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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine War News Today - Top Stories and Breaking Updates from Kyiv Post]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/thread/84373</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Stay informed with the most important Ukraine breaking news today. This page compiles the top headlines and critical updates from across Ukraine, offering a real-time snapshot of key developments. Whether it’s military updates, political changes, or international reactions — we bring you the latest Ukraine news as it happens. All reports are carefully curated from verified sources and KyivPost correspondents on the ground.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                
                                <guid>84373</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 01:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Attack Halts US-Owned Oleina Sunflower Oil Plant in Dnipro]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84341</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A Sept. 10 Russian attack damaged part of the US agribusiness giant Bunge’s production in Dnipro, forcing the facility to suspend operations. This was the second major Russian strike on the plant of 2026. While Bunge confirmed no plant staff were injured, local authorities reported two overall fatalities in Dnipro and damage to 14 vehicles near the facility.]]></description>
                                                <category>Economy</category>
                                <category>Business</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Business</topic>
                                <topic>Economy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1767"><![CDATA[Viktoriia Papuna]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Viktoriia Papuna]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84341</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:34:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Court Disqualifies Liberal Yabloko Party List in Tomsk]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84354</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A court in western Siberia’s Tomsk region disqualified the liberal Yabloko party’s candidate list ahead of upcoming regional elections, upholding a lawsuit filed by the LDPR. The ruling leaves the northwestern Novgorod region as the only Russian territory where Yabloko candidates remain eligible to run, as regional authorities have now blocked or denied list registration across seven regions.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kremlin</topic>
                                <topic>Elections</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84354</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:07:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[When Statecraft Becomes Transaction]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/84294</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[US President Trump and his special envoys appear unable to break out of the businessman’s transactional mindset. But in geopolitics there are too many unquantifiable factors to consider, which inevitably sabotage any “dealmaking” approach based on assets and liabilities.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Trump</topic>
                                <topic>Diplomacy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1679"><![CDATA[Alexander Sich]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Sich]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84294</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:40:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Leipzig Drone Attack Explosives Disguised in Food Can, Probe Finds]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84360</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[An attempted drone attack on a Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport on Aug. 4 failed only because a detonator wire snapped, leaving 1.8 kilograms of Semtex concealed inside a vegetable tin can unexploded, Welt am Sonntag reported. German investigators identified two primary suspects linked to Russian military intelligence (GRU) – Belarusian national Andrei K. and Russian national Oleg L. – who smuggled the explosives across the Balkans before being cached near the airport.]]></description>
                                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>Germany</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84360</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:37:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[EU Eastern Border Irregular Crossings Drop 47%]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84355</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Irregular crossings along the EU’s Eastern Land Border route dropped 47% in the first eight months of 2026, with Frontex recording just over 4,000 detections. The decline coincides with extensive border fortifications across Poland, the Baltic states, and Finland, including Poland’s €2.3 billion East Shield project. Total irregular entries across the EU decreased by 35% to roughly 75,000, with declines recorded across nearly all major corridors except the Western Mediterranean route.]]></description>
                                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>EU</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="803"><![CDATA[TVP World]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[TVP World]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84355</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:25:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Strikes Hit Railway Facilities in Fastiv and Lutsk]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84365</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian forces struck railway infrastructure in Fastiv, Kyiv region, and Lutsk on Saturday, Sept. 12, according to Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Oleksandr Pertsovskyi. Preemptive evacuation protocols ensured no passengers or staff were injured. Concurrently, the rail operator temporarily truncated direct train service to Sumy, terminating routes at Konotop and replacing the final leg with bus shuttles due to intensified attacks on rolling stock.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Sumy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84365</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:15:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Military Slang Reveals the Reality of Life on the Front Line]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/84139</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A 250-page study of almost 7,000 communications between Russian military personnel and their relatives in 2025 illustrated the reality of life in the combat zone for those fed into the “meat grinder” that is Putin’s “special military operation.”]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Social media</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Armed Forces</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1787"><![CDATA[Thaddeus Jude]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thaddeus Jude]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84139</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:13:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Strikes Russian Drone Command Posts and Supply Depots]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84352</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukrainian forces struck multiple Russian military command posts, drone storage sites, and equipment depots on Sept. 11 and early Sept. 12. Precision strikes hit UAV command posts in Polohy and Zaliznyi Port, as well as drone warehouses in Donetsk, Selydove, Kurakhivka, and Malyi Kermenchyk. In occupied Alchevsk, forces targeted a logistics warehouse and weapons depot.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Armed Forces of Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84352</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:46:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Hits Russian Chemical Plants and Taganrog Drone Sites, Zelensky Says]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84363</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukrainian forces struck two chemical industry enterprises in Russia’s Perm and Samara regions and a Black Sea target over the past 24 hours. Concurrently, the SBU reported that its “Alpha” special operations units hit an FPV drone production plant, two drone warehouses, a Pantsir-S2 air defense system, an oil tank, and a P-18 radar in Taganrog, sparking fires across the facilities.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>SBU</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84363</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:46:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Cost Poland’s Economy More than €100 bln, Estimate Shows]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84244</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine cost Poland an estimated €113.4 billion between 2022 and 2025, according to Statistics Poland. The losses include reduced economic output, higher inflation, lower real wage growth, and increased defense and Ukraine-related spending.]]></description>
                                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Poland</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="803"><![CDATA[TVP World]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[TVP World]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84244</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:19:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[AFU Gains Ground, Kuban Gets Pounded, NATO Trains Hard and Gives Russian Drone Free Pass]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/84346</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A roundup of the weeks biggest military and political events in Ukraine. The AFU finally announces the results of its somewhat secret Lyman counteroffensive. Ukraine is poised to defeat Russia’s Black Sea Fleet – again. The air battle continues with tit-for-tat barrages. And the Kushner-Witkoff vaudeville show bombs.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>Romania</topic>
                                <topic>Black Sea Fleet</topic>
                                <topic>Air Raid</topic>
                                <topic>Diplomacy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="11"><![CDATA[Stefan Korshak]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Korshak]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84346</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Modi Urges Putin to End War in Ukraine at BRICS Talks]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84350</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the war against Ukraine during bilateral talks on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi. Emphasizing that dialogue and diplomacy remain the only pathway to resolution, Modi and Putin also addressed maritime security challenges in the Black Sea, where recent strikes on merchant shipping resulted in the deaths of at least five Indian sailors.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>India</topic>
                                <topic>BRICS</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84350</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:52:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[EU Examines Funding for Ukraine-Led FREYJA Missile Defense System]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84356</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The European Commission is considering financial support for FREYJA, a pan-European anti-ballistic missile project initiated by Ukraine, EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said on Friday, Sept. 11. Funding could be drawn from the €90 billion Ukraine support loan or the €1.5 billion EDIP mechanism amid acute shortages of US-made interceptors.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>EU</topic>
                                <topic>Economy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="945"><![CDATA[Euractiv]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Euractiv]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84356</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:44:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Revises Q2 GDP Growth Down to 0.4%, Below NBU Estimate]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84328</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s State Statistics Service revised its second-quarter 2026 GDP estimate down to 0.4% year-on-year, from a 0.6% flash estimate, and to 0.3% quarter-on-quarter, below the National Bank’s earlier 0.8% calculation. Nominal GDP reached just under Hr. 2.31 trillion ($51.8 billion).]]></description>
                                                <category>Economy</category>
                                <category>Finance</category>
                                <category>Business</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Business</topic>
                                <topic>Economy</topic>
                                <topic>NBU (National Bank of Ukraine)</topic>
                                <topic>Finance</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1062"><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84328</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:25:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Ballistic Missiles Strike Zaporizhstal Steel Plant, Injuring 4]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84358</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian forces struck the Zaporizhstal metallurgical plant in Zaporizhzhia with four ballistic missiles early Saturday morning, Sept. 12, injuring four workers and inflicting critical damage on blast furnace equipment and power infrastructure. The attack marks the third missile attack on the Metinvest-owned plant in a month, with production remaining halted since late August strikes.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zaporizhzhia</topic>
                                <topic>Ballistic Missile</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84358</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:08:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Sets Sept. 20 Deadline for Simplified AWOL Return]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84347</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s simplified return program for servicemen who went absent without official leave (AWOL) is set to conclude on Sept. 20, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced. During August 2026, the number of soldiers voluntarily returning to service exceeded new unauthorized departures. The initiative permits servicemen who left units on or before June 12 to select their preferred military branch, unit, and position, while retaining full military pay and benefits upon resuming duties.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Armed Forces of Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>mobilization</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84347</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:58:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Drone Debris, Live Warheads Discovered in Romania and Black Sea]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84345</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The Romanian Ministry of National Defence reported the discovery and neutralization of debris from multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Friday, Sept. 11, across Tulcea County, the Black Sea, and areas north of Constanța. Military EOD teams safely neutralized an active warhead found in Black Sea waters and an interceptor drone containing an unexploded charge.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Romania</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84345</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:31:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[How will Sweden Vote on 13 September?]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84339</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Sweden’s centre-left opposition and governing centre-right coalition have both been hit by political controversies on the eve of Sunday’s parliamentary election. While the center-left opposition maintains a narrow lead in polls, the Left Party faces internal friction after removing candidates over allegations of antisemitism and support for terrorism. Concurrently, the governing bloc faces controversy after reports revealed that an official of the right-wing Sweden Democrats (SD) spread pro-Russian narratives online, raising security concerns as Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson weighs offering ministerial posts to the nationalist party.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Sweden</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="40"><![CDATA[Eurotopics]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eurotopics]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84339</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:04:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Zelensky Ready to Meet Putin at Miami G20 if Russian Leader Attends]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84342</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he is ready to travel to Miami for the G20 summit in December to hold direct talks with Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader attends. Zelensky stressed that the focus must be on achieving concrete results rather than exchanging rhetoric.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84342</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:37:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia’s Deployed Nuclear Warheads Hit Post-2017 High]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84340</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia has increased its number of deployed nuclear warheads for the fourth consecutive year, reaching 1,796 operational warheads as of January 2026 – the highest level since 2017, according to SIPRI’s annual World Nuclear Forces report. Russia’s total stockpile stands at 5,420 warheads, with 2,604 in storage and 1,020 retired. Ground-based ICBMs account for roughly 892 deployed warheads, while strategic bombers were dispersed to remote airfields following Ukrainian strikes in 2025.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Technology</category>
                                <category>Economy</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Nuclear weapons</topic>
                                <topic>Kremlin</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84340</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:10:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Most Ukrainian Refugees in Poland Plan to Return Home, Survey Finds]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84337</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A survey by the Rating Group found that 51% of Ukrainian refugees in Poland plan to return to Ukraine, though 43% of these respondents plan to wait until after the war ends and only 8% plan an imminent return. Security and stability remain the primary condition for 71% of respondents. Meanwhile, 44% expressed a preference to stay abroad permanently.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Poland</topic>
                                <topic>EU</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84337</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:43:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Medvedev Dismisses Rumors of Imminent Russian Mobilization]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84335</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev dismissed assertions that Moscow is preparing a new military mobilization, calling the reports lies and provocations ahead of State Duma elections. Medvedev claimed Russia has no need for a draft, asserting that claims of an impending call-up are intended to rattle the domestic population.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kremlin</topic>
                                <topic>mobilization</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84335</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:16:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Is Hunting Civilians in Kramatorsk]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/84334</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[FPV drones, glide bombs and strikes on marked humanitarian vehicles are emptying a city – and that is the point. Unable to conquer Ukrainian cities and land through sheer military force, Russia resorts to dehumanizing the places and turning them into wastelands.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Donetsk</topic>
                                <topic>Donbas</topic>
                                <topic>Aid</topic>
                                <topic>War Crimes</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1715"><![CDATA[Tenby Powell]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tenby Powell]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84334</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:49:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Missile and Drone Barrage Hits Odesa Region, Injuring 35]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84333</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian forces launched a massive missile and drone assault targeting the Odesa region early Saturday morning, Sept. 12, injuring at least 35 people in the regional capital and five others – including four children – in Chornomorsk. A residential fire engulfed multiple upper floors of a 25-story apartment building, while strikes damaged gas lines, private homes, and a rehabilitation facility.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Odesa</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84333</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:20:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[US House to Vote Next Week on Graham’s Russia Sanctions Bill]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84331</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The US House of Representatives will vote next week on a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill championed by Senator Lindsey Graham. Considered under simple-majority rules, the legislation authorizes US President Donald Trump to impose 100% tariffs on the five largest purchasers of Russian crude oil and natural gas, as well as on five nations facilitating sanctions evasion]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Sanctions</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84331</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:53:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Drones Strike Taganrog Airfield and Tolyatti Chemical Plant]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84330</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Drone strikes early Saturday morning, Sept. 12, hit both the Taganrog-Tsentralny military airfield in Russia’s Rostov region and the KuibyshevAzot chemical plant in Tolyatti, Samara region. Detonations and thick smoke were recorded across the base housing Russia’s 708th Military Transport Aviation Regiment and the 325th Aircraft Repair Plant in Taganrog. In Tolyatti, drones sparked a major blaze at KuibyshevAzot, a vital defense supplier accounting for 50% of Russia’s caprolactam and 75% of its tire cord output.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1061"><![CDATA[Tymur Dubovyk]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tymur Dubovyk]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84330</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:26:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Zelensky Warns of Reciprocal Strikes if Russia Targets Power Grid]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84327</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukraine will strike back symmetrically if Russia attacks its power grid this winter, pledging to respond in kind if Moscow induces blackouts. Speaking to Fareed Zakaria and at the Yalta European Strategy summit on Friday, Sept. 11, Zelensky advocated for a mutual “energy truce” to protect energy infrastructure on both sides alongside unblocking the Black Sea food corridor.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Economy</category>
                                <category>Energy</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>Energy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84327</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:59:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Strikes Kill 3, Injure 5 in Kryvyi Rih and Kharkiv]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84325</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian forces launched ballistic missiles and attack drones against Kryvyi Rih overnight Friday-Saturday, killing two people, leaving one missing, and injuring three, while damaging an industrial enterprise, five apartment buildings, a healthcare center, and three schools. The barrage followed a Friday evening drone strike on Kharkiv’s Kyivskyi district that killed a 32-year-old man and injured two others]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Kharkiv</topic>
                                <topic>Kryvyi Rih</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84325</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:32:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 11, 2026]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84312</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[War in Ukraine - Latest update, key takeaways and map from the Institute for the Study of War on September 11, 2026.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>ISW</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="2"><![CDATA[ISW]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ISW]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84312</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Missile-Drone Attack Hits Odesa Apartment Building, Injures Six]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84323</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A Russian missile and drone attack damaged a residential high-rise in Odesa early Saturday, injuring at least six people, all of whom were hospitalized.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84323</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 07:28:55 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Official to Attend G20 Energy Talks in Houston Despite Previous EU Protests]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84322</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A Russian official will attend G20 energy talks in Houston weeks after Moscow’s return to an in-person G20 meeting drew protests from European officials over the war in Ukraine.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84322</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:57:29 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Putin Admits Russia Is World’s Biggest Sanctions Target, Ramps Up Anti-West Rhetoric]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84321</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[In a BRICS speech and Q&amp;A with Russian journalists, Putin attacked the G7, NATO and European leaders while portraying BRICS as a rising alternative to Western influence.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                <category>Economy</category>
                                <category>Energy</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Sanctions</topic>
                                <topic>BRICS</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1640"><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84321</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:40:52 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Putin Threatens Europe Over Possible Troop Deployment in Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84319</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin issued another threat to Europe, warning that deploying troops to Ukraine would mean war with Russia, while simultaneously claiming Moscow poses no threat to the continent.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84319</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:16:22 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Drone Strikes Zaporizhzhia Home, Killing Woman]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84318</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A Russian drone destroyed a private home in Zaporizhzhia, killing a woman as Moscow continued aerial attacks across Ukrainian cities.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84318</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:45:37 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine’s Mahuchikh Makes History as First Ultimate High Jump Champion]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84317</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukrainian Olympic champion and world record-holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh cleared 1.99 meters in Budapest to become the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate champion in women’s high jump]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84317</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:03:19 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Zelensky Warns of Global Food Crisis, Urges Faster Sanctions on Russia]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84311</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, Sept. 11, that Ukraine will not run out of food despite the Black Sea blockade. However, he warned that other nations could face severe shortages and urged for immediate US sanctions on Russia.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Sanctions</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84311</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:33:32 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Hungary Fails in Lawsuit Over Use of Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84310</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The European Court of Justice has dismissed Hungary’s lawsuit challenging the use of frozen Russian asset revenues for Ukraine’s military aid. The tribunal ruled it lacks jurisdiction over the matter. Hungary was excluded from allocation votes after constructively abstaining from initial decisions.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>Hungary</topic>
                                <topic>Economy</topic>
                                <topic>Finance</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1779"><![CDATA[Lidiia Osaulenko]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lidiia Osaulenko]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84310</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:01:14 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Medvedev: NATO Will Not Invoke Article 5 if Russia Strikes Lithuania]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84309</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev, former President and current Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, threatened Lithuania would “disappear from the map of the world” in case of a conflict linked to Vilnius' nuclear weapons ban lift. He also claimed NATO would not invoke Article 5 to defend the country as that would mean a “global catastrophe.”]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Lithuania</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84309</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:30:59 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[EU Fails to Extend Russia Sanctions For Second Time]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84308</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[EU ambassadors failed to agree on extending sanctions against Russia for a second time on Friday, Sept. 11, after France joined Slovakia in demanding the delisting of Russian-Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov. The bloc will continue discussions on Monday, Sept. 14, just one day before the sanctions expire.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>France</topic>
                                <topic>Sanctions</topic>
                                <topic>Slovakia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84308</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:25:42 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Strikes Kill 6, Injure 33 in Nationwide Barrage on Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84307</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian forces launched a sweeping wave of strikes across Ukraine on Friday, Sept. 11, killing at least six people and injuring 33 others, including children. Drones, artillery and guided aerial bombs (KABs) struck Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovohrad and several other regions.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84307</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:20:20 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Discount Terror: How Putin Gutted Russia’s Premier S-400 Systems]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/84280</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Chuck Pfarrer takes apart Russia’s newest weapon of desperation: the modified 48N6 variant of the premier S-400 anti-aircraft system.]]></description>
                                                <category>Video</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="82"><![CDATA[Chuck Pfarrer]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chuck Pfarrer]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84280</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Launches First Commercial 5G Networks For First Time Since Nearly a Decade of Delays]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84306</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia launched its first commercial 5G networks in 16 major cities on Friday, Sept. 11, reaching an estimated 10 million people. The rollout, ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, follows nearly a decade of delays caused by Western sanctions, equipment shortages and a dispute over frequency bands.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84306</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:21:10 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Lawmaker Threatens New Oreshnik Strike on Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84305</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian State Duma lawmaker Andrey Kolesnik threatened Ukraine with another strike using the nuclear-capable Oreshnik ballistic missile, which has been used twice since November 2024. He claimed the weapon could be deployed if alleged Ukrainian attacks against Russian civilians intensified, citing recent operations against Novorossiysk and Sochi.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Nuclear weapons</topic>
                                <topic>Propaganda</topic>
                                <topic>Black Sea Grain Deal</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84305</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:18:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Hits Kyiv’s Telecom Building Amid Widening Gas Station Strikes]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84304</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian jet-powered Shahed drones struck a building belonging to Ukraine’s largest telecom company and deliberately targeted gas stations across Kyiv on Friday. Two people were killed and nine injured, including a rescuer wounded in a repeat strike. The attacks began overnight and affected Kyiv and eight Ukrainian regions.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Air Raid</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84304</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:35:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Lukashenko Floats Mobilization, Says Attacking Neighbors Would Be ‘Tantamount to Death’]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84302</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said readiness inspections would cover the entire army and could include mobilization. At the same time, he denied plans to attack neighboring countries, saying such a move would be “tantamount to death” because Belarus could not win a conflict against the powerful states surrounding it.]]></description>
                                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Belarus</topic>
                                <topic>Lukashenko</topic>
                                <topic>mobilization</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84302</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:56:06 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Same Appeasement, Same Mistakes]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/84200</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff visited Moscow and Kyiv on behalf of President Trump. Rather than making any progress toward peace, they exposed a rift in the administration that amounts to a fundamental weak spot in US foreign policy.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Witkoff</topic>
                                <topic>Diplomacy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="916"><![CDATA[Alexander Vindman]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Vindman]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84200</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:54:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Strikes Russian Aircraft Engine Plant, Pantsir Air Defenses – General Staff]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84301</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukrainian forces struck a Russian defense plant producing aircraft engine components, along with Pantsir air defenses, a radar station and drone facilities across occupied territories and Russian regions, Kyiv’s General Staff said.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Armed Forces of Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Weapons</topic>
                                <topic>Donbas</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84301</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:34:36 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[‘Weeks, Not Months’: Ukraine’s FP-7 Ballistic Missile Could Soon Strike Russia]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84300</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s FP-7 tactical ballistic missile could enter combat within weeks after completing two testing stages, its manufacturer says. The 200-km weapon can carry a warhead of up to 150 kg, while Fire Point’s longer-range FP-9 is undergoing flight tests.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Ballistic Missile</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84300</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:32:01 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Putin's Wrong – Russia’s Oil Exports and Revenue Both Slump in August]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/84298</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Contrary to what Putin said in Vladivostok, it has not been more profitable for Russia to sell crude than to refine it domestically. August’s figures saw Russia’s overall exports dropping by 7% and revenue dropping by 8%, with seaborne crude revenues dropping 32% month-on-month, to a five-year low at $90 million per day.]]></description>
                                                <category>Energy</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Energy</topic>
                                <topic>Economy</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Oil Crisis</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="857"><![CDATA[Leo Chiu]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leo Chiu]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84298</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:25:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[EU Revives Push to Unlock Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84296</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The European Commission is reviving efforts to use frozen Russian reserves to finance Ukraine, exploring a new structure designed to overcome Belgium’s objections. The push comes as Kyiv faces a $27 billion defense funding gap and mounting pressure from Russia’s intensified attacks.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>EU</topic>
                                <topic>Sanctions</topic>
                                <topic>Frozen Assets</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84296</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:24:29 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[‘Russia Will Feel It Firsthand’: Budanov Warns of Deeper Ukrainian Strikes]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84290</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Presidential Office Chief Kyrylo Budanov warned that Ukrainian strikes inside Russia would become deeper and more powerful if Moscow continued the war. He said Kyiv was prepared to end hostilities with security guarantees and without legally recognizing Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territory.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84290</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:06:36 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[How 9/11 Changed America and Tested NATO’s Article 5]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/84289</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The Sept. 11 attacks killed 2,977 people, transformed American security, and began two decades of war. They also provided NATO’s only test of Article 5. Allies defended US airspace and later deployed tens of thousands of troops, but each government retained control over what it contributed. That distinction remains critical for Ukraine.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>History</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="4"><![CDATA[Lesia Dubenko]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lesia Dubenko]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84289</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:05:24 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Is Losing Its Tech Edge to Russia, Former Google CEO Says]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84288</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s technological advantage over Russia is rapidly diminishing as Moscow combines mass weapons production with faster battlefield innovation, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned. He said Ukraine lacks the industrial capacity to produce and deploy its technologies at scale and urged Western governments to supply more interceptors, ammunition and long-range weapons while investing directly in Ukrainian defense manufacturing.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84288</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:02:51 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia's Jet Fuel Crisis Worsens as Airports Impose Refueling Restrictions]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84284</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian media Vertska said it found at least 26 major Russian airports imposing refueling restrictions as the jet fuel crisis worsens; 15 impose them only on foreign airlines, and airports in southern Russia are most affected, as the region is frequently targeted by Ukrainian strikes.]]></description>
                                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                <category>Energy</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Energy</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Aviation</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Oil Crisis</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84284</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:39:48 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Sends Bones of Medieval Warrior to Ukraine Front to Boost Morale]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84283</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A fragment of the right hand of Dmitry Donskoy, a medieval prince celebrated for his 1380 victory over the Golden Horde, will be displayed to Russian units along the front line.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84283</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:37:11 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Issues Nuclear Threats to Lithuania Over Vilnius’s Plan to Lift Nuke Ban]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84277</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[After Vilnius moved one step closer to lifting the country’s longstanding nuke ban, the Kremlin said the country would be in the Russian nuclear weapons’ crosshairs, despite Moscow having begun deploying nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus back in 2023.]]></description>
                                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Belarus</topic>
                                <topic>Nuclear weapons</topic>
                                <topic>Lithuania</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84277</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:47:11 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[EU Approves €6.1 Billion Ukraine Defense Package, Unlocking PAC-3 Patriot Purchases]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84275</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[EU approved a €6.1 billion defense package for Ukraine, allowing Kyiv to purchase US-made PAC-3 Patriot interceptors amid a global shortage. The decision also unlocks funding for Ukrainian drones and comes as Ukraine prepares for another winter of Russian strikes on its energy infrastructure.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>EU</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Patriot</topic>
                                <topic>Air Defenses</topic>
                                <topic>Weapons</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84275</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:45:44 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia’s Recruitment of Foreign Fighters for Ukraine War ‘Amounts to Human Trafficking’]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84272</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Amnesty says Russia’s recruitment of foreign nationals to fight in Ukraine amounts to human trafficking, using deception and coercion. FIDH estimates more than 27,000 recruits from more than 130 countries. Testimonies describe false jobs, forced enlistment, and abuse.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Human Rights</topic>
                                <topic>Prisoners of War</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="11"><![CDATA[Stefan Korshak]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Korshak]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84272</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:23:24 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[India Welcomes Russia, Iran Leaders for BRICS Summit Overshadowed by War]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84269</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia, Iran, China and India are set to take center stage at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, oil and global trade tensions topping the agenda as Xi Jinping makes his first India visit since 2019.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Iran</topic>
                                <topic>India</topic>
                                <topic>BRICS</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1"><![CDATA[AFP]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[AFP]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84269</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:01:14 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[9/11: 25th Anniversary of the Twin Towers Attacks]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84268</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The article examines the lasting consequences of 9/11, arguing that the attacks transformed global security and US foreign policy. European commentators link the “War on Terror” to increased Islamophobia, anti-Americanism, weakened US democratic leadership, and the rise of populist movements, including Donald Trump’s MAGA politics.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Terrorist</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="40"><![CDATA[Eurotopics]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eurotopics]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84268</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:52:12 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine’s IMF Review Delayed Until December as Tax Reforms Stall, Source Says]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84267</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s second IMF review has been pushed to December and will be combined with the third, delaying the next disbursement, a government source told Kyiv Post. IMF staff met opposition lawmakers during their September visit to discuss the legislative deadlock. Ukraine also faces a $32.6 billion financing gap for 2027 as Russian attacks raise costs and political resistance complicates efforts to secure more European aid.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>Finance</category>
                                <category>Economy</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>IMF</topic>
                                <topic>Economy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1062"><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Olena Hrazhdan]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84267</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:45:36 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Polish Foreign Minister Sikorsky Arrives in Kyiv]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84266</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorsky arrived in Kyiv on Friday, Sept. 11. His visit comes amid intensified Russian attacks on Ukraine and growing warnings from Warsaw about threats to Ukrainian-Polish border crossings.]]></description>
                                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Europe</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Poland</topic>
                                <topic>Diplomacy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84266</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:39:52 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[St. Petersburg Metro Prepares 9 Stations as Civil Defense Shelters]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84265</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[St. Petersburg is preparing nine metro stations, four underground sections and 35 kilometers of tracks for use as civil defense shelters, with systems designed to filter radioactive dust, aerosols and toxic substances amid growing concerns over attacks and emergencies.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>St. Petersburg</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84265</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:24:14 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Hits Kyiv Gas Stations for Second Straight Day, 2 Killed]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84260</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Two people were killed and four others remained hospitalized after Russian drones struck gas stations in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi and Obolonskyi districts on Friday morning. One gas station in Obolon was hit twice, while drone debris fell on a car nearby. The attack came hours after an overnight strike injured eight people, leaving one in serious condition.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Air Raid</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84260</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:13:28 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Chemical Giant’s Plant in Perm Targeted in Ukrainian Drone Strike]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84259</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A major chemical plant in Russia’s Perm region was reportedly targeted by Ukrainian drones on Sept. 11. The attack on the Azot plant in Berezniki came amid a broader wave of strikes on Russian industrial infrastructure, including refineries and Ozon logistics hubs.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84259</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:09:33 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Kryvolap: His Journey, Ukraine’s Colors, Freedom, War, and Art]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84042</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Anatoly Kryvolap is one of Ukraine’s best-known artists, whose works have topped international auction sales of Ukrainian art. Ahead of his 80th birthday, he spoke to Kyiv Post about his artistic journey, freedom, war, supporting the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and Ukraine’s future.]]></description>
                                                <category>Culture</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Art</topic>
                                <topic>History</topic>
                                <topic>Culture</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1054"><![CDATA[Myroslava Makarevych]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Myroslava Makarevych]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84042</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:36:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Civilians Face Strain as Hospitals Prioritize Troops Wounded in Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84257</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[At least 11 Russian regions have spent 3.2 billion rubles ($40 million) treating wounded troops in civilian facilities since 2022. Military patients are increasingly prioritized, while 19 regions plan to cut healthcare spending by nearly 107 billion rubles ($1.27 billion) in 2026.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Armed Forces</topic>
                                <topic>Healthcare</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="803"><![CDATA[TVP World]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[TVP World]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84257</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:52:39 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Attacks Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia With Drones, Injuring at Least 10]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84256</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia attacked Ukraine with 161 Shahed-type, Gerber and other drones overnight, injuring at least 10 people in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia. Air defenses shot down or suppressed 138 drones, while strikes hit 19 locations.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Zaporizhzhia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84256</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:49:21 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Fires, Explosions Reported Across Russia as Ukrainian Drones Target Refineries, Ozon Hubs]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84250</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Fires and explosions were reported at an oil refinery and an Ozon logistics center in Saratov, while industrial and residential sites were damaged in Volgograd, as Russian regions reported a new wave of overnight drone and missile attacks on Sept. 11.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Oil</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="692"><![CDATA[Julia Struck-Feshchenko]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Struck-Feshchenko]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84250</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:50:28 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 10, 2026]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84243</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[War in Ukraine - Latest update, key takeaways and map from the Institute for the Study of War on September 10, 2026.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>ISW</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="2"><![CDATA[ISW]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ISW]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84243</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:59:42 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Zelensky Says No Three-Way Peace Talks Until Russian Elections, Warns Moscow Escalates Attacks During Diplomacy]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84242</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Zelensky says major Ukraine-Russia-US talks are unlikely before Russia’s elections and warns Moscow intensifies attacks whenever diplomacy advances.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Canada</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84242</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:11:15 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Expelled Kremlin Propagandist’s TV Return Could Trigger Criminal Charges in France]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84241</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[France has warned CNews against putting former RT France chief Xenia Fedorova back on air after her expulsion over Kremlin-linked influence activity.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>France</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84241</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:54:19 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Zelensky Says He Plans to Meet Trump in New York in Late September]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84239</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Zelensky says he expects to meet Donald Trump in New York later this month, while Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has also recently discussed Ukraine with the US president.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>North America</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Canada</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84239</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:39:30 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[What Putin Hopes to Gain From BRICS in India – and Why He May Not Get It]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/84238</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Putin is looking to BRICS for economic protection, diplomatic support and a stronger anti-Western front, but divisions over Ukraine, Iran and China limit Moscow’s ambitions.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Asia</category>
                                <category>Europe</category>
                                <category>Economy</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Putin</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>India</topic>
                                <topic>BRICS</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1640"><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sevinj Osmanqizi]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84238</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:17:47 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Canada Pledges Over $2B in Air Defense, First Drone Deal Signed]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84235</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, Sept. 10, that Canada pledged more than $2 billion in new support for Ukraine, including over $1 billion for defense. The package includes urgently needed Patriot missiles, F-16 ammunition, and energy cooperation.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>Canada</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84235</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:03:30 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Poland Expects Russia to Target Its Border Crossings With Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84234</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday, Sept. 10, that Poland expects Russia to target its border crossings with Ukraine after averting an overnight threat. He cited a similar drone strike on a Ukraine-Moldova crossing, and said the CIA reports warn of “possible events” on the eastern flank.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>NATO</topic>
                                <topic>Poland</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84234</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:48:58 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Zelensky Signs Historic 100-Year Partnership Agreement With Carney, Advances Drone Deal, FREYJA Support]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84233</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday, Sept. 10, opening a three-day visit focused on winter support, energy, and air defense. The two signed a 100-year partnership agreement in Calgary, while Canada also agreed to join Ukraine’s FREYJA missile defense initiative with its technology.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zelensky</topic>
                                <topic>Canada</topic>
                                <topic>Patriot</topic>
                                <topic>Air Defenses</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84233</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:09:44 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Massive Russian Air Strikes Hit Kyiv and Regions, Killing 7, Injuring More Than 120]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84232</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A sweeping Russian aerial assault killed seven people and wounded more than 120 across Ukraine before fresh strikes hit Kyiv early Friday.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Sumy</topic>
                                <topic>Dnipro</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84232</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:45:08 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Business Centers Struck in Kyiv as Russia Escalates Drone Campaign]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84231</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Preliminary reports suggest damage in Kyiv’s Obolonskyi and Solomyanskyi districts on Thursday evening as Russia steps up its drone campaign against Kyiv.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84231</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:37:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[11 Wounded, Including 3 Children, as Russia Strikes Sumy]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84230</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian forces struck a Sumy residential area with two guided aerial bombs (KABs) on Thursday, Sept. 10, injuring 11 people, including three children. The city’s mall Manufactura was hit for the second time after a drone struck it on Wednesday, Sept. 9, killing two people and injuring 20 others.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Sumy</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84230</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:57:07 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Kills 2 Azeris in Tugboat Attack Off Odesa Coast]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84225</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Baku and Kyiv confirmed that a Wednesday attack on a tugboat near southern Ukraine’s Odesa killed two Azeri crew members and hospitalized two more. Another similar incident took place in June, with Moscow pinning the blame on Kyiv both times despite conducting the attacks.]]></description>
                                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Black Sea Grain Deal</topic>
                                <topic>Azerbaijan</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="857"><![CDATA[Leo Chiu]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leo Chiu]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84225</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:43:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Why Germany Is Sounding Sirens Nationwide – Why Ukrainians React Differently]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84223</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Germany conducted its sixth nationwide Warntag drill, testing sirens, phone alerts, television, radio, and other warning systems. While Germans largely treated the exercise as routine, Ukrainians living there described a more emotional response shaped by the war.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Germany</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="692"><![CDATA[Julia Struck-Feshchenko]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Struck-Feshchenko]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84223</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:19:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine’s ‘Sudden’ Victory in Lyman-Kharkiv: 5 Things to Know]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84222</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s Lyman counteroffensive reclaimed up to 250 sq km, pushed Russian forces back toward the Zherebets River and threatened to isolate units. The months-long, drone-led operation exposed weaknesses in Russian defenses and command.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="11"><![CDATA[Stefan Korshak]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan Korshak]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84222</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:38:14 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Says It Hit 3 Russian Warships in Novorossiysk and Struck Caspian Sea Port]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84220</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukrainian forces struck at least three Russian naval vessels and fuel-oil storage facilities in Novorossiysk on Wednesday, the General Staff said. A separate overnight attack caused a fire at the Makhachkala port, a key hub on Russia’s logistics route with Iran.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Iran</topic>
                                <topic>Oil</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84220</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:28:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Alexei Ratmansky Has Staged Balanchine’s ‘Donizetti Variations’ in Kyiv]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84183</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The production of George Balanchine’s “Donizetti Variations” by Alexei Ratmansky will be the first certified staging of Balanchine’s choreography for a Ukrainian ballet company. The project brings Ratmansky back to the National Opera of Ukraine, where his career began, after decades abroad.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Art</topic>
                                <topic>Culture</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84183</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:16:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Sets Eye on Zaporizhzhia's Orikhiv With 150,000-Troop Formations]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84217</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia is said to have amassed 120 assault formations, including 150,000 troops, near the city of Orikhiv in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region. A Ukrainian military press officer said the situation is difficult but under control, while noting that the widening kill zone has threatened Ukrainian logistics.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Zaporizhzhia</topic>
                                <topic>Russian Armed Forces</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84217</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:58:19 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Moldova Accuses Russia of Deliberate Border Strike]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84215</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Moldova accused Russia of deliberately striking the Tudora-Starokozache border crossing and trying to justify the attack with false claims that weapons pass through Moldova to Ukraine. Two Ukrainian civilians were killed, several people – including a Moldovan citizen – were injured, and operations at the border crossing were suspended.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Moldova</topic>
                                <topic>Disinformation</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84215</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:55:23 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[SBU Foils FSB Plot to Kill Activist on Dog Walk]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84212</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine said it thwarted an FSB-ordered assassination of a prominent civic activist in Kyiv region. A 19-year-old suspect allegedly tracked the target’s daily routine, retrieved a silenced pistol from a cache and prepared to ambush the activist during a morning dog walk. He faces possible life imprisonment.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Security</topic>
                                <topic>SBU</topic>
                                <topic>FSB</topic>
                                <topic>Law Enforcement</topic>
                                <topic>Espionage</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84212</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:34:39 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Romania Rules Out Troop Deployments to Ukraine]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84211</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Romania’s Presidential Administration said the country has no intention of fighting Russia in Ukraine after rumors claiming it plans to do so. In the same statement, it also ruled out troop deployments to Ukraine for postwar guarantees, and said only up to 20 officers might partake in the operational command based in Paris and London.]]></description>
                                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Romania</topic>
                                <topic>Disinformation</topic>
                                <topic>Diplomacy</topic>
                                <topic>Coalition of the Willing</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84211</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:29:16 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Steps Up Deadly Attacks on Ukraine’s Passenger Trains]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84209</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russian attacks on four Ukrainian trains killed at least three people and injured 20 others over two days. Railway crews increasingly stop trains and evacuate passengers in remote areas when monitoring teams detect drones approaching.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Ukrzaliznytsia</topic>
                                <topic>Transportation</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="757"><![CDATA[Kateryna Zakharchenko]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kateryna Zakharchenko]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84209</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:24:14 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Turns to Vietnam for Aircraft as Sanctions Ground Hundreds of Planes]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84208</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia is seeking a wet-lease deal with Vietnam to obtain aircraft, crews, and maintenance for Russian airlines. Moscow has approached several countries as sanctions and spare-parts shortages leave hundreds of Russian aircraft grounded.]]></description>
                                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Aviation</topic>
                                <topic>Sanctions</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84208</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:20:32 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russia Hits Same Dnipro Plant Twice, Killing 2]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84207</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Two people were killed and two wounded when Russia struck the same food industry facility in Dnipro for a second time on Thursday. The deadly attack followed an earlier strike that damaged the enterprise without causing casualties, while overnight Russian attacks elsewhere in the Dnipropetrovsk region injured eight people.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Air Defenses</topic>
                                <topic>Dnipro</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1607"><![CDATA[Yuliia Zavadska]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuliia Zavadska]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84207</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:18:01 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Hits Russian Oil, Port Infrastructure in Strikes Stretching From Arctic to Caspian]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84205</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces struck eight Russian infrastructure sites supporting Moscow’s war in a single day. The attacks stretched from an oil refinery in the Arctic Yamalo-Nenets region to the Makhachkala port on the Caspian Sea, which Ukraine says Russia used to import Iranian Shahed drones.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Energy</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Iran</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>Moscow</topic>
                                <topic>Oil</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84205</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:00:53 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Kyiv Shortens Curfew, Changes Metro Rules as Russian Drone Attacks Intensify]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84193</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Kyiv has shortened its curfew and introduced tighter rules for public transport, bridges and public events as Russia steps up drone attacks on the capital. The new measures include changes to metro operations during air alerts and special transport arrangements for passengers caught out by the curfew.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84193</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:28:03 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Names New Leaders of Donetsk Military Groups]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84190</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine has named two revamped military groupings within the Donetsk region where Brig. Gen. Biletsky will lead Center, and Brig. Gen. Prokopenko is expected to head Azov.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Azov</topic>
                                <topic>Armed Forces of Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Donetsk</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84190</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:10:49 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[FSB Accuses Kyiv of Planning Attack on British Ambassador to Moscow]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84189</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[Russia’s FSB published a video of the interrogation of a Russian citizen who worked as a security officer at the British Embassy in Moscow. In it, he appears to confess that he had passed intelligence to a Ukrainian handler intended to be used in an attack on the ambassador.]]></description>
                                                <category>Eastern Europe</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>Moscow</topic>
                                <topic>SBU</topic>
                                <topic>FSB</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84189</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:07:06 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[SBU Unit Chief Detained Over Ammunition Storage Violations After 35 Killed Near Kyiv]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84186</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[The head of a Ukrainian Security Service unit has been placed in custody over alleged ammunition storage violations in Mila, Kyiv region. A Russian drone strike on the site on Aug. 28 triggered explosions that killed 35 people, injured 21, and left one person missing.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                <topic>SBU</topic>
                                <topic>Weapons</topic>
                                <topic>Ammunition</topic>
                                <topic>Bucha</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84186</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:51:40 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Russian Drone Strikes State-Owned Ukrnafta Gas Station in Kyiv, Smoke Seen Over City]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84181</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[A Russian drone fell onto a gas station in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district on Thursday, Sept. 10, sparking a fire and setting one car ablaze. Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said three people were injured and receiving medical treatment.]]></description>
                                                <category>Ukraine</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>War in Ukraine</topic>
                                <topic>Kyiv</topic>
                                <topic>Drones</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="3"><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyiv Post]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84181</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:22:35 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Xi Jinping’s September of Summits]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/84178</link>                
                <description><![CDATA[While China seeks to maintain its role as the leading economic partner and strategic competitor for the US, the program of meetings planned by Beijing in September indicate Xi Jinping’s push to act within a multipolar world.]]></description>
                                                <category>Asia</category>
                                <category>World</category>
                                                
                                                <topic>US</topic>
                                <topic>Russia</topic>
                                <topic>China</topic>
                                <topic>Xi</topic>
                                <topic>BRICS</topic>
                                                
                                                <author id="1478"><![CDATA[Andrew Thompson]]></author>
                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Thompson]]></dc:creator>
                                                <guid>84178</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:54:35 +0300</pubDate>
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