Interceptor and aid decisions are announced; strikes reach industrial and logistics sites
France promised interceptor missiles after Russian attacks. Germany announced 50 million euros in humanitarian aid and 10 million euros for energy defence. Ukrainian strikes inside Russia and occupied Ukraine killed at least 10 people, Russian officials said.
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France gives no date or quantity for the interceptors
Emmanuel Macron said France would send interceptor missiles to Ukraine after the latest wave of Russian attacks. He wrote that he had discussed stronger support and continued cooperation with Volodymyr Zelensky by telephone. France had already authorised Ukraine in June to manufacture French-designed cruise missiles, glide bombs and air-defence interceptors on Ukrainian soil, and announced more defence and missile systems in July. The SAMP-T system Paris has agreed to provide uses Aster 30 interceptors, but the latest announcement gave neither a delivery date nor a quantity.[1]
Ukrainian strikes stretch from Samara to Yeysk
Russian regional officials said Ukrainian drones killed at least 10 people in attacks across Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine. Ukraine's military said it struck the oil refinery in Novokuibyshevsk and started a fire. Online retailer Ozon said work stopped at its logistics centre in the Samara region and that people were injured. Krasnodar's governor said three people, including two children, were killed in Yeysk on the Sea of Azov coast, while one adult was wounded and a fire broke out at the port. The casualty figures reported by the regional officials have not been independently verified.[2]
Germany adds humanitarian aid and energy-defence support
Germany's foreign minister Johann Wadephul announced 50 million euros in humanitarian aid for United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations working near the front during a visit to Kyiv. Germany will also put another 10 million euros into a NATO fund that finances Ukraine's energy networks and defences against drones. Wadephul said Ukraine had faced a shortage of Patriot interceptors since February and that he planned to raise the issue with Marco Rubio the following week. Air defence and preparations for winter were also on the agenda in his talks with Zelensky.[3]
