CNN’s investigation has discovered that Russia has been smuggling gold out of Sudan to support dictator Vladimir Putin’s war effort in Ukraine. Roughly one ton of gold was found on a Russian cargo plane in February claiming to be exporting cookies. According to CNN, over the past year and a half, Russia operated at least 16 flights with smuggled gold from Sudan. Evidence collected by CNN suggests that Russia colluded with Sudan’s military leadership, promising the latter military backing in exchange for gold worth billions of dollars.
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Friday, September 11
The two leaders met in New Delhi ahead of a BRICS summit held in India's capital between Sept. 12 and 13.
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In August President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former Deputy Chief of Staff Iryna Mudra, lawmaker Maksym Mykytas, and Viktor Dubovyk, head of the legal policy department at the President's Office, were also charged as part of the case. The suspects are accused of both corporate raiding and money laundering.
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The attack on an oil refinery owned by Russian energy giant Rosneft sparked a fire at the facility, Ukraine's General Staff said, adding that the extent of the damage was still being assessed.
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One emergency responder was among the injured in the Russian attacks on the gas stations, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
Polish far-right politician Grzegorz Braun published a video of himself damaging a memorial in eastern Poland, which commemorates UPA fighters killed while fighting the Soviet secret police.
"Flamingos paid a little visit to Volgograd last night," Fire Point said in a social media statement. "Ukrainian sanctions, as always, proved to be the most effective."
EU gives final green light to 6 billion euros in defense aid for Ukraine, Patriot missiles purchase.
The European Commission's approval allows Ukraine to use funds from the EU's 90-billion-euro ($104-billion) support loan to purchase U.S.-made PAC-3 Patriot interceptors, one of the few weapons capable of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched 161 attack drones of various types overnight, including jet-powered drones, as well as one S-8000 "Banderol" low-cost cruise missile.
"Speak out about your bottlenecks, components, testing slots, certification, intellectual property, skilled staff. We can only address the obstacles we are able to see," the EU's Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius told attendees of the meeting.
"Good morning from Kyiv," Sikorski posted on X. Fifteen minutes later, Kyiv Independent reporters noted explosions in central Kyiv and the air raid sirens began to sound.
The figure includes 1,490 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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.
Belgium imported no LNG from Russia in August. Just one month before, 100% of its LNG imports came from Russia.
Eight people were injured in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district, where a fire broke out in a nine-story residential building during the Russian attack, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Moscow was deliberately targeting places where civilians gather, seeking to inflict maximum casualties, spread fear, and coerce Ukraine into concessions.
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