German Leopard2 MBT for Ukraine:
Initiative lead by Germany to equip a Ukrainian Brigade with ~80 of this tanks:

A dozen countries in Europe, Turkey, Canada... using this tank type, are able to: repair or send spare parts, ammo, train tank crews etc.

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👀 an analysis of satellite images shows that Russia has been emptying air defence batteries around Saint Petersburg to source missiles to Ukraine

Via @yleuutiset

Suomi = Finland
Venäjä = Russia
Viro = Estonia
Pietari = St. Pete
Red dots = empty bases

https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12588962

🔗 Minna Ålander 🌻 (@minna\_alander)

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🔗 Rob Lee (@RALee85):
One of the many bizarre parts of the argument that Russia might try to start a second front somewhere else or threaten NATO is that the Russian military has thoroughly tapped into its units and military assets based in Kaliningrad and near Estonia and Latvia to fight in Ukraine.
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🔗 Yle News (@ylenews):
Exclusive: Russia moves missiles from St Petersburg to Ukraine
https://yle.fi/news/3-12626182
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UKRAINE – Yarova, Donetsk oblast, has reportedly been liberated.

Ukrainian Forces advancing towards Lyman...

The Ukrainian troops have extended the bridgehead near Lyman to connect it to the Svyatohirsk area, watch Lyman when Drobysheve and/or Yampil are liberated.

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🗣 Oleksiy Sorokin, Journalist, editor, manager of Kyiv Independent today on Twitter:

"There are videos of Ukrainian troops crossing both the Oskil River and Siverskyi Donets.

More information will be made public soon, but when this is confirmed, remaining Russian troops in Kharkiv Oblast will be in big trouble."

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URGENT – Turkish raids on the positions of the Syrian army and the Kurds in northern Syria, killing 3 people.

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Dozens of Iranian IRGC cargo planes have landed in Russian airports since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the last one on September 4th with an undeclared purpose.

Note: Russia is using Iranian-made drones in the Ukraine.

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🚨🇮🇷Iran continues to deploy weapons and drones to Russia. This week alone, 5 cargo flights from airlines owned by the Iranian military and IRGC landed in Moscow.

🔗 Terror Alarm (@Terror\_Alarm)

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Hezbollah 🇮🇷 terror puppet Hassan Nasrallah met with Houthi 🇮🇷 terror puppet Mohammed Abdul Salam in Lebanon 🇱🇧. Nasrallah’s cowardly underground hiding hole has a fake window and curtains.

🔗 Avi Kaner ابراهيم אבי (@AviKaner)

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September 17 Assessment Highlight:

Ukrainian forces appear to be expanding positions east of the #Oskil River and north of the Siverskyi Donets River that could allow them to envelop Russian troops holding around #Lyman. 1/3 http://isw.pub/RusCampaignSept17

🔗 ISW (@TheStudyofWar)

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#Ukraine 🇺🇦: a destroyed Russian T-64 tank sitting on the bank of the Oskil river in #Kharkiv

🔗 Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge)

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China's 'soaring dragon' drone used for first time to harass Taiwan

The high-altitude drone does air reconnaissance but can also provide targeting data for anti-ship ballistic missiles. It flew over Taiwan’s southwest Air Defence Identification Zone.

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UPDATE – Russian Security Council: Moscow and Beijing agree on further cooperation between the Ministries of Defense and the General Staff, with a focus on conducting joint exercise.

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