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Sweden has contributed over €124 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund ahead of winter
Sweden has transferred €124.1 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund. As a result, the country’s total contribution to the fund has exceeded €386 million, whilst the support mechanism itself has surpassed the €2 billion mark since its inception.
Germany has reached an agreement with the US on the purchase of Tomahawk cruise missiles
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated that Berlin has reached an agreement with the US on the purchase of Tomahawk cruise missiles and their deployment on German territory. The parties reached this agreement during the NATO summit in Ankara.
Reuters has learnt of Putin’s reluctance to negotiate and the likelihood of the war escalating
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not currently prepared for peace talks with Ukraine and is likely considering a further escalation of the war. This was reported to Reuters by three sources whom the agency describes as close to the Kremlin.
A 19-year-old Ukrainian man was beaten in Wrocław after speaking Ukrainian: the police have launched an investigation
In Wrocław, Poland, a 19-year-old Ukrainian man was beaten on Slodowa Island after speaking Ukrainian on his mobile phone. According to the victim, a group of young men knocked him to the ground, hit him on the head and kicked him, and after the attack laughed that they had ‘beaten up a Ukrainian’.
Bonnie Tyler, singer of the hit ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’, has died
British singer Bonnie Tyler, known for her hits ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’, ‘Holding Out for a Hero’ and ‘It’s a Heartache’, has died at the age of 75. She passed away in a hospital in Portugal following an illness for which she had been receiving treatment.
NATO is to expand its air patrol mission in the Baltic states to include air defence
NATO has agreed to change the format of the Baltic Air Policing mission in the Baltic states, expanding it into an air defence mission. This will allow Alliance aircraft to operate under broader rules for responding to air threats.
The police and the SSU are investigating an incident at the TCC in Lviv; one of the attackers has been detained
Law enforcement agencies are conducting pre-trial investigations into the events that took place in Lviv during an incident involving representatives of the regional recruitment centre. One of the attackers has already been arrested.
The court has remanded Vladislav Reut, an officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate, in custody in connection with the ‘Monaco’ case
The Pechersk District Court in Kyiv has imposed a pre-trial measure on Vladislav Reut, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, who is a suspect in the ‘Monaco’ case. He has been remanded in custody for 60 days without the right to bail.
A database containing details of more than 6,000 employees of the Russian company ‘Alabuga’ has been published online
The Open Alabuga website has been made publicly available, containing the personal data of over six thousand people who, according to its authors, are linked to the ‘Alabuga’ special economic zone, where Russian military drones are assembled. The Russian authorities and the company’s management have not yet commented on the situation.
The SSU has announced the arrest of the deputy chair of the Odesa Regional Council on suspicion of extorting a bribe
The Security Service of Ukraine has announced that it has uncovered a case involving the deputy chair of the Odesa Regional Council, who is suspected of extorting 50,000 US dollars from a local businessman. According to the investigation, two other individuals were also involved in the scheme.
Navrotsky stated that it had not been possible to resolve the historical issues during his meeting with Zelenskyy
Polish President Karol Nawrocki stated that, during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Ankara, the two sides were unable to resolve historical issues. At the same time, the two presidents discussed further Polish-Ukrainian cooperation and the situation regarding Russian aggression.
Russia has lost around 40 per cent of its oil refining capacity as a result of Ukrainian strikes
The fuel crisis in Russia has become the most serious since the collapse of the USSR, and attacks by Ukrainian drones have, according to various estimates, put between 20 per cent and 40 per cent of the country’s oil refining capacity out of action. Around 50 million Russians are already feeling the effects of the fuel shortage.