Ukraine's president unveiled the new eight-nation bloc at a summit in Western Ukraine on Friday, pledging cooperation on security, energy, and trade. Organisers hope to attract €9.4 billion in investments.
Euronews18 Sept
Canada's inclusion will allow Ukraine to buy weapons from Canadian defence companies and bypass the "Made in Europe" requirements. In turn, Ottawa will have to pay a proportional share of the annual interest.
Euronews18 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: Jolt is partnering with Propagate Content to support the North America, UK, Australia, Latin America, and Asia release of Ukraine war documentary A Simple Soldier. The partnership will include Academy-qualifying theatrical screenings, an impact campaign, a Jolt.film TVOD window, and digital aggregation. The film follows Ukrainian filmmaker and cinematographer Artem Ryzhykov “as he trades […]
Deadline•Andreas Wiseman18 Sept
First vote since Russia invaded Ukraine seen as a sham by some and an opportunity to strengthen nationalism by others.
Al Jazeera18 Sept
Guardian readers share how much they spend on food and the changes they’ve had to made in response to rising prices While campaigning for re-election in 2024, Donald Trump stood in front of a table full of groceries – bags of flour, cartons of eggs, cooking oil – and told voters he would bring down the price of groceries “starting on day one” of his second term in the White House. Over two years later, US consumers have yet to enjoy lower prices. In fact, due to supply chain issues, jostling over tariffs , wars in Ukraine and Iran , severe cuts in Snap (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, and the climate crisis , more than half of Americans say they’re struggling to afford groceries. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Madeleine Aggeler18 Sept
Nestle said today it was weighing all options to protect its rights after the Kremlin's decision to take control of the Swiss food maker's Russian business, the latest move against a Western company since the war in Ukraine began.
NATO trainers say working with Ukraine has exposed how slowly Western peacetime bureaucracy moves compared with the pace of modern war.
Country: Ukraine Sources: Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility, Protection Cluster Please refer to the attached files. GBV-Data Ethics and Technology (GBV-DET) Task Team Updates- August 2026//Оновлення Task Team з етики даних і технологій у сфері ГЗН (GBV-DET) - серпень 2026
ReliefWeb•Protection Cluster18 SeptCountry: Ukraine Source: Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility Please refer to the attached files. GBV-Data Ethics and Technology (GBV-DET) Task Team Updates- August 2026//Оновлення Task Team з етики даних і технологій у сфері ГЗН (GBV-DET) - серпень 2026
ReliefWeb•Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility18 Sept
The three-day vote will fill 450 Duma seats and 11 regional governorships, with only parties backing Putin and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine on the ballot. Despite official denials of a new draft, fears of mobilisation are overshadowing the vote.
Euronews18 Sept
As von der Leyen rushes through billions in new funding for Ukrainian drones, EU diplomats are privately questioning Kyiv’s spiralling deficit, while Belgium continues to block the use of frozen Russian assets — intensifying pressure on Europe to find a way to plug Ukraine’s widening funding gap.
The average price for a gallon of diesel was still hovering around a record-high of $6.43 as of Friday morning, according to the latest data published by GasBuddy.
ABC News18 Sept
Country: Ukraine Sources: International Medical Corps, World Health Organization Please refer to the attached files. Chairs: World Health Organization (WHO), International Medical Corps (IMC) Participants (74): YMCA Zaporizhja, Save Ukraine, Responsible Citizens, International Rescue Committee, Medair, Premiere Urgence International, Help – Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe, EDOBRO, UNHCR, MH4U, MedAid International, Tenth of April, Pluriton, Mercy Corps, International Committee of the Red Cross, krisenchat Ukrainian, Girls, MdM Greece, Norwegian Refugee Council, FHI 360, Médecins du Monde, ROKADA, Voices of Children, First Aid of the Soul, Khmelnytskyi Branch of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Employment Centre, ALLIANCE.GLOBAL, CARE Ukraine, UA Mental help, Spark of Hope, UK-MED, Proliska, Center for Psychosocial Support “Zelenyi Gudzyk”, Ukrainian Education Platform, Lutheran World Federation Ukraine, World Relief, IMC, WHO, etc.
ReliefWeb•World Health Organization18 Sept
Russia's first parliamentary election since the invasion opens with no antiwar party on the ballot.
Al Jazeera18 Sept
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting leaders of France’s political parties at the Elysée on Friday for talks on the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and the consequences for the country’s security and energy amid soaring fuel prices.
Russian State Duma elections will be held in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia amid accusations of armed voter intimidation.
A Russian strike has hit a shopping complex in Zaporizhzhia, injuring one person and sparking a fire that spread across more than 10,000 square metres, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
Euronews18 Sept
Voting got underway on Friday in a tightly controlled three-day parliamentary election in Russia which President Vladimir Putin has framed as a barometer of support for Russia's war in Ukraine. It is the first parliamentary election since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, and most anti-war candidates have been excluded from the ballot.