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Investigation: How a Swiss-linked company helped Russian arms factories like Kalashnikov stay afloat
Key findings: * Leaked documents reveal over 50 Russian defense companies operating Western industrial high-precision machinery — produced by Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden — to manufacture weapons used against Ukraine. * Their machinery serving arms production was maintained by the Russian firm Galika-Service over the years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. * Russia-based Galika-Service is part of the larger Galika group, built around the Swiss company Galika AG. The group’s cen
Russia 'lost control' of its diesel industry due to Ukraine's attacks, Trump says ahead of Zelensky meeting
A large number of Russian "refineries have been blown up and are, at least temporarily, out of commission," Trump said, urging an end to the fighting.
France and Slovakia's threat to scupper 3,000 EU sanctions to protect two Russian oligarchs gathers steam
"How can anyone seriously discuss sanctions delisting while Russia's war continues?" asked Ukraine's sanctions envoy Vladyslav Vlasiuk, in response to news that the EU planned to drop sanctions on two oligarchs.
Putin's ruling party set to claim 'victory' in Russian parliamentary election, in results deemed predetermined
As is typical of elections in Russia, the results are widely considered by independent election monitors to be predetermined by Putin and his regime.
Ukraine's oil and gas giant to build storage sites in Hungary amid fears of Russian winter strikes
"Amid ongoing Russian attacks on our fuel infrastructure, diversifying supply routes and creating additional storage capacity outside the areas facing attacks is a matter of stability for the entire market," Naftogaz's acting head Serhii Fedorenko said.
Romania's pro-Russian ex-presidential candidate investigated for fraud, media reports
Romanian authorities are conducting searches at addresses linked to Calin Georgescu in connection with an alleged 1.1 million euro ($1.3 million) fraud scheme, Romanian media reported.
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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All of the EU's 3,000 sanctions against individuals helping Russia's war effort could be extinguished overnight if Brussels, Paris, and Azerbaijan fail to find a compromise by Sept. 21, EU diplomats told the Kyiv Independent. The EU is set to renew the sanctions against Russia-linked individuals on Sept. 21. The package accounts for about half of the EU's total sanctions listings. Given that Russia has not changed its behavior towards Ukraine since 2022, the vote to renew sanctions against tho
