Russian forces attacked with missiles and drones – updated

2024-10-09 07:53:00

Countering “those who think Europe should stick with Russia’s dirty fossil fuels,” Von der Leyen said one member state was looking for other ways to buy fossil fuels from Russia instead of looking for other sources of energy. According to his words, Russia has proven time and again that it is not a reliable supplier.

So there can be no more excuses. Anyone who wants European energy security must contribute to European energy independence

he said.

Regarding the issue of migration he said that the challenge of migration requires a European solution. Therefore, the new EU migration and asylum agreement must be implemented. The European Commission is already working with all member states, including those at the EU’s external borders, to help them manage common borders, Von der Leyen said.

Finally, he said that the new Hungarian visa system poses a security risk, not only for Hungary, but for all member states, and he then said that smugglers and traffickers were released from Hungarian prisons last year. According to his words, this is not the fight against illegal migration, it does not protect the European Union.

“We all want to better protect our external borders. But we will only succeed if we unite against organized crime and show solidarity with each other,” he said.

Europe must remain united to stand its ground in the world, said Ursula von der Leyen.

Air defense of Ukraine: Russian forces were attacked with missiles and drones

The Russian army attacked Ukraine with 22 drones and three missiles at dawn on Wednesday, Ukraine’s air defense destroyed all but one of the drones, the Ukrainian Air Force said.

According to a report published on Telegram, at dawn on October 9, Russian forces launched three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Kursk region of Russia against unnamed targets in Poltava County, as well as 22 drones from the city of Primorsko. -Akhtarsk, located on the border of Russia’s Krasnodar region and from the occupied Crimean peninsula into Ukrainian airspace.

Ukraine’s air defense managed to shoot down 21 drones, one of which turned back towards Russian airspace. Ukraine’s defense of Odesa, Vinnytsia and Kyiv counties destroyed the targets.

As a result of the drone attack at night, five residents of Odessa were injured, three of them were taken to the hospital in a rather serious condition, announced Oleh Kiper, the head of the military administration of Odessa, on the official Telegram. Some buildings were slightly damaged.

The Russian mercenary group Wagner recovered the bodies of its members killed in Mali

The Russian mercenary group Wagner says its fighters have found the bodies of their comrades who died fighting Tuareg rebels and Islamists during a sandstorm in Mali in July.

Mali, where military authorities seized power in coups in 2020 and 2021, has been fighting Islamic insurgency for years.

The Wagner Group said in July that it had suffered heavy casualties in battle, but few details were released.

„An operation has been successfully completed to bring back the bodies of our brothers who heroically fought the Islamists who were superior in July 2024.” Wagner said in a rare announcement on the messaging app Telegram on Tuesday afternoon.

The group also wrote in the report: “the bodies of our fallen brothers are returning home. We will not leave ours behind, and they will all return home, dead or alive.”