The Washington Post (WP), citing an unnamed diplomat, reported on October 6 that the Ukraine could be offered “more tangible steps” regarding its NATO Membership during the upcoming Ramstein Summit.
Kyiv hopes for additional pledges of support during the conference on October 12, which will be held as the last meeting in this format prior to the U.S. Presidential election in early Novembre.
There are fears that a return by Republican candidate Donald Trump to White House could mean a reduction in military aid to Ukraine, and an obstacle to its NATO aspirations.
According to a diplomat quoted by WP, NATO is considering a more concrete proposal regarding the entry, but it may fall short of what Kyiv requested.
Ukraine has yet to receive an official invitation despite a promise made at the NATO summit held in Washington that it would be “irreversible” on its path to membership.
Kyiv revealed the key role of an alliance membership in the victory plan that President Volodymyr Zelensky presented to U.S. leadership back in September.
Zelensky, who will present the plan in which Washington identified a “number of productive steps” to the other allies during the Ramstein summit.
The Ukrainian president lobbied during his U.S. visit for the lifting of restrictions on strikes deep within Russia with Western weapons, but so far, no decision has been taken. Despite this, the WP reported that the diplomat said that Kyiv could receive some kind of support at the Ramstein meeting this month.
Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces, said that if Russia achieves a breakthrough it will be able fire on the logistical routes linking Zaporizhzhia with eastern Ukraine.
Donald Trump sought advice from Russian President Vladimir Putin when deciding whether to send weapons to Ukraine during his presidential term in 2017, according to a report by the New York Times on October 5, citing unnamed U.S. government officials.
According to the Air Force, Russia launched 87 Shahed drones, 2 Iskander M ballistic missiles and 1 Kh-59/69 Cruise missile against Ukraine over night.
The Russian forces have suffered over 1,250 casualties in the last day alone.
Anatoly Antonov returned to Moscow from Washington on October 5, as his term ended, according to reports in state media. Antonov’s departure marks an end to his assignment in a time of increasing hostility between the two nations.
In the Richky village of Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy District, Russian forces dropped an explosive device from a drone on a passenger vehicle. The explosion caused injuries to three civilians, and the bus was damaged. This was reported by the Sumy Oblast Military Administration on October 5.
Five U.S. Republican Senators visited Hungary from October 3 to 5, and expressed concern about Hungary’s growing ties to Russia and increased cooperation with China.
Local authorities reported that Russian forces launched a drone strike in the Dripro district, Kherson, on October 5. Four civilians were injured.
After more than a year of hearings in court, the attorneys representing three Ukrainian teenagers who were convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year old girl in Zakarpattia Oblast asked the court to close their case.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces stated on October 5 that “the results of the strikes will be clarified.”
Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said that on Oct. 2, the U.S. State Department had reviewed Ukraine’s Victory Plan and identified “a number” of productive steps.
In recent weeks, Russia has intensified drone attacks. For the first time after the full-scale invasion they targeted cities and townships across Ukraine on a regular basis for a month in September.
Thermite weapons can melt some armored vehicles because they disperse thousands and thousands of tiny pieces molten metal at temperatures exceeding 2,000 degrees Celsius.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, said that as of late August, Russia controlled around 27% of Ukrainian territories.
According to the newspaper around 3 million missiles are shipped annually from Pyongyang, though many are believed to be defective.
The Russian forces have suffered 1,280 casualties in the last day alone.
Since the full-scale Russian invasion began on February 24th, 2022, pyrotechnic teams of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service detected and destroyed over 533.200 pieces of explosive ordnance.
Wladyslaw KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ, the Polish Defense Minister, said that Poland was ready to start training Ukrainian volunteers in September but the lack of volunteers caused the delay.
Local authorities report that despite warnings from Ukrainian officials and Israeli officials regarding security risks, approximately 35,000 Jewish pilgrims travelled to Uman, in Cherkasy Oblast, to celebrate Rosh Hashana.
The Romanian border police discovered debris from a Russian Drone in the Litcov Canal area in the Danube Delta region of Romania on October 4. According to police, the area under investigation is in a rural area and no infrastructure has been damaged.
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