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The latest news about Russia and Ukraine, hand-picked for you every weekday morning (09:30 GMT+3).
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💬 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said Monday that the United States is attempting to distance Minsk from its ally #Russia through intensified dialogue with #Belarus, but he expressed doubt the effort will succeed.

www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...

#usa #trump
Lithuanian president sceptical of US efforts to engage with Belarus
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said Monday that the United States is attempting to distance Minsk from its ally Ru...
www.lrt.lt
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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#UPDATE

🇪🇺 The European Commission is considering setting up a dedicated intelligence cell to strengthen security amid geopolitical difficulties, an EU spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that the initiative is still at an early stage.

www.reuters.com/world/eu-set...

#europe
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🇪🇺 The European Commission has begun setting up a new intelligence body under president Ursula von der Leyen, in an attempt to improve the use of information gathered by national spy agencies.

www.ft.com/content/b8a3...

Archive: archive.is/Zhzgn

#europe #russia
EU to set up new intelligence unit under Ursula von der Leyen
Body to collate material from national agencies and improve its operational use
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukraine’s Defense Forces carried out overnight drone strikes against multiple Russian targets, including an oil terminal in occupied Feodosia and military logistics facilities in the Donetsk region, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine

united24media.com/latest-news/...
Ukrainian Drones Strike Russia’s Oil Lifeline in Crimea, Hit Military Targets in Donbas
Ukrainian Defense Forces targeted Russian military and economic sites, including an oil terminal in Feodosia and facilities in Donetsk, on November 11.
united24media.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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🇮🇳 Middle Eastern producers Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait will raise crude oil supplies to #India in December as Indian refiners seek alternatives to Russian barrels, Reuters reports.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

#russia
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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🇧🇬 #Bulgaria has one month of gasoline supplies left as it braces for the start of U.S. sanctions on Russia's Lukoil, which owns the country's largest oil refinery and most storage and pipeline infrastructure, the chairman of the state reserves agency said on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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🇷🇸 NIS' Russian owners are ready to give up control of the Serbia-based oil firm as U.S. sanctions threaten fuel supplies to the Balkan country ahead of winter, Serbian Energy Minister Dubravka Dedovic Handanovic said on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

#russia
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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🇺🇸 In a surprise reversal that has alarmed #Ukraine and its allies in the UN, the #Trump admin is pushing to strip language from a resolution that affirms the country’s territorial integrity and condemns Russia’s occupation of Crimea and other regions, Kyiv Post reports.

www.kyivpost.com/post/63999
Trump Administration Pushes to Weaken Ukraine Resolution on Russian Occupation at UN, Sources Tell Kyiv Post
Western allies are warning that the White House push to strip references to “territorial integrity” and “aggression” will undermine the international consensus.
www.kyivpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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🇷🇺 #Russia has faced a sweeping diplomatic setback, losing elections to several UNESCO advisory bodies and being excluded from every institution it sought to join, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

united24media.com/latest-news/...
Russia Loses All UNESCO Elections Amid Growing Global Isolation
The MFA reports Russia's exclusion from key UNESCO bodies as Ukraine's international allies stand firm against its aggression, emphasizing cultural heritage protection.
united24media.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🇷🇴 Romania's defence ministry said on Tuesday that suspected drone fragments were found 5 km (3.2 miles) inside its territory following an overnight Russian attack on Ukrainian Danube river ports.

www.reuters.com/business/aer...

#russia
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A Russian drone attack on Ukraine's southern Odesa region damaged energy and transport infrastructure, injuring one person and sparking fires at multiple energy facilities, the regional governor said on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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🇪🇺 The European Commission has begun setting up a new intelligence body under president Ursula von der Leyen, in an attempt to improve the use of information gathered by national spy agencies.

www.ft.com/content/b8a3...

Archive: archive.is/Zhzgn

#europe #russia
EU to set up new intelligence unit under Ursula von der Leyen
Body to collate material from national agencies and improve its operational use
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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🇷🇺🛢️📉 Chinese provincial government-backed refiner Yanchang Petroleum is avoiding Russian oil in its latest crude oil tender for deliveries between December and mid-February, Reuters reports.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

#China #Russia
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 An oil refinery in Saratov, #Russia, was reportedly attacked overnight on Nov. 11, according to local Telegram channels that shared footage appearing to show explosions at the facility.

kyivindependent.com/explosions-r...

#Ukraine
Explosions reported at Saratov oil refinery amid alleged drone strike
An oil refinery in Saratov, Russia, was reportedly attacked overnight on Nov. 11, according to local Telegram channels that shared footage appearing to show explosions at the facility.
kyivindependent.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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ISW:

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The situation in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad area remains difficult as Ukrainian forces fight to hold the shoulders of the pocket and Russian forces continue to advance in the area.

understandingwar.org/research/rus...

#Russia #Ukraine
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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🇸🇰 Slovakia's transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to #Ukraine was not a criminal offense, the Bratislava prosecutor's office said Monday.

www.politico.eu/article/slov...
Slovak prosecutor decides giving Ukraine fighter jets was not a crime
A probe concludes that the donation of military equipment to Kyiv did not cause any domestic harm to Slovakia.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces struck an oil depot in Russian-occupied #Crimea overnight, hitting a pumping station at the “Hvardiiskyi” facility in the village of Karierne, Saksky district.

united24media.com/latest-news/...

#russia
Ukraine Strikes Deep in Crimea—Russian Fuel Depot Ablaze
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces targeted a fuel depot in Crimea, disrupting Russian supply routes crucial for military operations.
united24media.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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💬 President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that anyone involved in corruption would be held accountable, and vowed the country's nuclear power operator would be run free from graft.

www.reuters.com/world/zelens...

#Ukraine
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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🇧🇪 #Belgium has enlisted the help of foreign armed forces to seize or track down drones that have made incursions around its airports, military bases and a nuclear plant, with officials saying it all bears the hallmarks of Russian interference.

www.reuters.com/world/belgiu...
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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🇬🇧 A political ally of Putin who declared poverty to a London divorce court had £217m-worth of property and land in London and Moscow as well as £21m in investments and a £4m art collection, a judge has found.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

#russia #corruption
Putin ally who declared poverty had £217m of property, UK judge finds
Estate of former Russian senator Vladimir Sloutsker, who died in September, ordered to pay £25m to his ex-wife
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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📽️ Memorial of Heroes, a Ukrainian memorialization and documentary project that records the stories of those killed by Russia's war against #Ukraine, has had its YouTube channel deleted without the right to appeal.

kyivindependent.com/memorial-of-...
‘Destroying our memory’ — YouTube wipes Ukrainian channel honoring soldiers killed by Russia
The nature of the mass reports' accusations, unrelated as they are to the channel's actual content, is a clear sign of a coordinated Russian operation, according to the project's deputy editor.
kyivindependent.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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🇪🇺 The European Union will on Thursday discuss two main ways to raise financial support for #Ukraine - borrowing the money, or the more likely option of using frozen Russian assets, a senior EU official said.

www.reuters.com/business/fin...

#europe #russia
EU weighs using Russian assets or borrowing to finance Kyiv
The European Union will on Thursday discuss two main ways to raise financial support for Ukraine - borrowing the money, or the more likely option of using frozen Russian assets, a senior EU official said.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🇺🇦 Ukraine's Kyivstar is ramping up measures to keep its network online as Russian strikes strain the country's power grid, CEO Oleksandr Komarov said on Monday.

www.reuters.com/business/med...
Ukraine's Kyivstar adds backup power as Russian strikes strain power grid, CEO says
Ukraine's Kyivstar is ramping up measures to keep its network online as Russian strikes strain the country's power grid, CEO Oleksandr Komarov said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🇷🇺 St. Petersburg police detained 18-year-old singer Diana Loginova and guitarist Alexander Orlov for a third❗ time in a month, media outlets reported on Monday, coming immediately after the two musicians completed their latest jail sentences.

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/10/s...

#Russia
St. Petersburg Street Musicians Detained for Third Time - The Moscow Times
St.
www.themoscowtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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🇷🇺🛢️📉 Lukoil has declared force majeure at Iraq's giant West Qurna-2 oilfield, after Western sanctions on the Russian oil major complicated its operations.

Iraq has halted all cash and crude payments to Lukoil, Reuters reports.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

#Russia
Exclusive: Lukoil declares force majeure at Iraqi oilfield following sanctions
Lukoil has declared force majeure at Iraq's giant West Qurna-2 oilfield, four sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday, after Western sanctions on the Russian oil major hampered its operations.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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🇮🇳 Indian refiner HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd has issued a rare spot tender seeking two cargoes of naphtha for November delivery after its Russian supplies of the petrochemical feedstock were hit, Reuters reports.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

#India #Russia
India's HMEL issues prompt tender for naphtha supplies as Russian flows hit, sources say
Indian refiner HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd has issued a rare spot tender seeking two cargoes of naphtha for November delivery after its Russian supplies of the petrochemical feedstock were hit, three trade sources said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM