🔗 Share this article Specialists Detect Russian Intimidation Campaign Targeting Cruise Missile Use Russian authorities is executing a psychological influence initiative of intimidations to deter the America from delivering Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv, based on analysis from defense experts. An influential official stated: “We know these weapons thoroughly, how they fly, methods to intercept them, we encountered them in the Syrian conflict, so this is not innovative. The providers and those who use them will have problems … We will identify methods to hurt those who oppose our interests.” Ukraine's Military Push Progress Kyiv's troops were imposing substantial damage in a strategic push in eastern Donetsk region, the primary conflict zone, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on midweek. The Ukrainian president's account, based on a communication with his senior military officer, differed from the Russian president's speech before senior Russian officers a previous day in which he claimed Russian troops maintained the operational control in all frontline sectors. In an assessment covering October's first week, defense researchers said Russia was incurring heavy casualty rates, particularly from unmanned aerial vehicle assaults, in exchange for small operational progress. Kyiv's troops, Zelenskyy said, were “protecting our positions along various sectors”, mentioning particularly the Kupiansk area, a heavily damaged town in Ukraine's northeast under heavy Russian assaults for months. Local Developments Administrative officials in the Kherson area of southern Kherson said military strikes on midweek killed three people in and around the city of the same name. Local authorities of Sumy region, on the northern frontier with the Russian Federation, said three fatalities occurred in UAV assaults in various areas. Ukraine's air force said it successfully countered the majority of offensive unmanned aircraft during the night. An offensive strike substantially impacted critical infrastructure, government sources stated on Wednesday. Facility personnel were harmed during the strike, according to energy company officials. Officials offered no further information, including the plant's location, but national sources said strikes hit energy infrastructure in northern Ukraine, southern Kherson and the Dnipropetrovsk area. Civilian Impact In the border community of northeastern Ukraine, severely affected by the military campaign against the power supply, local government has created emergency spaces where civilians are able to seek warmth, access hot drinks, maintain communication capability and receive psychological support, based on information from regional head. Diplomatic Response Kyiv's representative to the military alliance on Wednesday called on European allies to increase acquisitions of American military equipment for Kyiv. “This doesn't mean we prefer United States armaments instead of allied or alternative military systems – the challenge remains that we are asking the America for equipment that EU members are unable to supply,” said the diplomatic representative. Federal law enforcement will shortly receive authorization to intercept UAVs, government official announced on midweek, after a spate of UAV observations considered likely foreign operations to spy and intimidate. Unveiling a draft law, the minister said law enforcement would receive permission “to take advanced technological measures against drone threats, such as EMP technology, electronic interference, GPS interference, but also with kinetic methods”. European Security Concerns EU chief stated on Wednesday that Europe must ramp up its security measures to counter complex threat operations after airspace breaches, digital assaults and marine communications interference. “This doesn't represent random harassment. It is a systematic and intensifying operation,” the official said in a speech to the EU legislative body. “Several occurrences are coincidence, but several, many, frequent – that represents a deliberate and targeted grey zone campaign against Europe, and European countries should answer.” Displacement Situation The Swiss government has extended its temporary shelter provided to Ukrainian refugees to at least 4 March 2027. Humanitarian status, which allows people to travel abroad as well as seek employment there, is generally limited to a single year but can be renewed. “The decision demonstrates the ongoing precarious security situation and ongoing military actions across large parts of Ukraine,” said a federal announcement. “Regardless of international peace efforts, a permanent peace that would allow for safe return is not expected in the foreseeable future.”