The Kyiv Independent’s contributor Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke spent a day with a mobile team from the State Emergency Service in Nikopol in the south of Ukraine as they responded to relentless drone, artillery, and mortar strikes from Russian forces just across the Dnipro River. Nikopol is located across from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar.
Peter Szijjarto's announcement came after Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) allegedly dismantled a Hungarian military intelligence network operating in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Moscow and Washington discuss the potential resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe, among other issues related to the peaceful settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed to the Russian state-run Interfax news agency.
"This is a historic decision, as weapons for Ukraine will be purchased at the expense of the proceeds from frozen Russian assets through the European Peace Fund," Denys Shmyhal said.
Kurt Volker said that now "there is more alignment" between Ukraine and the U.S. under the Trump Administration than at the beginning of 2025.
The approval marks a key step in international efforts to hold Moscow accountable for what is considered the gravest violation of international law committed against Ukraine.
Although Moscow declared on April 28 that it would halt all military actions from May 8 to midnight on May 11 to mark Victory Day, strikes on civilian areas have continued.
Under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's rule, millions of Ukrainians died during the Holodomor, a man-made famine in 1932–1933. The dictator also oversaw mass deportations, purges of Ukrainian intellectuals and leaders, and the suppression of the Ukrainian language and culture.
According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), this marks the first time Ukrainian authorities have exposed a Hungarian military intelligence network conducting activities harmful to Ukraine.
Delegations from 35 countries and the Council of Europe gathered in Lviv as EU officials prepare to approve both new defense aid and steps toward establishing a tribunal for Russian leadership.
Navalny's prison diaries to be published posthumously this week
Alexei Navalny's memoir "Patriot" will be published posthumously on Oct. 22.
The memoir is compiled from the Russian opposition leader's prison diaries and was edited in part by his widow, Yulia Navalnaya. The book will be released in 22 languages, including Russian.
Navalny died on Feb. 16 in a penal colony in northern Russia, after being convicted in several fabricated criminal cases as part of the Kremlin's crackdown on dissent. Leaders around the world have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for his death.
In "Patriot," Navalny wrote that he expected to die in prison.
"I knew from the outset that I would be imprisoned for life — either the rest of my life or until the end of the life of this regime," he wrote in a March 2022 diary entry.
"I will spend the rest of my life in prison and die here."
Navalnaya has said she hopes the memoir ensures that her husband won't be forgotten and that his political activism continues to inspire the Russian opposition movement.
"I want his voice to be heard loudly even after his death," she told the BBC's Russia service in an interview ahead of the book's release.
Navalnaya has accused Putin of murdering her husband and vowed to continue Navalny's political work. A Moscow court ordered her arrest in absentia in July, charging her with "participating in an extremist organization" due to her involvement with the Anti-Corruption Foundation, an organization founded by her late husband.
Navalnaya would "go to the elections as a presidential candidate" if she ever returned to Russia, she told the BBC.
The Kremlin has denied any role in Navalny's death.
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