Donald Trump has said that Russia is carrying out “underground” nuclear weapons tests as he doubled down on his announcement last week that the US would restart their own nuclear testing.
Speaking to Norah O’Donnell on 60 Minutes, he said that “Russia's testing, and China's testing, but they don't talk about it”, adding they were doing them “underground where people don't know exactly what's happening with the test.”
When Ms O’Donnell tried to clarify if he meant that Russia and China were definitely testing their nuclear weapons, he said: “Russia's testing nuclear weapons.
“Russia did make-- a little bit of a threat the other day when they said they were gonna do certain forms of a different level of testing.”
It comes after he has now backed away from the idea of giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for carrying out strikes inside Russia, at least for now. Trump has publicly toyed with the idea of providing the long-range missiles to Ukraine, saying that Volodymyr Zelensky would like him to add Tomahawks to Kyiv's arsenal. Tomahawk missiles have a range of 2,500km, enough to strike deep inside Russia, including Moscow.
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Key Points
- Trump says no Tomahawks for Ukraine, for now
- Belgium investigating new drone sightings over military base
- Ukraine deploys elite forces in Pokrovsk as 'multi-thousand' Russian forces attack
- Trump warned Ukraine war is creating ‘significant risks’ for US economy
- Nato will 'stand with Ukraine' to get long-lasting peace
- 'It is clear that Moscow aims to inflict harm primarily on our people,' Zelensky says
- Moscow testing nuclear weapons, says Trump
Ukraine committed to EU accession but should do more, says Commission draft
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Arpan Rai
Ukraine is showing "remarkable commitment" to joining the EU, but must reverse recent negative trends in the fight against corruption, the European Commission has said.
The draft text, part of an EU enlargement report expected to be adopted today, says that "despite the very difficult circumstances the country finds itself in on account of Russia’s war of aggression, Ukraine continued to demonstrate remarkable commitment to the EU accession path over the past year".
Ukraine applied to join the EU days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. It has been pushing to make progress on its bid, despite the challenges of Russia’s war and EU member Hungary blocking Kyiv from formally moving to the next phase of negotiations.
While praising Ukraine for launching reform processes, the European Commission also said that Kyiv needs to make more progress on judicial independence, fighting organised crime and respecting civil society.
Watch: Trump claims Moscow is carrying out underground nuclear weapons tests
04:32
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Arpan Rai
Ukraine military using video game-style reward system earning points killing Russians with drones
04:15
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Arpan Rai
Ukraine’s military units are competing with each other by launching deadly drone attacks to earn points that can be used to buy more weapons.
The video game-style rewards system is proving to be very popular, Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister said, with hundreds of units participating. Launched a year ago, it is now being expanded to reconnaissance, artillery and logistics operations, according to reports.
“It’s become truly popular among units,” deputy prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov told The Guardian. “All the defence forces know about this and there’s competition for the points, for getting these drones, electronic warfare systems and other things to help them in warfighting.
Watch: Putin unveils Russia's new nuclear powered missile cruiser Khabarovskowered
04:05
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Arpan Rai
Blast reported at petrochemical plant in Russia's Bashkortostan
03:55
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Arpan Rai
An explosion has been reported at the Sterlitamak petrochemical plant in Russia's Bashkortostan. The blast caused a partial collapse of a water-treatment facility, the administration of the city of Sterlitamak said this morning.
There no immediate reports of injuries, the administration of the city located in the Ural Mountains said on its Telegram channel.
The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.
Ukraine says defences are holding in Pokrovsk as Russia claims advance
03:35
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Arpan Rai
The Ukrainian military has said its defences around Pokrovsk city in Donetsk are holding, denying claims from Russia that its troops are in full control of any district of the city.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Pokrovsk remained under severe pressure, though Russian troops had made no gains in the past day. He said up to 300 Russian servicemen had infiltrated the city.
Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced into Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that they have been trying to capture for over a year.
The Russian defence ministry said its soldiers were destroying what it described as surrounded Ukrainian formations near Pokrovsk's railway station and industrial zone, and had entered the city's Prigorodny area and dug in there.
“The invaders continue to attack in small groups of up to five soldiers, without using armoured vehicles," the operation task force responsible for Ukraine's eastern front line said on Facebook.
Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps said Ukrainian forces had thwarted an attempt to cut off a supply route from Rodynske, to the north.
North of Pokrovsk, however, Ukraine has recorded recent gains near Dobropillia. Army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said his forces had stepped up pressure there with the aim of forcing Russia to divert its focus away from Pokrovsk.
UK sends more Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine
03:15
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Arpan Rai
The UK government has provided Ukraine with more supplies of Storm Shadow cruise missiles, officials said.
An unspecified number of missiles have been sent to Ukraine to ensure the war-hit nation is amply stocked up to respond to Russian attacks with its own long-range strikes deep inside Russian territory, people aware of the matter told Bloomberg.
The officials said Britain is resupplying Ukraine with the cruise missiles as it is concerned Moscow will step up attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
The UK government has not publicly announced the transfer of Storm Shadow missiles or how many are being sent. The reported transfer comes as Donald Trump continues to delay a decision on sending US-made Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
Two weeks ago Ukraine successfully attacked an important Russian chemical plant using British-made Storm Shadow missiles. Kyiv described the facility as critical to Moscow’s war efforts.
Ukraine will open arms export offices in Berlin and Copenhagen, says Zelensky
03:05
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Arpan Rai
Ukraine will set up offices for arms exports and joint weapons production in Berlin and Copenhagen this year, Volodymyr Zelensky has announced.
Zelensky told reporters that naval drones and artillery systems were among the weapons that Kyiv could export. He also said that Ukraine plans to launch mass production of its domestically produced missiles - Flamingo and Ruta - by the end of this year.
Why Russia is so desperate to win the battle of Pokrovsk and what happens next
02:52
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Arpan Rai
Russian forces have advanced in the eastern Ukrainiancity of Pokrovsk, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday.
Pokrovsk is a city that Russia has been trying to capture for over a year.
An estimated 100,000 Russian troops were circling the area, with Ukraine’s top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi saying his forces pushed hard to dislodge Russian troops.
Capturing Pokrovsk, dubbed "the gateway to Donetsk" by Russian media, and Kostiantynivka to its northeast which Russian forces are also trying to envelop, would give Moscow a platform to drive north towards the two biggest remaining Ukrainian-controlled cities in Donetsk - Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
Read more about the hottest sector on the frontline here:
Watch: How Ukraine and Russia are playing out a deadly cat and mouse drone war from underground bunkers
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Bryony Gooch
Analysis: Why has the battle for Pokrovsk taken so long?
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Reuters
Russia has been threatening Pokrovsk for more than a year. Instead of the full frontal assaults it used in earlier battles like the bloody campaign for the similar-sized city of Bakhmut, Russia's military is using a pincer movement to gradually encircle Pokrovsk and threaten Ukrainian supply lines.
Russian forces harry Ukrainian troops by sending in small units and drones to disrupt logistics and sow chaos to their rear before sending in larger reinforcements.
Ukraine says Russia's offensive has seen its forces sustain huge losses. Moscow says it is Ukraine, with its significantly smaller population, that is at risk of running out of men and that its own slower tactics are designed to minimise casualties.
An incursion into Russia's Kursk region by Ukrainian forces last year, which Moscow fought back, slowed the Russian attack on Pokrovsk too.
Analysis: Why is Pokrovsk so important?
Monday 3 November 2025 23:00
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Reuters
If it falls, Pokrovsk will be the most important Russian territorial gain inside Ukraine since Moscow took the ruined city of Avdiivka in early 2024 after one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
Since then, Russia has made steady but slow gains in intense fighting along the 1,000-km (600-mile) front line of a war that has dragged on for more than three years and eight months.
No face-to-face peace talks have taken place since July, despite attempts by U.S. President Donald Trump to push for an end to the conflict.
Kyiv says the costly fighting is largely stalemated and its territorial losses marginal; Moscow says it is still making important gains.
Elsewhere, the Russian Defence Ministry said its forces had carried out heavy overnight strikes against a Ukrainian military airfield, a military equipment repair base and military-industrial facilities, as well as gas infrastructure facilities that supported them.
Moscow said its troops had also attacked Ukrainian forces near another city, Kupiansk, and dislodged them from four fortified positions in the industrial zone on the left bank of the Oskol River.
Ukrainian military spokesman Viktor Trehubov said on Sunday that Russian attempts to get to the centre of Kupiansk had failed so far, and recent Ukrainian attacks had slowed Russian advances.
Watch: Fire breaks out in Mykolaiv after Russian attack, authorities say
Monday 3 November 2025 22:00
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Bryony Gooch
Russia says its forces advance in ruins of Pokrovsk, Ukraine says defenders hold on
Monday 3 November 2025 21:00
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Reuters
Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that they have been trying to capture for over a year, but Ukraine said its forces were holding on.
The Russian Defence Ministry said its soldiers were destroying what it described as surrounded Ukrainian formations near Pokrovsk's railway station and industrial zone, and had entered the city's Prigorodny area and dug in there.
Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield reports.
The Ukrainian military said Russian troops were not in full control of any district of the city.
"The invaders continue to attack in small groups of up to five soldiers, without using armored vehicles," the operation task force responsible for Ukraine's eastern front line said on Facebook.
Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps said Ukrainian forces had thwarted an attempt to cut off a supply route from Rodynske, to the north.
Pokrovsk had a pre-war population of some 60,000 people, but most civilians fled its ruins long ago. Capturing it could give Moscow a platform to drive towards Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, the two biggest remaining Ukrainian-controlled cities in the Donetsk region which Russia wants to capture in its entirety.
North of Pokrovsk, however, Ukraine has recorded recent gains near Dobropillia. Army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said his forces had stepped up pressure there with the aim of forcing Russia to divert its focus away from Pokrovsk.
In pictures: People walk near a makeshift memorial with the names of fallen service members written on Ukrainian and other national flags, at the Independence Square
Monday 3 November 2025 20:00
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Bryony Gooch
Watch: Putin unveils Russia's new nuclear powered missile cruiser Khabarovskowered Missile Cruiser Khabarovsk
Monday 3 November 2025 19:00
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Bryony Gooch
Recap: Why are US Tomahawk missiles so highly-coveted by Ukraine?
Monday 3 November 2025 18:00
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Bryony Gooch
The Tomahawk cruise missile has been in the US military’s inventory since the 1980s. While slow by missile standards, the cruise missile flies around 100 feet (about 30 meters) off the ground, making it harder to detect by defence systems.
The missile also boasts an impressive range of around 1,000 miles and precision guidance systems that make it the go-to weapon for striking targets that are deep inland or in hostile territory. The long-range nature of the missiles would put Moscow in Ukraine’s range, a significant threat to Russia.
Questions have been raised about how Tomahawks could be employed in Ukraine. They are launched almost exclusively from ships or submarines and Ukraine doesn’t possess a Navy with ships capable of carrying the 20-foot-long missile.
The US Army has been developing a platform to launch the missile from the ground, but some experts have that the capability was still far from ready, even for US forces.
How many nuclear weapons are there in the world and who has the most?
Monday 3 November 2025 17:00
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Bryony Gooch
In pictures: Life in Kyiv continues amid Russia's latest overnight attack
Monday 3 November 2025 16:40
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Bryony Gooch
Moscow testing nuclear weapons, says Trump
Monday 3 November 2025 16:20
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Bryony Gooch
US president Donald Trump has said that Russia is carrying out “underground” nuclear weapons tests as he doubled down on his announcement last week that the US would restart their own nuclear testing.
Speaking to Norah O’Donnell on 60 Minutes, he said that “Russia's testing, and China's testing, but they don't talk about it”, adding they were doing them “underground where people don't know exactly what's happening with the test.”
When Ms O’Donnell tried to clarify if he meant that Russia and China were definitely testing their nuclear weapons, he said: “Russia's testing nuclear weapons.
“Russia did make-- a little bit of a threat the other day when they said they were gonna do certain forms of a different level of testing.”
Drones spotted over Belgian military base
Monday 3 November 2025 16:00
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Bryony Gooch
Drones have been seen flying over a Belgian military base near the Dutch border for a third night in a row, according to the country's defence minister Theo Francken.
Police in Belgium are investigating the sightings following reports on Saturday of drones flying over the Kleine Brogel air base in north-east Belgium, Francken said in a post on X. A helicopter and police vehicles pursued but failed to capture the drone, and a drone jammer was unable to intercept it, he said.
"It was not a simple overflight, but a clear command targeting Kleine Brogel," Francken said.
Francken told Belgian radio on Monday that it looked like an espionage operation, but said he would not speculate on who could be behind it.
"I have some ideas, but I'm going to be cautious," he added.
NATO countries have been on high alert in recent weeks after drone sightings and other air incursions, including at airports in Copenhagen, Munich and in the Baltic region. Some 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace in September.
The European Commission last month proposed four European defence projects, including a counter-drone system and a plan to fortify the eastern border with Russia, as part of a drive to get the continent ready to defend itself by 2030.
Ukraine says Russian troops do not fully control any of Pokrovsk's districts
Monday 3 November 2025 15:39
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Bryony Gooch
Russian troops do not have full control of any district in the eastern city of Pokrovsk, the Ukrainian military said on Monday.
"The invaders continue to attack in small groups of up to five soldiers, without using armoured vehicles," the operation task force responsible for Ukraine's eastern front line said on Facebook.
Russia said earlier on Monday that its troops had advanced in Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that Russian forces have been seeking to capture for over a year.
Ukraine troops advance near Dobropillia, north of battleground Pokrovsk.
Monday 3 November 2025 15:23
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Bryony Gooch
Kyiv’s troops have advanced further near Dobropillia, north of Pokrovsk, Ukraine’s army chief has said.
It comes as the Russian Defence Ministry has claimed that its forces had advanced in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and had carried out massive strikes overnight on Ukrainian military-industrial sites.
Ukraine military using video game-style reward system earning points killing Russians with drones
Monday 3 November 2025 15:00
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Bryony Gooch
Ukraine’s military units are competing with each other by launching deadly drone attacks to earn points that can be used to buy more weapons.
The video game style rewards system is proving to be very popular, Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister said, with hundreds of units participating. Launched a year ago, it is now being expanded to reconnaissance, artillery and logistics operations, according to reports.
Read more here:
Analysis: Why does Russia want to capture Pokrovsk?
Monday 3 November 2025 14:40
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Reuters
Russia wants to take the whole of the Donbas region, which comprises the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces. Ukraine still controls about 10% of Donbas - an area of about 5,000 square km (1,930 square miles) in western Donetsk.
Capturing Pokrovsk, dubbed "the gateway to Donetsk" by Russian media, and Kostiantynivka to its northeast which Russian forces are also trying to envelop, would give Moscow a platform to drive north towards the two biggest remaining Ukrainian-controlled cities in Donetsk - Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. It would also give Moscow its most important single territorial gain inside Ukraine since it took the ruined city of Avdiivka in early 2024.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Donbas is now legally part of Russia. Kyiv and most Western nations reject Moscow's seizure of the territory as an illegal land grab. Some Western military analysts, like Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the U.S.-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, say that capturing Pokrovsk would hand Russia an important win, especially if it can do it by the end of the year.
But though important for operational reasons, Lee says taking Pokrovsk would still leave Russia a lot of work to do when it came to taking control of the rest of Donetsk and the two important fortress cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
Why are US Tomahawk missiles so highly-coveted by Ukraine?
Monday 3 November 2025 14:20
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Bryony Gooch
The Tomahawk cruise missile has been in the US military’s inventory since the 1980s. While slow by missile standards, the cruise missile flies around 100 feet (about 30 meters) off the ground, making it harder to detect by defence systems.
The missile also boasts an impressive range of around 1,000 miles and precision guidance systems that make it the go-to weapon for striking targets that are deep inland or in hostile territory. The long-range nature of the missiles would put Moscow in Ukraine’s range, a significant threat to Russia.
Questions have been raised about how Tomahawks could be employed in Ukraine. They are launched almost exclusively from ships or submarines and Ukraine doesn’t possess a Navy with ships capable of carrying the 20-foot-long missile.
The US Army has been developing a platform to launch the missile from the ground, but some experts have that the capability was still far from ready, even for US forces.
Watch: How Ukraine and Russia are playing out a deadly cat and mouse drone war from underground bunkers
Monday 3 November 2025 14:00
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Bryony Gooch
Putin’s tests for Nato from airspace violations to drone incursions
Monday 3 November 2025 13:39
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Bryony Gooch
Multiples countries in the alliance have reported incursions by drones into their airspace in recent months, James C. Reynolds reports.
Read more here:
In pictures: Russian PM meets Chinese premier
Monday 3 November 2025 13:19
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Bryony Gooch
Watch: Fire breaks out in Mykolaiv after Russian attack, authorities say
Monday 3 November 2025 13:07
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Bryony Gooch
Russia and China are 'good neighbours' says Chinese premier
Monday 3 November 2025 12:40
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Bryony Gooch
China’s premier Li Qiang has met with Russia’s prime minister Mikhail Mishustin, according to Chinese state media.
Mishustin has arrived in China for a two-day visit that includes meetings with president Xi Jinping and premier Li Qiang.
Li has said that China and Russia are good “neighbours” with mutual trust, as he met Mishustin.
Russian coast guard boat flying Wagner flag spotted near Estonia
Monday 3 November 2025 12:18
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Bryony Gooch
Estonia’s foreign affairs ministry has said that a Russian coast guard boat flying a Wagner mercenary flag was spotted near the country.
The country suggested that the display of a symbol of the mercenary group that rebelled against the Kremlin two years ago "confirms the fact that Russia's 'iron' system is fracturing".
The Wagner company, led by late oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, fought in some of the hardest battles against Ukraine before staging an uprising against Moscow in June 2023. Prigozhin later died in a mysterious plane crash months after agreeing an end to the rebellion.
Is Wagner marching on Moscow again, or starting with St. Petersburg this time? Hard to tell.
— Estonian MFA | #StandWithUkraine (@MFAestonia) November 2, 2025
From our side it looks like they’ve already annexed the Russian border guards.
Who knows… @mfa_russia? pic.twitter.com/fJmENccVzC
In pictures: Cemetery set up in Donetsk for Russian service members killed in conflict
Monday 3 November 2025 12:05
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Bryony Gooch
Latvian man arrested for allegedly collecting information for Russia's intelligence
Monday 3 November 2025 11:41
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Bryony Gooch
A Latvian citizen has been arrested for allegedly collecting information about the Baltic country's defence sector for Russia's shadowy GRU military intelligence service, authorities said Monday.
The suspect, whose identity was not made public, is accused of espionage. The person was taken into custody last month as officials conducted raids of two related sites.
Latvian authorities said the suspect obtained and passed along details about NATO forces there, as well as information about private infrastructure used for aviation and how to buy prepaid cellphone cards. The Baltics and the rest of Europe are on high alert after fighter jet and drone intrusions into NATO's airspace reached an unprecedented scale in September.
Some European officials described the incidents as Moscow testing NATO's response, which raised questions about how prepared the alliance is against Russia.
Russia 'will pay for everything', warns Ukrainian PM after children injured in Sumy region
Monday 3 November 2025 11:23
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Bryony Gooch
Ukraine’s prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko has issued a stark warning to Russia after the latest overnight strike.
“Last night, Russians again attacked our peaceful cities and regions — Dnipro, Mykolaiv, and Sumy. Once again, children are among the victims. In Dnipro, missiles targeted civilian infrastructure.
“In Nikopol, the Russians shelled the city with artillery and FPV drones; in Pavlohrad, four people were injured over the past day. In Mykolaiv, Russian drones struck a large supermarket — more than 2,000 square meters were destroyed by fire. A fire also broke out at a service station, damaging vehicles and nearby buildings.
“The attack disrupted energy infrastructure, cutting power to twelve settlements. In the Sumy region, Russians struck a residential neighbourhood with UAVs — deliberate terror. A 52-year-old man was killed. Among the five injured are two small children, aged two and five.
“This is outright terrorism: Russians have nothing else. It is the glue that holds their culture together — campaigns of atrocities that deflect attention from the misery of their own population at home. They will pay for everything.”
Last night, Russians again attacked our peaceful cities and regions — Dnipro, Mykolaiv, and Sumy. Once again, children are among the victims.
— Yulia Svyrydenko (@Svyrydenko_Y) November 3, 2025
In Dnipro, missiles targeted civilian infrastructure. In Nikopol, the Russians shelled the city with artillery and FPV drones; in… pic.twitter.com/98Yu13GhW9
What Russia successfully testing a nuclear-powered missile tells us, according to an expert
Monday 3 November 2025 11:03
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Bryony Gooch
Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in a military uniform, announced on Oct. 26, that Russia had successfully tested a nuclear-powered missile. If true, such a weapon could provide Russia with a unique military capability that also has broader political implications.
The missile, called Burevestnik, was reportedly successfully tested over the Arctic Ocean after years of development and several earlier initial test flights, one of which resulted in the deaths of five nuclear scientists.
Iain Boyd, an engineer who studies defence systems, has written here for The Conversation about how these weapons function, the advantages they present over conventional missile systems, and their potential to disrupt global strategic stability.
Zelensky celebrates Ukraine's engineering troops
Monday 3 November 2025 10:41
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Bryony Gooch
Volodymyr Zelensky has shared post in support of Ukraine’s engineering troops.
He wrote on X: “Important results for Ukraine on the frontline are achieved thanks to the professional work of the many warriors serving within the various branches of our defense forces.
“The warriors of the Engineering Troops are among them. Bridges, crossings, and minelaying are the result of their vital efforts. They operate under fire, without rest, building defenses and supporting the warriors from other branches of our Defense and Security Forces.
“Thank you for your daily service. Thank you for your professionalism. Congratulations on Ukraine’s Engineering Troops Day!”
Important results for Ukraine on the frontline are achieved thanks to the professional work of the many warriors serving within the various branches of our defense forces. The warriors of the Engineering Troops are among them. Bridges, crossings, and minelaying are the result of… pic.twitter.com/12BbYcKwDM
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) November 3, 2025
Russia says its forces advance in Pokrovsk, strike Ukrainian military-industrial targets
Monday 3 November 2025 10:19
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Bryony Gooch
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday that its forces had advanced in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and had carried out massive strikes overnight on Ukrainian military-industrial sites.
Moscow said its forces were destroying what it described as surrounded Ukrainian formations near Pokrovsk's railway station and industrial zone, and had entered the city's Prigorodny area and dug in there.
The Defence Ministry said its overnight strikes had targeted a Ukrainian military airfield, a military equipment repair base and military-industrial facilities as well as gas infrastructure facilities that supported them.
Moscow said its troops had also ejected Kyiv's troops from positions around another city, Kupiansk, Russian state news agencies cited the Defence Ministry as saying.
Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield reports.
Hungary's Orban further refuses to finance Ukraine in war against Russia
Monday 3 November 2025 10:00
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Bryony Gooch
Hungarian leader Viktor Orban has refused to financially back Ukraine in the war against Russia in a critique of Brussels on X.
He said that Europe is expected to foot the bill for Ukraine in the war, which is “why Brussels is so agitated.
“That’s why they want to seize frozen Russian assets, overhaul the EU funding system, and take on new loans.
“We reject this. It’s not Hungary’s job to finance Ukraine. We have no reason to do so: not politically, not economically, not morally. We are not alone in Europe, but we speak the most openly.”
Orban remains Putin’s closest ally in Europe, as well as a staunch critic of Zelensky.
“That’s why Brussels keeps attacking us. They want a ‘jawohl government’, with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, EU-compliant economic policies, Brussels-approved experts, and a prime minister they can control.
“In the next four years, we will support Hungarian families, Hungarian businesses, and Hungarian pensioners.
“That is why we are introducing tax exemption for mothers with two or three children, extending our three per cent loan scheme to businesses, and bringing back the 14th-month pension. We cannot allow Hungarians’ money to be sent to Ukraine!”
According to The Economist, Ukraine would need $400 billion over the next four years to continue the war. Weapons, reconstruction, pensions, salaries… and once again, Europe is expected to foot the bill. There’s no one else left willing to pick up the tab.
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) November 3, 2025
That’s why… pic.twitter.com/0CRmRM3RXR