Category: 6. Opinion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the decision to withdraw the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Vuhledar was “the correct move” to preserve soldiers’ lives. The Khortytsia military unit reported on 2 October that Ukrainian units had withdrawn from Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast,… Continue Reading

Ukraine has been urging the US to lift the long-standing restrictions on long-range weapons for strikes against military targets in Russia. President Zelenskyy has made this one of the key points of his Ukrainian victory plan, which he laid out to American decision-makers last week, but so far,… Continue Reading

Day 953 On 3 October, there are a lot of updates from the Kharkiv direction. Here, in a desperate bid to shift the momentum in Vovchansk, the Russian command deployed brutal Chechen Akhmat forces to pressure exhausted troops into launching a counterattack to reclaim the Aggregate Plant.

Switzerland plans to allocate 1.5 billion Swiss francs (approximately $1.7 billion) for Ukraine’s reconstruction projects over the next four years, the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine reported on 2 October. The announcement followed a meeting… Continue Reading

Romania has delivered a Patriot missile-defense system to Ukraine, as confirmed by both countries on 3 October, according to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian and Romanian services. The delivery of the Patriot system comes amid Russia’s daily missile, drone, and bomb attacks on Ukrainian cities and… Continue Reading

The Kremlin has not received any requests for a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. According to the Russian news agency TASS, Peskov told journalists that no request had been received… Continue Reading

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed that Ukraine will be his key priority in office during his first foreign visit to Kyiv on 3 October. Longtime Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte officially took office as NATO Secretary General on 1 October. As the Dutch Prime Minister, Rutte visited… Continue Reading

On 3 October, the British Defense Ministry released an intelligence update indicating that a Russian missile strike on the merchant vessel Aya carrying grain in the Black Sea on 11 September was likely unintentional. Last month, Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russia launched two Kh-22/32… Continue Reading

Ukraine is ramping up its domestic military production capabilities, particularly focusing on drones and missiles, in an effort to reduce dependence on Western military assistance. However, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assesses that Ukraine still requires considerable Western… Continue Reading

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte made his first official foreign visit to Kyiv on 3 October, just days after assuming his new role. The visit underscores the Alliance’s continued prioritization of Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing war. Prior to his role as NATO Secretary General, Rutte served… Continue Reading