Ukraine Breaking News Today Live on 10-09-2024

The Ukrainian leader has stepped up efforts to rally international backing amid doubts about future US support after the November presidential election

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called on the European Union to “unite the whole continent” as he pushes for more military aid to repel Russian forces.

But a key meeting with international allies planned for Saturday was postponed after US President Joe Biden called off a planned European visit to focus on the threat from Hurricane Milton to Florida.

Macron visited a military training camp in France on Wednesday. Some 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers have trained in France with Ceasar howitzers, Alpha jets, and more advanced weaponry and tactics.

Video of Ukrainian troops training in France has been released ahead of President Emmanual Macron’s first visit to a French military training center to demonstrate the country’s commitment to Ukraine’s victory on Wednesday.  

The compilation video offers a first look at dozens of Ukrainian soldiers taking lessons from French officers on field tactics, theory, and arms operations. The exclusive clip was provided to Kyiv Post by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Experts said Canada is aware of the sanction circumventions, but “staffing inadequacies” have likely prevented the government from taking solid actions against the illicit export of microelectronics.

Canada is reportedly aware of the illicit exports of microelectronics to Russia but has done nothing to curb them, reports said.

CBC News reported Oct. 3 that numerous Canadian nationals and companies have been implicated in helping export sanctioned electronics from the nation to Russia, some with charges pressed by the US, but Canada has yet to follow suit.

Moscow says all the drones were shot down. Locals report secondary explosions and big fires. The previous Ukrainian target – an oil refinery in Crimea – is still burning three days after it was hit.

Ukraine’s accelerating bombardment campaign targeting Russian military infrastructure with long-range drone swarms notched up its second success in three days, with a punishing strike torching a major ammunition dump in western Russia.

 As least 20 Ukrainian robot aircraft targeted the 67th Arsenal of the Russian army’s Main Rocket Artillery Directorate (GRAU), a major munitions storage site for Kremlin forces operating in northern Ukraine and in Russia’s Kursk region – which Ukrainian troops invaded in August.

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Milton has strengthened back into a Category 5 hurricane. Even though it is forecast to weaken before it makes landfall, it will double in size — meaning its disastrous impacts will be felt over a much larger area.The storm is forecast to make landfall Wednesday night somewhere on Florida’s Central Gulf Coast, where it could be one of the most destructive storms on record. Its dangerous eye and eyewall could come ashore in the Sarasota or Tampa Bay areas. Officials are pleading with Floridians to evacuate, warning that they face being killed by the storm. Highways in the state are clogged and some gas stations are running low on fuel as residents heed the warnings, just two weeks since Hurricane Helene walloped Florida, leaving death and debris in its wake - CNN

Russia's intelligence agency has been on a mission to generate "sustained mayhem on British and European streets", the head of MI5 has said. Giving his annual update on security threats faced by the UK, Ken McCallum said GRU agents had carried out "arson, sabotage and more dangerous actions conducted with increasing recklessness" in Britain after the UK backed Ukraine in its war with Russia. MI5 had also responded to 20 plots backed by Iran since 2022, he said, although he added the majority of its work still mostly involved Islamist extremism followed by extreme right-wing terrorism. The complex mix of terror-related threats and threats from nation states meant MI5 had "one hell of a job on its hands", he warned. - BBC

Ukrainian news sites reported on Wednesday that Friday’s planned Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting was off citing sources from NATO Headquarters.

The 25th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) in Ramstein, which had been called by US President Joe Biden to coincide with his visit to Germany planned for Oct. 10-13, has reportedly been postponed. This would have been the first US state visit to Berlin in nearly 40 years.

It was hoped that Friday’s meeting would be attended by the leaders of more than 50 participating nations with some key decisions surrounding Ukraine’s proposed “Victory Plan’ at the center of discussions.

As Putin's closest ally within the EU, Orban's government is at loggerheads with its partners on various issues, from stalling aid for Kyiv to what the bloc sees as weakening the rule of law at home.

Top EU officials took turns assailing Hungary's Viktor Orban Wednesday over democratic backsliding and his Russia-friendly stance on Ukraine, as the nationalist leader delivered a headline address to the bloc's parliament.

As President Vladimir Putin's closest ally within the European Union, Orban's government is at loggerheads with its partners on a host of issues -- from stalling aid for Kyiv, to what the bloc sees as weakening the rule of law at home.

Atesh members reported on the institution of heightened security measures around the naval arsenal, which include observation towers, extensive guard posts, and increased patrols.

The Ukrainian Atesh resistance movement reported on Telegram that it has been conducting surveillance of a naval arsenal belonging to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, in occupied Crimea.

They targeted the 17th arsenal, which stores ammunition and maintains equipment for Moscow’s deep-water fleet, supplying operational munitions and other essential materiel to its naval units.

Ukrainian intelligence sources corroborate reports of Russian Wagner mercenaries helping Malian troops in a retaliatory strike in northern Mali that killed seven civilians and injured three.

Malian government forces, likely aided by Russian Wagner mercenaries, have reportedly killed seven and injured three in a retaliatory strike in northern Mali, where Tuareg rebels are fighting for the independence of Azawad.

The incident is reported to have taken place on the night of Oct. 5 on to Oct. 6 in areas controlled by the Strategic Framework for the Defense of the People of Azawad (CSP-DPA), one of the Tuareg separatist groups that claimed responsibility for the July clashes that killed dozens of Wagner troops.

Ukraine’s security services said the suspect from Pokrovsk was tasked to scout out military locations by a woman he met online, a tactic regularly employed by Russian intelligence agencies.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested a suspect for scouting out locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) after being asked to do so online by a woman he met on a dating site.

The SBU’s Wednesday press release said the 23-year-old suspect from Pokrovsk was recruited when “the young man was looking for a partner on dating sites,” where the Russian agent tasked him with relaying intelligence about Ukrainian positions and coordinating airstrikes.

Russia and Iran had turned to employing criminals and private intelligence officers to do their work on British soil, he said.

Russia's intelligence service has been intent on causing "mayhem" in the UK because of London's support for Ukraine, the chief of Britain's domestic intelligence service said on Tuesday.

Ken McCallum also said MI5 had responded to 20 Iran-backed plots since January 2022 that presented potentially lethal threats to British citizens and UK residents.

According to Ukrainian officials, the attack targeted the 67th GRAU arsenal, located near the town of Karachev, about 114 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

An ammunition depot in Russia's Bryansk region, believed to house weapons from North Korea, along with glide bombs and artillery shells, was reportedly hit by a drone strike early morning on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine’s National Security Council, confirmed the incident on Telegram.

Kyiv regularly hits Russian infrastructure with drones as Moscow's offensive drags on for more than two and a half years.

Croatia will host 12 regional states plus Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on his latest trip to rally backing from allies as the looming US election throws Ukraine's fortunes into doubt.

Balkan leaders will rally to support Ukraine at a summit on Wednesday as it struggles to fight off invading Russian forces, with Kyiv pushing for more military aid.

Croatia will host 12 regional states plus Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on his latest trip to rally backing from allies as the looming US election throws Ukraine's fortunes into doubt.

As Fico’s rhetoric plays into Putin’s hands while Orban seeks to undermine the EU from within, the stakes are too high for Europe to remain passive.

Hungarian and Slovak Prime Ministers Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico, in a worrying display of right-wing populism, have taken positions that not only undermine European unity but also dangerously align with pro-Kremlin narratives.

These leaders, with their nationalistic fervor and brash rhetoric, threaten to destabilize the EU’s collective resolve to support Ukraine and uphold democratic principles. Their actions and statements, especially regarding the war in Ukraine, require urgent and firm responses from the EU leadership if Europe is to preserve its values and security.

On Oct. 5, a Russian S-70 “Okhotnik” heavy combat drone was shot down by its Su-57 escort over the Donetsk region. It now appears that the wreckage was recovered and examined by Ukrainian forces.

As Kyiv Post reported, video clips emerged on social media on Saturday, Oct. 5 showing a Russian Su-57 (NATO: Felon) twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft shooting down an experimental Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik (Hunter) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV drone), which it was escorting after it began to malfunction.

Verkhovna Rada member restrictions, applied to work devices, follow similar bans for Ukraine’s military personnel and civil servants over national security concerns.

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s legislature, banned the use of Telegram messengers for lawmakers on their work devices.

Lawmaker Yaroslav Yurchyshyn announced the ban on Monday morning, alongside other measures to safeguard confidential information.