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Reuters: At least $14.3 million worth of coal produced in areas of Ukraine annexed by Russia has been exported to NATO member Turkey this year, according to Russian customs data reviewed by Reuters.
Reuters: The western Ukrainian city of Lviv was rocked by blasts in the early hours on Tuesday, with local officials saying the Russian air attack injured one man and caused a major fire at an industrial warehouse.
Reuters: The Group of Seven on Tuesday called on China to press Russia to stop its aggression in Ukraine after foreign ministers of the bloc met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and released a joint statement. The statement, released by the foreign ministry of G7 chair Japan, said the members hoped China would push for the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.
AP News: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Washington this week comes at a critical juncture for his alliance with the United States as Republican leaders in Congress diverge on how to send more military and humanitarian aid to the country.
AP News: Iran’s president on Monday denied his country had sent drones to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine, even as the United States accuses Iran of not only providing the weapons but helping Russia build a plant to manufacture them.
ISW: Ukrainian counteroffensive operations may have resulted in the particularly severe degradation of critical elements of the Russian elastic defense in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Guardian: As the Ukrainian army’s counteroffensive continues against Russian forces in the east of the country, another battle is raging on the home front in Kyiv – against corruption.
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Bloomberg: Germany announced additional military support for Ukraine worth €400 million, though the package does not include the bunker-busting Taurus cruise missiles the government in Kyiv has urgently requested.
AFP: Kyiv on Monday said it had filed lawsuits at the World Trade Organisation against its three EU neighbours -- Poland, Slovakia and Hungary -- over their bans on Ukrainian grain imports.
Reuters: Spain's agriculture minister said on Monday a unilateral ban by any European Union member state on Ukrainian grain imports seemed illegal, while France said European solidarity was at stake.
Bloomberg: Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdog wrote to German authorities and a Bavarian-based company seeking to halt the delivery to Russia of high-end machinery used by ammunition manufacturers.
AP News: Mexico’s president on Monday defended the participation of a contingent of Russian soldiers in a military parade over the weekend.
Reuters: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in New York on Wednesday, two sources from the Brazilian government said on Monday.
Defence Blog: South Korea will provide Ukraine two K600 “Rhino” combat engineering vehicles as part of the next tranche of aid for Kyiv to defend against Russia’s invasion.
The Barents Observer: Lavrov on Monday informed the other members of the Barents Cooperation about the withdrawal from the official structures where Russia has been frozen out since the start of the all-out war against Ukraine.
The Moscow Times: Chinese curbs on the export of drones and their components have caused supply disruptions and shortages in Russia, the Kommersant business daily reported Monday.
Novaya-Europe: By pouring record sums of money into the sector, moving to round-the-clock production and threatening management with prison terms for failure to deliver on contracts, the Russian government is trying to drain whatever it still can from the country’s depleted military-industrial complex.
Meduza: The U.N. International Court of Justice has resumed hearings on Ukraine’s genocide case against Russia, filed shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion. Ukraine alleged that Russia abused the concept of genocide in justifying its attack and asked the court to hold Russia accountable.
Reuters: A top Ukrainian general hailed the recent recapture of two eastern villages as an important breakthrough on Monday, saying it had enabled Kyiv's troops to breach Russian lines near the shattered city of Bakhmut.
Business Insider: Ukraine has launched a drone campaign that plans to exhaust Russia's air defenses, disable its bombers, and damage military production, according to Ukraine's head of military intelligence.
Bloomberg: The Dutch government suspended an employee over allegations that he evaded Russia sanctions.
Reuters: The human rights situation in Russia has significantly deteriorated since it invaded Ukraine in February last year, a United Nations expert said on Monday, describing a "systematic crackdown" on civil society and calling for redress.
Business Insider: Western businesses made $18 billion in profits last year in Russia, but the Kremlin has made it impossible for them to access the funds in retaliation against sanctions, according to the Financial Times.
Reuters: A Bulgarian army bomb disposal team on Monday destroyed in a controlled explosion a device attached to a drone that landed on Sunday evening in the Black Sea town of Tyulenovo, the defence ministry said in a statement.
The Moscow Times: Trade between Russia and the United States has hit a two-decade low, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, as Moscow faces unprecedented isolation from the West due to its invasion of Ukraine.
POLITICO: Russia’s war on Ukraine offers a bitter reminder that Austria continues playing all sides, professing devotion to Western ideals even as they quietly look for ways to continue to profit from friendly relations with Moscow.
worth mentioning
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