10.10.2024
Ukraine war in the live ticker +++ 05:30 Ukrainian news portal complains about attempted influence by the presidential office +++
In Ukraine, which has been attacked by Russia, the news portal “Ukrainskaya Pravda” (Eng. Ukrainian Truth) complains about pressure from the presidential office in Kiev. There are attempts to influence editorial policy, it says in a statement. This included a ban on speaking to the portal’s journalists and their exclusion from events. Pressure is also being put on companies to stop advertising on the site. The medium did not give any specific examples. The editorial team announced that in the future it would make public any attempt to exert influence by employees of the President’s Office. President Volodymyr Zelenskyj was already prone to conflicts with individual journalists before the Russian invasion in February 2022 and had already closed television channels and news websites.
+++ 03:50 Klitschko warns of a difficult winter +++
The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, called for peace for Ukraine at the celebrations for the 35th anniversary of the peaceful revolution in Leipzig. His country is facing a difficult winter, said Klitschko during a peace prayer in St. Nicholas Church. Many cities and towns in Ukraine have been destroyed. In an intercession, Klitschko expresses the hope for peace. Leipzig is a twin city of Kyiv.
+++ 02:05 Zelenskyi travels through Europe’s capitals +++
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj is visiting Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy this week for talks about Russia’s war of aggression against his country. This Thursday, Zelensky will be received by French President Emmanuel Macron at 3 p.m. for a “bilateral meeting,” according to reports from Paris. Zelenskyj said at a press conference with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic that he would also meet Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Great Britain in the coming days. A meeting in Italy with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is also planned. Zelenskyj will be received by Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday morning.
+++ 00:01 Six dead in rocket attack on Odessa +++
According to authorities, at least six people have died in a Russian missile attack in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa. Eleven others were injured, seven of them seriously. “The enemy’s target was once again the port infrastructure,” wrote the region’s military governor, Oleh Kiper, on Telegram. According to him, a civilian container ship flying the Panama flag was hit. The victims are Ukrainian citizens. According to Kiper, this is the third attack on a civilian ship in the last four days. Russia is trying to block the grain corridor set up by Ukraine.
+++ 22:58 Russian court sentences activists to long prison sentence +++
A Russian court sentenced an activist to 12 years in prison on Wednesday on charges of supporting a pro-Ukrainian group. Yevgeny Mishchenko passed on information to the banned Russian Freedom Legion, a group stationed in Ukraine that consists primarily of Russian opponents of Putin, the state news agency RIA Novosti quoted the spokesman for a Moscow military court as saying. Mishchenko is part of a group of activists who are honoring the memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was murdered on a bridge in Moscow in 2015, the independent Russian news portal Mediazona reports. The group, which calls itself the “Nemtsov Bridge,” regularly lays flowers and lights candles at the site where Nemtsov was shot. Police regularly remove the makeshift monument. The verdict against Mishchenko falls on the day Nemtsov would have turned 65.
+++ 21:59 “All democracies”: Zelenskyj calls for massive EU expansion +++
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling on the European Union (EU) to unite the entire continent and accept “all democratic nations of Europe.” “Even if there are a lot of tensions, we must ensure that our unity in Europe remains as stable as possible,” Zelensky said at a summit in Croatia with heads of state and government from Balkan countries. He also signed an agreement with Croatia, which covers, among other things, the areas of defense and mine clearance. “If Europe is not united today, it will not be peaceful, so the accession processes that have begun must lead to a result,” he continues. Zelensky is not only in favor of Ukraine joining the EU, which began accession negotiations in June, but also for several Balkan countries that have been waiting for years to join the European Union.
+++ 21:25 Kiev’s General Staff: Russian drone depot in Krasnodar hit +++
The Ukrainian military says it attacked and destroyed a drone camp in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar. The General Staff in Kiev said another explosion was recorded after a direct hit. Accordingly, around 400 Iranian Shahed drones were stored in the attacked building. “The destruction of the Shahed drone camp will significantly reduce the ability of the Russian occupiers to terrorize peaceful residents of Ukrainian cities and villages,” it said. Russian authorities have confirmed at least one fire in a warehouse near the town of Oktyabrsky. The area was cordoned off over a large area and around 800 square meters were in flames, according to the regional operations staff in the Krasnodar region. The coordinates match the drone strike reported by Kyiv. However, the operations staff does not provide any information about the cause of the fire or the objects stored there.
+++ 20:51 Southeast Europe Summit: Twelve countries demand Russia’s withdrawal +++
Twelve Southeast European states and Turkey have agreed that Russia’s withdrawal from all occupied territories in Ukraine is a condition for peace. They spoke out in favor of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s peace plan and Ukraine’s admission into NATO. This emerges from the final declaration of their summit meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which they signed together with Zelensky. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who is known for his see-saw policy between the West and Russia, also signed the declaration. Vucic ensured that an originally planned call for sanctions for Russia was removed from the final declaration of the summit, as Croatian media reported.
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