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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.
Ukraine war latest: Ukraine downs 14 Russian missiles, strikes back with 'Long Neptunes,' Zelensky says
This is Jared Goyette reporting from Kyiv, where residents are recovering from a long and brutal overnight attack that killed at least six people. In today's blog we'll be keeping you up-to-date on other developments, starting with President Volodymyr Zelensky's comments via social media this morning. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine's air defenses shot down 14 of 19 Russian missiles launched overnight, including two aeroballistic and six ballistic missiles, after a renewed Russian at
‘First to help others’ — Kyiv firefighter battles blaze that gutted his own family's apartment
Serhii Vlasenko, 35, has served in Ukraine's Emergency Service for 15 years and was on duty as a shift supervisor when the attack occurred.
Trump administration may deport around 80 Ukrainians over 'violations of US law,' envoy says
If carried out, the deportation would mark the highest number of Ukrainians removed from the U.S. in recent years, the Washington Post reported.
Ukraine calendar: What will happen this week
Editor's note: This article is a shortened on-site version of KI Insights' public newsletter, The Week Ahead, covering events from November 17-23. Sign up here to start your week with an agenda of Ukraine-related events delivered directly to your inbox every week. Ukraine’s political crisis, triggered by high-profile NABU and SAPO investigations into Timur Mindich, a close associate of the President, and other senior officials, is expected to deepen next week. On 18 November, the Verkhovna Rada
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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
