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Reuters: China, Russia and Mongolia held their first joint border defence drills this week, the Chinese military said on Tuesday, underscoring closer security coordination among the three neighbours.
ISW: Russian Security Council Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev’s threat against Finland is not unique but rather part of an ongoing Kremlin effort to threaten NATO states and justify future Russian aggression.
The Kyiv Independent: The U.S. will no longer work with Europe on combating disinformation from countries including China, Iran, and Russia, the Financial Times reported on Sept. 8.
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France 24: Russia used an Iskander ballistic missile in its deadly attack on a Ukrainian government building in Kyiv on Sunday, a top Ukraine official said. The impact of the powerful missile, which did not fully detonate, left a “gaping hole” in the building, and several people dead.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian drones struck an fuel pumping station in Russia's Vladimir Oblast overnight on Sept. 7, the Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces Robert "Madyar" Brovdi announced.
The Insider: The Latvian Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs has sent notifications to 841 Russian citizens stating that they must leave the country by Oct. 13. According to the agency, these individuals failed to submit the necessary documents to obtain a residence permit in line with the 2024 amendments to the country’s Immigration Law.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces intended to launch a major offensive in the Zaporizhzhia direction, but Ukrainian troops prevented the operation, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Sept. 8.
Reuters: The Czech Republic will expel a Belarusian diplomat it accuses of espionage, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The Czech counterintelligence service said that together with Romanian and Hungarian services it had "broken up a Belarusian intelligence network being built in Europe."
Reuters: Estonia summoned Russia's charge d’affaires in Tallinn on Monday to lodge a protest after a Russian MI-8 helicopter violated Estonian airspace near Vaindloo Island in the Baltic Sea, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said.
The Kyiv Independent: European countries must halt imports of Russian oil and gas if they expect Washington to escalate sanctions against Moscow, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sept. 8.
BBC: Drones which will be used by the Ukrainian military are due to be built as part of a £200m investment in the UK, creating 500 jobs. Ukrspecsystems, described as the biggest drone manufacturing company in Ukraine, will use an existing building in Mildenhall, Suffolk, to produce the unmanned aircraft.
Reuters: The EU's top sanctions official was in Washington with a team of experts on Monday to discuss what would be the first coordinated transatlantic measures against Russia since President Donald Trump returned to office.
The Moscow Times: A French national was arrested in Russia’s Far East and placed in pre-trial detention, French diplomatic sources told AFP on Monday.
The Insider: At the current rate, the Kremlin will exhaust its financial reserves within a year. To continue waging war, Putin may resort to what he has avoided doing throughout his rule: turning on the printing press and building a debt pyramid.
Reuters: Russian forces struck a thermal power generation facility in the Kyiv region as part of an overnight attack, Ukraine's energy ministry said on Monday, provoking localised blackouts and gas outages.
Politico: Germany’s opposition Greens are turning up the pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz, blasting his coalition for rejecting billions in extra funding for Ukraine. The government responded that the Greens are playing politics despite Germany being one of Ukraine's leading supporters.
AFP: Ukraine said Monday that Russia has a large advantage in manpower and resources along the front line in the east of the country where Moscow's army has been steadily advancing for months.
Reuters: Top Russian companies including Russia's vast nuclear corporation Rosatom and giant gas concern Gazprom are exploring sales of yuan-denominated "panda" bonds, company sources said on Monday, as Western capital markets remain closed to Russia.
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