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Speaking to Group of Seven leaders on Oct. 11, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for air defense systems to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks. (Video: Reuters)
By Emily Rauhala, Ellen Francis, Bryan Pietsch, Leo Sands, Victoria Bisset, Maite Fernández Simon and Sammy Westfall
Updated October 12, 2022 at 5:46 p.m. EDT|Published October 12, 2022 at 1:53 a.m. EDT
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The United Nations on Wednesday voted to condemn Russia’s illegal seizure of Ukrainian territory, dealing a symbolic but important blow to Moscow’s diplomatic standing as it ramps up attacks on civilian sites and infrastructure.
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a U.S.-sponsored resolution that demands Russia reverse its annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine. The text, which is not legally binding, was adopted by a vote of 143-5 with 35 abstentions.
The vote came as NATO defense ministers convened in Brussels to discuss sending more air defense systems to Ukraine. The “malice and cruelty” of Russia’s recent escalation has only deepened allies’ commitment to supporting Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a group of officials at the meeting.
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Russia’s FSB security service accused Ukraine’s military intelligence of being behind Saturday’s explosion on the Crimean Bridge and said it detained eight people Wednesday.
Ukraine’s defense minister said an IRIS-T air defense system from Germany and four HIMARS launchers from the United States have arrived. The air defense system is the first of four that Germany is sending, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it could protect “an entire major city from Russian air attacks.”
A Ukrainian official described the Russian investigation into the Crimean Bridge blast as “nonsense.” Ukraine has not officially claimed responsibility, but a government official told The Washington Post earlier that its special services were involved.
Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Washington and its allies for Europe’s energy crisis, criticized plans to introduce a price cap on Russian oil and said Russia is “ready” to supply energy to Europe. “Russia is not to blame for the fact that Europeans, like in the Middle Ages, stock up on firewood for the winter,” he said in a speech at the Russian Energy Week Forum.
External power was restored Wednesday to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, which had been relying on generators after losing all external power for the second time in days, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The U.N. nuclear watchdog is trying to establish a security zone at the site, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which Russian forces control.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to meet with Putin in Kazakhstan on Thursday. The leaders are likely to discuss paths to peace in Ukraine, according to Kremlin spokesman Yuri Ushakov, Reuters reported.
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Musk appeasement of Putin and China stokes fears of new Twitter policies
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a ceremony to declare the annexation of four regions of Ukraine on Sept. 30, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a ceremony to declare the annexation of four regions of Ukraine on Sept. 30, 2022. (Sputnik/via REUTERS)
The person most likely to own Twitter next month has proposed solving the war in Ukraine by letting Russia keep territory, won praise from a top Chinese diplomat for suggesting China take control of Taiwan, and welcomed a widely followed celebrity back to Twitter who had just had his Instagram account suspended for threatening Jews — all within the past week.
The latest scrutiny came Tuesday, when prominent geopolitical analyst Ian Bremmer said Musk had been speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin before tweeting out a three-point plan for Ukraine that would leave Crimea, taken by force in 2014, in Russia’s hands.
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U.N. votes to condemn Russian annexation of Ukrainian territory
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By Karen DeYoung
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield addresses the general assembly before a vote on a resolution condemning the annexation of parts of Ukraine by Russia at U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield addresses the general assembly before a vote on a resolution condemning the annexation of parts of Ukraine by Russia at U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday. (David Dee Delgado/Reuters)
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a U.S.-sponsored resolution condemning Russia’s illegal annexation of territory in Ukraine by a vote of 143-5, with 35 abstentions.
The vote was numerically nearly identical to one adopted in March, just 10 days after Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine, despite 7½ months of brutal war and appeals for support from both the United States and Russia.
While the resolution again won significantly more than the required two-thirds majority of the United Nations’ 193 members, it followed significant diplomatic efforts by both the United States and Russia to increase their margins.
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As missiles strike Ukraine, Israel won’t sell its vaunted air defense
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By Steve Hendrix
Israeli air defense system Iron Dome takes out rockets fired from Gaza near Sderot, Israel on May 4, 2019.
Israeli air defense system Iron Dome takes out rockets fired from Gaza near Sderot, Israel on May 4, 2019. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
JERUSALEM — Moscow’s deadly air assault on Ukrainian cities has ramped up pressure on Western nations to rush air defense systems to the embattled country, but it is still unlikely to receive one of the world’s most effective tools against incoming projectiles.
Israel’s Iron Dome air defense, which boasts a 90 percent success rate against rockets fired against it, will stay out of Ukraine’s reach, experts said, as Jerusalem seeks to maintain strategic relations with Russia in Syria and other hot spots.
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Photos: Abandoned letters to Russian soldiers
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By Heidi Levine
Drawings sent to Russian soldiers at a school they used as a base during their past occupation of Khreshchenivka in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Oct. 6.
Drawings sent to Russian soldiers at a school they used as a base during their past occupation of Khreshchenivka in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Oct. 6. (Heidi Levine for The Washington Post)
Russian soldiers lived in and operated from a school during their occupation of the now-liberated village of Khreshchenivka in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region. Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine came across letters said to be written by children that were apparently mailed to those soldiers at this former base.
Multiple letters claim to be written by a 4-year old girl named Eva.
The letters all have the same handwritten words that read:
“Dear soldier! I’m Eva, I’m 4 years old. We are writing to you from the outback of the Ural, my mother and I. I don’t know what war is, but I think it’s very scary. You are fighting for peace and for me, my mother and everyone to live in peace. Thank you for your courage, for your courage in battles. We are proud of your exploits. Each liberated city, village is the happiness and joy of all people. You are a real hero of our country, regardless of rank and age. Thank you for your brave service. Come back live! We are proud of you! We are praying for you. Hugs, Eva.”
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Photos: The aftermath of missile strikes in Zaporizhzhia
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By Louisa Loveluck and Wojciech Grzedzinski
Firefighters clear the rubble of a destroyed apartment building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Wednesday.
Firefighters clear the rubble of a destroyed apartment building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (Wojciech Grzedzinski for The Washington Post)
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — At least 70 people have been killed in Russian missile attacks on this provincial capital since President Vladimir Putin announced that he would annex the region around it, officials say.
For much of this war, Zaporizhzhia had been a place in which civilians had sought refuge from territories occupied by Russia across Ukraine’s south and east. But over the past 10 days, the high rise apartment blocks have become a new front line, as nightly missile strikes hit civilian areas, and families that wanted to stay finally feel that they can’t.
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Germany rejects Putin’s offer to restart gas supply through Nord Stream 2
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By Maite Fernández Simon
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the plenary session of the 5th Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow on Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the plenary session of the 5th Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow on Wednesday. (Alexey Maishev/AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday proposed to resume the supply of gas to Europe using the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a suggestion that was quickly turned down by German officials.
During a speech at an energy forum in Moscow, Putin said, “The ball is in the E.U.’s court. If they want to, then the taps can be turned on and that’s it,” suggesting the supply of gas could be resumed through the part of the pipeline that has not been damaged in a recent explosion.
A spokeswoman for the German government flatly ruled out the idea. Spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann told reporters that “independently of the possible sabotage of the two pipelines, we have seen that Russia is no longer a reliable energy supplier, and that even before the damage to Nord Stream 1 there was no longer any gas flowing,” the Associated Press reported.
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External power to Zaporizhzhia plant restored, nuclear watchdog head says
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By Maite Fernández Simon
The external power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is under Russian occupation, has been restored, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, said in a tweet.
Grossi said he had been informed by his team on the site that the external power had been restored, and that the outage was caused by “shelling damage to a far off sub-station, highlighting how precarious the situation is.”
Grossi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Tuesday to discuss the situation in the occupied plant. The IAEA has repeatedly asked for a security protection zone around the facility, the largest in Europe.
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Austin: U.S. and allies working to boost Ukrainian air defense
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By Emily Rauhala
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin gestures as he speaks during a news conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. (Olivier Matthys/AP)
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin gestures as he speaks during a news conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. (Olivier Matthys/AP)
BRUSSELS — The United States and allies are pushing to get Ukraine additional air defense as fast as possible and remain committed to supplying Ukrainian forces through the weeks, months and years ahead, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday.
Speaking after a meeting of the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a coalition of some 50 countries that have pledged military assistance to Ukraine, Austin said “the will is there” to get Ukraine the advanced weapons it wants and needs.
“We are going to do everything we can, as fast we can, to get the Ukrainian forces what they need to protect the Ukrainian people,” he said at a news conference at NATO headquarters in Belgium. He did not announce any new deliveries.
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Biden views China as bigger challenge than Russia, Sullivan says
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By John Hudson
National security adviser Jake Sullivan.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan. (Michael Reynolds/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
President Biden still views China as the most consequential geopolitical challenge to the United States despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and his threats to use nuclear weapons, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Wednesday.
Nonetheless, constraining a “profoundly dangerous Russia” remains a key goal of the United States, Sullivan said.
The twin threats of Russia and China are laid out in the Biden administration’s long-awaited national security strategy, a document required by Congress that was delayed until Wednesday given Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
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Putin blames U.S. for pipeline blasts as his energy war on Europe falters
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By Robyn Dixon
Pipes at the landfall facilities of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, on Feb. 15.
Pipes at the landfall facilities of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, on Feb. 15. (Michael Sohn/AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing the probable loss of Europe as Russia’s main energy market, accused the United States on Wednesday of sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines and lashed out at European efforts to impose price caps on Russian energy.
Putin provided no evidence to support his claim.
Swedish authorities have confirmed detonations to the Nord Stream pipelines that ship Russian gas to Europe, but have not attributed blame, with investigations ongoing.
The explosions last month marked the likely end to Russia’s dominance as Europe’s main gas supplier, rupturing an economic relationship that goes back to the 1960s.
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Pope Francis calls for ‘hurricane of violence’ in Ukraine to stop
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By Maite Fernández Simon
Pope Francis leads the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday.
Pope Francis leads the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday. (Ettore Ferrari/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Pope Francis condemned Russia’s latest military escalation in Kyiv and other major cities and asked for the “hurricane of violence” unleashed on Ukrainians to stop.
Speaking in front of thousands of pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, he said his heart “is with the Ukrainian people, especially the inhabitants of the places where the bombings have raged,” the Vatican News reported.
“I carry within me their pain,” the pope said.
Francis appealed for “those who hold the fate of the war in their hands” to stop the attacks “so that the hurricane of violence may cease and peaceful coexistence in justice may be rebuilt.”
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Biden calls Russian attacks on civilians ‘brutal’ and ‘beyond the pale’
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President Biden speaks to media before boarding the Marine One helicopter for travel to Colorado from the White House in Washington on Oct. 12.
President Biden speaks to media before boarding the Marine One helicopter for travel to Colorado from the White House in Washington on Oct. 12. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
President Biden offered a fresh condemnation Wednesday of Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine, calling them “brutal” and “beyond the pale.”
Biden spoke briefly to reporters as he left the White House en route to a West Coast swing. He was asked for his assessment of the recent attacks.
“Same as always, man. It’s brutal. It’s beyond the pale,” Biden said.
Biden, who said in a CNN interview Tuesday that he would be willing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the release of detained U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, was also asked whether he had seen any movement in the case.
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Russia’s new commander in Ukraine was decorated after brutality in Syria
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By Mary Ilyushina
The aftermath on Tuesday of a Russian missile strike near Tower 101, not far from Kyiv's main train station.
The aftermath on Tuesday of a Russian missile strike near Tower 101, not far from Kyiv's main train station. (Ed Ram/Getty Images)
Russia’s missile strikes on Ukrainian cities Monday, which President Vladimir Putin said targeted “energy, military command and communications facilities,” also hit downtown streets, a playground and residential areas, bearing a grim resemblance to Russia’s brutally indiscriminate military style in Syria, where the Kremlin’s new top commander of the war on Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, rose to prominence.
It is unclear whether Monday’s barrage, which continued to a lesser degree Tuesday, marked a shift in tactics that will characterize the war for months to come.
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Kyiv electricity supplier imposes rolling blackouts after Russian attacks
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By Victoria Bisset
The electricity supplier for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, has introduced limits on energy use following attacks on the country’s energy sector earlier this week.
DTEK Kyiv Grid said Wednesday that it would begin rolling blackouts due to increased consumption in the city.
Russian attacks on Monday and Tuesday hit around 30 percent of the country’s energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s energy minister said.
The airstrikes represented the first time in the almost eight-month war that Russia had directly targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities, German Galushchenko told CNN in an interview late Tuesday. He said one reason was that Ukrainian electricity exports to Europe allow European countries to reduce their dependence on Russian gas and coal. But Ukraine’s energy system remains stable, Galushchenko added.
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Attacks reported in southern Ukraine for third consecutive day
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By Victoria Bisset
Russian attacks continued in cities across Ukraine on Wednesday after two consecutive days of attacks on civilian areas, officials said.
In southern Ukraine, Oleksandr Starukh, governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, reported that around seven S-300 missiles hit the city of Zaporizhzhia and its suburbs overnight. “Fortunately there were no victims,” he wrote on Telegram.
Elsewhere in the region, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Federov reported a “powerful explosion," which he said sent a car flying into the air. No casualties were immediately reported.
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Defense Secretary Austin promises ongoing support for Ukraine
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By Emily Rauhala
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The “malice and cruelty” of Russia’s recent escalation has only deepened allies’ commitment to supporting Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday.
Austin’s remarks opened the sixth meeting of the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group, also known as the “Ramstein format,” a coalition of some 50 countries that have pledged military assistance to Ukraine. The gathering is happening on the sidelines of a NATO defense ministerial meeting at the military alliance’s headquarters in Belgium.
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Russian military-aged men sail to South Korea to avoid draft
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By Min Joo Kim
SEOUL — Fleeing their country’s mobilization of reservists, at least 20 Russians traveled to South Korea aboard yachts, where most were denied entry, according to local officials and media reports.
President Vladimir Putin’s partial call up of reservists last month sparked a national rush to leave the country by military-aged men.
Coast Guard officials said three boats landed at ports in South Korea’s southeastern city of Pohang earlier this month. Of the more than dozen onboard, only two have been granted entry to South Korea, a Pohang Coast Guard official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a developing case. He described the men as all being of conscription age.
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Russia announces detention of 8 people over Crimea bridge blast
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By Leo Sands
Flame and smoke rise from the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and the Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait.
Flame and smoke rise from the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and the Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait. (AP)
Moscow’s security services announced the arrests of eight people — including five Russian citizens — after the explosion that destroyed part of the strategic Crimean Bridge early Saturday.
In a statement, Russia’s FSB security service accused Ukraine’s military intelligence service of coordinating what it described as a “terrorist act” and blamed it on explosives hidden in the back of a cargo truck that detonated along the bridge. The FSB also claimed that three “citizens of Ukraine and Armenia” participated. When asked about the allegations, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs told the public broadcaster that the Russian investigation was “nonsense.”
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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses power again
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By Victoria Bisset
A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Aug. 4.
A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Aug. 4. (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)
The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has lost all external power for the second time in five days, and backup diesel generators are being used to ensure safety, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Wednesday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Rafael Mariano Grossi described the news at Zaporizhzhia — Europe’s largest power plant — as “a deeply worrying development.” He also repeated previous calls for a protection zone to be established around the site.
Power was only restored to the site on Sunday, after shelling a day earlier took out the last remaining power line.
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U.N. to vote this week on condemning Russia over annexations
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By Bryan Pietsch
The United Nations General Assembly is set to vote this week on a resolution to condemn Russia over its illegal annexations in eastern Ukraine, putting countries on the record for their positions on the war.
The Biden administration has sought to convince potentially wavering countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa to vote for the resolution and take an explicit stance against Russia’s invasion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration last month that he was annexing four regions in Ukraine marked an illegal and sharp escalation in the war.
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NATO ministers convene in Brussels, flanked by Finland and Sweden
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By Emily Rauhala and Leo Sands
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Defense ministers representing the NATO military alliance’s 30 members are meeting to coordinate plans on equipping Ukraine’s army for battle into winter and discuss the group’s response to Russia’s “dangerous nuclear rhetoric.”
Kicking off two days of meetings, the group’s chief, Jens Stoltenberg urged Ukraine’s backers to boost their military support for the country. “Allies have provided air defenses, but we need more. We need different types of air defense,” he said at NATO’s Belgian headquarters.
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Russia used Iranian drones in latest attacks, U.K. says
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By Victoria Bisset
Russia used Iranian-made drones as part of its “extensive wave” of attacks across Ukraine on Monday, the British Defense Ministry said in a Wednesday intelligence update.
Citing claims from the Ukrainian military, the ministry said Russia had launched 86 Shahed-139 unmanned aerial vehicles during the conflict so far, 60 percent of which were destroyed in the air.
Moscow had used Iranian drones since at least August, the ministry noted. U.S. and other intelligence agencies previously said Tehran sent its first shipment of drones to Russia in mid-August.
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China is learning from the war on Ukraine, Taiwan warns
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By Christian Shepherd
A Taiwanese official warned that China is absorbing lessons from Russia’s invasion into a “new normal” of elevated military threat against the self-governing island that Beijing claims as its own.
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait reached the highest point in decades in August when China reacted to a visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — the most senior American politician to visit Taipei since the 1990s — by conducting large-scale military drills on all sides of Taiwan’s main island.
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While delivering a report on cross-strait tensions in parliament on Wednesday, Chen Ming-tong, director general of Taiwan’s National Security Bureau, said that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army had been drawing upon the war in Ukraine and developing new kinds of “hybrid warfare” such as flying civilian drones over Taiwan’s outlying islands or launching cyberattacks alongside traditional military saber rattling.
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As attacks continue, Zelensky remains defiant
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By Sammy Westfall
Zelensky asks G-7 leaders for air defense systems
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Speaking to Group of Seven leaders on Oct. 11, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for air defense systems to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks. (Video: Reuters)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his nightly address, lamented the “new wave of terror” launched by Russia. But his tone remained defiant.
He said that of 28 missiles fired by Russia on Tuesday, 20 were shot down. And of 15 drones launched, “most” were shot down, he said. Ukraine’s General Staff of the Armed Forces said in a separate statement that 11 drones were destroyed Tuesday.
He applauded one soldier, Dmytro Shumskyi — who had “excellent skills and reaction,” Zelensky added — for reportedly shooting down two Russian cruise missiles with the Stinger shoulder-fired air defense system. Zelensky said that the power supply has been restored in some affected cities and districts and that utility teams were working “quite quickly and efficiently” throughout the country. If it weren’t for the second day of attacks, he added, the power, water and communication systems disrupted in attacks Monday would have been restored.
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G-7 demands Russian withdrawal from Ukraine, pledges continued support
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By Karen DeYoung, Loveday Morris, Isabelle Khurshudyan and Emily Rauhala
The Group of Seven nations on Tuesday committed themselves to continue supplying Ukraine’s “urgent requirements” for military equipment and demanded that Russia “completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its troops and military equipment from Ukraine,” including Crimea and all “annexed” regions.
In a speech to the meeting, held via video among the leaders of the United States, Canada, Japan and major European allies, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky detailed a second straight day of Russian bombardment of civilian areas, far from the front lines of the war. Tuesday brought dozens of armed drones, “plus 28 launches of Russian missiles,” he told them. “And that’s just for this morning.”
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Biden says he has ‘no intention’ of meeting with Putin at G-20
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By Bryan Pietsch
President Biden said that he has “no intention” of meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia next month but that he would make an exception if, “for example,” the discussion were about the release of American basketball star Brittney Griner.
In an interview with CNN that aired Tuesday evening, Biden said, “If [Putin] came to me at the G-20 and said, ‘I want to talk about the release of Griner,’ I’d meet with him.” Griner is detained in Russia, sentenced to 9½ years in prison after a vape cartridge of cannabis oil that was found in her luggage there.
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Yellen meets with Ukrainian counterpart, calls on allies to do more
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By Bryan Pietsch
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen met with her Ukrainian counterpart, Sergii Marchenko, on Tuesday in Washington, reassuring him that the United States was sending a recent aid package “as soon as possible.” Yellen said the $4.5 billion package would be disbursed “in the coming weeks.” In total, the United States has granted $13 billion — “all in grants” — to Ukraine, she said.
“We are committed to getting this funding to you as soon as possible because we know how important it is in supporting your brave resistance to Russia’s illegal invasion,” she said. But Yellen also called on allies to “join us by swiftly disbursing their existing commitments to Ukraine and by stepping up in doing more — both to help Ukraine continue its essential government services and to help Ukraine begin to build and recover.”
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Kyiv braces for prolonged hardship as Russia threatens more strikes
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By Missy Ryan and Kostiantyn Khudov
KYIV, Ukraine — With Kyiv facing rolling electricity outages, authorities on Tuesday raced to repair the damage from a barrage of Russian missiles that slammed into the heart of the Ukrainian capital, in a significant escalation of the nearly eight-month-old war that drew international condemnation of Moscow.
Many Kyiv residents hurried on Tuesday to make whatever preparations they could ahead of potential cuts to power, heat and water — fearful that the missile strikes, which killed at least 20 people across Ukraine on Monday, were a bleak prelude to what they will face repeatedly in coming months.
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2:35 a.m.
UAE leader meets Putin in Russia
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By Victoria Bisset
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi, in St. Petersburg on Oct. 11, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi, in St. Petersburg on Oct. 11, 2022. (Sputnik/via REUTERS)
The president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.
The two leaders were to discuss “the friendly relations” between the two countries, as well as regional and international issues, the UAE news agency WAM said before the trip.
The visit comes days after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners announced a cut in oil production by 2 million barrels per day, a move that will benefit Putin by increasing oil prices as Russia is under increasing financial pressure from Western sanctions.
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2:10 a.m.
HIMARS from U.S. and IRIS-T air defense system from Germany arrive in Ukraine
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By Sammy Westfall
An IRIS-T air defense system from Germany and four additional HIMARS systems from the United States have arrived in Ukraine, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.
“A new era of air defence has begun” in Ukraine, he said.
Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have called for expedited and additional air defense systems in the wake of Russia’s string of strikes on Monday.
The German Defense Ministry said Monday that the first of four IRIS-T air defense systems — modern weapons that Germany promised in June — would arrive in Ukraine in the “next few days.” But the IRIS-T system appeared to have arrived sooner that anticipated.
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1:56 a.m.
Map: More than a dozen Ukrainian cities hit by Russian strikes
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By Júlia Ledur
Nearly 20 cities across Ukraine have been hit by Russian airstrikes since Monday, forcing civilians to shelter and leaving several Ukrainian cities without power. The attacks were in retaliation for an explosion that damaged the strategic Crimean Bridge over the weekend.
Across the country, 29 critical infrastructure objects were damaged, said Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s national police chief.
Multiple locations in downtown Kyiv were struck, marking the first attack on the capital since June. One blast hit power station Number 5, located along the Dnieper River at the southern edge of the Ukrainian capital, videos verified by The Washington Post show. Another missile hit a glass pedestrian bridge in downtown Kyiv that had been a popular site for tourists.
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1:55 a.m.
United Nations says ‘critical, civilian infrastructure’ hit by Russian strikes Tuesday
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By Sammy Westfall
A view shows the city of Lviv, Ukraine, without electricity after critical civil infrastructure was hit by Russian missile attacks on Oct. 10. (Roman Baluk/Reuters)
A view shows the city of Lviv, Ukraine, without electricity after critical civil infrastructure was hit by Russian missile attacks on Oct. 10. (Roman Baluk/Reuters)
Russian missile strikes did not end after a day of deadly attacks Monday across Ukraine, U.N. and Ukrainian officials reported Tuesday. The ongoing strikes reportedly came even as Ukrainians worked to restore power, assess damage and send out emergency teams in response to the previous day’s barrage.
While emergency workers were on-site at the Ladyzhinska thermal power plant in the central Vinnytsia region Tuesday, the plant “suffered a second blow from Russian terrorist troops,” said energy company DTEK in a Facebook post. “We all had a difficult and disturbing morning today,” the company said, adding that there were a number of victims.
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