In comments published by Reuters on October 14, Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that NATO would not back down from Russian threats and will continue to support Ukraine.
“The message (to Russian president Vladimir Putin) is we will continue. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that he won’t get his way and that Ukraine will triumph,” Rutte stated during a joint interview on October 13 with Reuters, German radio Hessischer Rundfunk, and Dutch television RTL.
As the U.S. presidential election nears, despite Rutte’s assurances there are growing fears about the future of Western aid. Donald Trump, the Republican nominee and former president of the United States, said he wanted to “get out (the U.S.).” This sparked fears that he would withdraw or scale back support.
The secretary general of NATO made these comments during his first trip to the allied mission in Wiesbaden, Germany. The mission, NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine(NSATU), will take over coordination of Western aid for Kyiv.
According to Reuters the body is widely viewed as a way of safeguarding assistance in case Trump returns. Washington, under U.S. president Joe Biden, has led the pro-Kyiv alliance, providing the largest volumes of military supplies.
“We are NATO. “We are a defensive alliance… We are not interested to capture any part of another country outside NATO territory,” Rutte said.
We are ready to face any threat as this democratic alliance, which is the strongest military alliance of all time, serving over 1 billion people. We will not be intimidated by our enemies.
Mark Rutte stated in an interview with Reuters on October 13 and German radio Hessischer Rundfunk that “the message (to Russian president Vladimir Putin) is that he won’t get his way. Ukraine will prevail.”
On Oct. 14, hundreds of Ukrainian schools, businesses and media outlets including the Kyiv Independent received bomb threats by email. This prompted the evacuation of state institutions.
In an interview with Kremlin’s RIA Novosti, published on October 15, Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that Budapest and Russia’s state-owned Gazprom are in discussions on additional gas purchases next year.
The Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 12 of the 17 drones of the type Shahed launched by Russia over night. Overnight, seven S-300/400 and two Kh 59 missiles were fired at Mykolaiv Oblast.
“With the beginning of the ‘heating seasons,’ we can anticipate massive Russian strikes in the energy sector,” Oleksandr Litvynenko said, National Security and Defense Council Sec.
Dmytro Lytvyn, Ukraine’s presidential advisor, reacted after almost a full week of silence following Ukrainska Pravda’s claim that the Ukrainian Government is exerting “systematic” pressure against one of Ukraine’s largest news media sites.
The statement follows an article in the French newspaper Le Monde that claimed that Tuareg fighters of the anti-government CSP were using Ukrainian drones to attack the military and Wagner mercenaries.
“Now the town is more like a desert world: there are no shelters either for civilians or soldiers,” Anastasia Bobovnikova said, a spokesperson for the Operational Tactical Group Luhansk.
“It was (Ukraine) the apple of his eyes; he used talk about it.” Donald Trump said that he had told him, “You’re not going to go in, and he was not going to go in.”
This includes 1,210 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
According to Vitalii Kim, the Russian forces attacked the city at around 2:30 am with S-300 anti-aircraft weapons. An industrial complex, a restaurant, shops, residential structures, and cars were all damaged.
According to the Eastern Human Rights Group, Ukrainians suffering from diabetes, bronchial asthma, and other illnesses on Russian-occupied territory will no longer be eligible for free medication unless they obtain Russian passports by 2025.
Lubos Blaha is a senior member of the pro-Russian Smer party (Direction), led by Robert Fico, who visited Moscow on October 12.
Josep Borrell announced on October 14 that he plans to extend the EUMAM for two more years, subject to approval by the EU Council.
On Oct. 14, hundreds of Ukrainian schools, businesses and media outlets including the Kyiv Independent received bomb threats by email. This prompted evacuations. The threats were linked to a recent investigation conducted by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty into Russian security service sabotage of Ukraine.
Andrii Kostin, the prosecutor general of Brazil, said that “in light of information that Putin may attend G20 in Brazil I would like reiterate that the Brazilian authorities are required to arrest him as a party to the Rome Statute if he dares visit.”
According to Ukraine’s Military Intelligence, Russia’s fall and winter plans include “the actual participation of North Korea in war”, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on October 14.
The treaty stipulates that both countries must provide military support to each other in the event of an attack. The first treaty was signed by Putin in June 2024 with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
According to German intelligence chief Bruno Kahl, Moscow’s ultimate goal is to “push” the U.S. “out of Europe”, roll back NATO borders to the 1990s and create a Russian sphere of influence that will cement a new world order.
Russian investigators claimed Laurent Vinatier, in addition to violating the registration of foreign agents, had pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining military information.
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