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Russia announced on Monday that its air defense units have destroyed 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, most of them in the southwest of the country. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 61 of the unmanned devices were intercepted over the Black Sea, and one was heading towards Moscow, reports Reuters. The Ministry published the figures on its official Telegram channel, but did not provide details about possible damage or casualties. Usually, the institution only announces the number of destroyed drones, without specifying how many were launched by Ukraine. Ukrainian news channels on Telegram reported that a large fire broke out…
The parliamentary elections of September 28 were followed by a flood of accusations from both local politicians and officials in Moscow. Statements about “rigged elections”, “European Union interference” or “PAS victory only with the help of the diaspora” were propagated by Ilan Șor, Igor Dodon, Maria Zaharova and other political actors, being amplified by Moscow-affiliated media and massively distributed on social networks. These statements are contradicted by the reports of international observation missions, according to which the election was largely free and fair, even if not without problems and vulnerabilities. Moreover, the electoral legislation does not provide for the division…
The Prime Minister of Ireland, Micheál Martin, has drawn attention to the security situation facing Europe, speaking of a “pattern” of Russian behavior in Eastern Europe and warning of “a certain degree of naivety in Ireland in this regard”. “We had a very serious discussion about the threat that Russia currently poses to the European Union and to the member states of the European Union, especially in terms of violating the airspace of a quite large number of European member states. If we consider everything that has happened in recent weeks and months, a clear pattern emerges regarding drone incursions,…
The former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was hospitalized in Moscow following an alleged poisoning attempt, claims the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The deposed dictator, who received political asylum in Russia after being overthrown from power ten months ago, is said to have recently been discharged from a hospital in the Russian capital, reports digi24.ro. According to SOHR, the information was obtained from a “private source” who stated that Assad “was poisoned”, and the assassination attempt was aimed at “putting the Russian government in difficulty and accusing it of complicity” in his death. Assad, who is 60 years old,…
The Prime Ministers of Poland and Hungary exchanged remarks in front of journalists, before their participation in the European Political Community meeting in Copenhagen. The Pole, Donald Tusk, told his Hungarian counterpart that he doesn’t realize which side of the barricade he’s playing on and that he believes there is no war. Viktor Orban was making statements in parallel, a few meters away, saying that his geographical position forces him to buy energy from the Russians. “We have no problem with Viktor Orban, I mean, I don’t have a personal problem. Viktor Orban believes there is no war, I believe…
The problem of fuel shortage in Russia will not be resolved earlier than the end of October 2025. The statement was made by the Minister of Energy, Sergey Tsyvilev, during a meeting with the so-called “governor” of Sevastopol, appointed by Moscow, Mikhail Razvozhaev, according to the press service of the “administration” in Sevastopol. “The situation could remain unstable for a month, but we hope to completely eliminate interruptions in fuel supply by the end of October”, Tsyvilev said. He specified that he personally took control of the problem of gasoline supply in Crimea and other Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia,…
European leaders gathered in the Danish capital addressed on Wednesday, October 1, the issue of intensifying air defense measures, in the context of increasingly frequent drone threats, including beyond the eastern flank of the European Union. The concept of the so-called “anti-drone wall” was the central subject at the press conference following the informal meeting of heads of state or government. Asked by Reuters journalist Andrew Gray if the term “anti-drone wall” is suitable to reflect the European scale of this endeavor, considering that not only the eastern flank is exposed, European leaders offered nuanced perspectives on the concept. Mette…
The body of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roschina, who was killed and tortured in a Russian prison, was returned without some internal organs, according to an investigation by Forbidden Stories, cited on Tuesday by the Kyiv Independent. An international forensic expert has stated that it is possible the missing organs were deliberately removed to hide signs of suffocation or strangulation, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda, which participated in the investigation. Over 40 journalists from 13 international media institutions participated in the investigation, conducting over 50 interviews with former inmates, former prison guards, and human rights activists. The journalist’s body, which was…
“France officially attributed on Tuesday, for the first time, the Russian military intelligence services as responsible for cyber attacks against French interests, including the sabotage of TV5Monde channel in 2015 and the hacking of emails from Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team during the 2017 campaign, according to AFP, cited by Agerpres.”The Russian military intelligence service (GRU) has been conducting a cyber-offensive operation against France called APT28 for a few years now,” stated French Diplomacy Chief Jean-Noël Barrot in a post on the X platform. “It has targeted ten French entities since 2021,” Barrot added, assuring that “in the cyber space, France…
“Each new NATO member automatically becomes a target for Russian armed forces, ‘including for potential retaliatory strikes and even nuclear components,’ said Dmitry Medvedev, vice president of the Russian Security Council, during an ‘educational lecture marathon,’ as the Russian state news agency TASS calls it. “The status of non-alignment has given them (Finland and Sweden) certain international advantages, given their geopolitical position and many other factors. Now they are part of a hostile bloc towards us, which means they have become automatic targets for our armed forces, including potential retaliatory strikes and even nuclear components or preventive measures within our…