2025-09-14: Ukraine Roundup

So far today: 2025-09-14 2:31pm GMT

| REUTERS | (2025-09-14). Ukraine considers counter to Russian drones with mobile service limitations. tribune.com.pk Ukraine may intentionally reduce mobile communication quality during Russian drone attacks in an effort to stop the networks being used to coordinate strikes, Chief of the General Staff Andryi Hnatov was quoted as saying on Sunday. | Russia has ramped up drone attacks on Ukraine in recent months, enhancing its technology and increasing the number of drones deployed to maximise damage to strategic targets and key infrastructure. | "This is not a disruption of mobile communications, but rather a restriction on the quality of communications in certain areas, like a restriction on 4G and 5G communication," Hnatov…

newarab (2025-09-14). Poland scrambles jets, closure of Lublin airport 'preventative'. newarab.com The Operational Command of the Polish armed forces said the planes took part in an operation near the border with Ukraine "to ensure the security of our airspace", three days after Poland shot…

| AFP | (2025-09-14). Romania, Poland scramble aircraft as drones strike Ukraine. tribune.com.pk Romania became the latest NATO member state to report a drone incursion into its airspace Saturday, as Poland scrambled aircraft in response to fresh Russian drone strikes just over the border in Ukraine. | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was deliberately expanding its drone operations and that the West needed to respond with tougher sanctions and closer defence cooperation. | In Washington, US President Donald Trump said he was ready to impose major sanctions on Russia ⚪ just as soon as all NATO nations did the same thing and stopped buying Russian oil. | Romania's defence ministry…

| Reuters | (2025-09-14). Trump presses NATO nations to halt Russian oil purchases. tribune.com.pk President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US is prepared to impose fresh energy sanctions on Russia, but only if all NATO nations cease purchasing Russian oil and implement similar measures. | "I am ready to do major sanctions on Russia when all NATO nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO nations stop buying oil from Russia," Trump said in a social media post. | In recent weeks, the US has stepped up pressure on NATO countries to tighten energy sanctions on Russia in a bid to help end its war with Ukraine – a conflict Trump has struggled to bring to a close despite rep…

greenleft.org.au (2025-09-14). Senator Lidia Thorpe: 'Victoria's treaty bill needs to be more inclusive'. greenleft.org.au

| Our Correspondent | (2025-09-14). Pakistan, US reaffirm commitment to boost ties. tribune.com.pk Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Saturday received a call from the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and discussed matters of mutual interest. | According to the Foreign Office, the two leaders expressed satisfaction over the positive trajectory of Pakistan-US ties and discussed recent regional and international developments. | They reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening bilateral relations across multifaceted areas of cooperation. | Egypt FM | DPM/FM Senator Ishaq Dar on Saturday received a phone call from Egypt's Foreign Minister Dr Badr Abdelatty. | "Both…

john Deni, Research Professor of Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental,, Multinational Security Studies, Us Army War College (2025-09-14). Poland responds to Russian drones incursion by invoking Article 4 of the NATO treaty ‚àí what happens next? | John Deni

| REUTERS | (2025-09-14). Russia displays military might with hypersonic missiles and bombers in drills. tribune.com.pk Russia said on Sunday that it had fired a Zircon (Tsirkon) hypersonic cruise missile at a target in the Barents Sea and that Sukoi Su-34 supersonic fighter-bombers had carried out strikes as part of joint military exercises with Belarus. | Russia's "Zapad", or West, joint strategic exercise with Belarus began on Sept. 12, aiming to improve military command and coordination in the event of an attack on either Russia or Belarus, the defence ministry said. | Moscow and Minsk have said the exercises are exclusively defensive and that they do not intend to attack any NATO member, though the U.S.-led military allian…

Associated Press (2025-09-13). Poland deploys planes in airspace due to Russia drone threat in Ukraine. scmp.com Polish and allied aircraft were deployed in a "preventive" operation in Poland's airspace on Saturday because of a threat of drone strikes in neighbouring areas of Ukraine, and the airport in the eastern Polish city of Lublin was closed, authorities said. | The alert came after multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland on Wednesday, prompting Nato to send fighter jets to shoot them down and underlining long-held concerns about the expansion of Russia's more than three-year war in Ukraine.

WSWS (2025-09-13). NATO powers escalate confrontation with Russia after drone shootdowns over Poland, heightening risk of direct war. wsws.org The shooting down of Russian drones over Poland has inaugurated a new stage in NATO's war against Russia in Ukraine, threatening to trigger a direct military clash between the nuclear powers of Europe and Moscow.

ptcnews.tv (2025-09-13). Trump urges NATO to halt Russian oil purchases, proposes heavy tariffs on China amid Ukraine war. ptcnews.tv PTC Web Desk: US President Donald Trump on Saturday called on NATO countries to immediately stop buying oil from Russia and impose joint sanctions, while also proposing steep tariffs on China until the war in Ukraine ends.In a strongly worded letter addressed to NATO members and "the world," Trump said he was ready to impose major sanctions on Moscow, but only if all NATO allies agreed to act together. "I am ready to do major sanctions on Russia when all NATO nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA," he wrote.He criticised NATO members for con…

Terry Evans (2025-09-13). Moscow attacks retirees, workers across Ukraine. themilitant.com Halyna Dovhopola, imprisoned in Crimea for opposing occupation by Russian troops. | From the start of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted his goal is to conquer the country's people and incorporate it into Russia. Three and a half years on, his regime's airstrikes are targeting civilians, but failing to break the resolve of working people to defend Ukraine's sovereignty, the backbone of the country's resistance. | Moscow's bombing isn't centered on combating Ukrainian troops along the front line, but bombarding densely populated areas to maximize civilian deaths, hoping to…

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