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Reuters: Russia launched 36 Iranian-made attack drones against southern Ukraine overnight, damaging infrastructure in the Odesa region, authorities said. The strikes targeted the Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions, the Ukrainian military reported, adding that air defence systems destroyed 27 drones.
AP News: Russia faces a tough fight to regain a seat in the U.N.’s premiere human rights body in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: The White House is considering a strategy to bundle Ukraine funding with a forthcoming request for urgent aid to Israel, people familiar with the discussions told the Washington Post. This approach aims to enhance the likelihood of Congress approving assistance for Ukraine, despite facing growing opposition from House Republicans.
ISW: Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations and reportedly advanced in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast and near Bakhmut on October 9 amid reports of deteriorating weather conditions in Ukraine.
UK Ministry of Defence: Russia’s presidential election will take place on 17 March 2024. In the build-up to the election, the Kremlin will almost certainly seek to minimise unpopular policy moves. It is therefore highly unlikely that any further mobilisation wave will be implemented before the March 2024 presidential election.
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Reuters: Ukrainian forces are making some headway in both the eastern and southern theatres of their four-month-old counteroffensive, military officials said on Monday.
Newsweek: Ukrainian Ground Forces announced Monday that their troops successfully captured a Russian army commander in the ongoing fight for the city of Bakhmut.
Reuters: The Russian segment of the International Space Station sprung its third coolant leak in under a year, raising questions about the reliability of the country's space program even as officials said crew members weren't in danger.
POLITICO: The U.S. Army wants to help supply both its Ukrainian and Israeli allies with as many bombs and other equipment as they need in their separate wars. But it can’t happen as long as Congress in chaos.
AFP: Grieving families buried their loved ones on Monday in the eastern Ukraine village of Hroza, which was targetted by Russian missiles in an attack that killed more than 50 people.
Bloomberg: Hacking groups, including some tied to Russia, are attacking Israeli government and media websites, allying themselves with the Palestinian military group Hamas that launched a series of deadly attacks on the country over the weekend.
RFE/RL: Russia's decision to station nuclear weapons in Belarus is part of a campaign to "threaten" and "scare" neighboring countries while highlighting Moscow's dominance over Minsk, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said.
The Moscow Times: One Russian citizen has been killed and at least four others were missing following the Hamas Islamist group’s weekend attack on Israel - the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv.
Bloomberg: One of the original architects of a plan to limit Russia’s oil profits proposed steps to fix the faltering program. Ben Harris said the G-7 nations and European Union need to crack down on Russia’s evasion of the limit and raise the price level, making it a painful but tolerable-enough option for Moscow.
AFP: A Stockholm court on Monday ordered a Russian-Swedish citizen accused of passing Western technology to Russia to be released from custody ahead of its verdict on October 26.
The Moscow Times: Russian officials and media figures have not signaled explicit support for either of the warring sides, instead calling for de-escalation and peace talks. They did however blame the West, and especially the United States, for what they called a decades-long failure to ensure peace and security in the region.
Reuters: Russian lawmakers were on Monday given 10 days to study the possibility of revoking Moscow's ratification of a treaty banning nuclear tests.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia has transferred Western-made weapons captured in Ukraine to the extremist organization Hamas fighting against Israel in an effort to discredit Kyiv, Ukraine's military intelligence reported on Oct. 9.
Reuters: Amsterdam-listed mobile telecoms operator Veon said on Monday it had completed its exit from Russia as it closed the sale of its Russian business, Vimpelcom, to senior members of the Vimpelcom management team.
AFP: The United Nations on Monday voiced deep concern over Moscow's "mass conferral" of Russian passports in Ukrainian territory it controls and denying essential services to people who refuse them.
Reuters: Denmark is working to "expand and deepen" a coalition of countries committed to deliver F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told the NATO parliamentary assembly's annual session in Copenhagen on Monday.
Newsweek: A new Russian presidential decree suggests that Moscow could be gearing up for a standoff with new NATO member Finland and the Baltic States, according to independent investigative publication Agentstvo, and a U.S. think tank.
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