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The Kyiv Independent: Debris from intercepted Russian drones damaged several buildings in Kyiv overnight on Aug. 29, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. This comes as the third large-scale aerial attack by Russia against the capital in the past four days.
ISW: Several Russian milbloggers claimed on August 28 that the tempo of Ukrainian attacks in Kursk Oblast has slowed and that Ukrainian forces are now attempting to dig in and hold select areas they recently seized.
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The Kyiv Independent: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said during a press conference on Aug. 28 that allies advised Poland to exercise restraint when dealing with unidentified violations of Polish airspace.
CNN: Telegram founder Pavel Durov is under formal investigation and will not be allowed to leave France, a French prosecutor said in a statement released Wednesday night. The Russian-born billionaire is being investigated for several suspected offenses related to criminal activity on the platform. He must remain in the country under judicial supervision, with a bail set at 5 million euros, and is required to report to the French police station twice a week.
Reuters: Ukraine's top diplomat said on Wednesday that the biggest problem faced by Kyiv as it battles Russia is that its allies are afraid of approving new policies to support Ukraine out of a fear of escalation.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian troops are approaching the town of Selydove in Donetsk Oblast amid Russia's ongoing advance in the region, Ukrainian media outlet Hromadske reported on Aug. 28, citing its correspondent Diana Butsko on the ground.
The Insider: While Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, is cannibalizing its fleet for spare parts in order to compensate for the shortage caused by international sanctions, Putin's oligarchs continue to maintain their business jets without difficulty, sourcing everything they need from the West.
The Moscow Times: Russia has permanently banned 92 U.S. citizens from entering the country in response to the Biden administration’s "Russophobic" policies, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian troops dropped a guided aerial bomb on the town of Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast on Aug. 28, injuring at least 14 people, the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported.
AP News: A Russian missile slammed into Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city on Wednesday, local authorities said, just as Kryvyi Rih was observing an official day of mourning for an attack the previous day that killed four civilians at a hotel.
Reuters: Putin will mount a counteroffensive to try to retake territory in the Kursk region captured by Ukrainian troops, but Russian forces will encounter "a difficult fight," Deputy CIA Director David Cohen said on Wednesday.
Reuters: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development expects to sign a number of loan deals with Ukrainian municipalities and companies in the weeks to come, ramping up efforts to shore up the country for the winter.
Reuters: Qatar is in talks with the German government over possibly buying Russian energy group Rosneft's stake in Germany's PCK Schwedt refinery, which Berlin placed under trusteeship following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Moscow Times: Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in Russia’s Kirov region, located some 700 kilometers east of Moscow, regional authorities said Wednesday, marking the first such attack on the region since Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
The Kyiv Independent: The U.K. backs the use of Storm Shadow missiles by Ukraine for strikes deep inside Russia but will not pursue the call publicly, fearing disagreement with the U.S., The Telegraph reported on Aug. 28, citing undisclosed sources.
The Moscow Times: French and Emirati spies hacked Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s iPhone in 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The joint spy operation code-named “Purple Music” reportedly stemmed from concerns about the Islamic State’s use of Telegram for recruitment and plotting attacks.
Reuters: A Russian bomb killed a Ukrainian family of four on Wednesday in a small village in the eastern Donetsk region, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's office said. The prosecutors said the guided aerial bomb hit a private house and killed both parents and their 24-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son in the village of Izmailivka.
The Kyiv Independent: Banks in the United Arab Emirates have been rejecting transactions from Russian companies for electronic components and consumer electronics from China since early August, the pro-Kremlin outlet Kommersant reported on Aug. 28.
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