In an interview published by Tengrinews.kz on October 16, a government spokeswoman said that Kazakhstan‘s President has “carefully” considered proposals to join BRICS, but Astana won’t seek to join “in the near future”.
BRICS is a grouping of emerging economies that includes Russia, China, India and Brazil.
“The president (Kassym Jomart Tokayev), has received proposals regarding Kazakhstan’s membership in BRICS. Berik Uali, presidential spokesperson and advisor, said that Kazakhstan is a respected and authoritative member of international community.
“However, Kazakhstan will not submit an application to BRICS at this time and most likely for the foreseeable future,” the spokesperson stated, citing “multi-stage application processes” and “development prospects” that were not specified.
Egypt, Ethiopia and Iran joined the international organization in 2024. This was the first expansion of the group since December 2010, when South Africa joined.
Tokayev plans to attend a BRICS Forum in Kazan, Russia on October 23-24 at the invitation of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022, Kazakhstan has been walking on a tightrope.
Central Asia, while refusing to support Russian aggression, and stressing its independent role as a country, has become a key pathway for sanctions-related goods flowing to Russia.
Tokayev, who spoke alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Astana last month, expressed the belief that “Russia can’t be defeated in a military sense.”
Tokayev continued, “A further escalation in war will have irreparable consequences for all of humanity, and especially for the countries involved with the Russia-Ukraine Conflict.”
According to HUR’s report, Ukrainian soldiers captured an area of Russian battalion defence, destroyed three motorized-rifle battalions, Storm platoons, and a reconnaissance unit of Russia’s Seventh Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment.
Ukrenergo, the state-owned energy firm in Ukraine, said later that day that the outages had been caused by “technical” reasons that were not specified and that repairs were underway. The energy supply will resume “within a few hours.”
CNN reported on October 16 that U.S. president Joe Biden will meet with the leaders of Germany France and the U.K. later this week in Berlin after his earlier trip was postponed because of Hurricane Milton.
Sebastien Lecornu, French Defense Minister, said on October 16 that France has successfully tested its first kamikaze drones and will be delivering them to Ukraine in the “coming weeks”.
After a conversation with his counterpart in the U.K., Tony Radakin Commander-in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that they discussed the possible of hitting Russian military objectives “in operational depth and strategic depth.”
In a media interview published Oct. 15, a Polish Minister said that Poland could condition Ukraine’s entry into the EU on the resolution of Volyn’s massacre, as joining the EU is not a question of survival for the country.
“Different capabilities; different wars; different regions.” Sabrina Singh, Pentagon spokesperson, said that the commitments to Israel and Ukraine were also different.
According to the statement, 60 drones “were lost” in electronic warfare across a number regions, and 20 drones flew over Ukraine as of the date of publication. Two more drones flew toward Russia.
“Such a step would also show a new level desperation on the part of Russia, as it continues to suffer significant losses in its brutal war with Ukraine,” White House National Council spokeswoman Sean Savett stated.
This includes 1,450 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
On October 15, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov declared that local authorities will conduct mandatory evacuations for residents of the city of Kupiansk and three adjacent communities due to the ongoing Russian advance in the region.
The Spanish police seized 13 tons of prohibited chemical substances, including “possibles” chemical weapons precursors, bound to Russia on October 15, according to the national police.
A poll conducted by the Kyiv Institute of Sociology (KIIS), released in recent months, found that President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to enjoy the trust of six out of ten Ukrainians.
After Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, 81% young German respondents expressed concerns about the possibility of a war in Europe. This is a sharp increase from 46% in 2019
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, announced on October 15 that he invited President Volodymyr Zelensky to present his plan for defeating Russia during a summit this week of EU leaders.
On Oct. 15, former President Donald Trump declined to confirm whether he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin after leaving office in 2021, but said: “If I did it, it was a smart thing.”
According to Suspilne, the sources claim that the North Korean soldiers left around 7 kilometers (4miles) from the border of Ukraine.
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Serhii Lehchenko, advisor to the Presidential Office, reported that unnamed U.S. legislators cited America’s Vietnam War experience, where men aged 18-26 years old were drafted into combat.
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