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EU Pledges €3.3bn, Flags Shortfall

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The EU committed €3.3 billion to buy drones and air-and-missile-defense systems for Ukraine, but diplomats warned a widening funding gap remained.

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4 years into the full-scale invasion, the cost of Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery is almost $600 billion over the next decade. TEU leaders agreed a €90 billion loan for 2026 and 2027 after failing to bridge differences over a loan backed by immobilised Russian assets
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A view to a kill…ing of productivity: The allocative cost of war in Ukraine
Estimates of the cost of Russia’s war on Ukraine are dominated by what the war destroys. This column measures a second cost: the labour and capital that survive but end up stuck in low-value uses. Fir...
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September 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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#Ukraine’s post-war recovery needs more than a well-written plan.
Federico Bartalucci’s @wiiw.ac.at paper with @U-LEAD with #Europe explains why local authority, skills & funding must turn strategy into delivery, particularly in the weaker communities of the country
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September 18, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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Closed-door security briefing for #France 's #EmmanuelMacron and other senior officials on “worrying, even very serious" situation

Prospect of rapid resolution to #Russia invasion of #Ukraine and #IranWar is no longer seen as realistic, and there is a risk of prolonged instability

#Iran
September 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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If Ukraine is so corrupt, why did Putin buy the president of the United States instead of Ukraine’s?
September 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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6 civilians murdered and 34 injured by #Russia attacks across #Ukraine over the past day

Air defenses downed 69 of 93 drones --- 46 of which were jet-powered --- and three of the Banderol and Dan-T cruise missiles

Strikes were recorded at 13 locations

#UkraineWar #RussiaWarCrimes
September 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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#Zelensky on #Ukraine attack on Rostov-on-Don Central military airfield: Damage to 4 #Russia warplanes and 3 helicopters confirmed

#UkraineWar
September 17, 2026 at 10:54 AM