Ukraine has vowed to continue defending the besieged city of Bakhmut to prevent Russia from advancing on nearby towns and cities, even as analysts say Russian forces have go down with the grinding fight, which will last months and they will have to choose their future battles.
Meanwhile, Western diplomats and intelligence officials suspect that saboteurs outside Ukraine were behind the September explosions that damaged the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea – a proposal that could attack the Western countries that came to the defense of the country against Russia. The Ukrainian government has denied involvement in the explosions.
Here is the latest information about the war and its effects around the world.
Russia looks at pressure tactics to escape from tech workers home: Fearing possible military registration, thousands of skilled Russian workers have sought safer places by going abroad, using tactics such as reprogramming routers to hide their views. given that they are home in Russia. Now, some companies are trying to pressure them to return, Mary Ilyushina reports.
“There were cases when people accidentally logged into work apps with their real IP addresses, and they were traced, so you have to be very careful,” said a Russian bank employee based in Southeast Asia, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of losing his job.
