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France 24: The leaders of France, Germany and Poland are due in Moldova on Wednesday in what they describe as a show of support for the divided nation bordering Ukraine, a day before campaigning starts for next month's tense parliamentary election amid government claims of Russian interference.
The Kyiv Independent: German fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Aug. 26, Deutsche Welle reported.
Reuters: U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday that he will meet with representatives from Ukraine in New York this week while saying that Washington continues to talk with Russia as the United States seeks an end to Moscow's war in Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Trump responded to the Kremlin's recent attacks on President Volodymyr Zelensky's legitimacy as a leader, dismissing their objections as "posturing" in comments to reporters on Aug. 26.
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Reuters: Trump said on Tuesday he is prepared to impose economic sanctions against Russia if its president fails to agree to a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.
BBC: Ukrainian forces have acknowledged that Russia's military has crossed into the eastern industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk and is trying to establish a foothold.
The Times: AstraZeneca, Britain’s most valuable public company, was among the biggest international contributors of tax on profits to the Russian government last year, a report found (archive).
FT: The US has said it is prepared to provide intelligence assets and battlefield oversight to any western security blanket for postwar Ukraine and take part in a European-led air defence shield for the country, European and Ukrainian officials said (archive).
Business Insider: NATO and Ukraine are teaming up in a race to field cheap, quick-turn defenses against some of Russia's toughest weapons to stop — glide bombs and drones guided by fiber-optic cables.
Reuters: Russian state assets frozen since the start of the Ukraine war should stay in the Euroclear securities repository in Belgium for now, the Belgian prime minister said on Tuesday, adding that seizing them to benefit Ukraine would raise legal issues.
AFP: Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 are now allowed to travel abroad, Kyiv authorities said on Tuesday, in an easing of a law designed to ensure enough army conscripts to fight Russia's invasion.
Reuters: Saudi Arabia and India were the top destinations for Russian seaborne fuel oil and vacuum gasoil exports in July, traders said and LSEG data shows.
The Kyiv Independent: A Russian attack against a Ukrainian mine killed one worker and injured three, while 146 miners remained underground during a subsequent power outage, the DTEK energy company reported on Aug. 26.
ERR: A Estonian-Russian dual citizen who collaborated with Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has been sentenced to three years in prison for intelligence activities against Estonia and violating sanctions.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's Special Operations Forces crippled Russian logistical facilities in Crimea, the branch said on Aug. 26 after reported drone attacks against the occupied peninsula.
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