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AFP: Ukraine said Thursday that it had destroyed 28 Russian drones overnight, while authorities in the south said strikes damaged Odesa port warehouses and private residences, wounding one person.
Reuterts: Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Wednesday defended measures to keep members of a banned pro-Russian party from contesting local elections, saying her country needed "decisive" action to defend its post-Soviet democracy from Russian attacks.
ISW: Ongoing localized Russian offensive operations near Avdiivka likely demonstrate the ability of Russian forces to learn and apply tactical battlefield lessons in Ukraine. These tactical-level adaptations and successes, however, are unlikely to translate into wider operational and strategic gains for Russian forces.
The Guardian: Putin fails to condemn attack on Israel, instead blaming the situation on failed US diplomacy.
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A handful of NATO members took further steps Wednesday in developing the European Sky Shield Initiative, roughly one year after the air and missile defense system was introduced. The initiative, led by Germany, intends to bolster Europe's air defense capabilities in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Axios: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to visit Israel in a show of solidarity with the country amid the fighting in Gaza, two Ukrainian and Israeli officials told Axios.
AFP: An international team of prosecutors seeking to put Russia's top brass on trial over Ukraine has already gathered "thousands" of pieces of evidence, the president of EU judicial agency Eurojust told AFP on Wednesday.
Reuters: Some U.S. Republican lawmakers said on Wednesday they would resist any funding request from Democratic President Joe Biden that combined military aid for Israel and Ukraine, amid resistance from some Republicans to further assistance for Kyiv.
yle: Finland is preparing to send its 19th defence aid package to Ukraine, according to a government press release issued on Wednesday. The defence aid package will cost Finland about 95 million euros.
HINA: Participants of the International Donor Conference on Humanitarian Demining in Ukraine pledged almost 500 million euros to Kyiv in demining assistance, the Croatian news agency HINA reported on Oct. 11, citing Croatia's Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic.
Ukrainska Pravda: Norway, Sweden and Denmark will jointly buy artillery shells for Ukraine.
Lithuanian Defense Ministry has announced a new security assistance package for Ukraine, which will include two NASAMS anti-air systems and 155mm artillery ammunition.
FT: Moldova has labelled Russia a threat to its national security, the first time the former Soviet republic has made such an overt accusation against Moscow, warning that it intends to “liquidate our statehood”. The Russian designation was announced in the country’s new national security strategy unveiled by President Maia Sandu on Wednesday.
Bloomberg: Russian ride-hailing app Yango is under investigation over concerns that it’s a conduit for Putin’s secret service to gather data on customers in Europe.
POLITICO: Two Ukrainian brothers helped Russia orchestrate a missile attack on a shop and a café in the village of Hroza, the Security Service of Ukraine said in a statement Wednesday.
The Guardian: Western countries are “very close” to finalising a ban on Russian diamonds from retail markets in countries that are already sanctioning Kremlin assets, the Belgian prime minister has said.
Reuters: Ukraine received a $1.15 billion grant from the United States on Wednesday as part of the PEACE in Ukraine program, the Ukrainian finance ministry said.
POLITICO: Russian forces have launched a series of massive attacks involving thousands of troops as well as tanks and armored vehicles on Ukrainian positions in the east of the country in an effort to encircle Ukrainian forces.
AFP: Kyrgyzstan's parliament on Wednesday ratified an agreement for a common air defence system with Russia, a day before a planned visit by Putin to the Central Asian country.
Ukrinform: Belgium this year plans to launch a special EUR 1.7 billion fund to support Ukraine, using proceeds from Russia's frozen assets.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the delivery of a new $200 million package of military support for Ukraine on Oct. 11. The package includes AIM-9 munitions for a "new air defense system" soon to be delivered to Ukraine, as well as artillery and rocket ammunition, precision aerial munitions, anti-tank weapons, and equipment to counter Russian drones, Austin said.
Bloomberg: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gave her strongest backing yet for a European Union plan to impose a windfall tax on profits generated by frozen Russian sovereign assets, offering a key endorsement to a measure that would raise fresh funds to support Ukraine.
CBC: Canada is sending more munitions to Ukraine, including artillery rounds and aircraft bombs, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced in Brussels on Wednesday.
The UK's Defence Secretary has announced a new package of support for Ukraine and the signing of further air defence contracts, procured through the International Fund for Ukraine.
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