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Reuters: Trump said on Wednesday that Indian PM Narendra Modi has pledged to stop buying oil from Russia, and Trump said he would next try to get China to do the same as Washington intensifies efforts to cut off Moscow’s energy revenues.
Reuters: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that he told Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato that the Trump administration expects Japan to stop importing Russian energy.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched a large-scale missile attack at Ukraine in the early hours of Oct. 16, targeting cities in several regions and triggering air raid sirens across the country.
The Kyiv Independent: An electrical substation in Russia's Volgograd Oblast is in flames following a reported Ukrainian drone strike, regional Governor Andrey Bocharov said the morning of Oct. 16.
ISW assesses that the US provisioning of Tomahawk missiles would not engender a significant escalation in Russia’s war against Ukraine, instead it would mirror Russia’s own use of commensurate Russian long-range cruise missiles against Ukraine.
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Politico: Slovakia will oppose efforts to bolster support for Ukraine and slash the flow of funds filling Russia’s war chest, the country’s leader declared Wednesday.
AP News: A Ukrainian government delegation has met with prominent American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit, a senior Kyiv official said Wednesday, before Zelenskyy’s meeting with Trump at the White House later this week.
Politico: A majority of NATO members on Wednesday said they were ready to cough up for a scheme spearheaded by Donald Trump that uses allied money to buy U.S. weapons for Ukraine.
Reuters: Foreign donors have provided 93.3 billion crowns ($4.5 billion) to a Czech-led initiative to find and deliver large-calibre ammunition to Ukraine, and the Czech Republic has contributed 1.7 billion crowns, Defence Minister Jana Cernochova said on Wednesday.
Ukrainska Pravda: Russia received at least 232 tonnes of liquid epoxy resins from Italy in 2024, accounting for 21% of imports. The raw materials are used to manufacture carbon fibre casings for Iskander-M ballistic missiles.
Politico: EU countries have five years to prepare for war, according to a military plan that will be presented by the European Commission on Thursday and was seen by POLITICO.
The Kyiv Independent: At least 1,076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ukraine's military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 15. Ninety-six are known to have died or gone missing in action.
Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Moscow on Wednesday that the United States and its allies would "impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression" if the war in Ukraine does not come to an end.
BBC: Emergency power outages have been brought in across almost all of Ukraine after a intensive campaign of Russian air strikes on energy infrastructure.
Britain targeted Russia's two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, and 51 shadow fleet tankers on Wednesday in what it described as a new bid to tighten energy sanctions and choke off Kremlin revenues.
The Kyiv Independent: A cyberattack carried out by Ukraine’s military intelligence caused over 66 million rubles (approximately $800,000) in damages to Orion Telecom, one of the largest internet providers in Siberia.
Reuters: The European Commission will propose on Thursday that a new counter-drone initiative should be fully functional by the end of 2027, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Reuters: The European Union has invited Serbia to join the bloc's communal gas-buying initiative, EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, as it seeks to reduce the Balkan country's reliance on fossil fuels from Russia.
Reuters: Hungary would suffer if it were cut off from Russian energy, Budapest's foreign minister said during a visit to Moscow on Wednesday, reiterating that the country would not accept outside pressure when it came to decisions on its energy supplies.
The Moscow Times: U.S. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna said Tuesday that Russia’s ambassador in Washington had given her a Soviet-era report on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
worth mentioning
US developer builds homes for displaced Ukrainians, offering hope despite war and crisis
Russian drone incursion ‘tactically stupid and counterproductive’ says Polish minister
Putin’s friend Timchenko acquires Shell’s former stake in western Siberia oil producer
St. Petersburg street musician arrested after viral anti-Putin performance
Belgium, Netherlands to sign missile defense system agreement
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