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Reuters: The Trump administration on Thursday proposed banning Chinese airlines from flying over Russia on routes to and from the United States, saying the reduced flight time this practice enables puts American carriers at a disadvantage.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Ukraine overnight on Oct. 10, killing a child and injuring 15 people in the country while leaving large parts of Kyiv without power.
Reuters: Alarmed by Russia's vast military spending since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the three Baltic states are drawing up contingency plans to deal with the possibility of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian troop buildup or attack.
ISW: EU and NATO states continue to take steps to increase European defenses against covert and overt Russian attacks.
Reuters: The European Union has reduced its reliance on once-dominant supplier Russia by roughly 90% since 2022. It nonetheless imported more than 11 billion euros of Russian energy in the first eight months of this year, according to a Reuters analysis of data from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, an independent research organization based in Helsinki.
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Reuters: The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday the process had started to restore external power to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, cut off from the electricity grid for more than two weeks.
Newsweek: China has restricted the export of mid-tier precision machine tools to Russia, industry insiders say, in an apparent success for U.S. secondary sanctions aimed at weakening Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Drones allegedly targeted an oil depot in the village of Matveyev Kurgan in Russia's Rostov Oblast on Oct. 9, according to the Astra Telegram channel, citing local media and eyewitnesses.
RBC-Ukraine: Russian forces are striking railway infrastructure in an attempt to cut off connections with Sumy and Chernihiv regions, according to Ukrzaliznytsia board chairman Oleksandr Pertsovskyi.
AFP: Ukraine announced on Thursday it was ordering the evacuation of children and their guardians from towns and villages in and around the frontline city of Kramatorsk, citing an uptick in Russian drone attacks.
Reuters: The European Commission will set up an internal group to examine allegations that Hungary has been spying on European institutions, a spokesperson for the European Commission said on Thursday.
AP News: Putin said Thursday that Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first public admission of responsibility for the crash in an effort to ease tensions between the neighbors.
European Parliament: Coordinated action, stronger defence, and sanctions needed to counter Russian provocations targeting EU security and infrastructure.
Reuters: Taiwan and India were the main destinations for Russian seaborne naphtha exports in August, as cheaper barrels attracted buyers, data from market sources and LSEG showed.
Yle: Finnish prosecutors said Thursday they were appealing a Helsinki court's decision to dismiss a case against three crewmembers from Russia's "shadow fleet" suspected of cutting Baltic Sea cables.
The Kyiv Independent: A delegation led by Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko will travel to the U.S. early next week to discuss support for Ukraine during the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Oct. 9.
Reuters: From railways and automobiles to metals, coal, diamonds and cement, some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are putting employees on furlough or cutting staff as the war economy slows, domestic demand stalls and exports dry up.
Politico: Belgium has laid out its red lines for using Russian assets to fund a €140 billion reparations loan to Ukraine, including an agreement by EU countries to share all current and future risks related to the plan for an amount exceeding €170 billion.
worth mentioning
Ukraine's parliament backs creation of cyber forces in first reading
Zelenskiy says Russia gasoline supplies may be down by a fifth after Ukrainian attacks
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