Not a day goes by without a drone attack being denounced or claimed. Several Russian regions (Belgorod, Bryansk and Smolensk) suffered Ukrainian drone and shell offensives on Sunday October 1, injuring three people and forcing an airport to divert its flights, their officials announced. Since Ukraine launched its counter-offensive at the beginning of June, Moscow has accused Ukrainian forces almost every day of attacking civilian targets with drones or shells. The Crimean Bridge was also closed briefly this morning, with no reason given. Follow our live stream.
kyiv bears the brunt of American internal politics. The United States avoided the paralysis of its federal administration at the last minute thanks to an emergency measure adopted in Congress during the night from Saturday to Sunday. But this measure, which postpones the threat of “shutdown” for 45 days, excludes for the moment the aid to Ukraine requested by the White House. Joe Biden immediately called on Congress to approve this aid.
In Slovakia, a pro-Putin wins the legislative elections. The populist Smer-SD party won the legislative election in Slovakia on Saturday, according to the count of almost all the votes. The vote in this country of 5.4 million inhabitants, a member of the EU and NATO, is considered decisive in knowing whether Slovakia can stay on its pro-Western course or turn more towards Russia. The Smer-SD had promised, during the electoral campaign, to stop aid to Ukraine.
Nine Ukrainians injured in oil pipeline fire. A large fire broke out on Saturday after an oil pipeline ruptured near the village of Strymba in the Nadvirna district of western Ukraine. Nine people were injured, five of them seriously, authorities said. The incident caused an oil leak over an area of 100 m2 before the fire was brought under control.