Greater than 3,500 drones launched at Ukraine this month, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy mentioned that Russia has launched greater than 3,500 drones and practically 190 missiles in opposition to Ukraine thus far this month.
“There have also been provocations against our partners,” he mentioned on X, refering to current Russian drone incursions into Poland and Romania.
“This is precisely the kind of aerial terror against which Ukraine is calling for joint defence – so that no one has to scramble combat aircraft in haste and feel Russia’s pressure on their borders.”
He added:
“Now’s the time to implement the joint safety of our European skies with a multi-layered air protection system.
All of the applied sciences for this are already in place. What is required are investments and dedication – sturdy motion.”
Zelenskyy additionally supplied an replace on in a single day assaults on Zaporizhzhia, which he mentioned injured 13, together with two youngsters. Within the Mykolaiv area, one individual was killed after a strike on what he known as “an ordinary farm.”
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Ukrainian man tried for alleged Nord Stream sabotage ordered to be extradited to Germany
A Ukrainian arrested in Italy final month over the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gasoline pipelines from Russia to Europe have to be extradited to Germany, a court docket in Bologna dominated.
The person, recognized as Serhii Ok, has denied being a part of a cell which positioned explosives on the pipeline and will attraction in opposition to the extradition ruling at Italy’s supreme court docket, his lawyer Nicola Canestrini instructed AFP.
‘When you’ve bought drones placing Polish lives in danger, Nato will … take them out,’ UK defence secretary says
Dan Sabbagh
Defence and safety editor
John Healey, the UK defence secretary, mentioned Nato was “responding with unity and strength” to the threats and that Typhoons can be able to assault Russian drones flying over Nato nations if required to take action.
“If you’ve got drones that are putting Polish lives at risk, then Nato will take the action to take them out,” Healey mentioned, including the Typhoons had been a part of a broader mission “to defend Nato airspace”.
Over the weekend, Romania grew to become the second Nato ally in japanese Europe to detect a Russian drone crossing into its airspace in per week – and Healey mentioned the Typhoons mission would lengthen operations to the nation if deemed obligatory.
He mentioned: “They are deployed as part of the Nato Eastern Sentry air policing. What Nato decides to and where it decides to deploy them will be for Nato. That’s part of our contribution to the alliance.”
There was no additional replace on whether or not the UK believed that the Russian drone incursion into Poland was deliberate.
Healey mentioned: “There’s no firm confirmation on intent, but in the end that’s not the point. It’s still reckless, it’s still dangerous.” It was, he added, “straight out of the [Vladimir] Putin playbook”.
Again to Ukraine, the UK has introduced final evening that RAF Hurricane jets might be deployed inside days to shoot down drones over Poland and different Nato allies in japanese Europe if obligatory.
The transfer comes simply days after final week’s incursion of 19 uncrewed Russian plane into Poland.
Our defence and safety editor Dan Sabbagh has the small print on how the operation will work.
‘For Europe’s survival, we should do what has not been completed earlier than,’ EU’s Draghi says
Summing up his speech, Draghi says that “in substance, the more reforms, and this is a point I made some times, the more we push [for] reforms, the more private capital will step up and the less public money we will need.”
“Of course, this path will break longstanding taboos, but the rest of the world has already broken theirs. For Europe’s survival, we must do what has not been done before, and refuse to be held back by self imposed limits,” he says.
He stresses the EU must “move beyond broad strategies and back-loaded timelines,” and wish “concrete dates and deliverables.”
“European residents are asking that their leaders increase their eyes from their each day considerations in the direction of their frequent European future and grasp the size of the problem.
Solely unity of intent and urgency of response will present that they’re prepared to satisfy extraordinary instances with extraordinary motion.”
EU seen by firms as ‘failing to match the pace of change elsewhere,’ Draghi says as he urges EU to maneuver sooner on competitiveness
Effectively, Mario Draghi – of the Draghi report – is talking now and he’s not precisely as optimistic as von der Leyen.
He talks about the necessity for the EU to maneuver sooner, be extra agile, and match the tempo of change elsewhere.
He says that having his plan implies that “Europe’s citizens and companies value the diagnosis, the clear priorities and the action plans, but they also express growing frustration” with the tempo of change.
“They are disappointed by how slowly the EU moves. They see us failing to match the speed of change elsewhere. They are ready to act, but fear governments have not grasped the gravity of the moment,” he says.
He provides that “too often, excuses are made for our slowness,” with some portraying it because the EU’s energy or respect for the rule of regulation.
“I think that’s complacency. Competitors in US and China are far less constrained even when acting within the law. To carry on as usual is to resign ourselves to falling behind,” he warns.
“A different path demands new speed, scale and intensity. It means acting together, not fragmenting our efforts. It means focusing resources where impact is greatest. It means delivering results within months, not years,” he argues.
On AI, he additionally strikes a extra cautions tone, saying that it “depends on the orchestration of at least four other technologies” in cloud, supercomputing, cybersecurity and fibre satellites.
He says that Europe is falling behind the US and China on giant basis fashions, and sees decrease AI adoption.
He stresses that “more ambition is needed” to “remove barriers to scaling up new technologies,” as he requires extra help from member states to maneuver sooner.
Draghi additionally takes in regards to the AI Act being “another source of uncertainty,” suggesting that the following stage of codes of follow on excessive threat AI programs ought to be “paused until we better understand the drawbacks” as he known as for “ex post” evaluation to drive enforcement.
On industrial insurance policies wanted to answer the rise of financial nationalism and protectionism, he says:
“States are using every tool at their disposal to advance their interests. So far, Europe’s response has fallen into two traps, uncoordinated national efforts or blind faith that market force will build new structures. The first can never deliver scale. The second is impossible when others distort markets and tilt the level playing field.”
Ouch, ouch, ouch.
EU’s von der Leyen praises bloc’s progress on competitiveness
As I discussed earlier, the EU’s von der Leyen is talking now in Brussels on “one year after the Draghi report.”
Portray a reasonably rosy image, she argues that Europe “is not only a challenger, but a leader in many fields that will define that race” on innovation, together with computing energy and AI adoption.
She insists that Europe “is not playing catch up” prefer it was in the course of the rise of the Web, however is “among the frontrunners.”
However on a barely extra crucial tone, she says that Europe “needs to capitalise on our strengths” as she identified that the bloc’s “single market is far from being completed” and this wants to alter to assist firms develop.
“It should not be easier to find a fortune across an ocean than across a European border, and we have started to address these barriers,” she says, stressing plans to progress reforms by 2028.
She additionally talks in regards to the progress on cleaner vitality, at the same time as she admits that “our energy prices remain still far too high, too volatile, too disparate across Europe” with extra to be completed on interconnectors and grids throughout the continent.
Von der Leyen additionally talks about the necessity to cut back Europe’s dependencies, significantly on China. “With the right policies, we can shore up our security,” she says.
I’ll maintain monitoring her speech for key strains.
Greater than 3,500 drones launched at Ukraine this month, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy mentioned that Russia has launched greater than 3,500 drones and practically 190 missiles in opposition to Ukraine thus far this month.
“There have also been provocations against our partners,” he mentioned on X, refering to current Russian drone incursions into Poland and Romania.
“This is precisely the kind of aerial terror against which Ukraine is calling for joint defence – so that no one has to scramble combat aircraft in haste and feel Russia’s pressure on their borders.”
He added:
“Now’s the time to implement the joint safety of our European skies with a multi-layered air protection system.
All of the applied sciences for this are already in place. What is required are investments and dedication – sturdy motion.”
Zelenskyy additionally supplied an replace on in a single day assaults on Zaporizhzhia, which he mentioned injured 13, together with two youngsters. Within the Mykolaiv area, one individual was killed after a strike on what he known as “an ordinary farm.”
Morning opening: Welcome again to Europe, Mr Trump
Jakub Krupa
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has known as for US president Donald Trump to take “a clear position” on Russia, together with sanctions and safety ensures for Ukraine.
In an interview with Sky Information, revealed in a single day, he mentioned it was the lacking piece to progress peace talks as he urged Trump to take “strong personal steps” to “stop Putin.”
He confused that he hoped UK prime minister Keir Starmer might acquire extra readability from Trump throughout his state go to to the UK, starting tonight.
We could hear from Trump himself later as he makes his method to London.
Individually, US state secretary Marco Rubio instructed reporters in Israel that Trump would “probably” meet with Zelenskyy once more throughout subsequent week’s UN normal meeting in New York.
“He’s going to keep trying. If peace is possible, he wants to achieve it,” Rubio mentioned.
Elsewhere, the EU might be wanting on the progress it’s made on competitiveness, a yr on from the Draghi report that grew to become an compulsory level of reference in all discussions on the bloc’s economic system. EU’s Ursula von der Leyen and the person himself are up shortly.
It’s Tuesday, 16 September 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Reside.
Good morning.
