Prosecutors charge pro-Kremlin lawmaker with high treason. Ilya Kyva has also been charged with infringing on Ukraine's territorial integrity, taking part in Russian war propaganda and illegal weapons possession, according to the charges published on March 6 by Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova. When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Kyva blamed the war on President Volodymyr Zelensky and urged him to resign.
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Saturday, September 20
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In Episode 4 of “Dare to Ukraine: Village,” Masha’s quiet rural routine is interrupted by a new mission: uncover the local history and debunk Russian propaganda myths about Ukraine.
At the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the Group of Seven (G7) countries froze approximately $300 billion in Russian central bank assets.
President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump during his upcoming visit to the UN General Assembly next week, Zelensky said on Sept. 20.
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Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukrainian cities overnight on Sept. 20, killing at least two people and injuring 32 others, officials reported.
Major airports across Europe experienced flight delays and cancellations including in Brussels, Berlin, and at London's Heathrow Airport, after a third-party provider of check-in and boarding systems said it was experiencing a "cyber-related disruption."
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Ukraine's General Staff said that it had struck two oil refineries overnight on Sept. 20 in Russia's Saratov and Samara oblasts, confirming earlier reports on social media from Russian residents.
Russia has lost 1,099,530 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Sept. 20.
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Article 4 allows member states to call for discussions with allies if they believe their security is threatened. Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland on Sept. 19.
"If it had all happened at once, maybe you could call it an accident. But six hours of drones? That’s a test – a way to see what the West would do. And we have to respond like it’s a test," Kellogg said.
Saturday, September 20
"During the flight, the Russian aircraft did not deviate from the agreed-upon route and did not violate Estonian airspace," the Russian Defense Ministry claimed.
The two nations used profits from joint oil and gas enterprises to fund defense contracts, bypassing the global banking system, Vietnamese government documents show.
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Estonia summoned Russia's charge d'affaires on Sept. 19 after three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the Baltic nation's airspace for 12 minutes, the Foreign Ministry said.
The case, widely known in Ukraine as the "golden eggs" scandal, erupted in January 2023 after reports alleged the Defense Ministry had been buying basic food items for the Armed Forces at vastly inflated prices.
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