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Reuters: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday she had arrived in Ukraine's capital Kyiv to discuss Europe's support, winter preparedness, defence and progress on the G7 loans.
The Guardian: Russia’s military command had anticipated Ukraine’s incursion into its Kursk region and had been making plans to prevent it for several months, according to a cache of documents that the Ukrainian army said it had seized from abandoned Russian positions in the region.
ISW: Mobilization in Russia remains unlikely in the near to medium term due to Putin’s personal fear that mobilization is a direct threat to his regime’s stability.
The Guardian: Sami people in Russia are being forced to hide their identity and live “outside the law” for fear of imprisonment and persecution, leading figures from the community have warned, after the government labelled dozens of Indigenous organisations terrorists and extremists.
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Reuters: U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will hold separate meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sept. 26, the White House said in a statement on Thursday.
AFP: Ukraine's offensive into the Russian border region of Kursk diverted around 40,000 Russian troops away from the frontline, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia is placing explosives at dams in its own Belgorod Oblast, possibly to stage provocations and accuse Ukraine of causing environmental damage, a spokesperson of Ukraine's Kharkiv group of forces said on Sept. 19.
Reuters: The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on a network of five groups and one person for enabling payments between Russia and North Korea to support Moscow's war in Ukraine and Pyongyang's weapons programs, the Treasury Department said.
Bloomberg: India won’t buy liquefied natural gas from a project in Russia that is sanctioned by the US, Oil Minister Hardeep Puri said (archive).
Novaya Gazeta Europe: The revenue from sales of Russian nuclear fuel to the EU and US almost tripled between 2021 and 2023 despite sanctions and the war in Ukraine, a Novaya Europe investigation has revealed.
The Kyiv Independent: Berlin has handed over 22 Leopard 1 A5 tanks, 61,000 155 mm rounds of ammunition, three Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns with spare parts, and other equipment in its latest delivery of military aid to Ukraine, the German government said on Sept. 19.
Reuters: Russian forces hit a geriatric centre in the Ukrainian city of Sumy and targeted its energy sector in a new wave of airstrikes on Thursday, killing at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said.
Bloomberg: The US has warned its allies that Russia is targeting cargo shipping companies as it seeks to disrupt Ukraine’s partners, according to people familiar with the matter (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: Igor Gorgan, the former chief of staff of the Moldovan military, has been charged with treason, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Sept. 19, citing the country's prosecutors. The Prosecutor's Office said that Gorgan stands "accused in the case concerning alleged espionage on behalf of Russia."
WP: Young Russians are embracing Kremlin propaganda, reshaping the Ukraine war narrative with ultranationalist views and seeing themselves as patriotic truth defenders (archive).
POLITICO: European Parliament lawmakers want all capitals to allow Ukraine's military to use long-range missiles against targets on Russian territory, according to a non-binding resolution adopted on Thursday.
France 24: The controversial documentary "Russians at War" will be shown at the Zurich Film Festival next month despite harsh criticism from Kyiv, the event's director said Thursday.
AFP: Germany is planning almost 400 million euros in extra military aid for Ukraine this year despite a row over budgetary constraints, according to a finance ministry document seen by AFP Thursday.
The Guardian: Amid the recent crackdown on Russian influence in American media, a group of former Trump advisers and operatives have quietly helped build a pro-Russian website that frequently spreads debunked conspiracy theories about the war in Ukraine, election fraud and vaccines.
Novaya Gazeta Europe: Since 2022, Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has quashed the rehabilitation of at least 4,000 people who were found guilty of treason and collaboration by the Soviet government during World War II, business daily Kommersant reported on Thursday.
Reuters: The Russian and Western nuclear industries remain dependent on each other, a situation that has shielded Russia from European sanctions, an industry report said on Thursday.
Reuters: Russia's campaign of air strikes on Ukraine's energy grid 'probably' violates international humanitarian law, a U.N. monitoring body said on Thursday, as Ukrainians prepare for the toughest winter since Russia's invasion.
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