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.
The money comes from Europe's existing loan to Kyiv, and the decision finally lets Ukraine place orders for the American interceptors it cannot build itself.
The closures are triggered by Russia's own emergency protocol every time a drone nears.
FPV drones, glide bombs and strikes on marked humanitarian vehicles are emptying a city – and that is the point. Unable to conquer Ukrainian cities and land through sheer military force, Russia resorts to dehumanizing the places and turning them into wastelands.
A Russian drone destroyed a private home in Zaporizhzhia, killing a woman as Moscow continued aerial attacks across Ukrainian cities.
"A common theme of the targeting was Ukraine and military drone technology providers and supply chains," Anthropic wrote in a report on countering AI misuse.
Russian forces launched a sweeping wave of strikes across Ukraine on Friday, Sept. 11, killing at least six people and injuring 33 others, including children. Drones, artillery and guided aerial bombs (KABs) struck Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovohrad and several other regions.
A Ukrainian ground robot that usually hauls ammunition and supplies to the front carried a different load out…
He cast it as revenge for a naval drone strike on Sochi.
Four others closed in 2023, leaving Moscow with an embassy and, from this month, no consular presence outside it.
Dozens of firms are chasing the problem, but nobody has funded production at the scale the nightly waves demand.
Russia attacked Ukraine with 161 Shahed-type, Gerber and other drones overnight, injuring at least 10 people in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia. Air defenses shot down or suppressed 138 drones, while strikes hit 19 locations.
Ukrainian strikes on Russia's energy industry have "turned the tables on the world's once largest oil product exporter," according to a new report by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air think tank.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday, Sept. 10, that Poland expects Russia to target its border crossings with Ukraine after averting an overnight threat. He cited a similar drone strike on a Ukraine-Moldova crossing, and said the CIA reports warn of “possible events” on the eastern flank.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, Sept. 10, that Canada pledged more than $2 billion in new support for Ukraine, including over $1 billion for defense. The package includes urgently needed Patriot missiles, F-16 ammunition, and energy cooperation.
Manufacturer Fire Point identified the drones as FP-1s. Ukrainian analysts said one strike hit equipment used in plastics production.
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney hosted the president of Ukraine in Calgary, where he grew up alongside a large community of UkrainiansCanada offered support Thursday to boost Ukraine’s air defenses and help replenish its drone stocks, as the countries pledged to deepen their alliance during a visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Prime minister Mark Carney hosted the president of Ukraine in Calgary in the western province of Alberta, where the Canadian leader grew up among a large community of people with Ukrainian heritage. Continue reading...
Two injured Azerbaijani citizens were taken to a hospital in southern Odesa Oblast, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday, September 10, opening a three-day visit focused on winter support, energy, and air defense. The two signed a 100-year partnership agreement in Calgary, while Canada also agreed to join Ukraine's FREYJA missile defense initiative with its technology.
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Mark Rutte said that Europeans ‘increasingly understand’ the need for their countries to take ‘greater responsibility for our own security’Addressing German ambassadors, Wadephul repeats that the Russian threat “has reached our doorstep and it’s tangible.”He adds:“The Russian attempted attack at the airport in Leipzig is only the most recent incident in a string of constantly growing Russian aggression against Europe and against Nato.Russia and its partners operate with a global network against our interests and in favour of an own imperialist claim to great power status." Continue reading...