UKRAINE
Entire Donetsk Region Hit by Blackout After Continual Russian Strikes
Local authorities said the power supply has been severed for the entirety of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region after continual Russian strikes. The region, once the core of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, remains one of the Kremlin’s key objectives, and Kyiv has warned of...
Mazda Becomes First Foreign Carmaker to Lose Control of Its Russian Joint Venture
Mazda Motor has lost the right to buy back its 50% stake in a Russian car-making joint venture. The company missed the deadline to exercise an option agreed when it sold its share, former Russian partner Sollers told Reuters. Mazdaʼs...
Ukrainians Stop Following Euro-Buying Trend Despite US Uncertainty
Ukrainians have stopped following the recent trend of buying euros despite ongoing uncertainty over US tariffs, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). Demand for cash euros remained at €0.6 billion – almost unchanged from the previous quarter –...
One Killed as Russian Missile-Drone Barrage Batters Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa
Ukrainian air defense downed 92 Russian drones overnight on Tuesday as Moscow launched a major aerial assault targeting southern and eastern regions with missiles, Shahed-type drones and guided bombs. According to the Ukrainian Air Force’s Tuesday morning update, Russian forces launched...
Russia Targets Ukrainian Snack Giant in Overnight Drone Strike
A Russian “Shahed” drone struck a warehouse belonging to Ukrainian snack producer Star Brands in the city of Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, on Sunday, Nov. 2, triggering a fire that continued into Monday morning. The fire destroyed raw materials and finished...
‘Americans May Be in for Surprises’ – Russian Lawmaker Suggests Moscow Arm Venezuela With Oreshnik Missiles
Russia is supplying weapons to Venezuela and may deliver its new Oreshnik missile system, according to Alexei Zhuravlyov, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma’s Defense Committee. Speaking to Gazeta.ru, Zhuravlyov said: “I see no obstacles to supplying a friendly country with new developments such...
Belgium Launches Probe After Third Straight Night of Spying Drones Over NATO Base
WASHINGTON DC – For three consecutive nights, a sophisticated aerial menace – drones described by officials as “larger-type” aircraft flying at high altitudes – has breached the restricted airspace over Belgium’s Kleine-Brogel airbase. The repeated incursions have landed squarely in the lap...
Trump’s Central Asia Summit: The ‘Stans’ Become Chessboard for US-Russia-China Rivalry
WASHINGTON DC – When President Donald Trump welcomes the five leaders of Central Asia to the White House this Thursday, it will mark a rare moment of diplomatic choreography aimed squarely at reshaping the balance of power across Eurasia. The summit...
Merz Says Syrian Refugees in Germany Must Go Home
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday Syrian refugees in Germany must go home now that their country’s war is over or face deportation. In his latest hardline comments on migration, Merz said there was “no longer any reason” for Syrians who...
US NATO Envoy Whitaker Visits Kyiv as Ukraine Prepares for Winter Battles
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker visited Ukraine on Monday, leading a delegation from the North Atlantic Alliance for talks focused on air defense and preparations for the coming winter. Ukraine’s Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said the meeting with NATO partner ambassadors...
Ukraine Strikes Hit Key Russian Industrial Plants, Triggering Widespread Blackouts
Drones hit multiple industrial and energy sites deep inside Russia overnight, causing fires at refineries and petrochemical plants and triggering widespread blackouts in several regions, according to Russian officials. In the Volgograd region, a fire broke out at the Frolovskaya electrical substation on...
Left Alone: Yale Lab Tracking Kidnapped Ukrainian Children Running on Fumes, Faces Shutdown
WASHINGTON, DC – The Yale lab responsible for identifying and tracking tens of thousands of Ukrainian children deported to Russia is just weeks away from a total shutdown, and its critical mission is being held hostage by bureaucratic inertia and...
Ukrainian prosecutors accused of using force against operative amid conflict with anti-graft agency
Prosecutors searched the house of an employee of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and allegedly used physical force against him on Nov. 4, the bureau said in a statement. The Prosecutor General’s Office told the Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda that the...
How Europe plans to phase out Russian oil and gas, explained
In the coming weeks, the EU will decide whether to phase out its remaining Russian fossil fuel imports by early 2027 — or give itself another year. Whichever deadline it sets, the bloc will face a difficult path to get...
Russia’s Oil Buyers Retreat as Sanctions Bite
Russia is finding fewer buyers for its crude oil as new US sanctions on Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC begin to ripple through global markets. The measures – part of Washington’s latest effort to curb Moscow’s war financing – are now starting...
WAR
One Killed as Russian Missile-Drone Barrage Batters Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa
Ukrainian air defense downed 92 Russian drones overnight on Tuesday as Moscow...
Russia Targets Ukrainian Snack Giant in Overnight Drone Strike
A Russian “Shahed” drone struck a warehouse belonging to Ukrainian snack producer...
Russian Troops Burn Their Own Trucks to Halt Pokrovsk Deployment, Partisans Say
A Russian soldier reportedly set his unit’s truck on fire to block...
Trump-Putin Summit Cancelled After Moscow Sent Memo to Washington, FT Says
The United States cancelled a planned Budapest summit between President Donald Trump...
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