Ukraine’s counteroffensive is adding pressure on Russia to reinforce personnel, U.S. and Western officials told the Washington Post on Sept. 12. Although Russia's next moves are unclear, one unnamed U.S. official said Russia's “weaknesses have been exposed and they don’t have great manpower reserves or equipment reserves.”
"There will be meetings in the coming days, particularly in Turkey," National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov said.
Ukrainian troops have pulled back from positions near five settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, fully withdrawing from the villages of Uspenivka and Novomykolaivka in the Polohy district.
Russian forces are advancing into Pokrovsk from the southern outskirts, using light equipment, according to the 7th Corps of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces.
Romanian troops received a report of a drone crash near the village of Grindu, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
Timur Mindich, a former business partner of President Volodymyr Zelensky, is the co-owner of Kvartal 95, a production company founded by the president. According to the Kyiv Independent sources in law enforcement, Mindich had fled prior to the searches.
Major Andrii Kovalev, a spokesman for Ukraine's General Staff, told Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda that logistics to Pokrovsk still exist, and the troops, including wounded soldiers, are being rotated in and out.
An oil refinery in Saratov, Russia, was reportedly attacked overnight on Nov. 11, according to local Telegram channels that shared footage appearing to show explosions at the facility.
U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Nov. 10, marking the first visit to Washington by a Syrian head of state since 1946.
Slovakia's transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in 2023 was not a crime, the Bratislava prosecutor's office said Nov. 10, according to POLITICO.
The probe follows reports that President Volodymyr Zelensky's former business partner, Timur Mindich, was tipped off about the possible searches and was able to leave the country beforehand.
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