Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has described as a provocation the speculation about Ukraine’s possible creation of nuclear weapons and said that any step in this direction “will entail a corresponding reaction”.
Source: Putin during a meeting with media …
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has emphasised during a meeting with US President Joe Biden in Berlin that NATO should not become a party to the war in Ukraine.
Source: Scholz’s statement reported by European Pravda, citing Handelsblatt
Details: Scholz s…
The Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre believes that the participation of North Korean soldiers in Russia’s war against Ukraine will not change the situation at the front.
Source: Colonel Ants Kiviselg, Head of the Estonian Defence Forces Inte…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk believes that Ukraine’s Victory Plan presented by Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be reassessed after the US presidential election.
Source: Tusk at a conference after the European Council meeting in Brussels, as reported by E…
Rustem Umierov, Ukrainian Defence Minister, says he has not heard of any proposals from Ukraine’s partners to exchange the occupied territories for NATO membership.
Source: Rustem Umierov in a comment to a Radio Svoboda (Liberty) correspondent on the s…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit the Russian city of Kazan to participate in the BRICS leaders’ summit on 22-24 October.
Source: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Máo Ning, reported by Ukrinform news agency
Quote: “Xi Jinping will have an in-de…
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has said that Ukraine’s membership in NATO requires appropriate reforms and fulfilment of security conditions.
Source: Sullivan speaking to the press on board the US presidential aircraft Air Force One, as rep…
Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has said that none of the allies voiced any objections during discussions regarding Kyiv’s invitation to join NATO.
Source: Umierov to Ukrainian journalists in Brussels on 18 October, as reported by Inter…
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has commented on a statement by a representative of the adviser to the president that the US supposedly put pressure on Ukraine to lower the age of military conscription to 18, saying that mobilisation in Ukrai…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the outcome of the US presidential election next month will be crucial for Ukraine’s future and its NATO ambitions, while Washington’s future stance remains uncertain.
Source: Zelenskyy in an interv…