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Thursday, November 12
Russia's largest oil refinery slammed by drones in 8-hour attack 2,500 km from Ukraine
The Omsk oil refinery, a Gazprom facility in Siberia, has a processing capacity of over 21 million metric tons of crude per year.
Wednesday, November 11
'Ukraine's future is within the European Union' — Irish PM aims to open all EU negotiation clusters for Kyiv by end of year
"We have opened three negotiating clusters and will do all that we can to ensure that the remaining two are opened before the end of the presidency," Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Nov. 11 alongside President Zelensky.
Trump's envoys to travel to Moscow as Abu Dhabi talks end without breakthrough
"We see some openings and some opportunities," Jared Kushner told the press, adding that the U.S. envoys would then travel to Dublin to debrief President Volodymyr Zelensky, who will be attending an informal meeting of EU leaders scheduled for Nov. 13.
Ukraine war latest: 'Large-scale' prisoner exchange agreed as 2nd day of Abu Dhabi talks concludes, Umerov says
Key developments on Nov. 11: * 'Large-scale' prisoner exchange agreed as 2nd day of Abu Dhabi talks concludes, Umerov says * Zelensky reveals when Ukraine expects first delivery of Swedish Gripen fighter jets * Russia strikes 6 major power substations, causing outages across Ukraine * Hackers target Ukraine's state news agency Ukrinform, replace website with anti-Ukrainian messages * Ukrainian drones reportedly target Russia's largest oil refinery, strike Baltic Sea port, missile boat * R
Ukraine captures first Indonesian prisoner of war as Russia steps up foreign recruitment
The man, originally from the Indonesian island of Java, was sent to participate in a Russian assault in southern Ukraine. After his unit came under a Ukrainian drone attack, he managed to reach Ukrainian-held territory, where he was taken prisoner, according to the I Want to Live project.
Ukrainian drones reportedly target Russia's largest oil refinery, strike Baltic Sea port, missile boat
Ukrainian drones struck the Ust-Luga Baltic Sea port in western Russia's Leningrad Oblast overnight on Nov. 11, monitoring channels reported.
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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