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Thursday, October 9
'Massive' Russian attack in Sumy Oblast kills 3, injures 2
A series of "massive enemy strikes" targeted rural communities in the northeastern border region, causing casualties and destroying civilian infrastructure, Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.
Russian stock market plummets to 3-year low after Kremlin statement on 'collapsing' US-Moscow relations
The 4.05% drop brings the MOEX Russia Index, the primary benchmark of the Russian stock market, to its lowest levels since September 2022.
Tajikistan lets Putin enter despite ICC arrest warrant
The Tajik government has not publicly explained why it did not comply with the ICC warrant and arrest Vladimir Putin on its territory.
Ex-military chief Zaluzhnyi again denies running political campaign, supporting elections during war
"I do not support holding elections during wartime. Anyone who receives an offer — allegedly on my behalf — to join any initiative through any organization should report it to law enforcement," Valerii Zaluzhnyi said.
Ukraine’s authorities confront electronics retailers over smuggled iPhones in contraband crackdown
Ukraine’s economic crimes bureau’s new leadership brought together businesses on Oct. 8 with a clear message: the era of illicit electronics sales is over. The newly appointed head of the bureau, Oleksandr Tsyvisnky, is hoping he can curb this illegal trade, and with that, recover an estimated Hr 20 billion ($484 million) in lost revenue to the state budget caused by illegal electronics sales. Nearly 80% of iPhones sold in Ukraine are illegally imported into the country and sold not just at st
EU ambassadors approve plan to phase out Russian gas, oil by 2028, Reuters reports
The plan to phase out Russian oil and gas by January 2028 has received broad backing from most member states, though Hungary and Slovakia continue to oppose it, a source told Reuters.
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Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amid the deadliest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution. Around 30,000 Russian troops crossed into Crimea, taking hold of the peninsula by early March 2014. Russia has continued to occupy Crimea ever since. Crimea covers an area of around 27,000 square kilometers (10,400 square miles), roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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