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‘Battle-tested in Ukraine’ — How US drone makers turned Ukraine into a tagline to sell west

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‘Battle-tested in Ukraine’ — How US drone makers turned Ukraine into a tagline to sell west

The biggest weapons makers in the world convened in Washington, D.C. for the 70th meeting of the Association of the United States Army in early October. It was the third year in a row where Ukraine remained at the center of the event's enormous buzz. Synchronized press releases ensued.

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Opinion

Opinion: What Trump’s past statements reveal about the future of US-Ukraine relations

Ukraine and the rest of Europe anxiously followed the U.S. presidential election results on Nov. 6, which ultimately reported Donald Trump and J.D. Vance as the winners, with the Republican Party also securing majorities in the House and Senate. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary-General

4:49 PM

Ukraine's GDP grows by 4.2% in 10 months of 2024.

The transportation and construction industries remain the drivers of the growth, as well as the manufacturing sector, said First Deputy Economy Minister Oleksii Sobolev in a statement.

4:44 PM

Opinion

Opinion: With Trump back, Europe can’t afford to guess on sanctions against Russia

The implications of Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House on Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine are being minutely dissected. Will he deliver on his boast that he can end the war within 24 hours? How will he do that — if he can? At what cost to

4:19 PM

Zelensky visits key front-line town of Pokrovsk.

"A tense sector. It is only thanks to the strength of the soldiers that the east (of Ukraine) is not completely occupied by Russia. The enemy receives an answer every day," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

3:10 PM

Scholz's stance on Taurus unchanged despite US permission on long-range strikes.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has "made his position clear" on the matter and will "not change his position anymore," spokesperson Wolfgang Buchner told AFP.

2:34 PM

Zelensky to present 'resilience plan' to Ukrainian MPs on Nov 19.

The 10-point plan will address the front-line situation, the military-industrial complex, the economy and finance, regional development, and other strategic sectors.

1:59 PM

US aims to 'provoke further escalation' — Kremlin comments on long-range strikes.

"You know, with the reports in Western media, it is obvious that the outgoing administration in Washington intends to take steps... to add fuel to the fire and continue to provoke further escalation of tensions," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the media.

1:26 PM

Germany to provide Ukraine with 4,000 AI-powered 'Mini-Taurus' drones, Bild reports.

The German government is reportedly funding a contract concluded in September between tech defense firm Helsing and Ukraine for the supply of attack 4,000 drones.

1:02 PM

Turkish president to propose freezing Ukraine front line, Bloomberg reports.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will propose his own peace plan for Ukraine during the G20 talks commencing on Nov. 18, Bloomberg reported, citing undisclosed sources.

11:52 AM

German Greens chancellor candidate says he would send Taurus to Ukraine if elected.

The German Green Party's candidate for chancellor, incumbent Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, told the ARD television channel on Nov. 17 that if elected, he would greenlight the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

'Step toward World War III' — Russian MPs react to long-range strike permission reports

10:01 AM

(Updated: November 18, 2024 11:21 am)

'Step toward World War III' — Russian MPs react to long-range strike permission reports.

"This is a very big step towards the start of World War III," lawmaker Vladimir Dzhabarov said, according to Russia’s state-owned TASS state news agency.

Russian missile attacks on Sumy kill 11, injure 89

11:19 PM

(Updated: November 18, 2024 11:03 am)

Russian missile attacks on Sumy kill 11, injure 89.

Russia launched multiple missile attacks on the city of Sumy overnight on Nov. 18.

10:49 AM

Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 18, injure more than 110 over past day.

Ukrainian forces shot down eight of the 11 drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force said. Russian forces also reportedly attacked Sumy Oblast with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and a Kh-59 aerial guided missile.

Biden authorizes Ukraine to target Russia with US long-range missiles, media reports

8:51 PM

(Updated: November 18, 2024 9:48 am)

Biden authorizes Ukraine to target Russia with US long-range missiles, media reports.

The permission should initially apply to strikes against Russian and North Korean soldiers in Kursk Oblast but could eventually expand to other areas, undisclosed official sources told the New York Times.

9:24 AM

Russian drones, missiles violate Moldova's airspace during strike on Ukraine, Chisinau says.

"We strongly condemn the violation of Moldova’s airspace by Russia’s missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure today," Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi said.

8:52 AM

'Missiles will speak for themselves' — Zelensky reacts to long-range strike permission reports.

"But strikes are not carried out with words. Such things are not announced. Missiles will speak for themselves," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

8:26 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 722,440 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,560 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

7:28 AM

Nordic countries equipping citizens with pamphlets offering advice in case of war.

The governments of Norway, Sweden, and Finland have begun the distribution of informative pamphlets to citizens, providing them with advice in case of the outbreak of war or other emergency situations, BBC reported on Nov. 17.

5:41 AM

Multiple drones shot down on outskirts of Moscow, mayor claims.

Russian air defense intercepted multiple drones on the outskirts of Moscow, the city's mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, said overnight on Nov. 18.

4:57 AM

Trump Jr. ridicules US decision to authorize Ukraine to target Russia with long-range missiles.

While reposting a news item of the policy change on X, Trump Jr. referred to the Biden administration as "imbeciles" for allowing the decision to go forward.

3:16 AM

Finnish foreign minister urges Western leaders to refrain from calling Putin, calls for coordinated communication with Kremlin.

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen urged Western leaders to refrain from making additional phone calls to Russian President Vladimir Putin following German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's recent call, Valtonen said on German TV on Nov. 17.

12:43 AM

Russian attacks on Ukraine in October killed nearly 200, injured over 900 civilians.

Russian attacks on various regions of Ukraine in October led to the deaths of 183 civilians and injured a further 903 people, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported.

Ukraine war latest: Russia launches one of the largest aerial strikes on Ukraine, energy grid damage

8:12 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia launches one of the largest aerial strikes on Ukraine, energy grid damage

Key developments on Nov. 16-17: * Russia launches one of the largest aerial strikes on Ukraine, targets energy grid * EU has 'convincing' evidence of reported Chinese attack drone production for Russia, media reports * Russia producing thermobaric drones, capable of causing 'terrifying' civilian harm, AP reports * Ukrainian partisans say they sabotaged railway

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KI Insights

The Week Ahead by KI Insights: What we're watching this week

Editor's note: This article is an on-site version of KI Insights' The Week Ahead newsletter covering events from Nov. 18-Nov. 24. Sign up here to start your week with an agenda of Ukraine-related events, delivered directly to your inbox every Sunday. The G20 Summit will take place in Brazil on

7:22 PM

Ukrainian nuclear power plants lower output following Russian strikes, IAEA reports.

Ukraine’s nuclear power plants reduced their electricity production as a precautionary measure due to large-scale missile strikes targeting the country’s energy infrastructure, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a statement on Nov. 17.

'Russia shows it has no intention of ceasing its aggression' — Kyiv's partners condemn Russian mass attack

2:26 PM

(Updated: November 17, 2024 5:50 pm)

'Russia shows it has no intention of ceasing its aggression' — Kyiv's partners condemn Russian mass attack.

"As we approach 1000 days since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia shows it has no intention of ceasing its aggression," said Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp.

5:40 PM

Russian opposition holds anti-war march in Berlin.

The event's participants are calling for Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine, the release of political prisoners, and to try Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal.

4:41 PM

Canada's Trudeau signals support for Scholz-Putin call, Poland's Tusk says phone calls won't stop Russia.

"We all understand how important it is to see an end to the violence in Ukraine, to see an end to conflicts around the world," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Bloomberg during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru, which took place between Nov. 15-16.

4:03 PM

Musk mocks Zelensky for comments about Ukraine's independence.

The billionaire reposted a modified excerpt from Zelensky's interview with the Suspilne broadcaster shared on X by the @visegrad24 account, which read: "The U.S. cannot force us to 'sit and listen' at the negotiating table. We are an independent country."

Russia launches one of the largest aerial strikes on Ukraine, targets energy grid

6:27 AM

(Updated: November 17, 2024 2:46 pm)

Russia launches one of the largest aerial strikes on Ukraine, targets energy grid.

Russia targeted "power generation and transmission facilities throughout Ukraine," according to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko.

1:48 PM

Russian defense plant over 1,300 km from Ukraine reportedly hit by drone strike.

The factory produces air defense systems and radars for the Russian military, said Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation department at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.

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4:36 AM

US warned Ukraine, other allies ahead of Putin's 'experimental intermediate-range ballistic' attack.

"Russia likely possesses only a handful of these experimental missiles," a U.S. official told the Kyiv Independent, adding that Ukraine has withstood countless attacks from Russia, including from missiles with significantly larger warheads than this weapon.

2:13 AM

High-ranking North Korean general injured in Ukrainian strike on Kursk, WSJ reports.

A high-ranking North Korean general was wounded in a recent Ukrainian missile strike on Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Nov. 21, citing undisclosed sources.

12:47 AM

Russia pre-notified US of 'Oreshnik' missile strike before attack on Dnipro.

Russia gave the U.S. a brief advance warning of the intermediate-range ballistic missile strike on Ukraine prior to the attack, according to comments a U.S. administration official made at a briefing on Nov. 21.

11:33 PM

UK sanctions Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash and others in anti-corruption crackdown.

The U.K. has sanctioned Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, along with Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, and Latvian politician Aivars Lembergs, according to the U.K. government’s website statement on Nov. 21.

10:22 PM

Recent Russian attacks hit 3 of Ukrainian energy giant DTEK's 5 operational thermal power plants, Reuters reports.

Russia’s missile strikes on Nov. 16-17 hit three of the five operational thermal power plants owned by Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, leaving one plant offline, Reuters reported on Nov. 21, citing unnamed sources.

10:12 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia launches new 'Oreshnik' intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine

9:33 PM

UK prepared to fight Russia if it invades Eastern European NATO member, British general says.

The U.K. is prepared to send its soldiers to fight Russia if it invades a NATO country on the alliance's eastern flank, Rob Magowan, the deputy chief of the British defense staff, said on Nov. 21, Politico reported.

9:32 PM

Investigation: Who helped Russians increase production of domestic attack drones despite sanctions

8:50 PM

US imposes sanctions on over 50 Russian banks, including Gazprombank.

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on dozens of Russian banks, including Gazprombank, securities registrars, and financial officials, according to a Nov. 21 statement.

8:32 PM

KI Insights

KI Insights next monthly briefing: Ukraine’s post-war electoral scenarios

8:00 PM

Russia used new 'Oreshnik' intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine, Putin says.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that during the Nov. 21 strike on Dnipro, Russia tested a new intermediate-range ballistic missile — Oreshnik (Hazel).

6:57 PM

Russian FM spokesperson asked not to comment on ballistic missile strike on Ukraine during briefing.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova received a call during her Nov. 21 press briefing instructing her not to comment on the latest ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine.

11:09 AM

(Updated: November 21, 2024 6:33 pm)

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Russia reportedly uses new 'Oreshnik' ballistic missile against Ukraine — what we know so far

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that the attack was a test of Russia's "newest missile," an IRBM called "Oreshnik."

5:11 PM

Ukraine first country to face intercontinental ballistic missile use, Ukraine's Stratcom agency claims.

Ukraine is the first country in the world against which an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been used, Ukraine's Center for Strategic Communications (Stratcom) said on Nov. 21.

4:22 PM

Nikki Haley slams Trump's top intelligence pick Gabbard, calls her 'Russian sympathizer.'

Speaking on her podcast Nikki Haley Live, the ex-South South Carolina governor slammed Tulsi Gabbard’s past statements and actions, particularly her criticism of NATO and her remarks about Russia’s "legitimate security concerns" regarding Ukraine’s potential NATO membership.

3:44 PM

Russian ICBM strike would be 'clear escalation,' EU says.

"While we're assessing the full facts, it's obvious that such (an) attack would mark yet another clear escalation from the side of (Russian President Vladimir Putin," EU foreign affairs spokesperson Peter Stano said, according to AFP.

3:03 PM

Ukraine '95% ready' to resume flights but needs adequate air defenses, minister says.

Ukraine is "95%" ready to resume commercial flights, but the key remaining factor is to ensure the safety of passengers, Communities and Territories Development Minister Oleksii Kuleba said on Nov. 21.

2:14 PM

(Updated: November 21, 2024 2:49 pm)

'Putin is using Ukraine as testing ground,' Zelensky says after reported ICBM strike.

"Today (on Nov. 21), it was a new Russian missile. Its speed and altitude suggest intercontinental ballistic capabilities. Investigations are ongoing," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

11:13 AM

(Updated: November 21, 2024 2:21 pm)

Updated: Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih injures 26, damages residential buildings.

Russia launched an attack against the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Nov. 21, injuring at least 26 people, officials said.

1:40 PM

Merkel describes Trump as 'fascinated by Putin' in her memoir.

"(Donald Trump) saw everything from the point of view of a property developer, which is what he was before he came into politics. Every plot of land could only be sold once, and if he didn't get it, someone else would," Angela Merkel says in her memoir.

1:17 PM

Parliament passes bill allowing first-time deserters to return to military service.

The contracts of these soldiers will continue to be valid if they decide to return to their units.

12:37 PM

Ukrainian UAVs reportedly strike Russian border regions, industrial facility hit.

The airport in the city of Volgograd, lying northeast of Rostov Oblast, temporarily suspended operations due to safety concerns, the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) reported.

12:14 PM

Hungary deploys air defenses near Ukraine, cites war escalation after US allows strikes in Russia.

Hungarian Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky ordered the deployment of air defense systems in the country's northeastern regions, saying that "the war has entered its most dangerous phase."

8:57 AM

(Updated: November 21, 2024 10:56 am)

Russia uses ICBM against Ukraine for the first time as missiles hit Dnipro, Air Force says.

Russian forces launched a large-missile missile attack on Ukraine, reportedly lifting Tu-95 bombers and MiG-31K Kinzhal carriers and attacking the city of Dnipro early on Nov. 21.

10:51 AM

Russian troops suspected of executing Ukrainian POWs in Kursk Oblast, ombudsman says.

Russian forces are suspected of summarily executing Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported on Nov. 20.

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