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France 24: Ambassadors from Ukraine and NATO's 32 members meet Tuesday in Brussels over Russia's firing last week of an experimental hypersonic intermediate-range missile.
Reuters: Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine at the fastest rate since the early days of the 2022 invasion, taking an area half the size of Greater London over the past month, analysts and war bloggers say.
Bloomberg: A top Czech spy is warning NATO allies that pushing Kyiv to accept significant concessions in order to end the war in Ukraine would only embolden the Kremlin (archive).
Reuters: Ukraine's capital of Kyiv is under a sustained Russian drone attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said early on Tuesday.
Bloomberg: The UK government recently supplied Ukraine with dozens more Storm Shadow cruise missiles, according to people familiar with the matter, a first under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has pledged continued support for the country’s war against Russia (archive).
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Reuters: Europeans will step up military support for Ukraine, Germany's defence minister pledged on Monday after talks with his British, French, Italian and Polish counterparts on how to foster defence efforts as Trump is set to return to the White House.
RFE/RL: The European Union has proposed for the first time to target Chinese companies and individuals with visa bans and asset freezes over their dealings with Russian firms linked to Moscow's war effort in Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine is tracking threats from Russian troops in southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Nov. 25 following a report by Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Reuters: Russia's land forces are bigger now than at the time of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 but their quality has decreased since, a NATO top military official said on Monday.
Politico: Ukrainian boxing icon Wladimir Klitschko accused American podcaster Joe Rogan of spreading Russian propaganda on his show — and dared Rogan to invite him on for a chat.
The Kyiv Independent: The international drone coalition is planning to gather 1.8 billion euros by the end of 2024 to support Ukraine, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced on Nov. 25.
Reuters: Britain and its allies will not be intimidated by Russian cyberthreats into stopping supporting Ukraine, British cabinet office minister Pat McFadden said on Monday, urging NATO to work closer together to stay ahead in "the new AI arms race".
The Insider: Armenian companies are helping Russia bypass the Western embargo on the gold trade, The Insider and Hetq have discovered.
The Moscow Times: Russia's United Aircraft Corporation announced Monday the dismissal of the CEOs of its subsidiaries Yakovlev and Tupolev, amid challenges in ramping up domestic aircraft production under Western sanctions.
Reuters: Kazakhstan could sharply increase its crude oil exports out of Turkey's port of Ceyhan, its energy minister said on Monday, in a move that would reduce the more than 80% share of flows it currently sends via Russia.
The Kyiv Independent: Trump's victory in the U.S. election revived discussion among European allies on sending military personnel or private defense contractors to Ukraine, Le Monde reported on Nov. 25, citing undisclosed sources.
Britain: Thirty ships in Russia’s shadow fleet, responsible for transporting billions of pounds worth of oil and oil products in the last year alone, have today been sanctioned by the UK.
Reuters: The European Union's General Court has rejected UniCredit's request to suspend a European Central Bank order to scale back its presence in Russia, according to a court document, in a blow to the Italian lender which has been operating in the country for over 30 years.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched a missile attack against downtown Odesa on Nov. 25, injuring at least 11 people, Governor Oleh Kiper reported.
RFI: Ukrainian drones hit a fuel and energy facility in the Russian region of Kaluga, a source in Ukrainian military intelligence said Monday, in Kyiv's latest attack on Moscow's energy sites.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine’s Third Assault Brigade said on Nov. 25 that it had cleared out Russian troops from the Kopanky village in Kharkiv Oblast, taking several prisoners of war from Russia’s First Tank Army.
Reuters: North Korea is expanding a key weapons manufacturing complex that assembles a type of short-range missile used by Russia in Ukraine, researchers at a U.S.-based think tank have concluded, based on satellite images.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched an attack against the central part of Kharkiv on the morning of Nov. 25, injuring at least 23 people, officials reported.
Reuters: Ukraine's top private power company DTEK said on Monday it would receive 107 million euros from the European Commision and the United States to restore power facilities destroyed in Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy system.
Politico: “Russia is using the entire toolbox, from influencing political discussions to cyber attacks on critical infrastructure to sabotage on a significant scale,” said Thomas Haldenwang, who recently stepped down as president of Germany’s federal domestic intelligence agency.
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