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ConflictOct 13Russian attacks spark fires at industrial facilities in Khmelnytskyi regionUkrinform [en]
PoliticsOct 13Russia proposes barring students expelled for disciplinary reasons from returning to the same university for five yearsRussia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education plans to change university admissions rules to bar universities from readmitting expelled students for five years, TASS reported, citing a draft ministry order.Meduza [en]
ConflictOct 13Zelenskyy tells NPR Ukraine wants peace but will hit Russia until it follows ceasefireNPR News
PoliticsOct 13Ukraine and the US: What's next after Trump’s diesel deal with Russia?Donald Trump plans to allow the purchase of Russian diesel, drawing criticism at home and abroad. What is behind the US president’s decision and what should Ukraine do next? DW spoke with experts.DW News [en]
PoliticsOct 13Russia arrests Japanese reporter for alleged espionageSuspect was arrested on Russia's far-eastern Sakhalin Island before being transferred to Moscow, says Russia's FSB.Al Jazeera [en]
ConflictOct 13How Are Ukrainians Coping With Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine’s Energy Grid?kyivpost · ukraine
MilitaryOct 13Evidence of Western components in Russian Shahed drones presented at Warsaw Security ForumAs part of the Warsaw Security Forum, the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NACO) presented an exhibition demonstrating the use of foreign high-tech components in Russian weapons, particularly in “Geran-2”-type attack drones.Ukrinform [en]
BusinessOct 13Russian banks fear massive fines after unprecedented surge in court bailiff inquiriesRussian banks received millions of requests for information about debtors from the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) over three days between September 18 and 21, an unprecedented volume, the National Financial Market Council reported.Meduza [en]
BusinessOct 13IMF lowers forecast for Russia’s economic growthThe International Monetary Fund has lowered its forecast for Russia’s economic growth to 0.9% in both 2026 and 2027. The updated forecast, released on October 13, is down from its July projection of 1.1% for each year.Meduza [en]
PoliticsOct 13Trump says Putin and Zelenskyy both want to end Russia’s war on UkraineTrump says Putin and Zelenskyy both want to end Russia’s war on UkraineAl Jazeera [en]
PoliticsOct 13Russia Detains Japanese Journalist for Alleged EspionageThe main security service said it had detained a reporter for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper in Russia’s far east, where he had been reporting on military recruitment.NYT World
PoliticsOct 13Russian Communist Party lawmaker says all citizens should bear the burden of the war against Ukraine equallyRussians should share equally in the burden of the war against Ukraine, Anatoly Lokot, a lawmaker from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), said in a speech to the State Duma.Meduza [en]
PoliticsOct 13British security service sees Russia, Iran and AI as biggest threatsHet hoofd van de Britse veiligheidsdienst MI5 heeft in zijn jaarlijkse toespraak Rusland, Iran en kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) de belangrijkste bedreigers van de Britse nationale veiligheid genoemd. Ook zei hij dat bedreigingen door buitenlandse tegenstanders in de afgelopen tien jaar zijn verviervoudigd. Daarbij gaat het ongeveer even vaak om vijandige acties van staten als van terroristische organisaties. Rusland MI5-chef Ken McCallum ziet Rusland als "agressor nummer 1". Dat land voert volgens hem een oorlog met niet-militaire middelen om te voorkomen dat de NAVO militair reageert. Het VeNOS Buitenland
MilitaryOct 13The "victory theory": NATO's plan to stop Russian aggression without reaching total warThe strategy drawn up by the Atlantic Alliance establishes three consecutive stages called block, wear down, and disarticulate in the face of eventual aggression. The plan seeks to neutralize the combat capability of invading troops without attempting to occupy enemy territory or overthrow the government ofClarín
ConflictOct 13Russian drone attack on Pavlohrad kills one person and injures two othersUkrinform [en]
PoliticsOct 13Russian diesel deal "a betrayal," bipartisan coalition saysPresident Trump's deal to lift sanctions on Russia to increase diesel supplies "is a betrayal of the people of Ukraine" and "a gift to our adversary," a bipartisan coalition of senators wrote in a letter admonishing the agreement.Why it matters: The decision to turn to Vladimir Putin in an attempt to ease the diesel crunch is piling onto Republican headaches ahead of the midterms and fueling fresh friction between the U.S. and Ukraine.What they're saying: The deal "will not achieve just ends, nor will it benefit Americans," the senators warned, urging Trump to withdraw from it and ramp up the Axios
BusinessOct 13Diesel futures jump, signaling higher prices to come despite Trump’s Russia deal“Absolutely stunning price spikes in wholesale diesel today,” a top energy analyst said.NBC News
ConflictOct 13Zelensky says Western partners didn’t warn Ukraine about Russian ballistic missile launches before latest attack on KyivUkraine received no intelligence from its Western partners about Russia’s October 12 missile strike on Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.Meduza [en]
BusinessOct 13Russian telecom giant Rostelecom offers smaller internet providers relief from surveillance costs. In exchange, it wants their customers — and most of their revenue.Russia’s largest nationwide telecommunications operators, Rostelecom and TransTeleCom, have begun offering small regional providers service agreements under which the providers would hand over their infrastructure and subscriber bases, Kommersant reported after reviewing the presentations.Meduza [en]
PoliticsOct 13Trump: China, Russia ‘have too much to lose’ to help IranPresident Trump late Monday accused China and Russia of having “too much to lose” to enable Iran in the ongoing conflict. “I see so many comments from the Radical Left Morons and Lunatics that China and Russia are helping the ‘wonderful’ Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “If they are, it’s at…The Hill
MilitaryOct 13Britain’s domestic intelligence agency is devoting more resources to foreign threats than during the Cold War. Its chief calls Russia ‘aggressor number one.’Britain’s domestic intelligence service is now devoting more resources to countering state threats than it did during the Cold War, MI5 chief Ken McCallum said.Meduza [en]
ConflictOct 13Russian strike injures dozens at Rivne University as ballistic missiles hit KyivEuroNews [en]
PoliticsOct 13Trump on Russia, Ukraine attacks: ‘They’re both a little off’President Trump on Tuesday appeared to defend Russia’s continued strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure a day after he announced an “energy ceasefire” that he claimed Moscow had agreed to. “Ukraine hit many sites the day before,” Trump told reporters when asked about Russia’s continued missile and drone attacks on Monday. “They’re both a little bit…The Hill
WorldOct 13Who is Yuki Imai, the Japanese journalist Russia has arrested on espionage charges?A Japanese journalist has been detained on suspicion of espionage on Sakhalin, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said. The agency identified him as a Japanese national and a correspondent for the newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun but did not release his name. He was detained in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk shortly before he planned to leave Russia and taken to Moscow.Meduza [en]