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Germany announces a €1.3 billion Ukraine package during Merz’s unannounced Kyiv visit. More than €1 billion is earmarked for military support, including missiles with ranges exceeding 1,000 kilometers, while about €350 million will fund energy infrastructure. 1/6

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Ukraine’s security service says it destroyed two Russian aircraft at Khanskaya airfield. The Security Service said the aircraft had carried out guided-bomb strikes, while local reports and NASA satellite data indicated explosions and fire; the losses remain unconfirmed. 1/6

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Russia’s Novak calls petrol shortage minor as a Telegram post reports sales limits in over 60 regions. The post attributed the disruption to Ukrainian attacks that it said had taken 35% to 47% of Russia’s refining capacity offline; the figures were not independently verified. 1/4

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Russia Monitor @milonews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Russia says it downed 559 drones as airport restrictions and infrastructure damage were reported. Regional authorities reported two deaths and 15 injuries, while a damaged power line left several homes without electricity in Voronezh. 1/6

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A Russian journalist says the Supreme Court has concealed statistics on political convictions and security cases. His post said courts began removing information on such cases from their websites at the end of 2025, including treason, sabotage and alleged army “discrediting” cases. 1/5

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Russia Monitor @milonews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A convicted man was released to join the war despite receiving a 16-year sentence. Shardakov is the second participant in the killing to be released for deployment. Accused accomplice Roman Shirokov signed a Defense Ministry contract in March 2025 and was killed in the war in June. 1/3

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Russia continues to face regional petrol shortages after strikes on its refineries. Petrol shortages and queues have repeatedly emerged in Russian regions, including Nizhny Novgorod, according to an interview with analyst Boris Aronstein published by Current Time. 1/2

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Drone attacks have again damaged power facilities in Russian-controlled Crimea. Entire districts have been left without electricity, with unscheduled power cuts and strict restrictions imposed in response, Krym.Realii reported. 1/6

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Idel. Realities says its register of Tatarstan war dead has passed 10,000. The register, compiled from public obituaries and death notices, includes people over 60 and four 18-year-olds added during the first 10 days of September, according to the report. 1/5

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Bloomberg says Russia is planning record defense spending as the war in Ukraine drags on. The draft three-year budget allocates 17.1 trillion rubles ($205 billion) to defense next year—more than 40% above this year’s plan—reversing an earlier aim to restrain spending. 1/5

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Russia says refinery defenses have improved as four plants come under overnight drone attack. Novak said no technological equipment was damaged in the attacks, though one refinery was still assessing the extent of its damage. 1/5

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Russia reported 646 drones destroyed as attacks caused casualties and disrupted flights across multiple regions. Belgorod’s governor said one person was killed and five injured, while a drone fall ignited dry grass and caused a forest fire in Rostov Region. 1/6

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ASTRA says a blaze was seen near Volgograd’s oil refinery and chemical plant after a reported drone attack. The regional governor confirmed a massive drone attack on industrial infrastructure and said a residential building caught fire; one person was hospitalized. 1/6

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The U.S. proposes blocking A7 payments after Promsvyazbank said the network handled 12% of Russia’s external trade. FinCEN says A7 subagents processed more than $17 billion in dollar payments through accounts at about 435 banks in 83 countries. 1/6

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Putin says Ukrainian refinery strikes cost Russia about 1% of GDP. Bloomberg reported Russian oil refining fell 27% from a year earlier in July, while the source said 39% of capacity was idle in August and gasoline shortages began in many regions by late summer. 1/6

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Bloomberg reports that Ukrainian strikes have disrupted about 70% of Russia’s grain-export capacity. The report says alternative ports can handle only about 10% of the volumes previously moved through the Black Sea, while shipping grain to Egypt via the Baltic costs 30–35% more. 1/6

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Russia’s proposed budget keeps deficits as defence spending may hit a record and social outlays fall. Domestic borrowing will remain the main way to finance the shortfall, with government debt already reaching 33.2 trillion rubles by September 2026, up from 23.7 trillion at the start of 2025. 1/6

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A drone attack on a Crimean substation left several districts without power. The outages affected parts of Nizhnegorsky, Krasnogvardeysky and Pervomaysky districts; Armyansk also lost water, while Chernomorskoye was without power from midnight. 1/4

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Russian companies’ profits fell to their lowest level since the pandemic, Rosstat data show. In January–July, nominal corporate profits fell 15.7% year on year, while real profits dropped 21% and losses at loss-making companies rose 25.6%. 1/6

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Russia’s reported budget plans raise defence spending while cutting healthcare and other civilian outlays. The post also envisages higher taxes and duties, including about 10 billion roubles from alcohol imports from countries deemed “unfriendly”. 1/5

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A reported 17% of Russia’s shared-equity housing contracts remained unpaid in September. Govorit_NeMoskva reported that escrow-account shortfalls reached a record 1.5 trillion rubles, while installment plans made up a quarter of new-build sales in Q2 2026. 1/5

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Russia’s debt-service bill is projected to approach spending on its entire national economy. Draft budget materials reported by Reuters project debt service at 4.6 trillion rubles in 2027, up from 3.9 trillion this year, while the Finance Ministry plans to borrow 7.7 trillion. 1/6

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Russia Monitor @milonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The United States and Lithuania warned exiled opposition figures about alleged assassination plots. The Justice Department charged five alleged network members on Sept. 15, saying they acted for Russian intelligence and planned killings and sabotage in the U.S. and Europe. 1/6

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The proposed 2027 budget raises defense spending 27% while cutting civilian sectors. The plan would also reduce funding for pensions, maternity benefits and war-veteran payments by 7%, while raising taxes and housing and utility tariffs, Reuters reported. 1/5

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Russia Monitor @milonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Monitoring channels say Ukrainian strikes are increasingly disabling multiple primary-processing units at Russian refineries. The monitoring-channel analysis says 10 refineries were fully stopped in September, while two others were operating at about one-quarter capacity. 1/6

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Russia Monitor @milonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sevastopol reportedly moves to a two-hours-on, six-hours-off power schedule. The report said fuel shortages have continued since May, while Ukraine’s Krymsky Veter channel put gasoline prices at 166.74 rubles per liter, versus 77.76 rubles across Russia. 1/5

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Fuel shortages and rationing worsened near Moscow after strikes hit three key refineries. In Kaluga, 40% of filling stations were closed from Sept. 19 to 25, and authorities imposed alternating-day refueling based on the first digit of vehicle registration numbers. 1/6

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Putin has restricted publication of data on Russia’s oil refining, fuel sales, exports and maritime logistics. The decree bars media and online disclosure of export quantities, prices, buyers, sellers, vessels and container numbers unless companies publish the data themselves. 1/5

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Rail restrictions in Crimea continue to stop Tavria trains from Russia at Kerch. The arrangement has been in effect since June; Krym.Realii linked the restrictions to Ukrainian strikes and said military rail communications on the peninsula were paralyzed. 1/3

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A Ukrainian strike damaged five workshops at a Russian plant linked to at least seven missile programs. Satellite imagery showed fire traces and damage to two foundry buildings; Ukraine said the strike involved Neptune missiles and Ruta, Palianytsia and Bars drones. 1/5

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Putin places Metro’s Russian assets under temporary management. Metro operates 91 stores and employs more than 10,000 people in Russia. Sales there rose 10.3% to €2.14 billion in the first nine months of its 2025/26 financial year, company data show. 1/3

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Sevastopol topped Russia’s petrol and diesel price rankings after a summer fuel crisis. PromRating put average petrol at 166.74 rubles a litre and diesel at 151.62 in Sevastopol, versus Russian averages of 77.76 and 88.38, respectively. 1/6

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Russia’s federal healthcare projects lose half their funding, according to calculations based on Finance Ministry data. Cancer-care funding fell from 148.46 billion rubles to 44.9 billion, while primary-care funding dropped 52%, the calculations show. 1/6

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Individuum has closed after staff were prosecuted over LGBT-related books. A court sentenced former Individuum and Popcorn Books director Dmitry Protopopov to four years’ probation over LGBT literature sales; two other publishing executives received similar sentences. 1/6

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Belarusian gasoline supplies to Russia are set to exceed 1 million tonnes amid fuel shortages. About 205,000 tonnes of gasoline are expected to reach Russia from Belarus in September, up from 45,000 tonnes a year earlier, Kommersant reported, citing an industry source. 1/6

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Russian officials said drone attacks collapsed a bridge in Bryansk and injured four people in Voronezh. The preliminary figures included three children; a four-year-old girl and seven-year-old boy were hospitalized in serious condition, the governor said. 1/5

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