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Kim Jong Un’s rare trip outside North Korea for an expected meeting with Vladimir Putin will focus on ammunition sales for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Fighting remains fierce, especially in southern Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces are trying to recapture occupied territory. Nick Schifrin has returned to Ukraine and reports from Zaporizhzhia.
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28th September 2023
I feel strongly that
should be designated “wrongfully detained” under the Levinson Act. His release should be an explicit USG priority, and urgent action is needed. I explain why in my latest
piece. #FreeKaraMurza #FreeThemAll
freedomhouse.org Freeing Vladimir Kara-Murza Should Be a US Government Priority
28th September 2023
BREAKING — Kazakhstan will follow the sanctions regime against Russia, President Tokayev says . The country does not have any concerns regarding territorial claims from the Russian Federation, he added. So Kazakhstan, what is Serbia’s excuse for sanctions?
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29th September 2023
Russia’s abandonment of Nagorno-Karabakh is due in part to the Kremlin’s “contempt and distrust for Armenian President Nikol Pashinyan, who came to power in 2018 amid antigovernment protests against a corrupt Russia-backed regime.” Putin likes corruption.
washingtonpost.com Analysis | How the war in Ukraine helped stoke an Armenian tragedy For Moscow, the havoc befalling the residents of Nagorno-Karabakh marks a loss of prestige.
29th September 2023
Glory to Ukraine! Many thanks to the Polish people and the Polish leadership for the huge genuine Ukraine! Together, let’s defeat Rashism!
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29th September 2023
WHY ARE LEADERS ABANDONING ? The attitude in DC has radically changed over the past year as increasing numbers on Capitol Hill oppose Ukraine . My analysis as to why, for
, from Washington, DC . Real Americans support .
Analysis: Ukraine Risks Losing US Support
Until very recently, Ukraine once was the center of Washington’s attention. Today, in the lead-up to a contentious US election, it is fighting to get the aid it needs.
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Wagner, or what’s left of it, has a new boss. And the Kremlin says he “works for the defense ministry” that Prigozhin tried to take down.
ft.com Putin appoints Wagner commander to lead Ukraine militia ops Andrei Troshev led fighters for years before falling out with his then-boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in June
29th September 2023
Orban, #Hungary‘s (Putin’s) PM wants to stop #Ukraine‘s EU membership. Dec, EU countries due to decide whether to allow to begin accession negotiations. Today Orban said there’re “very difficult questions” need to be answered before the EU could start membership talks with .
29th September 2023
Putin’s desperate to avoid the humiliating sight of another mass exodus of Russians fleeing the country. Russian state media report that those conscripted during the autumn campaign will not be sent to (die) fight in #Ukraine. But no one believes that. https://theguardian.com/world/live/2023/sep/29/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-russian-power-substation-drone-attack-belaya-near-border-mykolaiv-city-rocket?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with%3Ablock-65166aaa8f080714cd55d092#block-65166aaa8f080714cd55d092
29th September 2023
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban stated that he considers Ukraine’s accession to the EU unrealistic under the conditions of the ongoing war, Reuters reported. “We don’t know the full extent of Ukraine’s territory, as the war is still ongoing, and we don’t know its exact… Show more
29th September 2023
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán said that some “very long and difficult questions” still need to be answered before the European Union can start membership talks with Ukraine.
29th September 2023
Slowly but methodically, Ukraine is chipping away at Russia’s firepower in the peninsula. A strike on Russia’s Black Sea headquarters shows its new capability and intent
29th September 2023
Russia has deployed three missile-carrying warships to the Black Sea – a Buyan-M missile corvette and two frigates, the Admiral Makarov and the Admiral Essen. Together they can launch a combined salvo of 24 Kalibr cruise missiles at Ukraine. Possible mass attack coming.
@daxe29th September 2023
The Russian Black Sea Fleet isn’t ready to detect and intercept Ukraine’s drone submarines.
28th September 2023
THE MILITARIZATION OF THE ARCTIC #Russia is increasing its military capability in the #Arctic with refurbished polar stations, radar facilities, submarines and nuclear-powered icebreakers (photo). The Arctic represents new trade routes, oil and gas, mineral exploration and… Show more
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Russia kicks off trans-Arctic navy exercise: 15 warships, submarines, support vessels, aircraft and coastal units are involved as the Northern Fleet starts an exercise that stretches all along Russia’s Arctic, from the Barents Sea to the Siberian Sea.
thebarentsobserver.com Russia kicks off trans-Arctic navy exercise 15 warships, submarines, support vessels, aircraft and coastal units are involved as the Northern Fleet starts an exercise that stretches all
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Wagner commander Andrei Troshev, a retired colonel, was one of the leaders of the mercenary outfit’s operations in Syria.
Ex-Prigozhin Aide to Oversee Volunteer Fighters in Ukraine – Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked a former aide of late Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to oversee volunteer fighter units in =========
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“Kazakhstan has unambiguously stated that it will follow the sanctions regime,” said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev following talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
themoscowtimes.com Kazakhstan Won’t Help Russia to Bust Sanctions – President Kazakhstan’s leader said Thursday his country would not help Russia circumvent Western sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, amid
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For comparison: the top photo shows what Russian prisoners of war look like in Ukraine. In the bottom photo, a Ukrainian prisoner of war in Russia.
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“Over-dependence on Russian fossil fuels has already created severe energy insecurity, helped wreck the climate, and continued to threaten democracy,” writes Svitlana Romanko, Founder and Director of Ukrainian grassroots movement
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kyivindependent.com Svitlana Romanko: UN climate summit offers chance to confront Russian fossil fuels, climate crisis As world leaders gather for meetings at the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit, the urgency of addressing the climate crisis cannot be
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The Defence Ministry said there were currently “no plans for additional mobilisation measures”, adding that the number of contract servicemen and volunteers who signed up to fight in the war in Ukraine was sufficient to “carry out the assigned tasks”.
novayagazeta.eu Russian Defence Ministry says new conscripts will not be sent to fight in Ukraine — Novaya Gazeta… Russian citizens performing their compulsory one-year military service won’t be deployed to the occupied regions of Ukraine, the deputy chief ============
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Putin hosted Wagner Group commander Andrey Troshev for a meeting at the Kremlin on Friday. “At our last meeting, we talked about how you would get to work forming volunteer units capable of carrying out a variety of combat tasks,” the president told him.
Putin and Wagner Group commander Andrey Troshev discuss ‘volunteer formations’ in Kremlin meeting —…
The Kremlin’s press service has published a transcript of a September 29 meeting between Vladimir Putin, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, and Wagner Group commander Andrey Troshev.
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29th September 2023
Putin hosted Wagner Group commander Andrey Troshev for a meeting at the Kremlin on Friday. “At our last meeting, we talked about how you would get to work forming volunteer units capable of carrying out a variety of combat tasks,” the president told him.
Putin and Wagner Group commander Andrey Troshev discuss ‘volunteer formations’ in Kremlin meeting —…
Who Watches the Watchers? 