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🌐 22–23 November — G20 in South Africa.
🗝️ absences will define the summit:
🔹 Putin stays away due to the ICC warrant, sending aide Maxim Oreshkin.
🔹 China is represented by Premier Li Qiang, not Xi Jinping.
🔹Trump skips entirely, citing human-rights concerns.
Major outcomes appear unlikely.
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🗝️ absences will define the summit:
🔹 Putin stays away due to the ICC warrant, sending aide Maxim Oreshkin.
🔹 China is represented by Premier Li Qiang, not Xi Jinping.
🔹Trump skips entirely, citing human-rights concerns.
Major outcomes appear unlikely.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🌐 22–23 November — G20 in South Africa.
🗝️ absences will define the summit:
🔹 Putin stays away due to the ICC warrant, sending aide Maxim Oreshkin.
🔹 China is represented by Premier Li Qiang, not Xi Jinping.
🔹Trump skips entirely, citing human-rights concerns.
Major outcomes appear unlikely.
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🗝️ absences will define the summit:
🔹 Putin stays away due to the ICC warrant, sending aide Maxim Oreshkin.
🔹 China is represented by Premier Li Qiang, not Xi Jinping.
🔹Trump skips entirely, citing human-rights concerns.
Major outcomes appear unlikely.
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🌍 20 November — EU Foreign Affairs Council. Ukraine’s FM Andrii Sybiha joins EU ministers to discuss ongoing support, sanctions, & a spike in hybrid attacks launched from #Belarus. In late October, Belarusian balloons breached Lithuania’s airspace — raising regional alarm.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🌍 20 November — EU Foreign Affairs Council. Ukraine’s FM Andrii Sybiha joins EU ministers to discuss ongoing support, sanctions, & a spike in hybrid attacks launched from #Belarus. In late October, Belarusian balloons breached Lithuania’s airspace — raising regional alarm.
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💶 EU General Affairs Council meets on 17 Nov, with the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework topping the agenda. A €140 bn reparations-backed loan for Ukraine, funded by frozen #RussianAssets, hangs in the balance.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
💶 EU General Affairs Council meets on 17 Nov, with the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework topping the agenda. A €140 bn reparations-backed loan for Ukraine, funded by frozen #RussianAssets, hangs in the balance.
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🛫 #Zelensky in Paris (17 Nov). The visit will centre on Ukraine’s worsening energy crisis and the corruption scandal unsettling EU allies. The trip follows a stop in Greece, where Zelensky is expected to finalise an energy cooperation agreement.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🛫 #Zelensky in Paris (17 Nov). The visit will centre on Ukraine’s worsening energy crisis and the corruption scandal unsettling EU allies. The trip follows a stop in Greece, where Zelensky is expected to finalise an energy cooperation agreement.
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🎧 We unpack the deepening political crisis, from corruption investigations to battlefield pressure and energy system damage, in the latest episode of the Ukraine Insights podcast.
Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
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Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🎧 We unpack the deepening political crisis, from corruption investigations to battlefield pressure and energy system damage, in the latest episode of the Ukraine Insights podcast.
Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
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Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
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💸 2026 budget at risk. A vote on the second reading of #Ukraine’s 2026 state budget is tentatively set for 18 Nov, but growing resistance within the Rada, fuelled by the corruption investigation, may force a delay.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
💸 2026 budget at risk. A vote on the second reading of #Ukraine’s 2026 state budget is tentatively set for 18 Nov, but growing resistance within the Rada, fuelled by the corruption investigation, may force a delay.
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A court ruling is also expected shortly on pre-trial measures for former Deputy PM Oleksii #Chernyshov, while the probe’s central figure, Mindich, may face the revocation of his Ukrainian citizenship.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A court ruling is also expected shortly on pre-trial measures for former Deputy PM Oleksii #Chernyshov, while the probe’s central figure, Mindich, may face the revocation of his Ukrainian citizenship.
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⚠️ Ukraine's MPs are expected to accept the resignations of Energy Minister Svitlana Honcharuk & Justice Minister Herman #Halushchenko, both implicated in the unfolding NABU/SAPO probe, on Nov 18.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
⚠️ Ukraine's MPs are expected to accept the resignations of Energy Minister Svitlana Honcharuk & Justice Minister Herman #Halushchenko, both implicated in the unfolding NABU/SAPO probe, on Nov 18.
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⚡Can President Zelensky and Prime Minister Svyrydenko navigate this crisis?
Find the answers in the new episode of the Ukraine Insights podcast with @jakubparusinski.bsky.social and Anatolii Oktysiuk.
🔗Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
Find the answers in the new episode of the Ukraine Insights podcast with @jakubparusinski.bsky.social and Anatolii Oktysiuk.
🔗Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
⚡Can President Zelensky and Prime Minister Svyrydenko navigate this crisis?
Find the answers in the new episode of the Ukraine Insights podcast with @jakubparusinski.bsky.social and Anatolii Oktysiuk.
🔗Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
Find the answers in the new episode of the Ukraine Insights podcast with @jakubparusinski.bsky.social and Anatolii Oktysiuk.
🔗Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
All this unfolds as Ukraine faces one of its toughest moments yet: Russian strikes on critical energy infrastructure have caused rolling blackouts nationwide, while the front line is deteriorating with #Russia’s forces edging closer to capturing #Pokrovsk in the #Donbas.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As a result, the Energy Minister and the Justice Minister resigned, sanctions were imposed on key figures in the case, and Energoatom’s vice president Jakob Hartmut was suspended. But public discontent won’t be so easily contained.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As a result, the Energy Minister and the Justice Minister resigned, sanctions were imposed on key figures in the case, and Energoatom’s vice president Jakob Hartmut was suspended. But public discontent won’t be so easily contained.
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The raids followed months of mounting tensions between Ukraine’s leadership and the country’s top anti-corruption bodies that peaked in July with the so-called Cardboard Maidan protests.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The raids followed months of mounting tensions between Ukraine’s leadership and the country’s top anti-corruption bodies that peaked in July with the so-called Cardboard Maidan protests.
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Anti-corruption detectives from NABU and SAPO raided the homes of Zelensky’s associate Timur Mindich, Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko, and Energoatom offices, uncovering piles of cash and signs of entrenched graft.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Anti-corruption detectives from NABU and SAPO raided the homes of Zelensky’s associate Timur Mindich, Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko, and Energoatom offices, uncovering piles of cash and signs of entrenched graft.
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Other highlights:
🔹The NABU–SAPO scandal
🔹Former Ukrenergo head Kudrytskyi faces legal pressure.
🔹The European Commission publishes its progress report on Ukraine’s EU candidate status.
👉 Become a KI Insights subscriber today and get 1 month of free access: insights.kyivindependent.com
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🔹The NABU–SAPO scandal
🔹Former Ukrenergo head Kudrytskyi faces legal pressure.
🔹The European Commission publishes its progress report on Ukraine’s EU candidate status.
👉 Become a KI Insights subscriber today and get 1 month of free access: insights.kyivindependent.com
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November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Other highlights:
🔹The NABU–SAPO scandal
🔹Former Ukrenergo head Kudrytskyi faces legal pressure.
🔹The European Commission publishes its progress report on Ukraine’s EU candidate status.
👉 Become a KI Insights subscriber today and get 1 month of free access: insights.kyivindependent.com
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🔹The NABU–SAPO scandal
🔹Former Ukrenergo head Kudrytskyi faces legal pressure.
🔹The European Commission publishes its progress report on Ukraine’s EU candidate status.
👉 Become a KI Insights subscriber today and get 1 month of free access: insights.kyivindependent.com
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How disastrous is the situation on the frontline amid the unfolding NABU/SAPO scandal? Is the frontline stable in other sectors?
🔥Find the answers in the latest Weekly Report by KI Insights: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters
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🔥Find the answers in the latest Weekly Report by KI Insights: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters
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November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
How disastrous is the situation on the frontline amid the unfolding NABU/SAPO scandal? Is the frontline stable in other sectors?
🔥Find the answers in the latest Weekly Report by KI Insights: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters
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🔥Find the answers in the latest Weekly Report by KI Insights: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters
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Experts and field sources say Russia has overrun much of Pokrovsk north of the rail tracks but does not yet control it. Heavy fighting continues over key high-rises and elevated positions.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Experts and field sources say Russia has overrun much of Pokrovsk north of the rail tracks but does not yet control it. Heavy fighting continues over key high-rises and elevated positions.
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Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) launched two rare helicopter raids on Oct 29 & 31 against Russian positions north of the city. Separately, Gen. Syrskyi’s “Skala” regiment struck into central Pokrovsk on Nov 5 – yet failed to meaningfully slow 🇷🇺 infiltration.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) launched two rare helicopter raids on Oct 29 & 31 against Russian positions north of the city. Separately, Gen. Syrskyi’s “Skala” regiment struck into central Pokrovsk on Nov 5 – yet failed to meaningfully slow 🇷🇺 infiltration.
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These brigades, poorly suited for urban defense, reportedly have weaker drone support than others. Meanwhile, widespread infantry shortages across the frontline, worsened by record desertions, make Russian infiltration harder to detect & repel.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
These brigades, poorly suited for urban defense, reportedly have weaker drone support than others. Meanwhile, widespread infantry shortages across the frontline, worsened by record desertions, make Russian infiltration harder to detect & repel.
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In the past two weeks, the situation deteriorated sharply. 🇺🇦 units were pushed back or outflanked by infiltrating Russian groups. Within city limits, the 155th “Anne of Kyiv” Mech. Brigade, plagued by desertion & internal issues, struggled to hold ground.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In the past two weeks, the situation deteriorated sharply. 🇺🇦 units were pushed back or outflanked by infiltrating Russian groups. Within city limits, the 155th “Anne of Kyiv” Mech. Brigade, plagued by desertion & internal issues, struggled to hold ground.
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