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Zelensky ally Mindich expands his clout in government, business, investigative journalists claim
President Volodymyr Zelensky's former business partner Timur Mindich has dramatically increased his clout in recent years, according to an investigation by the media outlet Ukrainska Pravda published on Nov. 6. Mindich, a co-owner of the president's Kvartal 95 production company, was not available for comment, while the president's press service did not respond to requests for comment. In recent months, Mindich has been in the spotlight, with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) looking
'They refuse to give in,' Angelina Jolie says on her Kherson, Mykolaiv visit
During her visit, Jolie was shown how medical and educational institutions in Ukraine's southern front-line regions have been moved into reinforced underground spaces to continue their operations, according to a press release from the organization.
Ukraine war latest live: Russian rebel group sabotages dozens of trains in attack on military logistics, HUR says
Russian rebel group 'Freedom of Russia' sabotages dozens of locomotives targeting the logistics infrastructure of the Russian military, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) reported on Nov. 6.
Bulgaria moves to seize, sell Russian energy giant's refinery amid sanctions pressure
The move aims to protect Bulgaria's only refinery — and a major supplier — from the impact of U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia's largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil.
South Africa investigating recruitment of citizens into 'mercenary activities' in Russia-Ukraine war
"Seventeen men were lured into joining mercenary forces," the South African Presidency said.
'Pokrovsk is simply being absorbed' — Ukraine’s defense on a knife-edge
Ukrainian forces continue to stubbornly defend the pocket around Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, despite relentless Russian assaults in and around the two cities leading to an ever-increasing threat of encirclement. Over two weeks since Russian soldiers were filmed breaking into the urban area of the mining city in Donetsk Oblast en masse, the city has descended into a deep gray zone, in which the concept of territorial control is lost in a fog of chaotic movement. "The situation hasn't changed that m
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