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Ukraine urges US sanctions on Russia’s Starlink knockoff amid drone threat
Kyiv will provide Washington and Congress with details of companies and individuals supporting the Rassvet network, Ukraine’s acting ambassador to the U.S., Denys Sienik, said, Reuters reported on Sept. 30.
Belarus tests a new path back to the West
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has worked his way out of Western isolation before. Now, he seems to be launching yet another attempt. U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 21 announced a "massive" potash deal with Belarus, and only days later, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski held talks with his Belarusian counterpart in the first ministerial meeting in seven years. Belarus has faced international isolation since the heavily disputed 2020 presidential elections, which Lukashe
Russian strike kills 1, injures 2 in Kyiv as Southern Bridge hit again overnight
Kyiv has faced repeated Russian attacks in recent days. A large-scale Russian missile and drone attack beginning on Sept. 30 killed four people and injured at least eight, while also damaging residential and energy infrastructure in the capital.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,537,390 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,520 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Ukrainian forces reportedly strike oil facilities in Russia's Volgograd, Samara regions
Ukrainian drones previously struck the Samara station in April, causing a large fire and damaging five crude oil tanks, each with a capacity of 20,000 cubic meters, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine told the Kyiv Independent at the time.
Russia to conscript 120,000 men, again promises they won't be sent to fight in Ukraine
Putin repeatedly said in interviews in early March 2022 that conscripts were not being asked to participate in the invasion and would not be sent to fight. Only days later, Russia’s Defense Ministry to acknowledged that some conscripts had been deployed to Ukraine and captured.
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Ukraine's reconstruction effort addresses damage estimated at at least $588 billion, according to a World Bank assessment. Russia's full-scale invasion has destroyed or damaged millions of residential buildings, thousands of schools and hospitals, and critical infrastructure across multiple oblasts. International donors and financial institutions coordinate recovery programs through mechanisms including the Multi-Agency Donor Coordination Platform.
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Compared to the most recent figure from July 2026, the decree increases total staff by only around 15,500, is the fourth such incremental raise announced this year.
