Cover photo: Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov (2nd right) at a meeting with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (2nd left) in Kiev on October 1st. HANDOUT / AFP
- The foreign ministers of the European Union meet in Kiev. “For the first time in history [les ministres des affaires étrangères de l’UE] “We are meeting outside the borders of the EU, but also within its future borders,” Ukrainian diplomacy chief Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday.
- Kherson bombed again. At least one person was killed and six injured, including two children, in Russian bombings in Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine overnight. In the morning, four people were injured in another attack, two of whom were in serious condition.
- Joe Biden assured Kiev of US support, a day after the US Congress voted on an emergency federal funding measure that bars new aid to Ukraine. “I want to say to our allies, the American people and the Ukrainian people: you can count on our support. We won’t give up [l’Ukraine] “, emphasized the American President.
- Ukraine, for its part, announced “cooperation” with the USA. “The Ukrainian government is actively working with its American partners to ensure that the new US budget proposal (…) contains new funds to support Ukraine,” said Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko.
- Sumy Oblast came under fire from Russian forces over the weekend, the military administration of this region in northeastern Ukraine announced via Telegram. According to the administration, 40 bombs fell on the city of Krasnopillia alone in 24 hours, leaving at least one injured.
- Russian drone attack According to the head of the military administration of the Cherkassy Oblast, the attack on three civilian infrastructures in Uman on the night of Saturday to Sunday targeted a grain warehouse, in central Ukraine. The attacks targeted “a granary where about 90 tons of sunflower seeds had just been harvested,” said Igor Tabourets, quoted by Suspilne media. Around 3,600 square meters were devastated by the flames.
- The Slovak populist party Smer-SD, which opposes aid to Ukraine, won the parliamentary vote in Slovakia. after counting almost all votes. This vote is seen as crucial to whether Slovakia, a country of 5.4 million inhabitants and a member of the European Union and NATO, can maintain its pro-Western course or turn more towards Russia.
- Conscription into Russian military service, which begins on October 1st, also includes territories illegally annexed by Russia for the first time. These are the “People’s Republics” of Luhansk and Donetsk as well as the Kherson and Zaporizhia oblasts.
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