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Russia will pose a major threat to Nato even after the war ends in Ukraine, Finland’s defence minister Antti Hakkanen has warned.
It comes as Poland’s foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that Europe should be on alert for Russia to strike deep into the region.
The Polish deputy leader warned that failing to build defences such as a “drone wall” on Europe’s eastern flank would be “irresponsible”.
Speaking on a visit to parliament in London, where he unveiled a Shahed Iranian drone downed in Ukraine, he said: "We should be prepared to counter that, and so I think not to build anti-drone and drone capacity these days would be irresponsible," he said.
Russia could "reach, unfortunately, deep into Europe", he added.
Earlier this week Donald Trump warned Russia that the war must end because it is not making the country look good.
Hungary reluctant to cut off Russian energy
Hungary’s foreign minister has warned that the country would suffer if they phased out Russian gas.
The foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, said the country would not give in to external pressure dictating how it manages its own energy supplies.
Mr Szijjarto is in Moscow to attend the Russian Energy Week forum.
Maira Butt15 October 2025 09:47
UK sends 85,000 drones to Ukraine
The UK has delivered more than 85,000 military drones to Ukraine over the last six months, defence secretary John Healey is expected to announced on Wednesday.
At least £600m has been invested to accelerate drone delivery for Kyiv, Mr Healey will tell the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Brussels.
Maira Butt15 October 2025 08:57
US expects Nato to invest more into arms initiative for Ukraine
The United States expects Nato countries to invest more into the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), an arms initiative for Ukraine, American Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday.
He told reporters that the US expects its partners to increase military capabilities and firepower.
Maira Butt15 October 2025 08:51
Russia launches major attacks on Ukraine gas facilities overnight, says Naftogaz
Ukraine’s largest national oil and gas company has accused Russia of targeting its production facilities overnight.
Naftogaz said Russia had struck its thermal power plant and production facilities overnight.
The company said Russia has launched three major attacks on its gas infrastructure over the last seven days, including in its eastern Kharkiv region and gas infrastructure in Sumy and Chernihiv.
Maira Butt15 October 2025 08:21
Nato pushes for more weapons for Ukraine amid fading support and rising airspace tensions
Nato defense ministers will meet on Wednesday to try to drum up more military support for Ukraine amid a sharp drop in deliveries of weapons and ammunition to the war-ravaged country in recent months.
The ministers will also debate a call from Nato’s commander to lift restrictions on the use of their aircraft and other equipment so they can be used to defend the alliance’s eastern border with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine more effectively.
A series of mysterious drone incidents and airspace violations by Russian war planes has fueled concerns that President Vladimir Putin might be testing Nato’s defensive reflexes. Some leaders have accused him of waging a hybrid war in Europe. Moscow denies probing Nato’s defenses.
Arpan Rai15 October 2025 08:00
Putin’s top ally warns if Trump gives missiles to Ukraine it could lead to ‘nuclear war’
Trump is reportedly considering a request by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the Tomahawks, which have a 1,500-mile range that would enable Kyiv to strike much deeper into Russian territory, hitting strategic targets such as the invader’s enemy infrastructure, military bases, and munitions factories.
Zelensky has argued that ramping up the arms available to his country would increase the pressure on the Kremlin to agree to a peace deal.
Arpan Rai15 October 2025 07:45
Ukrainian PM discusses attacks on energy in US talks
Ukraine's prime minister said she was focusing on Russian attacks on her country's energy grid in talks in Washington ahead of a visit later this week by president Volodymyr Zelensky.
"At every meeting in Washington we raise the topic of defending Ukrainian energy and supporting our resilience over the winter and ways to defend it," prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.
She described the priorities of her visit as "energy, sanctions and the development of cooperation with the USA in new ways that can strengthen both our countries".
Zelensky meets US president Donald Trump on Friday to discuss Ukraine's air defence and long-range strike capabilities. The leaders spoke twice last weekend amid intensifying discussions about the potential provision of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv.
Arpan Rai15 October 2025 07:30
Network overload triggers blackouts in Kyiv, other Ukrainian regions
A network overload and the residual effects of previous Russian attacks triggered blackouts in Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions late last night, officials said.
Water pressure was also affected in parts of the capital.
The Kyiv City State Administration said the overload had caused a problem in one of the capital's energy sites.
Power was cut in three central Kyiv districts on the west bank of the Dnipro River running through the city. The Kyiv metro was temporarily forced to rely on reserve power to keep operating. The administration later said emergency crews had restored power to affected areas, though outages were still being reported. It said water pressure would be restored to normal levels within two to three hours.
Ukrenergo, which operates Ukraine's high-voltage lines, said lingering problems from Russian attacks on the energy system had triggered outages in regions across northern, central and southeastern Ukraine.
Arpan Rai15 October 2025 07:15
Analysis: Trump does not have leverage with Russia that he had with Israel-Hamas
Trump, who has said he thought this conflict would be the “easiest” to settle, is set to host Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday in what could be a pivotal visit for Zelensky, who is openly seeking access to more advanced American weaponry that would let his armed forces strike targets deep inside Russia.
While Trump was able to leverage America’s relationship with Netanyahu’s government to force the Israeli leader to accept a settlement over the objections of several members of his right-wing coalition, the president doesn’t have the same pressure points to work with Putin.
Arpan Rai15 October 2025 07:00
UK jets to keep flying over Poland until year end
Britain's defence secretary John Healy said on Wednesday his country's jets will keep flying over Poland until the end of this year as the British commitment to the Eastern sentry mission is extended.
"We are also ramping up our drone production for Ukraine," he told reporters before attending a meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels.
Shweta Sharma15 October 2025 06:59
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