Europe
Nord Stream: trial of Ukrainian suspect Serhii K. over the pipeline explosions opens in Hamburg
The trial of the Ukrainian suspect Serhii K. for the 2022 explosions that destroyed three of the four…
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Military & Defense
Russia fires 39 ballistic missiles and 128 drones at Ukrainian energy: 600,000 without power, dead in Kharkiv and Lutsk
Russia launched a massed combined attack on Ukraine overnight on October 14 with 39 ballistic missiles and 128…
Military & Defense
Kyiv: Russian ballistic missiles hit a thermal power plant and an apartment block, three dead; Zelensky: “Again no warning from partners”
Russia struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles in successive waves from the evening of Tuesday, October 13 until the…
Europe
French Navy boards Russian “shadow fleet” tanker DF Peak in the Indian Ocean; Macron: “We will fight the ghost fleet everywhere”
The French Navy boarded the tanker DF Peak, considered part of Russia’s “shadow fleet”, more than 450 nautical…
Europe
MI5: Iran is now targeting military bases in Britain; more than 50 arrests in a year, Tehran speaks of a “false flag operation”
Iran has begun to target military installations in the United Kingdom, the head of MI5, Sir Ken McCallum,…
Europe
Poland: Two Turkish nationals arrested in Germany over the arson of a Starlink station; Siemoniak: “Russian services behind the sabotage”
Polish authorities accused Russian intelligence services of setting fire to a Starlink ground station in Poland and announced…
Military & Defense
Ukraine: Strike on an Iskander-M launcher repair base in Kursk; overnight Russian attack with 108 drones and 5 missiles
Ukrainian forces struck a repair base for Iskander-M self-propelled launchers and transporter-loaders near the village of Kondrinka in…
Balkans
Black Sea: Drones hit two merchant ships off Bulgaria, one sank; Radev calls it “absolutely unacceptable”
Two merchant ships were hit by drones overnight on Tuesday, October 13, in the Black Sea just outside…
Europe
EU lists 1,569 Russian firms and executives in its largest sanctions package on the military-industrial complex
The Council of the EU has listed 826 Russian companies and 743 executives that supply Russia's arms industry,…
Europe
Tusk: “Nobody and nothing will relieve Russia of full responsibility for the war”; Poland and Norway sign a strategic partnership
“Nobody and nothing will relieve Russia of full responsibility for the war in Ukraine,” Polish Prime Minister Donald…
Politics & Diplomacy
Zelensky on ABC: “60 days of total ceasefire, and we will organize elections”; the choice of leader is for Ukrainians, he tells Trump
Responding to Donald Trump’s call for a new president, Volodymyr Zelensky told ABC’s This Week on October 11…
Europe
Kremlin calls Zelensky “hysterical”; Medvedev says ballistic missiles and Gerans, not Trump’s words, bring victory
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Volodymyr Zelensky is in a state of “hysteria”, while Dmitry Medvedev answered Donald…