The list targets a wide range of defense industry players, from shipyards and aviation companies to electronics manufacturers, armored vehicle repair facilities, and aerospace companies.

Explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on Oct. 7 as Moscow launched its latest mass missile and drone attack on the capital, coinciding with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday.

In one of Kyiv's hardest-hit districts, a heating pipeline meant to help residents weather Russian attacks this winter has instead pitted them against their own city's administration. Residents of Teremky, a neighborhood in southwestern Kyiv, say that while they are not against the pipeline itself, they oppose what they see as an unnecessary destruction of greenery to build it. But after a violent pushback by municipal security guards injured several demonstrators, including women, the protest

"The money will be spent on drones, drone interceptors, drone ammunition, and missiles manufactured by Ukrainian entities," reads a European Commission press release.

Assuming all goes as planned, opening the two clusters could help Ukraine benefit from the European Commission's new "gradual integration" idea.

The money would be funneled into Norway's Nansen Support Program, named after humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen, who led famine relief efforts in Ukraine in the early 1920s.

The number includes 1,690 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

"The escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to (Latvian) soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia," Latvian Interior Minister Janis Dombrava said.

Zelensky called on Ukraine's allies, particular in Europe and the U.S., to transfer any means of protection to the country if they can.

Key developments on Oct. 6: * Drones strike merchant vessels in Black Sea off Bulgaria and Ukraine, killing at least one * Russian losses to Ukrainian drones surge in early October, Madyar says * Despite intensified Russian attacks, 62% of Ukrainians ready to endure war as long as needed, poll finds * Shadow fleet tanker reportedly ablaze near Russian port city Sochi * Klitschko's promise of 50 mobile shelters for Kyiv set to fall far short * Poland to deploy Patriots near Ukrainian borde

The ship may have been attacked by unmanned surface vessels, Russian Telegram channels suggest.

The money will be spent on shelters, equipment, rescue bases, stockpiles, and secure water and energy supplies in case of natural disasters and war, according to Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

The city administration said the district administrations did not request funding for mobile shelters when the budget was drafted.

European governments are preparing for a form of confrontation that their current investments do not fully match. While Russian-linked sabotage usually uses drones, logistics networks, criminal intermediaries, and deniable proxies against European cities, official policies and national strategies remain focused on detecting and intercepting each incident as it arises. This approach treats only the instrument of attack, leaving the vulnerability it exploits mainly overlooked. That vulnerabilit

Between Oct. 1 and Oct. 5, Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces recorded 2,699 Russian troops killed or wounded, compared with 1,931 during the same period in September, Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said.

"We're watching it very closely, hour by hour," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

"As enlargement countries advance on their path of reform, the EU must be ready to welcome them," Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a press release.

When Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, most global businesses rushed for the exit. Swiss food and drink firm Nestlé was not among them. The company hunkered down, a decision it framed as ensuring local people's "right to food." It made little difference to the Kremlin. On Sept. 17, the Russian government placed Nestlé Russia under temporary external administration, a move that could lead to the company's ultimate confiscation or nationalization. Nestlé now says it is "assess

The share has remained largely unchanged since late July and early August, despite the beginning of intensified Russian attacks using jet-powered drones and strikes on civilian infrastructure.

A Russian drone struck a merchant vessel flying the Marshall Islands flag in the Black Sea. Separately, two merchant ships were hit by drones around 112 kilometers (70 miles) off Bulgaria's coast on Oct. 6.

In recent weeks, some residents have started walking out of Oleshky to the neighboring village of Radensk alone or in pairs, on roads mined by Russian forces.

The South Korean government is considering several measures in response to the dispute, including a potential recall of South Korea's Ambassador to Ukraine, according to South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun.

What may look like a string of hybrid incidents increasingly resembles a sub-threshold war against Europe, says Olena Davlikanova, a security policy expert.

The man was suspected of "collecting data on defense facilities and critical infrastructure to adjust massive attacks on Kyiv from September 21 to 24 this year," the SBU said on Oct. 5.

Regional Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said that four people were injured in the Kryvyi Rih attack, including two medical workers.

Parliament Speaker Juozas Olekas said removing the constitutional ban would strengthen Lithuania's resilience and deterrence.

The number includes 1,540 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

The bridge has been closed, and traffic rerouted, according to the Zaporizhzhia City Council. The strike follows multiple attacks on bridges in central Kyiv in the past week.

Potentially undermining sanctions, over 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, from South Korean ports were loaded onto sanctioned Russian tankers, based on analysis of port records and ship-tracking data.

Ukraine's drone struck the Volodarsk Linear Production and Dispatch Center near the village of Konstantinovo, according to monitoring channels.

"I hate to see them having it; it's a rough disease," U.S. President Donald Trump said. "We'll help anybody that has that kind of problem, were willing to help."

"(I)f a threat arises that we feel needs to be addressed by a change in posture, we'll do so. We haven't done that up to this point," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.