Politics & Diplomacy
Zelensky to CNN Türk: ready to meet Putin in Turkey, but neither the Donbas nor recognition of Crimea
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN Türk he is ready to meet Vladimir Putin in Turkey to discuss a ceasefire,…
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Ukraine
Latest news and analysis on Ukraine, the Russia-Ukraine war, military operations, diplomacy and international support.
Balkans
Bulgaria: Iliana Yotova elected president with 57.6%, a win for Radev’s government, which calls for dialogue with Moscow
Iliana Yotova, who was already acting as president, became the first woman elected president of Bulgaria, winning 57.6% in Sunday’s…
Politics & Diplomacy
Kherson: 167 civilians evacuated from the right bank during the Oleshky ceasefire
Civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) units of Ukraine’s “South” force group evacuated 167 civilians from the right bank of the Kherson region,…
Military & Defense
Ukraine: Kyiv says October brought record Russian losses of 54,400 and that it regained 96.2 square kilometres
Ukraine’s General Staff said on November 1 that October was the month of the heaviest Russian losses since the full-scale…
Military & Defense
Kramatorsk: a Russian air strike destroys the city hall, “they will not deprive us of our right to a future”
A Russian air strike destroyed the executive committee building of the Kramatorsk city council on the evening of October 31.…
Politics & Diplomacy
Zelensky meets Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul and says Russia has killed about 120 clergy
Volodymyr Zelensky met Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul on October 31, congratulating him on 35 years since his enthronement. The…
Politics & Diplomacy
Erdoğan and Zelensky in Istanbul: “We cannot accept” attacks on civilian ships in the Black Sea, and a joint push for the grain corridor
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on October 31 that Ankara “cannot in any way accept” attacks on civilian ships…
Drones
Ukraine: 433 Russian drones in one night, with energy infrastructure hit in four regions
Russia attacked Ukraine with 433 drones overnight into November 1, and the General Staff says air defence downed or neutralised…
Drones
Ukraine strikes the Kamensky Combine in the Rostov region with Neptune missiles and drones; it produces fuel for Uragan, Smerch and Tornado-S rockets
Ukrainian forces used Neptune missiles and strike drones overnight on October 31 against the Kamensky Combine in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, in the…
Politics & Diplomacy
Dnipro: 200,000 families without power after Russian strikes, and a new hit on the railway station where the previous attack left 15 dead
About 200,000 families in Dnipro and the wider region lost power after new Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, while the…
Politics & Diplomacy
Ukraine to Musk: it is “technically impossible” that its army violated the Starlink terms of use in drone strikes
Elon Musk said on October 24 that Ukraine’s army broke the Starlink terms of use by using it in offensive…
Politics & Diplomacy
Kyiv: three drone strikes on a critical infrastructure facility leave much of the city without water; Zelensky says Patriot deliveries will start “in a few years”
Russian drones hit a critical infrastructure facility in Kyiv three times on Friday night, cutting power and dropping pressure in…