Concerns over deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea over war in Ukraine. Russian lawmaker warns Ukrainian strikes on Russia would lead to nuclear war 15:50 A senior Russian lawmaker on Thursday said that Ukrainian strikes on Russia with western weapons would lead to nuclear war and that Moscow’s response would be tough with more powerful weapons.

The sum of 160 million euros from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets will be allocated to meet Ukraine's urgent humanitarian needs for this winter, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.

A total of 400 million euros from the first tranche of revenues from frozen Russian assets, which the EU allocated for weapons for Ukraine, were used to finance Ukrainian defence companies: the production of Ukrainian howitzers Bohdana has already been paid for.

The EU will support Ukraine with 160 million euros ($178 million) ahead of winter to improve the country's resilience to Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Sept.

The funds “support the Ukrainian defense industry, which produces faster and cheaper. And so it is more convenient for logistics. And it supports the Ukrainian economy,” she said, recalling that Denmark was the first country to lead this process of directing funds to purchase Ukrainian weapons.