The Slovak populist party Smer-SD, opposed to aid to Ukraine, won on Saturday, September 30, the legislative election in Slovakia, 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 election campaign to stop aid to Ukraine. Follow our live stream.
US aid to Ukraine suspended. While the United States avoided a “shutdown” at the last minute, the paralysis of its federal administration, the 45-day emergency financing measure excludes for the moment aid to Ukraine requested by the White House. Joe Biden immediately called on Congress to quickly approve this aid.
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.
Romania denounces a possible violation of its airspace. Bucharest said on Saturday it had detected drones in its sky during nighttime attacks launched by Russia on infrastructure in the Danube region of neighboring Ukraine. “After the detection of groups of drones heading towards Ukrainian territory near the Romanian border”, residents of the towns of Tulcea and Galati were alerted, said the Romanian Ministry of Defense. He added that so far no objects appear to have fallen into Romanian territory.