Russia has sent a letter to Nato threatening to use nuclear weapons if it feels its Baltic territory of Kaliningrad is under threat.
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territory → send → threat
Despite a growing campaign of Russian hybrid attacks on Ukraine's European neighbours and allies, Moscow said it was Nato exhibiting "dangerous and reckless" behaviour that entailed "high risks of the outbreak of a direct armed conflict".
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that → grow → conflict
The letter said Russia "will be ready to use the entire arsenal of forces and capabilities at its disposal, including nuclear weapons, in order to defend its territory".
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Russia → say → territory
Nato said it had responded to Moscow directly, calling on Vladimir Putin to end his invasion of Ukraine and noting “that Nato is a defensive alliance”.
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Nato → say → Ukraine
“We strongly denounce the threat of force, including any irresponsible nuclear rhetoric,” a spokesperson said.
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spokesperson → denounce → rhetoric
Meanwhile, Russia plans to raise its defence spending to more than £150bn next year to bolster its war on Ukraine, according to a draft budget due to be submitted to parliament tomorrow.
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And in Kyiv, overnight strikes by Russia killed at least four people and targeted energy infrastructure and data centres.
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strikes → kill → infrastructure
The strikes, described as massive by the Russian defence ministry, saw Poland scramble fighter jets and briefly close two airports.
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Poland → describe → airports
Emergency power cuts return to Kyiv after Russian strikes
Emergency power cuts returned to Kyiv yesterday after a Russian attack damaged the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine’s state-owned power producer Centrenergo confirmed.
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Centrenergo → return → Oblast
The company said generating equipment at the plant had been damaged but did not provide further details, citing security concerns.
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equipment → say → concerns
Centrenergo CEO Serhii Isachenko said the immediate priority was to assess the damage and determine what repairs were needed.
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repairs → say → damage
He said specialists would begin work once the security situation allowed, The Kyiv Independent reported.
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Ukrenergo announced emergency electricity shutdowns in Kyiv at about 5.40pm local time as the attack disrupted the capital’s power supply.
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attack → announce → supply
The outages also affected public transport.
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outages → affect → transport
Electric ground transport was suspended in the Shevchenkivskyi and Holosiivskyi districts, while tram services were also halted, according to authorities.
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One child among four killed in Russia’s major overnight assault on Kyiv and surrounding region
Russia launched a major assault on Kyiv and the surrounding region yesterday, targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as the country heads into winter.
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country → kill → winter
The attacks killed three people and injured seven in Kyiv, while one child was killed and a woman injured in the surrounding Kyiv region.
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woman → kill → region
A key thermal power plant in Kyiv and other energy facilities were damaged, triggering emergency power cuts, authorities said.
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authorities → damage → cuts
DTEK said it had restored electricity to 8,000 customers on Kyiv’s left bank, while state grid operator Ukrenergo reported outages in several areas and urged people to limit their use of high-power appliances.
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Ukrenergo → say → appliances
Kyiv remained under air-raid alerts for more than 20 hours, among the longest sustained periods since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
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Russia → remain → invasion
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky said the capital’s energy infrastructure was the main target and called for stronger air defences ahead of winter.
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infrastructure → say → winter
Kanye West’s Russia concerts cancelled, organisers confirm
Two concerts by US rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, in St Petersburg, Russia, have been cancelled, organisers said on 30 September.
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Ye was due to perform on 10 and 11 October.
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Ye → perform → October
The shows were expected to be his first major concerts in Russia and would have made him the biggest Western artist to perform there since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Russia → expect → 2022
Russian event agency Say Agency said in a statement: “Ye’s concerts in St Petersburg will not be able to take place on the scheduled dates.”
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concerts → say → dates
It said more details would be provided in a later statement and that ticket holders would receive refunds.
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holders → say → refunds
ICYMI: Moscow threatens nuclear strikes if NATO moves to blockade Kaliningrad
Russia has delivered a formal warning to NATO, threatening to deploy nuclear weapons if tit attempts to isolate or blockade its militarised Baltic exclave, Kaliningrad.
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tit → threaten → exclave
In a diplomatic note sent to Brussels, Moscow warned it will use "the entire arsenal of forces at its disposal, including nuclear weapons" and conduct "strikes against decision-making centres in member states" if NATO tries to sever Kaliningrad from mainland Russia.
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NATO → send → Russia
The threat follows a secret NATO exercise in mid-August that simulated jamming the exclave's air defences and communications.
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that → follow → defences
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the note a necessary warning to "hotheads in Europe."
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Peskov → call → Europe
NATO has responded, dismissing the threat as "irresponsible nuclear rhetoric" and declaring that no alliance activities pose a threat to Russian territory.
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activities → respond → territory
Moscow summons Danish ambassador over Baltic Sea flare incident
The Kremlin has summoned Denmark’s ambassador to Moscow to lodge a formal protest over what it described as "provocative actions" by a Danish military helicopter toward a Russian Baltic Fleet warship.
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it → summon → warship
The diplomatic rebuke follows an incident on September 14 in international waters off Denmark, where a Russian warship fired two signal flares toward a Danish helicopter conducting a routine photo reconnaissance overflight.
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warship → follow → overflight
Denmark has previously summoned the Russian ambassador over the encounter, with Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen calling the firing of flares "completely unacceptable."
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Rasmussen → summon → flares
Moscow has defended its crew's actions, claiming the helicopter approached the vessel without responding to radio calls and that the commander fired the warning flares to prevent a dangerous approach.
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commander → defend → approach
Civil defense system 'completely failed', warns Ukrainian human rights chief
Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has warned that a critical shortage of urban bomb shelters has left Kyiv’s civilians dangerously exposed ahead of an expected Russian winter bombing campaign.
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shortage → fail → campaign
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Lubinets asserted that the public shelter network in major cities like Kyiv has "completely failed" to scale up to meet population demands.
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network → issue → demands
He said: "Five years into the war, Kyiv's civil defense system has completely collapsed.
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system → say → war
The number of shelters is insufficient to accommodate the entire population of the capital, and there are no mobile shelters at all.
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number → accommodate → capital
Where are the mobile shelters that are needed here and now?
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