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CNN: Russia's daily drone assaults on Ukraine increased by nearly 14 times last month compared to a year earlier on average.
Reuters: Chinese President Xi Jinping will host Russia's Putin, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres and more than 20 heads of government later this month, Beijing said on Friday, for a political and security meet aimed at cementing China's regional influence.
ISW: Russia is expending considerable diplomatic effort to court India, suggesting that the Kremlin continues to fear the impact of secondary sanctions.
The Kyiv Independent: A senior CIA officer who oversaw Russia analysis has been stripped of her security clearance, part of a sweeping removal of 37 serving and former officials accused of "betray[ing] their oath to the Constitution," the Economist reported on Aug. 21.
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CBS News has learned that Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, issued a directive weeks ago to the U.S. intelligence community ordering that all information regarding the Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations not be shared with U.S.-allied intelligence partners.
Reuters: Military chiefs from the United States and a number of European countries on Thursday presented options to their national security advisers for providing security guarantees to Ukraine, officials said.
Reuters: European NATO leaders must not be naive when discussing a Ukraine peace force but face up to the reality that they would need to deploy tens of thousands of troops to the country for the long term, the head of Germany's soldiers' union said.
The Hill: Trump on Thursday promised “interesting times ahead” as he raised the prospect of Ukraine launching an offensive against Russia, amid signs that the Kremlin could be slow-walking progress on a peace deal.
Reuters: Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country.
The Moscow Times: American oilfield services company Weatherford International is expanding its operations in Russia, defying tighter U.S. sanctions aimed at cutting off oil revenue that supports Putin’s war in Ukraine, FT reported Thursday.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces have retaken most of the village of Tovste in eastern Donetsk Oblast, the country's Dnipro Group of Forces said on Aug. 21.
AFP: Russia is using "sexual torture" against civilians as part of a "deliberate and systematic policy" of intimidation in areas of Ukraine seized in Moscow's invasion, United Nations experts said Thursday.
Reuters: Several regions in Russia and parts of Ukraine it controls are reporting gasoline shortages after Ukraine stepped up attacks on Russian oil refineries this month, and amid a seasonal surge in fuel demand.
France 24: Russian fuel prices are at near-record highs, stock exchange data showed Thursday, after a slew of Ukrainian attacks on refineries caused breakdowns during the travel season.
Reuters: The Netherlands will send two Patriot air defence systems and around 300 personnel to protect a hub for military aid to Ukraine in NATO ally Poland, the Polish defence minister said on Thursday.
RFE/RL: Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok has removed the word "Russian" from a statement he issued offering condolences to the victims of an overnight strike in Ukraine that included hundreds of drones and missiles.
Reuters: NATO member Lithuania has declared a 90-kilometre (56 miles) long no-fly zone near its capital along the country's border with Belarus, in response to drones entering from there.
Reuters: A drone which crashed into a field in eastern Poland most likely came from the direction of Belarus, a regional prosecutor said on Thursday, following an incident described by the defence minister as a provocation by Belarus' ally Russia.
Meduza: European countries want Trump to station U.S. F-35 fighter jets in Romania as part of security guarantees for Ukraine, The Times reported, citing sources.
Reuters: Russia attacked a gas compressor station in eastern Ukraine that is important for getting gas into storage facilities for the winter heating season, part of an escalation of such strikes despite a U.S. peace push.
Reuters: A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets from next month, the Russian government said on Thursday.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) struck a Russian patrol boat in the Black Sea near the occupied town of Zaliznyi Port in Kherson Oblast, killing five crew members, HUR reported on Aug. 21.
Reuters: Russia targeted a U.S.-founded electronics manufacturer near Ukraine's border with the European Union in a major air attack on Thursday.
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