Ukraine’s Patriots stand empty, Zelenskyy warns, while Italy, one of its Aster suppliers, says: “We have some to keep for ourselves”
The Asters arm Ukraine’s SAMP/T batteries, which back up its Patriots against Russian ballistic missiles.
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Trump meets a Kremlin envoy, then says a deal on Russia’s war “might involve all of Europe”—next week’s talks have no European seat
Kyiv asked for more Oleshky-style rescues at the White House. Three days earlier, the Kremlin said it had no similar plans for now.
Ukrainian intelligence says Russia’s missile makers use gear from seven countries—and the Chinese machines run on European, Japanese, and Taiwanese parts
Ukrainian intelligence listed 30 foreign-made items at Russian arms plants on 26 October, 17 of them made outside China.
European Parliament vice president launches hunger strike demanding a truce and evacuation for Russian-occupied Oleshky
Pina Picierno is calling on associations, citizens, and national and local institutions to join her campaign for the Russian-held town in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast.
Moscow’s message to European business: your Russian assets are now leverage against your governments
ISW expects decisions on which firms to seize to depend entirely on Russia's relations with each company's home country.
A report says US intelligence warned France of Russian ship-launched drones. France denies it
The Spanish outlet El Mundo described explosive drones hidden on merchant ships. Italy called the alert unconfirmed. Spain and the CIA have not responded.
Russia may target southern Europe with drones launched from merchant ships—El Mundo
The drones’ small explosive payloads could temporarily close airports or ports without causing widespread destruction, the outlet says.
Born in the USSR, claimed stateless in Finland, fighting for Ukraine—now jailed in Russia
Burkina Faso's Russia-backed junta seized him in Ouagadougou and handed him secretly to Russia, where Moscow's Basmanny Court—the tribunal used for politically sensitive cases—sealed his verdict.
Ukraine put an Italian-Swiss Skyguard into combat duty. The missile inside is a Cold War design derived from the American Sparrow
Spain and Italy delivered Skyguard/Aspide starting in 2022. The 38th Regiment just showed it on combat duty for the first time.
EU foreign ministers want Russia’s ex-fighters out. Nobody has written down what counts as proof
Each member state would have to judge individual cases, and the bloc set itself a June deadline for the plan that its council still cannot approve.
Fired Ukrainian minister offers to help build America’s drone army— for Patriot missiles in return
Mykhailo Fedorov is courting US investors for a fund that would build defense tech companies itself, not just back them.
Ukraine dismissed its defense minister in July. He is now advising NATO country on defense innovation
Guido Crozetto called the dismissed Ukrainian minister the day after Kyiv let him go.
Italy’s largest arms maker had no plans for a Ukraine factory—a year later, it has a Kyiv subsidiary
The Kyiv-based R&D unit will research communications, navigation, and electronic and optical technologies for Ukraine's defense sector.
Germany charged a Ukrainian for the Nord Stream blasts—Kyiv is now investigating if Russia staged the attack to frame Ukrainians
Ukraine's top prosecutors confirmed they are testing a "false flag" theory even as a Ukrainian suspect heads to trial in Germany.
Greece blocked a gas ban, France and Italy softened an entry ban—now Brussels tries 1,600 companies helping Russia’s war
Bloomberg sources says the proposed list covers firms feeding Russia's military industry, and the work stayed out of public view.
Euractiv: Italy and Greece win a fur pass for Russia inside the EU’s newest sanctions round
The two nations buy more Russian sable than anyone else in the bloc, and they lobbied to keep the pelts flowing while finished coats stay off-limits.
From escorting to firing: Romania changes how it meets Russia’s wandering drones
The F-16 fighter downed the intruder near a village northeast of Bucharest. That same barrage threw Shahed and other drones plus five missiles at Ukraine, with border districts across from Romania among the targets.
Italy expels two Russian military attachés over espionage uncovered by Rome prosecutors
The expulsion follows this week's arrests of two former Italian intelligence officers suspected of selling secrets to Moscow.
Italy joins Bulgaria in resisting EU sanctions on Patriarch Kirill
Rome's objection traces back to the Vatican's unease at sanctioning a Christian leader
Russia’s former soldiers may face a locked EU border—if France and Italy stop balking
The two governments worry the measure could open the door to keeping every Russian out, sources told Bloomberg.