Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.
Polish authorities are carrying out extensive inspections of bomb shelters across the country to assess their readiness as temporary protective facilities, RMF24 reported on Sept. 18.
Ireland delivered 34 military vehicles and three demining robots to Ukraine as part of its non-lethal military aid, the Irish government announced on Sept. 18.
Slovakia and Hungary said they will not bow to pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to reduce imports of Russian oil and gas unless the European Union secures sufficient alternative energy supplies, Bloomberg reported on Sept. 17.
"The one (war) that I thought would be the easiest (to end) was because of my relationship with President Putin," Trump said. "But he’s let me down. He’s really let me down."
"In the near future, investigators from law enforcement agencies and Interior Ministry experts will carry out all the necessary examinations to identify the repatriated bodies," Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POW) said.
