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Ukraine’s GDP expanded 3.7% YoY in 2Q24 and the central bank strengthened the hryvnia. Weekly Insight for Sept. 30

Economics: Economy maintains decent growth rate

Ukraine’s GDP expanded 3.7% YoY in 2Q24. This implies a significant, albeit expected, slowdown from 6.5% in 1Q24.

Talking Substance host Alina Hrytsenko sits down with Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Natalka Cmoc

Putin ordered the territory of Mother Russia cleared of invaders by Oct. 1. That day has arrived and the Ukrainians digging into the Kursk region don’t look like they plan to leave any time soon.

President Vladimir Putin ordered his armed forces to cleanse Russia of every single invading soldier no later than the end of September, but that didn’t happen and by some measures, the situation in Russia’s Kursk region is getting worse.

Multiple Ukrainian combat brigades were on Tuesday, as the timeline for that presidential decree ran out, still deployed in force in Russia, 45 days into Kyiv’s incursion into Russian territory, in two small enclaves and a single Luxembourg-sized salient.

After taking over the helm at NATO on Tuesday, Mark Rutte voiced strong support for Ukraine and said he would work with the whoever became the new President the US.

NATO's new chief, former Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, took over as NATO’s 14th Secretary General from Jens Stoltenberg at a ceremony in the Alliance’s Brussels headquarters on Tuesday, where they laid a wreath to fallen military personnel.

The two are old friends, first meeting as the leaders of Norway and the Netherlands almost 15 years ago. The respect between the two was evident from the way they greeted each other warmly outside the alliance's Brussels headquarters.

Stanislav Bunyatov, a junior sergeant in the 24th Aidar Assault Battalion, warns that the town has only a few days left.

Russian forces have entered Vuhledar in the Donetsk region from the western and southern parts of the town, according to analysts from the DeepState project.

DeepState reports that Russian troops have raised their flags in the western part of the town, and Russian infantry have been spotted among high-rise buildings in Vuhledar.

Guerrillas report sabotaging a key railway line vital to Russian military logistics, disrupting the flow of equipment and ammunition to the Kursk front.

The Atesh guerrilla movement has reported that its agents had sabotaged a key railway line in Russia’s Kursk region.

“Our agents blew up a relay cabinet on a crucial railway line used by the Russian Armed Forces to deliver equipment and ammunition to the Kursk section of the front,” Atesh said.

This year’s Global Business Forum's overriding theme was that instability, wars, excessive debts, technological disruption, and political division will increase and continue to dominate world events.

The Global Business Forum in Banff, Alberta, attracts business and geopolitical leaders every year to hear from experts about the burning issues and trends of the day. This year’s overriding theme was that instability, wars, excessive debts, technological disruption, and political division will increase and continue to dominate world events.

The kickoff speaker was distinguished American global thinker Robert Kaplan, author of 22 books on foreign affairs. He is with the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC., is a Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board member and sits on the U.S. Navy’s Executive Panel. He talked in detail about the Ukrainian and Israeli wars and also addressed the problematic American political situation: “The center is gone in US politics. There is a move to the edges, and each side considers the other an existential threat.”

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced its intention to rapidly develop a new, cut-price long-range strike weapon and field it by the end of next year.

The UK MoD announced the launch of a call to industry on Monday, named Project Brakestop, which specifies the need for a cost-effective, long range strike weapon it terms as a “One Way Effector Heavy (OWEH).”

The announcement, called a single statement of user need (SSUN), contains a detailed technical breakdown of the requirement, a tight development schedule and a restricted budget.

Late Monday, Israel's military began what it called "limited, localised and targeted raids" against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon's border areas.

Israel announced Tuesday it had launched a ground offensive targeting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, days after killing its leader Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike on a bunker in Beirut.

Here is a rundown of what is known about Israel's ground operation so far.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says Ukraine should use its own weapons to target deep into Russia, as it has already been doing with its drones.

Despite ongoing semantic skirmishes, the United States continues to maintain its policy of prohibiting Ukraine from using American-supplied weapons against military targets deeper inside the Russian Federation.

During a Washington DC briefing on Sept. 30 US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller diverted direct questions by the media on current restrictions and put the onus on Ukraine itself.

On Ukraine Defenders Day, Kyiv Post extends its gratitude and respect to all those who have protected and continue to defend Ukraine’s freedom and democratic self-identification.

On Ukraine Defenders Day, Kyiv Post extends its gratitude and respect to all those who have protected and continue to defend Ukraine’s freedom and democratic self-identification.

Your courage, sacrifice, and determination form the foundation of the country’s resilience. You embody the unbreakable spirit of a democratic nation, inspiring not only Ukrainians but people worldwide.

The shelling likely occurred while people honored fallen heroes on Defender of Ukraine Day.

Russian troops shelled a market in central Kherson on Tuesday, October 1, resulting in multiple casualties, reported Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration (OVA), via Telegram.

“The occupiers attacked the market in central Kherson. Trading points where residents were buying or selling products in the morning came under fire,” he wrote.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on the militia's headquarters in a Beirut suburb.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on the militia's headquarters in a Beirut suburb. Nasrallah was secretary general of Hezbollah for more than three decades and one of the key figures in the pro-Iranian 'Axis of Resistance'. Commentators discuss the next steps of the conflicting parties.

A job well done

The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.

Fresh strikes have been heard in southern Beirut, after Israel's army ordered an evacuation of three areas. It comes after Israel told the US it plans to launch a limited ground incursion into Lebanon as soon as Monday, a US official says. Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem says the group is ready for an Israeli ground offensive and says the battle "may be long.” He made the comments in the first speech by a high-ranking Hezbollah official since Israel killed its leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike on Beirut. In Lebanon, officials say more than 1,000 have been killed in the past two weeks, while up to a million people may now be displaced

The Lebanese Armed Forces have withdrawn from bases on the southern border with Israel ahead of an imminent Israeli invasion, security sources told Al Arabiya English on Monday. The Israeli military declared a military zone in parts of its northern border with Lebanon on Monday ahead of possible ground operations in the neighboring country. “The areas of Metula, Misgav Am, and Kfar Giladi in northern Israel have been declared a closed military zone. Entry to this area is prohibited,” the military said in a statement. The US has observed changes in Israel’s military posture along the border with Lebanon, officials told Al Arabiya English over the weekend, hours after Hezbollah announced its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut. On Monday, US officials said Israel appeared ready to launch an invasion but did not know the exact details of the plans. Washington has been publicly and privately discouraging the Israelis from any military campaign that involved an incursion or invasion. But as has been the case since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Biden administration appears to have been rebuffed once again.

“School is where one is not only taught to write, read, count and think. It is where one is taught to live” – Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Hero of Ukraine, teacher, philosopher, writer and humanist.

Vasyl Sukhomlynsky’s intellect, kind heart and immense love of children made him a brilliant teacher and one of Ukraine’s hundred most famous persons.

He was a school principal in a remote village, but the fame of his name spread across and beyond Ukraine and his valuable pedagogical experience is now taught to students at colleges and universities and actively used by teachers in this and other countries. His works have been published in dozens of languages in as many as 26 million copies.

The dismissed officials include Stanislav Haider, who will move to head the Minister’s Office, along with Oleksandr Serhiy, Yuriy Dzhygyr, and Lyudmila Darahan (State Secretary).

Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has announced significant changes within the Ministry of Defense, with four of the eight deputy ministers being dismissed. The news was shared on the Minister’s official Facebook page.

Russia plans to boost its defence budget by almost 30 percent next year as it diverts resources to its Ukraine offensive, spending more on the military than welfare and education combined.

Russia plans to boost its defence budget by almost 30 percent next year as it diverts resources to its Ukraine offensive, spending more on the military than welfare and education combined, a draft budget showed on Monday.

Moscow had already ramped up military spending to levels not seen since the Soviet Union era, pumping out missiles and drones to fire on Ukraine and paying lucrative salaries to its hundreds of thousands of soldiers fighting on the front lines.

A young Ukrainian warrior overcomes the odds to serve in Ukraine’s strategic drone command. He sheds light on his and his country’s fight to Kyiv Post.

Volodymyr Yurchenko’s body has endured much, but his focus is clear. To serve his country now and into a better future.

As one of the first generation of drone operators in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from the earliest days of the full-scale war, Yurchenko, now 24, was significantly wounded in a Russian missile attack in eastern Ukraine in April 2022. A filmmaker by training, he recovered from his injuries, revealed by his facial scars, and returned to military service.