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Zelensky met executives from leading Canadian companies, financial institutions and investment funds in Toronto to discuss turning new Ukraine-Canada agreements into practical projects. Talks covered defense industry, energy, agriculture, banking, infrastructure and veteran support. He also met businessman and philanthropist James Temerty, thanking Canada's Ukrainian community for its support and ...
❗️EU ambassadors failed to agree on extending sanctions against Russia after disputes over removing sanctioned businessmen from the list, DW reports. Slovakia is seeking the removal of Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, while France also supports removing Usmanov. A new ambassadors' meeting is expected on September 14, one day before the sanctions regime expires.
Repeated Ukrainian drone strikes and repair problems are steadily degrading Russia's oil refining system, according to the International Energy Agency. The IEA lowered its refining forecast to around 4 million barrels per day, about 30% below the level before the full-scale invasion. The agency said the industry's actual problems could be even more serious.
Exilenova+ satellite imagery indicates that Tatarstan, the flagship of Russia's Caspian Flotilla, was likely hit overnight in Kaspiysk. The vessel is a Project 11661K Gepard-class warship armed with Uran anti-ship missiles and an Osa-MA air defense system.
Footage shows a Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile flying over Tatarstan, Russia. The date of the footage is unknown, but the crowd seems excited to see the missile.
Ukraine's General Staff says Defense Forces struck several Russian military targets yesterday and overnight into September 11. Two Pantsir-S1 systems were hit in Taganrog, along with a radar in Bryansk region, a strike-drone storage, preparation and launch site in Donetsk, an Akhmat UAV operator training center in Luhansk region, and the Snezhne Machine-Building Plant in Donetsk region. Damage is ...
Ukraine's General Staff says Defense Forces struck the Saratov oil refinery overnight on September 11, with fires recorded at the site. The refinery processes about 7 million tonnes of oil per year and supplies fuel and lubricants to Russia's armed forces. Damage is being assessed.
Ukraine's military intelligence chief Oleh Ivashchenko says Russia could exhaust its capacity to wage war by 2028 if military and economic losses continue at their current pace. He told The Times that Russia recruits roughly 1,000-1,200 people per day, while his intelligence briefing showed recent daily casualties of 1,410 and 1,551. Ivashchenko also said Russian morale is very low and that most o...
Ukraine launched a combined drone and missile attack on Volgograd overnight. Multiple sources claim drones and FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles were used. Regional governor Andrey Bocharov confirmed an "industrial enterprise" in southern Volgograd was affected…
Russian observers report Ukrainian FP-1 long-range drones moving toward Berezniki in Russia's Perm region, where a suspected attack on a chemical facility is underway. The city hosts Uralchem's Azot plant, a major producer of ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium…
Ukraine's 119th Territorial Defense Brigade says FPV drone operators from its Nebula Division destroyed Russian equipment and field positions in a series of precision strikes. The brigade says armored vehicles and defensive positions were among the targets hit.
Russian observers report Ukrainian FP-1 long-range drones moving toward Berezniki in Russia's Perm region, where a suspected attack on a chemical facility is underway. The city hosts Uralchem's Azot plant, a major producer of ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate. Investigative reporting and railway data have linked its shipments to Russian defense manufacturers including the Sverdlov explosiv...
Ukraine launched a combined drone and missile attack on Volgograd overnight. Multiple sources claim drones and FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles were used. Regional governor Andrey Bocharov confirmed an "industrial enterprise" in southern Volgograd was affected, while "debris" was also reported in the area. The Volgograd oil refinery is suspected to have been the target, but this has not been confirme...
❗️Ukrainian drones attacked the Saratov oil refinery in Russia, a Rosneft facility that has been targeted several times before. The plant can process up to 7 million tonnes of crude oil annually, around 2.2% of Russia's total refining capacity. It produces gasoline, diesel and fuel oil, and directly supplies fuel and lubricants to the Russian Armed Forces and military-industrial complex.