A contract for the research and development of 10 long range Switchblade 600 drones is expected in the following 30 days, Pentagon spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell told Defense News media outlet. Defense News reports that the U.S. said it would award a contract for the “kamikaze” drones over five months ago. These drones can offer Ukraine a significant advantage in finding and striking key Russian positions.
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Explosions have been reported in Kharkiv, Ilium, Kropyvnytskyi, and Poltava. Earlier, the Air Force issued a nationwide missile warning after Russia launched MiG-31 bombers.
Trump said he'd "make a determination" on Ukraine's desire to "go offensive" against Russia during his upcoming meeting with Zelensky at the White House.
Thursday, October 16
"There will be no oil, (Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is) not buying his oil from Russia, it started — you know, you can't do it immediately, it’s a little bit of a process, but the process is going to be over with soon," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Based on Trukhanov's Russian citizenship, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stripped him of his Ukrainian citizenship on Oct. 14.
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The latest news about Russia's war against Ukraine.
The ruling sends the case back to a new panel of judges at the Bologna Court of Appeal for review.
The band Stoptime has previously performed songs by artists labeled as "foreign agents" by the Russian government.
HUR claims they receive only two weeks of training at the Avangard training center in Moscow Oblast before being sent to the front line.
The package will also include precision-guided weapons and ammunition.
If adopted by parliament, the updated list would include Belarusian, Bulgarian, Gagauz, Crimean Tatar, Modern Greek, German, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Hungarian, Czech, and Hebrew.
The measures aim to choke off Russia's vital fossil fuel revenues that fund its war against Ukraine.
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"Let's trust our military," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said. "Let's not take the Russians too seriously."
The Kyiv Independent’s Chris York sits down with U.S. defense expert Tom Karako to discuss how the potential provision of the Tomahawk — the U.S.’s most advanced cruise missile — to Ukraine could affect the course of Russia’s war and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calculations.
Russian authorities had earlier declared a drone threat in the region and implemented emergency measures at Ufa airport.
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