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# Ukraine

September
September 2023
White House warns North Korea would 'pay a price' if it supplies Russia with weapons
The Kremlin has said it is unable to confirm whether Kim Jong Un will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the issue.
South-east Ukraine is now main focus of fighting, says Russia
Ukrainian troops in the region have advanced nearly five miles in three months, in gruelling fighting.
Tánaiste holds 'frank' talks with Benjamin Netanyahu over Israeli settlements in West Bank
Micheál Martin is on a four-day trip to the Middle East.
Ukraine says Russian drones fell on Romania
The claim has not been independently verified.
Putin says he won't revive Ukraine grain export deal unless Russian food can be shipped too
The Russian president said that the West has made it difficult for his country’s agricultural products to be exported.
Ukrainian defence minister resigns after Zelenskyy says he will be replaced
Zelenskyy said he believes ‘that the Ministry needs new approaches’.
Tom Clonan: Ukraine's counteroffensive comes at a high price, but Russia is in disarray
The security analyst assesses the first few months of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and the dark rumblings of discontent in Moscow.
Russia attacks Ukrainian port before grain deal talks between Putin and Turkey
The assault is part of a Russian drive to ‘provoke a food crisis and hunger in the world’, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff has said.
Electric Picnic tents to house Ukrainian refugees after festival ends
Due to an accommodation shortage tents will be the ‘primary source of accommodation’ for new Ukrainian refugees, the department said.
Russian airport attacked from own territory, says Ukraine
Kyiv said today that police in the capital were responding to bomb threats as children returned to school.
August
August 2023
Ukrainian Minister say critics of 'slow pace' of counter-offensive should 'shut up'
Elsewhere, local elections are taking place in Russian occupied territories.
United States announces $250 million in new military aid for Ukraine
Kyiv earlier ordered the evacuation of children from five towns near the frontline in southern Ukraine.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin to attend informal meetings of EU Defence and Foreign Affairs ministers
The EU’s response to the latest developments in Ukraine and Niger are set to dominate the discussions in Spain.
Russia says it intercepted two drones near Crimea as Kyiv retakes village on southern frontline
Robotyne is located in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, one of four that the Kremlin claimed to have annexed last year.
Russia says it has confirmed the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin in plane crash earlier this week
The plane killed all 10 people on board killed, Russian agencies reported.
Heineken sells Russian business for one euro and expects to incur a loss of €300 million
Heineken apologised in March for creating ‘ambiguity’ on its vow to leave the country following the invasion of Ukraine.
Donnacha Ó Beacháin: 'Putin's chef' and enforcer Prigozhin is gone - who took him down?
The politics professor looks at the death of the head of the Wagner Group and says once Prigozhin challenged Putin, he was a dead man walking.
Russia says it has downed 42 Ukrainian drones over Crimea
It comes a day after Kyiv claimed a special forces raid on the territory.
Russian activist sentenced in absentia to eight years for spreading "fake news" about army
Maxim Katz left Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine and regularly criticises Russia on his YouTube channel.
‘A murderer who won’t be missed’: Was the death of the Wagner leader inevitable?
US president Joe Biden had warned Yevgeny Prigozhin to be ‘careful’ of poisoning after his Wagner group staged a mutiny in Russia.
Mercenary leader believed dead went from hotdog seller to enemy of Kremlin
The head of the mercenary group that tried to attack Moscow in June is believed to have died in a plane crash.
Four people killed in Russian strike on school in north-east Ukraine
Three civilians were also killed in Russia’s Belgorod region while the capital Moscow was targeted by a drone attack.
Russia says it dispatched two fighter jets to intercept two drones over Black Sea
Earlier today, Russia said it destroyed two Ukrainian military boats in the area.
Demonstrators protest against Ireland giving weapons training to Ukrainian troops
Defence Forces personnel have to now only been providing non-lethal training.
Russia destroys Ukrainian military boat in new Black Sea clash
Attacks by both sides have escalated in the Black Sea since Russia pulled out of a deal to allow the safe export of Ukrainian grain.
Ukrainian forces recaptured three square kilometres near Bakhmut
Kyiv launched a counteroffensive against Russian troops in June.
Zelenskyy vows retaliation for Russian attack that killed seven and wounded dozens
A six-year-old girl was among the dead in the attack.
UN condemns 'heinous' Russian missile strike that killed seven in Ukrainian city
Zelenskyy said the attack hit in the centre of the city in a square that houses a polytechnic university and a theatre.
Neutrality activists criticise use of Defence Forces to give weapons training to Ukrainian army
Ireland has provided assistance to Ukraine as part of an EU Military Assistance Mission since February.
Civilian cargo ship from Ukraine reaches Turkish waters despite Russian blockade
The Hong Kong-flagged ship left Odesa yesterday, the first vessel to challenge Russia’s new bid to block Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea.
Cargo ship exits Ukraine port despite threat from Russia that navy could target vessels
Since Russia’s exit from the accord in July, it has stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea port infrastructure.
Ukraine says it has recaptured village of Urozhaine on southern front
Urozhaine is among a cluster of villages that Ukrainian forces have been attempting to reclaim over recent weeks.
Russia says it shot down three drones during the latest aerial assault inside its borders
The air attack is at least the fifth this month over the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow.
Three people killed in Russian air strikes on western Ukraine
The strike was aimed at the small city of Lutsk.
Ukraine says it downed waves of Russian missiles and drones targeting Odesa overnight
Russia and Ukraine have stepped up attacks in the Black Sea since Moscow exited a deal that had granted Kyiv’s grain exports safe passage during the conflict.
Russian forces kill six, including baby girl and her parents, in Kherson
The infant was 23 days old.
Russian forces shoot down Ukrainian missiles over bridge to Crimea
There were no casualties or damage.
Russian missile strike kills 8-year-old boy, Kyiv prosecutors say
The Ukrainian air force said that four Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were used by Russia in the attack.
Ukraine urges civilian evacuations in the northeast as Russia claims gains
Kupiansk and the surrounding areas of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region were recaptured by Kyiv’s forces in September, but Moscow has since pushed back into the region.
Russia says it downed a wave of Ukrainian drones overnight nearing Crimea and Moscow
Russia said there were no reports of damage or casualties in any of the affected areas.