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POLITICSSep 18Zelenskyy hosts leaders from 7 countries for a regional summit - AP NewsZelenskyy hosts leaders from 7 countries for a regional summit AP NewsAP News
CONFLICTSep 18European leaders warn of ‘intensified threat’ from PutinPolitico Europe
MILITARYSep 18Trump touts plan for new U.S. base as Poland warns of risks from RussiaTrump touts "major progress" on plans for a permanent U.S. Army base in Poland as the country's leader warns Russia's war on Ukraine could hit NATO soil.CBS News
CONFLICTSep 18Russian strike sets warehouse on fire in Kyiv region's Vyshhorod districtUkrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 18Russia’s exiled opposition wants voters at polling stations at noon on the main day of the Duma elections. Its new video borrows from a 1971 American ad against the Vietnam War.Actor Nikita Kukushkin, who condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and left the country, has recorded a video supporting the “Noon for a Peaceful Russia” campaign, which Ilya Yashin and several other Russian opposition figures in exile are promoting. They are urging Russians to turn out at polling stations at noon on September 20 — the third and main day of voting in the State Duma elections — as a legal way to register their opposition to the war.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTSep 18Ukraine lashes out at Russian elections ‘held at gunpoint’ in occupied territoryThe Independent World
POLITICSSep 18Russia’s Justice Ministry labels filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev a ‘foreign agent.’ At Cannes, where his new film took the Grand Prix, he had called on Putin to stop the war.Russia’s Justice Ministry has added film director Andrei Zvyagintsev to its register of “foreign agents.”Meduza [en]
CONFLICTSep 18Zelenskyy describes Ukraine's defence funding shortfall as astronomicalZelenskyy said Ukraine is struggling with an “astronomical” defence funding shortfall and is preparing proposals with its partners to close the gap and fund weapons production.pravda_uk · ukraine
CONFLICTSep 18Strike on Poltava region damages buildings and business, injures three people who are hospitalizedThree people were injured in the Kremenchuk District of the Poltava Region as a result of Russian shelling.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARYSep 18Facing the intensification of provocations, Poland is preparing for all scenariosLe Figaro International
POLITICSSep 18Three parties to attempt to form new cabinet following Romanian electionThe previous government collapsed after a no-confidence vote following tensions over austerity and efforts to reduce Romania’s large budget deficit.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSSep 18EU President to Skip Serbia and Bosnia on Balkan TourThe EU said Ursula von der Leyen's Balkan visit will miss Serbia and Bosnia – citing elections – but Serbia's president dismissed this as ‘elegant’ excuse for a no-show after controversy over Ratko Mladic's funeral.Balkan Insight
POLITICSSep 18Zelensky meets with Vučić to discuss European integration and Russian attacksUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed European integration and the situation regarding Russian attacks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.Ukrinform [en]
CONFLICTSep 18Russian hybrid attacks against Europe are intensifying, Macron declaresBBC Afrique
POLITICSSep 18Russia’s State Duma elections begin with record online turnout, a million votes in occupied Donetsk, and attempts to bribe observers.Meduza [en]
MILITARYSep 18Zelensky discusses joint drone production and SAFE program with Romanian presidentPresident Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the SAFE program and the co-production of drones with Romanian President Nicușor Dan.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 18Macron to call emergency G7 meeting as energy prices spike and Russian hybrid attacks mountPolitico Europe
POLITICSSep 18Week in Review: Campaigns, Crackdowns and Clan WarsWith elections approaching in Bosnia and Serbia, rhetoric is heating up, while in Turkey and Albania, campaigners are feeling the pressure, as our round-up of Balkan Insight Premium stories shows.Balkan Insight
POLITICSSep 18Russian man swims from Kaliningrad to Lithuania in failed asylum attemptA 68-year-old Russian man swam down the Nemunas River from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave to neighbouring Lithuania to seek asylum, only to be returned to Russia.EuroNews [en]
CYBERSep 18Macron wants to better protect critical infrastructure against Russian attacksPresident Macron heeft de Franse regering opdracht gegeven om een plan te maken om kritieke infrastructuur en defensielocaties beter te beschermen. Volgens Macron is de dreiging van hybride aanvallen door Rusland op Frankrijk en Europa de afgelopen weken toegenomen. Hij zei dat ook Frankrijk de afgelopen weken doelwit is geweest van Russische hybride aanvallen. Dat zijn aanvallen waarbij traditionele militaire middelen gecombineerd worden met niet-militaire middelen, zoals cyberaanvallen en verspreiding van desinformatie. Macron voegde daaraan toe dat de aanvallen niet "onbeantwoord" zullen blNOS Buitenland
MILITARYSep 18FULL INTERVIEW: US NATO Envoy Warns Of Patriot Missile ShortageUS Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has warned that global demand for missiles for Patriot air defense systems is “outpacing supply” and that Washington and its allies would have to “dig deep” to support Ukraine. Speaking to RFE/RL correspondent Ray Furlong on September 18, Whitaker said an increasingly dangerous international environment was leading to a shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles and that manufacturing capacity was not keeping up.RFE/RL
POLITICSSep 18Zelensky announces new ‘Carpathian Eight.’ Tusk and Vučić attend its first summit (but Fico doesn’t)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced a new international cooperation initiative, the “Carpathian Eight”:Meduza [en]
MILITARYSep 18NATO is measuring Russian adaptation the wrong wayFor NATO, reproducibility should become a distinct measure of Russian military capability, driving how the alliance plans for the future.Breaking Defense
CONFLICTSep 18Russian strike on downtown Odesa damages administrative building, causes injuriesUkrinform [en]