8:7Vladimir Putin praised Iran’s “epic steadfastness” during an October 7 birthday call with President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to Iranian accounts.
8:7The Houthis claimed another ballistic-missile attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on October 8, without immediate Saudi confirmation.
10:40Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged safe navigation in the Black Sea during an October 7 call with Vladimir Putin, while offering support for Russia–Ukraine talks.
8:13Denmark’s intelligence service says Russia has escalated sabotage against Danish companies supplying defence products to Ukraine, increasingly recruiting untrained intermediaries through Telegram and other platforms.