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Reuters: The United States has charged four Russia-affiliated soldiers with war crimes for their actions toward an American during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the Justice Department accusing them of beating and torturing him and staging a mock execution.

AFP: Kyiv said it orchestrated the assassination of a pro-Kremlin Ukrainian politician on Wednesday, after the body of an ex-lawmaker who had defected to Russia was found outside Moscow.

Reuters: The Group of Seven countries announced a direct ban on Russian diamonds starting Jan. 1 followed by phased-in restrictions on indirect imports of Russian gems from around March 1, a statement said on Wednesday.

Meduza: Russia has abducted thousands of children from occupied Ukrainian territories since February 2022. In a new investigation, IStories reveals how Russian orphanages “reeducate” Ukrainian children and teach them “patriotic values.”

Bloomberg: Legislation that would bar the import of enriched Russian uranium into the US has been teed up for a vote in the US House of Representatives.

Reuters: U.S. and Ukrainian government representatives signed an agreement to speed weapons co-production and data sharing at a conference in Washington on Wednesday.

U.S. Department of Defense announced new security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs that uses the limited resources that remain available to help Ukraine. The package is valued at up to $175 million.

Reuters: European Union countries have placed orders for only 60,000 artillery shells under an EU scheme to help get 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine by next spring, according to people familiar with the figures.

The Moscow Times: A Moscow-backed politician in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region has been killed in a bombing attack, Russian state media reported Wednesday.

Meduza: Russia has been arresting migrants who have attempted to cross the border into Finland and trying to recruit them into the Russian army, BBC News Russian reported on Wednesday.

Bloomberg: Lithuania said it’s drafting legislation that will allow more people to be stripped of citizenship after it was reported that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich passed on some of his wealth to two of his children who had passports from the Baltic nation just weeks before he was sanctioned.

France 24: Ukraine faces growing diplomatic headwinds after its summer counter-offensive against Russia's forces faltered, with aid from vital backers in the United States and EU being increasingly called into question.

Reuters: Britain warned that Russia was trying to circumvent sanctions as it announced 46 new measures against individuals and groups from other countries it said were involved in Russia's military supply chains. The latest entities to be sanctioned included businesses operating in China, Turkey, Serbia, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan.

Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff on Wednesday said he wanted to arrange a meeting between the Ukrainian and Hungarian leaders amid Budapest's opposition to a proposal to start talks on European Union membership for Kyiv.

POLITICO: The United States’ ambassador to Hungary sharply criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for disregarding the country’s alliance with NATO, describing him as a leader who “embraces” Putin.

Reuters: Charities and NGOs supplying military aid to Ukraine's armed forces are facing delays of several weeks to critical supplies of drones, electronics and pickup trucks due to border protests by Polish truckers.

Reuters: Police in Nepal have detained 10 people they say charged unemployed youths huge amounts of money for travel visas, then sent them for illegal recruitment into the Russian army, an official said on Wednesday.

Meduza: Two Russian officers given four years in prison for failing to repel surprise Ukrainian attack on Russian soil.

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