► Zelensky in Iceland for the Nordic Summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday October 28 that he had arrived in Iceland for the Nordic Summit, which will focus on civil and military cooperation between Ukraine and the countries of this region.
“This is my first working visit to Iceland, where I will participate in the fourth Ukraine-Nordic Summit and have bilateral talks with the participants”wrote the Ukrainian president on his X account.
► The deployment of North Korean soldiers shows Putin’s dismay, says NATO
The deployment of North Korean troops in the Russian region of Kursk, on the border with Ukraine, proves the “growing disarray” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
“I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region”said Mark Rutte in a brief statement from Brussels. This is a “significant escalation” and a “dangerous expansion” of the war, underlined the leader of the Atlantic Alliance. THE “strengthening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea poses a threat to Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security”he estimated.
But this use of North Korean troops “is also a sign of growing disarray” of Vladimir Putin, according to Mark Rutte. “More than 600,000 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded in the war” by the Russian president, “unable to continue its assault on Ukraine without foreign support”.
► kyiv says it has arrested a UN volunteer accused of spying for Moscow
kyiv announced that it had arrested a Ukrainian working as a volunteer for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), accused of“espionage” on behalf of Russian forces in the east of the country.
“Under the guise of volunteering, the traitor spied on the positions of the defense forces in the Pokrovsk sector”the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said in a statement. “During the searches, the SBU seized the detainee’s cell phone with an anonymous chat in a messenger, which he used to communicate with an FSB officer”Russian intelligence, the press release continued.
The SBU said the 34-year-old volunteer was tasked with identifying the positions of Ukrainian forces and its artillery in and around the town of Pokrovsk, which Russia could then target with drone strikes or guided bombs.
► The Russian army claims the conquest of a new locality in eastern Ukraine
Russia has claimed the capture of a new village in eastern Ukraine, southeast of the town of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub for the Ukrainian army which Russian forces are closing in on.
“The units of the + Center + troop group (…) liberated the locality of Tsoukouryné” in the Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily report.
Russian forces are targeting Pokrovsk, which had a population of 60,000 before the conflict and is a key logistical hub for the Ukrainian military and home to the only Ukrainian-controlled mine producing coke, a coal needed to make steel. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the conquest of the entire Donbass, Ukraine’s mining and industrial basin, his ” priority “.
