Ukraine
- yesterday
SPD leaders push to expel Gerhard Schröder after his visit to Putin's birthday
Robin Mesarosch and Sebastian Roloff, the SPD chiefs of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, back excluding the former chancellor, while Greens co-chair Franziska Brantner demands new proceedings. The SPD Upper Palatinate district has adopted a motion calling for the same step.
- yesterday
Poland issues RCB air alert for Lublin and Subcarpathia after Russian strike on Ukraine
Residents of the Lublin and Subcarpathian voivodeships received RCB alerts as Polish aircraft operated in Polish airspace. The alert remains in force until cancelled, and authorities ask people to follow further information and instructions from services.
- 2d ago
Russian glide bombs kill at least 20 in Zaporizhzhia as Zelensky links attack to US diesel deal
Russian guided bombs hit a five-storey residential building in Zaporizhzhia early on Saturday, and Ukraine's emergency service now reports 20 dead, including three children. Large-scale power outages hit Kyiv the same day.
- 2d ago
Ukrainian drones shut Moscow airports on Friday, forcing Putin's government jets to circle
Four Russian government aircraft returning from Turkmenistan were forced to circle Moscow on Friday, while the Moscow region governor reported two deaths and nine injuries from the drone attack.
- 2d ago
Ukraine charges 14-year-old girl over soldier's killing on Russian FSB orders
Ukrainian police say the 14-year-old from Rivne poisoned a 27-year-old soldier with methadone-laced alcohol in January and strangled him during a video call with her Russian handler, who worked for the FSB.
- 2d ago
Trump calls for new Ukrainian president over Russian diesel deal dispute
Trump announced a Russian diesel supply deal with Vladimir Putin on Friday, then said on Saturday that Ukraine should choose a new president. Zelensky called the easing of sanctions a sign of weakness, and the Financial Times reported that Washington threatened to halt intelligence sharing with Kyiv.
- 2d ago
Lionesses win 3-1 in Greece but Greek goal keeps World Cup playoff open
Stanway, Le Tissier and Russo put England in control in Heraklion, with the second leg in Leicester on Tuesday still to decide the tie.
- 2d ago
Yesilgöz calls Russia 'our enemy', Russian embassy demands the Dutch cabinet clarify
Defence Minister Dilan Yesilgöz said in a Thursday budget debate that Russia is no longer just an aggressor but the Netherlands' enemy. On Friday she called Russia 'our biggest security threat', while Prime Minister Rob Jetten embraced her word choice.
- 2d ago
Ukrainska Pravda investigator Mykhailo Tkach freed in Vienna after 12 hours in custody
Mykhailo Tkach was detained on 8 October while tracking former prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko. Austria's interior minister says four Ukrainians, including Tkach and his cameraman, were arrested this week on espionage suspicion.
- 3d ago
Slovakia restores military attaché ties with Russia, sending two officers to Moscow
Bratislava has resumed military attaché contacts with Moscow after four years, sending two Slovak officers to Moscow while a Russian naval officer heads to the Slovak capital. The opposition warns of espionage and calls the decision a very bad one.
- 3d ago
Klitschko says Kyiv in survival mode as Russian strikes hit bridges and power grid
Mayor Vitali Klitschko told AFP that Russian strikes have destroyed bridges and key infrastructure, and suggested that residents with family outside Kyiv consider leaving for the winter.
- 3d ago
Montenegro detains Rybar blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk and orders five Russians expelled
Zvinchuk was held in the coastal town of Risan with his wife and other Russian nationals, and Montenegro's interior ministry ordered all five expelled on national security grounds.
- 3d ago
OpenAI bans Russian and Iranian ChatGPT propaganda networks targeting Ukraine
The Russian operation used ChatGPT to write internal reports and run a fake Latin American think tank, while the Iranian one planted almost 100 articles under fake Western journalist bylines.
- 3d ago
European Parliament rejects legitimacy of Russia's new State Duma and calls for sanctions
The resolution, passed 482 to 41 with 39 abstentions, asks EU states to cut official contact with the Duma and says the 18-20 September vote was neither free nor fair.
- 3d ago
Wladimir Klitschko gets temporary control of Hayden Panettiere's estate for daughter Kaya
A Los Angeles County judge named Klitschko temporary guardian of the estate of the late actress, whose sole heir is their 11-year-old daughter Kaya.
- 3d ago
Zelensky leads hypothetical Ukrainian vote at 22.9%, Zaluzhny follows at 20.2% in Rating poll
A Rating Group survey of 1,000 Ukrainians, conducted 3 to 5 October, put President Volodymyr Zelensky first and former commander-in-chief Valeriy Zaluzhny second in a hypothetical first round. Ukraine's Constitution suspends elections under martial law.
- 3d ago
Ryanair's O'Leary sees no jet fuel shortage in Europe until summer 2027, but prices stay high
Michael O'Leary said on Thursday that Europe should not run short of aviation fuel this winter or until summer 2027, barring unforeseen events, while jet fuel now costs 50% more than Brent crude.
- 3d ago
Putin pledges Russian help to end Iran war at Turkmenistan talks with Pezeshkian
Vladimir Putin told Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday 8 October that Russia is ready to do everything possible to help resolve the conflict with the United States and Israel. The talks took place in Avaza, Turkmenistan, on the sidelines of a Commonwealth of Independent States summit.
- 3d ago
Ukraine's drone and AI push runs into a shortage of troops at the front
Ukraine is adding AI-guided interceptors, ground robots and autonomous gun positions to its drone war, while some front-line units are at half strength. A deputy commander in the Pokrovsk area says his battalion barely holds its sector.
- 3d ago
Édouard Philippe proposes 350-euro family allowance and twenty ordinances if elected
On France 2's revived L'Heure de vérité on Thursday 8 October, the Horizons leader also set out a plan for two extra working hours a week and a reworked family support system, while describing how he would govern from the Élysée.
