Poland: new two billion anti-drone system
Poland announces a new anti-drone defense system along its eastern border to protect the country from Russian incursions, with an investment of up to two billion euros. According to what was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense, Cezary Tomczyk, the first installations will be operational within six months, while the completion of the project will take at least two years.
The system will be equipped with machine guns, cannons, missiles and devices to interfere with drones, which can be used especially in cases of war or extreme emergencies. The project will be financed with European funds from the Safe program and with national resources.
Kiev: “Russian military facilities hit in Crimea”
Operators of the 1st separate center of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck several military structures of the Russians in the Crimea occupied, in particular a base for the storage and launching of unmanned military vessels.
In the village of Chornomorskoye, the Valdai radar station and the control point of the radar reconnaissance complex were hit. Furthermore, the stowage and launching base for unmanned military vessels in Chornomorske was damaged.
Crosetto: “There is agreement on the Ukraine decree”
“There is agreement” on the Ukraine decree in the government and in the majority. This is confirmed by ad Italian Business the Minister of Defense Guido Crosettoon the eve of the Council of Ministers called to approve the provision that refinances our country’s aid to Ukraine for next year.
Tajani: “We will continue to help Kiev from all points of view”
“We will continue to help Ukraine from all points of view: political, economic and by sending military equipment and material useful for the reconstruction of the energy network to help the civilian population who is facing a difficult winter. All while we continue to work for a just and lasting peace guaranteed by security agreements to protect Ukraine and Europe”. Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani stated this to Affaritaliani on the eve of the Council of Ministers called to approve the provision that renews aid, including military aid, to Ukraine from our country for next year.
Lavrov: “The European ‘war party’ is ready to go all the way”
“Whether people like von der Leyen, Merz, Starmer, Macron and others like them have passed the point of no return is a complex question. We see that for now the ‘war party‘ European, who has invested his political capital in the idea of inflicting a strategic defeat to Russia, is ready to go all the way“. This was said by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with the Tass agency. “The circles in power in most European countries are inflating the ‘Russian threat’, fueling Russophobic feelings and militarists in society – he added -. I would like to especially emphasize that all this is done without any legitimate basis: Russia has never undertaken this on its own initiative hostile actions towards his own European neighbors“.
Attacks on Odessa: neighborhoods without electricity
A Odessa more than 100 windows Of seven residential buildings and three social institutions were damaged following an evening attack by Russian military personnel. The director of the military administration of Odessa, Serhiy Lysak, announced this on Telegram, as reported by Ukrinform.
The area adjacent to the damaged houses has been cleared. Access to means of transport has been made safe. Lysak added that, according to Dtek, emergency power outages are taking place in some areas of the city due to overloaded lines. The electric transport it’s still out servicebut the buses are running. Yesterday following a Russian attack on Odessa, a fire broke out in a residential sector hit by a drone.
Lavrov to the EU: “There is no reason to fear that Russia will attack anyone”
“To the less astute European politicians, to whom I hope this interview will be shown, I repeat once again: there is no reason to fear that Russia will attack anyone.” This was stated by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrovin an interview with the Tass news agency.
At the same time Lavrov emphasized that “if someone decided to attack Russia, the response would be overwhelming“. The head of Russian diplomacy then recalled that “President Vladimir Putin has spoken about it publicly on numerous occasions”.
Today the Zelensky-Trump summit: brought forward to 7pm Italian time
The time of today’s meeting between the President of the United States Donald Trump and the Ukrainian one Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago has been rescheduled. The bilateral meeting was brought forward to 7pm Italian time (1pm in Florida), instead of 9pm. The Kiev media reported this by publishing the new program announced by the White House.
