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The Kyiv Independent: Pro-Ukrainian demonstrators took to the streets in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 14 ahead of a planned summit between Trump and Putin.
ISW: The Kremlin is likely to use the Alaska summit to try to deflect attention away from peace negotiations with Ukraine and towards the Russia-US relationship in order to court the Trump administration into offering Moscow sorely needed economic rapprochement.
Kyiv Post: Ukrainian forces struck the Olya seaport in Russia’s Astrakhan region, hitting a ship loaded with Shahed drone components and ammunition from Iran, as per the General Staff report.
The Kyiv Independent: An oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast caught fire following a drone attack on the facility overnight on Aug. 15, local media reported.
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The Insider: China is not only supplying military technology to Russia, but also buying it from Moscow. The Insider has verified information indicating that Beijing has purchased documentation for a Russian-made automated command-and-control system for landing operations. Such a system could be useful to China in a potential operation to seize Taiwan.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia has likely lost a Su-30SM fighter jet while conducting a mission southeast of Snake Island, the Ukrainian Navy said on Aug. 14.
AFP: Russia hosted its first official meeting with the heads of militaries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, Moscow's defence ministry said Thursday, as it seeks to increase its influence in the Sahel region.
The Insider: Members of the Kremlin elite — including Putin’s former KGB colleagues, his political allies, and his business partners from among the Malyshev and Tambov criminal groups — still own luxurious vineyards in Italy.
The Kyiv Independent: Japan's Economy Ministry has uncovered a sanctions-evasion scheme in which high-precision manufacturing equipment was sold to Russia via Chinese companies, Ukrainian sanctions coordinator Vladyslav Vlasiuk said on Aug. 14.
Reuters: Sony's Russian subsidiary was liquidated on August 11, Russian company filings showed, a move that could signal the Japanese conglomerate's exit from the country. Sony paused its operations in Russia soon after the start of the war.
The Moscow Times: The Kremlin has ordered government officials and lawmakers to migrate their Telegram channels to domestic messaging app Max as it tightens restrictions on foreign services, the exiled news outlet Vyorstka reported Thursday.
The Guardian: More than 50 Ukrainian writers and artists, a cross-party group of UK MPs, and a former New Zealand prime minister have urged the Royal Ballet and Opera House to drop the Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko from its new London season.
Reuters: NATO allies Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey should expand a joint task force that clears mines floating in the Black Sea to include patrols to protect energy facilities and trade routes from potential Russian attack, Romania's defence minister said.
Politico: Viktor Orbán’s nemesis Péter Magyar on Thursday accused Moscow of political interference in Hungary.
Reuters: Ukrainian troops have stabilised the battlefield in an area of eastern Ukraine where Russian forces had made a sudden push this week to pierce Ukrainian defences, the regional governor said on Thursday.
The Moscow Times: Russia and Ukraine exchanged 84 prisoners each on Thursday, the latest in a series of swaps that have freed hundreds of captives this year.
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