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Henning Carr Ekroll retweeted
At one of the tensest points in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, two Americans teamed up with a former GDR spy to stop nuclear war. They just needed to tell Putin.
On the cover of @FTMag this week, one of the most extraordinary stories I've ever reported:
ft.com/content/dcb57f30-bbfe…
Henning Carr Ekroll retweeted
Russia killed a one year old girl in her stroller today. Her mother died in the hospital a few hours later.
Parkene i Kharkiv er vakre pustehull i en hverdag preget av krig. Her samles mosjonister, par og familier. I dag var et lite barn blant de som ble drept da Russland sendte en drone inn i en av parkene.
Henning Carr Ekroll retweeted
Explosions in Kyiv as the city is hit by multiple ballistic missiles. The air raid alert was raised seconds before impacts.
Henning Carr Ekroll retweeted
We interviewed survivors who escaped Russian-occupied #Oleshky in the last few weeks.
They survived on 1 spoon or cup of food a day. Some ate grass & plants for sustenance. Many described horrific scenes which I found difficult to write about.
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Nå er Nato direkte involvert i dronekrigen i Svartehavet:
The Black Sea will be safe again.
Two F-16 from the Romanian Air Force shot down two aerial drones that entered our airspace without authorization over the Black Sea.
The military informed that the first drone entered the national airspace at 17:59 and was shot down within 2 minutes, 25km SE of Sulina.
The second drone, in the same area, was engaged and shot down at 18:05, 4 minutes after entering the national airspace, 20km E of Sulina.
The Black Sea serves as a critical maritime artery for the global export of grain, energy resources, and industrial commodities, making its stability vital to international food and energy security.
We have briefed our Allies and EU partners.
Our military has prepared for an increased intensity of hybrid interference and will continue to prioritize air defence and maritime security.
At Romania’s initiative, we will have a dedicated meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Tuesday to discuss Black Sea defence and deterrence. Romania and Bulgaria are in close contact at all levels for increased coordination and accelerate operational steps towards the establishment of the EU Maritime Security Hub in the Black Sea. @vpetrova_mfa @MFABulgaria
«The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.» theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
Liten 🧵om Trumps nye pressesekretær, som åpent har støttet Putin og gjengitt konspirasjonsteorier:
NEW: President Trump’s incoming White House press secretary echoed the debunked pizzagate conspiracy theory, accused Hollywood elites of being pedophilic cannibals, and said Michelle Obama had a penis in posts, reposts, and deleted tweets. (And more)
cnn.com/2026/10/12/politics/…
Kyiv i kveld. Virker som deler av vestlig etterretning til Ukraina er strupet.
A Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. Once again, no early warning from our partners. The main target was energy infrastructure, specifically CHPP-4. Unfortunately, it was hit. A residential building was also damaged, and rescuers are currently putting out a fire there. Our systems detected these missiles only when they were already virtually on approach to Kyiv. CHPP-4 is one of Kyiv’s key energy facilities.
According to our intelligence, the Russians are preparing further ballistic missile launches. The facts show that the Russians do not consider themselves bound by what the President of the United States said. Ukraine supported an energy ceasefire. Russia is targeting yet another power plant and the lives of our people.
And this is absolutely unjust: when they are destroying our energy infrastructure, and Ukraine is not even receiving early warnings about ballistic missile launches. It is important that the world does not stay silent about this. And it is important that the United States really see what is happening and who is responsible for this war continuing.
Please stay safe tonight and tomorrow. We are working to replenish our air defenses with anti-ballistic missiles.
«Vi har bedt om intervju med bankene, og om å få stille spørsmål til de som tar avgjørelsen om rentejustering på personmarked. Bankene har i stedet valgt å kun svare skriftlig via sine kommunikasjonsavdelinger.»
e24.no/privatoekonomi/i/OgnV…
Henning Carr Ekroll retweeted
Power is out across Ukraine's capital after Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. The Kyiv metro halted operations. Electric trolley buses stopped working and are parked on roadsides. There are no street lights. This is what it looks like in central Shevchenko Park right now.
Henning Carr Ekroll retweeted
The death toll from the Russian missile attack on an apartment block in Pryluky has climbed to 18 now, including three 1-year-old boys and an 8-year-old boy, according to Zelenskyy and state emergency services.
Work to clear the rubble is ongoing at the site of a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Pryluky. As of now, 18 people have been reported killed, four of them children: Oleksandr, Kyrylo, and Serhii, who were only one year old, and eight-year-old Maksym. My condolences to all their families and loved ones. Dozens of people were injured, including seven children. All emergency services are involved and working at the site. Fifteen people were rescued, including one child. There are still people who have not yet been accounted for.
The Russians know very well that they are striking ordinary cities, ordinary life. And the continued use of missiles against Ukraine, against our people, our children, is an absolutely deliberate choice of terror. This is what Moscow chooses – despite all our efforts with partners to bring peace closer. And this is a clear reason why more pressure on Russia is needed and why Ukraine needs more defense packages. It is important that leaders understand this. It is important that the world not remain silent today.
Henning Carr Ekroll retweeted
As Russia further escalates its war against Ukraine, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday his office had verified some 15,280 civilians killed and injured in Ukraine during the first eight months of this year – on average more than 400 every week, and 55 per cent more than in the same period in 2025.
Nearly 2,500 civilians killed or injured by aerial glide bombs in Ukraine's frontline regions in just 8 months – 62% more than last year.
@volker_turk urges States with influence to push for peace “before this tragedy becomes even worse”.
news.un.org/en/story/2026/10…
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The linked UN report states that these civilian casualties were caused by the use of aerial glide bombs by the Russian Federation.
news.un.org/en/story/2026/…
globalissues.org/news/2026/10/0…
Dette er ekstremt dramatisk: Enkelte steder i Spania kan de neste timene få 200 liter nedbør per kvadratmeter.
Les denne.
I haven’t seen the plan described in this article (although I want to) but I feel confident about its content and what’s next. Russian strategy has discussed for 10+ years what we are seeing now as strikes. A 🧵 on the calculated cruelty in the strategy:
nytimes.com/2026/10/02/world…
Bane Nor bygger boliger, restauranter, butikker og eier hotell i Oslo sentrum. Men da de bygget nytt hovedkvarter, valgte de å selge det for å leie hele bygget tilbake i lang tid. Bane Nor hemmeligholder alle detaljer om avtalen. aftenposten.no/norge/i/3p07X…
Russland sendte mandag en drone inn i Ukrainas vitenskapsakademi i hjertet av Kyiv. Midt på dagen, mens sivile var på jobb.
Kyiv i dag:
‼️Russia has once again brought death to Kyiv. Earlier this morning, I wrote about a boy who was killed. Now, there are four more dead.
Now, their lives have been cut short in broad daylight. This is not a movie. This is Kyiv. Ukraine. Today. Russia continues to kill civilians. The world must see this. Russia must be held accountable for every life it has taken.
