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Politico: The EU is preparing to further tighten visa rules for Russian citizens, effectively ending the issuance of multi-entry Schengen permits in most cases, three European officials told POLITICO.

AFP: German lawmakers on Wednesday accused the far-right AfD of harbouring a Russian "sleeper cell", in the latest claim that the party is spying for Moscow, prompting a denial in parliament.

Belga: Belgian security services believe a state actor, most likely Russia, is behind a series of recent drone incidents that disrupted air traffic and military operations, sources told Belga news agency on Wednesday.

Belga: A DDoS cyberattack briefly disrupted the websites of Belgian telecom operators Proximus and Scarlet on Wednesday morning. The pro-Russian hacker group NoName057 claimed responsibility for the attack via Telegram. Ghent University Hospital was also hit by a DDoS attack around the same time.

Politico: Belgian authorities will hold a meeting of the national security council Thursday morning in the wake of Brussels Airport being shut down late Tuesday following a drone incursion, Prime Minister Bart De Wever's office announced today.

Reuters: Poland is working on a deal to import liquefied natural gas from the U.S. to supply Ukraine and Slovakia, an agreement that would further tighten the European Union’s ties to American energy.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia’s 1-ton knock-off Reaper drone is loaded with American electronics, according to the latest Ukrainian intelligence assessment.

The Moscow Times: Authorities in at least 15 Russian regions are recruiting residents into a new mobilization reserve to guard strategic infrastructure, including oil refineries targeted by Ukrainian drones.

Reuters: Putin ordered his top officials on Wednesday to draft proposals for a possible test of nuclear weapons, something Moscow has not done since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

Euractiv: The European Commission is considering plugging Ukraine’s colossal funding gap with cash raised from common EU debt and bilateral member state grants. These two possibilities – which will be set out in a Commission “options paper” for Kyiv due to be circulated to capitals in the coming weeks – come in addition to the so-called “reparation loan” option.

Reuters: Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse has suspended fuel exports, while the local oil refinery halted processing crude following November 2 Ukrainian drone attacks on its infrastructure.

The Moscow Times: Moldova on Wednesday approved a bill to cancel a 1998 agreement with Russia on cultural centers, as ties continue to deteriorate over Moscow’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

AFP: Ukraine on Wednesday obtained "enhanced partnership" status in the JEF alliance of northern and eastern European countries, said Britain's Defence Minister John Healey.

Ukrainska Pravda: A unit from Ukraine's Special Operations Forces, in cooperation with the partisan movement Chornaya Iskra (Black Spark), struck a transport and loading vehicle used for the Iskander tactical missile system on the night of 3-4 October.

RFI: Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine. Smoke was rising behind him.

Kyiv Post: Ukraine reportedly attacked a thermal power plant in Russia’s Orel and a key electrical substation near Vladimir for the second time in a week.

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