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The cost of war: Is Russia running out of money to continue the fight?
In his report for the Free Russia Foundation think tank, shared with the Kyiv Independent, Russian opposition politician Vladimir Milov said Russia's budgetary situation is anything but "normal."
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Russian attacks kill 9, injure 53 across Ukraine over past day
Russian forces launched three Kinzhal ballistic missiles, as well as 135 drones against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,157,400 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,000 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Macron to host Zelensky in Paris on Nov. 17 to discuss French support as 'historic agreement' is finalized
The two leaders will discuss bilateral cooperation in the "energy, economic, and defense fields," as well as progress in preparing security guarantees for Ukraine under the "Coalition of the Willing" framework.
Russian military vessel spotted near Hawaii, US Coast Guard says
The U.S. Coast Guard detected and monitored a Russian intelligence-gathering ship operating near the Hawaiian Islands on Oct. 29, according to a press release published Nov. 13.
Ukraine strikes major Russian oil terminal in Novorossiysk with drones, SBU confirms
Ukrainian drones struck the Russian port city of Novorossiysk on Nov. 14, damaging an oil terminal and sparking a large fire, multiple Russian Telegram channels reported.
Ukrainian investigators seek to arrest ex-deputy prime minister in large-scale corruption case
On Nov. 11, Chernyshov was charged with illicit enrichment as part of a large-scale corruption case involving state nuclear power company Energoatom.
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At first glance, a YouTube interview with Philippe Marques Pinto looks like one of dozens of others in Ukraine’s long-running campaign to recruit South American soldiers to bolster its ranks in the fight against Russia. “I worked as a private security guard in Brazil, and when I arrived here, I got training, and it was just a question of adaptation,” Pinto says in an April 25, 2025, video for the Foreign Recruitment Center, a channel run by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. But according to police i
