Ukrainians still oppose concessions, SBU shadow war, Snyder interview
Your slice of the headlines in Ukraine. Daily. Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
● Most Ukrainians still oppose concessions to Russia amid increased understanding of long war ahead
A total of 49% of Ukrainians believe that Russia has a significant reserve of resources and can wage war against Ukraine for many years, which is a significant 27-point increase in comparison with February, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) said on Oct. 23.
● Over 300 cruise missiles launched at Kyiv by Russian forces in past year, city head says
Over the past 12 months, Russian forces have launched more than 300 cruise missiles of various types, 14 ballistic missiles and almost 400 Shahed attack UAVs at Kyiv, the head of Kyiv City Military Administration, Serhiy Popko, wrote on Telegram on Oct. 23.
● Trump discussed his quid pro quo Zelenskyy call with Australian billionaire
Former U.S. president and the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination Donald Trump and Anthony Pratt, one of Australia’s wealthiest men, discussed a phone call Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2019, U.S. newspaper the New York Times wrote on Oct. 22.
● Dugina car bombing part of SBU’s shadow war against Russia, Washington Post reports
Ukrainian SBU security service agents installed a hidden compartment in a pet carrier and used it to hide components of the bomb that killed Daria Dugina, the daughter of a Russian nationalist, U.S. newspaper the Washington Post reported on Oct. 23, citing security officials with knowledge of the operation.
● More than 840 companies forced to move to safer Ukrainian regions since Russia’s full-scale invasion
More than 840 Ukrainian companies have moved to safer regions of the country as a part of a government relocation program, with 667 of them already operating in their new locations, the open data platform OpenDataBot reported on Oct. 23.
Ukraine’s leading private mail and goods delivery service Nova Poshta has named the six employees that were killed in a deadly Russian missile strike on its terminal near Kharkiv, and has called on the public to read their names aloud as a sign of remembrance and grief.
Ukrainian forces are maintaining a strong defense in the Avdiivka sector, inflicting significant losses on Russian invasion forces, which are nevertheless still attempting to surround the city, the Ukrainian military’s General Staff reported on Facebook on Oct. 23.
● Western policy and Ukraine – interview with Timothy Snyder
Western policy errors, prospects of Donal Trump winning U.S. presidential elections, and major risks Ukraine faces in the war with Russia — the range of topics covered in an Oct. 21 NV interview with U.S. historian and Yale University professor Timothy Snyder.
● Foreign Minister Kuleba supports multiple citizenship
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that multiple citizenship should become a key part of Ukraine's policy geared towards the growth and preservation of the global Ukrainian diaspora, news agency Ukrinform reported on Oct. 23.
● EU considering extending gas price caps – report
The European Union is currently undecided on whether to keep emergency price caps on imports of natural gas, implemented in February 2023, the Financial Times reported on Oct. 22.
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