NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg, responding to accusations of Western double standards, said on Tuesday that international law had to apply in all conflicts but the wars in Ukraine and Gaza were very different. Arab leaders have accused Western countries of failing to apply the same standards to Israel's war in Gaza, launched in response to the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas, as they have applied to Russia's war in Ukraine. Asked about the issue, Stoltenberg said: "My message is that international law, humanitarian law, has to be respected in all conflicts and civilian lives have always to be protected."
Russia has stepped up the activities of its spy network in Ukraine, whereas the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has been taking extensive action to combat it, Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, has said.
Ukrainian drone flies near Moscow: 'It's a retaliatory attack' From the 25th to the 26th, a drone of the Ukrainian army flew in the suburbs of Moscow, the capital of Russia, and damaged several buildings. In Ukraine, there was just a large-scale drone attack by Russian troops prior to this, and local Ukrainian media are reporting that it is a retaliation attack. The UN Observatory for Human Rights in Ukraine said more than 2,560 civilians, including more than 1 children, have been killed in Ukraine since Russia's military invasion began in February last year.