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Monat: Oktober 2024

Create a CIA-style European spy service, von der Leyen is told

The European Union is under orders to launch its spy agency following a review of the bloc’s readiness for war and crisis issued by the former President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been waging war in Ukraine on the EU’s eastern border for years now, and his operatives are active across the bloc, raising concerns about the ability of national agencies to predict malicious activity and influence.

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160,000 people planned to be drafted into Ukrainian forces, National Security and Defense Council head says

A further 160,000 people are to be drafted into the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which will raise the manning of units to 85%, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Lytvynenko said during a session of the Ukrainian parliament. According to Lytvynenko, 1,000,050 citizens have been drafted into the military so far since the beginning of martial law.

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North Korean Troops Train in Russia as Moscow Deepens War Coalition

North Korea has sent troops to Russia in recent weeks, as stated by the United States Defence Secretary, Lloyd Austin. This had confirmed prior assertions by Ukraine and South Korea that North Korea has deepened its military partnership with Russia. It is estimated that 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia for training, and South Korean officials believe that North Korea could send up to 12,000 to Russia.

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Ukraine’s population has fallen by 10 million since Russia’s invasion, UN says

Ukraine’s population has declined by 10 million, or around a quarter, since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion as a result of refugees leaving the country along with collapsing fertility and war deaths. This was confirmed by Florence Bauer, the Eastern Europe head at the UN Population Fund, who said at a Geneva news conference that the invasion had caused an already difficult demographic situation into something more severe.

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Near Selidove, Russian military shot two captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers – investigation launched

The Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office has initiated a criminal investigation into the killings of two unarmed Ukrainian POWs by the Russian Armed Forces. The executions were said to have happened near the city of Selidove in the Donetsk Oblast. The two Ukrainian soldiers were believed to have been placed face down with their feet pressed to the ground before being shot at close range by automatic weapons.

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