kyiv is paying the price for 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 on the night of Saturday September 30 to Sunday October 1. 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. Follow our live stream.
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.
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.