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The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian drones reportedly struck multiple Russian oil facilities overnight on Sept. 4-5, Russian Telegram channels reported.
AP News: The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever its longstanding ties with Moscow — and could soon be banned.
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Reuters: Twenty-six nations have pledged to provide postwar security guarantees to Ukraine, which will include an international force on land and sea and in the air, French President Emmanuel Macron said after a summit meeting of Kyiv's allies on Thursday.
Reuters: The United States will phase out some security assistance for European countries near the border with Russia.
Reuters: Trump told European leaders on Thursday that Europe must stop buying Russian oil that he said is helping Moscow fund its war against Ukraine, a White House official said, striking a combative tone amid slow diplomatic progress to end the fighting.
The Moscow Times: At least seven European Union member states have backed Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s bid to overturn the bloc’s sanctions against him, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported on Thursday.
Reuters: Germany is ready to step up funding for and training of Ukrainian forces but will decide on further military commitments only after broader conditions are clarified, a government spokesperson said on Thursday.
BBC: Sweden has accused Russia of being behind a significant rise in instances of GPS signal jamming recorded over the Baltic Sea, raising concerns for aviation in the region.
Reuters: A Russian missile strike on a Danish-sponsored humanitarian demining mission near the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv killed two people, local officials said on Thursday.
The Moscow Times: Wholesale gasoline prices in Russia climbed to record highs this week, driven by a wave of Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries that has coincided with peak demand during the holiday and harvest seasons.
OC Media: The EU’s sanctions against Russia have quietly extended to Azerbaijani state-owned STAR Refinery in Turkey, with Brussels telling OC Media that the refinery was subject to a ban for processing Russian crude oil.
Reuters: Top Ukrainian military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said a meeting of senior officials on Thursday devoted to aid defences sought ways of building more effective systems against incoming drones. "We are creating a layered system to counteract enemy Shahed and Geran drones," he wrote, referring to the most commonly used Russian drones.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian defense company Fire Point announced on Sept. 4 that it has developed two new ballistic missiles, along with air defense systems, Ukrainian military news site Militarnyi reported.
AFP: NATO chief Mark Rutte said Thursday that Russia did not have a veto on whether Western powers can deploy troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees if a truce is reached. "Why are we interested in what Russia thinks about troops in Ukraine? It's a sovereign country. It's not for them to decide," Rutte said.
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