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Reuters: Kim Jong Un invited Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin to visit North Korea during a rare summit, stoking U.S. concerns that a revived Moscow-Pyongyang axis could bolster Russia's military in Ukraine and provide Kim sensitive missile technology.
Bloomberg: As Turkey and the European Union engaged in a new effort to revive the country’s stalled membership talks, Ankara criticized the European Parliament insistence on cooperation in enforcing sanctions against Russia.
Reuters: Ukraine said on Thursday it downed 17 out of 22 Russian drones attacking its territory overnight, and that a child was killed in the country's south by artillery shelling.
ISW: Putin is likely concerned that Russia’s growing relationship with North Korea may endanger Russia’s existing sanctions evasion schemes.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian troops have gunned down dozens of Ukrainian children with small arms at close range. The murders were perpetrated by different Russian units in different regions of Ukraine, but they all seem to share the same purpose – to induce terror.
BBC News: A Russian pilot tried to shoot down an RAF surveillance plane after believing he had permission to fire, the BBC has learned.
Bloomberg: Ukraine’s central bank is expected to press ahead with interest rate cuts after it began easing war-time tightening this year in response to a rapid drop in inflation into single-digit territory.
UK Ministry of Defence: With nuclear energy supplying approximately half of Ukraine’s electricity, Energoatom’s success in sourcing and installing Western fuel is a major waypoint in Ukraine’s long-term decoupling from Russia, whose influence over Ukraine’s energy supply is severely diminished.
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The Kyiv Independent: The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Sept. 13 officially recognizing Belarusian dictator Lukashenko as an accomplice to the crimes of Russian dictator Putin. Lukashenko has enabled "Russia’s unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine" and therefore carries direct responsibility "for the destruction and damage caused to Ukraine," according to the resolution.
Meduza: Armenia’s prime minister confirmed the country will ratify the Rome Statute. He said the step “has no bearing on relations between Armenia and Russia” and that it’s simply a national security issue: “War crimes are being committed against our country.”
Euronews: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine.
The Guardian: An award-winning Russian journalist living in exile in Europe was hacked using Israeli spyware made by NSO Group, according to a joint investigation by the Citizen Lab and Access Now.
Reuters: The Biden administration "won't hesitate" to impose more sanctions on Russia and North Korea if they conclude any new arms deals, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
BBC News: Romanians living close to the border with Ukraine received emergency alerts early on Wednesday urging them to remain calm and take shelter as Russia hit Ukrainian ports across the Danube.
AP News: NATO member Romania found new fragments of a drone deemed similar to those used by the Russian army near its border with war-torn Ukraine on Wednesday, in the third such finding in a week, defense officials said.
Sky News: Ukraine used British cruise missiles in a significant attack against the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in occupied Crimea, Sky News understands.
The Moscow Times: Sought by law enforcement at home and unable to go to a third country, Kazakhstan's Russian exiles are forced to live under the constant threat of repatriation.
AFP: Moldova on Wednesday expelled the country chief of Russia's Sputnik news agency, accusing the outlet of spreading "propaganda and disinformation," as tensions between the two nations run high.
POLITICO: Russia’s catastrophic invasion of Ukraine means Armenia can no longer rely on Moscow as a guarantor of its security, even as fears grow of a return to open conflict with Azerbaijan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told POLITICO in an interview.
AFP: Ukraine has been exporting grain through a northern Croatian port for more than a year, an official told AFP Wednesday, as Zagreb aims to increase exports of the war-wracked country's crops.
The Kyiv Independent: Germany provided Ukraine with 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, reconnaissance and surveillance equipment, munitions, and other aid in the latest military assistance delivery.
POLITICO: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen invoked the “call of history” as she urged Europeans to bring Ukraine into an EU of more than 30 countries, casting enlargement as an epoch-defining decision for the 27-nation bloc.
AFP: Oil cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia will cause a “significant” global supply shortfall through the end of the year, raising the risk of further market volatility, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.
AP News: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday his country’s “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s “sacred fight” to defend its security interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine, and said Pyongyang will always stand with Moscow on the “anti-imperialist” front.
Reuters: Hungary has agreed with Romania and Slovakia to bar Ukrainian grain imports to protect their markets if the European Union does not extend a ban that expires on Sept. 15, the Hungarian farm minister said on Wednesday.
Reuters: Ukraine, which has had to find different ways to export its grain since Russia quit the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain export deal in mid-July, is stepping up road and rail shipments, brokers said on Wednesday.
Reuters: A "massive" Russian drone attack early on Wednesday damaged infrastructure at Ukrainian grain-exporting ports on the Danube River, Ukrainian officials said.
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