Tuesday, October 10

Russia’s war against Ukraine

An aerial photograph taken with a drone shows workers digging graves for the victims of an airstrike earlier this month at the cemetery in Hroza village, Kharkiv Oblast, on Oct. 9, 2023. A Russian strike on Oct. 5 killed at least 52 people gathered for a wake for the reburial of a slain Ukrainian serviceman in an eastern Ukrainian village. (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images) Images)

Russian UN rep claims ‘high-ranking nationalists’ present at Hroza funeral, implies responsibility for deadly strike. Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya implied Russia’s responsibility for strike on the village of Hroza in Kharkiv Oblast on Oct. 5, while speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Oct. 9.

Military intelligence: Russia gives Hamas weapons captured in Ukraine to discredit Kyiv. Moscow plans to falsely accuse the Ukrainian military of selling weaponry provided by the U.S. and EU to Hamas, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) reported on Oct. 9.

PM Shmyhal: 6 million people threatened by mines in Ukraine. “So far, around 250 people have been killed by landmines in Ukraine, and over 500 have been injured or maimed,” the prime minister said during the opening ceremony of 15 mobile safety classes for children.

Military intelligence confirms missile attack on Russian targets in Crimea. Ukraine was responsible for a missile strike on Russian-occupied Crimea on Oct. 7, military intelligence spokesperson Andrii Yusov said on live television on Oct. 9.

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Zelensky to meet with Romanian president in Bucharest. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will make a planned visit to Bucharest on Oct. 10, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced via a press release on Oct. 9.

SBU names Kherson collaborator suspected of torture of civilians. An investigation by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has uncovered the identity of a Ukrainian who is responsible for the kidnapping and torture of civilians in Russian-occupied Kherson, the SBU announced on Oct. 9.

Zelensky replaces commander of Territorial Defense Forces. President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Ihor Tantsiura from the position of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces commander, replacing him with Anatolii Barhylevych.

Government allocates $50 million for restoration of transport infrastructure. The funds are allocated within the framework of the Repairing Essential Logistics Infrastructure and Network Connectivity (RELINC) Project.

Positive trends reported in Ukraine’s key economic sectors. Ukraine’s key sectors grew between January and September this year, Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Oct. 9, citing the Ministry’s preliminary estimates.

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Ukraine war latest: Russia provides Hamas with Western weapons captured in Ukraine, Kyiv says

Moscow plans to falsely accuse the Ukrainian military of selling weaponry provided by the U.S. and EU to Hamas, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence.

Photo: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The dead villages: Hope and despair side-by-side in the liberated south

The settlements retaken by Ukrainian forces this summer look nothing like those from the counteroffensive successes last year: no celebrating civilians, almost nothing, and nobody.

Photo: Anastasia Vlasova/Kyiv Independent

‘I want to go home’: Inside a Russian prisoner of war camp in Ukraine

After Russian soldiers, mercenaries, and forcibly conscripted Ukrainians from occupied Donbas are captured, they quickly move through a series of detention centers in major Ukrainian cities before arriving at this camp in western Ukraine.

Photo: Alexander Khrebet/Kyiv Independent

Human cost of war

Prosecutors: Russian attacks on Kherson injure 2. Russian troops struck Kherson on the morning of Oct. 9, wounding a 55-year-old security guard of a local library, the regional prosecutor’s office reported. Later the same day, Russia’s military shelled a neighboring village, injuring a 63-year-old woman.

International response

Washington Post: White House considers attaching Ukraine funding to Israel aid package. The White House is considering a strategy to bundle Ukraine funding with a forthcoming request for urgent aid to Israel, people familiar with the discussions told the Washington Post. This approach aims to enhance the likelihood of Congress approving assistance for Ukraine despite facing growing opposition from House Republicans.

Danish PM expresses intention to expand ‘coalition’ of countries sending F-16s to Ukraine. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also appealed to other NATO nations to expand the coalition of countries supplying the jets and providing the necessary training to the Ukrainian Air Force, The Guardian said.

Ministry: Azerbaijan to provide Ukraine with new batch of energy equipment this year. Ukraine expects a new batch of equipment for the restoration of the country’s energy grid from Azerbaijan by the end of 2023, the Ukrainian Energy Ministry reported on Oct. 9. The announcement came following a meeting between Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko and Azerbaijani Ambassador Seymur Mardaliyev.

In other news

Earthquake tremors reported in Zakarpattia, Lviv oblasts. Earthquake tremors were felt in the west of Ukraine on the evening of Oct. 9, following reports of an earthquake in the east of Slovakia.

Inflation in Ukraine falls to 71% in September. Consumer prices in Ukraine fell to 7.1% by the end of September, down from 8.6% by the end of August, as inflation cools in the country.

Sumy mayor removed from position amidst ongoing corruption investigation. Sumy Mayor Oleksandr Lysenko has been removed from his position for the next two months, Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ruled on Oct. 9. Lysenko was detained for accepting a bribe of Hr 1.4 million ($38,000) on Oct. 2.

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