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Ukraine war latest live: Ukrainian forces pull back from positions near another settlement in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Hello, this is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,357 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukrainian forces withdrew from its positions near the village of Rivnopillia in northeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast late on Nov. 11, Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces reported. Ukrainian troops pulled back from Rivnopillia to more "defensible positions to safeguard the lives of their personnel," according to the Southern Defense Forces. At the same time, the ad
UK backchannel contacts failed to develop, Kremlin says
The comments follow reporting by the Financial Times (FT) that British national security advisor Jonathan Powell tried to open a backchannel with Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov earlier this year.
Zelensky wants ministers implicated in corruption scandal to resign
Halushchenko is being investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) as part of a large-scale corruption case into Energoatom involving Timur Mindich, a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky to impose sanctions against close associate following large-scale corruption probe, source says
Editor's Note: The story was updated following a statement by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to impose sanctions against Oleksandr Tsukerman and his close associate Timur Mindich, a source in the President's Office told the Kyiv Independent. The two are implicated in the $100 million corruption scandal centered around the state-owned nuclear power company Energoatom that is rocking the country since Monday. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko later said that
SBU exposes Russian agent from Crimea planning terrorist attacks on Kyiv metro and malls
A 55-year-old resident of Crimea, the alleged organizer of terrorist attacks, has been charged in absentia.
Ukraine withdraws from positions near another settlement in Zaporizhzhia Oblast amid ongoing Russian offensive
Ukrainian forces withdrew from the village of Rivnopillia in northeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast late on Nov. 11, Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces reported.
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