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2:20 PM

Zelensky meets with UK Defense Minister.

President Volodymyr Zelensky met with recently appointed U.K. Defense Minister Grant Shapps in Kyiv on Sept. 28, the president announced on social media.

1:23 PM

Shelling near Kherson injures 3.

A Russian attack on the village of Antonivka, a suburb of the city of Kherson, injured two women and a man, Roman Mrochko, head of the Kherson city military administration, reported on Telegram on Sept. 28.

12:04 PM

Nagorno-Karabakh authorities dissolve self-declared government.

The president of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Samvel Shakhramanyan, signed a decree on Sept. 28 dissolving all official institutions of the breakaway state from Jan. 1, 2024, Karabakh authorities announced. The government of the self-declared republic will "cease to exist" as an entity from that day, the decree said.

10:35 AM

Media: German-Japanese manufacturer continues to provide Russian military industry with components.

DMG Mori, a German-Japanese company and one of the world’s largest producers of machine cutting tools, has continued to do business with Russian firms that manufacture military hardware, according to an investigation by the independent Russian news agency Agentsvo.

9:42 AM

Media: Poll ahead of upcoming Slovak election shows divide on support for Ukraine.

A poll released ahead of parliamentary elections in Slovakia scheduled for Sept. 30 illustrate the split between the Slovak electorate on support for Ukraine and a slight lead for opposition leader Robert Fico, Slovak newspaper Dennik N reported.

8:40 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 277,320 troops in Ukraine.

The figure includes an additional 330 casualties reported over the past day.

7:55 AM

Military: Over 30 drones downed overnight on Sept 28.

Ukraine's air defense shot down over 30 drones that Russian forces launched overnight on Sept. 28, Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson of Ukraine's Southern Operational Command, said on air.

6:29 AM

ISW: Ukraine appears to marginally advance near Bakhmut.

Geolocated footage published on Sept. 26 and analyzed by the Institute for the Study of War indicates that Ukrainian forces advanced near the village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, located 11 kilometers northwest of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast.

4:54 AM

North Korea advancing weapons deal with Russia.

North Korea is continuing arms negotiations with Russia and intends to strike a deal soon, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters on Sept. 27.

3:41 AM

Ukrainian players shine at League Cup matches.

Three Ukrainian footballers had strong performances at the League Cup quarterfinals on Sept. 27 in the U.K., bringing further attention to the country’s sports potential, Channel 24 reports.

2:57 AM

Trudeau apologizes for honoring Nazi veteran.

"This was a mistake that has deeply embarrassed Parliament and Canada," said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

2:22 AM

CNN: House Republicans to reject Senate deal as US shutdown nears.

The bill includes an additional $6.1 billion in funding for Ukraine, comprising $4.5 billion for defense equipment and $1.6 billion in fiscal budget support.

1:57 AM

WSJ: Scholz blocks transfer of Taurus missiles to Ukraine due to fear of Russia.

Other members of Germany’s ruling coalition have approved sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine. On Sept. 4, German MP Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann wrote on Twitter that "he (Scholtz) alone blocks this decision within the coalition".

1:48 AM

Zelensky teases new national security measures.

“Ukraine will be stronger. Ukraine will have more capabilities to defend itself,” the president said.

1:21 AM

Polish opposition leader calls for unwavering military aid to Ukraine.

"The Polish state should not budge from its position, military support of Ukraine should not be questioned," said Donald Tusk, Poland's former prime minister.

12:56 AM

Swiss parliament again votes down re-export of arms to Ukraine.

The proposed amendment was rejected by 135 lawmakers and only approved by 48.

12:55 AM

US announces new sanctions on firms involved in production of Shahed drones.

Despite the existence of these sanctions, international companies have still found ways to bypass them and continue to do business, including supplying drone components, with Iran and Russia.

12:19 AM

UPDATE: 1 killed, 1 injured in Russian attacks on Kherson.

Oleksandr Prokudin, governor of Kherson Oblast, said that there was "massive shelling" in the region and that a 41-year-old Kherson resident was killed in his own home.

12:15 AM

Russian shelling kills 1, injures 4 in Donetsk Oblast.

Russian forces used tanks, high explosive aerial bombs, and guided munitions in attacks in civilian areas of Donetsk Oblast that killed one and injured four others on Sept. 27, the regional prosecutor’s office reported on Facebook.

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11:22 PM

Russian attacks reported in Mykolaiv, Kherson oblasts.

In the city of Kherson, Russian strikes hit the same buildings several times as firefighters battled fires caused by the first round of shelling, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service reported on Telegram. They then had to return to extinguish the subsequent fires.

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10:44 PM

Several European countries to boycott UEFA matches involving Russia.

Official announcements from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, England, Northern Ireland, Denmark, and Sweden stated that their football teams would not take part in any competitions involving Russian teams, The Times reported.

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Sweden, Ukraine agree to share intelligence, speed up aid delivery

by Martin Fornusek July 13, 2023 7:41 PM 2 min read

From left: Director General of the Defense Materiel Administration Göran Mårtensson, Swedish Minister for Defense Pål Jonson, Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 12, 2023. (Photo credit: Johan Hjelmstrand/Swedish Defense Ministry)

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The Swedish Defense Ministry announced on July 13 new agreements with Ukraine on intelligence sharing and speeding up military equipment delivery.

Under this framework, Stockholm and Kyiv will be able to share confidential information concerning JAS Gripen jet fighters and other military equipment.

Sweden has previously agreed to train Ukrainian pilots on its Gripen jets but stopped short of providing the aircraft itself.

As another part of the new deal, the Swedish Defense Ministry will enable Ukraine to purchase military materiel directly from Sweden's defense industry to speed up the process.

The deals were signed at the NATO Vilnius summit on July 12 by Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, Sweden's Defense Minister Pål Jonson, and Göran Mårtensson, the director of the Swedish Defense Ministry's procurement agency.

"With the signing of these agreements, we're taking further steps to help strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities and enable the purchase of newly produced defense equipment direct from the industry," Jonson commented.

"We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes for them to win the war, regain their freedom and rebuild their country."

Representatives of Sweden and Ukraine, both seeking NATO membership, were present at the summit in Vilnius on July 11-12, which addressed both their entry bids and the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Although Ukraine did not receive the much-desired invitation, the Group of Seven has presented new security commitments to help Kyiv repel the Russian invasion and deter future aggression.

These commitments were supported in a joint statement by the leaders of the Nordic countries, including Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland.

Martin Fornusek

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

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