“They Took The White Gold”: Russia Seizes Ukraine’s Lithium Giant In Donetsk, Threatening US-EU Plans For Non-Chinese Critical Mineral Supply Chains

IN A NUTSHELL 🔋 Russian forces have seized a major lithium deposit in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, impacting global resource dynamics. 🌍 Control over this site gives Russia strategic leverage in the global lithium market and affects international...

French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed in Ukraine drone attack

Antoni Lallican, an award-winning French photographer on assignment in Ukraine, died in a drone attack in the eastern Donbas region on Friday, press groups have announced. It is the first time a journalist has been killed by a drone in Ukraine in...

Namangan court sentences man to two years for fighting in Russia–Ukraine war.

An Uzbek national who signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense and served in the Russian Armed Forces under the call sign “Ded” as a “mechanic operator” has been sentenced to two years in prison. On September 11 this year, the...

French photojournalist killed by Russian drone in eastern Ukraine

KYIV: A Russian drone attack killed a French photojournalist on Friday in eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the three-and-a-half-year-old war with Russia. The Ukrainian military’s Fourth Separate Mechanised Brigade announced on Facebook that...

Ukrainian potato growers showcase 79 varieties at Field Day in Volyn

For the tenth consecutive year, Ukrainian and Polish farmers gathered in the Lutsk district of the Volyn region for an annual Field Day dedicated to potato production. This season, 79 varieties of seed potatoes, both Ukrainian and European, were...

Biggest Russian attack on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure; Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry says US shutdown won’t affect arms supplies: October 3 latest

Russia launched the biggest attack on Ukraine’s energy and gas infrastructure. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry denies that the US shutdown could affect weapons supplies. The suspect in the murder of the former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andrii...

Ukraine: French photojournalist killed by Russian drone

French photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed in a drone attack on Friday in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military confirmed the news with a post on Facebook by The Fourth Separate Mechanised Brigade. Lallican was accompanied by a Ukrainian...

Brits warned after tourists targeted by new extortion scam in Amsterdam

Travellers in Amsterdam are being warned about being approached by people in the Dutch city who appear in need - but could actually just be trying to extort money from them. Recent posts on social media have documented reports of tourists being...

America’s pastime in Ukraine: Far from the front, baseball provides an unlikely refuge

In Kyiv, Ukraine, Roman Boiko stays up until 2 a.m. most nights to watch his favorite team, the New York Yankees. “It’s my routine,” he said. “Baseball has always been my life.” His fandom began when, as a child, he was gifted a VHS recording of...

Ukraine: French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by a drone in Donbas

Picture credit: Antoni Lallican. The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) extend their condolences to the family and relatives of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican, who was killed by a drone on Friday 3 October in...

Russian FPV drone strike kills French journalist and injures Ukrainian reporter

Antoni Lallican. Photo: UAPP French reporter Antoni Lallican was killed on 3 October in a Russian first-person view drone strike that also injured Kyiv Independent journalist Heorhii Ivanchenkov. Source: Serhii Tomilenko, Head of the National...

Suspect in MP Parubii's murder acted on orders from Russian secret services – Ukraine's Security Service

Suspect in MP Parubii's murder Mykhailo Scelnikov. Photo: Hromadske The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has stated that its investigators have gathered "irrefutable evidence of high treason" on the part of Mykhailo Scelnikov, the suspect in the...

UWO welcomes Ukrainian drone operator

Fragments of a Russian Iskander-K missile and a Shahed drone were displayed last week at UW Oshkosh’s Reeve Memorial Union, alongside a wall of “Unissued Diplomas” for Ukrainian college students killed in the war. The event was sponsored by the...

Former Ukrainian PM says security guarantees won’t work

Former Ukrainian PM said Western security guarantees would be unworkable. Membership in Nato and the ability to implement article five is the only credible security, he said in a speech at RUSI on 2 October. Resilience is the main concern among...

Is consolidation coming to Ukraine’s defence sector?

The Ukraine-Russia war has been a catalyst for the development of a defence start-up sector Investors say consolidation is likely required in order to compete in European markets Claims by Western companies that equipment is “battle tested” is...

French journalist killed by drone in Ukraine, photo agency says

(CNN) — French photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed by a drone in Ukraine on Friday, according to his employer and French President Emmanuel Macron. Lallican, 38, was on assignment for the Hans Lucas photo agency when he was killed Friday...

Ukrainian Drones Reach 1,500 km Into Russia, Targeting Chemical Production Facilities

Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attacked the city of Berezniki in the Perm region, located about 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The city is home to the Azot chemical plant, which temporarily suspended operations during the...

€500,000 protection demand ends in shooting at Limassol beach hotel

A 39-year-old Greek man was arrested Monday after a Ukrainian businessman was shot outside a Limassol beach hotel in what police say was an attempted extortion over €500,000. Authorities are still searching for a 44-year-old Russian man, suspected...

What Kissinger would do about Putin and Ukraine

New Atlanticist October 3, 2025 • 3:55 pm ET Print this page By Robert Hormats From 1954 through early 1970, US and Chinese diplomats conducted 134 meetings, most of them in Warsaw. Their ostensible purpose was to build constructive relations...

Large number of Ukrainian mercenaries killed in Sudan: Army

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) said they have killed a “large number” of Ukrainian mercenaries during clashes with the rebel forces in the south. A multitude of foreign fighters backing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), including “a...