Category: 6. Opinion
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US official: North Korean troops in Ukraine would show Russian “desperation”
The United States expressed “concern” over the potential involvement of North Korean military personnel in Russia’s forces fighting against Ukraine, Reuters reported on 15 October. This follows reports in Western media that North Korea assists Russia in launching ballistic missiles… Continue Reading
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Ukrainian military destroys over 10,000 Russian artillery systems since January
Starting from the beginning of 2024 to 1 October, Ukraine’s Armed Forces destroyed 10,373 artillery systems of the Russian army worth nearly least $8 billion, the Ministry of Defense has reported. The agency noted that one artillery division consists of 18 artillery units and an artillery… Continue Reading
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Reuters: Spain detains members of smuggling network supplying banned chemicals to Russia
On 15 October, Spanish police confiscated 13 tons of prohibited chemicals, including potential precursors for chemical weapons, that were heading to Russia despite the sanctions imposed on Moscow for its war against Ukraine, according to Reuters. The European Union, which has imposed extensive… Continue Reading
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister calls on Europe to fight Russia’s shadow fleet of tankers
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha urged European countries to take action against Russia’s shadow fleet of tankers transporting Russian oil. Sybiha said in X that Russia poses an existential threat to Europe while continuing to “earn billions on energy exports to Europe and through… Continue Reading
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Ukraine captures two Russian POWs, originally from occupied Crimea
Ukrainian Armed Forces have captured two Crimean collaborators in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, according to a report by the Prosecutor’s Office of Sumy Oblast on 15 October, Militarnyi says. Russia began recruiting locals in occupied Crimea well before its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In… Continue Reading
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Russians search for 18 North Korean deserters near Ukraine’s border, Ukrainian intel source says
Eighteen North Korean soldiers have deserted their positions near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Bryansk and Kursk oblasts, according to a source in Ukrainian military intelligence who spoke to Liga on 15 October. The incident reportedly occurred approximately 7 kilometers from the border,… Continue Reading
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Ukraine and Mauritius approve visa-free agreement
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers and Mauritius’s government of the Republic approved an agreement on mutual visa requirement cancellation, Taras Melnychuk, the Cabinet’s representative in the Verkhovna Rada, said. According to Melnychuk, the agreement stipulates the introduction of a… Continue Reading
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Forbes: High-stakes tech race unfolds in Ukraine’s drone-dominated skies
Ukraine has been successfully using modified FPV (First-Person View) drones to intercept Russian reconnaissance aircraft, potentially reshaping the dynamics of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, Forbes reports. Drone warfare innovations have become a defining feature of the ongoing… Continue Reading
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Russian deliberate policy of violence: Ukraine reports surge in executions of POWs by Moscow troops
The number of executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces has increased over the past year, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin told the Belgian media outlet La Libre. These crimes are not isolated incidents but rather a deliberate policy of the aggressor state, Kostin… Continue Reading
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Energy Community: Ukrenergo certification as independent operator won’t impact winter electricity imports
The Energy Community says that the certification of “Ukrenergo,” Ukraine’s state-owned power company, as an independent operator, will not hinder electricity imports from the EU this winter. Earlier, in its letter, the Secretariat of the Community reportedly warned Ukraine about the risk… Continue Reading