Two Ukrainian officials from the Ministry of Defense are suspected of having embezzled more than six million euros on the purchase of bulletproof vests, an anti-corruption body reported on Tuesday, October 10. According to the State Bureau of Investigation, a former deputy defense minister in charge of army logistics and the head of a ministry department responsible for supply “ordered personal protective equipment of insufficient quality from abroad” by prepaying them in full and without respecting “the planned quality control procedure”. Their identity has not been revealed. Follow our live stream.
Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Romania for talks with his counterpart. “I arrived in Bucharest (…) to strengthen our good neighborly relations”, said the Ukrainian president, thanking his neighbor for his support against Moscow. This visit comes after several Russian bombings targeting ports on the Danube located on the border with Romania.
kyiv shot down around twenty Russian drones. Moscow carried out a new series of attacks in southern Ukraine overnight from Monday to Tuesday. Ukrainian forces destroyed “27 Shahed-131/136”Iranian-made devices, in “Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions”the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram.
Russia is trying to return to the UN Human Rights Council. Moscow was excluded from this United Nations body after its invasion of Ukraine. The General Assembly chooses 15 new members of the Council on Tuesday, for the period 2024-2026. Russia is a candidate to find a seat there, a vote which will allow us to assess the international support available to it.
Volodymyr Zelensky guest of France 2. The Ukrainian President will be the guest of the show “L’Événement, l’interview”, Tuesday, from 8:40 p.m. This interview was carried out by journalist Caroline Roux in kyiv on Monday afternoon. He will discuss in particular the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.