Giant fireball after strike on Russian refinery as Zelensky and Trump set to discuss energy truce

Day 1,668.

Today, Russia wakes up to two new hits on refineries as Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The two leaders are expected to talk about a potential pause on energy strikes between Ukraine and Russia. Then we discuss the latest and largest sanctions package from the EU, currently at a stalemate, and the new spat between Hungary and Ukraine.

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Almost unbelievably, the US is planning to pull large numbers of troops out of Europe (Hamish de Bretton-Gordon for The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/21/us-troop-pullout-europe-putin-nato-war-ukraine/

Visits by foreign partners are indeed Kyiv’s fine air defense (INFOGRAPHIC)

https://texty.org.ua/articles/118329/visits-by-foreign-partners-are-indeed-kyivs-fine-air-defense-infographic/

Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks (The Financial Times)

https://www.ft.com/content/3848a4ad-1426-4352-ba86-ef1279c4ffd1?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Adélie’s interview with Alexander Browder on how cryptocurrency is financing Russia’s war (from 27:08):

youtube.com/watch?v=r8TQnqmuUMI&feature=youtu.be

The Ukrainian Book Institute appeal to support Ukrainian publishers, following the summer strikes on book markets and warehouses:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mn7HUU_nH3AnZn66zjrdv88Fr12lt1x_/view

Adélie’s interview with Hugh Roberts on translating and publishing Ukrainian War Poetry (from 13:07):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AXCoKZkXMI&feature=youtu.be

Hemingway Knows Nothing, Artur Dron’s latest book:

https://www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page/hemingway-knows-nothing

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