In a repeat of last year, leaders of the BRICS nations did not extend birthday wishes to Vladimir Putin. Notably this year, amidst ongoing geopolitical tensions following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian president received the fewest birthday greetings from foreign heads of state. Among world leaders, only Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a phone call to Putin, while others opted for sending telegrams, reported on Monday, October 7th, by the news outlet Agentstvo, …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), in conjunction with international partners and the State Border Guard Service, has detained Dmitry Chistilin, a Ukrainian citizen and Kremlin ideologist, in Moldova. Since 2016, Chistilin has been publishing a series of "analytical materials" justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine and advocating for the "integration" of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories into the Russian Federation.

SBU reported that Chistilin was apprehended during a special …

Israel has handed over the Tzeva Adom (the Read Light) missile warning system to Ukraine, a sophisticated technology designed to track missile and drone launches with precise trajectory calculations, pinpointing impact coordinates, said Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, in an interview with Zerkalo Nedeli. He noted the lengthy process, spanning several months, which has now reached completion. "We fulfilled our promises and transferred everything that was required to the Ukrainian …