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Ukraine’s war chest is running low at the worst possible moment (opens the original)
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KYIV — Vladimir Putin is intensifying Russia’s pressure on Ukraine, smashing cities, factories, bridges and ports with constant waves of killer drones and missiles. Short on interceptors, Kyiv is having difficulty knocking down Russia’s increasing number of jet-powered drones — and Ukraine’s problems don’t end there. Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi warned journalists this week that Ukraine faces a $27 billion defense funding gap this year, with Kyiv hoping to cover about $7 billion domestically
Ukraine regains territory and captures POWs in frontline push (opens the original)
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KYIV — Ukraine’s army pushed back Russian forces in a key part of the eastern front with Russia and captured more than 250 prisoners, a senior Ukrainian general announced on Monday. "Russians surrendered by entire subunits, along with officers, pilots, and artillerymen," said Gen. Andrii Biletskyi, commander of the Third Army Corps. He said the success was the third part of Operation Vivaldi, a carefully prepared effort to recapture the initiative in the Donetsk region. The latest phase recaptur
Zelenskyy warns $27B funding gap could leave Ukraine short of weapons (opens the original)
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KYIV — Ukraine needs to secure $27 billion to plug a hole in its defense budget in the next two months or risk being unable to buy weapons early next year, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters in a WhatsApp chat Friday. “Most of this money is for our drones, missiles, and supplies for our warriors. About a third of this money, perhaps even a little more, is for drones for January, February, and March. And if we do not order and pay for them in October and November, we will face serious c
Lukashenko says Belarus doesn’t have enough potash for Trump (opens the original)
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has admitted his country doesn't have enough potash to satisfy U.S. President Donald Trump's demands for the critical fertilizer. “Everyone keeps saying: Ah, potash! Even if we wanted to supply [potash] to other, Western markets, we simply do not have those volumes — everything is contracted,” Lukashenko said Monday at a meeting with Vladimir Orlovsky, head of the Belarusian state customs authority. That same day, Trump said his country was "working on a
Ukraine’s NATO envoy calls for more air defense donations (opens the original)
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KYIV — Ukraine needs more air defenses, but allies are starting to doubt if they can help Kyiv withstand the growing scale of Russian attacks, Alyona Getmanchuk, Ukraine’s ambassador to NATO, told POLITICO on Friday. “Their logic is straightforward: can we truly be effective against this level of terror when Ukraine’s most pressing need is Patriot interceptors, and we do not have enough of them, as stockpiles have been depleted and production rates remain insufficient?” Getmanchuk said in a writ
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