Oct 7, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC

The European Union has extended sanctions against Russia following a military strike on a train near the Ukrainian-Polish border. European foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned the attack, describing it as an attempt by Moscow to intimidate and create division among European nations.

Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that both Kyiv and Moscow have agreed to halt attacks against energy infrastructure. In Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued an executive decree dismissing the country's prosecutor general.

Active fighting continues along the frontlines. Local authorities in Kherson reported that Russian shelling killed two people and wounded 14 others. Concurrently, drone strikes targeting Russia's Belgorod and Sochi regions reportedly left seven people injured.

Sources: CDM.

Russian forces have sustained nocturnal drone strikes against Kyiv, injuring at least one civilian, following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's address to the UN General Assembly. The offensive coincides with a targeted campaign by Moscow aimed at destroying Ukraine's energy grid.

In retaliation, Ukrainian forces intensified drone strikes against Russian petroleum refineries, resulting in regional fuel deficits and prompting Moscow to secure foreign fuel imports.

Tensions between Moscow and the European Union have escalated further following explosive drone incidents in Leipzig, Germany, where local investigators linked two suspects to Russia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that the bloc is "ready to respond" and will not tolerate hostile acts on EU territory.

Sources: Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica.

Escalating skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz continue to endanger the fragile truce established between the United States and Iran in June.

Tehran has claimed responsibility for missile strikes targeting six vessels, including commercial tankers and American naval ships, along with an attempted strike on a US aircraft carrier. While US President Donald Trump downplayed the events, insisting "Hormuz is open" and asserting Iran is under severe distress, Washington intelligence officials warned that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps feels emboldened and may escalate operations.

These naval exchanges follow renewed American strikes in early July that disrupted the 14-point memorandum of understanding reached weeks earlier. Although direct air attacks ceased after several days, military readiness along the critical trade corridor remains exceptionally high.

Sources: Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica.

United States federal prosecutors have unsealed charges against five alleged Russian intelligence operatives accused of directing a covert assassination and sabotage network across Europe and North America. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the suspects recruited and paid operatives to surveil, target, and kill individuals perceived as aligned with Ukraine, including orchestrating an attack in Prague in June 2024. All five suspects remain at large.

In a parallel legal proceeding, a regional court in Stuttgart, Germany, convicted a Ukrainian national for participating in a Russian-backed parcel bomb plot. Prosecutors stated the operation involved sending tracking-equipped packages across European transit routes to disrupt infrastructure and undermine public trust in security measures.

Sources: BBC News, Cyprus Mail, France24, OCCRP, The Guardian.

Russian bombardments across Ukraine's eastern Dnipropetrovsk region have killed at least five civilians and injured 16 others over a 24-hour period. Local emergency services reported nearly 60 separate attacks targeting five districts in the region, causing extensive damage to residential properties and triggering multiple fires.

The heaviest casualties occurred in the Kamianske district, where three people were killed and five sustained injuries. In Pavlohrad, two fatalities and seven injuries were recorded, while further casualties and property destruction were reported in the Nikopol district due to a combination of drone strikes and artillery shelling. Emergency crews were deployed across the affected areas to extinguish blazes and assist victims.

Sources: Ziarul de Gardă