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A satellite image shows an overview of the ammunition depot after the explosion, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Toropets, Tver region, Russia, September 18, 2024.
Ukraine’s drones trigger a major blast inside Russia
Ukraine has scored hits much deeper inside Russia in recent months – including on targets up to 1,100 miles from Ukraine’s border – but this attack is noteworthy for several reasons. It again demonstrates both Ukraine’s ability to reach major Russian military targets and the inability of Russian air defenses to stop Ukraine’s drones. It destroyed weapons that Russia has used to strike Ukrainian targets. It also boosts Ukrainian morale at a moment when Russian forces are making significant territorial gains in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine’s government and military also hope it shows the country’s Western allies that attacks on targets inside Russia won’t trigger a major war escalation from Russia, advancing the argument that Ukraine should receive missiles that Americans and Europeans have so far been reluctant to provide.
Ukraine swarmed Moscow on Tuesday with its biggest-ever drone attack. Russia said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack drones as they swarmed over the country's capital and 124 more over eight other regions.
Hard Numbers: Moscow swarmed with Ukrainian drones, 9/11 first responder deaths rise, Argentinians head to the bank, Australia eyes age restrictions for social media
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700 million: Argentines are declaring hundreds of millions of previously hidden savings under a new tax amnesty program that President Javier Milei hopes will boost the country’s lagging economy. The program, which lasts until the end of the month, has fueled over $700 million of previously squirreled away cash to be deposited into banks in both July and August. Milei hopes the program will recoup $40 billion of the roughly $258 billion in undeclared funds that Argentines currently keep in mattresses, overseas, or otherwise outside its financial system.
16: The Australian government has set out to establish a minimum social media age, with the government expected to propose federal legislation later this year. Although the exact age limit has not been established, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he favors an age limit as high as 16 years old. The proposal has support across the political spectrum, but it is not clear that the technology exists to reliably enforce such a ban.