Ukraine-Russia War

The European Commission said the bloc would give Kyiv $1.6 billion, taken from interest on cash balances, part of Russian central bank assets frozen by the EU because of the war in Ukraine.

Hybrid warfare and sabotage on European soil gained renewed attention after Germany recently blamed Russia for an attempted drone attack at the Leipzig/Halle Airport.

"Ukrainians understand that this winter could be very harsh for us. But in response, we will have no choice but to make it painful for Russia too," Zelensky said in his UNGA speech.

"While everything is operational today, we must recognize - as Prime Minister Tusk recently noted - that this is an element of hybrid warfare," said Deputy PM Gawkowski.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met at the UN to discuss the war in Ukraine, the Middle East, and steps toward normalizing bilateral diplomatic relations.

Zelensky said Ukraine was in constant contact with its allies to secure new anti-aircraft defenses in anticipation of a new major attack from Russia.

According to Reuters, Trump said that Putin is willing to meet to end the war.

Flores admitted to providing the Russian security service with personal information about her fellow artists and activists.

"We're thinking about a variety of scenarios; not all of them are being discussed very much publicly," Lithuanian Prime Minister Sinkevicius told the BBC.

Preliminary results released on Monday indicated that United Russia won 355 of 450 seats in the state’s lower house of the legislature, or approximately 57.8% of the vote.