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Reuters: Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster on Tuesday could signal a shift in the U.S. House of Representatives on aid to Ukraine, with some of his possible successors strongly in favor of assisting Kyiv but others staunchly opposed.
Meduza: A new report from iStories looks at Ukrainians’ lives under Russian occupation in Melitopol and describes how Moscow’s invasion, mass abductions, and torture have transformed the city into “Europe’s largest prison.”
PBS NewsHour: As Russian manufacturers work to replace tanks destroyed on the battlefield, they are doing it with the help of a machine part made by a company based in New York.
ISW: The Russian MoD signaled its support for Chechen units fighting in Ukraine amid a recent controversy surrounding interethnic tensions in the Russian government, military, and information space.
Reuters: Russia will conduct a nationwide test of its emergency public warning systems on Wednesday, blaring out sirens and interrupting television broadcasts to warn the population of an impending danger.
FT: Ukraine’s accession to the EU would entitle Kyiv to about €186bn over seven years, according to internal estimates of the union’s common budget, turning “many” existing member states into net payers for the first time.
The Guardian: Many writers and publishers have ditched Russian language in favour of Ukrainian in response to invasion.
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Reuters: U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with the leaders of allied countries, the European Union and the NATO military alliance on Tuesday, reiterating America's support for Ukraine and warning that a drop in support could embolden Russia and cause wider conflict.
POLITICO: The EU is preparing to open negotiations with Ukraine on its future accession to the bloc. According to three diplomats with knowledge of the plans, leaders are preparing to give the green light to begin formal talks before the end of the year.
Reuters: The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday it had summoned the Moldovan ambassador. The ministry said it had taken reciprocal measures after the expulsion of the head of Sputnik Moldova news agency from Moldova on Sept. 13.
European Union lawmakers have approved a four year budget that would provide up to 50 billion euros for Ukraine in order to tackle the crisis caused by Russia’s war, the European Parliament said in a statement on Tuesday.
Reuters: One of Ukraine's top generals said on Tuesday that his forces were advancing in the south, one of two theatres of their counteroffensive to evict Russian occupation forces, but offered few details of their gains.
AP News: Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have agreed on a plan they hope will help expedite Ukrainian grain exports, officials said Tuesday, with needy countries beyond Europe potentially benefitting from speedier procedures.
POLITICO: Europe’s Socialists are under mounting pressure to boot out Robert Fico, who is poised to return to power in Slovakia after his Smer party won last weekend’s election on an anti-Ukraine ticket.
Reuters: Moldova's Constitutional Court cleared the way on Tuesday for members of a banned pro-Russian party to run in local elections as independent candidates or as members of other parties.
CNN: The US is increasingly urging Ukraine to do more to combat governmental corruption, issuing several notices to Kyiv in the last few weeks indicating that certain kinds of US economic aid will be linked to Ukraine’s progress in reforming its institutions, multiple US officials told CNN.
Reuters: Carlsberg said on Tuesday it has terminated its license agreements in Russia following Moscow's decision earlier this year to take control of the Danish group's breweries in the country.
The Moscow Times: Russia’s Investigative Committee said Tuesday it would press charges against four senior Ukrainian military officials over drone strikes on Russian territory.
Reuters: The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia had not abandoned a moratorium on nuclear testing, and dismissed a suggestion by the editor of a state television channel that Moscow should detonate a thermonuclear device in Siberia as a warning to the West.
AFP: Warsaw and Kyiv announced Tuesday they had agreed to speed up the transit of Ukrainian cereal exports through Poland to third countries, a first step in resolving their "grain war".
Reuters: The EU is considering unlocking billions of euros for Hungary that were frozen over rule-of-law concerns as it seeks to win Budapest's approval for aid to Ukraine including a start to membership talks for Kyiv, according to senior officials.
POLITICO: Armenia has accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court after lawmakers on Tuesday ratified its founding documents, effectively obliging the former Soviet republic to arrest Putin if he ever returns to the country.
AFP: Tokyo on Tuesday condemned a surprise visit to Moscow by a Japanese lawmaker who met with Russia's deputy foreign minister.
Bloomberg: Shipments of Russian oil to India jumped 15% in September from a seven-month low in August, boosted by plentiful supply and price discounts, according to Kpler SAS.
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