World affairs editor Sam Kiley joins RAF support patrols over Poland on what is effectively Nato’s eastern flank against Vladimir Putin’s Russia - and sees a war without end.

Russian forces are regularly attempting to jam UK military satellites, the head of UK Space Command has revealed.

Major General Paul Tedman told the BBC that these efforts to disrupt UK-based military activities occur "weekly", with Russia also closely monitoring the country’s space assets.

"We’re seeing our satellites being jammed by the Russians on a reasonably persistent basis," Maj Gen Tedman stated.

The upgrades likely involve Russia’s Iskander-M and Kinzhal missiles, which have ranges of up to 500km and 480km respectively.

Europe needs to “get serious” about the threat posed by Russia, said Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister.

“I’m sure [Russian president Vladimir] Putin gets emotional if not physical satisfaction humiliating the West by showing what he perceives as his super-strength,” Sergiy Kyslytsia told the Guardian.

Russia’s next course of action will be dependent on the collective resolve displayed by Europe and the Trump administration, as he predicted Trump would “escalate escalating” and take more measures to paralyse the continent.

Warning about the ruthless and “unscrupulous adversary”, he said: “Many politicians are still keeping in their heads in the patterns and algorithms of the last century, where a war means boots on the ground and tanks moving in.”

“In the 21st century you don’t need tanks to put technologically advanced countries on their knees. Cyberwar is a reality,” Kyslytsia said.

“Howitzers are not necessary to paralyse the banking system. By using drones in a smart way you can achieve your goals better than with a nuclear bomb.”

The UN aviation agency's assembly concluded on Friday with delegates agreeing to condemn Russia for disturbances to critical satellite navigation systems that they say violate international rules.

Estonia and neighbour Finland have blamed Russia for jamming GPS navigation devices in the region's airspace, charges that Moscow has denied.

The region experienced two recent high-profile instances of GPS disturbances, including one involving a Spanish military jet with the country's defense minister onboard.

Most modern airliners have sensors and sources to determine their positioning in addition to GPS, meaning they can fly if there is interference. But European countries supported by the US and Canada earlier this week flagged safety concerns over global navigation satellite system (GNSS) radio frequency interference in the Baltic, Eastern and Northern European regions from Russian territory.

It was the International Civil Aviation Organisation assembly's latest rebuke of Russia, which failed to win back its seat at ICAO's 36-member governing council over actions taken since Moscow's 2022 invasion and war against Ukraine.

The vote went against Russia, in part, due to deepening US pressure after president Donald Trump's rhetoric shifted in favor of Ukraine during a speech last week at the United Nations, one European diplomat told Reuters.

Russia has not issued a comment.

A Russian drone attack killed a French photojournalist on Friday in eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the three and a half year old war with Russia, the Ukrainian military said.

The Fourth Separate Mechanised Brigade, writing on Facebook, said photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed in a drone strike. A Ukrainian photographer accompanying him, Hryhory Ivanchenko, was injured in the incident.

Both were wearing protective equipment and armoured vests clearly indicating that they were journalists, the statement said.

The head of the Ukrainian Union of Journalists, Serhiy Tomilenko, told Ukrainian media that Lallican had been killed near the town of Druzhkivka, one of the hottest sectors of the 1,250km front line in Ukraine's Donbas region.

The European Federation of Journalists said it was the first time a journalist had been killed by a drone in the conflict. It said 17 journalists had died in the combat zone since Russia invaded its smaller neighbour in February 2022.

The federation said Lallican, who was based in Paris, was on assignment for France's Hans Lucas photo agency and had his work published in various European media outlets. French media said he had also worked in the Middle East.

"By targeting journalists, the Russian army is deliberately hunting those trying to document war crimes," Tomilenko said in a statement."For journalists, every trip to the frontline zone is a deadly risk. Antoni Lallican took this risk again and again, coming to Ukraine, travelling to Donbas, documenting what many prefer not to see."

French president Emmanuel Macron, in a post on X, expressed condolences to his family and to journalists placing themselves in danger while on assignment.

The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog urged Ukraine and Russia on Friday to show the "political will" required to keep the area around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant safe to allow the external power line to be reconnected to the facility.

The plant, Europe's largest with six reactors, was seized by Russian forces in the early weeks of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The facility has been cut off from external power since 23 September – the 10th time the line has come down.

The plant produces no electricity, but fuel in its reactors is being cooled by emergency diesel generators. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the external line had to be restored.

"Both sides say they stand ready to conduct the necessary repairs on their respective sides of the frontline. But for this to happen, the security situation on the ground must improve so that the technicians can carry out their vital work without endangering their lives," Grossi said in a statement.

"I'm calling on both sides to do what is necessary to prevent a further deterioration. It is a question of political will, not whether it is technically possible, which it is."

Each side accuses the other of compromising nuclear safety.

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned Ukraine that it was playing a dangerous game by launching strikes near the plant.

Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha accused Moscow of deliberately cutting the link in order to connect the station to its own grid.

Austria told the EU on Friday it would not support the bloc's latest sanctions package against Russia unless the EU unfroze some Russian assets to compensate Austria's Raiffeisen Bank for penalties imposed by Russia, diplomats said.

But other EU governments said they could not accept such a move because it would legitimise Russian courts that have retaliated against EU sanctions by ordering the confiscation of Western assets.

They fear it could encourage other oligarchs to take this approach. The clash between Austria and other EU countries took place at a closed-door meeting of ambassadors of EU countries in Brussels, devoted to finalising the EU's 19th sanctions package against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

In January, a Russian court ordered Raiffeisen Bank International to pay €2bn in damages following a lawsuit brought by a company previously owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

The court said the bank could recover that fine by taking over its equivalent in shares in Austrian construction company Strabag, previously part-owned by Deripaska. Raiffeisen has so far been unable to do, because they are immobilised under EU sanctions.

Vienna wants to use the 19th sanctions package to unfreeze the €2bn worth of Strabag shares so that Raiffeisen can take them.

"Austria said they can't agree with the package if Raiffeisen is not included," one EU diplomat said. Two others confirmed that was the Austrian position in the meeting.

"Of course Austria is defending the interests of Austrian companies in Brussels and seeking to ensure that the Russian aggressor does not profit twice," Austria's foreign ministry said in a statement, apparently referring to the damages and eventually recouping Strabag shares.

Shares in Raiffeisen closed 7.4 per cent higher on Friday, before the end of the ambassadors' discussions.

Before Germany shut down Munich airport on Friday due to suspicious sightings, they were also spotted overnight in Belgium above a military base.

A drone incident in Oslo, the capital of Norway, which is a Nato member but not part of the EU, also affected flights there late last month.

It was not immediately clear who has been behind the flyovers.

Russian authorities have rejected claims of involvement, including in recent drone incidents in Denmark.

Munich Airport said in a statement early on Friday that there had been "several drone sightings", without elaborating.

In a later statement, it clarified that "detection and defence against drones" falls to federal and state police.

Federal police are investigating the reported drone sightings, German news agency dpa reported on Friday.

In Belgium, several drones were spotted overnight on Thursday into Friday above a military base near the German border, defence minister Theo Francken told Le Soir newspaper.

The minister did not confirm how many drones were flying in the vicinity of the Elsenborn military base - which serves mainly as an army training facility with a firing range - just after midnight.

Belgian public broadcaster VRT said that 15 drones were spotted near the base, which is roughly 600km from Munich.

Francken underlined that the nature of the flights was "suspicious and unknown", Le Soir said.

A Defence Ministry investigation is ongoing.

Authorities shut down Munich Airport late on Friday, the second closure in less than 24 hours after more suspected drone sightings, the airport said in a statement.

The closures are the latest after mysterious drone overflights in the airspace of European Union member countries.

The airport suspended flight operations on Friday night until further notice "as a precautionary measure due to unconfirmed sightings", the statement said.

Germany's air traffic control previously restricted flights at the airport shortly after 10pm on Thursday and then halted them altogether, the airport said in a previous statement.

Seventeen flights were unable to take off, affecting almost 3,000 passengers, while 15 arriving flights were diverted to three other airports in Germany and one in Vienna, Austria.

Flights in and out of the airport then resumed at 5am on Friday, said Stefan Bayer, a spokesperson for Germany's federal police at Munich airport.

Authorities were not immediately able to provide any information about who was responsible for the overflights.

European authorities have expressed concerns that they are being carried out by Russia, though some experts have noted that anybody with drones could be behind them.