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Reuters: Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms, claiming the outlets had used deceptive tactics to carry out covert influence operations online.
Bruegel: The European Union should consider issuing joint debt to fund significant air-defense investments to better protect its airspace from possible Russian strikes, according to a new report from the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel.
ISW: Ukraine has taken steps to address its manpower shortages, but delays and insufficiencies in Western military aid to Ukraine continue to limit its ability to generate effective combat units that can defend critical areas and contest the theater-wide initiative.
Reuters: A Russian national residing in Sarasota, Florida, was arrested on Monday on charges of smuggling, money laundering and illegally exporting to Russia technology that could be used in drone production, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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VSquare: Leaked internal documents from a Kremlin-controlled propaganda center reveal how a well-coordinated Russian campaign supported far-right parties in the European Parliament elections — and planted disinformation across social media platforms to undermine Ukraine.
Reuters: The outgoing head of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday he welcomed talks on Ukraine's use of long-range missiles to strike inside Russian territory, but any decision on the issue would have to be made by individual allies.
The Kyiv Independent: After announcing on Sept. 12 that screenings of the controversial documentary “Russians at War” would be paused due to “significant threats to festival operations and public safety,” the film is set to return to the Toronto International Film Festival’s lineup on Sept. 17.
United24 Media: On Sunday, September 15, Ukrainian special forces from the “Khimik” unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate carried out an operation against a Russian military base near Aleppo, Syria.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military intelligence agency said on Sept. 16 that a Kremlin propagandist has been killed in the Russian city of Belgorod.
Reuters: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday to give up on the idea that Russia can be defeated on the battlefield and to support China's peace plan for Ukraine, a suggestion Scholz rejected.
Reuters: Germany is interested in expanding trade with Kazakhstan while also ensuring such trade is not used to circumvent EU sanctions on Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on a visit to the Central Asian nation.
POLITICO: Washington has announced tough new financial restrictions and travel bans on senior figures in the Georgian government following its violent crackdown on protests over a Russian-style “foreign agent” law.
The Moscow Times: Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said Monday that his country will seriously consider claims that Russian-Israeli businessman Leonid Nevzlin ordered an attack on Navalny ally Leonid Volkov.
Reuters: Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher accused of breaking Russia's "foreign agent" laws, pleaded guilty at a trial on Monday and is now in line to receive a lighter sentence, Russian state media said.
The Kyiv Independent: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sept. 16 signed a bill on the formation of a separate branch of Ukraine's Armed Forces dedicated to unmanned systems.
AFP: Russia is evacuating a number of villages in the Kursk region close to the Ukrainian border, the local governor said on Monday, almost six weeks after Ukraine launched its surprise incursion. Moscow appears to be mounting a counter-offensive in the region, claiming to have retaken at least a dozen villages from Ukraine's control since last week.
Bloomberg: Estonia’s central bank chief joined a group of European finance ministers in criticizing the International Monetary Fund’s plan to restart reviews of Russia economy for the first time since its invasion of Ukraine (archive).
Reuters: The Finnish government is happy for Sweden to lead the establishment of NATO land forces in Finland to boost defences against neighbouring Russia, the two Nordic countries said on Monday.
Euronews: The International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine and Azov Brigade both denied reports that Donald Trump's suspected would-be assassin was one of its members.
Reuters: Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make it the second largest in the world after China's.
AFP: Ukraine on Monday said it had asked the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross to verify the situation in areas of Russia's Kursk region seized by Kyiv.
The Kyiv Independent: The Danish government promised to transfer another batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine later this year, the DR broadcaster reported on Sept. 15, citing Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen.
The Kyiv Independent: Latvia will provide Ukraine with CVR(T) armored vehicles previously purchased from the U.K., the Delfi outlet reported on Sept. 15, citing the Latvian Defense Ministry.
worth mentioning
Weapons restrictions, fears of escalation are 'pointless,' Estonian president says
Belarus's Lukashenko pardons 37 people jailed for 'extremism'
US imposes sanctions on a spyware firm behind a tool used to spy on dissidents and journalists
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