“We are witnessing all types of Russian action, from disinformation to sabotage acts, to the use of illegal immigration as a weapon, so we are already in a hybrid war with Russia”.
This was said by the EU Commissioner for the economy, Valdis Dombrovskis, to France24. “We know that the imperialist and expansionist ambitions of Russia extend beyond Ukraine”, Moscow “speaks openly to invade other countries, also EU and born”, he explained, highlighting the importance also for the Baltic of the plan launched by Brussels on the construction of a wall of drones to “face the raids” and the Russian “provocations”.
“It is extremely important to increase defense skills and defense expenditure, as well as protect the Eastern side of NATO, where the Baltic states are located. Their concerns are obviously very serious regarding Russian rhetoric, the invasion of other countries, the provocations that we are facing how recent incursions in the European air space”, stressed Dombrovskis. The idea of the Droni wall, observed the former Latvia premier from 2009 to 2014, is to “have the ability to detect the movements and, if necessary, also to intercept the Russian drones: unfortunately we have previously seen individuals” to go into the skies of “different EU countries, but recently the action in Poland was rather massive “https://gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/mondo/2025/09/27/guerra-in-ucraine-dombrovskis-gue-gia-guerra-Ibrida-mosca-f0e31588-Baf9-4f61-8972-301f21b16e7b/.” He denounced -: it is Russia who tests the native response skills “and tries to understand if” it can go further “.
On the strengthening of the defense skills and the related industry, “the EU is accelerating” with the plan for the Resto ‘readiness 2030’, continued the commissioner, remarking the importance of advancing because the Kremlin “has already transformed his economy into a war economy: he has significantly increased his military production and is also increasing the number of his own Troops “https://gazzettadelSud.it/articoli/mondo/2025/09/27/guerra-in-ucraine-dombrovskis-lu-gia-a-guerra-con-mosca-f0e31588-Baf9-4f61-8972-301f21B16E7B/.” Troops and that equipment? and, to dissuade Russia from incursions in the EU territory – has also highlighted -, it is important that for our part there is a clear and strong signal and a clear ability to counter the threat “.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia will receive a proportional response to attempts to cause a blackout in Ukraine in winter: they cause one to Kiev, they will suffer one in Moscow. He told journalists during a briefing, Ukrinform reports. “If Russia aims to cause a blackout in Ukraine every winter, then I am not sure that Ukraine’s response and its partners should be different. Russia must know that civil countries differ from the wild ones as they never strike first, they are not attackers, but this does not mean that they are weak. There is no need to show weakness. If they threaten to obscure the capital of Ukraine, then Cremlin must know that there will also be a blackout in the Russian capital, “said Zelensky, who stressed that he discussed the question with the president of the United States Donald Trump during a meeting in New York.
“Following the Russian actions, the Zaporizhzia nuclear power plant remained without current for the fourth day”: the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga on X said it, adding that “it is the tenth blackout caused by the Russians” and that “Russia has built 200 kilometers of power lines in preparation for an attempt to steal the control unit, connect it to the Russian network and “Restart it”. A procedure that poses “great risks”, noted.
Russia said she had conquered three villages in Eastern Ukraine. The villages of Derylove and Maiske were conquered in the Donetsk region, said Moscow’s army in a note, while Stepove’s settlement was taken in the Dnipropetrovsk region, said.
In the Ukrainian region of Černihiv 36 Russian attacks were recorded in the last 24 hours, a civilian has been wounded by a drone. The head of the regional military administration of Černihiv, cited by Ukrinform, reports it. “In the District of Novhorod-Siverskyi, an enemy FPV drone hit the courtyard of a local resident, a 32-year-old civilian”, wrote Chaus on Telegram.
Chaus added that 21 settlements in the region have been affected in the last 24 hours. “Once again, the energy plants in the Černihiv district have been targeted. The repair works in the regional center are in progress,” he said.
In addition to hitting the energy sites, the Russian forces attacked a farm, triggering a fire that was then turned off. In the Koriukivka district, an attack with a drone damaged a home and set fire to a barn. On September 25, more than 60 attacks against over 20 settlements in the Černihiv region had been launched.