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russian forces are bombing print houses and burning Ukrainian books in occupied areas, but this is not new tactic. The article explains how Russian empire and Soviets already tryed to erase Ukrainian culture for over 160 years through bans and purges. Now reading and supporting local authors is important way to resist this cultural destruction

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Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) carried out Kyiv’s deepest strike into Russia so far in the full-scale war, attacking a natural gas facility 3,200 kilometers (1,988 miles) from the Ukrainian border on Sept. 9, the military said.

The counterattck north of Lyman is a small area in the grand scheme. And if you’re looking for signficance, you shouldn’t over react to the push-pull of front lines in small sectors.

n a ninth-floor apartment in the central Serbian town of Krusevac, BIRN tracked down Russian-owned web hosting firm eServer.

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A Russian drone struck the office of Oleksandr Poklad, acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), in the SSU building in Kyiv. The general was not in his office at the time of the strike.

Russian authorities detained Lida Moniava, head of the “House with a Lighthouse” children’s hospice, and charged her with spreading “fake” information about the Russian military … Officers searched Moniava’s home on the morning of September 2 and brought her in for questioning at the Investigative Committee, Russia’s main law enforcement agency for major crimes. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

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Over the course of the month of August, Russia launched more than 2,800 jet-propelled drones at Ukraine, a type of drone that is harder to shoot down. That has come with a massive uptick in the number of drones used, considerind those now found on the frontline are quite a new model: Ukrainian authorities say they are pressed into service almost immediately after leaving the factory. FRANCE 24’s Oliver Farry looks at those new drones, and how Russia is using them to try and change the course of the war.

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Interesting (if true) - Economist is in the major leagues in terms of reliability. There is a “They”, and it’s probably the intelligence services. And the actual method would probably be less dignified than a hanging.

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Ukraine’s long-range strikes are aimed at depriving Russia of the resources it needs to wage the war. This night, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck sites used to store, prepare, and launch attack drones in the Oryol and Rostov regions.

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Over 113,000 people crossed the border between Russia and Georgia in just one week, at a time when rumors of a new mobilization are increasing. The Kremlin denies preparing such a measure, but recruitment is becoming more aggressive, and many Russians prefer to leave the country ahead of the parliamentary elections in September.

Russia has begun work on its own history textbook of Ukraine “from ancient times”, intended for schoolchildren in territories that are “still under the control of the Kyiv regime”, according to Mikhail Myagkov, scientific director of the Russian Military Historical Society, who announced the project at a press conference held by state news agency RIA Novosti.

Russia is losing about 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit, western officials have said.

Lots of people scoff at the idea that Putin will escalate further, given their floundering impotence in Ukraine. You hear a lot of versions of “He won’t do it because he can’t possibly win in an open fight against NATO”. You’re thinking rationally, and not like he does at this point in time. It also badly misses the likeliest reason why he might do exactly that. There’s a reason why the CIA director made a surprise visit to Moscow this week.

Four months after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, at a time when much of the world was pulling away from sensitive trade with Russia, the Chinese manufacturer Jiangsu Jingchuang Electronics Co. went deeper in.

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The new jet-powered versions of the Shahed drones, which Russia is using for massive attacks on Ukraine, are capable of reaching speeds of up to 500 km/h. This is roughly three times faster than previous drone models.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrived in Moscow after the US received intelligence regarding potential Russian preparations for mobilization and provocations against NATO countries, according to The Wall Street Journal on August 25.

Sad news for Russian fans of (apparently no longer) useful idiot Kanye West:

Seems like another ho-hum russian aburdity story about how to dodge accountability for these warehouse strikes. But it also says a lot about who Ukraine is dealing with. Pretending that Putin is a logical state actor who can be managed with rules and agreements badly misses the point.

When US military aid to Ukraine fell by 99% and Europe stepped into the breach in 2025, Russia’s influence machinery pivoted. Storm-1516, a network linked to the Internet Research Agency, had spent years spreading fabrications aimed at undermining international support for Ukraine. Now it set its sights on the Europeans picking up the tab.

PM will use independence day trip to announce sharing of classified information about Storm Shadow components.

Russian authorities plan to tighten restrictions on information particularly regarding the impact of Ukrainian strikes.

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot on Aug. 18 signaled his government could support using about 200 billion euros ($230 billion) of Russian frozen assets to support Ukraine, provided Europe shows “solidarity” in sharing the risks.

Something doesn’t smell right about this alleged post-election mobilitzation in Russia.

Internationally famous useful idiot Kanye West will perform two concerts in St. Petersburg this October.

Binance last year handed Russian authorities details of cryptocurrency donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns that were used as evidence to bring terrorism financing charges against a Russian IT specialist, law enforcement documents show.

Shocking news:

Russians have found a new way to withdraw capital and are sending $500 million a month to foreign brokers, according to Russian Central Bank data.

Russia will not be able to win the competition in the “war of attrition” when Ukraine is supported by the Western world. This was stated at a session of the Nikitsky Club by Andrey Klepach, chief economist of Vnesheconombank (VEB.RF), a key Russian state bank that finances the Kremlin’s national projects and has the status of a “state development corporation”.

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A large-scale blast hit an ammunition factory in the Italian town of Colleferro, near Rome, on Aug. 13, local authorities and regional media reported.

“Ukraine can be, and yes, it is wrong about Kosovo, but its right to be free remains unquestionable, and fighting for that right means fighting for Europe and for ourselves too,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama wrote on X.

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Ukrainian drone strikes targeting Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries—which processes 6 trillion rubles ($74 billion) in annual sales across nearly 100,000 pickup points—have wiped out one-third of its total warehouse capacity, according to Data Insight analysts, cited by The New York Times on August 8.