Vlad Litnarovych

The world’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, sailed into Norway’s Oslofjord. The deployment comes after a surge of mysterious drones over military bases and airports across Europe, incidents Western officials believe point back to Moscow.

A Russian drone attack killed four civilians, including two children, in Ukraine’s Sumy region on September 30. The strike destroyed a family home in the village of Chernechchyna, marking one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in recent days.

Russia is scrambling to defend its fuel industry after a relentless wave of Ukrainian drone strikes crippled refining operations and triggered the country’s worst gasoline shortage in nearly three decades.