U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced 65 new sanctions “to cut off vital industries fuelling Putin’s war machine,” targeting six Russian banks including Alfa Bank, Russian Railways, defense companies, mercenary Wagner Group, and Russian oligarchs including billionaire oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler.
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Denys Shmyhal's announcement comes as Ukraine aims to strike deeper into Russian territory in an attempt to disrupt its logistics and grind down its war machine from a distance.
Gunvor, which is registered in Cyprus and headquartered in Switzerland, was founded in 1997 by Gennady Timchenko, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Swedish billionaire Torbjörn Törnqvist.
The Kremlin has officially incorporated the occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions into Russia’s Southern Military District, the Center for Countering Disinformation reported on Nov. 6.
Ukraine has submitted a draft education law to Hungary that partly addresses Budapest’s demands related to language policy in schools, Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka said on Nov. 7.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states and their defense industries to "outgun, outproduce, and outsmart those that seek to harm or diminish us."
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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.
Proyekt also reported that the third generation of Putin's family —his grandnephews — had joined the government following himself and the second generation (his children and nephews).
A court in Ukraine has sentenced a Russian soldier to life imprisonment for executing a captured Ukrainian serviceman in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Nov. 6.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is also investigating Zelensky's former partner Timur Mindich on suspicion of aiding the aggressor state, according to lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
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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.
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.
"Seventeen men were lured into joining mercenary forces," the South African Presidency said.
