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Russia forced to import North Korean military kit, Ministry of Defence says

The impact of sanctions and military losses in Ukraine has forced Moscow to rely on equipment from Iran and North Korea.

The Independent UK

Live: EU plans 'comprehensive reform' of electricity market, EU chief says in annual address

Europe's fears of a long winter with scarce energy supplies because of Russia's war in Ukraine topped an annual speech by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday.

France 24

Exclusive-As war began, Putin rejected a Ukraine peace deal recommended by his aide: sources

Vladimir Putin's chief envoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader as the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would satisfy Russia's demand that Ukraine stay out of NATO, but Putin rejected it and pressed ahead with his military campaign, according to three people close…

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PM Modi may hold bilateral talks with Putin, Raisi

The Prime Minister will reach Samarkand on September 15 for the SCO summit

The Hindu

God does not back war, pope says in apparent criticism of Russian patriarch

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that God does not guide religions towards war, an implicit criticism of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who backs the invasion of Ukraine and has boycotted a conference of faith leaders.

Reuters

Russian media grapples with covering Ukrainian blitz – without earning the Kremlin’s ire

The embarrassing rout of Russian forces in northeastern Ukraine has sparked some embarrassing – and shocking – moments on Russian TV as the media grapples with covering battlefield losses without earning the Kremlin’s ire.

France 24

Amid Russia's war, pope says faith cannot justify such evil

Pope Francis has told the Russian Orthodox hierarchy and other faith leaders that religion must never be used to justify the “evil” of war and that God must never “be held hostage to the human thirst for power.”

The Independent UK

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Ukraine’s officials claim to have discovered ‘torture chamber’ used by Russian troops – as it happened

Ukraine says cell has Lord’s Prayer carved into the wall in Ukrainian

The Guardian - AU

Shooting breaks out between Kyrgyz, Tajik border guards - Russian agencies

Shooting broke out on Wednesday between guards patrolling the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Russian news agencies said, citing the Kyrgyz border service.

Reuters

Xi Jinping returns to world stage with Putin to counter US dominance

BEIJING: In the almost 1,000 days since Xi Jinping last ventured abroad, China has found itself increasingly isolated within the US-led world order. He’s finally reemerging this week alongside Russia’s Vladimir Putin to showcase his vision for a viable alternative.

The Times of India

China keeps West guessing about economic pressure on Russia

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is keeping the West guessing about whether Beijing will cooperate with tougher sanctions on Moscow as he meets President Vladimir Putin a year after declaring a “no limits” friendship ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Supersonic anti-ship missile faster than any other torpedo developed by China

Chinese scientists are developing a supersonic anti-ship missile which they claim to be faster than any other rival torpedo and it comes as the global arms race has heated up

Daily Mirror

China must rebuke Russia's Putin: Albanese

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants China's Xi Jinping to remind Vladimir Putin of Russia's international law obligations in relation to Ukraine.

AAP

US has very close defence relationship with India: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: The United States has a very close defence relationship with India, the Pentagon has said as it dismissed questions about the latest multinational military exercises involving Russia, India and China.

The Times of India

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The Guardian - UK

Strength of ‘limitless’ China-Russia ties to be tested at summit

Military setback in Ukraine further weakens Russian position as leaders prepare to jostle for regional influence in Uzbekistan

The Independent UK

Richardson visits Moscow as Griner, Whelan remain jailed

Bill Richardson, who has worked to secure the releases of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, visited Moscow this week and held meetings with Russian leaders

Reuters

In liberated Ukraine town, locals sob with relief, relate harrowing accounts

The guns had gone quiet after three days of fighting in the battle-scarred northeast Ukrainian town of Balakliia, but Mariya Tymofiyeva said it was only when she saw Ukrainian soldiers that it hit her that over six months of Russian occupation had ended.

The Guardian - AU

Russian intelligence officers and military commanders flee Crimea, Kyiv claims – as it happened

Russian intelligence officers and military commanders in south ‘urgently resettling families’, Ukraine claims

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US says Russia covertly spent $300 million to sway foreign votes

Russia has secretly funneled more than $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates since 2014 in an effort to influence elections in more than two dozen countries, a senior U.S. official told reporters.

The Independent UK

‘They were in a sad state’: Ukraine forces find Russians in retreat

The time and tide of the conflict is changing, temporarily at least, reports Kim Sengupta from Kyiv

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Putin to meet Indian PM Modi to boost trade ties

Russian leader, Indian PM will hold talks in Uzbekistan on Friday to discuss trade and fertiliser sales, Kremlin says.

The Guardian - UK

Balakliia residents take stock after Ukraine recaptures frontline town

Local people paint picture of young Russian occupiers without conviction to the Kremlin’s cause

The Independent UK

Russian forces ‘ordered to retreat’ from Kharkiv as some leave weapons behind in ‘apparent panic’

Recent gains by Ukraine likened to ‘scoring a goal before half-time’

WEKU

Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval is killed on the battlefield

Shapoval volunteered to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine. His unit was recently sent to one of "the hottest zones" in the country, according to The National Opera of Ukraine.

The Hindu

For India, the buzzword now is ‘all-alignment’

Its participation in the SCO summit is a clear signal of pursuing multi-alignment with its partners worldwide

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