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The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched a large-scale aerial strike on Ukrainian cities late on Aug. 27, attacking Kyiv with missiles and targeting regions far from the front lines. At least eight people were killed in the attack, including a 14-year-old. Another 45 people have been injured.
Reuters: Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing, marking the first public appearance of the two leaders alongside President Xi Jinping in a show of collective defiance amid Western pressure.
CNN: Russia and China have conducted their first-ever joint submarine patrol in the Pacific, according to reports in state-run media.
The Kyiv Independent: The Novokuibyshevsk refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast was hit by drones in an overnight attack, the Russian Telegram news channel Astra reported on Aug. 28, citing local reports and footage.
Reuters: A fire broke out at a unit of the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region after a Ukrainian drone attack, local authorities said on Thursday.
The Insider: Igor Maltsev, the CEO of Russia’s S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation «Energia», has openly acknowledged that the company is in a dire situation.
ISW: The Kremlin appears to be resuming its drone and missile strike campaign targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of Winter 2025, likely in an effort to undermine Ukrainian will to resist Russian aggression.
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Reuters: The Ukrainian president's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said on Wednesday he was in Riyadh along with security council chief Rustem Umerov ahead of talks later in the week with U.S. administration officials in New York.
AFP: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday he had appointed a former deputy prime minister as Kyiv's new ambassador to the United States, as Washington-backed efforts to halt the war with Russia intensify.
Reuters: Ukraine is looking at how to share battlefield data with allies, the country's deputy prime minister said, calling the vast trove of stored information one of Kyiv's "cards" to strengthen its position as it negotiates support from friendly countries.
The Kyiv Independent: A security mechanism inspired by NATO Article 5 remains the main guarantee on the table for Ukraine, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Aug. 27.
The Moscow Times: Russia’s fisheries agency on Wednesday threatened to block Norwegian fishing vessels from the country’s territorial waters as retaliation for Oslo joining EU sanctions against two Russian fishing companies.
Reuters: Ukraine's deputy prime minister said he was confident of a solution to continue Poland's funding of 30,000 Starlink internet systems for Ukraine, after Poland said it might no longer be able to pay for them following a presidential veto.
Novaya Gazeta Europe: In a fresh instance of deteriorating relations between Moscow and Baku, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said Russia had “invaded and occupied” Azerbaijan in 1920 as it established what would later become the Soviet Union.
Reuters: Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's first-half net profit attributable to shareholders fell 54% year-on-year to 150.5 billion roubles ($1.86 billion), according to the company's financial results published on Wednesday.
LRT: Lithuania is urging the European Union to find a way to bypass Hungary’s veto in Ukraine’s EU accession talks, calling for "decisive steps".
The Kyiv Independent: An explosion on Aug. 26 started a fire at the Ryazan-Moscow oil pipeline, a key petroleum product supply route for the Russian capital, a source in Ukraine's military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent.
Reuters: Most Americans support a bid to sanction Russia's trading partners as a way to put pressure on Moscow to end its war with Ukraine, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Reuters: India saved billions of dollars by stepping up imports of discounted Russian oil in the wake of the war in Ukraine, but punitive tariffs imposed by the U.S. that came into effect on Wednesday will quickly undo the gains, with no easy solutions in sight.
Reuters: Russia launched a massive drone attack on energy and gas transport infrastructure across six Ukrainian regions overnight, leaving more than 100,000 people without power, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.
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