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Reuters: European Union leaders will discuss proposals for a "drone wall" to protect the continent at a summit on Wednesday in Copenhagen, just days after airspace intrusions by unidentified unmanned aircraft forced a temporary closure of Danish airports.
The Guardian: Taiwan has become the world’s biggest importer of Russian naphtha, a petroleum derivative used to make chemicals needed for the semiconductor industry, despite the fact that it has joined other sanctions against Russia and considers itself an ally of Ukraine.
Reuters: Britain's Princess Anne, the late Queen Elizabeth's only daughter, has visited Ukraine to express her solidarity with children and families enduring the impact of the war, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday.
ISW: Russia and Belarus may conduct special forces sabotage operations against critical infrastructure in Poland and launch additional drone incursions and blame Ukraine.
Reuters: Russian companies' plans to tap China's vast bond market for low-cost funding are proving to be a non-starter as Chinese banks and investors steer clear of them on concerns about Western sanctions.
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Reuters: Romania hopes to quickly set up production on its territory of defensive drones with Ukraine for domestic use as well as by European Union and NATO allies, Foreign Minister Oana Toiu said in an interview. Toiu told Reuters talks with Ukraine began before a spate of airspace incursions that the region has blamed on Russia in recent weeks.
OCCRP: A Russian-Spanish wine exporter whose family runs a chic tapas bar is under investigation for shipping sanctioned chemicals to Russia, including diethylamine, a chemical involved in the manufacturing of the nerve agent VX.
Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday the situation at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station had become critical, with Russian shelling preventing restoration of power needed to cool the reactors and prevent a meltdown.
Bloomberg: Russia remained the top supplier of nuclear reactor fuel to the US last year, even after a ban on enriched uranium imports from the country became law in May, data from the Department of Energy shows (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: A Russian drone attack on the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine killed 1 person and injured at least 28 people on Sept. 30, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak said.
United24 Media: Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces struck a key Russian S-400 air defense system in occupied Crimea, destroying its radar with attack drones overnight, the Ukrainian military confirmed on September 30.
The Kyiv Independent: The Czech government has banned entry for Russian diplomats and holders of official passports who do not have national accreditation from Prague, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky announced on Sept. 30.
The Moscow Times: Russia plans to roll out an app to measure how strongly university students embrace “traditional values,” the Vedomosti business newspaper reported Tuesday, citing a government procurement notice.
The Kyiv Independent: A Russian National Guard senior officer and two other service members were killed in a Ukrainian intelligence operation in the North Caucasus on Sept. 27, Ukraine's military intelligence said.
United24 Media: Ukraine plans to export certain types of domestically produced weapons to generate additional funds for the production of more critical weaponry for strikes against Russia. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that arrangements have already been made with several countries for the controlled export of weapons.
The Kyiv Independent: Sweden and Ukraine have not reached any definite agreement on the supply of Swedish Gripen fighter jets, local media outlet SVT News reported on Sept. 30, citing the Swedish Defense Ministry.
Euractiv: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday morning that Ukraine will receive €2 billion for drones soon, though without specifying where that money would come from. “A total € 2 billion will be spent on drones now” von der Leyen said in a statement next to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
Reuters: A court in Russia's far east has extended the pre-trial detention of French cyclist Sofiane Sehili who has been charged with illegally crossing the Russian border.
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