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Reuters: Russia's top lawmaker said on Friday that parliamentary bosses will swiftly consider revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty after Putin held out the possibility of resuming nuclear testing.
The Guardian: The White House has condemned the attack on a cafe and grocery store in Ukraine’s Hroza village that killed 51 people, as “horrifying”, while British prime minister Rishi Sunak said the strike “demonstrated the depths of depravity Russian forces are willing to sink to”.
AP News: A day after pledging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy their unwavering support, European Union leaders on Friday will face one of their worst political headaches on a key commitment — how and when to welcome debt-laden and battered Ukraine into the bloc.
ISW: Putin’s bizarre explanation of the plane crash is likely an attempt to blame Prigozhin for his own and his comrades’ deaths and further disgrace him among his remaining supporters.
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POLITICO: The Biden administration is considering using a State Department grant program to send additional military aid to Ukraine as Congress continues to battle over weapons funding, according to two U.S. officials with knowledge of the discussions.
Reuters: A Russian missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in a village in northeastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 people as they held a memorial service, Ukrainian officials said.
POLITICO: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sought to justify his reluctance to supply Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles on Thursday by naming constitutional constraints and the risk of an “escalation of the war.”
Bloomberg: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to further bolster Ukraine’s air defenses to help protect the country against Russian missile attacks this winter. Germany will supply a second Patriot air-defense system to help shield key infrastructure.
Europol has become a participant in the joint investigation team on alleged core international crimes committed in Ukraine.
POLITICO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said legal studies are under way on how Russia's assets abroad can be seized to help rebuild Ukraine.
Bloomberg: Romania is working with its NATO partners to boost defense on its border with Ukraine at the Danube river following several incidents where Russian drone debris fell on its soil.
The Guardian: Kyiv has turned the Black Sea region into a no-go zone for Moscow’s bristling warships.
Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned European leaders on Thursday that Russia could rebuild its military capabilities and attack other countries within five years if the continent were to waver in its support for Kyiv.
AFP: Russian mercenary group Wagner in 2022 signed a contract with a Chinese firm to acquire two satellites and use their images, aiding its intelligence work as the organisation sought to push Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to a document seen by AFP.
Reuters: German police and customs officers on Thursday searched several properties in southern Germany, which a source familiar with the matter said belonged to a Russian national targeted by EU sanctions because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The source told Reuters that Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, a Russian-Uzbek businessman, was the target of the search operation.
AP News: Slovakia’s president has refused a plan by her country’s caretaker government to send further military aid to Ukraine, saying it doesn’t have the authority and parties that oppose such support are in talks to form a government following last week’s election.
Reuters: Support is falling among Americans of both major political parties for supplying Ukraine with weapons, a warning sign for Kyiv, which relies heavily on U.S. arms to fight against a Russian invasion, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The Moscow Times: Russia this year has seen a huge uptick in the number of its soldiers facing trial for murders committed outside the war zone in Ukraine, the independent news outlet Vyorstka reported Thursday, citing military court records.
Meduza: The St. Petersburg Physical Culture and Sports Committee has issued a decree prohibiting athletes, coaches, and staff of the city’s state-funded sports schools from traveling outside Russia without permission. The ban applies not only to training camps and competitions held abroad but also to personal travel during vacation time.
Reuters: Russia has signed a deal for a permanent naval base on the Black Sea coast of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, the Izvestiya newspaper reported, prompting criticism from Georgia which said the move was a "gross violation" of its sovereignty.
Sky News: Russia has turned to a First World War strategy to protect its Black Sea Fleet amid growing threats from Ukrainian attacks.
Reuters: Rheinmetall has won another order from the German government to supply Ukraine with drone reconnaissance systems, the defence manufacturer said on Thursday.
AFP: A deadly blast at a prison in occupied eastern Ukraine last year, which Kyiv and Moscow blamed on each other, was not caused by Ukrainian HIMARS rockets, United Nations investigators have determined.
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