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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing
- IMF, Ukraine reach staff-level agreement on $8.2b, 4-year program
- Germany announces €170m in winter aid for #Ukraine
- Rutte rules out Russian veto on Ukraine joining NATO
- #Russia must make concessions as part of any peace deal: Kallas
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#russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar
- IMF, Ukraine reach staff-level agreement on $8.2b, 4-year program
- Germany announces €170m in winter aid for #Ukraine
- Rutte rules out Russian veto on Ukraine joining NATO
- #Russia must make concessions as part of any peace deal: Kallas
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#russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing
- IMF, Ukraine reach staff-level agreement on $8.2b, 4-year program
- Germany announces €170m in winter aid for #Ukraine
- Rutte rules out Russian veto on Ukraine joining NATO
- #Russia must make concessions as part of any peace deal: Kallas
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#russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar
- IMF, Ukraine reach staff-level agreement on $8.2b, 4-year program
- Germany announces €170m in winter aid for #Ukraine
- Rutte rules out Russian veto on Ukraine joining NATO
- #Russia must make concessions as part of any peace deal: Kallas
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#russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- US senators say #Trump has failed to prevent Russian LNG from helping fund war in Ukraine
- #Ukraine reiterates its 'red lines' amid speculations about military size, territory
- #Russia trashes Europe’s peace plan — but likes Trump’s Ukraine proposal
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#usa #europe
- US senators say #Trump has failed to prevent Russian LNG from helping fund war in Ukraine
- #Ukraine reiterates its 'red lines' amid speculations about military size, territory
- #Russia trashes Europe’s peace plan — but likes Trump’s Ukraine proposal
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#usa #europe
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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He listed them as:
- no legal recognition of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories
- no restrictions on Ukraine’s defence forces
- no veto on Ukraine’s right to choose its future alliances.
He listed them as:
- no legal recognition of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories
- no restrictions on Ukraine’s defence forces
- no veto on Ukraine’s right to choose its future alliances.
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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He listed them as:
- no legal recognition of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories
- no restrictions on Ukraine’s defence forces
- no veto on Ukraine’s right to choose its future alliances.
He listed them as:
- no legal recognition of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories
- no restrictions on Ukraine’s defence forces
- no veto on Ukraine’s right to choose its future alliances.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Russian military reportedly executes 5 Ukrainian POWs
- US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine ‘peace deal’
- European MPs warn Trump against appeasing Russia in open letter
- US senators say Rubio told them Trump’s ‘peace plan’ is Russia’s ‘wish list’
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#usa #europe
- Russian military reportedly executes 5 Ukrainian POWs
- US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine ‘peace deal’
- European MPs warn Trump against appeasing Russia in open letter
- US senators say Rubio told them Trump’s ‘peace plan’ is Russia’s ‘wish list’
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#usa #europe
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
💬 #Trump has hit out at Ukraine's leaders, accusing them of being ungrateful in a further sign of deteriorating relations between him and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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#USA #Russia
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#USA #Russia
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
💬 #Trump has hit out at Ukraine's leaders, accusing them of being ungrateful in a further sign of deteriorating relations between him and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#USA #Russia
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#USA #Russia
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What started as a bilateral Russo-Iranian drone production effort in 2022 has expanded into a four-way center of technological and innovative exchange between #Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea.
understandingwar.org/research/adv...
What started as a bilateral Russo-Iranian drone production effort in 2022 has expanded into a four-way center of technological and innovative exchange between #Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea.
understandingwar.org/research/adv...
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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What started as a bilateral Russo-Iranian drone production effort in 2022 has expanded into a four-way center of technological and innovative exchange between #Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea.
understandingwar.org/research/adv...
What started as a bilateral Russo-Iranian drone production effort in 2022 has expanded into a four-way center of technological and innovative exchange between #Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea.
understandingwar.org/research/adv...
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing
- Zelensky ready for 'honest' work on US-backed plan as Europeans push back
- India's Reliance stops importing Russian crude for refinery operations
- Bosnia, US eye pipeline to cut Russian gas dependency
- Austria’s Swarovski Optik is still sending sniper scopes to Russia
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- Zelensky ready for 'honest' work on US-backed plan as Europeans push back
- India's Reliance stops importing Russian crude for refinery operations
- Bosnia, US eye pipeline to cut Russian gas dependency
- Austria’s Swarovski Optik is still sending sniper scopes to Russia
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November 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing
- Zelensky ready for 'honest' work on US-backed plan as Europeans push back
- India's Reliance stops importing Russian crude for refinery operations
- Bosnia, US eye pipeline to cut Russian gas dependency
- Austria’s Swarovski Optik is still sending sniper scopes to Russia
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- Zelensky ready for 'honest' work on US-backed plan as Europeans push back
- India's Reliance stops importing Russian crude for refinery operations
- Bosnia, US eye pipeline to cut Russian gas dependency
- Austria’s Swarovski Optik is still sending sniper scopes to Russia
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Briefing:
- 26 killed, 142 injured after Russian mass missile, drone attack
- Trump's Ukraine envoy Kellogg to leave post in January: Reuters
- Ukraine expected to give up land, some arms under US peace plan: Reuters
- US, UK, Australia sanction Russian cyber firms over ransomware links
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- 26 killed, 142 injured after Russian mass missile, drone attack
- Trump's Ukraine envoy Kellogg to leave post in January: Reuters
- Ukraine expected to give up land, some arms under US peace plan: Reuters
- US, UK, Australia sanction Russian cyber firms over ransomware links
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November 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Briefing:
- 26 killed, 142 injured after Russian mass missile, drone attack
- Trump's Ukraine envoy Kellogg to leave post in January: Reuters
- Ukraine expected to give up land, some arms under US peace plan: Reuters
- US, UK, Australia sanction Russian cyber firms over ransomware links
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- 26 killed, 142 injured after Russian mass missile, drone attack
- Trump's Ukraine envoy Kellogg to leave post in January: Reuters
- Ukraine expected to give up land, some arms under US peace plan: Reuters
- US, UK, Australia sanction Russian cyber firms over ransomware links
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Zelensky will try to revive peace talks on visit to Turkey
- Exxon joins Chevron in pursuing parts of Lukoil global empire
- #Ukraine hits targets in #Russia with US-supplied ATACMS missiles
- Rosneft’s Ryazan refinery suspended crude processing after drone strike
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- Zelensky will try to revive peace talks on visit to Turkey
- Exxon joins Chevron in pursuing parts of Lukoil global empire
- #Ukraine hits targets in #Russia with US-supplied ATACMS missiles
- Rosneft’s Ryazan refinery suspended crude processing after drone strike
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November 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Poland in 'pre-war' period amid increased Russian sabotage efforts: top general
- Drone strikes Turkish tanker in Ukraine’s Odesa
- Senate to move on Trump-backed Russia sanctions: Graham
- Chevron joins race to explore potential purchase of Lukoil assets
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- Poland in 'pre-war' period amid increased Russian sabotage efforts: top general
- Drone strikes Turkish tanker in Ukraine’s Odesa
- Senate to move on Trump-backed Russia sanctions: Graham
- Chevron joins race to explore potential purchase of Lukoil assets
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November 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Poland in 'pre-war' period amid increased Russian sabotage efforts: top general
- Drone strikes Turkish tanker in Ukraine’s Odesa
- Senate to move on Trump-backed Russia sanctions: Graham
- Chevron joins race to explore potential purchase of Lukoil assets
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- Poland in 'pre-war' period amid increased Russian sabotage efforts: top general
- Drone strikes Turkish tanker in Ukraine’s Odesa
- Senate to move on Trump-backed Russia sanctions: Graham
- Chevron joins race to explore potential purchase of Lukoil assets
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Greenpeace says French uranium being sent to #Russia
- #Ukraine strikes oil refinery in Samara Oblast, hits Rubikon drone base
- S-400 launchers and radars hit by SBU drones in Russia's Novorossiysk
- Ukrainian forces cut off Russian supply route near Pokrovsk
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- Greenpeace says French uranium being sent to #Russia
- #Ukraine strikes oil refinery in Samara Oblast, hits Rubikon drone base
- S-400 launchers and radars hit by SBU drones in Russia's Novorossiysk
- Ukrainian forces cut off Russian supply route near Pokrovsk
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November 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Zelensky to visit Greece on weekend to sign energy deal: Kyiv Independent
- #Ukraine destroys Russian Orion drone base in occupied Crimea
- Ukraine confirms use of Flamingo missiles in strikes on Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, targets inside #Russia
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#russiaukrainewar
- Zelensky to visit Greece on weekend to sign energy deal: Kyiv Independent
- #Ukraine destroys Russian Orion drone base in occupied Crimea
- Ukraine confirms use of Flamingo missiles in strikes on Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, targets inside #Russia
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#russiaukrainewar
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Zelensky to visit Greece on weekend to sign energy deal: Kyiv Independent
- #Ukraine destroys Russian Orion drone base in occupied Crimea
- Ukraine confirms use of Flamingo missiles in strikes on Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, targets inside #Russia
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#russiaukrainewar
- Zelensky to visit Greece on weekend to sign energy deal: Kyiv Independent
- #Ukraine destroys Russian Orion drone base in occupied Crimea
- Ukraine confirms use of Flamingo missiles in strikes on Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, targets inside #Russia
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#russiaukrainewar
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Briefing:
- Kenya says over 200 of its nationals are fighting for Russia in Ukraine
- China 'massively' fuels Russia's war chest: Finnish defmin
- Bulgaria's president vetoes law to seize Lukoil refinery amid US sanctions
- Canada sanctions Russian drone makers, ‘shadow fleet’ vessels
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- Kenya says over 200 of its nationals are fighting for Russia in Ukraine
- China 'massively' fuels Russia's war chest: Finnish defmin
- Bulgaria's president vetoes law to seize Lukoil refinery amid US sanctions
- Canada sanctions Russian drone makers, ‘shadow fleet’ vessels
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November 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Briefing:
- Kenya says over 200 of its nationals are fighting for Russia in Ukraine
- China 'massively' fuels Russia's war chest: Finnish defmin
- Bulgaria's president vetoes law to seize Lukoil refinery amid US sanctions
- Canada sanctions Russian drone makers, ‘shadow fleet’ vessels
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- Kenya says over 200 of its nationals are fighting for Russia in Ukraine
- China 'massively' fuels Russia's war chest: Finnish defmin
- Bulgaria's president vetoes law to seize Lukoil refinery amid US sanctions
- Canada sanctions Russian drone makers, ‘shadow fleet’ vessels
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- #Russia recruits Indians as cannon fodder on the Ukrainian front
- G7 FMs to tackle Ukraine, Middle East peace at meeting in Canada
- #Ukraine will host EU summit to unblock membership bid
- Romania must take control over Russia's Lukoil local company: minister
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- #Russia recruits Indians as cannon fodder on the Ukrainian front
- G7 FMs to tackle Ukraine, Middle East peace at meeting in Canada
- #Ukraine will host EU summit to unblock membership bid
- Romania must take control over Russia's Lukoil local company: minister
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November 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 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
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
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 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
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- US weapons sales to NATO allies stalled by govt shutdown
- UK, Germany have accused #Russia of threatening their satellites
- UK, France, Germany deploy anti-drone teams to Belgium
- US backs EU using frozen Russian assets to help end war
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#russiaukrainewar #ukraine
- US weapons sales to NATO allies stalled by govt shutdown
- UK, Germany have accused #Russia of threatening their satellites
- UK, France, Germany deploy anti-drone teams to Belgium
- US backs EU using frozen Russian assets to help end war
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#russiaukrainewar #ukraine
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- US weapons sales to NATO allies stalled by govt shutdown
- UK, Germany have accused #Russia of threatening their satellites
- UK, France, Germany deploy anti-drone teams to Belgium
- US backs EU using frozen Russian assets to help end war
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#russiaukrainewar #ukraine
- US weapons sales to NATO allies stalled by govt shutdown
- UK, Germany have accused #Russia of threatening their satellites
- UK, France, Germany deploy anti-drone teams to Belgium
- US backs EU using frozen Russian assets to help end war
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#russiaukrainewar #ukraine
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Far-right German MPs to visit #Russia as scrutiny of Moscow ties mounts
- Putin’s award for German conductor sparks fury in Berlin
- Sweden can help fund Ukraine's Gripen deal, defmin says
- Czechia to slash military aid to #Ukraine, says likely next FM
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#europe
- Far-right German MPs to visit #Russia as scrutiny of Moscow ties mounts
- Putin’s award for German conductor sparks fury in Berlin
- Sweden can help fund Ukraine's Gripen deal, defmin says
- Czechia to slash military aid to #Ukraine, says likely next FM
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#europe
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- EU set to further tighten visa rules for Russians
- Germany's far-right AfD accused of harbouring Russian 'sleeper cell'
- Belgian security services suspect Russian involvement in drone incidents
- Moldova moves to end cultural centers deal with #Russia
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#Ukraine
- EU set to further tighten visa rules for Russians
- Germany's far-right AfD accused of harbouring Russian 'sleeper cell'
- Belgian security services suspect Russian involvement in drone incidents
- Moldova moves to end cultural centers deal with #Russia
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#Ukraine
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Norway to allocate $7bn for Ukraine's defence needs in 2026
- Germany set to boost #Ukraine aid by €3bn in 2026
- EU Council approves fifth payment of over €1.8bn to Kyiv
- Russia's crude deliveries plunge as US sanctions begin to bite
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#russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar
- Norway to allocate $7bn for Ukraine's defence needs in 2026
- Germany set to boost #Ukraine aid by €3bn in 2026
- EU Council approves fifth payment of over €1.8bn to Kyiv
- Russia's crude deliveries plunge as US sanctions begin to bite
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#russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Norway to allocate $7bn for Ukraine's defence needs in 2026
- Germany set to boost #Ukraine aid by €3bn in 2026
- EU Council approves fifth payment of over €1.8bn to Kyiv
- Russia's crude deliveries plunge as US sanctions begin to bite
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#russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar
- Norway to allocate $7bn for Ukraine's defence needs in 2026
- Germany set to boost #Ukraine aid by €3bn in 2026
- EU Council approves fifth payment of over €1.8bn to Kyiv
- Russia's crude deliveries plunge as US sanctions begin to bite
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#russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Russian spy detained in Latvia
- Italian foreign ministry summons Russian ambassador
- Ukraine to set up arms export offices in Berlin, Copenhagen
- UK sends Ukraine more Storm Shadow missiles
- Ukrainian forces halt expansion of Russian presence in northern Pokrovsk
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- Russian spy detained in Latvia
- Italian foreign ministry summons Russian ambassador
- Ukraine to set up arms export offices in Berlin, Copenhagen
- UK sends Ukraine more Storm Shadow missiles
- Ukrainian forces halt expansion of Russian presence in northern Pokrovsk
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November 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Russian spy detained in Latvia
- Italian foreign ministry summons Russian ambassador
- Ukraine to set up arms export offices in Berlin, Copenhagen
- UK sends Ukraine more Storm Shadow missiles
- Ukrainian forces halt expansion of Russian presence in northern Pokrovsk
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- Russian spy detained in Latvia
- Italian foreign ministry summons Russian ambassador
- Ukraine to set up arms export offices in Berlin, Copenhagen
- UK sends Ukraine more Storm Shadow missiles
- Ukrainian forces halt expansion of Russian presence in northern Pokrovsk
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Drones spotted above Belgian airbase were spying on military planes: defmin
- Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany
- Turkey buys more non-Russian oil after latest Western sanctions
- US lawmakers plan to sandbag Pentagon’s Europe drawdown
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- Drones spotted above Belgian airbase were spying on military planes: defmin
- Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany
- Turkey buys more non-Russian oil after latest Western sanctions
- US lawmakers plan to sandbag Pentagon’s Europe drawdown
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November 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Drones spotted above Belgian airbase were spying on military planes: defmin
- Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany
- Turkey buys more non-Russian oil after latest Western sanctions
- US lawmakers plan to sandbag Pentagon’s Europe drawdown
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- Drones spotted above Belgian airbase were spying on military planes: defmin
- Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany
- Turkey buys more non-Russian oil after latest Western sanctions
- US lawmakers plan to sandbag Pentagon’s Europe drawdown
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Russia renews flights to Syrian air base in rebuild of relations
- After US sanctions, Russia’s Lukoil to sell assets to firm founded by Putin ally
- Ukraine bolsters Pokrovsk defences as Russia escalates assaults
- Polish jets intercepted Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea
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- Russia renews flights to Syrian air base in rebuild of relations
- After US sanctions, Russia’s Lukoil to sell assets to firm founded by Putin ally
- Ukraine bolsters Pokrovsk defences as Russia escalates assaults
- Polish jets intercepted Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea
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October 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Russia renews flights to Syrian air base in rebuild of relations
- After US sanctions, Russia’s Lukoil to sell assets to firm founded by Putin ally
- Ukraine bolsters Pokrovsk defences as Russia escalates assaults
- Polish jets intercepted Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea
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- Russia renews flights to Syrian air base in rebuild of relations
- After US sanctions, Russia’s Lukoil to sell assets to firm founded by Putin ally
- Ukraine bolsters Pokrovsk defences as Russia escalates assaults
- Polish jets intercepted Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- US lifts sanctions on Putin ally ‘Bosnian Bear’
- #Ukraine closes embassy in Cuba over Russian military recruitment
- Ex-US cyber intel exec pleads guilty to selling spy tools to Russian broker
- Steel tycoon Mittal's Indian refiner stops buying Russian oil
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#russia
- US lifts sanctions on Putin ally ‘Bosnian Bear’
- #Ukraine closes embassy in Cuba over Russian military recruitment
- Ex-US cyber intel exec pleads guilty to selling spy tools to Russian broker
- Steel tycoon Mittal's Indian refiner stops buying Russian oil
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#russia
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:
- Kyiv, Europeans to meet this week to discuss ceasefire plan details
- EU to pool companies' demand to buy more non-Russian gas
- #Ukraine to begin limited weapons exports in November
- Netherlands allocates €25m to support Ukraine's energy sector
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#russia
- Kyiv, Europeans to meet this week to discuss ceasefire plan details
- EU to pool companies' demand to buy more non-Russian gas
- #Ukraine to begin limited weapons exports in November
- Netherlands allocates €25m to support Ukraine's energy sector
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#russia
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM