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Russia-Ukraine Daily News
The latest news about Russia and Ukraine, hand-picked for you every weekday morning (09:30 GMT+3).
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🇰🇵 North Korea is encouraging its troops in #Ukraine to use grenades to kill themselves if capture is imminent, praising such actions as heroic, Daily NK reported on Nov. 27, citing undisclosed sources.

kyivindependent.com/north-korean...

#russia
'If you give your life, you live forever' — North Korean soldiers in Ukraine encouraged to use grenades to avoid capture, media reports
The North Korean military is highlighting the "heroic services" of soldiers who blew themselves up in Ukraine rather than be taken prisoner, a Daily NK source said.
kyivindependent.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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🇦🇺🇳🇿🇺🇦 Australia and New Zealand are poised to tip around $65 million into a special #NATO program that buys American-made weapons for #Ukraine

thenightly.com.au/world/austra...
Australia set to tip millions into Ukraine weapons fund
Australia and New Zealand are poised to pour millions of dollars into a special NATO program that buys American-made weapons for Ukraine.
thenightly.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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⚡️ UNN sources confirm that NABU and SAP are conducting searches at the office of the Head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak.

unn.ua/en/news/nabu...

#Ukraine
NABU and SAP conduct searches at Yermak's - sources
УНН Slider ✎ UNN sources confirm that NABU and SAP are conducting searches at the office of the Head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak. The information was…
unn.ua
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:

- Russian forces reportedly execute 5 POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Occupation authorities to send 400 Ukrainian children to #Russia for mandatory 'exchange' program
- Int'l judo body allows Russian athletes to compete under flag again

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#russianwarcrimes #ukraine
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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🇬🇧 A prominent former politician in Nigel Farage's Brexit Party has denied he took payments as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign in the European Parliament.

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www.bbc.com/news/article...

#russia #britain
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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🇭🇺🇷🇺 Hungarian PM Orban said he would meet Putin in Moscow on Friday to discuss crude and gas supplies for #Hungary and also peace efforts in Ukraine.

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

#russia
Hungary's Orban to meet Putin for talks on energy, Ukraine peace efforts
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday to discuss crude and gas supplies for Hungary and also peace efforts in Ukraine.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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🇧🇪 Belgian PM Bart De Wever on Thursday evening ratcheted up his objections to the European Commission’s plan to use some €140 billion of frozen Russian assets held in Brussels to bolster #Ukraine — dashing EU hopes of a breakthrough on mobilizing the assets.

www.politico.eu/article/russ...

#Russia
Belgium’s De Wever dials up opposition to Russian frozen assets deal
The prime minister’s strongly worded intervention dashes EU hopes that a breakthrough on sending assets held in Belgium to Ukraine could be imminent.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Kherson was among the first places where Russian forces began using short-range, first-person view drones against civilians.

apnews.com/article/russ...

#Ukraine #Russia #RussianWarCrimes
How Russian drones targeting civilians are turning one Ukrainian city into a 'human safari'
Ukrainians in the southern city of Kherson live in constant fear of Russian drone attacks. The threat continues even after the city was liberated in 2022.
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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🇲🇩 Moldova's Parliament voted on Thursday to close a Russian cultural centre, a new bid to reduce Moscow's influence in the country a day after Russia's ambassador was summoned over drone intrusions that Moldova said were unacceptable.

www.reuters.com/world/moldov...
Moldovan Parliament votes to close Russian cultural centre
Moldova's Parliament voted on Thursday to close a Russian cultural centre, a new bid to reduce Moscow's influence in the country a day after Russia's ambassador was summoned over drone intrusions that...
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Explosions were reported in several Russian cities, including Taganrog, Smolensk, and Saratov, overnight on Nov. 28 amid a widespread drone attack.

kyivindependent.com/explosions-r...

#Ukraine #Russia
Explosions reported in several Russian cities amid Ukrainian drone attack
Explosions were reported in several Russian cities, including Taganrog, Novorossiysk, and Saratov, overnight on Nov. 28 amid a widespread drone attack.
kyivindependent.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Approximately 400 Ukrainian children will be sent to #Russia from occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast for a mandatory "exchange" program by year's end, the Center for National Resistance reported on Nov. 27.

kyivindependent.com/occupation-a...

#russianwarcrimes #ukraine
Occupation authorities to send 400 Ukrainian children to Russia for mandatory 'exchange' program
"Such trips take place in conditions of a complete lack of transparency and control mechanisms. Parents have no opportunity to influence the organization of such exchanges," Ukraine's Center for Natio...
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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🇳🇱 The Netherlands has bought 100 early-warning radars to help detect approaching drones, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday, after drone sightings near an airport and air force base in the country's south earlier this month.

www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Netherlands buys drone detection radars after recent sightings
The Netherlands has bought 100 early-warning radars to help detect approaching drones, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday, after drone sightings near an airport and air force base in the country's ...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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🇮🇹 Italy's defence and aerospace group Leonardo on Thursday presented plans for a new multi-layered air defence system, as European countries step up military capabilities to bolster defences against Russia and other threats.

www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Italian defence group Leonardo unveils 'Michelangelo Dome' air defence system
Italy's defence and aerospace group Leonardo on Thursday presented plans for a new multi-layered air defence system, as European countries step up military capabilities to bolster defences against Rus...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 The International Olympic Committee on Thursday cleared one Belarusian and two Russian figure skaters to compete at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Games as neutrals, the first athletes of their countries to be invited to take part amid sanctions.

www.reuters.com/sports/ioc-n...

#Russia
IOC names first three athletes from Russia, Belarus eligible for 2026 Winter Games
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday cleared one Belarusian and two Russian figure skaters to compete at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Games as neutrals, the first athletes of their countr...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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💬 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian and U.S. delegations are to meet this week to work out a formula discussed at talks in Geneva to bring peace and provide security guarantees for Kyiv.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

#Ukraine #USA
Zelenskiy: Ukrainian, US delegations to meet this week to discuss formula for peace, security
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian and U.S. delegations are to meet this week to work out a formula discussed at talks in Geneva to bring peace and provide securit...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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🇧🇪 On Monday, 1 December 2025, the #NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will meet the Minister of Defence of #Ukraine, Mr Denys Shmyhal, at NATO Headquarters, in Brussels.

www.nato.int/en/news-and-...
NATO Secretary General to meet the Minister of Defence of Ukraine
On Monday, 1 December 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will meet the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, Mr Denys Shmyhal, at NATO Headquarters, in Brussels.
www.nato.int
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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🇰🇵 North Korea has introduced Russian as a compulsory subject in schools from the 4th grade onward 😁

www.politico.eu/article/nort...

#Russia
North Korea makes Russian mandatory in schools
Pyongyang bolsters educational ties with Moscow while materially supporting its war in Ukraine.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 At least five Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed by Russian soldiers amid a chaotic withdrawal near Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, it was reported on Nov. 27.

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kyivindependent.com/russian-mili...

#Ukraine #Russia #RussianWarCrimes
Amid chaotic Ukrainian withdrawal, Russian forces reportedly execute 5 POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
"The enemy captured the soldiers in the forest, lined them up, and shot them after interrogation," one report said.
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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💬 #Ukraine will need strong armed forces and security guarantees after any peace deal with Russia is agreed and Kyiv should not be forced to surrender territory, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Germany's Merz: Ukraine will need strong army after any peace deal
Ukraine will need strong armed forces and security guarantees after any peace deal with Russia is agreed and Kyiv should not be forced to surrender territory, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on ...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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💬 "Ukrainian troops must withdraw from the territories they hold, and then the fighting will cease. If they don't leave, then we shall achieve this by armed means. That's it," Putin said.

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www.reuters.com/world/europe...

#Russia #Ukraine
Putin says US-Ukraine text could form basis for future peace deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that outline draft peace proposals discussed by the United States and Ukraine could become the basis of future agreements to end the conflict in Ukrai...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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🇷🇺💥 An explosion occurred at a military base in Grozny, Chechnya, several Telegram channels reported on Nov. 27.

According to the Crimean Wind channel, it was caused by an attack drone.

kyivindependent.com/explosion-po...

#russia
Explosion, possible drone strike reported in Grozny, Chechnya
Grozny is the capital of Russia's predominantly Muslim republic in the North Caucasus ruled by Vladimir Putin's ally, dictator Ramzan Kadyrov.
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🇷🇺 Russian judokas are once again allowed to compete under their national flag, the International Judo Federation said Thursday, ending the neutral status imposed after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/27/i...
International Judo Body Allows Russian Athletes to Compete Under Flag Again - The Moscow Times
Russian judokas are once again allowed to compete under their national flag, the International Judo Federation (IJF) said Thursday, ending the neutral status imposed after Russia’s full-scale invasion...
www.themoscowtimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🇪🇺 On Thursday, European Parliament called on the EU to assume more responsibility for European security and to support peace in #Ukraine in the most proactive way.

www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

#europe
EU must show leadership in achieving peace in Ukraine | News | European Parliament
On Thursday, Parliament called on the EU to assume more responsibility for European security and to support peace in Ukraine in the most proactive way.
www.europarl.europa.eu
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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🇺🇦🇬🇧 #Ukraine and the U.K. have signed a licence agreement to produce Octopus interceptor drones, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Nov. 27.

kyivindependent.com/historical-p...

#Britain
'Historical precedent' — Ukraine, UK sign licence agreement for Octopus interceptor drones
The Octopus drone is one of several interceptor drones in development.
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukraine launched dozens of drones at targets across #Russia regions overnight, with media and Ukrainian-linked sources claiming that an oil refinery in the southern Samara region was among the sites hit.

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Ukrainian Drones Target Rosneft Refinery in Samara – Reports - The Moscow Times
Ukraine launched dozens of drones at targets across Russia regions overnight, with media and Ukrainian-linked sources claiming that an oil refinery in the southern Samara region was among the sites hi...
www.themoscowtimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM