Category: 6. Opinion

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti has warned that a Russian victory in Ukraine could threaten 25 years of peace in the Balkans by potentially encouraging Serbian expansionism. Speaking to The Associated Press on 3 October in Warsaw, Poland, he emphasized the importance of Western unity in… Continue Reading

The United States Federal Bureau for Investigation (FBI) has revealed details of Russia’s extensive disinformation campaign aimed at manipulating public opinion in the West. This disinformation campaign, known as “Doppelganger” (from the German word “Doppelgänger,” which refers to a… Continue Reading

In an interview with the Czech news agency ČTK on 3 October, new Ukrainian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Vasyl Zvarych, reported that more than one-third of planned shells have already been delivered to Ukraine under the Czech initiative. The initiative aimed to supply 500,000 rounds of… Continue Reading

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 The Khortytsia military unit reported on 2 October that Ukrainian units had withdrawn from Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast,… Continue Reading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