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Independent Russian-language exile outlet (Riga-based), declared "undesirable" in Russia.
В Киеве стали устанавливать турели для защиты от реактивных дронов
Meduza reports Zelensky's announcement that automated .50-cal turrets are being installed around Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast against Russia's faster, costlier jet drones, with a small-missile program promising results by late October. It sets this against Putin's claim that Ukraine has no "antidote".
США и Россия включили сделку о продаже зарубежных активов «Лукойла» в обсуждение мира в Украине
Citing the NYT, Meduza reports that Putin personally pushed the sale of Lukoil's foreign assets in peace talks with Witkoff and Kushner. The buyers are tied to the Trump and Witkoff circles, which raises conflict-of-interest questions. Ukraine appears only as the subject of the negotiations.
Под Тулой взорвали автомобиль бывшего сотрудника ФСИН, которого Украина обвиняла в пытках военнопленных
Meduza reports a car bombing in Novomoskovsk that killed Roman Syromyatnikov, a Russian war participant and ex-prison employee whom Ukraine's prosecutors accused of torturing POWs. It notes his own account and that iStories could not independently confirm his 2022 prison-service work.
NYT: Вэнс лично запрашивал у американских командиров информацию о войне с Ираном — чтобы получить «неискаженную оценку» до Пентагона
Meduza relays an NYT report that Vance, a war sceptic, bypassed Pentagon filtering to get commanders' frank assessments of the US-Israeli war on Iran. It stresses the stalemate and the depleted Patriot interceptor stocks. Iran is the subject of the war rather than an actor.