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Prominent Russian charity leader and children’s hospice founder Lida Moniava has been placed under supervised curfew and fitted with an ankle monitor pending trial on charges of spreading “false information” about the Russian army. The charges against the 38-year-old founder of the “House with the Lighthouse” foundation stem from a 2023 Telegram post citing UN civilian casualty statistics and calling for aid to Ukrainian refugees. In 2025, her foundation raised 1.2 billion rubles ($14 million) for palliative care, while assisting roughly 17,000 Ukrainian refugees in Russia.

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kyivindependent.com | 6 hrs. 46 min. ago

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,506,900 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

#over #Russia #Ukraine

Russian forces suffered 1,520 casualties over the past day.

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kyivindependent.com | 17 hrs. 29 min. ago

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

#Russia #Ukraine

The statement follows a renewed U.S. diplomatic push to restart negotiations.

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kyivindependent.com | 1 days 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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nytimes.com | 1 days 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 | 1 days 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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kyivindependent.com | 1 days 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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defence-blog.com | 1 days 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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euromaidanpress.com | 1 days 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 | 1 days 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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euromaidanpress.com | 1 days ago

Russia spent 18 months building the road to Sloviansk. Ukraine took it back in two days

#cut #Russia #Ukraine

Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps has cut a Russian salient north of Lyman, in what one mapper calls Ukraine's most important victory of 2026.

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kyivpost.com | 1 days ago

EU Fails to Extend Russia Sanctions For Second Time

#France #Russia #Slovakia

EU ambassadors failed to agree on extending sanctions against Russia for a second time on Friday, Sept. 11, after France joined Slovakia in demanding the delisting of Russian-Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov. The bloc will continue discussions on Monday, Sept. 14, just one day before the sanctions expire.

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kyivindependent.com | 1 days ago

Canada sanctions 8 individuals over deportation, militarization of Ukrainian children

#Canada #individual #over #Russia

The sanctioned individuals include Russian officials, youth movement leaders, and occupation officials accused of facilitating the removal of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories and their integration into Russia's education system.

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kyivindependent.com | 1 days ago

Russia's Central Bank holds key rate for the first time since mid-2025

#Bank #cut #key #Russia

The Russian Central Bank's board of directors on Sept. 11 decided to keep the key rate at 14%, the first time the regulator has opted not to cut it since mid-June 2025.

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