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Reuters: Russia will soon deploy its newest howitzers to its Northern Military District which borders Finland and Norway, the head of the Rostec state defence conglomerate said in remarks published on Wednesday.
FT: The EU is preparing a back-up plan worth up to €20bn for Ukraine, using a debt structure that sidesteps the objections of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán about funding the war-torn country.
Reuters: Half of Russia's oil and petroleum exports in 2023 will have gone to China while India's share has risen in two years to 40%, Russia's state news agencies cited Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak as saying in remarks published on Wednesday.
ISW: Russia's likely capture of Marinka in Donetsk Oblast represents a limited Russian tactical gain and does not portend any operationally significant advance unless Russian forces have dramatically improved their ability to conduct rapid mechanized forward movement, which they show no signs of having done.
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AFP: A Russian strike on a train station filled with fleeing civilians in Ukraine's southern city of Kherson has killed at least one person and wounded four others, the interior minister said on Tuesday.
RFE/RL: Thousands of Russian video-surveillance systems used by Ukrainian cities, infrastructure, private companies, and ordinary homes can relay footage to Moscow-based servers owned by big Russian companies that service the Russian government and military.
Reuters: India said on Tuesday it had signed agreements with Russia for future units of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
AFP: Ukraine's commander-in-chief said on Tuesday his forces had pulled back to the outskirts of the town of Maryinka, a day after Moscow claimed full control of the key town.
AP News: The Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously non-aligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance.
Reuters: Taiwan's economy ministry said on Tuesday it had expanded a list of sanctioned goods for Russia and its ally Belarus in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine to prevent Taiwanese high-tech goods from being used for military purposes.
The Kyiv Independent: Hunting rifle scopes manufactured by Western companies are ending up in the hands of Russian fighters in Ukraine, independent Russian media outlet Important Stories reported.
The Moscow Times: The Kremlin is investing in movements of wives and mothers who support the war in Ukraine and promote traditional values to counter the growing influence of protesting relatives of soldiers, according to a report by the independent news outlet Holod.
Reuters: A former TV journalist who opposes Russia's war in Ukraine and who was disqualified on Saturday as a candidate for Russia's upcoming presidential election has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court.
UK Ministry of Defence: The first cohort of Ukrainian pilots to receive training from the Royal Air Force are now learning to fly F-16 fighter jets in Denmark, having completed a basic programme of training in the UK.
Reuters: Shipments of Russian Sokol crude oil to Indian Oil Corp have been delayed by payment problems, forcing India's biggest refiner to draw from its inventories and buy more oil from the Middle East.
The Insider uncovered that the surge of refugees isn't just happening with knowledge but is entirely under the control of Russian security forces. Furthermore, there is confirmation that the crisis at the Finnish border is orchestrated by the same entities responsible for the crisis on the Poland-Belarus border.
Reuters: Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Tuesday confirmed his arrival at what he described as a snow-swept prison above the Arctic Circle and said he was in excellent spirits despite a tiring 20-day journey to get there.
Yonhap News Agency: South Korea will tighten export controls against Russia and Belarus by significantly expanding its list of items subject to export restrictions, including excavators, batteries and larger vehicles, in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, officials said Tuesday.
Reuters: Japan's Mitsui and Co has decided to pull its employees out of Russia's Arctic LNG 2 liquefied natural gas project, the Sankei newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing several sources, in yet another blow for the project.
Reuters: China's involvement in Russia's Arctic LNG-2 liquefied natural gas project should not be the target of any third party intervention or restrictions, its foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
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