Category: Updates
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9/20/2025 — The Day Putin’s Numbers Didn’t Add Up: September 18, 2025

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / September 19, 2025 When 700,000 Russian soldiers couldn’t prevent Ukrainian liberation, and drones carried fire to refineries 1,300 kilometers from the front The Story of a Single Day September 18, 2025, began with Vladimir Putin standing before cameras, declaring that over 700,000 Russian soldiers were advancing on “practically all fronts” in…
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9/19/2025 — Dmitry Kozak, Longtime Putin Confidant Who Reportedly Opposed Ukraine War, Resigns

From: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty By Mike Eckel Dmitry Kozak — a longtime confidant and close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin who reportedly opposed the Ukraine war in its early days — has resigned from the government, the Kremlin said. Kozak, 66, who served as deputy head of the Kremlin’s powerful Presidential Administration, opted to…
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9/19/2025 — Ukraine: Why young men can now enter, leave as they choose

From: DW News by Iryna Ukhina at the Polish-Ukrainian border Despite martial law, Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 are now allowed to leave their country without facing prosecution. DW spoke to some young men at the border between Ukraine and Poland about their reasons for traveling. passing slowly through the Shehyni checkpoint in the region…
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9/19/2025 — Warsaw turns to Ukraine for drone warfare expertise after Russian drones enter Polish airspace

From: AP NEWS BY ILLIA NOVIKOV KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Poland is drawing on Ukraine’s expertise in battle-tested drone warfare, establishing joint military training programs and manufacturing projects, officials from Warsaw and Kyiv announced Thursday, just over a week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace and exposed NATO’s vulnerability to a new generation of uncrewed systems. Drones used for defense…
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9/19/2025 — Europe needs a new approach to Belarus focused on practical outcomes

From: Atlantic Council By Valery Kavaleuski More than five years since pro-democracy protests threatened to topple the regime of Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka, relations between Belarus and the country’s European neighbors remain locked in a downward spiral that is only adding to the instability of the wider region. When Lukashenka resorted to a brutal crackdown against…
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9/19/2025 — Putin’s Polish probe demands decisive response to restore NATO deterrence

From: Atlantic Council By Zahar Hryniv On September 10, nineteen Russian drones entered Poland, marking the largest violation of NATO airspace since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine more than three and a half years ago. Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski described the attack as an attempt to probe NATO defenses and test the alliance’s…
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9/19/2025 — Putin’s Military Parade: When War Games Meet Strategic Strikes

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / September 17, 2025 As Russian President Oversees Final Day of Zapad-2025 Exercises in Military Uniform, Ukrainian Forces Strike Deep Into Enemy Territory While Massive Drone Campaign Targets Civilian Areas Summary of the Day – September 16, 2025 September 16 witnessed Russian President Vladimir Putin personally overseeing the final day of Zapad-2025…
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9/18/2025 — Banking Collapse In Russia: Mass Cash Withdrawals Continue (video)

From: Anna From Ukraine 🇺🇦 Vlog 1170: War in Ukraine
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9/17/2025 — Zelenskyy calls for a European air defense system as Russian strike wounds 20

From: AP NEWS BY ILLIA NOVIKOV KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces bombarded the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with rockets overnight, wounding 20 people, including four children, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday as he urged European leaders to make the continent safe by building an ambitious air defense umbrella. With the war grinding on since Russia’s full-scale…
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9/17/2025 — Ukrainian children have been taken to more than 200 facilities in Russia, new report finds

Using open-source intelligence, news reports and Russian government documents, as well as satellite imagery, the Yale report identified 210 different locations. From: NBC NEWS By Gabe Joselow Ukrainian children have been taken to over 200 different facilities across Russia, including locations where they have been subjected to forced “re-education” and military training in a clear violation of international…