Latvian border guards have detained a Latvian citizen in Šķilbēni Parish for illegally crossing the state border from Russia. It turned out that he had previously served in the Russian army.
Source: Delfi, Baltic states news website; European Pravda
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Lithuania has blocked and fortified a bridge over the Nieman river linking it to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, the country’s defense minister said on Oct. 9.In a post on Facebook, Laurynas Kasciunas said “dragons teeth” obstacles had been deploye…
The French fashion house Christian Dior Couture renewed its trademark registration in Russia after it had left Russia but secretly continued to supply goods.
Source: B4Ukraine
Details: Dior has renewed its trademark registration in Russia after announc…
The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) claims an “unprecedented hacker attack” on its online services: online broadcasting and internal services are not operational, and their Internet connection and phone lines are down…
Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has called on more of Ukraine’s partner countries to take oblasts under patronage.
Source: European Pravda citing his post on X (Twitter)
Details: Sybiha noted that partner countries’ patrona…
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin has been killed in action in Ukraine, where he was fighting on Kyiv’s side.
Source: Ksenia Larina, a former journalist for radio station Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow); Meduza, a Latvia-based Russian media outlet
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Egor Guzenko, a Russian pro-war blogger who runs the Telegram channel Trinadtsatyi (Thirteenth) with 305,000 subscribers, has been detained in Russia’s Stavropol Krai.
Source: Meduza, a Latvia-based Russian media outlet, citing Guzenko and a number of …
The Russian social network Vkontakte (VK) is making personnel lay-offs, although they have not been officially announced. Hundreds of employees have already been laid off, but the cuts could extend to thousands.
Source: Latvia-based Russian media outle…
Latvian volunteers collected about €200,000 of donations and purchased assistance for the Azov 12th Special Forces Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard, which will be sent in October.
Source: LSM.lv, as reported by European Pravda
Details: The ass…
By the end of 2024, Poland will begin construction of the first elements of defensive fortifications on its borders with Russia and Belarus as part of the East Shield project.
Source: Cezary Tomczyk, Polish Deputy Minister of Defence, during a press co…