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FT: The EU is preparing to start technical work on Ukraine and Moldova joining the bloc despite Hungary’s continued blockade of advancing accession talks (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched a drone strike in the Sumy Oblast border region overnight on Sept. 30, killing a couple and their two young children.
ISW: The Kremlin plans to spend 17 trillion rubles ($183 billion) on "national security and defense" in 2026 — about 38 percent of its planned annual expenditures.
The Kyiv Independent: Warsaw continues to fund the Starlink communications system in Ukraine, following the signing of the relevant legislation by Polish President Karol Nawrocki, Ukraine's Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced on Sept. 29.
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RSF: Secret detention, torture, forced labour — The Kremlin's repressive machine is relentless in its efforts to silence independent Ukrainian voices in the country’s occupied regions.
RFE/RL: A member of the Hamburg city assembly from Germany’s Alternative for Deutschland party, Robert Risch, attended a far-right forum in Russia this month that drew extreme right-wing politicians from several countries.
The Insider: Czech authorities have identified and launched an investigation into a network of nearly 300 TikTok bot accounts spreading pro-Russian narratives on a massive scale in advance of the country’s Oct. 3-4 parliamentary elections, Czech outlet Deník N reports.
Ukrainska Pravda: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has released updated data on 13 members of the Long-range Aviation Command of the Russian Aerospace Forces implicated in planning and organising missile strikes against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
AP News: An Iraqi man has been sentenced to life in prison for human trafficking after he recruited Iraqis to fight for Russia against Ukraine, court officials said Monday.
The Moscow Times: Putin on Monday ordered the conscription of 135,000 men by the end of 2025, the largest conscription drive in nine years.
Politico: Bulgaria is backing an EU plan to end Russian gas exports to the bloc by late-2027, the country's top energy official said — a move that would effectively cut off pipeline supplies from Moscow to Hungary and Slovakia.
The Kyiv Independent: The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been disconnected from the Ukrainian electricity grid for a record 120 hours, while Russia attempts to restart the nuclear reactors, Greenpeace Ukraine said on Sept. 29.
Euractiv: Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday that Russia was likely behind mysterious drone flights over several Scandinavian airports ahead of an EU summit in Copenhagen.
The Kyiv Independent: Berlin will provide Ukraine with two more Patriot air defense systems by the end of 2025, German Defense Minister Boris Pistoruis said at the Warsaw Security Forum on Sept. 29.
Reuters: Ukraine has proposed building a joint air defence shield with allies to protect against threats from Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, after a series of airspace incursions that caused alarm on NATO's eastern flank.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia is using its oil tankers to launch drones into NATO airspace and should be denied access to the Baltic Sea as a result, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during the Warsaw Security Forum on Sept. 29.
United24 Media: Ukraine’s military has liberated nearly 175 square kilometers in the Dobropillia sector as part of its ongoing counteroffensive, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announced on September 29.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian FPV drone shot down a Russian Mi-28N in Donetsk Oblast, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, said on Sept. 29.
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