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Reuters: Some 30 leaders will hold talks on Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy over future security guarantees to Kyiv if there is a ceasefire with Russia, hoping they have done enough to persuade the United States to back their efforts.
CNN: This week, Putin had a clear message for Ukraine and its European allies: Moscow can keep going, because we have powerful friends.
Reuters: German Gref, CEO of Russia's dominant lender Sberbank, said on Thursday that the country's economy had reached technical "stagnation" and said he hoped the central bank would not allow it to plunge into recession.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia's military gains over the past three and a half years of full-scale war have been modest while its losses have been staggeringly high, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said on Sept. 3.
Reuters: After Kim Jong Un met with Putin in Beijing, North Korean staffers carefully wiped off items touched by the country's supreme leader, in what analysts say is part of a suite of security measures to counter foreign spies.
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UK: Money raised from immobilised Russian assets has paid for more than £1 billion of weapons and military support, purchased by the UK on behalf of Ukraine, the Defence Secretary, John Healey, announced during a visit to Kyiv today.
BBC: Putin has said Russia is willing to fight to achieve all its objectives if Ukraine does not agree to a deal.
OC Media: Azerbaijan’s Parliament has accused Russia of launching a ‘massive information campaign’ against the country following a recent interview President Ilham Aliyev gave to the Saudi media outlet Al-Arabiya.
The Kyiv Independent: A Russian artillery and drone strike killed nine and injured seven civilians in the town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 3, according to local authorities.
Reuters: A Ukrainian weapons manufacturer will begin production of fuel for long-range missiles in Denmark, the Danish government said on Wednesday, marking the first expansion abroad by a Ukrainian defence company.
The Telegraph has found Chinese companies supplying Russian firms sanctioned over drone production for Moscow’s war machine (archive).
Reuters: When Putin walked shoulder to shoulder with Xi Jinping on Wednesday, a hot mic caught them discussing organ transplants and the possibility that humans could live to 150 years old.
The Australian Government is imposing further targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against 14 individuals responsible for silencing political expression in Russia, as well as enabling the illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.
UK: New sanctions target those supporting Putin’s attempts to forcibly deport and indoctrinate Ukraine’s children and erase their Ukrainian cultural heritage.
Reuters: An International Monetary Fund mission started work in Ukraine on Wednesday as Kyiv seeks funds to cover a gaping hole in its wartime budget next year.
RFE/RL: Hungary and Slovakia are once again asking the European Union to remove asset freezes and visa bans on six Russian businessmen in order to secure the roll-over of the bloc’s individual sanctions regime on the Kremlin.
AFP: Nordic and Baltic leaders will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Copenhagen on Wednesday to discuss additional support to help Ukraine fend off Russia's invasion, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's office said.
Reuters: Russia will help China overtake the United States as the world's biggest producer of nuclear power, the chief of Russia's Rosatom state nuclear corporation said.
The Kyiv Independent: The Ukrainian Navy destroyed a speedboat of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, killing seven Russian soldiers and injuring four more, the military branch reported on Sept. 3.
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