Pleased to be at the National Maritime Museum for the first day of this event, looking forward to hear a great range of papers

⚡️'This is just the beginning' — Pro-Ukrainian partisans claim strike on Russian air defense factory. Communications were disabled after a strike on an air defense factory in the Russian city of Tula, the pro-Ukrainian Atesh partisan group claimed on Sept. 11.

⚡️ Update: Russian drones in Poland 'resemble' occupation of Crimea, Zelensky says. "The most dangerous thing is when, for example, the U.S., as it was in Crimea, or some other partners, send signals that, the main thing... is not to provoke war," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

More than half of Ukrainian children under Russian occupation were subjected to indoctrination, while some reported torture and sexual violence, according to a report by Save Ukraine and War Child U.K. published on Sept. 11.

⚡️Sweden commits $7.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, announces new $840 million military package. The Swedish government decided to increase military aid to Ukraine from 2026 to 2027 to 40 billion Swedish kronor ($3.7 billion) per year.

As Russia’s war expands across borders and ramps up in intensity, we need the support of our readers to show the world the reality — Russia isn’t stopping, and it won’t contain its war to respect countries, sovereignty, or alliances. Photo: Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

A Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) drone hit a multifunctional vessel of the Russian Black Sea Fleet off Novorossiysk on Sept. 10, inflicting costly damage, the agency reported.

⚡️Poland to send military representatives to Ukraine for training on shooting down Russian drones.

⚡️US to push G7 to impose tariffs on China, India over Russian oil, FT reports. The Trump administration plans to urge Group of Seven (G7) nations to impose sanctions on China and India over their purchase of Russian oil, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sept. 11.

⚡️Update: Drones attack Russia's Primorsk Port, causing fire. Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said the drone strike ignited a fire on a vessel in the Primorsk Port, Russia's largest oil-loading port in the Baltic Sea.

⚡️ Update: Ukraine offers joint production of interceptor drones with Europe after Poland incursion.

SSNCI members are now starting to receive their FREE copy of our latest conference volume: New Perspectives on Conflict and Ireland in the Nineteenth Century edited by Paul Huddie, Cathal Billings, Arlene Crampsie www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

@ssnci.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social Finally got my own copies! Hard to think that this all started with a conference in June 2022! Thanks to Arlene and Cathal, all the contributors and to our top secret peer reviewers #ssnci #irishstudies #conflict #Ireland

⚡️EU considers new sanctions on Russian banks, oil trade, Bloomberg reports. The EU has dispatched a delegation to Washington to discuss potential new restrictions with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

⚡️Russian forces are once again focusing on hitting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Zelensky says. The statement follows a massive Russian attack overnight on Sept. 8 that damaged thermal power plants in Kyiv Oblast.

Amid a flurry of activity in the geopolitical arena without much real progress toward peace, the fourth summer of Russia’s full-scale war has come and gone on the battlefield.

Ukrainian forces have liberated the village of Zarichne in Donetsk Oblast and raised the national flag there, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Sept. 8

⚡️Ukrainian drones strike fuel pumping station supplying diesel to Moscow, military says Ukrainian drones struck a fuel pumping station in Russia's Vladimir Oblast overnight on Sept. 7, the Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces Robert "Madyar" Brovdi announced.

We seek military welfare and care-related papers from a variety of periods, countries and conflicts. Full details in the CfP attached and at militarywelfarehistory.com/wellcome/ The deadline for abstract submissions - both individual papers and panels - is Wednesday 1 October 2025 #milwelfhist

The next event in our @wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social -funded conference series will be ‘War, Trauma and Emotional Injury’, which takes place at @unibirmingham.bsky.social on 6-7 November #milwelfhist

Absolutely! Being funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social, this conference series is primarily interested in papers that related to healthcare #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @eahmh.bsky.social @eahnursing.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social

⚡️ Monitors claim Russia captured 2 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast villages for first time; Kyiv doesn't confirm. Russian forces occupied the villages of Zaporizke and Novoheorhiivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, DeepState monitoring group reported on Aug. 26.

⚡️Ukrainian soldier survives after 5 days crawling with throat cut by Russian troops.

Economic and Social History Society of Ireland CfP for their annual conference deadline 30 September 2025!

⚡️Ukrainian government allows men aged 18-22 to go abroad. Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has revised travel rules and allowed men aged 18 to 22 to cross the border, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Telegram on Aug. 26. kyivindependent.com/ukraines-gov...

Despite Russia's official claim that it does not conscript individuals with serious illnesses, recruitment efforts targeting people with HIV and hepatitis persist.

⚡️Over 250,000 desertion, AWOL cases opened since 2022, prosecutors say. More than 250,000 criminal cases have been opened into soldiers' absence without leave (AWOL) and desertion since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. kyivindependent.com/over-250-000...

... Dr Sabine A. Haring-Mosbacher of @uni-graz.at, Vojtěch Szajkó of Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Grace Anne Parker of Temple University. Welcome one and all #milwelfhist

Also welcome to Dr Yoko Kitamura of University of Tokyo, @amnagel.bsky.social of the US Command and Staff College, Marie Findeisen of @eui-eu.bsky.social, @tpstephens.bsky.social of Indiana University Bloomington ...

New Members: it is with great pleasure that we can add both three new countries and nearly a dozen new members to the Network since our recent conference in Austria.

The death toll from Russia’s strike on Kharkiv — just hours before Zelensky meets Trump in Washington — has climbed to six. Among the victims are a child and a one-year-old baby. Rescue workers are still battling through the rubble.

The meeting between President Trump and President Zelensky is proceeding behind closed doors in the Oval Office. Zelensky didn’t have this chance last time.

“Tough talk may resonate in America, where we confuse words with action. But for Russian leaders, it covers a weak foreign policy. Trump has made extraordinary concessions to Russia in exchange for nothing at all," writes Timothy Snyder.

⚡️EU leaders to hold video conference on Ukraine after Washington talks, Costa says. An EU source told the Kyiv Independent that several EU leaders had expressed interest in such a debrief, particularly those not present in Washington.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has laid out a number of demands that he would require to stop his country's war against Ukraine. The Kyiv Independent has summed all the Russian demands laid out by President Putin and explains why most of them would not be accepted by Ukraine.

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast has been a pillar of Ukraine's defense of the Donbas region.

⚡️Ukraine awards Order of Freedom to journalist killed in Russian captivity. "Viktoria was one of those who spoke the truth about the war. She worked on the front lines and in temporarily occupied territories, risking her life," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Russia's three-pronged attack on the key city has been boosted by its best drone unit, and Ukrainian brigades have had to adapt quickly to stay in the fight.

This week: Iran tests S-400, Kyiv hit by deadly strike, Trump pressures Putin, Aeroflot hacked, POWs mourned, and China, Russia plan drills - plus more top headlines. www.kyivpost.com/videos/57418

⚡️Russian drone strike kills child in Sumy Oblast. The attack on the border village of Svesa killed a 12-year-old boy and left a 13-year-old hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, Governor Oleh Hryhorov reported.

⚡️ 9 killed, 61 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day. Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 208 drones and 27 missiles overnight, targeting cities and infrastructure in multiple regions.

Ukraine's fleet of F-16 fighter jets have been given a badly-needed boost with the creation of new mobile maintenance and operations modules which will help them evade Russian ballistic missile strikes.

⚡️ After being battered by Ukraine, Russia hopes to 'strengthen' Black Sea Fleet. "In the coming years, the Black Sea sailors will be further strengthened — with the arrival of new frigates, corvettes, aviation, marine robotic complexes," Nikolai Patrushev, head of Russia's Maritime Collegium, said.

⚡️ 'Resistance inside Russia is growing' — Su-27UB jet set alight in Krasnodar Krai, Ukraine's HUR claims. The agency released video footage apparently showing the incident from a first-person perspective.

Twelve years after the EuroMaidan Revolution, a new cause mobilized thousands across Ukraine. Today's protests echo similar demands: fighting corruption and heeding the voice of Ukrainian society.

⚡️Lithuania to allocate $32 million toward joint purchase of Patriot missile systems for Ukraine. Lithuania plans to contribute up to 30 million euro ($32.5 million) toward the joint purchase of U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine, Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported on July 26.

New Members - welcome to our several new members: Søren Werther Kjær Rasmussen, Grace Anne Parker, Edward Tooker, Dr Tanisha Fazal, @sjzimmerman.bsky.social Prof Karen Hagemann, Dr Marina Perez De Arcos, Dr Zack White, Prof Jana K. Lipman, Dr Gregory Kennedy and Dr Sarafina Pagnotta #milwelfhist

⚡️ Belarus threatens to shift Zapad-2025 military drills closer to NATO border. Belarusian Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Muraveika said Minsk originally chose to move the joint Russian-Belarusian drills away from the western frontier to ease tensions, but that decision may now be reconsidered.

Since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine in 2014, Ukrainians in the occupied territories have been subject to illegal detentions, brutal interrogations, convictions in an unrecognized legal system, and torture.

⚡️ Ukraine, Russia hold third round of peace talks in Istanbul. During the talks, Ukraine proposed holding a summit between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin before the end of August.