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Moscow is open to "three-way cooperation" with the U.S. and Ukraine regarding the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sept. 2, according to Russian news channel Vesti. kyivindependent.com/russia-open-...
Slovakia wants to normalise its relations with Moscow and is increasing imports of Russian gas through the TurkStream pipeline, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
China will allow Russian citizens with regular passports to enter the country visa-free starting September 15, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Russians will be allowed to stay in China without a visa for up to 30 days under the new policy. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
Russian President Putin said Tuesday that U.S President Donald Trump’s administration is listening to the Kremlin’s justifications for its invasion of neighboring Ukraine and claimed that Moscow and Washington have come to a “mutual understanding” about the conflict. apnews.com/article/russ...
The Bank of Russia warned of lower-than-projected revenue and spending that appears poised to overshoot targets in its medium-term guidelines for monetary policy. Taken together, that could push this year’s deficit to top the planned 1.7% of gross domestic product. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Moscow expects talks between Russia and Ukraine to continue but "new territorial realities" must be recognised and new systems of security guarantees formed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published on Wednesday. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was "very disappointed" in Russian President Vladimir Putin and added without elaborating that his administration was planning to take some actions to bring down deaths in Russia's war in Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Putin appears to have secured a diplomatic win he has sought for years, with a massive pipeline deal that would tie Russia and China together for decades after they signed a legally binding agreement to build the long-anticipated Power of Siberia 2. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
President Putin met Slovak Prime Minister Fico in Beijing on Sept. 2, where the two discussed Russia's war against Ukraine, relations with Western countries, and economic ties. At the meeting, Fico said Slovakia sought to "standardize" relations with Moscow kyivindependent.com/putin-meets-...
On Aug 29, a major oil spill near Russia’s Novorossiysk port spread toward occupied Crimea. Over 10 tonnes leaked from CPC terminal ops, covering 350 km². united24media.com/latest-news/...
From 24.02.2022 to 02.09.2025 (Day 1287), estimated losses #Russia suffered in #Ukraine. Highlights: +800 Personnel +53 Artillery +170 UAVs +89 Other Vehicles Statistics: redd.it/1n69v3e #RussianLosses
Ukraine unveiled the JET MAX bomber drone in Lviv, capable of striking up to 15 km behind the front. It carries a 20 kg payload, flies 25–40 min, and can deploy 2 heavy or 8 light munitions depending on the mission. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
The rate at which the Russians are occupying Ukrainian territory fell by 18% in August 2025 according to DeepState. Russians managed to take control of 464 sq km reaching a 19% total occupation of Ukraine. t.me/DeepStateUA/...
A 16-year-old Ukrainian refugee, Liana, was killed in Friedland, Germany on Aug. 11 after being pushed in front of a freight train by a 31-year-old Iraqi man with a history of schizophrenia. He is under psychiatric care and investigated for unintentional homicide kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-re...
EU countries, led by Denmark, plan stricter rules to prevent Russian gas from entering the bloc via rerouting. Importers must prove gas origin, targeting pipelines like TurkStream, ahead of the 2027 Russian gas ban. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
On September 1, the headquarters of the NATO regional command of the land forces officially began work in the Finnish city of Mikkeli. The city is located only 140 kilometers from the Russian border. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/09/01/v...
Under President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin has worked to mold school and university curricula to promote its agenda among Russia’s youth, gradually transforming educational institutions into ideological battlegrounds. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/01/r...
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych made a rare appearance in Russian state media on Monday, accusing the European Union of “arrogance” in negotiations with Kyiv before he was ousted from power in 2014. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/01/y...
From Sept. 1, nearly 20 Russian regions and occupied parts of Ukraine launched propaganda lessons “Talks About Important Things” in kindergartens. A new textbook, centered on war, was issued to teachers, reports say. meduza.io/feature/2025...
As it celebrates the 80th anniversary of Japanese surrender, China is trying to recast wartime history by downplaying U.S. help while emphasizing Moscow’s role. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
When Vladimir V. Putin attended the annual summit of Eurasia’s main political and security organization three years ago, the Russian president seemed isolated and on the ropes. Now, Mr. Putin’s fortunes have changed — and so has the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...
Ukrainian students began the school year underground near the front line, marking a fourth year of wartime schooling. AP photo editors curated a gallery showing how lessons continue despite the ongoing Russian invasion. apnews.com/photo-galler...
EU Council chief António Costa admitted the Ukraine war influenced the EU’s acceptance of its disputed U.S. trade deal, saying avoiding tariff clashes was key to keeping U.S. support for Europe’s security. www.politico.eu/article/anto...
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius slammed Ursula von der Leyen’s comments on deploying European troops to Ukraine as premature and beyond the EU’s authority, urging such discussions occur only at proper negotiations. www.politico.eu/article/pist...
Slovak PM Fico will hold bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Putin at China's World War Two anniversary celebrations in Beijing this week, Fico said on Monday. He will then meet Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in eastern Slovakia on Friday. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into China on his special train early on Tuesday to attend China's celebration of the formal surrender of Japan in World War Two. Kim is expected to attend the military parade in Beijing on Wednesday. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed that members of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) should sell joint bonds, a step that would mark a major deepening of their economic cooperation. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
China's Heihe Rural Commercial Bank has stopped accepting payments from Russia after falling under European Union sanctions, Russian pro-government media outlet Vedomosti reported on Sept. 1. kyivindependent.com/key-chinese-...
A suspected Russian interference attack targeting Ursula von der Leyen disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the European Commission president’s plane to land using paper maps. www.ft.com/content/3c33...
India is not "profiteering" from Russian oil imports and its purchases have stabilised markets while keeping prices from rising to as much as $200 a barrel, Hardeep Singh Puri, country's oil minister, said in the Hindu newspaper on Monday. www.reuters.com/world/india/...
Putin and Modi holding hands while walking in China. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19623...
From 24.02.2022 to 01.09.2025 (Day 1286), estimated losses #Russia suffered in #Ukraine. Highlights: +850 Personnel +49 Artillery +1 Helicopters +214 UAVs +94 Other Vehicles Statistics: redd.it/1n5f47h #RussianLosses
Ukraine struck an FSB outpost and patrol boats near Armyansk, Crimea, on Aug 30 with new Flamingo cruise missiles, not Neptunes. Footage shows a triple sunrise launch from the coast using solid-fuel boosters. militarnyi.com/en/news/fss-...
A suspect in the fatal shooting of Andrii Parubii, a Ukrainian politician who previously served as the parliament speaker, has been detained, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced in the early hours of Sept. 1. kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-au...
75% of Ukrainians back a ceasefire only with strong security guarantees. Top demands: continued Western arms/funding (52%), allied military response to renewed Russian attack (48%), and international patrols of air/sea space (44%). kyivindependent.com/75-of-ukrain...
Budapest will not agree to open the first round of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Aug. 30. kyivindependent.com/hungary-cont...
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in China in the coming days, the Kremlin said Sunday, talks that will likely further strain tensions between Bratislava and Brussels. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/08/31/p...
A Trump admin postwar Gaza plan proposes a US-run 10-year trusteeship, temporary relocation of over 2M residents, and redevelopment into smart cities, tourism, and tech hubs. Palestinians would get cash, rent, food aid, or property rights via digital tokens. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to Bulgaria’s largest state-owned arms producer on Sunday drew protests from nationalist parties, laying bare domestic tensions over the country’s burgeoning role as a hub for arms production. www.politico.eu/article/von-...
EU capitals are drafting detailed plans for post-war military deployments to Ukraine, backed by US capabilities, Ursula von der Leyen said. She stressed security guarantees as “paramount” while touring eastern EU states to boost defense readiness. www.ft.com/content/8ade...
Germany reached 70% gas storage two months early, easing winter shortage fears. Falling summer prices sped injections, boosting Europe’s preparedness after losing Russian pipeline flows in 2022. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his first trip to China in seven years to reset relations with India’s powerful neighbor while also seeking to strengthen ties with Russia as President Donald Trump ratchets up tensions with New Delhi. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Norway chose the UK to supply £10B Type-26 frigates, its biggest defense investment. The subs-hunting ships will start delivery in 2030. France, Germany, and the US were also considered as partners www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-31/norway-picks-uk-to-supply-navy-frigates-in-10-billion-deal
EU states will debate speeding up foreign policy decisions, often stalled by Hungary’s vetoes on Ukraine and Russia. A group of 12 nations is exploring legal ways to shift from unanimity to qualified majority, a document shows. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Russian drone attacks on power facilities in northern and southern Ukraine overnight left nearly 60,000 customers without electricity, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowing to retaliate by ordering more strikes deep inside Russia. www.reuters.com/world/ukrain...
A video was recovered from a downed Gerbera UAV showing that the drone camera was tested at a Chinese factory. t.me/Crimeanwind/...
From 24.02.2022 to 31.08.2025 (Day 1285), estimated losses #Russia suffered in #Ukraine. Milestones: 55,000 UAVs Highlights: +810 Personnel +27 Artillery +371 UAVs +38 Missiles +83 Other Vehicles Statistics: redd.it/1n4lf33 #RussianLosses
Russian troops continue to deliberately kill Ukrainian civilians, the 1st Azov Corps said on Aug. 30, after releasing footage allegedly showing a Russian soldier shooting dead an elderly man in his own yard in Donetsk Oblast’s Pokrovsk district. kyivindependent.com/russian-sold...
"A ghost town ruled by violence and fear" Energodar is in its fourth year under occupation and total control of Russia. Some missing people there have never been found, and Ukrainian children are being taught Kremlin "patriotism" in schools. meduza.io/feature/2025...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday he expected that Russia would only stop its war against Ukraine once it could no longer wage it for economic and military reasons, given that diplomatic efforts in recent weeks had failed. www.reuters.com/world/german...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed his support on Saturday for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Modi's office said. www.reuters.com/world/india/...
Senior White House officials believe some European leaders are publicly supporting President Trump's effort to end the war in Ukraine, while quietly trying to undo behind-the-scenes progress since the Alaska summit, Axios has learned. www.axios.com/2025/08/30/t...
2/ Video of Andrii Parubii's murder. t.me/insiderUKR/1...
Andrii Parubii, a Ukrainian politician who previously served as the parliament speaker and played a prominent role in the EuroMaidan Revolution, was shot dead in Lviv on Aug. 30. kyivindependent.com/ex-parliamen...
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially confirmed attacks on Krasnodar and Syzran refineries last night t.me/astrapress/9...
From 24.02.2022 to 30.08.2025 (Day 1284), estimated losses #Russia suffered in #Ukraine. Highlights: +850 Personnel +47 Artillery +316 UAVs +106 Other Vehicles Statistics: redd.it/1n3rzyz #RussianLosses
2/ In the 2010s, Kartina.TV cooperated with NMG and advertised AfD. In 2019, Russia blocked it over Channel One rights, but the service said the real reason was its support for Dozhd, Navalny, and Moscow elections. meduza.io/feature/2025...
In Sept 2025, Kartina.TV will launch Privet, a 12-show project for Russian émigrés with stars like Nazarov and Lazareva. Conceived by Oleg Tinkov, who calls himself its "godfather" but gave no funding, the channel aims for warm, apolitical entertainment.
The US deported several dozen Russians in one day Among them are asylum seekers and a former military man who is being persecuted in Russia for escaping from his unit. meduza.io/feature/2025...
Big Brother beta Russian lawmakers consider requiring DNA samples from foreigners as Moscow gets ready to roll out migrant-tracking app. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The deadliest year yet A new investigation from Meduza and Mediazona shows Russia has lost more than 200,000 soldiers in its war against Ukraine. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
European Union defense ministers have nominally agreed to deploy military instructors to Ukraine after a hypothetical future cease in hostilities with Russia, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Aug. 29. kyivindependent.com/eu-defense-m...
Ukraine's largest mobile operator Kyivstar celebrated its first bell ringing on Nasdaq after becoming the first Ukrainian company in history to list on the exchange earlier last month. kyivindependent.com/kyivstar-cel...
Oil processing at Russia’s Kuibyshevsk refinery has been suspended since Aug. 28 after Ukrainian drone attacks damaged key equipment. kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-dr...
Children raised under Russian occupation, taught to see Kyiv as the enemy, are coming of age. Despite propaganda, some embrace their Ukrainian identity, risking repression or planning solo escapes once they turn 18. www.wsj.com/world/when-t...
Putin plans to travel to India in December, Putin’s aide said Friday. Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters that the Russian leader will discuss his upcoming December visit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in China. apnews.com/article/puti...
A federal appeals court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers granted by Congress to impose tariffs, opening the door for the administration to potentially have to repay billions worth of duties. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
The European Commission is devising a scheme to transfer almost €200 billion in Russian immobilized assets to rebuild Ukraine at the end of the war. www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
The EU’s €150bn loans-for-arms programme is set to be spent in full after 19 member states, including France and Poland, requested funding, as Brussels seeks to spur a surge in defence spending. www.ft.com/content/2bcc...
Trump suggested deploying Chinese troops as peacekeepers in postwar Ukraine, lending support to a proposal first put forward by Russia’s Vladimir Putin, according to four people briefed on discussions. www.ft.com/content/dc64...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron called for secondary sanctions aimed at undermining Russia’s war machine, increasing pressure on Moscow as Donald Trump’s peace efforts sputter. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised "a beautiful life" for the families of "martyrs" who perished fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, state media said on Saturday, praising the bereaved for the heroism of their sons and husbands. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
European Union countries are considering imposing stricter requirements on companies to prove where the gas they import is produced, as part of the bloc's plan to phase out Russian imports, a document seen by Reuters showed. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
On the eve of a visit to China, Russian leader Vladimir Putin blasted Western sanctions as his country's economy teetered on the brink of recession, wounded by trade curbs and the cost of his war in Ukraine. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of Starlink services and related equipment and Patriot air defense sustainment and related equipment to Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Friday. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
If Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't commit by Monday to meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy, he would have duped U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron said. www.reuters.com/world/macron...
Russia said on Friday that French President Emmanuel Macron had spoken in a manner unbecoming of a head of state when he called Russian President Vladimir Putin "an ogre at our gates". www.reuters.com/world/russia...
Russia said on Friday that Western proposals on security guarantees for Ukraine would increase the risk of conflict between Moscow and the West by turning Kyiv into a "strategic provocateur" on Russia's borders. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Russia on Friday condemned a decision by Britain, Germany and France to launch a process that could reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Ukrainian forces struck a key fuel pumping station near Naitopovychi, Bryansk region. The station pumps diesel fuel through main petroleum product pipelines. The pumping capacity of this facility is about 10.5 million tons per year. t.me/c/1282158109...
💔The dog waits for its deceased owner near the destroyed house in Kyiv destroyed in yesterday's attack. t.me/nvua_officia...
From 24.02.2022 to 29.08.2025 (Day 1283), estimated losses #Russia suffered in #Ukraine. Daily records: 414 UAVs Milestones: 1,080,000 Personnel, 3,600 Missiles Highlights: +850 Personnel +61 Artillery +414 UAVs +109 Other Vehicles Statistics: redd.it/1n2xwha #RussianLosses
US President Donald Trump is growing frustrated with the lack of progress in resolving the war in Ukraine and is willing to agree to a peace deal on almost any terms. “He just wants this over” the senior official told the Atlantic. “It almost doesn’t matter how” www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
"The supreme leader of the world's greatest superpower, objectively, is a Soviet or Russian asset." These were the words spoken on Wednesday by the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, about his American counterpart, Donald Trump. pt.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
For the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, funding for the army and weapons purchases has “eaten up” every second ruble collected from taxpayers in the Russia's federal budget. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/08/28/k...
In the first case of its kind in Russia, the country’s Federal Security Service is demanding constant remote access to data from Yandex’s Alisa home smart speaker. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
JD Vance said Wednesday his infamous Oval Office clash with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy was “useful” and helped bring disagreements between Washington and Kyiv to the fore. www.politico.eu/article/us-j...
On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insinuated that the attack on Ukraine’s capital that killed at least 19 people, including four children, was an understandable response to Ukraine’s assault on Russian refineries over the last month. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
European leaders are weighing the creation of a 40 kilometer buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian frontlines as part of a peace deal, a last-ditch idea Moscow has embraced that would likely stretch the continent’s modest number of peacekeeping troops. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
The EU mission and British Council buildings in Kyiv were damaged on Thursday in the deadliest Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since July. The strikes killed at least 21 people including four children. www.ft.com/content/3485...
President Donald Trump threatened to inflict “substantial” tariffs on countries that impose digital taxes just days after Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns about the levies during a White House meeting. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Russia is struggling to meet even the most cautious central bank estimate for growth this year, casting doubt on continued assurances from Governor Elvira Nabiullina that the economy isn’t cooling excessively under high interest rates. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The State Department approved Ukraine’s request to buy thousands of long-range missiles worth up to $825 million and funded by the governments of Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway, as well as the US, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Thursday. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A tanker with a shipment of liquefied natural gas from a US-sanctioned export facility in Russia has docked at a Chinese terminal for the first time, the latest move by Moscow to expand fuel deliveries into Asia. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
After envoy Steve Witkoff’s Moscow talks, Trump hailed “progress” toward peace, but confusion followed over Putin’s concessions. A Trump-Putin summit brought warm words but no deal, leaving the Ukraine war raging and allies doubtful of Trump’s approach. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Russian oil exports to India are set to rise in September, dealers said, as New Delhi defies U.S. punitive tariffs designed to force the country to stop the trade and push Moscow towards a peace deal with Ukraine. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Russia’s Ust-Luga oil export terminal will operate at around 350,000 barrels per day in September, or about half its usual capacity, following damage to pipeline infrastructure from Ukrainian drone attacks, two industry sources told Reuters. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that it seems clear there will be no meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, during a statement alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. www.reuters.com/world/german...
Trump could quickly lift some sanctions on Russia as a reward to Moscow if peace talks with Ukraine go well, but only Europe can take the bigger steps needed to significantly ease Russia’s cash crunch. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
One person was killed and several were injured as a result of a Russian strike on a ship “Simferopol” of the Ukrainian Navy, reported Dmitry Pletenchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy. t.me/astrapress/9...
