War in Europe

Russia: 'Nuclear tests never stopped in any country' Trump: we will test if others do

Shoigu: 'Tests have never stopped in any country, not even for a day, not even for an hour, but they took place within the framework of the use of computational technology, no physical tests were carried out, mathematical models were made,' explained Shoigu after the US president announced that he wanted to resume nuclear testing

31 October 2025

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Warsaw: Russian third plane intercepted over the Baltic
Ukraine imposes sanctions against entities from China, Iran, Russia
Home arrest for former mayor Odessa Trukhanov
Trump: no exemption to Orban on Russian oil

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Since August, Russia has fired the 9M729 cruise missile, code-named Nato SSC-8, whose secret development prompted the US to abandon the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 2019, on Ukraine 23 times. Reuters writes this in an online exclusive. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha confirms the use of the ground-launched rocket in combat. Washington says the missile violates the Inf treaty and can fly well beyond the stated 500-kilometre limit.

Winds of war that find confirmation in the words of Russian Security Council secretary and former defence minister Sergej Shoigu, according to whom nuclear tests "have never stopped in any country" equipped with these weapons, but have always been conducted on "mathematical models" with computerised systems. "Tests have never stopped in any country, not even for a day, not even for an hour, but they have taken place within the framework of the use of computational technology, no physical tests have been carried out, mathematical models have been made," Shoigu explained after US President Trump announced that he wanted to resume nuclear tests.

Donald Trump declared that the United States will conduct nuclear tests if other countries do too, while maintaining ambiguity about the type of tests he was referring to. "We will do tests, yes, and if other countries do them. If they do, we will too," he told reporters aboard Air Force One.

The United States meanwhile cancelled the planned summit in Budapest between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, after Russia remained firm on its intransigent positions regarding the conclusion of the conflict in Ukraine. Official sources have not yet commented on the content of this article.

Plans for a summit in Budapest this month between Trump and Putin were suspended after Moscow kept its demands unchanged, including that of a cession of additional territory by Ukraine as a condition for peace.

Trump had supported Ukraine's call for an immediate ceasefire, but just days after Trump and Putin agreed to meet in the Hungarian capital to discuss how to end Russia's war in Ukraine, Moscow's Foreign Ministry sent a memo to Washington outlining the same demands to address what Putin calls the 'root causes' of its invasion, including territorial concessions, a drastic reduction in Ukraine's armed forces, and guarantees that it will never join NATO.

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The United States then cancelled the summit following a phone call between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after which Rubio told Trump that Moscow showed no willingness to negotiate, the FT article added.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated this month that although Ukraine is ready for peace talks, it will not withdraw its troops from further territories first, as Moscow demanded.

Following yesterday's meeting in South Korea between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, Russia's prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, will travel to China, where he will meet the Chinese leader on 4 November, the Moscow government press service reported, quoted by Interfax news agency. Mishustin and Xi will talk about ways to "strengthen Russian-Chinese relations" based on "all-encompassing strategic partnership and strategic interaction", the Russian executive added.

Intanto, sul campo, la difesa aerea russa ha affermato di aver intercettato e distrutto 130 droni ucraini sopra diverse regioni durante la notte. Sotto attacco, tra le altre, le regioni di Belgorod, Rostov, Volgograd e Mosca. Un raid russo ha colpito il distretto di Dnipro a Kherson, uccidendo due persone e ferendone altre 7 in un mercato. Lo riferisce il capo dell’Agenzia per la gestione delle emergenze di Kherson Oleksandr Prokudin, come riportano i media ucraini. Dall’inzio dell’anno, l’Ucraina ha condotto “con successo circa 160 raid” sui siti petroliferi russi, per l’estrazione e la raffinazione del greggio. A rivendicarlo il capo dei servizi segreti di Kiev (Sbu), Vassily Maliouk, parlando con i giornalisti e rivelando inoltre che l’intelligence, insieme ad altre forze u

In the meantime, the Pentagon has approved sending long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, believing that this will not harm US stockpiles; but the final decision rests with President Trump. This was reported by CNN, citing US and European officials.

Warsaw: Russian plane intercepted over the Baltic

Come riporta il Guardian, la Polonia ha dichiarato che i suoi jet hanno intercettato un aereo da ricognizione russo Ilyushin Il-20 sopra il Mar Baltico, nel terzo incidente di questo tipo questa settimana. L’esercito polacco sostiene che l’aereo non abbia violato lo spazio aereo polacco ma aveva il transponder disattivato e non ha presentato un piano di volo. “Si tratta del terzo incidente del genere questa settimana, a conferma della crescente attività dell’aviazione russa nella regione baltica ”, ha affermato l’esercito. La Polonia resta in stato di massima allerta dopo l’incursione di un drone russo nello spazio aereo polacco, avvenuta il mese scorso, durante un attacco più ampio all’Ucraina occidentale.

Ukraine imposes sanctions against entities from China, Iran, Russia

Kiev has imposed sanctions against 10 individuals and 31 companies from China, Iran and Russia,accused of supporting Russia's military-industrial complex, Zelensky's office announced. According to the presidential decree,the measures affect "producers and suppliers of Russia's military and industrial sector - 10 individuals and 31 legal entities - residing in Russia, China and Iran."These include companies, their executives and owners, linked to supplying equipment and components to Russia by circumventing the sanctions. Measures have also been introduced against Iranian state entities and legal entities that have supplied military products to Moscow," the document reads.

The sanctions include freezing assets on Ukrainian territory, revoking licences, banning official visits, blocking the transfer of intellectual property, terminating trade agreements, cultural exchanges and scientific cooperation, and revoking any Ukrainian state honours.

Home arrest for former mayor Odessa Trukhanov

Un tribunale di Kiev ha disposto gli arresti domiciliari per l’ex sindaco di Odessa, Gennadiy Trukhanov, rimosso dall’incarico e privato della cittadinanza ucraina dal presidente Zelensky, dopo che i servizi di intelligence ne avevano accertato il possesso di un passaporto russo. Trukhanov, che dovrà indossare un braccialetto elettronico, non potrà lasciare la propria abitazione se non per motivi medici o in caso di allarme aereo. Dovrà inoltre consegnare il passaporto e non potrà avere contatti con testimoni o altri indagati. L’ex sindaco di Odessa è accusato di negligenza e omissione di atti d’ufficio in relazione all’alluvione che a fine settembre colpì Odessa, causando 10 vittime. Secondo l’accusa, i danni sarebbero stati aggravati dalle carenze del sistema fognario. Trukhanov ha respinto ogni accusa, denunciando un “sabotaggio politico” nei suoi confronti e assicurando di voler “dimostrare la propria innocenza”.

Trump: no exemption to Orban on Russian oil

Viktor Orban's Hungary has asked the US for an exemption from sanctions on Russian oil, Donald Trump reportedly told reporters. "He asked for an exemption, we did not give it to him, the US president said. "He is a friend of mine," Trump added about the Hungarian premier.