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Tuesday, September 9
Putin told White House he plans to seize Donbas by end of 2025, Zelensky says
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow's plans could cost "years and a million people," or even "two or three million corpses" if Russia accelerates its offensive.
Ukraine hits back at Polish president over comments on 'premature' EU, NATO talks
Polish President Karol Nawrocki said that a country cannot join NATO while at war and that "today's discussion about Ukraine's membership in the European Union is premature."
Rheinmetall to supply Ukraine with Skyranger systems to counter drones as Russia escalates strikes
The contract, set to be signed on Sept. 10 and worth "hundreds of millions of euros," will see the first units delivered to Ukraine by the end of the year.
'Pure terrorism' — At least 21 killed in Russian strike on Ukrainian village during pension payouts
The bombing took place at 12:30 p.m. local time during the distribution of pensions, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.
Explosions put 3 Russian pipelines out of service, intelligence source claims
Three oil and gas pipelines in Russia were knocked out of service in a series of explosions on Sept. 8, a Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) source told the Kyiv Independent.
Boris Johnson urges Western troop presence in Ukraine as signal to Putin
"That's the only conceivable way to move Putin from his current calculations... get him to compromise and to agree to a ceasefire," former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.
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Spurred by belligerent Russia and the war in Ukraine, Poland has raced to build the largest European army in NATO. As Western officials warn about an open clash with Moscow within the next five years, Warsaw readies to bear the brunt of such a war. But while the country moved to amass an impressive arsenal of tanks, aircraft, and long-range fires, the war in Ukraine has laid bare a number of persisting weaknesses. Insufficient drone and anti-drone capabilities, spotty logistics, slowing recru
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