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Belgian PM raises stakes on Kyiv lifeline, renewing opposition to Russian frozen-assets reparations loan
In a letter, sent on Nov. 27 and seen by the Kyiv Independent, Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever labelled the EU's "reparations loan" scheme as "fundamentally wrong," and argued that moving forward on the initiative could complicate an eventual peace deal.
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Ukraine war latest live: Kyiv denies Russian breakthrough in Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, releases POW video
Hello, this is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,379 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: The Third Army Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces denied Russian claims of a breakthrough in the city of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, releasing a video on Dec. 3 showing a captured Russian soldier. In the released footage, a soldier with the call sign "Ptitsa" ("Bird" in English), identified as a member of the 37th Regiment, said Russian military correspondent T
Ukraine strikes Druzhba oil pipeline again, HUR source says, despite Hungary, Slovakia's appeal
"The Russian oil network... will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
NATO allies pledge over $1 billion for US arms for Ukraine
NATO allies announced two joint PURL packages, each worth $500 million: one co-financed by Germany, Norway, and Poland, and another by Germany, Norway, and the Netherlands.
Ukraine's top negotiators to again meet Trump's envoys in US after Moscow talks, Zelensky says
Rustem Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, and Andrii Hnatov, the chief of staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces, will first meet European national security advisors in Brussels on Dec. 3.
Witkoff-Putin talks end without breakthrough on Russia-Ukraine peace deal
"So far, no compromise version of a peace settlement has been found, but some American proposals look more or less acceptable… the work will continue," Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said.
Russian oil depot, fuel tanks damaged amid reported drone strikes in Tambov, Voronezh oblasts
A fire broke out overnight Dec. 3 at an oil depot in Russia's Tambov region after an alleged Ukrainian drone strike.
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A Russian military victory in Ukraine would cost Europe twice as much as a Ukrainian victory, according to a new study by Corisk and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs published on Nov. 25.
