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CONFLICT7h agoRussian strike on university in Rivne injures 30 as cleanup operations concludeUkrinform [en]
POLITICS7h agoJapanese journalist arrested in Russia on suspicion of spyingA Japanese journalist has been arrested in Russia and accused of gathering information on its defence capabilities, news agencies report.Sky News World
CONFLICT7h agoRussian drone debris falls on Lutsk shopping mall, setting roof on fireIn Lutsk, debris from a Russian drone fell onto the grounds of the “Adrenaline City” shopping and entertainment center, causing a fire on the roof.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICS7h agoBipartisan group of senators call on Trump to rescind Russian diesel dealSix Democratic and six Republican senators wrote a letter calling on President Trump to withdraw from his recent deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.NPR News
CONFLICT8h agoRussian attacks spark fires at industrial facilities in Khmelnytskyi regionUkrinform [en]
POLITICS8h agoRussia proposes barring students expelled for disciplinary reasons from returning to the same university for five yearsRussia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education plans to change university admissions rules to bar universities from readmitting expelled students for five years, TASS reported, citing a draft ministry order.Meduza [en]
CONFLICT8h agoZelenskyy tells NPR Ukraine wants peace but will hit Russia until it follows ceasefireNPR News
POLITICS9h agoUkraine and the US: What's next after Trump’s diesel deal with Russia?Donald Trump plans to allow the purchase of Russian diesel, drawing criticism at home and abroad. What is behind the US president’s decision and what should Ukraine do next? DW spoke with experts.DW News [en]
POLITICS9h agoRussia arrests Japanese reporter for alleged espionageSuspect was arrested on Russia's far-eastern Sakhalin Island before being transferred to Moscow, says Russia's FSB.Al Jazeera [en]
MILITARY9h agoEvidence of Western components in Russian Shahed drones presented at Warsaw Security ForumAs part of the Warsaw Security Forum, the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NACO) presented an exhibition demonstrating the use of foreign high-tech components in Russian weapons, particularly in “Geran-2”-type attack drones.Ukrinform [en]
BUSINESS9h agoRussian banks fear massive fines after unprecedented surge in court bailiff inquiriesRussian banks received millions of requests for information about debtors from the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) over three days between September 18 and 21, an unprecedented volume, the National Financial Market Council reported.Meduza [en]
BUSINESS9h agoIMF lowers forecast for Russia’s economic growthThe International Monetary Fund has lowered its forecast for Russia’s economic growth to 0.9% in both 2026 and 2027. The updated forecast, released on October 13, is down from its July projection of 1.1% for each year.Meduza [en]
POLITICS9h agoTrump says Putin and Zelenskyy both want to end Russia’s war on UkraineTrump says Putin and Zelenskyy both want to end Russia’s war on UkraineAl Jazeera [en]
POLITICS9h agoRussia Detains Japanese Journalist for Alleged EspionageThe main security service said it had detained a reporter for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper in Russia’s far east, where he had been reporting on military recruitment.NYT World
POLITICS9h agoRussian Communist Party lawmaker says all citizens should bear the burden of the war against Ukraine equallyRussians should share equally in the burden of the war against Ukraine, Anatoly Lokot, a lawmaker from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), said in a speech to the State Duma.Meduza [en]
POLITICS9h agoBritish security service sees Russia, Iran and AI as biggest threatsHet hoofd van de Britse veiligheidsdienst MI5 heeft in zijn jaarlijkse toespraak Rusland, Iran en kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) de belangrijkste bedreigers van de Britse nationale veiligheid genoemd. Ook zei hij dat bedreigingen door buitenlandse tegenstanders in de afgelopen tien jaar zijn verviervoudigd. Daarbij gaat het ongeveer even vaak om vijandige acties van staten als van terroristische organisaties. Rusland MI5-chef Ken McCallum ziet Rusland als "agressor nummer 1". Dat land voert volgens hem een oorlog met niet-militaire middelen om te voorkomen dat de NAVO militair reageert. Het VeNOS Buitenland
MILITARY9h agoThe "victory theory": NATO's plan to stop Russian aggression without reaching total warThe strategy drawn up by the Atlantic Alliance establishes three consecutive stages called block, wear down, and disarticulate in the face of eventual aggression. The plan seeks to neutralize the combat capability of invading troops without attempting to occupy enemy territory or overthrow the government ofClarín
CONFLICT9h agoRussian drone attack on Pavlohrad kills one person and injures two othersUkrinform [en]
POLITICS10h agoRussian diesel deal "a betrayal," bipartisan coalition saysPresident Trump's deal to lift sanctions on Russia to increase diesel supplies "is a betrayal of the people of Ukraine" and "a gift to our adversary," a bipartisan coalition of senators wrote in a letter admonishing the agreement.Why it matters: The decision to turn to Vladimir Putin in an attempt to ease the diesel crunch is piling onto Republican headaches ahead of the midterms and fueling fresh friction between the U.S. and Ukraine.What they're saying: The deal "will not achieve just ends, nor will it benefit Americans," the senators warned, urging Trump to withdraw from it and ramp up the Axios
BUSINESS10h agoDiesel futures jump, signaling higher prices to come despite Trump’s Russia deal“Absolutely stunning price spikes in wholesale diesel today,” a top energy analyst said.NBC News
CONFLICT10h agoZelensky says Western partners didn’t warn Ukraine about Russian ballistic missile launches before latest attack on KyivUkraine received no intelligence from its Western partners about Russia’s October 12 missile strike on Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.Meduza [en]
BUSINESS10h agoRussian telecom giant Rostelecom offers smaller internet providers relief from surveillance costs. In exchange, it wants their customers — and most of their revenue.Russia’s largest nationwide telecommunications operators, Rostelecom and TransTeleCom, have begun offering small regional providers service agreements under which the providers would hand over their infrastructure and subscriber bases, Kommersant reported after reviewing the presentations.Meduza [en]
POLITICS10h agoTrump: China, Russia ‘have too much to lose’ to help IranPresident Trump late Monday accused China and Russia of having “too much to lose” to enable Iran in the ongoing conflict. “I see so many comments from the Radical Left Morons and Lunatics that China and Russia are helping the ‘wonderful’ Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “If they are, it’s at…The Hill
MILITARY10h agoBritain’s domestic intelligence agency is devoting more resources to foreign threats than during the Cold War. Its chief calls Russia ‘aggressor number one.’Britain’s domestic intelligence service is now devoting more resources to countering state threats than it did during the Cold War, MI5 chief Ken McCallum said.Meduza [en]