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Time is running out for Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Its allies will be crucial in what comes next

With no military breakthroughs and a US election looming, the west needs to unite around an achievable goal for the conflict, says author Frank Ledwidge

The Guardian - UK

Russia reports more drone attacks as satellite photos indicate earlier barrage destroyed 2 aircraft

Russian officials say air defenses intercepted drones heading toward three of the country’s western regions

The Independent UK

Russia says it shot down 281 Ukrainian drones over the past week

Russia's defence ministry on Friday said it had destroyed a total of 281 Ukrainian drones over the past week. Also on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told a business forum in Italy that there can be no "sustainable peace" in Ukraine unless the country regains control of Crimea, Donbas and…

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The ‘Vampire’ rocket system helping Ukraine shoot down Russia’s kamikaze drones

While the Ministry of Defence says Russia is likely struggling with detecting Ukrainian drones – a number of a US-made counter-drone launcher have arrived in Ukraine and are being used by Kyiv’s troops

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Swedish lawmakers to boycott Nobel ceremony following Russia invitation – as it happened

The Nobel Foundation said invitations for the 2023 events were extended to all countries with diplomatic missions in Sweden and Norway

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainian drone hits Russia’s Kursk region, Moscow repels attack: Officials

Russia’s Kurchatov town target of Ukrainian drone attack as air defences stop drone’s advance on Moscow, officials say.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 555

As the war enters its 555th day, these are the main developments.

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine deployed new long-range weapon, hints at Russia raid

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says new weapon system has range of 700km and ‘the task is to make this number bigger’.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 555 of the invasion

Russia-installed authorities hold elections in occupied parts of Ukraine; Kuleba hits out at critics of counteroffensive

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainian MP urges new Defence Secretary Shapps to ‘personally visit Ukraine’

Inna Sovsun, deputy leader of the Holos Party, hopes Grant Shapps will gain a ‘better understanding’ of the situation in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Former member of Belarus ‘hit squad’ to stand trial over disappearances

Yuri Harauski will be tried in a Swiss court over the disappearance of two political opponents of Alexander Lukashenko and a businessman

The Guardian - UK

Putin’s forces pushed back in southern Ukraine – as Zelensky claims new long-range weapon

Revelations from Ukrainian president come a day after massive assault deep inside Russia

The Independent UK

Prigozhin's death gives Putin and Wagner new life

The restructured and rebranded Wagner Group will survive to serve the interests of Putin and the Russian state for the foreseeable future, writes Stephen Hoadley

Newsroom.co.nz

British man, 22, from Solihull killed fighting in east Ukraine

Family pay tribute to Samuel Newey, who had been volunteering for more than a year against Russian forces

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Ukraine recap: fallout from death of Yevgeny Prigozhin will be felt far beyond Moscow

Where were you when you heard that Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aircraft had crashed and he was presumed dead? For Ukraine watchers it was something of a surreal JFK moment. And, like the Zapruder tape, the video footage of the Russian mercenary group commander’s Embraer Legacy 600 private jet…

France 24

What do we know about the videos allegedly showing ‘destroyed’ Wagner cemeteries?

A few days after the plane crash that killed Russian oligarch and head of the Wagner private military company Yevgeny Prigozhin, two videos emerged online showing the destruction of cemeteries for Wagner mercenaries – or so social media users claimed. Some people are saying that this destruction is part of…

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: Zelensky makes long-range weapon claim a day after strike deep inside Russia

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said the weapon could hit a target 700 kilometres (400 miles) away

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Australian-made cardboard drones used to attack Russian airfield show how innovation is key to modern warfare

Innovative design choices can have a massive impact in the theatre of war, so it is important to understand the principles behind their development. Recent use of low-cost cardboard drones by Ukraine, supplied by Australia, to attack targets in Russia is a good example of how this can work.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Winning the war, winning the peace in Ukraine

Why do wars end? Historians can often pinpoint the reasons they begin – the absence of a male heir, an archduke taking the wrong turn down a Sarajevo side street or simple territorial ambition. But endings – from Afghanistan to Game of Thrones – can be tricky.

The Independent UK

The ‘Vampire’ rocket system helping Ukraine shoot down Russia’s kamikaze drones

The Independent UK

British man killed in Ukraine ‘acted with courage, morality and honour’

Sam Newey was killed in action in Eastern Ukraine on Wednesday

The Independent UK

The Wagner mercenary group's second-in-command is buried in a quiet Moscow ceremony

The man who is believed to have given Russian mercenary group Wagner its name has been buried at a military cemetery in Moscow

The Independent UK

Iran accuses Israel of supplying potentially exploding parts for ballistic missile program

Iran has accused Israel of trying to sabotage its ballistic missile program through faulty foreign parts that could explode, damaging or destroying the weapons before they could be used

The Conversation

Why Pope's message to young Russians not to forget 'great Russia of Catherine II and Peter I' has not gone down well in Ukraine

Pope Francis’s video speech to the All-Russian Meeting of Catholic Youth in St Petersburg, urging them to “not forget their heritage” has caused quite a stir. What struck a bitter chord internationally – and especially in Ukraine – about the remarks he delivered on August 25 was not so much…

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps: The Rishi Sunak ally with a penchant for TikTok

(But who one Tory wouldn’t buy a used car from)

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