22.09.2024

RFE/RL: New satellite images show a large crater at a Russian cosmodrome that experts say may be the result of a failed test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

AFP: The top body in chess on Sunday rejected a proposal to readmit Russia and Belarus, but will consider allowing players under 12 or with disability to take part in events.

Voice of America: The United States is preparing sanctions against former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili as concerns mount over his role in deepening ties with Russia and steering the country away from its democratic path.

The Guardian: Fake news websites registered in the UK and made to resemble trusted British outlets are allegedly spreading disinformation about western companies operating in Ukraine.

Bloomberg: The US and its allies are increasingly worried by the speed and intensity with which China, Russia and Iran are deepening ties to challenge American dominance (archive).

FT: The EU’s first defence commissioner wants to force countries to stockpile minimum levels of ammunition and other supplies, saying it is the best way to scale up the bloc’s undersized arms industry to ready it for war (archive).

The Guardian: The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, has indicated that delicate negotiations with the White House to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia are ongoing, arguing it was a time for “nerve and guts”.

RFE/RL: A monthslong investigation by RFE/RL's Balkan Service determined that… a wide pro-Kremlin disinformation network uses automation to rapidly create hundreds of news articles, often based on content from Russian media outlets banned by the EU.

The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces targeted a multi-story apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, on Sept. 21, wounding 21 people, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov. The injured include one 8-year-old child and two 17-year-olds, Syniehubov said.

ISW: The Kremlin appears to be reorganizing Russia's decentralized, regional volunteer recruitment campaigns into a federal effort, indicating that Russia is struggling to meet the manpower demands of its war in Ukraine.

POLITICO: Six Russian aircraft were intercepted by NATO jets while flying over the Baltic Sea in the past two days, the Latvian military said late Saturday.

21.09.2024

The Moscow Times: Russia said Saturday it would not attend a possible second Ukraine peace summit in November, despite Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky signaling that this time he would invite Moscow's representatives.

AP News: A major Ukrainian drone attack set multiple Russian arms depots ablaze, destroying what Ukraine’s General Staff said were thousands of tons of weaponry, including missiles from North Korea.

Reuters: Ukraine's foreign minister said on Saturday that Russia is planning strikes on Ukrainian nuclear facilities before the winter, and urged the IAEA and Ukraine's allies to establish permanent monitoring missions at the country's nuclear plants.

The Kyiv Independent: A fire broke out at the Wagner Group's former military base in Molkino in Russia's Krasnodar Krai on Sept. 21, Russian independent media outlet Meduza reported, citing Wagner-linked Telegram channel.

FT: Volodymyr Zelenskyy will press Joe Biden for binding security guarantees before the US president leaves office to bolster Ukraine’s position and compel Russia to join peace talks (archive).

Reuters: Iran did not include mobile launchers with the close-range ballistic missiles that Washington last week accused Tehran of delivering to Russia for use against Ukraine.

RFI: Iran unveiled a new ballistic missile and an upgraded one-way attack drone at a military parade on Saturday, state media said, amid soaring regional tensions and allegations of arming Russia.

The Kyiv Independent: A Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast killed three people and injured three others, local authorities reported the morning of Sept. 21. A 12-year-old boy was killed in the attack, regional Governor Serhii Lysak said.

ISW: Russian officials attempted to use a meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross to legitimize Russia's occupation of Ukraine and promote false narratives about alleged Ukrainian human rights abuses.

20.09.2024

Reuters: Russian forces launched three strikes on Friday on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, injuring 15 people, including three children, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.

The Times: Ukraine may be given private dispensation by the UK and US to fire long-range Storm Shadow missiles into Russia without making it public until the first one is fired (archive).

POLITICO: The U.S. is considering sending Ukraine a medium-range missile for its new F-16 fleet as part of a $375 million military aid package expected to be announced Monday.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's drone strike on the arms depot in Russia's Tver Oblast destroyed two to three months' worth of munitions, Estonian Colonel Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center, said on Sept. 20.

Bloomberg: Hungary hosted a Russian business forum in Budapest on Friday, showcasing booming links with Moscow that have alienated the country’s European Union and NATO allies (archive).

The Kyiv Independent: Norway's civil and military support program for Ukraine, known as the Nansen program, will be extended until 2030 and will be increased by a further 5 billion kroner ($475 million) this year, Oslo announced on Sept. 20.

Reuters: Russell Bentley, a U.S. national who went missing in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine early this year, is believed to have been tortured to death by Russian soldiers who are now set to go on trial, Russia's top investigative body said on Friday.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia tried to establish ties with China and India in an effort to decouple from the West but faced new challenges along the way, The Wall Street Journal's analysis published on Sept. 20 said.

Reuters: Ukraine has banned use of the Telegram messaging app on official devices used by government officials, military personnel and critical workers because it believes its enemy Russia can spy on both messages and users, a top security body said on Friday.

CNN: The European Union will lend Ukraine up to €35 billion, providing the lion’s share of a $50 billion loan agreed by G7 nations earlier this year.

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