When Oleksandr Seliverstov heard about his former colleague’s death, he had an unusual reaction:

“I was very pleasantly surprised,” he said. “It was good news. Well, he deserved it.”

This isn’t your regular office rivalry.

You see, Oleksandr had once worked closely with the man, Andrii Korotkyy, at the #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Three days ago, at 7 a.m., Korotkyy met a fiery end, likely assassinated by #Ukrainian intelligence.

A video of his death, published by #Ukrainian military intelligence, also known as GUR, shows Andrii’s car exploding in the Russian-occupied city of Enerhodar.

The #Russian side said that he died of his wounds.

Oleksandr had a very different view.

“A lot of decent people suffered because of scum like him—people who were innocent, just pro-Ukrainian. And he handed them over, leading to their torture and suffering,” Oleksandr told The Counteoffensive.

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DUTCH DELIVER F-16s, $440 MIL FOR DRONES: The Netherlands has begun the process of handing over 24 warplanes to #Ukraine and in addition will provide more than $400 million to help jointly develop advanced drones, reports #Defense News.

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/10/07/netherlands-delivers-f-16s-to-ukraine-provides-440m-for-drones/

Netherlands delivers F-16s to Ukraine, provides $440M for drones

After giving warplanes and Patriot air-defense systems to Kyiv, the Dutch government eyes a leading role in cooperating on advanced drones.

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SLOVAK PM PLEDGES TO BLOCK UKRAINE NATO MEMBERSHIP: PM Robert Fico has said that having #Ukraine join #NATO would trigger a world war, and that "as long as I am Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic... I will ensure that [my party's MPs] never agree to Ukraine's NATO membership."

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/10/7/7478471/

Slovak PM states he will never agree to Ukraine's NATO membership

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stated that he, as head of the government, would never agree to Ukraine’s accession to NATO.

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RUSSIAN ACTIVIST KILLED FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE: Ildar Dadin, a #Russian opposition activist, has been killed in action while supporting Ukrainian troops, reports the #BBC . A spokesperson for the #Ukrainian group which recruited him said that "he was, and remains, a hero."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5eyqjz1yjo

Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin killed fighting for Ukraine

Ildar Dadin was killed when his battalion came under Russian artillery fire in north-eastern Ukraine.

^{Sarah Rainsford (BBC News)}