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MILITARYOct 8Russia’s jet drones pose a security threat far beyond UkraineRussian jet drones are currently terrorizing Ukraine’s civilian population and disrupting daily life for millions of people. It is only a matter of time before other countries are also confronted by this threat, writes Leonid Baratz. The post Russia’s jet drones pose a security threat far beyond Ukraine appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
HEALTHOct 8US says it has been talking to Russia after plague lab worker's deathThe United States has been in active communication with Moscow including as recently as Thursday morning following the death of a lab worker at a plague research facility in Siberia a State Department official saiddevdiscourse · india
CONFLICTOct 8Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko advises residents with friends or family outside the city to consider leaving temporarily amid escalating Russian attacksMeduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 8US, European countries and Ukraine will discuss "new ideas" to end the war with RussiaDelegados de EE.UU. se reunirán con negociadores de Ucrania y Europa para explorar propuestas que busquen poner fin al conflicto bélico.Las discusiones incluirán garantías de seguridad para Kiev y un plan de desarrollo postconflicto, con participación de la UE y la OTAN.Clarín
CYBEROct 8Zelensky: Strike on Yandex data center was a mirror response to Russia's actionsUkrinform [en]
CYBEROct 8Russia has spent a decade trying to stop people from bypassing internet censorship. Now it plans to spend nearly 60 billion rubles over three years on traffic filtering.Russia is preparing a new wave of restrictions on tools used to bypass internet blocks. The budget for the next three years includes a record 60 billion rubles for traffic filtering. The Digital Development Ministry wants to make mobile internet much more expensive for VPN users, and there are plans to put companies’ corporate networks under strict oversight by the Federal Security Service (FSB). Dozens of other restrictions have accumulated in recent years. We looked back at the main ones to show how the state has methodically cut Russians off from the free internet — and where we are on thatMeduza [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 8Russian Strike On Buses Kills 30 In Frontline Ukrainian CityChannels TV
CYBEROct 8Pro-Russian hacker group NoName targets Italian Foreign Ministry websiteChecks are under way on the websites of Italian embassies and consulates abroad following a suspected similar cyberattack by pro-Russian hackersEuroNews [en]
CONFLICTOct 8Two killed in Russian drone strike on car in KramatorskUkrinform [en]
DISASTERBREAKINGOct 8Greenpeace reports 25-square-kilometer oil slick in Black Sea after drone attack on tanker off Russia’s Sochi coastMeduza [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 8Russian strike on buses kills 30 in Ukrainian cityLe Monde [en]
CONFLICTOct 8Russian missile strike on apartment building in Pryluky, northern Ukraine, kills 22 people, including five childrenMeduza [en]
HEALTHOct 8Russia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-UpAs rumors spread about a possible plague outbreak in Siberia, the Kremlin turned to a familiar playbook: offering little information about potential bad news.NYT World
CONFLICTOct 8Royal Navy sailor appears in London court on charges of spying for RussiaSouth China Morning Post
CYBEROct 8Russian Spies Give 'MatchBoil' Malware a Stealthy FaceliftCyber-espionage actor UAC-0099 has been steadily refining its flagship dropper in campaigns targeting Ukrainian organizations.Dark Reading
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 8Ukraine strikes a data center operated by Russian tech giant Yandex. How vulnerable is Russia’s internet to further drone attacks?Meduza [en]
MILITARYOct 8NATO attempts to cool tensions with Russia ahead of key nuclear exerciseItaly is hosting NATO's annual nuclear exercise, which starts next week.Politico Europe
POLITICSOct 8Russia’s censorship agency bans two dystopian novels by Olga Ptitseva about an alternate Russia ruled by the ‘Party of Cold’Russia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has banned Olga Ptitseva’s novels “Dvesti trety den zimy” (“The 203rd Day of Winter”) and “Vesna vody” (“Spring of Water”). A notice appeared on the God Literatury portal on October 7, Vyorstka reported.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 8Four killed, 19 injured in Kyiv in Russian attacks throughout dayUkrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 8‘A complete sham’: European Parliament condemns Russia’s September elections and refuses to recognize its new lower house as legitimateThe European Parliament adopted a resolution rejecting the results of Russia’s State Duma elections. It says the vote was a “sham” held in an atmosphere of fear amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 8Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev spent years fighting EU sanctions over Belarus. He finally won (but remains sanctioned over Russia’s war in Ukraine).EU ambassadors removed Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev from the bloc’s Belarus sanctions list on October 7, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 8The big unanswered question about Russia’s ‘plague’ deathRussia says it is winding down precautionary measures taken after a lab worker at a plague research institute died. But what made officials think these were needed at all?New Scientist
HEALTHOct 8Siberian governor announces ‘all-clear’ following death of Russian plague research institute employeeAuthorities in Russia’s Irkutsk region have completed a “series of preventive measures” after the death of Darya Shipilova, an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, Governor Igor Kobzev said. She had community-acquired pneumonia, he said.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 8Russia attacks one of Kyiv’s key energy facilities – Energy MinisterUkrinform [en]