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Reuters: Allied talk of sending European peacekeeping forces to protect Ukraine as part of a possible peace deal with Russia has sparked a backlash in Germany.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched a wave of missiles and drones targeting cities across Ukraine overnight on Aug. 21, injuring 12 and sparking fires at a large electronics plant in Mukachevo, with damage also reported in other cities, including Lviv.
Reuters: U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that European countries will have to pay the "lion's share" of costs for Ukraine's security guarantees.
ISW: The Kremlin appears to be demanding that any security guarantees be based on those proposed in the Istanbul 2022 framework, which would grant Russia and its allies the right to veto Western military assistance to Ukraine and leave Ukraine helpless in the face of future Russian threats.
RFI: French researcher Laurent Vinatier, who is already serving time in a Russian prison, is now facing espionage charges that could extend his sentence by up to 20 years.
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The Kyiv Independent: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has proposed a postwar security guarantee that would require Ukraine's allies to decide within 24 hours of a renewed Russian attack whether or not to commit troops, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 20.
Reuters: Hackers associated with some of Russia’s most prolific cyber espionage units have over the last year been leveraging a vulnerability in older Cisco software to target thousands of networking devices associated with critical infrastructure IT systems, the FBI and Cisco said on Wednesday.
Britain on Wednesday sanctioned financial networks it said were being used by Russia to evade existing Western sanctions, including Kyrgyz crypto networks.
The Moscow Times: Poland's defense minister blamed Russia on Wednesday for a drone crashing and exploding in farmland in the east of the country overnight.
United24 Media: Ukrainian forces have launched operations to encircle a Russian group that broke through defensive lines near Dobropillia, north of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, about a week ago.
The Kyiv Independent: The U.S. was absent from a joint statement by several UN Security Council members condemning Russia's actions on the anniversary of the 2008 war with Georgia.
RFE/RL: Russia has dramatically increased sabotage operations throughout Europe, a new report has found, with the number of attacks targeting critical infrastructure nearly quadrupling since 2023.
The Moscow Times: Russia’s Far East is facing growing gasoline shortages after a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes knocked out a significant share of the country’s oil refining capacity, leaving drivers waiting in long lines and stations rationing fuel.
The Kyiv Independent: Japan, Sweden, and other countries signaled on Aug. 19 they are prepared to contribute to a multinational package of security guarantees for Ukraine, joining a coalition of more than 30 countries working to prevent Russia from launching a future invasion under any potential ceasefire deal.
Reuters: Moscow is preparing to raise taxes and cut spending as it tries to maintain high defence expenditure with Russia's economy creaking under the weight of financing the more than three-year war in Ukraine, officials and economists say.
Politico: Polish PM Donald Tusk on Wednesday criticized the idea of Budapest being a potential venue for peace talks between Zelenskyy and Putin.
Reuters: Russia expects to continue supplying oil to India despite warnings from the United States, Russian embassy officials in New Delhi said on Wednesday, adding that Moscow hopes trilateral talks will soon take place with India and China.
Politico: Russia’s saber-rattling in the Arctic is forcing Canada to deepen military cooperation with its Nordic NATO allies — a marked policy shift away from the United States.
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