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U.S. sanctions Russia’s A7 payment system

The U.S. Treasury Department added the A7 payment system to its sanctions list and designated it as a transnational criminal organization, the department announced on Oct. 1.

2 October, 02:06 AM

CIA’s Ratcliffe warned Moscow of Soviet-style economic collapse

CIA Director John Ratcliffe, during his unannounced Moscow visit in late August, delivered a grim warning to the Kremlin about the state of Russia’s economy, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Sept. 29, citing a senior diplomat familiar with CIA intelligence.

29 September, 10:51 PM

Kyiv: Russia rejects all Black Sea truce proposals

Russia has rejected each and every proposal for a limited ceasefire in the Black Sea, meaning that Ukraine is unlikely to be able to resume grain exports through Odesa, Bloomberg reported on Sept. 28, citing Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotskyi.

28 September, 08:33 PM

Putin accuses Ukraine of sabotaging peace talks

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia was allegedly prepared to resume negotiations with Kyiv after State Duma elections, until Ukraine derailed the process by attacking Moscow.

26 September, 04:23 PM

Russia not preparing for war with Europe, Putin claims

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said Moscow is not preparing for war against European countries and accused the Baltic states of “violating the rights of Russian-speakers.”

25 September, 11:24 PM

Trump asked Zelenskyy to meet with Putin in Moscow — report

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could meet with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Moscow during their meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Bloomberg reported on Sept. 25, citing an unnamed source.

25 September, 09:18 PM

Kremlin responds to Zelenskyy's remark about visiting Moscow 'by missile,' comments on possible Putin-Trump meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not yet ruled out talks in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed on Sept. 24, in the context of Zelenskyy's remarks on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, according to the Russian state propaganda agency TASS.

24 September, 05:05 PM

Zelenskyy tells Russian propagandists in New York he’ll visit Moscow ‘by missile’

Russian propagandists tried to stop Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York, repeatedly asking him when he planned to visit Moscow on Sept. 23.

24 September, 10:48 AM

Ukraine hits both primary processing units at Moscow refinery

As a result of the Ukrainian Defense Forces' attack on the Moscow oil refinery in Kapotnya, the integrated oil processing unit (KUPN) within the Euro+ complex suffered the most. Denys Shtilerman, chief designer and co-owner of the company Fire Point, on Sept. 20 released footage of what are likely nighttime launches of FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles.

20 September, 09:10 PM

Fire Point's FP-1 drones shut down Moscow oil refinery entirely

The Moscow oil refinery in Russia's capital was struck by FP-1 drones, the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point reported, while commenting on the Sept. 20 attack on the facility.

20 September, 03:41 PM

Moscow oil refinery damaged during large-scale overnight attack

Drones launched a large-scale attack on Moscow and the surrounding region overnight into Sept. 20, with a major fire breaking out at the Moscow oil refinery in the capital’s Kapotnya district.

20 September, 10:22 AM

Fire Point says Ukrainian drones destroyed warehouse complex near Moscow

Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck a warehouse complex in Russia’s Moscow Oblast overnight into Sept. 20, Ukrainian defense company Fire Point said.

20 September, 09:42 AM

Moscow one mistake away from triggering forceful NATO response — CNN

Russia’s hybrid attacks against Europe are intended to stay just below an imagined threshold for a kinetic response from NATO, meaning that a misstep could lock the Kremlin into an armed conflict against the West, CNN reported on Sept. 17.

18 September, 01:20 AM

Red Square photo among images Budanov publishes from Ukraine intelligence operations

President’s Office chief and former head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) Kyrylo Budanov has published images from some of the agency’s most secret special operations, including a photograph taken on Moscow’s Red Square.

7 September, 03:50 PM

Moscow flight cancellations surge after Zelenskyy’s warning

At least 27 flights operated by foreign airlines to Moscow airports were canceled on Sept. 2, one day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Ukrainian drones were making Russian airspace unsafe for civil aviation.

3 September, 02:51 AM

Pegasus turns planes around midflight, cancels Russia flights after Zelenskyy warning

Turkey’s largest private airline, Pegasus, turned back several Moscow-bound flights overnight after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned about closing Russian airspace, The Moscow Times reported on Sept. 2.

2 September, 02:17 PM

Zelenskyy’s warning on Russian airspace sends Aeroflot shares down more than 5%

Shares of Russia’s Aeroflot fell more than 5% after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned airlines about the dangers of flying through Russian airspace, Meduza reported on Sept. 2.

2 September, 10:57 AM

Kremlin official warns Russia’s economy could spin out of control

Boris Titov, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s representative for international development, said Russia’s economy risks “going berserk” if it focuses solely on the military-industrial complex, Reuters reported on Sept. 1.

2 September, 01:33 AM

Russia threatened Slovakia over Ukraine damages pact, report says

Moscow has managed to pressure Slovakia into backing away from signing a multilateral agreement on Ukraine’s war reparations and damage claims, Slovak outlet Aktuality.sk reported on Sept. 1, citing opposition politicians.

1 September, 08:39 PM

Germany blames Russia for Leipzig airport drone attack

Germany’s federal government has accused Russia of attempting a terrorist attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, where several drones tried to attack Ukrainian cargo planes, according to a statement by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt on Sept. 1.

1 September, 07:57 PM

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