Separate boards have been set up for lethal and nonlethal procurement agencies. This is a major step towards conformity with NATO standards. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov stated this in a post on Facebook on October 11.
His post stated: “We have finally established Supervisory Boards for the Defense Procurement Agency(DPA) and Non-Lethal Defense Rear Agency(DOT)”.
In a shakeup of ministry staff earlier this month, Rustem Umerov reshuffled his cards by requesting that three of his deputy ministers be dismissed amid a NATO debate over plans to unify the military procurement into a single agency.
Umerov had planned to merge Defense Procurement Agency and State Rear Operator into one agency, but changed his mind when a NATO announcement said that the agencies should remain separate and two separate supervision boards should be set up.
Umerov posted on Facebook that the process of creating supervisory boards has concluded.
The DPA was first established in August of 2022 and focuses exclusively on procuring lethal assistance, while the DOT is formed to purchase nonlethal aid like food and clothing.
According to the minister, the government also appointed Serhiy Balanutsa and Serhiy Melykas as Umerov deputy and dismissed Oleksandr Banutsa from his position.
Umerov said the boards would include Ukrainians and international experts. This would allow for the integration of foreign experience in the reform of the defense sector.
“Their appointment represents a significant step in the direction of compliance with international standards.” This ensures independent control over processes and minimizes corruption risks. It also increases trust in the system, both within the country as well as among our international partners,” Umerov said.
The names of those who would be joining the two supervisory boards had not been announced.
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov had planned to merge Defense Procurement Agency and State Rear Operator into one agency, but changed his mind when a NATO announcement said that the agencies should remain separate and two separate supervision boards should be established.
Operational Command South reported on October 11 that since the beginning of the week, Ukraine has repelled 29 Russian assaults in the oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
“We are working together actively in the international arena, and our assessments of world events are often very similar,” Russian President Vladimir Putin stated of the meeting.
Scholz revealed during a joint news conference that Germany had already delivered a package worth 600 million euro ($660 million) of aid to Ukraine.
Sources told Reuters that the funding would come from the U.S.A., Japan and Canada. They added that it would be backed up by interest generated by frozen Russian assets.
Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on October 11 that Viktoria Roshchyna was a Ukrainian journalist held in Russian detention centres where torture is used to punish the prisoners.
“Looking to a future of prosperity and peace also means looking at the reconstruction. I am pleased to announce that the “Ukraine Recovery Conference” will be held in Rome, Italy on 10 and 11, July 2025,” Italian Premier Giorgia Mello said.
A Ukrainian official stated that “the Russian plan in Kursk Oblast was thwarted thus far” due to Russian forces suffering losses.
In Steven Seagal’s latest documentary, “In the Name of Justice”, which was shared by the Russian state-run platform Smotrim, the actor is shown visiting various occupied areas of Ukraine, including Mariupol.
During a 35-minute meeting, the pope presented Ukraine’s president with a bronze relief with a flower, and an inscription that read, “Peace, a fragile flower.”
On Oct. 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkmenistan and spoke at a forum with Central Asian leaders, including the president of Iran.
The alleged attempts to pressurize the media outlet “are nothing less than anti-democratic, given the essential role that the newsroom plays in upholding the core national value of freedom the press,” Gulnoza Saied, the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator said.
Vasyl Chynchyk, the head of administration in the town, said that approximately 1,150 people still live there.
Regional authorities reported early on October 11 that Russian attacks in Ukraine have killed six people and injured 27 others over the past 24 hours.
Maksym Kozoytskyi, the Lviv Oblast Governor, confirmed that the passenger bus, which carried the logo of popular transport company FlixBus was travelling from Warsaw to Odesa.
The General Staff has not provided any further details on how the helicopter was destroyed.
In a documentary broadcast on national television, Commander-in Chief Oleksandr Sryskyi stated that “we know about approximately 50,000 soldiers who were transferred from other sectors to the Kursk directions.”
Oleh Kiper, the Governor of Odesa, reported that Russia launched a missile attack on the district of Odesa, killing at least 4 people, including a girl aged 16 years old.
This includes 1,140 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
The Norwegian government will spend up to 967 millions kroner ($87.5 million) on enhancing its defense industry. This money is aimed at supporting Ukraine in the face of Russia’s full scale invasion.
During his visit to Italy, President Volodymyr Zelensky presented the Ukrainian victory plan to Italian Premier Giorgia Mello.
On Oct. 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing Georgians to enter Russia without a visa if they are working or studying there. Moscow is continuing to warm up its relations with Tbilisi despite concerns about the country’s democratic slide.
Bloomberg reported on October 10 that the premiums for war risk insurance for vessels traveling through Ukraine’s Black Sea shipping corridor have increased by approximately 33 per cent as a result of recent Russian attacks on foreign ships.
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