Christophe Kopp

"The documentary follows Ukrainian women miners who continue working underground during the full-scale war, close to the front line. Through their personal stories, daily work, relationships and dreams, the film explores women's strength"

"The Ukrainian documentary feature Traces (Slidy), codirected by Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk, captured the prestigious main prize in the Checkpoints competition at the 27th Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) in Norway."

"What we are currently seeing in Ukraine is a form of visual democracy. We have several different perspectives, and it is through combining these angles that we can attempt to see the bigger picture of History."

"Serbia’s balancing act is the least of the students’ worries. They value Russia as an ally of Serbia while remaining firm in their support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity."

"These operations have highlighted the vulnerability of Europe’s civilian infrastructure to Russia’s shadow war at a time when many security protocols across the continent remain based on peacetime assumptions that no longer reflect current realities."

"For African leaders to remain silent on this issue would be a profound disservice to the people of their countries. We urge them to address this issue directly with the Russian authorities at the Russia-Africa Summit 2026"

"private air-defense projects should continue to expand, saying the war has forced large companies to take on functions that would once have been viewed as exclusively the responsibility of the state."

"Ukrainian forces struck Russian ammunition depots, supply depots, and concentrations of troops and equipment across the Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions,"

"Ukraine's partners should ask what they will do on the first day after the war, not just what they will sign, propose or pressure others to accept. Bosnians understand Ukraine's reluctance to accept promises without guarantees: they have been down that road and, in many ways, still are."

"Hvardiiske, north of Simferopol, uses mobile launch platforms instead of fixed installations, according to Dnipro Osint. Crews load drones onto specially equipped vehicles, which then launch them from the runway."

“This is possible if Ukraine increases its attacks. And also if the economic problems that Russia is already facing continue to intensify. Otherwise, we can expect just another theater”.

“ Russia’s conduct in Ukraine is driven by historical myths, political resentment, pan-Russian ultranationalism, and fantasies of great-power status and territorial expansion.”

"Russia has not stopped. Since 2014, schooling in Ukrainian has collapsed in the territories it occupies, and in 2025 it removed Ukrainian from the federal school programs it imposes there."

"We value our energy partnership, particularly the agreements on gas transit through the Trans-Balkan Corridor. Ukrainian gas storage facilities are already being used by Moldovan companies."

"In September 2026, the movement declared its opposition to sanctions on Russia which the outgoing government refused to take part in. Whether these positions would be maintained in government remains uncertain." @deskrussie.bsky.social

"The Ukrainian Navy has ruled out the possibility of Russian forces using the Black Sea Fleet's repair facilities in occupied Crimea."

"Lloyd’s List Intelligence data shows two Russian-loaded tankers bound for Norfolk and Corpus Christi. A third, Agioi Fanendes, is idling off Skagen" @auonsson.bsky.social

"The incidents have particularly affected vessels operating near the Sulina Canal, an important maritime connection between the Danube River and the Black Sea used for regional trade and Ukrainian exports."

"Compared with earlier influence operations, these attacks increasingly involve physical violence. The Swedish Armed Forces say Europe must prepare for a prolonged confrontation."

"The United Kingdom and France have conducted the large-scale Rhino Titan military exercise in Germany, involving more than 2,500 troops."

"Perm Krai lies in Russia’s Ural region, roughly 1,500 km from Ukraine’s border. The distance places the reported strike far beyond Russia’s border regions, where Ukrainian drone attacks have frequently targeted military and industrial infrastructure."

"As Vucic did for years, they will have to juggle relations with China, a major investor, Russia, Serbia’s traditional ally and principal supplier of natural gas, and the European Union, Serbia’s largest trading partner."

"The Åland Islands lie between Finland and Sweden, close to the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia. Their location is crucial for maritime transport, military logistics and maintaining communication between the Nordic countries."

"he missile contains more Chinese components than previous ones, yet one-third are American"

"Only two Italian political factions broke ranks to vote against the text: the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) led by Giuseppe Conte and the far-right group associated with General Roberto Vannacci."

"There can be no European strategic autonomy without Ukraine. There can be no European security and stability without Ukraine. Europe can never become a Great Power without Ukraine. And neither Russia nor the USA want Europe to achieve any of the above."

"Except it wasn’t. Because chiseling the world into zones isn’t just about dividing territory – it’s about carving up populations, and history has shown over and over that people want to live in free societies, not dictatorships."

"According to Deutsche Welle, other foreign companies taken over by the Kremlin in Russia have been used to donate to the "People's Front" fund."

"Journalists from Slidstvo.Info have identified five russian units operating near occupied Oleshky in the Kherson region. According to the investigation, these units may be implicated in war crimes in the town, where approximately 2,000 people are suffering from hunger."

"Kostiantyn "Magura" Vlasenko, who held a position on the left bank of the Oskil River for 491 days despite losing both feet, has been nominated for the title of Hero of Ukraine."

Cruel, callous, reckless, heartless, cynical, ruthless, despicable, disgraceful, shameful, vile, contemptible, reprehensible, deplorable, appalling, inhumane, immoral, unethical, irresponsible, vindictive, arrogant, hypocritical, treacherous, malicious, self-serving.

The WHO Regional Committee for Europe, of which Russia is a member, is due to meet in Copenhagen on 27–29 October. Nothing in the published agenda refers to the health implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or to the health of Ukrainian refugees in European countries. @thelancet.com

"This led to the delay or cancellation of more than 340 flights, according to the Moscow publication msk1."

Last night, Putin “the humanitarian” attacked Kyiv once again. Presumably to confirm Trump's words from yesterday that "we are closer to peace than ever." And I want to draw attention to one important point.

"The Proton plant is a Russian manufacturer of optoelectronic equipment and military-grade components, involved in the production network of the Russian military-industrial complex."

"This marks a decisive step in French-British defense cooperation, demonstrating the coordination and commitment of Europe's two nuclear powers to European security and credible deterrence,"

"I ask for your understanding regarding the public disclosure of information about this critical humanitarian mission...The operation is extremely complex and will be carried out in stages."

"State-backed Russian hackers compromised a Ukrainian grain logistics company, leveraging the decentralized Yggdrasil network to obscure malicious software traffic before destroying corporate data"

"The Be Ready campaign is aimed at persuading people to stock up with supplies to last 72 hours, amid growing official concern about the impact of the climate crisis, technological dependency and hostile state threats."

"Treat the Suwałki corridor, Via Baltica and Rail Baltica as defence infrastructure. Use the 1.5% resilience component of NATO’s spending target and EU military mobility funds to remove bottlenecks, standardise border procedures and harden rail and port nodes against sabotage."

"The Commons Defence Committee said a shortage of Royal Navy warships and submarines was leaving the country's critical infrastructure in the High North, including undersea cables and energy supplies, exposed."

"Russian court passes 18-year death sentence against 77-year-old Ukrainian political prisoner #Volodymyr #Ananiev"

"The Ukrainian Blood Bank Delegation, led by Dr. Oleksandr Serhiienko and Dr. Dmytro Koval, described how they are managing in war-torn conditions unlike anything most Americans have ever witnessed firsthand."

"Russia-linked hackers used the volunteer-run Yggdrasil network to conceal communications during an attack on a Ukrainian grain logistics company, marking the first ​documented use of the technology by a state-linked hacking group"

"Russian fishing trawlers have made more than 500 suspicious movements above critical undersea communication cables connecting Britain with Europe and the US, potentially mapping infrastructure for future sabotage" @auonsson.bsky.social

"A temporary 276-metre bridge across the Dniester River is being built between the Ukrainian town of Yampil and the Moldovan village of Cosăuți. It is expected to open by the end of 2026"