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Ukraine calendar: What will happen this week

Editor's note: This article is a shortened on-site version of KI Insights' public newsletter, The Week Ahead, covering events from October 27 - November 2. Sign up here to start your week with an agenda of Ukraine-related events delivered directly to your inbox every week. Donald Trump is embarking on a trip to Asia, visiting Malaysia and Japan, and concluding next week in South Korea, where a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected. U.S. attention next week will focus on negotiating

Ukraine war latest: Over $200M in Russian air defenses destroyed — two Nebo radars, Buk unit, HUR says

Hi, this is Jared Goyette reporting from a foggy Kyiv on day 1,339 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said on Oct. 24 that it had destroyed three Russian air defense systems worth hundreds of millions of dollars. HUR said in a Telegram post that video from a special forces operation shows the destruction via drones of two Russian Nebo radars (valued at about $100 million each) and a firing unit from a Buk SAM system (the

'Putin is playing with nuclear fire' — Zaporizhzhia power plant blackout ends, but experts warn risks are far from over

A month-long blackout at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant ended on Oct. 23, after suspected Russian sabotage disconnected it from Ukraine’s power grid. But experts have told the Kyiv Independent it could have been repaired by Moscow in days, warned of serious future risks, and said Moscow could be planning further sabotage in order to connect it to Russia's power grid. Russian troops reportedly struck a power line on Sept. 23, severing the plant’s connection to Ukraine’s e

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