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Reuters: A Ukrainian lawmaker who was formally notified this week that he was suspected of treason for allegedly cooperating with Russia's military intelligence said a Kyiv court had ordered him detained for 60 days.
AP News: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol slammed the purported illicit arms deal between North Korea and Russia, saying he’ll emphasize its far-reaching security implications and discuss international response during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco this week.
Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday U.N. member states enforcing the Korean War armistice are concerned that China and Russia are helping North Korea expand its military capabilities by enabling Pyongyang to evade U.N. sanctions.
ISW: The now-retracted reports of a Russian regrouping on the east bank of Kherson Oblast may be indicative of actual discussions taking place in the high echelons of Russian military command that may have prematurely entered the information space before being officially released by the Russian military.
Reuters: Fighting gripped the area around the shattered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, Ukraine's military said on Monday, with Moscow's forces intensifying air bombardments and trying to move forward with ground forces.
Yahoo News: Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday promised a top Ukrainian official sustained US support including help to get through the winter, with Russia feared to strike Kyiv's infrastructure again.
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The Kyiv Independent: The U.S. Congress needs to approve the White House's request for aid to Ukraine as soon as possible in order to prevent serious consequences for Ukraine's defense, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a press briefing.
Reuters: European Union officials are finalising the "last details" of a proposed 12th package of sanctions on Russia that will include a diamond ban, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday. The European Commission could approve the proposed package on Wednesday.
RFE/RL: Russia may charge volunteer fighters who surrender, desert, or refuse to carry out orders with a crime as the Kremlin seeks to maintain discipline on the front lines in Ukraine. Russian lawmakers have proposed amendments to the criminal code that would equate punishments for volunteers with those of professional soldiers.
The Kyiv Independent: At least 1,319 luxury cars worth a combined $229.6 million have entered Russia since the U.S. and the EU banned the shipment of high-end automobiles in March 2022.
POLITICO: A Ukrainian MP who in 2019 helped former U.S. President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani in his search for dirt on Joe and Hunter Biden has been charged with treason.
The Kyiv Independent: Hungary will not support the next disbursement of military aid for Ukraine under the auspices of the EU's European Peace Facility unless it receives guarantees that no Hungarian company will be added to Ukraine's international sponsors of war list.
Reuters: The U.S. Treasury Department has sent notices to ship management companies requesting information about 100 vessels it suspects of violating Western sanctions on Russian oil, according to a source who has seen the documents.
Meduza: One of the key players in Russia’s anti-abortion movement is a group called Women for Life, which uses federal funding to pressure women into giving birth. A volunteer with the organization’s hotline says her job is to be a “professional manipulator.”
Ukrainska Pravda: Putin has handed the stocks of the occupied Ukrainian Krymenergo (local power distributor company) over to the Russian authorities in Crimea.
The Kyiv Independent: Norway will provide one billion Norwegian kroner ($90 million) in additional funding to domestic humanitarian aid organizations operating in Ukraine, Norway's Foreign Ministry announced.
AP News: NATO member Romania inaugurated on Monday an international training hub for F-16 jet pilots from allied countries and other partners, including Ukraine.
LRT: Lithuania’s Interior Ministry asked the country’s State Security Department to check 800 foreigners who have Lithuanian citizenship granted by way of exception. The move comes after Ilze Liepa, a Russian ballet dancer who also has Lithuanian citizenship, has publicly praised Putin and his war in Ukraine.
ERR: If the Baltic countries fall, Berlin will be next, Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur told German publication Merkur. The magazine writes about the situation in Estonia and how the public and politicians see the threat from Russia and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
AFP: The Kremlin declined to comment Monday on reports the Ukrainian army had crossed to the occupied left bank of the Dnipro river and reinforced positions, which would be a significant breakthrough for Kyiv.
Reuters: Russian share listings have been few and far between since Russia sent armed forces into Ukraine in February 2022, and are generally characterised by small volumes and dependent on retail investors.
The Moscow Times: The Kremlin has begun compiling a list of influential figures that would campaign on behalf of Putin as he seeks re-election next year.
Reuters: Two Russian state news agencies published alerts on Monday saying Moscow was moving troops to "more favourable positions" east of the Dnipro River in Ukraine, only to withdraw the information minutes later. The highly unusual incident suggested disarray in Russia's military establishment and state media over how to report the battlefield situation in southern Ukraine.
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