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The North Korean dictator also once again threatened a nuclear strike in the event of an attack on his country.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country intends to accelerate steps to become a “military superpower” that will possess nuclear weapons. The dictator did not rule out that he could use this weapon in the event of an attack on his state.

This was reported by the official newspaper of the Labor Party, Rodong Sinmun.

During a speech at the National Defense University, Kim condemned South Korean President Yun Seok-yul for “colluding with Washington” to destabilize the region. He began to claim that North Korea is not currently interested in attacking South Korea. The dictator also said that he considers the Union of the South and the United States to be enemies.

“Yun Sok-yul made some vulgar comments about the end of the Republic in his speech, and this shows that he is completely consumed by blind faith because of his master. Frankly speaking, we have absolutely no intention of attacking South Korea,” Kim said.

The leader of the DPRK noted that in the event of an attack on the country, its army will use “all offensive power,” and stressed that he does not rule out the use of nuclear weapons.

“Our movement toward becoming a military superpower and a nuclear state will accelerate”, – said Kim.

By the way, at the end of September, the sister of the North Korean dictator Kim Ae-jong said that US military aid to Ukraine leads to an escalation of the war and “puts all of Europe on the brink of nuclear war.”

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EU ambassadors are due to meet on October 8 to discuss the details of the plan.

The EU is moving towards overriding Hungary's veto on funding for Ukraine. The sum at issue is more than 6 billion euros. The European Union has already found one way.

Bloomberg reports this, citing its own sources.

According to sources, the European External Action Service is considering allowing EU member states to make voluntary contributions to the European Peace Fund, which in the future would allow funds to be directed to aid only by decision of individual countries, without the unanimous support of all EU countries.

However, it is not yet clear what kind of support it will receive, since many key decisions of the bloc require unanimity.

Recall that the other day, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban once again threatened the EU over refugee issues and migration dispute.

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The country's Defense Ministry has already signed a number of important contracts with British companies.

The United Kingdom has allocated 3.5 billion pounds sterling, which is almost 4.5 billion dollars, to Ukraine for the purchase of modern military equipment from British manufacturers.

About this the UK government website said.

A UK trade mission led by Defence Minister Luke Pollard visited Ukraine to discuss further cooperation with Kiev and industry representatives. The mission also included representatives from the Ministry of Defence, the Department for Business and Trade and the ADS Defence Association.

The mission is a follow-up to an agreement signed in July 2024 to allow Ukraine to spend £3.5 billion on purchasing modern military equipment from British manufacturers.

The Minister of the Armed Forces said that Britain has been consistently supporting Ukraine not only in providing military equipment, but also in developing cooperation with the Ukrainian defence industry. This helps to attract investment and strengthen the capabilities of both countries.

Pollard noted that Britain's support goes far beyond just providing equipment.

“Our defence industry relationship is emblematic of the work of the government and the private sector to increase and accelerate our support. By deepening our ties with Ukraine's defence industry, we are expanding our own industrial capacity while enhancing Ukraine's capabilities,” he said.

The UK MoD has already secured a number of important contracts with British companies. In particular, this concerns the supply of air defense missiles and Sheffield Forgemasters (a key supplier of custom components for the defense industry) for the manufacture of forgings for artillery barrels.

“Future orders are in preparation and will be financed by Ukraine using its own reserves and £3.5 billion of export financing from the United Kingdom,” the statement said.

Recall that British Foreign Secretary David Lammy previously noted that the UK will have a clear position on providing Ukraine with everything it needs in the coming days and weeks, Zarema, 2025 years.

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The doctor initially denied attempted murder, but changed his testimony in court.

A British doctor has admitted that he tried to kill his mother's partner over a conflict over an inheritance by injecting him with poison under the guise of a vaccine from COVID-19.

The BBC writes about this.

Prosecutors claim that Thomas Kwan pretended to be a nurse who administers vaccinations and injected Patrick O'Hari with a toxic substance. The 71-year-old was left with a rare disease that eats away at his body and had to have part of his arm removed.

Kwan, 53, initially denied attempted murder but changed his mind and pleaded guilty after prosecutors laid out their case at Newcastle Crown Court.

Prosecutor Thomas Makepeace told the court that Kwan was a “respected and experienced” family doctor in Sunderland, 15 miles from Newcastle. He used his “encyclopedic knowledge” of poisons to kill Patrick O'Hara because he was a “potential obstacle to his mother's legacy.”

Kwan's mother, Jenny Leung, lived with O'Hara for 20 years. She made a will that her Newcastle home would pass to O'Hara upon her death, and only to her children upon O'Hara's death.

To get rid of the “obstacle,” Kwan, according to the prosecutor, devised “an audacious plan that goes beyond any fantasy.” He sent his victim a letter purporting to be from the NHS, telling them he would be visiting them for a medical check and COVID-19 vaccination.

The man faked documents and car number plates, donned protective clothing, a wig, sunglasses and a surgical mask and travelled to Newcastle, where O'Hara lived with Kwan's mother.

After receiving the injection, O'Hara felt “terrible pain” but the “male nurse” did not react and quickly left, the court heard.

O'Hara's condition worsened so much that he had to be taken to hospital, where he He was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis and had part of his arm removed.

The victim became suspicious when Jenny Leung said the nurse was the same height as her son.

The attacker, who was revealed in court to have an “obsession” with poisons, never revealed what exactly he injected his victim with. But when his home was searched, they found a large quantity of chemicals and toxins, as well as books and manuals on how to make and use poisons.

The investigation concluded that it was most likely a pesticide called iodomethane, which had never been used on humans before.

The court heard that Kwan also installed spyware on his mother's computer to monitor the couple's activities and take pictures of them with the built-in camera.

The doctor also admitted injecting Hari with the harmful substance, but initially insisted that he only wanted to cause him “pain and discomfort.” However, after prosecutors presented their case, he changed his mind and pleaded guilty.

The defence said Kwan knew prison was “inevitable” and wanted to be sentenced as soon as possible.

The judge said the offender faced a “significant prison term”. The sentence will be handed down after the probation service prepares a report.

Kwan “thought he had covered his tracks”, but investigators were able to arrest him just two days after the crime, and the amount of evidence against him was “staggering”, said DI Jason Henry, who handled Kwan's case. He added that the victim O'Hara courageously went through a “terrible ordeal” that, unfortunately, changed his life forever.

Recall that in Kiev, a man killed a woman with whom he had lived for 15 years, for the sake of an apartment and a car.

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The Slovak Prime Minister made another scandalous statement about the war in Ukraine.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico made another scandalous statement – ​​he proposed to strike Brussels with a missile in response to requests from some European politicians to allow Ukraine to strike deep Russia.

The Slovak Prime Minister made this statement during a speech at the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Carpathian-Dukla operation. The video appeared on the YouTube channel of the Smer party, led by Fico, Hlavný Denník reports.

“I am annoyed that we have such a perverted fashion in Europe, when instead of stopping the rattling of weapons, we hear thunderous applause, loud exclamations and often significant material decisions that simply continue to encourage war,” Fico said.

The Slovak prime minister said that “some members of the European Parliament easily talk about medium- and long-range missiles,” hinting at the likely coordination of strikes on Ukraine deep into Russian territory with Western weapons.

“Figuratively speaking, if one such missile destroyed a fountain in Brussels, they would understand what they are talking about,” said the scandalous Slovak politician.

Fico also said that if he receives an invitation from Putin to Moscow next year to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, he will definitely take part in them. He called it a sign of respect.

“Freedom came to Slovakia from the East, and absolutely nothing can be changed in this truth,” the Slovak Prime Minister said, “forgetting” to clarify that as a result of this “freedom,” his people were behind the “iron curtain” from the West almost until the collapse of the USSR.

The Slovak Prime Minister concluded by calling for “an end to the mutual killing of Slavs” and said that he would convey this message at a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

Earlier, Robert Fico said that he supports Ukraine's aspirations to join the EU, but is against it becoming a member of NATO.

Recall that on September 9, the Prime Minister Slovakia's Robert Fico has said that “Nazis” are fighting in Ukraine, while the international community is ignoring this. Fico often repeats the Russian narrative about the causes of the war in Ukraine and accuses Ukrainians of allegedly “condoning” Nazism.

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The suspect was detained and interrogated by law enforcement officers.

In the Italian city of Novate Milanese, a 45-year-old man seriously injured an 18-year-old Ukrainian

This is reported by the Italian publication tgcom24.mediaset.it.

According to media reports, the event took place on Saturday, September 5. There, a 45-year-old Albanian had a conflict with the son of his common-law wife, a 39-year-old Ukrainian woman.

During the quarrel, the mother's common-law wife wiped out the 18-year-old boy. The Ukrainian was hospitalized with a serious injury in a Milan hospital.

“A cartridge case, a pistol used by the 45-year-old man who was reportedly kidnapped in 2013 in Sassuolo, and 40 bullets of the same caliber were found in the house where the dispute ended in gunfire,” Italian media write.

The ilgiorno.it publication claims that the guy was defending his mother from her stepfather, who allegedly regularly beat the Ukrainian. However, the suspect has a different version of events, saying that the boy also hit him.

“The 46-year-old man, a truck driver originally from Albania, was questioned by another prosecutor, Paolo Storari, and admitted that he was wrong and explained his reaction: according to him, the 18-year-old boy beat him after he had an argument with his common-law wife, the boy's mother, and slapped her. According to the 45-year-old man, this act was dictated by a difficult family situation,” the publication writes.

Another Italian media outlet, ilmattino.it, reports that the Ukrainian and Albanian live together with a 6-year-old girl and two boys aged 15 and 18. When the stepfather beat the woman again, the children got scared and the 15-year-old boy tried to protect his mother, but when he failed, he called his brother and he came running. Then a conflict occurred between him and the man, which ended in shooting.

The boy is in serious condition, but his life is not in danger.

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Thanks to this system, electronic document management has been implemented in all courts in Russia.

Cyber ​​specialists from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, together with activists of the “Vo Team” group, stopped the work of the judicial system Russia.

This was reported by sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR), writes RBC-Ukraine.

“Congratulated” Russian dictator Putin on his birthday by hacking the state automated system “Justice”, thanks to which electronic document flow takes place,” the report says.

A cyber strike paralyzed the work of courts in Russia, disabling departmental e-mail boxes and official websites. Thanks to the attack, GUR hackers gained access to personal data of users and internal documentation of the system. Russian authorities report that it is impossible to file lawsuits and review the time of court hearings due to malfunctioning websites.

According to military intelligence, the success of the cyberattack is explained by the low qualifications of Russian cybersecurity specialists and vulnerabilities in their systems, in particular, from Kaspersky Lab, PJSC Positiv Technologies and JSC IVK.

Recall that in Russia, online broadcasting of the Rossiya-1 channel and other VGTRK channels has been suspended due to a hacker attack.

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The Times writes that Poland and its regional allies are hastily preparing for a possible new attack by the Russian Federation.

Poland is “constitutionally obliged” to shoot down missiles flying in its direction, but NATO prohibits this to do.

This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, according to an article by The Times columnist Edward Lucas.

As the article says, if Russia causes fear in NATO border countries, then the United States is disappointed due to its indecisive position.

“Some representatives of border states believe that several years ago the United States responded to a serious Russian cyberattack by briefly cutting off electricity in Moscow. They would like to see an equally strong response to much more frequent attacks on them,” the author of the article noted.

According to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, the United States “has the means to draw real red lines if they want to, why we can't do this for NATO?”

Lucas noted that although Poland, as well as the Baltic and Scandinavian countries, hope for Ukraine's victory and provide enormous assistance, they fear that Russia could win due to its numbers.

“No matter how the war ends, in a few years Russia will be ready for a new war. NATO is not ready for this, it does not have sufficient supplies, plans and weapons… Therefore, Poland and its regional allies are hastily preparing for the worst and to fight alone if necessary,” the article states.

Recall that on July 8, an agreement was signed between Ukraine and Poland, which provided for the possibility of intercepting Russian missiles and drones by Polish forces in the skies over Ukraine flying in the direction of Poland. However, soon after that, the Polish Defense Ministry announced that they would not shoot down missiles without the consent of all NATO members.

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Problems with online broadcasting began at 6 am.

In Russia, online broadcasting “Russia-1” and other VGTRK channels suspended broadcasting as a result of a hacker attack attacks.

Russian media are writing about this.

In particular, users began to complain about the unavailability of Internet broadcasting of the VGTRK holding channels – “Russia-1”, “Russia 24”, “Culture”, “Vesti FM” and others.

“VGTRK experienced an unprecedented hacker attack. Online broadcasting and internal services are not working, even the Internet does not have telephony. This will last a long time. I heard that everything was erased from the servers, including backup copies. They have been working in an emergency since 6 am. The problem, as I understand it, is very serious, and recovery will take a long time”, – it is said in message.

No official information was given on the reasons for the problems with the Internet broadcasting.

At the same time, the hacker attack did not affect the digital television broadcasting of VGTRK, the media noted, that is, “Russia-1” can still be watched on TV.

Earlier we reported that Ukrainian hackers broke the largest of the three research centers of space hydrometeorology of the Russian Federation – “Planeta”.

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ISW suggests that the current rate of armored vehicle losses in Russia may be higher.

The Russian army may soon face a supply shortage.

This is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

“Russian military commanders may be unwilling or unable to accept the current scale and pace of equipment losses in the coming months and years, given limitations in Russian defense industrial production, the limited Russian stockpiles of Soviet-era equipment, and the inability of the Russian military to achieve operationally meaningful territorial advancement through maneuver,” the analysts noted.

The analysts recalled that Russian forces used significant numbers of armored vehicles during the first weeks of their offensive to capture Avdiivka in October 2023.

“Russian forces appear to have limited their use of armour in the area west of Avdiivka in recent months, although Russian forces have simultaneously stepped up their offensive operations west and southwest of Donetsk, frequently conducting largely unsuccessful platoon- and company-level mechanized assaults in the area. Since July 2024, Russian forces have conducted several battalion-sized mechanized assaults in the western Donetsk region, most of which have resulted in significant armour losses in exchange for little territorial gain,” ISW added.

Russia's rate of armour losses may be higher

The UK-based International Institute for Strategic Studies previously estimated that as of February 2024, Russian forces lost more than 3,000 armored combat vehicles annually. At the same time, ISW suggests that the current rate of armor losses in Russia may be higher.

American analysts believe that the Russian military command's willingness to achieve limited tactical successes in exchange for significant armor losses “will become increasingly expensive as Russian troops spend limited stocks of Soviet-era weapons and equipment in the coming months and years.”

“Russia will likely struggle to adequately supply its units with materiel in the long term without putting the Russian economy on a war footing and significantly increasing the rate of defense industrial production in Russia – a step that Russian President Vladimir Putin has tried to avoid so far,” the ISW concluded. Institute.

Recall that an oil depot caught fire in the temporarily occupied Feodosia.

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