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Reuters: The European Commission's vice president on Monday praised Ukraine's fight against corruption, but said additional efforts were needed in the country that hopes to join the European Union.

The Kyiv Independent: President Zelensky's office dispatched a delegation to the United States to meet and build relationships with Republican Party leaders, New Voice reported on Nov. 27.

Meduza: Putin has signed a law suspending the indexation of salaries for all government employees, except those working in Russia’s military or security forces.

Reuters: Finland may take more measures to stop an unusually large increase in asylum seekers crossing the border from Russia in what the country and its allies say is an orchestrated move by Moscow, the prime minister said on Monday.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces struck an aircraft plant in the Russian city of Smolensk overnight, Hromadske reported on Nov. 27, citing its source in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR).

The Moscow Times: Russia's Central Bank said Monday it will resume buying and selling foreign currency through its sovereign wealth fund next year as the ruble continues to recover from a dramatic summer slide.

Novaya-Europe: The relatives of mobilised Russian reservists have published a manifesto and petition on the Telegram channel of the group 'The Way Home' demanding full demobilisation.

Meduza: A Russian company imported $7.35 million worth of aircraft parts, including $4.17 million worth of Ukrainian-made parts, between January 2022 and July 2023 by using a UAE company and a Kyrgyzstani company as intermediaries, according to IStories.

AFP: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Monday the West has "no alternative" but to keep backing Ukraine's fight against Russia, in the face of doubts over US support to Kyiv.

RFI: European Investment Bank President Werner Hoyer visited Kyiv on Monday to discuss a multi-million dollar recovery initiative for Ukraine. It's his first visit there since the beginning of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.

France 24: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed Monday to Europe to rally support for Ukraine, on a trip where he could cross paths with his Russian counterpart.

Reuters: Polish truckers and farmers on Monday started a round-the-clock blockade of access to one of the busiest border crossings with Ukraine, extending a protest that has left over a thousand lorries stranded for days in queues that stretch for miles.

The Moscow Times: Turkish exports of military-related goods to Russia have surged this year, raising concerns that the NATO member is acting as a conduit for sensitive Western goods, the Financial Times reported Monday.

POLITICO: Russia's notorious hacking group Fancy Bear is targeting European governments with cyberattacks, the European Union's cyber emergency response team has warned officials in a note seen by POLITICO.

Reuters: Russia said on Monday there would be no meeting between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at an OSCE meeting in North Macedonia this week.

The Moscow Times: A severe storm on the Black Sea hit parts of Ukraine and southern Russia on Sunday night, killing at least four people and knocking out power to nearly 2 million, with strong winds continuing into Monday.

Euronews: The European Union's first 11 packages of economic sanctions against Russia have resulted in "limited market loss" for France's 145,000 exporters, according to an international economics institute.

Reuters: SPB Exchange, Russia's second-largest bourse that specialises in trading foreign shares, on Monday denied that it had filed for bankruptcy, blaming fraudsters for filings with a Russian court and promising that it would push for a criminal investigation.

The Kyiv Independent: Mike Pompeo, a former U.S. State Secretary in Donald Trump's administration, said in a comment for New Voice on Nov. 27 that whether his former boss or any other candidate wins the 2024 presidential election, the support for Ukraine will continue.

Reuters: One of Russia's most lucrative oil trade routes since the imposition of Western sanctions over the Ukraine war faces a major challenge because of the drawbacks of payment in currency other than dollars, with no short-term solution in sight.

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