Category: 6. Opinion

Pope Francis named Bishop Mykola Bychok, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Australia, as one of 21 new cardinals. The College of Cardinals is a body of senior leaders in the Catholic Church who serve as the Pope’s principal advisors and assistants in church governance. Its most… Continue Reading

Russian missile strike damages grain ship in Ukraine, threatening global food security – Euromaidan Press b20a2791f2

Ukraine and Slovakia have agreed to establish an East European energy hub, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on 7 October following intergovernmental consultations with Slovakia. According to Shmyhal, the hub is created to utilize gas storage facilities, develop the Mukachevo… Continue Reading

Deepstate project analysts reported on 7 October that Russians had completed the full occupation of Krasnohorivka, Donetsk Oblast. According to the Deep State, Russian forces also advanced in Tsukuryno, near Hirnyk and Lyubymivka. Krasnohorivka, a town in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, has… Continue Reading

Ukraine to end Russian gas transit deal despite Slovak Prime Minister’s plea – Euromaidan Press 8ff85e5fda

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on 7 October that Russian forces have suffered substantial equipment losses in the Pokrovsk area of Ukraine since October 2023. According to an open-source analysis cited by ISW, Russian forces have lost 1,830 pieces of heavy equipment in… Continue Reading

Slovakia pledges emergency power to Ukraine amid blackouts due to Russian attacks – Euromaidan Press e667276e5a

Ukraine’s head of the prosecutor general’s office, Yuriy Belousov, reported a significant increase in executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) by Russian forces in 2024, potentially indicating a change in Russian policy. The execution of Ukrainian POWs by Russian forces has been… Continue Reading

A Russian air strike on the central district of Kherson, southern Ukraine, has left 18 people injured and caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure, including schools.  Russian forces have increasingly employed guided bombs in attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, which… Continue Reading

Day 957 On 7 October, there were a lot of updates from the Bakhmut direction. In a daring push, Russian forces launched the canal crossing operation to establish a critical bridgehead, threatening to penetrate the southern flank of Chasiv Yar. A screenshot from the Reporting from Ukraine… Continue Reading