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World: Voices from the Frontlines: Messages for the Next UN Secretary General [EN/AR]

Country: World Source: Oxfam Please refer to the attached files. Overview This report, produced as part of Oxfam’s engagement for the UN General Assembly, brings together the personal testimonies of civil society leaders living and working on the frontlines of conflict. Their voices come from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine, Lebanon, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Colombia, Yemen, Syria, South Sudan and Ethiopia. Through these testimonies, Oxfam’s partners call on the next UN Secretary-General to transform global peace and security systems to better protect civilians. The paper builds on Oxfam’s ongoing advocacy to reform the Peace and Security System, which began with the 2024 UNGA report Vetoing Humanity and continued through the 2025 report A (More) Feminist Approach to Principled Humanitarian Aid. Together, these reports envision a humanitarian system grounded in meaningful power sharing and the leadership of affected communities, creating a genuine and trusted local-to-global movement.

ReliefWeb•Oxfam21 Sept

Military milestone: Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone boat

Drone boat battle occurs as Ukraine and Russia target Black Sea ports and ships.

Ars Technica•Jeremy Hsu21 Sept

Putin’s party wins supermajority in Russia’s parliamentary vote

Victory of United Russia party strengthens Putin's hand even as the war with Ukraine grows more unpopular.

Al Jazeera21 Sept

• neutral toward Vladimir Putin · 86%

Trump seeks fertilizer deal with Russia ally Belarus amid Canadian tensions

The proposed potash purchases would expand trade with a country that helped Moscow launch its invasion of Ukraine.

The Washington Post•Michael Birnbaum21 Sept

• neutral toward Donald Trump · 93%

Poland starts military aviation operations amid Russian strikes on Ukraine, army says

A US Army training command says it is updating its drone warfare curriculum every 60 days

Drone tactics and lessons change based on soldier feedback, as well as observations from ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Business Insider•Chris Panella (cpanella@businessinsider.com)21 Sept

Putin's party wins record Duma majority in Kremlin-controlled elections as EU vows sanctions

Five Western nations and Kyiv condemned the voting in occupied Ukraine as illegal, while a Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow on the final day of polling killed two people.

Euronews21 Sept

• critical toward Kremlin · 94%
• critical toward Vladimir Putin · 91%

Finland’s Stubb warns Europe not to ‘overreact’ to Russian threats and sabotage

Moscow isn’t seeking a full-scale war with NATO but instead trying to scare Europe into winding down its support for Ukraine, Finnish President tells POLITICO.

POLITICO Europe•Hans von der Burchard21 Sept

Trade Tensions Tear at Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union

While the Russian army is on its heels in Ukraine, the Kremlin is engaging in trade wars with fellow members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).  The EAEU is ostensibly supposed to promote free trade among the five member states, not hinder it. But that has never really been the case. Russia has tended to circumvent the spirit of the organization’s intent when politically expedient.  The most prominent example is Moscow’s imposition of a variety of trade bans and barriers on Armenian goods…

OilPrice.com•OilPrice.com21 Sept

Zelensky’s Perception Problem: Are New Partnerships a Solution?

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline and StrategyФокус

War on the Rocks•Nicole Wiley21 Sept

• critical toward Volodimir Zelenski · 90%

Ukraine's growing fleet of new high-speed interceptors is downing Russia's fastest attack drones

Ukraine is developing a growing fleet of new high-speed interceptors to hunt the jet-powered drones Russia is launching in large numbers.

Business Insider•Jake Epstein (jepstein@businessinsider.com)21 Sept

Russia has ‘lost control’ of its oil industry due to Ukraine war, says Trump

The U.S. president took to Truth Social to call for an end to the conflict between Kyiv and Moscow.

POLITICO Europe•Daria Zakharova21 Sept

• neutral toward Donald Trump · 96%

‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain

Small traders and drivers bear the brunt of a refining shortage taking forecourt prices towards £2 a litre as wars wipe out about a fifth of global supplies The smoke rising from the Kapotnya oil refinery to the south-east of Moscow marks one of Ukraine’s biggest air raids on the Russian capital since the start of the war, and the latest salvo in an energy crisis that threatens to affect households and businesses across the globe. More than 1,500 miles away, British motorists are braced for the ripple effect from that conflict, and the US-Israel war on Iran. Average UK diesel prices are expected to reach record highs within days – while across Europe and the US , pump prices have already surpassed all-time highs. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Jillian Ambrose21 Sept

Global diesel shortage likely to last into 2027

A global diesel shortage fueled by wars in Iran and Ukraine is unlikely to ease before next year, according to storage market indicators and industry participants.

Ukraine’s book industry faces collapse after Russian strikes destroy warehouses

At least 40 publishing houses and multiple bookstores have been damaged as Ukraine warns its book industry could collapse.

Fortune•Hanna Arhirova, The Associated Press21 Sept

World leaders gather at the UN amid wars, AI warnings and doubts about its future

The global crises come as the U.N. has been pushed to the sidelines in trying to end major conflicts in the Mideast and Ukraine

Fortune•The Associated Press, Edith M. Lederer21 Sept

Is it a missile? Is it a drone? What’s the Pelican used by Ukraine?

The use of the Pelican has provoked interest among military analysts as to whether it is a tactical ballistic missile.

Al Jazeera21 Sept

Russia extends diesel export ban beyond September amid Ukraine attacks on refineries

Russia extends its diesel export ban through September 2026 as Ukrainian drone strikes cripple refineries, slashing exports from 817,000 to

CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team21 Sept

What Ukraine fired at Moscow on Sunday, in its largest air-raid since the war began (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,670)

The mass drone raid shows Ukraine can now reach deep into Russia’s most defended airspace. Moscow has to rethink how it protects its energy and logistics hubs before winter.

EUobserver•Tomáš Vasilko21 Sept

Putin consolidates grip on Russia as 49 Ukraine war veterans elected to parliament

Pro-Kremlin party’s record victory in tightly controlled vote likely to be used as evidence country supports war Russia’s new parliament will include 49 deputies who have taken part in the war against Ukraine, officials have said after a landslide victory by the ruling United Russia party in widely criticised elections. The pro-Kremlin party won a record 355 seats in the country’s 450-seat Duma lower house of parliament, according to preliminary figures. The result further consolidates Vladimir Putin’s grip on power and gives United Russia a super-majority bigger than its previous 2016 record of 343 seats. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Luke Harding and agencies21 Sept

• critical toward Vladimir Putin · 93%