US Senator Chris Coons has said that the Pentagon has obligated 99.8% of the US$400 million Congress allocated for aid to Ukraine, just a day before the end of the financial year.
Yet for the EU, what matters is not the title of the law but its content. But the Ukrainian authorities are becoming increasingly adept at reporting on reforms, while at the same time trying to undermine their essence and retain leverage over appointments to key judicial governance bodies.
The European Union expects Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to take part in the European Council meeting on 15 October to discuss support and funding.
The funding will support shelter construction and upgrades, including plans for 840 mobile shelters along school routes in six frontline oblasts.
The Ukrainian company SkyFall has shared a video showing its P1-SUN JetKiller interceptor destroying a Russian Geran-5 jet-powered drone.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin told the newly convened State Duma that Russia will not beg for handouts as economic deficit concerns mount.
NATO says its military activities pose no threat to Russia and rejects Moscow’s nuclear rhetoric, while reaffirming its support for Ukraine and commitment to defending Allied territory.
A Russian diplomatic note seen by Reuters says Moscow could use nuclear weapons if NATO attempts to isolate Kaliningrad Oblast, while the alliance rejects the threat.
The EU Commission is allocating €16.88M to extend its Mediterranean naval mission until 2029, giving its forces updated rules to intercept shadow fleet tankers
Dozens of Ukrzaliznytsia trains face delays of up to 13 hours following Russian attacks on energy and rail infrastructure, though stations remain intact.
President Zelenskyy visited the Lyman front, awarding soldiers of the 66th Brigade and discussing needs with commanders during Operation Vivaldi.
Twenty-year-old Arkadii Petrov, who moved to Scotland with his mother, younger brother and two sisters as a teenager, has been killed while carrying out a combat mission in Ukraine's east.