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The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched a large-scale attack against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Nov. 25, targeting critical infrastructure and residential neighborhoods with Shahed drones and Kinzhal ballistic missiles. At least six people in Kyiv have been killed and eight others injured, local authorities reported.
Reuters: U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held talks with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi on Monday, a U.S. official told Reuters, the latest effort by Trump's admin to broker a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian regions of Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Oblast overnight on Nov. 25, targeting key military infrastructure, local officials and Telegram news channels reported.
ISW: Ukrainian forces maintain a limited presence and continue to counterattack within Pokrovsk, indicating that Russian forces likely remain unable to rapidly seize Pokrovsk at this time.
Meduza: Russia is rapidly and deliberately reshaping the memorial landscape in Ukraine’s occupied territories, restoring Soviet monuments and erecting new ones that fit a unified historical-political narrative.
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The Kyiv Independent: Law enforcement agencies on Nov. 24 denied preparing charges against Ukraine's chief anti-corruption prosecutor, Oleksandr Klymenko, and David Arakhamia, head of President Volodymyr Zelensky's party faction in parliament.
The Moscow Times: Apple has tightened oversight of iPhone shipments in India in an effort to stop devices from being re-exported to Russia and other markets where the company no longer operates, the Indian business news website MoneyControl reported Monday.
Reuters: Four Democratic U.S. senators said on Monday lax enforcement by the Trump administration of sanctions on Russia's Arctic LNG 2 export terminal allows China to buy discounted liquefied natural gas and helps Moscow to fund the war against Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine remains ready for peace talks with Russia but will never formally recognize the Russian occupation or accept restrictions on its army size or alliances, Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said on Nov. 24.
Politico: A senior adviser to Putin scoffed at Europe’s plan to end the war in Ukraine and said the Kremlin preferred Trump’s original proposal.
Reuters: Ukraine's largest mobile operator Kyivstar has become the first in Europe to launch Starlink's direct-to-cell satellite technology in a bid to keep millions connected amid wartime blackouts and disrupted infrastructure, the company said on Monday.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian authorities have filed in absentia charges against four Russians who they say were responsible for a devastating missile strike on a playground in Kryvyi Rih in April that killed 20 people including nine children.
Reuters: Russian state oil and gas revenue may fall in November by around 35% from the corresponding month in 2024 to 520 billion roubles ($6.59 billion) due to cheaper oil and a stronger rouble, Reuters calculations showed on Monday.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's drone pilots have struck a major chemical plant in occupied Crimea, the leader of the Unmanned Systems Forces said on Nov. 23.
Reuters: Two young street musicians who were jailed for more than a month in Russia for singing anti-Kremlin songs have left the country after being released from detention, according to Russian media reports.
Ukrainska Pravda: Andrii Yermak, Head of the President's Office, tasked Office-controlled security forces to prepare charges against Oleksandr Klymenko, Head of the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, after the first parts of the Midas investigation into corruption within the president's circle had been posted by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.
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