🇰🇵 🇷🇺 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected #Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers and #hypersonic 'Kinzhal' missiles on Saturday, accompanied by Putin's defence minister.
#northkorea #russia #nuclear
🇰🇵 🇷🇺 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed admiration for Russia's aviation technology undergoing rapid development, outpacing the outside potential threats, during his visit on Friday to a #Russian fighter jet factory, KCNA reported on Saturday.
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🇺🇦 #Ukraine has confirmed that British and French cruise missiles - fired from either wing of a #Ukrainian bomber - were used in a major attack against Russia's navy in occupied #Crimea and worked "perfectly".
#russia #russiaukrainewar #counteroffensive
🇱🇻 The Committee to Protect Journalists on Friday issued an urgent call for authorities to investigate allegations that #journalists working in #Latvia were targeted by state-sponsored #hackers
https://cpj.org/2023/09/apple-warns-latvia-based-journalists-about-possible-hacker-attacks/
#russia #hacking #surveillance #privacy #cybersecurity
🇺🇦 🇺🇸 #Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will pay his second wartime visit to Washington next week, the White House announced Friday, in a bid to solidify the support of his country's crucial backer which has shipped billions of dollars in aid to fight #Russian invaders.
#usa #ukraine #russia #RussiaUkraineWar
🇩🇪 Protesters have targeted Berlin's State Opera for refusing to cancel #Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko's first performance there since the 2022 war.
Chanting "shame", they accused the soprano of failing to condemn Putin for Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66824691
#germany #berlin #russia #RussiaUkraineWar
🇪🇺 🇺🇦 The #European Commission said on Friday that it would not extend a ban on imports of #Ukrainian grains into Ukraine's five EU neighbours due to expire on Friday.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/de/ip_23_4497
#europe #ukraine
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukraine's Security Service used a sea surface drone nicknamed "Sea Baby" to strike a #Russian missile-carrying hovercraft, a corvette Samum, the #Ukrainian media outlet New Voice reported on Sept. 15, citing its sources in the SBU.
https://kyivindependent.com/media-ukraine-hits-russian-missile-carrying-ship-with-sea-drone/
#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
🇷🇺 "There will be a new mobilization," one #Russian soldier said in an interview. "It's unavoidable."
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-new-mobilization-putin-election-ukraine-war/32594669.html
#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar
🇷🇺 A shopping mall in the #Russian city of Izhevsk is set to be converted into a drone production facility, the third such repurposing in the city over the past year, local activists said Friday.
#russia #russiaukrainewar
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🇷🇺 A day before the airplane disaster that killed #Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeniy #Prigozhin, Gen. Sergei #Surovikin, a Prigozhin ally known as “General Armageddon,” was removed as head of Russia’s air force.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/15/wagner-prigozhin-military-commanders-russia/
#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar
🇺🇲 🇺🇦 The U.S. is moving closer to providing #Ukraine with a ground-based missile Kyiv has long sought to conduct longer-range strikes at #Russian forces.
#atacms #usa #russiaukrainewar
🇷🇺 A top #Russian security official said in an article published on Friday that Moscow had "neutralised" hundreds of foreign spies in recent years 🤔
#russia #spying #espionage
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Friday Briefing:
- #Ukraine troops capture village south of #Bakhmut
- Ukraine attacks #Russian warships in Black Sea, destroys air defences in #Crimea
- US says will retaliate for Russia's 'unprovoked' expulsion of diplomats
- #Bulgaria votes to lift its embargo on imports of grain from Ukraine
- #Romania broadens flight restrictions after drone debris discovered
- Sweeping new U.S. #sanctions target tech shipments to #Russia
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🇺🇲 🇺🇦 US President Joe Biden on Thursday tapped Penny Pritzker, a billionaire businesswoman who served as commerce secretary, to encourage investment in #Ukraine, which is expected to need hundreds of billions of dollars to recover from Russia's invasion.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230914-us-taps-business-leader-to-bring-ukraine-investment
#usa #russiaukrainewar
🇷🇺 #Russian tycoons have hauled at least $50 billion in assets out of #Europe since the start of the Ukraine war, moving money home amid Western #sanctions and pressure from the #Kremlin to repatriate their riches, Bloomberg reported.
#russia #russiaukrainewar
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🇺🇲 🇷🇺 The U.S. targeted a slew of foreign individuals and companies accused of aiding #Russia in a slate of new #sanctions announced by the State and Treasury Departments Thursday.
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/14/russia-sanctions-technology-shipments-ukraine-war
#usa
🇺🇦 Ukraine's prosecutor general said Thursday the International Criminal Court had opened a field office in #Kyiv, as part of efforts to hold #Russian forces accountable for potential war crimes.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/09/14/ukraine-says-icc-opens-major-office-in-kyiv-a82466
#ukraine #icc #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes
🇦🇲 🇦🇿 The Kremlin expressed concern on Thursday that tensions between #Armenia and #Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh were increasing, as Armenia's prime minister described the situation in the blockaded territory as "critical".
#russia #karabakh #nagornokarabakh
🇷🇺 🇺🇲 Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday declared two US embassy staff 'persona non grata' and summoned Washington's ambassador in Moscow, the RIA news agency reported.
#russia #usa