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Russia continued to pound the Ukrainian civilian population, killing at least nine people in attacks throughout the country, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeated he'd be willing to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the upcoming G20 summit -- something the Kremlin called “impossible.”

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cbsnews.com | 2 hrs. 33 min. ago

Putin warns Europe against sending troops to Ukraine

#conflict #Europe #President #Putin #Russia #Russian #Ukraine #Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to direct conflict with Russia.

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kyivindependent.com | 3 hrs. 49 min. ago

'Immoral and self-destructive' — Zelensky blasts EU for considering lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs

#Drone #Russia #sanctions #Shahed #Zelensky

"Five hundred Shahed drones per day is certainly not the right time to even begin a discussion about easing sanctions," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sept. 12, after France reportedly joined Slovakia in calling to delist Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov.

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thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 54 min. ago

U.S. House of Representatives to take up Russia sanctions bill next week

#civilians #Force #Foreign relations #House of Representatives #Jeanne Shaheen #killed #Kremlin #Putin #Russia #Russia sanctions #sanction #Senate #Ukrainian #war

Ukrainian civilians continue to be killed by Putin’s war machine, and this bill hits the Kremlin’s coffers hard; Now is the time to pass it and force Putin to the negotiating table, said Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Jeanne Shaheen

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kyivindependent.com | 5 hrs. 4 min. ago

'First-ever battle' — Ukrainian naval drone destroys Russian unmanned boat in Black Sea, Navy says

#battle #Black Sea #destroy #Drone #Russia #weapon

The Russian drone was destroyed by a Ukrainian Sargan 3000 unmanned boat, equipped with a 12.7-mm Protector remote weapons station, according to the Navy, marking a historic first battle between marine drones.

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euromaidanpress.com | 5 hrs. 54 min. ago

“There is real hunger there”: Oleshky, occupied town in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast, turned 942 this week. Behind Russian blockade, its people eat roadside grass

#Blockade #Hunger #Kherson #Oblast #Russia #Shell #Ukraine

The 942-year-old Kherson city has spent months cut off, its aid convoys shelled.

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mirror.co.uk | 7 hrs. 8 min. ago

Putin makes chilling warning of 'war' over peacekeeping force in Ukraine

#peacekeeping force #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #war

Vladimir Putin made it clear that Russia would see the sending of a peacekeeping force to Ukraine as meaning war, with some European leaders pledging their commitment to the plan

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kyivpost.com | 7 hrs. 8 min. ago

Ukraine Strikes Russian Drone Command Posts and Supply Depots

#Alchevsk #command #command post #Donetsk #Drone #equipment #hit #logistics #military #Polohy #Russia #strike #supply #target #UAV #Ukraine #weapon

Ukrainian forces struck multiple Russian military command posts, drone storage sites, and equipment depots on Sept. 11 and early Sept. 12. Precision strikes hit UAV command posts in Polohy and Zaliznyi Port, as well as drone warehouses in Donetsk, Selydove, Kurakhivka, and Malyi Kermenchyk. In occupied Alchevsk, forces targeted a logistics warehouse and weapons depot.

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euromaidanpress.com | 8 hrs. ago

EU has never sanctioned Russia’s nuclear sector. Activists say that gap just let Rosatom into German plant, and they’re suing to close It

#fuel #infrastructure #Russia #Sabotage #war

BUND says letting Russia's Rosatom help make fuel at the Lingen plant, amid the war and sabotage in Germany, hands Moscow critical infrastructure.

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kyivindependent.com | 8 hrs. 5 min. ago

As Russia targets gas stations, Kyiv draws up plans for possible fuel shortages, Klitschko says

#Don #drone #fuel #gas #Kyiv #missiles #Russia #Russian #shelter #target #weapon #weapons

Kyiv authorities don't have the resources to build shelters at every gas station, while the city also lacks weapons needed to intercept Russian drones and missiles, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

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kyivindependent.com | 8 hrs. 30 min. ago

Russia refuses to stop attacking Ukraine during peace negotiations, Lavrov says

#attack #ceasefire #leader #Moscow #Negotiations #peace #peace negotiations #peace process #Russia #Ukraine

After refusing even a temporary ceasefire or a leader-level meeting in a noncombatant country, Lavrov went on to emphasize the level of "goodwill" Moscow was displaying in the peace process.

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kyivindependent.com | 8 hrs. 32 min. ago

Russia refuses to stop attacking Ukraine during peace negotiations, Lavrov says

#attack #Meet #Meeting #Russia #Ukraine

After refusing even a temporary ceasefire or a leader-level meeting in a noncombatant country, Lavrov went on to emphasize the level of "goodwill" Moscow was displaying in the peace process.

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abcnews.com | 8 hrs. 34 min. ago

Putin warns Europe against sending troops after peacekeeping pledge

#Europe #peacekeeping #Putin #Russia

Putin also denied Russia posed any threat to Europe.

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kyivindependent.com | 8 hrs. 37 min. ago

Russia refuses to stop attacking Ukraine during peace negotiations, Lavrov says

#attack #ceasefire #Lavrov #negotiations #peace #peace negotiations #Russia #Ukraine

After refusing even a temporary ceasefire or a leader-level meeting in a noncombatant country, Lavrov went on to emphasize the level of "goodwill" Moscow was displaying in the peace process.

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euromaidanpress.com | 8 hrs. 57 min. ago

Fast kill but also long game: Russia is using AI-generated women and long conversations to lure Ukrainian soldiers to their deaths

#AI #deaths #killed #Russia #SBU #soldiers #Ukrainian #women

The fake profiles are one of three versions of a honey-trap scheme that has killed six soldiers, the SBU says,

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kyivpost.com | 9 hrs. 14 min. ago

Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Cost Poland’s Economy More than €100 bln, Estimate Shows

#defense #Poland #Russia #Ukraine #war

Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine cost Poland an estimated €113.4 billion between 2022 and 2025, according to Statistics Poland. The losses include reduced economic output, higher inflation, lower real wage growth, and increased defense and Ukraine-related spending.

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euromaidanpress.com | 9 hrs. 15 min. ago

Russia is working to modernize its weapons on every front. This month, its drones are expected to carry 20-element anti-jam antennas to outpace Ukraine’s jamming

#Drone #Front #Russia #Ukraine #weapon

Russia's new drones and cruise weapons navigate rather than fly, so Ukraine has to jam GPS, not the operator link.

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nytimes.com | 9 hrs. 18 min. ago

Moldova Has to Choose Between Russia and Europe

#Europe #Moldova #Russia

Moldova is a fault line in a new geopolitical reality.

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nytimes.com | 9 hrs. 24 min. ago

Moldova Has to Choose Between Russia and Europe

#fault #Moldova #Russia

Moldova is a fault line in a new geopolitical reality.

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kyivpost.com | 10 hrs. 34 min. ago

Russian Court Disqualifies Liberal Yabloko Party List in Tomsk

#block #Court #run #Russia

A court in western Siberia’s Tomsk region disqualified the liberal Yabloko party’s candidate list ahead of upcoming regional elections, upholding a lawsuit filed by the LDPR. The ruling leaves the northwestern Novgorod region as the only Russian territory where Yabloko candidates remain eligible to run, as regional authorities have now blocked or denied list registration across seven regions.

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defence-blog.com | 10 hrs. 52 min. ago

Ukraine combat experience shapes Redwire’s new drone

#combat #drone #electronic warfare #Russia #threats #Ukraine #war #War against Ukraine #warfare

Russia’s war against Ukraine has turned unmanned aircraft from a supporting capability into one of the central elements of modern battlefield operations. It has also forced drone manufacturers to confront a problem that peacetime testing cannot fully reproduce: how to keep an aircraft useful when tactics, electronic warfare threats and operational requirements can change within […]

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kyivindependent.com | 10 hrs. 55 min. ago

Russian strikes hit 2 major Ukrainian steel plants, killing 2 and injuring 6

#Russia #six #strike

Russian missile strikes hit two major Ukrainian metallurgical plants overnight on Sept. 12, killing two people and injuring six others, according to statements from Zaporizhstal operator Metinvest and ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih.

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kyivpost.com | 11 hrs. 12 min. ago

Russian Military Slang Reveals the Reality of Life on the Front Line

#Fed #Russia

A 250-page study of almost 7,000 communications between Russian military personnel and their relatives in 2025 illustrated the reality of life in the combat zone for those fed into the “meat grinder” that is Putin’s “special military operation.”

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defence-blog.com | 11 hrs. 15 min. ago

New Russian tanks arrive with upgraded protection

#crew #Russia

Russia’s state-owned tank manufacturer Uralvagonzavod has delivered another batch of T-90M “Proryv” and T-72B3M tanks to the Russian Army, the company said, timed to coincide with Russia’s Tank Crew Day. As with previous shipments, Uralvagonzavod did not disclose how many tanks were included in the batch or where they are headed. The company said the […]

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kyivpost.com | 11 hrs. 20 min. ago

AFU Gains Ground, Kuban Gets Pounded, NATO Trains Hard and Gives Russian Drone Free Pass

#battle #Black Sea #Bomb #counteroffensive #defeat #Drone #Lyman #military #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #Witkoff

A roundup of the weeks biggest military and political events in Ukraine. The AFU finally announces the results of its somewhat secret Lyman counteroffensive. Ukraine is poised to defeat Russia’s Black Sea Fleet – again. The air battle continues with tit-for-tat barrages. And the Kushner-Witkoff vaudeville show bombs.

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kyivpost.com | 11 hrs. 20 min. ago

Russian Military Slang Reveals the Reality of Life on the Front Line

#combat #combat zone #Front #front line #military #military operation #military personnel #Putin #Russia

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euromaidanpress.com | 11 hrs. 21 min. ago

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1661: Ukraine’s Neptune missile reaches a Russian warship at its own pier

#Missile #missile strike #Neptune #Oreshnik #Russia #strike #Ukraine #war

A Russian lawmaker separately warned that a fourth Oreshnik missile strike is coming.

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defence-blog.com | 11 hrs. 23 min. ago

New Russian tanks arrive with upgraded protection

#Russia #Russian #Russian army #Russian tanks #tanks

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kyivpost.com | 12 hrs. 10 min. ago

Russia’s Deployed Nuclear Warheads Hit Post-2017 High

#Force #nuclear #Nuclear warheads #Russia #strike #Ukrainian

Russia has increased its number of deployed nuclear warheads for the fourth consecutive year, reaching 1,796 operational warheads as of January 2026 – the highest level since 2017, according to SIPRI’s annual World Nuclear Forces report. Russia’s total stockpile stands at 5,420 warheads, with 2,604 in storage and 1,020 retired. Ground-based ICBMs account for roughly 892 deployed warheads, while strategic bombers were dispersed to remote airfields following Ukrainian strikes in 2025.

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kyivpost.com | 12 hrs. 16 min. ago

Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Cost Poland’s Economy More than €100 bln, Estimate Shows

#economic output #economy #growth #Inflation #loss #Poland #real #real wage #Russia #Ukraine

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kyivindependent.com | 13 hrs. 15 min. ago

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,505,380 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

#casualties #General #general staff #Russia #Ukraine

The figure includes 1,500 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

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mirror.co.uk | 13 hrs. 26 min. ago

Putin's chilling response when asked about striking Britain after WW3 warning

#Aggression #Putin #Russia #strike #threat #war

Russia this week insisted that threats of nuclear strikes were 'not a scare tactic' and accused the West of 'acts of aggression capable of triggering a Third World War'

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euromaidanpress.com | 13 hrs. 28 min. ago

Ukraine is closing Russia’s skies without hitting single airliner: Russia shut its airports 993 times in August, worst month for civil aviation since war began

#aviation #Drone #Russia #Ukraine #war

The closures are triggered by Russia's own emergency protocol every time a drone nears.

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rferl.org | 13 hrs. 39 min. ago

Latest Russian Strikes On Ukraine Kill 2 In Zaporizhzhia, Wound At Least 17 In Odesa

#killed #Odesa #Region #Russia #strike #Ukraine #wounded #Zaporizhzhia

A fresh round of overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine killed two people in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region and wounded at least 17 in the southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials said on September 12.

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euromaidanpress.com | 13 hrs. 39 min. ago

From Russian classrooms to Iran’s defense industry: how Moscow trains Iranian specialists

#Field #Iran #Russia

Almost 10,000 Iranians studied at Russian universities in 2025, 42% more than two years earlier, by the Russian science ministry's count, with medicine still the most popular field.

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euromaidanpress.com | 14 hrs. 32 min. ago

EU sanctions rollover stalls over Russian oligarch Usmanov as Paris backs Bratislava’s demand to delist him

#over #run #Russia

Ambassadors broke up with no agreement on renewing the measures, and they have one sitting left before every restriction on the list runs out on its own.

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kyivpost.com | 14 hrs. 55 min. ago

Zelensky Ready to Meet Putin at Miami G20 if Russian Leader Attends

#direct talks #G20 #Putin #Russia #Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he is ready to travel to Miami for the G20 summit in December to hold direct talks with Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader attends. Zelensky stressed that the focus must be on achieving concrete results rather than exchanging rhetoric.

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Next Ukraine-US-Russia peace talks may take place in October, Budanov says

Next Ukraine-US-Russia peace talks may take place in October, Budanov says

Next Ukraine-US-Russia peace talks may take place in October, Budanov says

Russian Strikes Kill 9 Across Ukraine, As Zelenskyy Offers To Meet Putin At Miami G20

Putin warns Europe against sending troops to Ukraine

'Immoral and self-destructive' — Zelensky blasts EU for considering lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs

U.S. House of Representatives to take up Russia sanctions bill next week

'First-ever battle' — Ukrainian naval drone destroys Russian unmanned boat in Black Sea, Navy says

“There is real hunger there”: Oleshky, occupied town in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast, turned 942 this week. Behind Russian blockade, its people eat roadside grass

Putin makes chilling warning of 'war' over peacekeeping force in Ukraine

Ukraine Strikes Russian Drone Command Posts and Supply Depots

EU has never sanctioned Russia’s nuclear sector. Activists say that gap just let Rosatom into German plant, and they’re suing to close It

As Russia targets gas stations, Kyiv draws up plans for possible fuel shortages, Klitschko says

Russia refuses to stop attacking Ukraine during peace negotiations, Lavrov says

Russia refuses to stop attacking Ukraine during peace negotiations, Lavrov says

Putin warns Europe against sending troops after peacekeeping pledge

Russia refuses to stop attacking Ukraine during peace negotiations, Lavrov says

Fast kill but also long game: Russia is using AI-generated women and long conversations to lure Ukrainian soldiers to their deaths

Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Cost Poland’s Economy More than €100 bln, Estimate Shows

Russia is working to modernize its weapons on every front. This month, its drones are expected to carry 20-element anti-jam antennas to outpace Ukraine’s jamming

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Moldova Has to Choose Between Russia and Europe

Moldova Has to Choose Between Russia and Europe

Russian Court Disqualifies Liberal Yabloko Party List in Tomsk

Ukraine combat experience shapes Redwire’s new drone

Russian strikes hit 2 major Ukrainian steel plants, killing 2 and injuring 6

Russian Military Slang Reveals the Reality of Life on the Front Line

New Russian tanks arrive with upgraded protection

AFU Gains Ground, Kuban Gets Pounded, NATO Trains Hard and Gives Russian Drone Free Pass

Russian Military Slang Reveals the Reality of Life on the Front Line

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1661: Ukraine’s Neptune missile reaches a Russian warship at its own pier

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New Russian tanks arrive with upgraded protection

Russia’s Deployed Nuclear Warheads Hit Post-2017 High

Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Cost Poland’s Economy More than €100 bln, Estimate Shows

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,505,380 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Putin's chilling response when asked about striking Britain after WW3 warning

Ukraine is closing Russia’s skies without hitting single airliner: Russia shut its airports 993 times in August, worst month for civil aviation since war began

Latest Russian Strikes On Ukraine Kill 2 In Zaporizhzhia, Wound At Least 17 In Odesa

From Russian classrooms to Iran’s defense industry: how Moscow trains Iranian specialists

EU sanctions rollover stalls over Russian oligarch Usmanov as Paris backs Bratislava’s demand to delist him

Zelensky Ready to Meet Putin at Miami G20 if Russian Leader Attends