Russian drones and missiles pummelled Ukraine’s struggling energy infrastructure early Friday, cutting power to thousands across the country and killing a seven-year-old boy.
The air barrage of…
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Kyiv Apartment Block In Flames After Russian Attack
Russian air attacks triggered a fire in a high-rise apartment building in central Kyiv early on October 10 after it was hit by a drone. RFE/RL’s Maryan Kushnir spoke to residents as firefighters battled the blaze in a central district of the…
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Trump proposed excluding Spain from NATO,
The US president stated that Madrid should increase its defence spending to 5% of GDP, as previously agreed by other alliance countries.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called this goal “incompatible with…
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Azerbaijan Frees Sputnik Editor After Putin Blames Deadly Plane Crash on Russian Missiles
Azerbaijan released the local bureau chief of Russia’s state-owned news outlet Sputnik following high-level negotiations with Moscow, the Kommersant business newspaper reported on Thursday, citing Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yury…
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Taiwan is creating the T-Dome air defence system to protect itself from threats from China,
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said the new system will provide multi-layered interception of enemy attacks.
He stressed that the island seeks to maintain peace through strength and called on China to refrain…
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The Israeli government has approved a deal with Hamas
The Israeli government has approved a deal with the Palestinian movement Hamas to release hostages from the Gaza Strip. This was announced by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The…
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Power Outages In Eastern Kyiv After Russian Overnight Strikes Hit Energy Sites, Set Apartments Ablaze
A Russian drone and missile attack early on October 10 triggered a fire in a high-rise apartment building in central Kyiv and hit Ukrainian energy sites, officials said.
A drone set apartments on fire on the 6th and 7th floors of a high-rise…
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Blackouts, tactical nukes, and drones Military expert Dmitry Kuznets explains the limits of energy warfare, tactical nuclear weapons, and UAV lethality
Winter is coming to Russia and Ukraine, and the two sides have spent the past several weeks pounding each other’s energy infrastructure, seeking to make the falling temperatures as painful as possible. Moscow has targeted Ukraine’s power…
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IAEA Says Process To Restore External Power To Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant Has Begun
The process to restore external power to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine has started, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on October 9.
The process began after “intensive…
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Amid Strained Relations With Baku, Putin Admits Russian Role In Azerbaijan Jet Crash
President Vladimir Putin, in his most candid admission to date, admitted to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that Russia played a role in the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that killed at least 38 people.
Putin told Aliyev when…
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