new crisis: the collapse of the French government, which lasted less than a day in office. The announcement has shaken financial markets, fueling fears about the organization of new elections that could bring the far right closer to power than ever, writes Politico. In Brussels and other European capitals, officials and diplomats have expressed their fears that the role of President Emmanuel Macron…
Moscow confirmed on Tuesday that it is responding to sanctions and the freezing of Russian assets in the West by confiscating and nationalizing the companies and assets of foreign citizens on Russian territory. “These measures have been taken in the context of the hostile climate that has been created around Russia and other hostile actions, including in the economic sphere, carried out by certain European states, as well as their association, the European Union,” stated the Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, at his daily press conference. “Russia is taking the measures it deems necessary to safeguard its interests,” he added. Peskov…
A new wave of tax increases, set to begin in Russia next year, will bring an additional revenue of 2.3 trillion rubles to the budget by 2026, announced the Minister of Finance, Anton Siluanov, in his speech to the Federation Council on Monday. He reminded that this mainly refers to an increase in the VAT rate from 20% to 22%, which, in turn, will impact companies and prices. “The VAT can affect the financial results of companies; we estimate its impact on inflation at about 1%, something we take into account in our forecasts for wage and social payment indexing…
Russia has escalated its air strikes on Ukraine at an unprecedented rate. Putin’s forces have once again targeted the main mode of transport for international military aid to Ukraine, the railway. Since the outbreak of the war, the Ukrainian railway has undergone an unprecedented effort and has managed to remain functional under conditions that seemed inconceivable until 2022. The Ukrainian trains have been referred to by the people in the war as the country’s “lifeline”. Digi24.ro shows below why. The Ukrainian Railways have survived by quickly repairing damaged railways, adapting services to meet the needs during the war, such as…
Polish and Baltic officials have reacted furiously to what they perceive as an accusation from former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who attributed part of the blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to them. “I am amazed that, after everything that has happened in Ukraine, she still thinks this way,” a former leader said about Merkel, writes Politico. Their criticism of the most important European politician of the last two decades has once again revealed what critics consider to be Merkel’s failure in her approach to Russia and question the legacy of the former chancellor, as her emblematic policies in the…