Ukraine’s Starlink access has been restricted without warning, severely disrupting “several” military missions, presidential adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov said on Oct. 14.
[Op-ed by Derrick Wyatt, KC, is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a former practising lawyer who advised businesses and governments.]
Pro-Kremlin bloggers are warning that Russia’s centralized digital economy could collapse because the country is not prepared for the “data center war” it started
Poland is probing what officials said was a “possible assassination” risk to Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the country’s defense minister, with a special meeting of the security services convened on Sunday after emailed threats were received.
President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back against pressure from the U.S. to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, writing on social media on Oct. 11 that Moscow first needs to stop targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
“I find it very unfortunate that this entire discussion has come to focus on who blew [the pipelines] up, rather than who built them,” Heorhii Tykhyi told the BBC, forcefully.
Kateryna Rashevska can trace exactly how one Ukrainian child disappears into Russia: the occupied-territory orphanage, the foster placement with a Kremlin-connected family, the re-education camp, the military uniform, the draft notice that arrives at sixteen. A legal expert at Ukraine’s Regional Center for Human Rights, she has filed submissions to the International Criminal Court, documented the cases behind recent EU sanctions, and spent years building the argument that this is not only a war crime but genocide.
Ukrainian missile strikes on Russian army command posts in Donetsk on Aug. 26 killed more Russian officers than in any other single attack during the war, independent monitors claim.
Montenegrin authorities detained the creator of the Telegram channel Rybar. Mikhail Zvinchuk, his wife, and three other Rybar staffers were detained in the town of Risan on the morning of October 9.
Moldova is ready to accept any number of Ukrainians who need a safe place this winter. The country’s president, Maia Sandu, also emphasized her support for Ukraine and the shared security challenges facing both countries.
Russia is attacking one transport system with two different sets of tools. Inside Ukraine, it can openly use drones and missiles against locomotives, railway stations, and transport infrastructure. Across the border, in NATO territory, the same objective requires different methods: reconnaissance, proxy recruitment, sabotage, and information operations. The Polish-Ukrainian border changes the method, but it does not change the target.
European embassies are refusing to leave Kyiv despite Russian threats of further strikes, publicly reaffirming their support for Ukraine as Moscow seeks to intimidate foreign diplomats.
The Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine (RD4U) has officially opened for submission all 43 categories of claims for compensation for damage, loss or injury caused by the internationally wrongful acts of the Russian Federation in or against Ukraine, starting on or after 24 February 2022.
Canadian farmer Arend Feenstra, who moved to Russia through a streamlined immigration program for citizens of “unfriendly” countries who share “traditional values,” has complained that he cannot get a permanent residence permit. The news outlet Nizhny Novgorod Onlain drew attention to his YouTube video.
The Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) adopted a Statement to confirm Estonia’s unwavering support to the victory of Ukraine in Russia’s war of aggression … It says that Ukraine’s victory and strategic defeat of Russia are necessary preconditions for ensuring a lasting and fair peace and security in Europe.
On September 24, the European Union sanctioned Xenia Fedorova, the Russian former head of the French arm of Russia Today (RT) and media commentator for the Bolloré group for her role in engaging in foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). It follows a French expulsion order against the Russian propagandist in July 2026.
The European Union has begun work on the practical application of visa restrictions against Russian participants in the war against Ukraine, including former ones. This was announced by a senior EU representative at a briefing on Tuesday, September 29, in Brussels.
Russian air defense troops appear to be using Chinese-designed shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to an analysis by Ukrainian defense outlet Militarnyi of footage aired on Russian state television.
Europe’s decision to intensify its crackdown and detentions of the shadow fleet transporting Russia’s crude is achieving results following a drastic decline in the number of vessels flying false flags and a growing number of sanctioned vessels seeking refuge in the Russian flag registry.
For Europe, the stakes therefore reach well beyond Ukraine’s sovereignty. Denying Russia victory, in Zysk’s view, is essential both for Europe’s long-term security and for checking the advance of authoritarian power.
In Poland, a close ally of neighbouring Ukraine, concerns are growing that the war could spill across the border. Our next report comes from Suwałki, a city in a region bordering Russia and Belarus that is considered particularly sensitive for NATO countries. Caitlin Brown reports.
The critical humanitarian crisis in Russian-occupied Oleshky continues to worsen, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Sept. 25, as Russian forces continue to block aid into and evacuation out of the town in Kherson Oblast.
Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev, a lifelong advocate of non-violence who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times by various groups, accused Ukraine and its allies of responding too weakly when Russia seized the peninsula in 2014, arguing that their hesitation encouraged the full-fledged war.
On the night of September 25, explosions were heard simultaneously in several regions of the Russian Federation. For the Ukrainian Defense Forces, that night proved to be very successful, according to Dialog.UA.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha praised Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on Sept. 23 for reimposing sanctions on the national level against two Russian oligarchs that were freed from such restrictions on the EU level the day before.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski confronted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the UN Security Council on Wednesday, rejecting Kremlin claims about Ukraine.
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Stringer spoke to The Associated Press at a security conference in Estonia amid warnings from some European leaders that Moscow is planning to test NATO’s collective defense pact with bolder attacks that have already included sabotage and espionage.
According to Seznam Zprávy, Czech police detained and questioned Russian nationals Vitaly Chashchukhin and Igor Dolmatov, whom the outlet’s journalists identified as working for Rybar, a Telegram channel with ties to the Russian Defense Ministry. The two were ordered to leave the country within three days.
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