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Reuters: Ukrainian drones targeted ethanol plants in Russia's southern region of Voronezh, Russian channels on the Telegram app said, while the regional governor said the attack injured two people, sparked a fire and damaged two industrial enterprises.
The Kyiv Independent: At least 21 people were injured overnight on Oct. 28, including five children, as Russia launched multiple air attacks on Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, State Emergency Service reported.
ISW: Russia's economy and war effort is coming under increasing strain, which will pose increasingly acute challenges to Putin's ability to sustain the war over the long term.
The Guardian: Moscow is using ties with neighbouring countries to deport and arrest anti-war Russians who fled after invasion of Ukraine.
Reuters: The United States and the European Union called for a full investigation into reports of violations in an election in Georgia, where the president urged protests on Monday following the disputed parliamentary vote.
ISW Special Report: The Kremlin continues to pursue its longstanding hybrid warfare efforts to regain effective control of the territories of the former Soviet Union even as it seeks to gain control of Ukraine through military force.
27.10.2024
CBC: Georgia's president, Salome Zourabichvili, claimed on Sunday the country was the victim of a Russian "special operation," as she stood alongside Georgia's opposition to say she did not recognize the results of the parliamentary election.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia is transporting North Korean soldiers to the front lines via trucks with civilian license plates, Ukraine's military intelligence agency reported on Oct. 27.
NATO: A high-level delegation from South Korea will brief the North Atlantic Council about North Korea's troop deployment to Russia on Monday, NATO said on Sunday, after the U.S. expressed grave concern over the possible use of the troops against Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces continue to hold all the dominant heights near Levadne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and are attempting to restore their positions, Southern Defense Forces spokesperson Vladyslav Voloshyn said on air on Oct. 27.
The Moscow Times: Ukraine is investigating reports that Russian soldiers shot at civilians in the embattled frontline town of Selydove, prosecutors said Sunday.
Reuters: Russian forces have advanced further into several eastern Ukrainian towns, bringing them closer to capturing the strategic city of Pokrovsk, Russian and Ukrainian bloggers said.
The Moscow Times: Finance ministers of the G7 nations vowed Saturday to step up efforts to prevent Russia from evading sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine.
Reuters: Two civilians were killed in Russian attacks on Sunday in Ukraine's southern Kherson region, which is split by the front line and regularly hit by Russian artillery, drones and missiles, the regional governor said.
26.10.2024
The Guardian: Britain's ministers are facing calls to review the UK’s financial ties to the multinational logistics company DP World over its business deals in Russia.
RFI: Russian missile strikes killed five people including a child in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro last night, while a teenager and another person died in attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region, officials said Saturday.
AP News: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday denounced Russia’s hybrid attacks against democracies, saying the European Union is fighting daily to debunk misinformation.
RBC-Ukraine: Rheinmetall to build four weapon manufacturing plants in Ukraine, with one already operational, according to Rheinmetall's director, Armin Papperger.
AP News: Russian actors were behind a widely circulated video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, U.S. officials confirmed on Friday.
Reuters: Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies on Friday reached consensus on delivery of some $50 billion in loans to Ukraine backed by the earnings from frozen Russian sovereign assets starting as early as December.
ISW: Putin signaled that Western “Ukraine fatigue” is encouraging Russia to continue its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and pursue its theory of victory predicated on Russia outlasting Western support for Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Gazprombank, one of Russia's largest banks that is also under heavy U.S. sanctions, is reportedly poised to acquire the Russian operations of the Auchan retail chain, according to sources cited by Le Monde on Oct. 25.
25.10.2024
CNN: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Friday called for an investigation into a WSJ report that SpaceX founder and Trump ally Elon Musk and Putin have been in “regular contact” since late 2022.
Reuters: The U.S., South Korean and Japanese national security advisers expressed "grave concern" on Friday over the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia for possible use against Ukraine, the White House said.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia plans to assign one interpreter to every 30 North Korean soldiers for better coordination with Russian troops on the battlefield, Ukraine's military intelligence agency reported on Oct. 25, citing an intercepted conversation between service members of a Russian brigade in Kursk Oblast.
Bloomberg: France and Germany are raising concerns about a proposal by the European Union’s diplomatic arm aimed at circumventing Hungary’s veto that is blocking more than €6 billion in aid for Ukraine (archive).
AFP: President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected a visit to Ukraine by Antonio Guterres over the UN chief's participation in a summit hosted in Russia, a high-ranking source in the Ukrainian presidency told AFP on Friday.
The Kyiv Independent: Satellite imagery shows signs of a major renovation and expansion at a restricted military facility near Moscow that once housed a Cold War biological weapons program, the Washington Post reported on Oct. 25.
Reuters: Ukraine's bid to have Russia added to an international list of countries with weak money laundering compliance has failed again after the move was rejected by countries including China, India, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.
RFE/RL: The construction of a new military camp in the Homel region of Belarus, which some analysts warned could be used as an attack base targeting Ukraine, has ground to a halt, RFE/RL has learned.
CNN: Russian soldiers have been heard raising concerns about how North Korean soldiers will be commanded and provided with ammunition and military kit, leaked intercepts obtained by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine and released on Friday show.
The Moscow Times: Russia’s Central Bank raised its key interest rate from 19% to a historic 21% on Friday, taking it even higher than the emergency rate initially introduced after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine as officials scrambled to shield the economy from Western sanctions.
Rheinmetall has handed over 20 additional Marder infantry fighting vehicles to the Ukrainian armed forces for their defence against the Russian aggressor.
Reuters: Dutch intelligence has confirmed that Russia has deployed at least 1,500 troops from North Korea to fight in the Ukraine war, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said Friday.
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