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AFP: Some 700 Ukrainians living in Europe have signed up to join the Ukraine Legion, a fighting force being formed abroad, Kyiv said Tuesday.

Meduza: More than half of the social welfare budget in some Russian regions is now going to soldiers or their families, as opposed to orphans, large families, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups.

AFP: Russia is building up infantry and armoured vehicles while stepping up aerial bombardments ahead of planned attacks along Ukraine's southern front, a Kyiv military spokesman said Tuesday.

Reuters: Russia's growing economic and military cooperation with China, North Korea and Iran is threatening Europe, the Indo-Pacific and North America, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday.

The Guardian: China should face “a higher cost” for supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine, the EU’s incoming foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said.

The Kyiv Independent: A Ukrainian drone struck an oil depot in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast igniting one silo, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported on his Telegram channel on Nov. 12.

Reuters: Russia's lower house of parliament voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban what authorities cast as pernicious propaganda for a child-free way of life, hoping to boost a faltering birth rate.

AFP: NATO chief Mark Rutte on Tuesday called on Western countries to ramp up support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion, saying Kyiv required more than just being kept "in the fight".

CNN: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Brussels Tuesday as Trump’s possible moves on support for Ukraine, NATO and tariffs raise serious questions and concerns among European officials.

AFP: A special session of the European Parliament called to mark 1,000 days of war in Ukraine will feature a remote address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the parliament's head said on Tuesday.

Reuters: Germany must bolster its defences against cyber-attacks and disinformation campaigns, particularly out of Russia, as it prepares for snap elections in the coming months, the interior minister warned on Tuesday.

Bloomberg: Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project has slashed output at its gas fields to nearly zero so far in November after stopping liquefaction last month due to western sanctions (archive).

Reuters: Moldova handed Russia's ambassador to Chisinau a protest note on Tuesday over alleged interference by Moscow in a presidential election and a referendum on joining the European Union.

RFI: Senior Russian official Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday told China's foreign minister Wang Yi their two countries' most urgent task should be countering "containment" by the United States, as they met for security talks in Beijing.

Reuters: Ukraine is close to setting up three new joint ventures with European weapons producers in its effort to boost arms output during the war with Russia, the first deputy prime minister said.

AFP: The European Union must back Ukraine "for as long as it takes" in its fight to repel Russia's invasion, the bloc's designated foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told a confirmation hearing Tuesday.

Reuters: A Russian court sentenced a Moscow paediatrician to 5-1/2 years in a penal colony on Tuesday, Russian media said, after the mother of one of her patients publicly denounced her over comments about Russian soldiers in Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing to press outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden to release a $20 billion aid package for Ukraine during next week’s G20 summit in Brazil, the Telegraph reported.

Reuters: The city of Helsinki will initiate a forced takeover of the Finnish capital's biggest sports and events arena from its sanctions-hit Russian owners, the city's executive governing board said.

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