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According to the partisan movement Atesh, the Russian command is forming assault troops composed of women to compensate for the heavy losses suffered near Pokrovsk, the Donetsk region, reports Kyiv Post. According to Atesh agents infiltrated into the Russian forces, the command of the 506th Motorized Rifle Regiment began to recruit women into the assault units due to heavy personnel losses. “This shows that the occupiers have exhausted their reserve of mercenaries and contract soldiers and are ready to sacrifice anyone, turning women into cannon fodder,” the report published on Telegram states. In addition, Atesh adds that, besides assault roles,…

The options for US sanctions against Russia have been “on hold” for a long time – from strong to weak packages – and this week, US President Donald Trump opted for the middle ground, according to The Wall Street Journal. President Trump wanted to make sure before taking the toughest measure so far against Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Do you agree with me?”, he asked his advisers in the Oval Office on Wednesday. He consulted with Rubio, Bessent, and Hegseth. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded affirmatively, according to a person familiar with Wednesday afternoon’s…

The Presidents of the United States and China, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, will meet on October 30 in Gyeongju, South Korea, announced the White House on Thursday, quoted by EFE agency. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, on the last day of the American leader’s Asian tour. According to the statement, Trump will leave for Malaysia on Friday, will visit Japan, and at the end of his visit to Asia will participate in the APEC summit in South Korea, after which he will return to the United States. The meeting…

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, responded on Thursday with a short and provocative statement to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, who had downplayed the effects of new American sanctions on the Russian energy sector. “I’m glad he feels that way,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I’ll inform you about it in six months. Let’s see how it will work,” he added, quoted by Kyiv Post. According to digi24.ro, the American leader’s comment came just a few hours after Putin had labeled the sanctions as an “unfriendly” act, arguing that they “will not significantly affect our…

The National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE) reports that the downward trend in prices for major petroleum products, which continued for almost four consecutive weeks, was interrupted by the imposition of major new economic sanctions by the United States against Russian oil companies Rosneft, Lukoil, and their subsidiaries. “International oil quotations recorded a sudden increase of about 5% on October 23, after the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting major Russian oil companies. Together, Rosneft and Lukoil export approximately 3.1 million barrels/day, which represents a significant part of the oil flows of…

Ivan Uss, the son of former Belarusian presidential candidate Dmitry Uss, was killed on the Ukrainian front while fighting for Russia, reported the independent Belarusian publication Nasha Niva, cited by Kyiv Independent. He reportedly signed a contract with the Russian army on January 17, but died just a few weeks after beginning military service, the cited source writes. In the mid-2010s, Ivan Uss was the administrator of the pro-Russian group “Antimaidan Minsk” on the Russian social network VKontakte. In 2020, he joined protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and was sentenced to 15 days in prison for participating in a…

Poland and Romania have detained eight individuals suspected of planning acts of sabotage on behalf of Russia, announced the authorities in Warsaw on Tuesday, specifying that three of the arrests are related to a new alleged plan to send explosive parcels, this time to Ukraine, while the Romanian Intelligence Service stated that it thwarted, in cooperation with national and international partners, a new sabotage operation orchestrated by the Russian Federation on Romanian territory. “Preliminary information indicates that they created a certain route to send explosives through Poland and Romania to Ukraine,” Jacek Dobrzynski, the spokesman for the Coordinator of Special…

The meeting scheduled for this week between the US Secretary of State, Mark Rubio, and the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has been postponed for the time being, reports BBC News citing CNN, which quotes sources. It is not clear why, but one of the sources told CNN that Rubio and Lavrov, who spoke on the phone on Monday, have different expectations regarding the end of the war in Ukraine. It is also unclear how this could affect the schedule of the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, but, according to CNN, Rubio and Lavrov might have another phone…

The Foreign Minister of Poland, Radosław Sikorski, stated that if Vladimir Putin were to fly to a potential meeting with Donald Trump and cross Polish airspace, his plane could be forced to land for his arrest based on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, reports BBC News. “We cannot guarantee that an independent Polish court will not order the government to force such a hypothetical plane to land, in order to hand over the suspect to the Court in The Hague”, Sikorski said in an interview for Radio Rodzina, quoted by Reuters and the BBC…

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, has stated that 26 member states of the European Union have confirmed their willingness to participate in the creation of a special tribunal on the events of the war against Ukraine, reports Radio Svoboda. “Today, 26 member states have made a commitment to become participants in this tribunal,” said Kallas. According to her, Brussels is awaiting the cost estimate, including from the Netherlands, after which work on the project will continue. The creation of the tribunal was proposed in 2022 by the President of the European Commission, Ursula…