On Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, the Romanian national gas producer Romgaz signed an agreement with the Azerbaijani state gas firm SOCAR to build multiple liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the Black Sea.

Political tensions between Warsaw and Brussels increased this week as financial aid funds for Poland became threatened.

Two Russian citizens from Egvekinot, a city in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, arrived in Gambell, Alaska by boat last Thursday – fleeing Putin’s latest military conscription effort – Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office said.

In the first week of October, Ukrainian troops made significant advancements in their counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast. Beginning in late August, alongside the operation in the Kharkiv Oblast, the southern counteroffensive’s initial goal has focused on securing the two crossings across the Dnipro River and liberating the city of Kherson.

In a speech Friday, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions after a series of controversial referendums last week. He referred to the West, a pillar of support for Ukraine’s defense, as the primary antagonist to peace and freedom in the region, calling European and American leaders Kyiv’s “real masters.”

Last month, a group of refugees recently arrived from eastern Ukraine gathered beneath the statue of Adam Mickiewicz on Rynek Główny in Krakow’s Old Town to call for peace.