#Ukraine

#Ukraine

A drone maker that's been arming Ukraine and designing systems to protect NATO says it's learned what the alliance, especially allies sharing a border with Russia, will need to fight - and win - a war. Drone maker Origin Robotics, which is based in Latvia, one of NATO's smaller eastern edge allies bordering Russia and Belarus, is among those considered most at risk of a potential Russian attack.

Ukraine's special operators said Saturday they took down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter with a long-range "deep strike" drone for the first time. The update didn't say where it happened, but it stressed the significance. They described the move as "changing the rules of the game: now we hunt!" Video released by Ukraine's Special Operations Forces appears to be footage from the drone as it flew over an enemy helicopter, drawing steadily closer before the clip cuts off.

A door about a hand's width opens into the frigid facility that protects the seeds that may one day play a fundamental role in the event of droughts, pests, floods, or the many other disasters that can ravage the earth and, consequently, the food supply for people and animals. Ukraine possesses an immense collection of biodiversity that cannot be found anywhere else. Who knows how useful it may be to us in the future. Its qualities can still be explored; it is like a treasure.

Roman Surovtsev was prompt in picking up his two daughters from school every afternoon. It's important to him to be there for his smiley 3- and 5-year-old girls, peppering them with questions about what they learned and who they played with. At home with his wife Samantha, he would always be facilitating the bubbles at bath time, meticulously brushing out tiny blonde and brunette ponytails, and tucking the giggling girls into bed after reading to them.

Bulgaria is preparing to seize control of Lukoil's Burgas oil refinery and sell it to a new owner after the Russian oil company came under US sanctions, according to Bulgarian media reports. Burgas is Bulgaria's only oil refinery and as part of Lukoil is at risk of having to shut down because of the sanctions. The US joined Britain last month in imposing sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, over Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

Italian officials have reacted with outrage after Russia used the partial collapse of a medieval tower in central Rome to claim that Italy's support for Ukraine has drained funds needed to preserve its cultural heritage. The Torre dei Conti, a 29m-tall fortified residence built near the Colosseum in the 13th century, partially collapsed on Monday (4 November), causing the death of a Romanian worker who was trapped under rubble for 11 hours.