Politics & Diplomacy
Ukraine sends delegation to the US for energy ceasefire talks as Moscow asks for sanctions relief
A Ukrainian delegation is meeting Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the United States on October 9 and…
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Politics & Diplomacy
Black Sea: Turkey proposes a moratorium on attacks on merchant ships, with separate corridors for Russia and Ukraine
Turkey is seeking a deal to stop attacks on commercial ships in the Black Sea. Russia and Ukraine…
Africa
UN extends Darfur arms embargo by two months as Russia and China oppose a Sudan-wide ban
The UN Security Council unanimously extended the Sudan sanctions regime until December 11 on October 8, but the…
Balkans
Montenegro detains founder of Russian channel Rybar; Medvedev threatens to “replenish the exchange pool”
Montenegrin police detained Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the pro-Kremlin war blog Rybar, his wife and three associates in…
Middle East & North Africa
Putin tells Pezeshkian Russia is ready to “do everything we can” to help end the war on Iran
Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian met in Turkmenistan on October 8, ahead of the Commonwealth of Independent States…
Military & Defense
Ukraine reportedly strikes Tver plant making fuel for Kh-101 missiles; fire at Belgorod fuel depot
Ukraine reportedly attacked the Redkino Experimental Plant in Russia’s Tver region overnight on October 9, a factory said…
Europe
Netherlands: “Russia is our enemy,” says the defence minister; the Russian embassy threatens a “crushing response”
Dutch Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius said in parliament on October 8 that “Russia is…
Military & Defense
Ukraine: At least 20 dead in Pryluky after a Russian cruise missile hits an apartment block; dozens of casualties across the country
At least 20 people, including five children, were killed when a Russian cruise missile hit an apartment building…
Europe
Lithuania: Army to the Kaliningrad border after the incident in Latvia
Lithuanian Interior Minister Martynas Katelynas has asked the defence minister to deploy the armed forces to help border…
Drones
Moscow: Two dead in mass Ukrainian drone attack; Sobyanin says 650 drones were headed for the capital, with reports of a fire at a major fuel facility
Two people were killed and nine injured in the Moscow region in a mass Ukrainian drone attack overnight…
Balkans
Black Sea: Ship carrying Ukrainian grain sinks in Romania’s EEZ with two dead; Zelenskyy blames Russian drone strike
A cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain sank in Romania’s EEZ after a fire, leaving two dead and eleven…
Balkans
Black Sea drones hit two merchant ships in Bulgaria’s EEZ; one sinks, another attack kills a sailor off Ukraine
Alfa Watan sank and Able’s 18 sailors were rescued after drone attacks in Bulgaria’s EEZ on October 6.…