Telegram has begun cooperating with law enforcement globally after its founder, Pavel Durov, was arrested and released under judicial supervision in France. Durov faces multiple charges, prompting the platform to shift its moderation policies and work with authorities worldwide.
The UN warns Ukrainians of winter blackouts lasting 4 to 18 hours daily due to Russian attacks on energy facilities. Strikes from March to August damaged key power generation sites, causing widespread disruptions as Ukraine faces another difficult winter.
Ukrainska Bronetekhnika will build a new artillery ammunition factory in Ukraine to boost production. The plant will enhance supply volumes but won’t produce Soviet-style 152-mm rounds. The company currently makes a range of ammunition and is operating at full capacity.
Denmark will deliver a second batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the end of 2024, following the first delivery earlier this year. The exact number and date of arrival remain undisclosed for security reasons. Denmark, with the Netherlands, is also training Ukrainian pilots.
Ukrainian startup Swarmer has secured $2.7 million in seed funding to advance its coordinated drone swarm technology. Led by R-G.AI and supported by Radius Capital, Green Flag Ventures, and D3, the funds will enhance Swarmer’s systems already used by Ukrainian forces.
A Chinese state-owned enterprise successfully placed 18 satellites into orbit, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as China seeks to create its version of SpaceX’s Starlink network.
Russia is unable to conduct full import substitution and establish the production of high-tech components that are a component of their weapons, and maintains a critical need to obtain such components from Western companies, according to Ukraine’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Oleksandr Karasevich.
The European Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over €7 billion in EU grants from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU’s instrument for strategic investment in infrastructure. Several projects will enable greater capacity along the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes, established to facilitate imports and exports between Ukraine and the EU.
The Russian government plans to block YouTube in September, the Russian pro-state outlet Gazeta.ru reported, citing a source close to the Presidential Administration and a source in a company that collects data for law enforcement agencies.
We have seen further evidence of widespread use of Riot Control Agents by Russia across the front line in Ukraine. We are confident in the US determination that Russia has used chloropicrin, a scheduled chemical, against Ukraine. We, alongside 12 other States Parties, reiterated our request to the Executive Council under Article IX to assist in clarifying reports that Russia has repeatedly breached the Chemical Weapon Convention in Ukraine. We welcome last week’s OPCW technical assistance visit which delivered crucial detection and protective equipment to Kyiv – UK Permanent Representative to the OPCW, Joanna Roper.
Russia is reportedly enhancing its attack drones to pose a greater challenge to Ukrainian air defenses, as per British intelligence. Since mid-2023, Russia has been augmenting Iran’s Shahed one-way attack UAVs with domestically manufactured components.
In a historic move backed by a $37 million military assistance package from France, Verney-Carron, a renowned French hunting rifle and shotgun manufacturer, is set to produce thousands of combat rifles for Ukraine’s frontline forces. The deal includes over 12,000 weapons.
