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🗣 #China should face “a higher cost” for supporting #Russia in the war against #Ukraine, the EU’s incoming foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/12/china-must-face-higher-cost-for-backing-russia-says-next-eu-foreign-policy-chief


☢ “The fact that its #nuclear warheads are so close to #Ukraine could, in fact, tempt #Russia to conduct a false-flag operation on its own storage sites in order to justify a nuclear attack.”

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/how-war-ukraine-could-go-nuclear-accident


ISW:

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The Russian military command likely aims to rapidly push Ukrainian forces out of #Kursk Oblast in order to free up combat power for its priority offensive operations in Donetsk Oblast and to ease the theater-wide operational pressures that the Ukrainian incursion has generated.

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-11-2024

#russia #ukraine

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🇨🇭🇺🇦 #Switzerland is planning to allocate 1.5 billion Swiss francs ($1.7 billion) for reconstruction projects in #Ukraine over the next four years, Swiss Ambassador to Ukraine and Moldova Felix Baumann said.

https://kyivindependent.com/switzerland-to-pledge-1-7-billion-for-reconstruction-projects-in-ukraine/


🇱🇹 🇷🇺 Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy in #Lithuania to express its strong protest over the Kremlin’s recently intensified shelling of civilian targets in #Ukraine

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2353121/lithuania-voices-protest-over-russia-s-attacks-on-ukraine

#russia


🇺🇲 Kamala Harris’s election campaign has accused Elon Musk of spreading “manipulated lies” after the Tesla chief executive posted a doctored video featuring the vice-president on his X account.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/29/elon-musk-accused-of-spreading-lies-over-kamala-harris-video

#usa #socialmedia #twitter #elonmusk #disinformation


🇩🇪🇺🇦 The German arms company Rheinmetall and the Ukrainian government agreed on the sidelines of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin to begin production of the modern Lynx armored vehicles in #Ukraine this year.

https://kyivindependent.com/rheinmetall-kyiv-agree-to-produce-lynx-armored-vehicles-in-ukraine-in-2024/

#germany


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Survivors say #Russia is waging a war of sexual violence in occupied areas of #Ukraine. Men are often the victims

“They seemed to have a fetish for genitalia. Sometimes the door would open, and they would say: ‘We’re going to take out our batons and we’re going to rape everyone here,’” the 39-year-old farm manager told CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/europe/russia-sexual-violence-occupied-ukraine-intl-cmd

#russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇷🇴 🇷🇺 Romanian prosecutors announced Friday that they had ordered the arrest of a man suspected of #spying for Moscow, while the government declared a Russian diplomat persona non grata.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/24/romania-detains-man-suspected-of-spying-for-russia-a85217

#romania #russia


🇪🇺 European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday called the removal of Estonian buoys by Russian border guards on a river separating the Baltic country from #Russia “unacceptable,” and demanded an explanation from Moscow and the immediate return of the floating devices.

https://apnews.com/article/estonia-russia-buoys-border-10b99970ed538ce1684bf88c6384a1ec


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukraine said Friday it had halted a Russian ground offensive in Kharkiv and was now attacking Moscow's forces.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/russia-stopped-in-kharkiv-ukraine-counterattacking-kyiv-b98465f4

#russia


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A nighttime Russian attack destroyed train tracks and rolling stock in #Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, officials said Friday, and authorities organized the evacuation of children from the area that is being pummeled by the Kremlin’s forces in a powerful new offensive.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kharkiv-railways-evacuation-02dc12a156a2034088991f5884d4aa28

#russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇷🇺 Expanded sanctions on #Russia and enhanced pressure on countries that Moscow considers friendly are hurting Russian firms' export revenues and creating oil payment issues, the Bank of Russia said on Friday.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russia-says-secondary-sanctions-are-hurting-export-revenues-oil-payments-2024-05-24/


🇷🇺 #Russia: The purge of top officers is the result of infighting between the FSB and the military over the failure to capture Kyiv and competition for defense funds.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/24/fsb-launches-sweeping-purge-of-military-elites-with-kremlins-approval-a85213


🇷🇺 🇨🇿 An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal has prohibited Russia's Gazprom from continuing with Russian legal proceedings against CEZ, the Czech energy company said.

In a statement late on Thursday, CEZ said the ICC Tribunal granted a request confirming that disputes between the companies should be resolved in ICC arbitration, not in Russian courts.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/cez-icc-tribunal-bans-gazprom-placing-gas-dispute-russian-court-2024-05-24/


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Putin is ready to halt the war in #Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-wants-ukraine-ceasefire-current-frontlines-sources-say-2024-05-24/

#russia


🇷🇺 The number of people held in #Russian prisons dropped by 58,000 last year, Russian independent media reported on Friday, continuing a steady fall spurred in part by the recruitment of convicts to fight in #Ukraine

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-prison-population-fell-by-50000-last-year-media-report-2024-05-24/

#russia


🇺🇦🇪🇺 #Ukraine is negotiating to maximise possible imports of electricity from European Union countries to compensate for the generation capacity destroyed by the Russian attacks, Ukrainian energy minister said on Friday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-is-talks-with-eu-maximise-electricity-imports-minister-says-2024-05-24/


🇷🇺 A court in the Russian city of Vladivostok ruled on Friday to keep U.S. military serviceman Gordon Black under arrest, the Interfax news agency reported.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-court-keeps-us-soldier-black-custody-interfax-says-2024-05-24/

#russia #usa


🇺🇲 🇬🇪 Politicians and officials in #Georgia responsible for pushing through a controversial bill that would brand Western-funded NGOs and media outlets as “foreign agents” will face visa bans, the U.S. State Department confirmed Friday.

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-travel-ban-sanction-georgia-dream-politicians-foreign-agent-bill-russian-law/

#usa #russia


🇭🇺 #Hungary is working to “redefine” the country’s #NATO membership status to allow for opt-outs should the military alliance undertake military actions outside of the defense alliance’s territory, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-24/hungary-working-to-redefine-its-nato-membership-orban-says


🇷🇺 Ukrainian military intelligence was directly involved in a deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow in which over 140 people were killed, the head of #Russia's Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov said 🤦♂

Bortnikov did not provide evidence to underpin his assertion 🤡

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-spy-chief-says-ukraine-was-directly-involved-moscow-concert-hall-attack-2024-05-24/


🇲🇩 🇷🇴 #Russia joined Moldova's leftist opposition on Thursday in denouncing #Romania's prime minister for remarks saying ex-Soviet #Moldova's population was made up strictly of Romanians who spoke Romanian.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-moldovas-opposition-denounce-romanian-pms-remarks-2024-05-24/


🇺🇦 #Ukraine is set to receive three additional tranches totaling $4.5 billion from the IMF's Extended Fund Facility in 2024, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-receive-additional-4-5-billion-from-imfs-extended-fund-facility-in-2024/


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 A missile attack on a Russian communications hub in the city of Alushta in occupied #Crimea has caused "significant damage to equipment," with numerous casualties reported, the pro-Ukrainian partisan group Atesh reported on May 24.

https://kyivindependent.com/partisans-attack-on-occupied-crimea-damages-communications-equipment-casualties-reported/

#ukraine #russia


💻 #YouTube has blocked at least three videos that show viewers how to evade military service after it received a request from the Russian authorities, the investigative news outlet Agentstvo reported Monday.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/20/youtube-blocks-anti-war-videos-at-russias-request-agentstvo-a85175

#google #russia #censorship


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia is increasingly using "glide bombs" - cheap but highly destructive ordnance - to advance its offensive in #Ukraine

More than 200 of them are thought to have been used in just a week to pound Ukraine’s northern town of Vovchansk during Russia’s current cross-border advance near Kharkiv.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz5drkr8l1ko

#russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇷🇺🇨🇺 #Russia has likely been recruiting Cuban nationals to fight in its army in #Ukraine, research by the BBC has shown.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68949298

#cuba #russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 Russian forces accidentally shot down their own Su-27 fighter jet over occupied #Crimea due to "heightened combat readiness," Ukraine's Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said on air on March 29.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-navy-jet/

#russia #russianarmy


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 War-torn #Ukraine on Thursday opened a new front in its battle against alleged Russian misinformation through video games by launching a game that replicates the salt-mining town of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-opens-new-front-minecraft-game-tackle-alleged-russian-misinformation-2024-03-21/

#russia #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇸 U.S. House of Representatives Democrats began collecting signatures on Tuesday for a potential bid to sidestep Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on a $95 billion security assistance package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-ukraine-supporters-advance-effort-force-house-vote-aid-2024-03-12/

#usa


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A Russian missile slammed into two apartment buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring at least 38, with rescue teams sifting through rubble in a night-time search for survivors.

Ten children were among the injured.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/missile-hits-apartment-building-kryvyi-rih-two-dead-ukrainian-president-says-2024-03-12/

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Union countries are close to a deal on a military aid fund for Ukraine that would pave the way for an injection of 5 billion euros, diplomats said on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-clears-path-5-bln-euro-ukraine-military-aid-boost-2024-03-12/


🇨🇵 French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Tuesday told parliament that Ukraine's fight against the Russian invasion had hit a "tipping point", warning of "real, tangible dangers" for France should Russia defeat Kyiv's forces.

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20240312-french-pm-warns-of-tipping-point-in-ukraine

#russiaukrainewar


🇪🇺 The European Parliament has adopted a directive on criminalizing the violation and circumvention of EU sanctions, namely in relation to sanctions targeting Russia.

https://kyivindependent.com/european-parliament-votes-to-criminalize-circumvention-of-eu-sanctions/


🇷🇺 Russian officials have been ordered to significantly boost voter turnout among young people in the upcoming presidential 'election' as the Kremlin seeks to hand Putin a resounding re-coronation.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/03/12/make-the-young-fall-in-love-with-putin-young-russians-pressured-to-vote-as-kremlin-demands-record-turnout-a84434

#russia


🇪🇺🇷🇺 European companies have supplied over $630 million worth of equipment according to the current exchange rate to Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project since the invasion of Ukraine despite it being under Western sanctions.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/03/12/eu-firms-supply-630mln-in-equipment-to-russias-arctic-lng-2-project-despite-sanctions-a84430


🇷🇺 Riddle looks at how Russia’s banning of Youtube, Twitter and Meta since the war in Ukraine have helped push Telegram into social media dominance

https://ridl.io/explaining-the-rise-of-telegram/

#socialmedia


🇺🇲🇺🇦 The United States is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine that could be worth as much as $400 million, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, the first such move in months as additional funds for Kyiv remain blocked by Republican leaders in Congress.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-preparing-new-weapons-package-ukraine-officials-2024-03-12/

#usa


🇺🇲🇺🇦 The White House is expected to announce as soon as Tuesday that it will send a new package of weapons worth $300 million to Ukraine, and it will include a number of Army Tactical Missile Systems.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/12/white-house-aid-package-ukraine-00146487?123

#usa


🇪🇺 European Union leaders will next week call for new #sanctions targeting Belarus, North Korea and Iran over their role in helping #Russia conduct its war against Ukraine.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-12/eu-leaders-to-urge-new-sanctions-for-belarus-north-korea-iran

#russiaukrainewar


🇵🇱 Poland joined a Czech-led initiative to buy hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds for Ukraine with a “substantial” financial contribution, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-12/poland-joins-czech-ammunition-plan-for-ukraine-sikorski-says


🇲🇩 🇷🇺 #Moldova said it delivered an official protest to the Russian ambassador to Chisinau over the decision to open polling stations for Russia's presidential election in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldova-delivers-protest-russia-over-voting-stations-transdniestria-2024-03-12/


🇷🇺 Russia's elite is expecting Putin to reshuffle government positions to bring in younger people after what it sees as the formality of his resounding election victory this weekend, four sources close to the authorities said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-elite-expects-putin-reshuffle-some-positions-after-election-win-2024-03-12/


🇺🇦 #Ukraine, particularly in the last few months, has been exporting much more grain than anyone expected despite more than two years of war with neighboring Russia.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/black-sea-grain-exports-beating-early-market-ideas-by-substantial-degree-braun-2024-03-11/


🇮🇹 🇷🇺 UniCredit faces court hearings in Britain and #Russia in the second quarter after a Russian energy company sued the Italian bank for failing to honour guarantee payments because of international sanctions, UniCredit said on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/unicredit-faces-hearings-case-over-russia-sanctions-guarantee-claims-2024-03-12/

#italy


🇨🇵 French lawmakers will say on Tuesday whether they support a security accord with #Ukraine, in a vote that is non-binding but closely watched in #France and beyond.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-lawmakers-vote-ukraine-support-risky-macron-bet-2024-03-12/


🇷🇺 #Russia said one of its Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo planes crashed shortly after takeoff on Tuesday with 15 people on board due to a fire in one of its engines.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/cargo-plane-crashes-russias-ivanovo-region-brief-2024-03-12/


🇷🇺🇨🇭 Russia's foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned Switzerland's ambassador over the Swiss parliament's approval of motions authorising the government to work on a way to seize and transfer Russian assets to fund reparations for Ukraine.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-summons-swiss-ambassador-over-russian-asset-confiscation-plans-2024-03-12/


🇷🇺 Armed fighters purporting to be Russian citizens who oppose the Kremlin said they carried out cross-border incursions into western Russia from Ukraine using tanks on Tuesday, but Moscow said it had repelled the attacks.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-based-russian-armed-groups-say-they-have-launched-incursion-into-russia-2024-03-12/

#russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russia and Ukraine said they downed dozens of drones overnight, as both launched overnight attacks on each other's targets behind the stretched frontlines.

Ukraine's air force said Russia fired 37 Iranian-style "Shahed" kamikaze drones and three missiles at its territory overnight.

https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-ukraine-down-dozens-of-drones-overnight-00a02ba1

#russiaukrainewar


🇮🇱 🇷🇺 Israel has expressed its dissatisfaction with Russia over its frequent statements against the Jewish state in the context of the war in Gaza, the Foreign Ministry told The Times of Israel on Tuesday.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-protests-russian-stance-on-war-against-hamas-calls-for-more-balance/

#israel #russia #palestine #hamas


🇧🇬🇹🇷🇷🇴 Bulgaria, Türkiye and Romania will soon organize mine search and clearing operations in the Black Sea, Bulgarian Defense Minister Todor Tagarev said Friday.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/bulgaria-turkiye-romania-to-organize-mine-search-clearing-operations-in-black-sea/3027837

#bulgaria #turkey #romania #ukraine #blacksea


🇺🇲 🇷🇺 The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith in the integrity of democratic elections worldwide.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-intelligence-report-alleging-russia-election-interference-shared-with-100-2023-10-20/

#usa #russia #propaganda #disinformation


🇷🇺 🇺🇿 Putin on Saturday announced the start of gas supplies to #Uzbekistan via #Kazakhstan, a boost for Russia's industry hit by a flurry of Western #sanctions over the offensive in Ukraine.

https://www.barrons.com/news/putin-launches-russian-gas-shipments-to-uzbekistan-95416721

#russia #oilandgas


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 A party official in the Russian-held town of Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine's #Kherson province was killed by a car bomb on Saturday, the provincial governor said.

Vladimir Malov, executive secretary of the town branch of Russia's governing United #Russia party, died in hospital, Vladimir Saldo said in a post on his Telegram channel.

https://www.reuters.com/world/car-bomb-kills-official-russian-held-ukrainian-town-governor-2023-10-07/

#ukraine #russiaukrainewar


Bellingcat:

🇸🇩 'The Wagner group's presence in #Sudan is well-documented. But recent videos showing fair-skinned men handling sniper rifles are fuelling rumours of #Ukrainian mercenaries supporting the #Sudanese Armed Forces. What do the videos actually show us?'

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10/07/examining-videos-of-suspected-ukrainian-riflemen-in-sudan/

#ukraine


🇺🇦 The Insider conducted interviews with psychologists, parents, and the children themselves to shed light on the profound psychological impact the war has wrought upon them.

https://theins.press/en/society/265658

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇨🇾 A #Russian journalist detained in #Cyprus for allegedly being a threat to national security has left the island, #Cypriot media said on Saturday.

The journalist's detention on Thursday in Nicosia sparked a rare crisis in relations between #Russia and Cyprus, with the Cypriot ambassador summoned to the foreign ministry in Moscow for an explanation.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-journalist-detained-cyprus-has-left-island-state-media-2023-10-07/


🇪🇺 EUvsDisinfo:

🇷🇺 'In memoriam, Anna Politkovskaya.

17 years since her assassination, #repression against journalists in #Russia has only worsened.

Stifling of free speech in Russia isn't just a domestic issue – it ultimately paved the way for Russia's illegal and unjustified war against Ukraine.'

#censorship #humanrights #RussiaUkraineWar

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🇺🇸 🇷🇺 Washington's decision to expel two #Russian diplomats in retaliation for a similar expulsion of US diplomats is "banal revenge", Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said Saturday 🤡

https://www.barrons.com/news/us-expulsion-of-russian-diplomats-banal-revenge-russian-ambassador-71ce1f9

#usa #russia


🇺🇦 When Ukraine's #Kakhovka dam was blown up in June, it led to devastating floods that destroyed homes and farmland, and left hundreds of thousands without drinking water.

Four months on, #Ukrainians are still facing water shortages but say they are determined to overcome the destruction.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67009090

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 ISW previously assessed that #Russian forces were likely struggling to conduct tactical to operational level rotations along the entire frontline, but is revising this assessment considering the apparent rotation of substantial elements of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division and two VDV divisions to and from the frontline south of #Orikhiv

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-6-2023

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #russianarmy


🇰🇵 🇷🇺 Rail traffic between North Korea and #Russia spiked after a summit between Kim Jong Un and #Putin, a Washington-based think tank said, citing satellite imagery.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-07/north-korea-russia-rail-traffic-jumped-after-summit-report-says

#northkorea


🇵🇱 The #European Union’s fifth-most populous nation will vote in a pivotal election on Sunday October 15, the results of which will reverberate westwards through the EU, eastwards into war-torn #Ukraine, and across the Atlantic, where the White House will be watching closely.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/07/europe/poland-election-explainer-cmd-intl/index.html

#poland #europe


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian-installed occupation 'authorities' of the #Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeastern #Ukraine have threatened to stop providing medical care to #Ukrainian citizens from 2024 if Ukrainians do not have a #Russian passport, BBC Russian Service reported.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/10/07/russian-occupation-authorities-threaten-medical-care-cutoff-for-ukrainians-without-russian-passports/

#russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇪🇪 Volunteers from #Estonian aid organizations suffered minor injuries after a #Russian missile landed close to their convoy in eastern Ukraine, a representative said on Friday.

🇺🇦 The group was delivering aid in #Ukraine and was organized by NGOs "Vaba Ukraina" (Free Ukraine) and "Ukraina Abi" (Ukraine Aid).

https://news.err.ee/1609124981/estonian-aid-convoy-hit-by-russian-missile-in-ukraine

#russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇺🇲 🇺🇦 The #Biden administration is expected to announce a new weapons package for #Ukraine next week as the #Pentagon continues to use up funds discovered due to a multi-billion dollar accounting error, U.S. officials said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-readies-new-ukraine-arms-package-despite-tumult-congress-2023-10-06/

#usa #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇲 🇨🇳 The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday added 42 #Chinese companies to a government export control list over support for Moscow's military and defense industrial base, including supplying the #Russian sector U.S.-origin integrated circuits 🇷🇺

Another seven entities from Finland, Germany, India, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom were also added to the trade export control list.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-adds-42-chinese-entities-trade-black-list-over-russia-military-support-2023-10-06/

#usa #china #russia #sanctions


🇷🇺 Russia's envoy to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization said on Friday that Moscow planned to revoke its ratification of the treaty, soon after the CTBTO's head said it would be "concerning" for #Russia to consider doing so ☢

https://www.reuters.com/world/nuclear-test-ban-body-concerning-if-russia-considering-quitting-treaty-2023-10-06/

#nuclear


🇳🇱 🇺🇦 The #Netherlands is allocating EUR 102 million for the third aid package to #Ukraine in 2023.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3770849-the-netherlands-sending-eur-102m-in-extra-aid-to-ukraine.html

#russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 The Russian government has lowered the payout offered in the restructuring of tech giant #Yandex following anti-war statements made by the company's co-founder, #Russian media reported Friday.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/06/russia-revises-yandex-partition-terms-over-founders-anti-war-stance-reports-a82686

#russia #sanctions


🇷🇺 Margarita Simonyan is no stranger to public outrage. But the veteran propagandist and editor-in-chief of #Russian broadcaster RT managed to leave pretty much everyone at a loss for words on Monday when she claimed that if #Russia detonated a controlled thermonuclear explosion over Siberia, it would knock out communications systems around the world without causing any real damage.

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/10/06/weapon-of-mass-delusion-en


🇺🇦 🇷🇴 #Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit #Romania next week for the first time since #Russia began its full-scale invasion of #Ukraine

The Ukrainian president will meet with his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis as well as other senior officials in the country, according to Romanian media outlet Digi24.

https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-visit-romania-russia-border-attack/

#russiaukrainewar


💻 On Wednesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross issued the first list of rules for civilian #hackers ever created.

Dubbed a "Geneva Code of cyber-war", it was initially criticised as unworkable.

But now #Ukrainian and #Russian hackers say they will comply with the rules 🤔

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67029296

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #hacking #cyberwar #cyberattacks


🇰🇿 #Kazakhstan announced on Friday new efforts to increase the share of the #Kazakh language over #Russian in its media landscape, amid growing scepticism over Moscow's influence since the invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.barrons.com/news/kazakhstan-moves-to-promote-its-language-over-russian-eee6104c

#russia


🇷🇺 #Russian patriotic bloggers on Friday poured scorn on Putin's intimation that mercenary chief Prigozhin's plane was blown up with hand grenades while those on board were high on cocaine and alcohol.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/cocaine-grenades-patriotic-bloggers-scorn-putins-prigozhin-plane-crash-theory-2023-10-06/

#russia #wagner #putin #prigozhin


🇲🇩 In an interview with the Financial Times, Maia Sandu said Wagner’s late leader #Prigozhin had planned the coup earlier this year and warned that Moscow is using various methods, including cash mules and bank cards issued in Dubai, to smuggle money into #Moldova to bribe voters ahead of a string of elections.

https://www.ft.com/content/1e317be3-1837-45da-beef-be0347937fd9

#russia #wagner


🇬🇧 The UK government has been asked to reveal what steps it has taken to investigate whether Manchester City’s owner, Sheikh Mansour, assisted wealthy #Russians on whom it has imposed #sanctions in moving their assets to the United Arab #Emirates 🇦🇪 🇷🇺

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/oct/06/uk-government-pressed-for-answers-on-manchester-city-owner-sheikh-mansour-and-russians

#britain #uae #russia


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 A Ukrainian court has frozen the #Ukrainian assets of three #Russian businessmen over their alleged support for Russia's war in #Ukraine, prosecutors and the security service said on Friday.

The Ukrainian Security Service said assets owned by Mikhail Fridman, Pyotr Aven and Andrey Kosogov had been frozen. They were considered part of President Vladimir Putin's close circle and contributed to "large-scale financing of the Russian Federation's armed aggression".

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-freezes-assets-three-russian-tycoons-worth-464-mln-prosecutors-2023-10-06/


🇷🇺 A powerful storm flooded and knocked out power in households in Far East Russia’s Sakhalin region, authorities said Friday.

Video shared on social media showed heavy rains and flooding in the region’s largest city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/06/powerful-storm-pummels-russias-far-east-a82680

#russia


🇷🇺 The #Russian rouble recovered ground on Friday, after weakening to a more than seven-week low past 101 against the dollar, under pressure from lower oil prices and the reduced supply of foreign currency from exporters at the start of the month.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russian-rouble-hits-more-than-seven-week-low-past-101-vs-dollar-2023-10-06/

#russia #currency


🇸🇪 🇺🇦 #Sweden will send #Ukraine a new military support package, worth 2.2 billion crowns ($199 million) and consisting mainly of artillery ammunition, Defence Minister Pal Jonson said on Friday.

He also reiterated that Sweden would for domestic security reasons need to become member of #NATO before it would be able to potentially spare any fighter jets.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-give-ukraine-new-200-million-military-aid-package-2023-10-06/

#russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A strike by #Russian forces hit residential buildings in the eastern region of #Kharkiv, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring nearly two dozen others, #Ukrainian officials said Friday.

https://www.barrons.com/news/boy-killed-16-wounded-in-russian-strike-on-ukraine-s-kharkiv-region-2acafc0c

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇺🇦 #Ukraine faces a second winter of lengthy power outages amid relentless #Russian missile and drone attacks that have left parts of the #energy system more vulnerable than a year ago.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-heads-into-winter-with-hobbled-energy-system-2023-10-06/

#russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Friday Briefing:

- #Russian missile strike on Ukraine village kills 51 during memorial to fallen soldier

- #Biden team weighs using State Dept grants to fund weapons for #Ukraine

- #Germany to boost Ukraine air defense with second Patriot

- #NATO to bring more anti-drone systems to #Romania

- #Chinese firm sold satellites for intelligence to Russia's #Wagner

- #German police raid properties of Russian oligarch Usmanov

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🇷🇺 Russia’s government has allowed a return to seaborne exports of diesel, just weeks after imposing a ban that roiled global markets 🛢

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-06/russia-lifts-diesel-export-ban-for-its-oil-producers#xj4y7vzkg

#russia #oilandgas


🇷🇺 Russia's top lawmaker said on Friday that parliamentary bosses will swiftly consider revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty after #Putin held out the possibility of resuming #nuclear testing.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-move-toward-revoking-ratification-nuclear-test-ban-treaty-speaker-2023-10-06/

#russia


🇺🇸 ISW:

🇷🇺 Putin’s bizarre explanation of the plane crash is likely an attempt to blame #Prigozhin for his own and his comrades’ deaths and further disgrace him among his remaining supporters.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-5-2023

#russia #putin #wagner


🇪🇺 🇺🇦 A day after pledging #Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy their unwavering support, #European Union leaders on Friday will face one of their worst political headaches on a key commitment — how and when to welcome debt-laden and battered #Ukraine into the bloc.

https://apnews.com/article/eu-ukraine-enlargement-balkans-moldova-summit-3980e5581c568b254a528ad8645f415d

#europe


🇦🇱 🇷🇸 A new approach to joining the #European Union is needed, according to both the Prime Minister of #Albania and President of #Serbia, who bemoaned the length of time the process is taking for their countries.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/10/05/albanian-and-serbian-leaders-call-for-new-approach-to-eu-enlargement

#europe #europeanunion


🇺🇲 🇺🇦 The #Biden administration is considering using a State Department grant program to send additional military aid to #Ukraine as Congress continues to battle over weapons funding, according to two U.S. officials with knowledge of the discussions.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/05/biden-state-department-fund-ukraine-00120199

#usa #russiaukrainewar


🇩🇪 🇺🇦 #German Chancellor Olaf #Scholz sought to justify his reluctance to supply #Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles on Thursday by naming constitutional constraints and the risk of an “escalation of the war.” 🤦

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-olaf-scholz-cites-risk-escalation-deliver-taurus-missiles-to-ukraine/

#germany #russiaukrainewar


🤡 #Putin said on Thursday he skipped a #BRICS summit in South Africa because he did not want to cause a "political show" 😁

https://www.barrons.com/news/putin-says-skipped-brics-summit-to-avoid-political-show-bd449037

#russia


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🇩🇪 🇺🇦 #German Chancellor Olaf #Scholz pledged to further bolster Ukraine’s air defenses to help protect the country against #Russian missile attacks this winter.

#Germany will supply a second Patriot air-defense system to help shield key infrastructure, Scholz told reporters Thursday after talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of a summit of European leaders in Granada, Spain.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A #Russian missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in a village in northeastern #Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 people as they held a memorial service, #Ukrainian officials said.

The cafe and shop were struck and reduced to rubble early in the afternoon in Hroza village in the #Kupiansk district of the #Kharkiv region, regional governor said, adding that many civilians had been there at the time.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-kills-49-northeast-ukraine-ukrainian-officials-say-2023-10-05/

#russia #RussiaUkraineWar #russianwarcrimes


🇷🇺 #Putin on Thursday held out the possibility that #Russia could resume #nuclear testing for the first time in over three decades and might withdraw its ratification of a landmark nuclear test ban treaty.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-west-has-lost-touch-with-reality-russia-had-push-back-2023-10-05/


🇷🇴 #Romania is working with its #NATO partners to boost defense on its border with #Ukraine at the Danube river following several incidents where #Russian drone debris fell on its soil.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-05/nato-to-bring-more-anti-drone-systems-to-romania-iohannis-says

#russia #russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 As Putin's army is taking a beating in Ukraine, #Russians are bracing themselves for a new wave of #mobilization

A century ago, #Russia went through a similar phase during the WWI mobilization, when soldiers were reluctant to join the fighting due to a sense of aimlessness, food and equipment shortages, and incompetent commanders. Back then, the discontent ended in mass desertion and a #revolution

https://theins.press/en/history/265611

#history #russiaukrainewar


🗣 Neuroscientist Sergiy Sylantyev tells Nature that science and war cannot be separated 🇺🇦 🇷🇺

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03044-z

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Kyiv has turned the Black Sea region into a no-go zone for Moscow’s bristling warships

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/05/how-ukraine-reclaimed-black-sea-from-russian-forces

#ukraine #blacksea #counteroffensive #russia #russiaukrainewar


#update

🇺🇦 Ministry of Defense:

"At least 49 people were killed by a russian missile strike on a cafe and a grocery store in the village of Hroza, Kharkiv region. Among them is a 6-year-old boy. The terrorists deliberately carried out the attack during lunchtime, to ensure a maximum number of casualties. There were no military targets there. This is a heinous crime intended to scare Ukrainians."

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇷🇺🇦🇿🇹🇷 Private #Russian oil producer Lukoil will lend #Azeri state oil firm Socar $1.5 billion as part of a broader deal that will allow Socar's 200,000-barrel-per-day #Turkish STAR refinery to process Russian crude again, three industry sources familiar with the deal said on Thursday.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/russias-lukoil-lends-socar-15-bln-deal-supply-its-turkish-star-refinery-sources-2023-10-05/

#russia #azerbaijan #turkey #oilandgas


⚡ #Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least 48 people were killed in a #Russian artillery strike that hit a grocery store near #Kupiansk on Thursday 🇷🇺 🇺🇦

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/05/europe/kupiansk-ukraine-attack-zelensky-intl/index.html

#breaking #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


#factcheck

🇺🇦 A viral photo viewed tens of thousands of times falsely claims to show an anti-war protest in #Kyiv

🇮🇹 However, the photo was taken in 2018 in Italy during a demonstration in favour of the construction of a high-speed railway.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/10/05/fact-check-misleading-posts-claim-anti-zelenskyy-protests-broke-out-in-kyiv

#ukraine #disinformation


🇷🇺 🇨🇳 #Russian mercenary group #Wagner in 2022 signed a contract with a #Chinese firm to acquire two satellites and use their images, aiding its intelligence work as the organization sought to push Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, according to a document seen by AFP.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/05/chinese-firm-sold-satellites-for-intelligence-to-russias-wagner-contract-a82672

#china #russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇦 #Ukraine appointed three new deputy defence ministers on Thursday, pressing on with changes intended to help bring the army closer to #NATO standards and boost transparency and accountability.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-presses-with-defence-ministry-overhaul-names-three-deputy-ministers-2023-10-05/


🇩🇪 #German police and customs officers on Thursday searched several properties in southern #Germany belonging to a #Russian national in relation to assets frozen under European Union sanctions, customs officials said.

A source familiar with the matter told Reuters that Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov was the target of the operation.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-sanctions-officers-raid-russian-citizens-properties-bavaria-2023-10-05/

#russia


🇸🇰 🇺🇦 Slovakia’s president has refused a plan by her country’s caretaker government to send further military aid to #Ukraine, saying it doesn’t have the authority and parties that oppose such support are in talks to form a government following last week’s election.

https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-election-ukraine-arms-help-fico-d0c4218044d44721a8d8bbd743a56a56

#slovakia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇲 🇺🇦 Support is falling among #Americans of both major political parties for supplying #Ukraine with weapons, a warning sign for Kyiv, which relies heavily on U.S. arms to fight against a #Russian invasion, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-public-support-declines-arming-ukraine-reutersipsos-2023-10-05/

#usa #russia #russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 #Russia this year has seen a huge uptick in the number of its soldiers facing trial for murders committed outside the war zone in Ukraine, the independent news outlet Vyorstka reported Thursday, citing military court records.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/05/number-of-russian-soldiers-tried-for-murder-surges-in-2023-vyorstka-a82666


🇷🇺 A Novaya's special project about how the #Kremlin has forbidden families of soldiers killed in the war in #Ukraine to mourn

https://regiment.novayagazeta.eu/

#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia has turned to a First World War strategy to protect its Black Sea Fleet amid growing threats from #Ukrainian attacks

https://news.sky.com/story/camouflaged-ships-and-fake-planes-how-russias-protecting-its-black-sea-fleet-and-airbases-12976691

#ukraine #blacksea #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A deadly blast at a prison in occupied eastern #Ukraine last year, which Kyiv and Moscow blamed on each other, was not caused by #Ukrainian HIMARS rockets, United Nations investigators have determined.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/05/ukrainian-rockets-not-behind-deadly-olenivka-prison-strike-un-a82667

#russia #RussiaUkraineWar #russianwarcrimes


🇩🇪 🇺🇦 #Rheinmetall has won another order from the #German government to supply #Ukraine with drone reconnaissance systems, the defence manufacturer said on Thursday.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/rheinmetall-supplies-ukraine-with-more-drone-reconnaissance-systems-2023-10-05/

#germany #RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 #Russia has signed a deal for a permanent naval base on the Black Sea coast of the breakaway #Georgian region of Abkhazia, its leader was quoted on Thursday as saying by the Izvestiya newspaper, a day after he met Putin.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-plans-naval-base-black-sea-coast-breakaway-georgian-region-izvestiya-2023-10-05/

#georgia #blacksea


🇪🇺 Behind closed doors, many #European officials in charge of hashing out the details of how to make enlargement work have deep reservations about the whole process.

“No one is joining anytime soon,” warned one EU diplomat.

https://www.politico.eu/article/in-granada-backlash-grows-against-ukraines-eu-accession/

#europe #europeanunion #ukraine


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Thursday Briefing:

- UK says #Russia plotting to sabotage #Ukrainian grain tankers with sea mines

- #Germany has no plans at moment to send Taurus missiles to #Ukraine

- Germany to supply air defenses for Kyiv to protect grain routes

- US sending seized Iranian ammunition to Ukraine

- SBU drones hit #Russian S-400 air defense system near Belgorod

- #Moldova moves to bar members of banned pro-Russia party from elections

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🇻🇳 #Vietnam expects further years-long delays before offshore blocks being developed by U.S. major Exxon Mobil and Russia's #Gazprom will be producing gas, according to a draft government document seen by Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/vietnam-sees-no-gas-exxon-gazprom-projects-years-draft-govt-document-2023-10-05/

#russia #oilandgas


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Ukraine's air defences downed 24 of 29 #Russian drones launched in attacks on its territory overnight, the #Ukrainian general staff said on Thursday.

Ukraine's Air Force said the drones were destroyed over southern Odesa and Mykolaiv regions, as well as central Kirohovrad region.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-downs-24-drones-launched-by-russia-military-2023-10-05/

#ukraine #russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇸 ISW:

🇷🇺 The #Russian military recently transferred several Black Sea Fleet vessels from the port in occupied #Sevastopol, Crimea to the port in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, likely in an effort to protect them from continued #Ukrainian strikes on Russian assets in occupied #Crimea

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-4-2023

#ukraine #russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇯🇵 Russia's invasion, North Korea's rapid advances in missile technology, and China’s assertiveness in the region have prompted #Japan to speed up its purchase of Tomahawk missiles by a year.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/10/656ec7639c4b-update2-japan-to-buy-tomahawks-from-us-in-fiscal-2025-earlier-than-planned.html

#RussiaUkraineWar #china #northkorea


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian forces made some headway in their drive southward as part of a gruelling #counteroffensive to recapture areas seized by #Russia in its 19-month-old invasion of its neighbour, military officials said.

#Ukrainian officials also said Kyiv's forces were resisting #Russian attempts to reverse gains on the eastern front made by Kyiv since it launched the counteroffensive in June.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-its-forces-make-headway-south-hold-gains-east-2023-10-04/

#ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇸 🇺🇦 A path for additional U.S. aid to #Ukraine appears increasingly fraught after the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with many House Republicans opposing help for the war-torn country as they search for a new leader.

https://apnews.com/article/congress-ukraine-speaker-mccarthy-aid-7a046bc90ccb995f5e845bc98ad370e8

#usa #RussiaUkraineWar


🇹🇷 🇺🇦 #Turkey is preparing to host the third international gathering of national security advisers working to build support for a peace summit #Ukraine wants to hold later this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-04/turkey-to-host-next-gathering-of-allies-to-discuss-ukraine-peace

#russiaukrainewar


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⚽ World #soccer governing body #FIFA announced on Wednesday that it had lifted Russia's ban from international #football by allowing under-17 girls and boys teams from the country to take part in tournaments.

The move follows a similar relaxation on #Russia youth teams last week by European soccer body #UEFA

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/fifa-considering-lifting-ban-russia-competing-international-football-sky-news-2023-10-04/

#sports #sanctions


🇷🇺 Russia’s Health Ministry will limit the distribution of abortion-inducing pills in pharmacies, in the country’s latest move to clamp down on #abortion access.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/04/russia-tightens-controls-over-abortion-pill-sales-a82662

#russia #health #healthcare #humanrights


🇷🇺 A 75-year-old #Spanish volunteer who was abducted in the #Ukrainian city of #Kherson last year has now been held by the #Russian authorities in annexed #Crimea for a year and a half without charge, where he’s reportedly been subject to appalling conditions, regular beatings and torture.

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/10/04/the-gentleman-vanishes-en

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇺🇲 🇺🇦 The #Pentagon has transferred more than 1 million rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to #Ukraine, the U.S. military announced Wednesday, a move that comes as congressional infighting threatens to delay or derail aid to Kyiv.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/04/pentagon-to-send-iranian-weapons-to-ukraine-00119900

#usa #iran #russiaukrainewar


🇲🇩 Moldova's parliament began moves on Wednesday to prevent members of the banned pro-Russian Shor party running in local elections for other parties or as independent candidates.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldova-starts-moves-bar-members-banned-pro-russia-party-elections-2023-10-04/

#moldova #russia


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) hit a #Russian S-400 Triumph air defense system near the Russian city of #Belgorod, several #Ukrainian media outlets reported on Oct. 4, citing sources in the SBU.

https://kyivindependent.com/media-sbu-destroys-russian-s-400-anti-air-system-near-belgorod/

#ukraine #russia #s400 #russiaukrainewar


🇰🇬 #Putin will visit #Kyrgyzstan next week, authorities in the Central Asian country said Wednesday, his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/04/putins-kyrgyzstan-visit-to-be-first-abroad-since-icc-warrant-a82659

#russia


🇷🇺 A court in St. Petersburg extended the arrest of Sasha Skochilenko on Monday, allowing the authorities to continue holding the artist, who was detained for disguising anti-war messages as supermarket price tags during the early days of the war, until 10 January.

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/10/03/supermarket-samizdat-en

#russia #censorship #repression

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🇬🇧 UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said he would work with #NATO allies and other world leaders on ensuring aid continues to #Ukraine, amid turmoil in the US Congress after the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-04/uk-will-work-with-nato-allies-on-aid-to-ukraine-shapps-says

#britain #usa #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Western militaries are running out of ammunition to give to Ukraine, #NATO and #British officials warned Tuesday, as they urged the bloc’s nations to ramp up production to “keep #Ukraine in the fight against #Russian invaders.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/04/europe/uk-nato-ukraine-war-ammunition-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

#russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇲🇪🇺 🇷🇺 Top officials from the United States and the EU met with their #Russian counterparts for undisclosed emergency talks in #Turkey designed to resolve the standoff over Nagorno-Karabakh, just days before #Azerbaijan launched a military offensive last month to seize the breakaway territory from ethnic #Armenian control 🇦🇲🇦🇿

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-us-and-russia-held-secret-talks-days-before-nagorno-karabakh-crisis/

#usa #europe #russia #armenia #karabakh


🇷🇺 A #Russian court sentenced former state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst into a news broadcast with a placard that read "Stop the war" and "They're lying to you", to eight and half years in jail in absentia on Wednesday.

Ovsyannikova was found guilty of "spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces", according to a statement posted by the court on Telegram.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-journalist-who-staged-tv-war-protest-handed-8-12-year-jail-term-absentia-2023-10-04/

#russia #censorship #repression


🇪🇪 An international consortium of journalists analyzed close to 300 Estonian-registered #crypto companies and discovered dozens of crimes: massive-scale fraud, money laundering, #sanctions evasion, and illicit financing of #Russian paramilitary organizations such as Wagner Group.

Reporters also found links between an Estonia-registered crypto company and #Sberbank, Russia’s largest, majority state-owned bank.

https://kyivindependent.com/investigation-baltic-registered-crypto-firms-service-payments-for-russian-private-army-allow-sanctions-evasion/

#estonia #russia #cryptocurrency


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Wednesday Briefing:

- EU set to announce #Ukraine accession talks by December

- #Russia summons Moldova's envoy, blocks entry to several citizens

- EU adopts multi-year support for Ukraine worth $52B

- Ukraine troops advance on southern front

- A deal to expedite grain exports reached b/w Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania

- Carlsberg ends licence agreements in Russia

- If Putin goes to Armenia he’d be arrested, as lawmakers back ICC

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🇺🇦 Recovering from his third battlefield injury, Oleksandr Yabchanka had a warning for those #Ukrainians he said may be burying their heads in the sand over the war with #Russia

"Guys, sooner or later it will catch up with you," said Yabchanka, who was back home in western #Ukraine waiting for his wounded leg to heal before returning to his unit.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/some-veterans-say-ukraine-needs-face-up-prospect-long-war-2023-10-04/

#RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 Activity in Russia's services sector expanded for the eighth month running in September, boosted by a sustained rise in client demand and new export orders, which rose at their fastest pace on record, a business survey showed on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-services-activity-grows-sept-eighth-month-running-pmi-2023-10-04/

#russia


🇷🇺 #Russia will conduct a nationwide test of its emergency public warning systems on Wednesday, blaring out sirens and interrupting television broadcasts to warn the population of an impending danger.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-conduct-emergency-public-warning-tests-wednesday-2023-10-04/

#RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇸 As #Russian manufacturers work to replace tanks destroyed on the battlefield, they are doing it with the help of a machine part made by a company based in... New York 🤬

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/machinery-from-new-york-based-company-used-to-build-russian-weapons-used-in-war-on-ukraine

#usa #russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 As #Ukraine continues its push to retake territory, Kyiv’s forces are increasingly attacking Russia’s logistics and military installations in #Crimea

WSJ examines the strategy to weaken #Russian forces on the occupied peninsula (video).

https://www.wsj.com/video/series/news-explainers/inside-ukraines-strategy-to-weaken-russias-military-in-crimea/C1101BE0-5741-49C8-990F-320EA14FD547

#russia #RussiaUkraineWar #video


🇪🇺 🇺🇦 Ukraine’s accession to the EU would entitle Kyiv to about €186bn over seven years, according to internal estimates of the union’s common budget, turning “many” existing member states into net payers for the first time.

https://www.ft.com/content/a8834254-b8f9-4385-b043-04c2a7cd54c8

#europe #ukraine


🇬🇧 🇺🇦 A retired teacher who spends hours every day fixing generators for #Ukraine has said he took up the work because he wanted to help the embattled nation.

In his makeshift back garden workshop in Liverpool, John Hardisty puts machines he has gathered from across the North West back into working order.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-66784946

#britain #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇦 Many writers and publishers have ditched #Russian language in favour of #Ukrainian in response to invasion

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/04/russian-language-war-ukrainian-literature

#ukraine #literature #russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster on Tuesday could signal a shift in the U.S. House of Representatives on aid to #Ukraine, with some of his possible successors strongly in favor of assisting Kyiv but others staunchly opposed.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-aid-ukraine-may-hinge-partly-who-takes-over-house-speaker-2023-10-04/

#usa


🇪🇺 🇺🇦 The EU is preparing to open negotiations with #Ukraine on its future accession to the bloc.

According to three diplomats with knowledge of the plans, leaders are preparing to give the green light to begin formal talks before the end of the year.

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-eu-membership-ukraine-accession-talks-december/

#europe #europeanunion


🇺🇦 President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday discussed the battlefield situation with commanders in Ukraine's northeast, where he visited troops on one of the hottest fronts of the war with #Russia

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-visits-troops-fighting-northeastern-ukraine-2023-10-03/

#ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇸 🇺🇦 U.S. President Joe #Biden spoke with the leaders of allied countries, the #European Union and the #NATO military alliance on Tuesday, reiterating America's support for #Ukraine and warning that a drop in support could embolden #Russia and cause wider conflict.

https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-speaks-with-us-allies-about-ukraine-support-white-house-says-2023-10-03/

#usa #europe #RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 🇲🇩 The #Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday it had summoned the #Moldovan ambassador.

The ministry said it had taken reciprocal measures after the expulsion of the head of Sputnik Moldova news agency from #Moldova on Sept. 13.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-summons-moldovas-envoy-blocks-entry-several-molodovan-citizens-2023-10-03/

#russia


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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 One of Ukraine's top generals said on Tuesday that his forces were advancing in the south, one of two theatres of their #counteroffensive to evict #Russian occupation forces, but offered few details of their gains.

"In the Tavria sector, there has been an advance by the defence forces," General Oleksander Tarnavskyi said in a post on Telegram, using the military's name for the southern front.

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🇲🇩 Moldova's Constitutional Court cleared the way on Tuesday for members of a banned pro-Russian party to run in local elections as independent candidates or as members of other parties.

The court's ban on the opposition Shor party, imposed in June, still stands.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldova-court-says-members-pro-russian-party-can-contest-local-elections-2023-10-03/

#moldova #russia


🇪🇺 🇸🇰 Europe’s Socialists are under mounting pressure to boot out Robert Fico, who is poised to return to power in #Slovakia after his Smer party won last weekend’s election on an anti-Ukraine ticket.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-socialists-urged-to-kick-out-slovakias-pro-russian-election-winner-robert-fico/

#europe #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar


🇩🇰 🇷🇺 Carlsberg said on Tuesday it has terminated its license agreements in #Russia following Moscow's decision earlier this year to take control of the #Danish group's breweries in the country.

The Baltika breweries will be able to use existing stock and materials from Carlsberg until April 1 of 2024, the Danish brewer said.

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/brewer-carlsberg-ends-license-agreements-russia-2023-10-03/

#denmark


🇷🇺 The #Kremlin said on Tuesday that #Russia had not abandoned a moratorium on #nuclear testing, and dismissed a suggestion by the editor of a state television channel that Moscow should detonate a thermonuclear device in Siberia as a warning to the West.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-says-russia-has-not-abandoned-moratorium-nuclear-testing-2023-10-03/


🇺🇸 🇺🇦 The US is increasingly urging #Ukraine to do more to combat governmental corruption, issuing several notices to Kyiv in the last few weeks indicating that certain kinds of US economic aid will be linked to Ukraine’s progress in reforming its institutions, multiple US officials told CNN.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/03/politics/us-ukraine-pressure-counter-corruption/index.html

#usa


🇭🇺 The EU is considering unlocking billions of euros for #Hungary that were frozen over rule-of-law concerns as it seeks to win Budapest's approval for aid to #Ukraine including a start to membership talks for Kyiv, according to senior officials.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/billions-frozen-funds-hungary-table-eu-seeks-ukraine-support-2023-10-03/

#europe #RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 #Russia has no plans for an additional mobilisation of men to fight in #Ukraine as more than 335,000 have signed up so far this year to fight in the armed forces or voluntary units, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-vows-no-new-mobilisation-335000-sign-up-fight-2023-10-03/

#russianarmy #RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russia’s Investigative Committee said Tuesday it would press charges against four senior #Ukrainian military officials over drone strikes on #Russian territory 🫤

Moscow leveled the terrorism charges against Kyiv's intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk, navy commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa and Serhiy Burdenyuk, commander of the 383rd unmanned aviation brigade.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/03/russia-charges-top-ukrainian-military-officials-with-terrorismbudanov-a82639

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar


🇳🇱 The Netherlands’ largest shipbuilder is suing the #Dutch government for losses inflicted on its business by #sanctions against #Russia, a rare instance of a European company taking its grievances to court over the corporate fallout from the invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-03/largest-dutch-shipbuilder-sues-state-over-russia-sanction-losses

#netherlands


🇵🇱 🇺🇦 Warsaw and Kyiv announced Tuesday they had agreed to speed up the transit of #Ukrainian cereal exports through #Poland to third countries, a first step in resolving their "grain war".

https://www.barrons.com/news/warsaw-kyiv-make-breakthrough-on-transit-of-ukrainian-grain-9e79a6a4

#ukraine


🇦🇲 The Parliament of #Armenia has ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, APA reports.

https://en.apa.az/cis-countries/armenian-parliament-ratifies-iccs-rome-statute-413320

#icc #russia #putin


🇯🇵 Tokyo on Tuesday condemned a surprise visit to Moscow by a #Japanese lawmaker who met with Russia's deputy foreign minister.

Muneo Suzuki's trip, the first known visit by a Japanese lawmaker since #Russia invaded Ukraine last year, comes after #Japan joined Western allies in sanctioning Moscow over the war.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/03/japan-slams-mps-surprise-visit-to-russia-a82637

#RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 The north of #Russia conceals innumerable riches such as gold and diamonds – but also Indigenous cultures.

The Evenki are Indigenous people of reindeer herders who guided #Russian prospectors to mineral deposits, helping the industrial development of the Soviet Union.

Today, their homeland is massively felled, riverbeds are ransacked and groundwater is polluted.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/03/the-evenki-people-custodians-of-the-resources-of-yakutia-photo-essay


🇮🇳 🇷🇺 Shipments of #Russian oil to #India jumped 15% in September from a seven-month low in August, boosted by plentiful supply and price discounts, according to Kpler SAS.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-03/russian-oil-exports-to-india-bounced-back-strongly-in-september

#russia #oilandgas #export


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Tuesday Briefing:

- Western firms continue to dominate Russian market in 2023

- Russia likely preparing to test nuclear-powered cruise missile

- Russia allots a third of 2024 spending to war

- EU proposes €5bn military aid package for #Ukraine

- Slovakia says #Russia interfered in vote

- Denmark contributes $14m to EU ammunition order for Ukraine

- Turkey supplies Ukraine with hundreds of heavy machine guns

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🇷🇺 #Putin may soon indicate he will take part in a 2024 presidential 'election', Kommersant newspaper reported on Tuesday, paving the way for the #Kremlin chief to stay in power until 2030.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-may-next-month-hint-he-will-run-russias-2024-election-kommersant-2023-10-03/

#russia #dictatorship


🇷🇺 Drunk recruits. Insubordinate soldiers. Convicts. They're among hundreds of military and civilian offenders who've been pressed into #Russian penal units known as ‘Storm-Z’ squads and sent to the frontlines in #Ukraine this year.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/theyre-just-meat-russia-deploys-punishment-battalions-echo-stalin-2023-10-03/

#russia #russianarmy #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇸 CTP:

🇮🇷 🇷🇺 Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida reported on October 2 that #Iran and #Russia have agreed to transfer unspecified weapons from Lebanese Hezbollah to #Russian forces in #Ukraine and to tribal insurgents fighting the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in eastern #Syria

https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-update-october-2-2023

#RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇸 ISW:

🇷🇺 A Russian “Storm Z” assault unit instructor speculated that the #Russian Ministry of Defense removed Lieutenant General Andrey Sychevoy from commanding in the #Bakhmut direction due to his poor performance.

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-2-2023

#ukraine #russia #russianarmy #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇸 🇷🇺 Burger King remains open as usual in #Russia despite the brand's owner pledging to leave more than a year ago.

Restaurant Brands International, which owns 15% of the fast-food's franchise business in Russia, told the BBC it had "no new updates to share at this time" on its exit.

The firm said in March 2022 that it had started the process to leave Russia.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66739104

#usa #burgerking


🇷🇺 The #Russian rouble weakened past the symbolic threshold of 100 to the dollar before recovering slightly in early trade on Tuesday, weighed down by foreign currency outflows and the country's shrinking current account surplus.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/russian-rouble-weakens-past-100-vs-dollar-2023-10-03/

#russia #currency #economy


🇪🇺 🇺🇦 EU foreign ministers expressed support for #Ukraine during a meeting in #Kyiv on Monday, their first in a non-member country, after a pro-Russian candidate won an election in Slovakia and the U.S. Congress left Ukraine war aid out of its spending bill.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-ministers-convene-ukraine-show-support-after-us-slovakia-wobbles-2023-10-02/

#europe #RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 The Insider presents a new special project — an interactive map of fake experts. These are individuals in the West who pose as experts but spread misleading information that aligns with pro-Kremlin narratives.

They often become central figures in stories covered by both foreign and #Russian television channels.

https://theins.press/en/politics/265523

#russia #propaganda #disinformation #russiaukrainewar #ukraine


🇷🇺 A mercenary from Russia’s notorious #Wagner Group describes his realisation that the real enemy he faced in #Ukraine was... Russia’s military leadership.

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/10/02/closing-ranks-en

#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar

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🇺🇦 In a hotel conference room in #Kyiv late last week, #Ukrainian leaders huddled with hundreds of defense industry officials and policymakers from allied countries.

The message was clear: #Ukraine is open for business.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/02/ukraine-looks-to-arm-itself-as-western-support-slips-00119528

#russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 #Russian spy agencies and new technologies could be used to push conspiracy theories, U.S. officials said, as #Putin tries to end international military assistance for #Ukraine

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/us/politics/putin-ukraine-spy-united-states.html

#russia #russiaukrainewar #propaganda #disinformation


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🇪🇺 The #European Union should issue a complete ban on #spyware, given that it is continually used to violate human rights, the editor-in-chief of independent Russian news site Meduza told POLITICO.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-should-ban-spyware-russian-exiled-journalist-says/

#europe #cybersecurity #spying #espionage #surveillance


🇷🇺 #Satellite imagery and aviation data suggest that #Russia may be preparing to test an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile  — or may have recently tested one — with a theoretical range of thousands of miles, according to a New York Times analysis.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/video/russia-nuclear-missile.html

#nuclear #investigation


🇸🇰 🇷🇺 #Slovakia on Monday accused Moscow of interfering in its election at the weekend that was won by a populist pledging to end military help for #Ukraine

https://www.barrons.com/articles/slovakia-says-russia-interfered-in-vote-won-by-ukraine-sceptic-83e0f6e2

#russia


🇷🇺 🇦🇿 Moscow said #Russian and #Azerbaijani forces on Monday came under sniper fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, days after Azerbaijani forces secured the surrender of #Armenian separatists in an offensive to regain control of the mountainous territory.

https://www.barrons.com/news/moscow-says-russian-azerbaijani-patrol-came-under-fire-in-karabakh-cdc69bb7

#russia #azerbaijan #armenia


🇱🇻 🇷🇺 #Latvia said #Russia may try to persuade some nearby countries to detain current and former officials visiting from states that supported punishing Moscow over its invasion of #Ukraine

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-02/latvia-warns-russia-may-use-friendly-countries-to-detain-critics

#russiaukrainewar


🇺🇲 🇺🇦 President #Biden is planning to call allies to reassure them that US support for #Ukraine will continue, according to people familiar with the matter.

The call could take place as early as tomorrow, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-02/biden-plans-call-with-allies-to-reassure-support-for-ukraine

#usa #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇲 The #Pentagon is warning Congress that it is running low on money to replace weapons the U.S. has sent to #Ukraine and has already been forced to slow down resupplying some troops, according to a letter sent to congressional leaders.

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-congress-funding-13727f76561a80d2f00267a13667c33a

#usa #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇦 🇪🇺 #Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and #European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday discussed possible alternative "corridors" for exporting grain from #Ukraine, Zelenskiy's office said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-eus-von-der-leyen-discuss-alternative-grain-export-corridors-2023-10-02/

#europe


🇷🇺 Defence spending will account for almost one third of Russia's total budget expenditure in 2024, the government's draft plans show, as Moscow diverts ever more resources towards prosecuting its war in #Ukraine

#Russia also plans to ramp up state borrowing to help fund what it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine in the coming years and is counting on a recovery in oil and gas revenues to pre-invasion levels to do so.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/everything-front-russia-allots-third-2024-spending-defence-2023-10-02/

#russiaukrainewar #economy #budget


🇺🇦 At least seven ships have completed journeys to major #Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea without incident in the past few weeks, defying Russia’s threats to target vessels in the area.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-02/ukraine-black-sea-trade-defies-russia-s-threats

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇩🇰 🇺🇦 #Denmark will contribute 100 million #Danish crowns ($14.1 million) to a joint #European order for ammunition under an EU scheme to aid #Ukraine, the Danish ministry of defence said on Monday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-contributes-14-mln-eu-ammunition-order-ukraine-2023-10-02/

#europe #russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 #Russian authorities accidentally revealed the addresses of the country's secret military buildings, institutions, and spy homes, in Moscow and in St. Petersburg, an investigative site found.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-reveals-addresses-putin-secret-service-1831305

#russia #putin


🇷🇺 A Russian military court has refused to pay a soldier compensation for injuries he sustained while fighting in the war in #Ukraine because the wounds he received were caused by... #Russian forces.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-soldier-national-guard-injuries-ukraine-war-1831286

#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar


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🇲🇩 🇷🇺 Much of #Moldova will no longer buy gas from #Russian energy giant #Gazprom, Moldovan Energy Minister Victor Parlicov said on Monday, referring to parts of the country that capital Chisinau controlled and not breakaway areas.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/moldova-will-no-longer-buy-gas-russias-gazprom-energy-minister-2023-10-02/

#russia #oilandgas #sanctions


🇦🇺 🇺🇦 One of the most effective ways to counter #drones is to shoot them down with missiles, but it's not a cost-effective solution.

The Slinger aims to take down drones at a cost of between $155 and $1,550 per engagement.

Ten Slingers will be delivered to #Ukraine as part of a US military aid package.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-02/australian-drone-killer-system-ukraine-730/102876242

#usa #australia #russiaukrainewar


🇷🇸 🇽🇰 Serbia's troop deployment on Kosovo's border recalls Russia's behaviour towards #Ukraine before its invasion, the Kosovar foreign minister said, urging the European Union to take action against Belgrade such as freezing its candidacy status.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kosovo-says-serbias-behaviour-same-russias-before-ukraine-invasion-2023-10-02/

#kosovo #serbia #russia


🇷🇺 Russia’s first-ever #climate litigation case is currently moving through the European Court of Human Rights as activists make a last-ditch attempt to challenge the president and the government for failing to meet global climate goals.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/02/in-historic-first-russian-activists-appeal-to-european-rights-court-for-climate-justice-a82623

#russia


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 A #Ukrainian soldier who captured a #Russian T-72 tank with mechanical problems filmed himself calling the tank's manufacturer in #Russia for technical support 😁

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/02/ukrainian-soldier-calls-russian-tank-manufacturer-for-tech-support-a82626

#ukraine #russiaukrainewar


🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #European Union foreign ministers converged on the #Ukrainian capital for an unannounced informal meeting that officials said would review the bloc’s support for #Ukraine and discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposed peace formula.

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-kyiv-eu-congress-aid-9fe7150d40e1944ec3c08b04b99df060

#europe #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 A factory that manufactures Kh-59 cruise missiles in western #Russia was struck by multiple drones over the weekend, Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence agency (GUR) said on Monday.

Three out of four drones struck the Smolensk Aviation Plant on Sunday, causing significant damage and disrupting production of the rockets, the GUR said in a statement on its Telegram channel.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-kh-59-missiles-factory-drone-attack-ukraine-1831219

#ukraine #counteroffensive #RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 🇨🇳 #Russian state energy holding InterRAO on Monday said it had started restricting electricity supplies to #China while negotiations about price rises are ongoing.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-interrao-starts-restricting-electricity-supplies-china-2023-10-02/

#russia


🇷🇺🇺🇦 Monday Briefing:

- Biden presses Republicans after spending bill drops Ukraine aid

- Royal family website ‘targeted in Russian cyber attack’

- Russia police crisis: burned out, disappointed and demoralised

- Pro-Russian politician wins Slovakia’s election

- Tu-95 decoys are being painted on Russian air base’s apron

- Ukraine lures Western weapons makers to transform defence industry

- Turkey’s Baykar investing $100M in Ukraine

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🇷🇺 Activity in #Russian manufacturing grew at its fastest pace in more than six years in September, a survey showed on Monday, while employment in the sector rose at its quickest rate in over two decades.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-factory-activity-grows-fastest-pace-over-six-years-sept-pmi-2023-10-02/

#russia #economy


🇺🇸 ISW:

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russian forces are conducting tactical counterattacks in the #Robotyne area as part of their elastic defense against ongoing #Ukrainian offensive operations in western #Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The situation south of Robotyne is fluid as some tactically significant field fortifications have changed hands several times.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-1-2023

#ukraine #russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇪🇺 The EU’s foreign affairs ministers and chief diplomat Josep Borrell meet for a special session with their #Ukrainian counterpart today — but instead of Dmytro Kuleba coming to Brussels or dialing in, this time, they’re going to #Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇭🇺

https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/ukraine-eyes-deal-with-hungary-as-ministers-meet-in-kyiv/

#europe #hungary #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇦 At a workshop in central #Ukraine, workers are busy making parts for howitzers, radar stations and mortars. They are all fakes.

https://www.wsj.com/world/how-ukraine-tricks-russia-into-wasting-ammunition-799ed95f

#RussiaUkraineWar


🇵🇰 🇷🇺 #Pakistan refiner Cnergyico has imported the country's first private-sector shipment of #Russian crude oil, it said on Monday, as the cash-strapped nation takes advantage of Moscow's discounts on its #oil exports.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/cnergyico-imports-pakistans-first-private-sector-russian-crude-cargo-2023-10-02/

#russia #oilandgas #sanctions


🇺🇸 🇺🇦 The future of US aid for #Ukraine hangs in the balance after a last-gasp deal to avoid a government shutdown, despite President Joe Biden's attempts to reassure Kyiv it will get what it needs to fight #Russia

https://www.barrons.com/news/ukraine-left-out-in-cold-by-us-shutdown-deal-fd46652e

#usa #RussiaUkraineWar


🇺🇦 Thousands of runners gathered in the #Ukrainian capital #Kyiv this weekend as the city held its first full marathon since Russia's invasion.

https://www.barrons.com/news/kyiv-hosts-first-full-marathon-since-start-of-war-52136fdc

#ukraine


🇦🇺 A #Russian oligarch sanctioned over his alleged links to #Putin has asked a court to render Australia’s #sanctions regime invalid, documents show.

#Australia imposed sanctions on billionaire #Deripaska in March last year, a move that prevented him from travelling to Australia or profiting from his company’s stake in an alumina refinery in Gladstone, Queensland.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/02/russian-oligarch-oleg-deripaska-asks-court-to-render-australias-sanctions-regime-invalid

#russia


🇺🇦 🇺🇲 #Ukraine said Sunday it was working with Washington to ensure new wartime aid, after US lawmakers dropped new funding for Kyiv in a last-minute deal to avoid a government shutdown.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ukraine-says-working-with-us-after-congress-drops-aid-6deb4e80

#usa #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇦 The team of the International Monetary Fund headed by Uma Ramakrishnan, Deputy Director of IMF European Department, starts its work on 1 October at the meeting in the city of #Kyiv with the representatives of the #Ukrainian government and other key partners.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/10/1/7422162/

#ukraine #imf


Sky News:

🇬🇧 🇺🇦 The UK's PM clarifies comments made by the defence secretary that suggested #British soldiers may enter #Ukraine for training purposes.

#britain #russiaukrainewar

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🇷🇺 A month after #Wagner head Prigozhin's death in a plane crash, #Russian authorities are attempting to assert control over the parallel military structure 🇸🇾🇱🇾

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/09/wagner-fractures-syria-libya-amid-conflict-russias-defense-ministry

#russia #africa #mali


🇩🇪 🇷🇺 Former #German Chancellor Angela Merkel's economic adviser was adamant that his country wasn't in the wrong by working with #Putin to secure massive gas supplies.

“It helped to deliver us strong growth rates that paid for things we otherwise wouldn’t have had, for a period of 10-15 years, things which would otherwise not have been possible,” Lars-Hendrik Röller said in an interview with the Financial Times.

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-gas-supply-dependency-ensured-germany-growth-angela-merkel-adviser-lars-hendrik-roller/

#russia #germany #merkel #oilandgas


🇷🇺 🤡 Former Russian president Medvedev on Sunday suggested that #British soldiers training #Ukrainian troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets for #Russian forces, as would #German factories producing Taurus missiles should they supply Kyiv 🇺🇦

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-medvedev-says-british-training-troops-ukraine-could-be-legitimate-2023-10-01/

#britain #germany #ukraine #russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 #Russia has one of the largest police forces in the world, employing over 900,000 officers to serve a population of 146 million, according to the #Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. It has nearly 630 officers per 100,000 people - more than double the US or the UK.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66924404

#policestate #policebrutality #policeviolence #humanrights


🇺🇲 ISW:

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The #Kremlin has seemingly not yet clarified what #Ukrainian territories it claims that #Russia has annexed, leading to continued confusion among #Russian government and occupation officials a year after the illegal annexation of occupied territories.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-30-2023

#ukraine #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇲 🇺🇦 Congressional supporters of #Ukraine say they won't give up after a bill to keep the federal government open excluded President Joe Biden's request to provide more security assistance to the war-torn nation.

Still, many lawmakers acknowledge that winning approval for Ukraine assistance in Congress is growing more difficult as the war between #Russia and Ukraine grinds on. Republican resistance to the aid has been gaining momentum in the halls of Congress.

https://apnews.com/article/congress-ukraine-budget-security-assistance-799067491a1bba9671b4dfdf491d0a8e

#usa


🇸🇰 A party headed by a pro-Kremlin figure came out top after securing more votes than expected in an election in #Slovakia, preliminary results show, in what will likely pose a challenge to #NATO and EU unity on #Ukraine

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/01/world/slovakia-election-pro-russia-robert-fico-win-intl-hnk/index.html

#europe #RussiaUkraineWar


The War Zone:

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Moscow’s efforts to disrupt Ukraine’s ability to target and strike its bomber force while on the ground now includes painted silhouettes.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/tu-95-decoys-are-being-painted-on-russian-air-bases-apron

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar


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🇬🇧 🇺🇦 #British troops will be deployed in #Ukraine for the first time under plans being discussed with military chiefs, the new Defence Secretary has disclosed.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/30/grant-shapps-to-send-uk-troops-to-ukraine/

#britain #russiaukrainewar


Russia's 🤡 Dmitry Medvedev suggested Saturday that Moscow may annex more regions of #Ukraine, as he marked one year since the #Kremlin claimed four #Ukrainian territories as its own.

https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-may-annex-more-ukrainian-regions-medvedev-says-23ebf525#

#russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


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🇹🇷 🇺🇦 Turkey's Baykar, the manufacturer of #Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles, is investing $100 million in three projects in #Ukraine, among them the construction of a drone production plant that will be completed in one-and-a-half years.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3768064-baykar-investing-100m-in-ukraine.html

#turkey #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇦 #Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has opened Kyiv’s first International Defence Industries Forum, in a bid to attract more manufacturers to build arms in #Ukraine

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/208769/Zelensky-opens-forum-in-bid-to-attract-arms-makers

#russiaukrainewar


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🇦🇲 🇷🇺 With virtually the entire population of Armenians feeling from Nagorno-Karabakh, refugees are voicing rage over the loss of their homeland and accusing #Russia of betrayal after peacekeepers sent by Moscow failed to protect them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/30/russia-nagorno-karabakh-peacekeepers-failure/

#armenia #azerbaijan #karabakh #nagornokarabakh


🇷🇴 NATO member #Romania on Saturday reported a possible violation of its airspace during overnight drone attacks by #Russia on infrastructure in neighbouring #Ukraine

https://www.barrons.com/news/romania-says-possible-airspace-breach-during-ukraine-attacks-4350fac2

#nato #RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Ukraine's air force shot down 30 out of 40 Iranian-made "Shahed" drones launched by #Russia in an overnight attack on central and southern regions, regional and military officials said on Saturday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-hits-site-western-ukraine-limited-evacuation-ordered-2023-09-30/

#ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Saturday Briefing:

- Putin signs order to conscript 130K into army this fall

- France, Germany pave the way to making weapons in #Ukraine

- Switzerland tightens sanctions over Iranian drone deliveries to #Russia

- Norway joins EU nations in banning Russian-registered cars

- Romania bolsters defences to stop Ukraine war crossing #NATO threshold

- 7 countries order ammunition under EU scheme to aid Ukraine

- UK announces new sanctions in response to #Russian sham elections in Ukraine

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🇺🇲 ISW:

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The piecemeal deployment of former #Wagner personnel to any areas of the frontline is unlikely to generate any significant strategic or even localized effects on the battlefield in #Ukraine

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-29-2023

#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 Putin on Friday said that #Russian prisoners who died in #Ukraine had redeemed themselves in the eyes of society 😁

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/09/29/putin-says-convicts-killed-in-ukraine-paid-debt-to-society-a82617

#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar


🇨🇵 🇩🇪 #French and #German defense companies are setting up local shops in #Ukraine for arms maintenance — a first step toward manufacturing weapons in the country.

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-germany-ukraine-weapons-manufacturing-war-rheinmetall-guns-tanks-missiles-defense/

#france #germany #russiaukrainewar


🇺🇦 Specialists will arrive in #Ukraine in the near future to draw up plans to establish production of military equipment including air defences, the #Ukrainian president's chief of staff told reporters on Friday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/specialists-arrive-ukraine-plan-air-defence-production-presidential-aide-2023-09-29/

#russiaukrainewar


🇨🇭 #Switzerland has announced “further #sanctions in connection with the supply of Iranian drones to Russia” in a statement from the government. The measure brings it in-line with EU sanctions 🇷🇺🇮🇷

https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-98003.html

#iran #russia #russiaukrainewar


🇧🇻 🇷🇺 #Norway announced Friday that it will start barring Russian-registered passenger cars from entering the Scandinavian country starting next week, mirroring #sanctions imposed by the European Union against Moscow over its war on Ukraine.

https://apnews.com/article/norway-russia-cars-registered-border-ban-4ae93704b3da3094958910d291936381

#europe #russia #russiaukrainewar


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Four occupied regions of #Ukraine will be included for the first time in a new round of #Russian military conscriptions this fall, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Friday.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/29/europe/ukraine-occupied-regions-russian-conscription-intl/index.html

#russia #russianarmy #RussiaUkraineWar #russianwarcrimes


🇷🇴 #Romania is moving air defences closer to its #Danube villages across the river from #Ukraine where #Russian drones have been attacking grain facilities, and is adding more military observation posts and patrols to the area, two senior defence sources said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/romania-bolsters-defences-stop-ukraine-war-crossing-nato-threshold-2023-09-29/

#nato #russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇪🇺 🇺🇦 Seven EU countries have ordered ammunition under a landmark #European Union procurement scheme to get urgently needed artillery shells to #Ukraine and replenish depleted Western stocks, according to the European Defence Agency.

The orders - placed under contracts negotiated by the EDA - are for 155mm artillery rounds, one of the most important munitions in the intense war of attrition between Ukraine's troops and Russia's invading forces.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/seven-countries-order-ammunition-under-eu-scheme-aid-ukraine-2023-09-29/

#europe #RussiaUkraineWar


🇫🇷 The #Paris public prosecutor's office confirmed on Friday that it is investigating financial transactions involving #LVMH owner Bernard Arnault and #Russian businessman Nikolai Sarkisov.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-prosecutor-probes-transactions-involving-lvmhs-arnault-russian-2023-09-29/

#france #russia


🇱🇹 🇷🇺 The #Lithuanian customs has said that cars with #Russian license plates currently in the country must leave the EU territory within six months of their entry.

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2088440/lithuania-gives-6-months-for-russian-cars-to-leave

#lithuania #europe #russia #sanctions


🇺🇦 The International Atomic #Energy Agency General Conference has adopted a resolution on the immediate return of the Russian-occupied #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant under Ukraine's full control, the Energy Ministry reported on Sept. 29.

The document calls on #Russia to immediately withdraw all military and other unauthorized personnel from the plant's territory to ensure its safe and secure operation, according to the report.

https://kyivindependent.com/energy-ministry-iaea-demands-russia-to-immediately-leave-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant/

#ukraine #nuclear


🇷🇺 #Russia: The Insider shares accounts from care home residents, volunteers, and lawyers. The patients' testimonies and audio recordings provided by lawyers reveal that patients in such facilities are treated worse than jail inmates.

https://theins.press/en/society/265458

#humanrights


🇷🇺 🇦🇫 Russia is hosting a #Taliban delegation for talks on issues of ‘counter-terrorism’ 🤭and ‘narcotics’ 🤭on Friday, 29 September 😁

🇨🇳🇵🇰🇺🇿 China, Pakistan and Uzbekistan are among the powers heading to meet representatives in Kazan, south west #Russia

https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/29/should-russias-talks-with-the-taliban-be-a-cause-for-concern-for-the-west

#afghanistan #terrorism


🇺🇦 Residents of #Izium, in northeastern #Ukraine, are struggling to overcome the devastation of #Russian occupation, which lasted from March to September 2022. Despite promises to rebuild ruined cities, the Russian brutality still feels fresh.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/world/europe/ukraine-russia-izium.html

#russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes


🇷🇺 Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service opened six cases looking into violations of the fuel market, the watchdog said on Friday.

It said some companies in south-western Belgorod, Rostov and Stavropol regions sold motor fuel from storages for "inflated" prices.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-cartel-watchdog-opens-cases-fuel-market-violations-2023-09-29/

#russia #oilandgas


🇭🇺 #Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban said on Friday that "very difficult questions" would need to be answered before the #European Union could even start membership talks with #Ukraine 🇺🇦🇪🇺

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/tough-issues-clear-start-eu-membership-talks-with-ukraine-pm-orban-2023-09-29/

#hungary #europe #europeanunion


🇺🇸 🇺🇦 The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $300 million tranche for #Ukraine late on Sept. 28 after Republicans removed it from the defense spending bill, Politico reported.

https://kyivindependent.com/us-house-approves-300-million-for-ukraine/

#usa #RussiaUkraineWar


🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Friday Briefing:

- Three UEFA vice presidents opposed ending blanket ban on #Russia teams

- #Russian troops have put up dozens of #surveillance towers across #Mariupol

- UK, French defence ministers, NATO in #Ukraine for aid talks

- #Kazakhstan won't help Russia bust #sanctions

- EU threatens sales bans to block use of western parts in Russian #drones

- #Bulgaria bans Russian #oil in blow to Lukoil refinery

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🇸🇸 🇷🇺 Visiting South Sudan President Salva Kiir agreed in a meeting with Russia’s president to expand their relationship in #energy, trade and other areas, notably #oil

https://apnews.com/article/south-sudan-russia-trade-energy-kiir-2468449793c013038edc288655446fd0

#southsudan #russia #oilandgas


🇷🇺 #Putin has tasked a former aide of late #Wagner chief Prigozhin -- who was killed in an air crash in August -- to oversee volunteer fighter units in #Ukraine, according to a #Kremlin statement on Friday.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/putin-tasks-ex-prigozhin-aide-to-oversee-ukraine-volunteer-fighters-kremlin-faf63f03

#russia #russianarmy #RussiaUkraineWar


🇬🇧 UK Ministry of Defence:

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Several reports suggest a concentration of #Wagner veterans around #Bakhmut: their experience is likely to be particularly in demand in this sector. Many will be familiar with current front line and local #Ukrainian tactics, having fought over the same terrain last winter.

https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1707633440760189266?t=tnBWFmQHewR08fC0FffyxA&s=19

#ukraine #russia #russianarmy #RussiaUkraineWar

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🇺🇸 ISW:

🇷🇺 Several #Russian milbloggers claimed that they self-censor the majority of their reporting amidst an apparent wider self-censorship in Russian reporting about the tactical realities on certain sectors of the front.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-28-2023

#russia #russianarmy #RussiaUkraineWar #censorship


🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Russia's Defense Ministry claimed on Sept. 29 that its forces shot down 11 #Ukrainian drones overnight — 10 over the #Kursk region and another one over the Kaluga region. Kyiv hasn't commented.

https://kyivindependent.com/starovoyt-drones-shot-down-over-the-of-kursk-oblast/

#ukraine #russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇮🇳 #India is planning to add more self-propelled long range artillery to its arsenal after officials conducted a study indicating their effectiveness in shaping Russia’s war in Ukraine.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-29/war-in-ukraine-pushes-india-to-obtain-more-self-propelled-guns

#RussiaUkraineWar


⚽ The decision to reinstate #Russian teams to some #European competitions faced opposition from three of the five #UEFA vice presidents in a private meeting of the ruling executive committee, Sky News has learned.

https://news.sky.com/story/three-uefa-vice-presidents-opposed-ending-blanket-ban-on-russia-teams-12971988

#russia #europe #sports #football #sanctions


🇧🇾 🇵🇱 #Belarus on Thursday said a #Polish helicopter had violated its airspace but Warsaw said none of its helicopters had crossed the border between the two countries.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-says-polish-helicopter-violated-its-airspace-2023-09-28/

#poland


🇱🇾 🇷🇺 Military strongman Khalifa Haftar, whose forces dominate eastern #Libya, held talks with #Putin in Moscow on Thursday, his forces and the #Kremlin said.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230928-east-libya-strongman-in-moscow-talks-with-putin

#russia


🇨🇳 🇷🇺 #Russia currently has 150,000 excess shipping containers that rail depots are struggling to manage, reflecting a surge in #Chinese goods flowing into the country but much less moving out.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-28/china-russia-trade-is-so-strong-150-000-containers-are-stranded#xj4y7vzkg

#china


🇫🇷 🇺🇦 #France and #Ukraine pledged on Thursday to work together to continue securing arms for Kyiv's three-month-old #counteroffensive against #Russian occupying forces and to jointly develop weapons production.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-french-defence-ministers-pledge-work-together-arms-2023-09-28/

#russia #RussiaUkraineWar


🇸🇪 #Swedish prosecutors on Thursday called for a Russian-Swede to be sentenced to up to five years in prison for allegedly passing Western technology to Russia's military.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/09/28/swedish-prosecutors-seek-prison-sentence-for-russian-swede-accused-of-spying-a82595

#sweden #russia #spying #espionage