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Reuters: Putin on Wednesday praised Xi Jinping for the Belt and Road Initiative and invited global investment in the Northern Sea route which he said could deepen trade between east and west. Shortly before Putin starting speaking, a handful of European delegates, including former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, walked out of the room, a Reuters witness said.
The Guardian: Based on accounts provided by two Serbian fighters who travelled to Russia, as well as a leaked list of recruited Serbs, the Guardian found that Russian officials appear to have made plans to recruit hundreds of Serbian nationals to bolster the army.
CNN: Ukraine’s special forces use daring raids and distraction tactics in bid to free Crimea.
AFP: Russian missile strikes on the city of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine killed two people in the early hours of Wednesday, local authorities said.
ISW: The Russian information space expressed widespread fear over the use of ATACMS, and Russian concerns over the possibility of future strikes will likely impact Russian decision-making beyond the current Ukrainian ability to sustain regular ATACMS strikes.
A WSJ analysis of satellite images and state media footage shows Russia has been expanding its ability to launch a nuclear weapon on Ukraine and on NATO’s doorstep since before the war in Ukraine began.
AFP: Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has invited Putin for an official visit next year, he said in Beijing on Wednesday.
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POLITICO: The Biden administration is expected to ask Congress for at least $100 billion in supplemental funding to address Israel, Ukraine and domestic issues, such as border funding and disaster aid.
AP News: The United States has quietly delivered a small number of long-range ballistic missiles that Ukraine said it urgently needed and that President Joe Biden promised last month, Zelensky confirmed Tuesday, saying they were used on the battlefield against Russia and “executed very accurately.”
Reuters: `Ukrainian forces struck airfields in Russian-held territory in eastern and southern Ukraine overnight, destroying helicopters, knocking out an air defence missile launcher and damaging runways, Kyiv's military said on Tuesday.
UNDP: The destruction of the Kakhovka dam inflicted almost US$14 billion in loss and damage on Ukraine, compounding the already disastrous impacts of Russia’s full-scale invasion, according to a new report released by the Government of Ukraine and the United Nations.
Reuters: Russia said it need no longer obey U.N. Security Council restrictions on giving missile technology to its ally Iran once they expire on Wednesday, without saying whether it now planned to support Tehran's missile development.
Bloomberg: Hungary pledged to retaliate against Bulgaria after the Balkan nation blindsided it with a tax on Russian gas transit, potentially threatening the viability of energy imports through a critical route.
Reuters: Inflation in Russia continues to accelerate and a return to the central bank’s 4% target may require additional monetary policy tightening, according to a review by central bank analysts published on Tuesday.
In a vote on Tuesday, European Parliament improved and endorsed a proposal for a €50 billion facility to support Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction and modernisation from 2024.
The Kyiv Independent: Lithuania's military has started repairing German-made Leopard tanks damaged on Ukraine's front lines, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry reported on Oct. 17.
BBC News: An undersea telecoms cable connecting Estonia and Sweden has been damaged, the Swedish government has announced. The cable is believed to have been damaged at the same time as a gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia earlier this month.
The Moscow Times: More than half of Russian soldiers in Ukraine wounded severely enough to require medical examination have sustained injuries that require limb amputations, Deputy Labor Minister Alexei Vovchenko said Tuesday.
Reuters: Oil freight rates from Russia's Baltic ports to India are up some 50% since last week as more shipowners quit the market after the first U.S. sanctions on shipowners carrying Russian crude priced above a G7 cap.
Canada said on Tuesday it was targeting nine Moldovan individuals and six TV stations in new sanctions against Russian collaborators in Moldova.
Reuters: Russia's parliament took the first step on Tuesday towards revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and its top lawmaker warned the United States that Moscow might even abandon the pact altogether.
VOA: All 31 U.S.-made M1A1 Abrams tanks promised to Kyiv by the Biden administration have arrived in Ukraine, according to the U.S. military.
Reuters: Putin and his closest ally among European Union leaders, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to bilateral ties amid international tensions over the war in Ukraine.
Middle East Eye: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been denied a visit to Israel, according to Israeli media. The reports said Zelensky wanted to make a solidarity visit to Israel but was told "now is not the time".
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