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Key updates Russian Drone Strike on Sumy Shopping Center Kills 2, Injures at Least 20 Kim Jong Un Publicly Praises North Korean Troops Fighting for Russia PACE Panel Backs Using €260B in Russian Assets for Ukraine’s Legal Claims A Russian drone struck Sumy’s Manufaktura shopping center, killing a 21-year-old man and woman and injuring at least 20 people, including three teenagers. A Russian drone struck a shopping center in central Sumy on Wednesday evening, Sept. 9, killing a 21-year-old man and woman and injuring at least 20 people, Ukrainian officials said. Four of the wounded were in serious condition. Kim Jong Un praised troops serving in “overseas military operations” during North Korea’s founding anniversary, publicly normalizing a deployment that has sent an estimated 14,000 to 15,000 soldiers to support Russia’s war against Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used one of the country’s most important national celebrations to publicly praise troops serving abroad, further bringing Pyongyang’s direct participation in Russia’s war against Ukraine into North Korea’s official narrative. Speaking at an assembly hall in Pyongyang on Wednesday, Sept. 9, during celebrations marking the 78th anniversary of North Korea’s founding, Kim thanked workers and soldiers for their service and expressed what state media KCNA described as “special gratitude and respect” to commanders and soldiers “participating in overseas military operations.” PACE lawmakers have backed a proposal to use frozen Russian Central Bank assets to fund potentially billions in compensation for Ukraine under Strasbourg Court rulings. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Legal Affairs Committee has approved a mechanism that could use frozen Russian Central Bank assets to pay compensation awarded to Ukraine under Strasbourg Court rulings. The committee said repurposing Russian state assets for such payments would constitute a “lawful countermeasure under international law,” strengthening efforts to make Moscow financially accountable for abuses committed during its war against Ukraine.