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Reuters: Russia launched a missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and its Odesa region early Wednesday, killing one civilian and causing fires and destruction at the Danube River port of Izmail, Ukraine's military said.
CNN: Moscow’s forces have started covering some of their attack aircraft with car tires, in what experts say could be a makeshift attempt to protect them from Ukrainian drone strikes that have had increased recent success in targeting Russian military airports.
Reuters: A Russian-appointed official has acknowledged that Moscow's forces have abandoned the Ukrainian village of Robotyne, more than a week after Kyiv announced its recapture.
ISW: Russian sources continue to complain that Russian forces lack sufficient counterbattery capabilities and artillery munitions in the face of ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive activities, which the Kremlin and the Russian Ministry of Defense are reportedly attempting to combat.
Reuters: The G7 and allies have shelved regular reviews of the Russian oil price cap scheme, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, even though most Russian crude is trading above the limit because of a rally in global crude prices.
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AP News: A Swiss parliamentary commission voted Tuesday to urge the government to systematically expel Russian and other spies who threaten Switzerland’s security through illegal intelligence activities.
BBC News: Wagner, the Russian mercenary group, is set to be proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government - meaning it will be illegal to be a member or support the organisation.
AFP: Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said Tuesday that new attacks in neighbouring Ukraine happened "very, very close" to its border, with Russia repeatedly launching drone strikes on Danube infrastructure in southern Ukraine.
dpa: Russia has increased its disinformation campaigns in Germany since its invasion of Ukraine, the German domestic intelligence agency said in Berlin on September 5. Moscow's activities in the information area have changed radically since February last year, said Bodo Becker, espionage specialist for the agency.
AFP: North Korea will face consequences if it provides Russia with weaponry to fight its war against Ukraine, a top White House official warned Tuesday.
The Moscow Times: Russia-based recruiters are targeting Cuban nationals online for the war in Ukraine, promising them lucrative military contracts, help with relocating to Russia and even citizenship for them and their families, according to an investigation by The Moscow Times’ Russian service.
Bloomberg: Poland awarded a 16 billion-krone ($1.5 billion) contract to Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen ASA for a coastal missile system as it bolsters its defenses after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
CNN: Another three ships were able to leave Ukraine through the Black Sea, despite the termination of a UN-brokered deal that allowed grain to be exported from ports in the Odesa region, but this time carrying metal products.
Bloomberg: Russia warned Tuesday it will treat any US move to station nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years as an “escalation” after media reports indicated plans to deploy the bombs on British soil.
Reuters: The European Commission has proposed making the EU's scheme for joint gas purchases permanent, after demand exceeded expectations in the policy's first tenders to seek non-Russian fuel, a document showed and officials told Reuters.
Meduza: Russian General Sergey Surovikin, who was reportedly detained following Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion, has been released. This was reported by The New York Times, which referenced two U.S. officials and a source close to Russia’s Defense Ministry.
Reuters: "The Russians resist fiercely there (on the front line), they are trying to get back their positions," the mortar squad's commander, who uses the call-sign Hrai, told Reuters. "But we have an advantage: despite everything being mined and our soldiers having a hard time, the Russians were thrown out of their positions where the most fortified line of trenches and dugouts was."
POLITICO: The Finnish parliament's restaurants have stopped serving Pepsi over the soft drink's parent company continuing its operations in Russia. PepsiCo products are no longer available on the parliament's premises, Finland's public broadcaster Yle reported Tuesday.
WSJ Exclusive: Security groups loyal to the Kremlin are moving to take control of Wagner’s military forces in Ukraine and Africa following the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Reuters Exclusive: Excerpts from 17 phone calls placed in early July by Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine - and intercepted by Ukrainian intelligence services - show them complaining about poor equipment and heavy losses.
EURACTIV: Belgian army leadership believes that F-16 planes are in poor condition and cannot be sent to Ukraine, Lieutenant Frédéric Goetynck told De Standaard on Monday.
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