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Germany could share with Ukraine the addresses and places of work of Ukrainian citizens of conscription age living in Germany, so that Ukrainian

Russia is using tightened syphilis screening of migrants as an instrument of pressure to push them towards contracts with its armed forces, Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service said on September 9.

Ukraine's defence industry has reached annual production capacity of about $55bn and can turn a development project around in 3-6 months, the defence ministry told delegations from Nato member states on September 9.

Germany has ordered around 150 Russian diplomatic staff and their family members out of the country by September 18, the Russian embassy in Berlin said on September 10.

Moldova has contradicted Norway's prime minister over how close a Russian drone came to Volodymyr Zelenskiy's aircraft, saying it crashed about 160 km from the airport.

Russia spent August buying gasoline from a refinery it part-owns in India, transferring it between sanctioned tankers off Egypt and unloading it at

Russia launched its first commercial 5G networks in 16 cities on September 11, six years after the plan was first drawn up, the Digital Development Ministry said.

The Bank of Russia left its key rate at 14% on September 11, ending an easing cycle that had run through ten consecutive cuts since June 2025. chart

Vladimir Putin has said that sending European troops into Ukraine would mean war with Russia, speaking to reporters in New Delhi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.

Ukraine may run out of money for non-military expenses and even soldiers' salaries by October if a $27bn hole in the budget is not closed by October.