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Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy takes his "victory plan" to the European Union and NATO on Thursday, pitching for a NATO membership invitation and a major increase in military support for Kyiv's campaign against Russia's invasion.
Reuters: Migration will dominate the European Union summit on Thursday with Poland calling for an EU stance against Russia and Belarus using migrants as a weapon against the EU and others, urging sharper laws on sending back irregular arrivals, diplomats said.
ISW: Medium- to long-term constraints on Russian force-generation capacity and Russian military-industrial production will undermine Russia's ability to support consistent offensive operations that seek to protract the war and overwhelm Ukraine through attrition.
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The Kyiv Independent: Nikita Klenkov, a deputy commander of a unit for Russia's military intelligence agency (GRU), was shot dead in Moscow Oblast by an unknown assailant, Russian media reported on Oct. 16.
RFI: US President Joe Biden will be in Germany on Friday on a whirlwind trip, with Western backing for Ukraine set to be high on the agenda at talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other NATO leaders.
Reuters: U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday about efforts to surge security assistance to Ukraine and announced a new $425 million military aid package, the White House said. The security package includes air defense capability, air-to-ground munitions, armored vehicles and critical munitions, the White House said in a statement.
The Guardian analysis: After expulsion of hundreds of embassy-based spies, Kremlin is using riskier and less conventional methods.
Reuters: UniCredit is still awaiting a court decision over whether it must immediately reduce its Russia business to comply with a European Central Bank order, months after filing an objection, people familiar with the situation told Reuters.
The Moscow Times: Moldova claimed Wednesday that authorities in Russia were planning to undermine the country’s upcoming presidential election and a referendum on joining the EU by bussing in voters to polling stations at the Moldovan Embassy in Moscow.
POLITICO: Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) is snared in another scandal after a national lawmaker admitted to teaching part time at a Kremlin-linked academy in Moscow.
The Guardian: Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Russian spies planted an incendiary device on a plane to Britain that later caught fire at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham.
Australia will donate Ukraine 49 "soon-to-be-retired" U.S.-made Abrams tanks, the Defence Ministry said.
AP News: NATO on Wednesday showed no sign it would be willing to invite Ukraine to join its ranks anytime soon as allies sought more information from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about his “victory plan” for ending the war with Russia.
The Kyiv Independent: The domestically produced Chaklun (Wizard) drone has been approved for use by Ukraine's Armed Forces, the Defense Ministry said on Oct. 16. The drone can help adjust artillery fire and is resistant to Russian electronic warfare means thanks to "high-tech materials," the ministry said.
AFP: Two Russian men arrested in Poland under espionage laws went on trial Wednesday for allegedly distributing propaganda for the Wagner mercenary group, a Polish court said.
The Kyiv Independent: Units of Ukraine's military intelligence liberated 400 hectares of forest in Kharkiv Oblast, killing a number of Russian soldiers, the agency reported on Oct. 16. The operation was conducted north of the village of Lyptsi, located 10 km south of the Russian border.
Reuters: The European Union held its first summit with the Gulf states on Wednesday, part of EU diplomatic courting ofless familiar friends as it seeks new economic allies and enlists international support to isolate Russia.
The Kyiv Independent: France successfully tested its first "kamikaze" drones and will deliver them to Ukraine "in the coming weeks," French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Oct. 16.
Reuters: The United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday announced the launch of a new multinational team to monitor the enforcement of sanctions against North Korea after Russia and China thwarted monitoring activities at the United Nations.
worth mentioning
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Missile fragments found in Moldova by Ukrainian border
Kazakhstan won't seek BRICS membership 'in the foreseeable future'
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