On Sept. 30, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin signed treaties to illegally annex Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts after staging sham referendums in the areas. After the approval by the Kremlin-controlled Constitutional Court, the annexation is expected to be rubber-stamped by both houses of Russia's parliament by Oct. 4.
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has once again failed to appoint anti-corruption investigator Oleksandr Tsyvinsky as director of the Bureau of Economic Security, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said.
"This is a welcome mobilization of European defense funding," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X. "Europe is on track to significantly strengthen its defense industry, and Ukraine is an essential element of this effort."
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake near the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka on July 30 triggered tsunami waves in Russia's Far East, prompting evacuations in Japan and Hawaii and warnings across the Pacific Ocean.
The unidentified drone entered Lithuanian airspace on the morning of July 28 and the search for it has now entered its third day.
Deputy commander of one of the flagship units of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces specializing in the use of FPV (first-person view) drones discusses the current state of drone warfare in Ukraine
India has "always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of energy, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to stop the killing in Ukraine," Trump said on his Truth Social platform on July 30.
The revision marks the steepest downgrade among major economies in the Fund's report.
The ruling represents a significant win for PrivatBank, which has pursued the case in English courts since 2017 following the bank's nationalization.
