Schoof's visit to Kyiv and Slovakia's new aid package - Monday brief
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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof visited Kyiv for the first time. Slovakia announced a new aid package for Ukraine.
Read more about what happened on Monday, October 6.
Netherlands and Lithuania's Prime Ministers arrive in Kyiv
"Together with Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof, we honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders. With gratitude, we cherish the memory of everyone who stood for our freedom and their heroic deeds. Eternal memory to the Ukrainian defenders who gave their lives securing Ukraine’s independence," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
Slovakia announces new aid package for Ukraine
Slovakia is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine, which will include engineering and mine-clearing assistance.
Ukraine will receive five Bozena demining vehicles and other equipment as part of a new military aid package from Slovakia.
Thousands of US, Chinese, and EU components found in Russian drones and missiles — Zelenskyy
During a massive combined strike on Ukraine on the night of October 5, Russia used 549 weapons containing 102,785 foreign-made components. These components were manufactured by companies in the United States, China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, and the Netherlands.
Ukraine's General Staff confirms strike on explosives factory in Russia and oil terminal in Crimea
On the night of October 6, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Russian Sverdlov Plant in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region, as well as the facilities of the Marine Oil Terminal in the temporarily occupied Feodosia in Crimea. The plant in Dzerzhinsk is one of Russia's largest manufacturers of explosives.
Nobel Prize winners 2025 revealed: Medicine and physiology laureates
On Monday, October 6, the Nobel Committee announced the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The laureates are scientists Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi, for "groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance."
French Prime Minister Lecornu resigns
Sébastien Lecornu has submitted his resignation as Prime Minister of France to Emmanuel Macron. French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted his resignation.
