BREAKING: German government says allies cutting Russia out of SWIFT.

The statement follows reports that President Volodymyr Zelensky's former business partner Timur Mindich and businessman Oleksandr Tsukerman tipped off about possible searches and was able to leave the country beforehand.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius also announced that Berlin has agreed to allocate an additional 150 million euros ($175 million) in military aid to Kyiv under the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative.

At least 11 apartment buildings throughout the city were struck in the overnight attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

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.

"We do not accept this obviously unlawful solution contrary to European values," Orban said on a weekly radio show. "We are turning to the European Court of Justice."

The two leaders will discuss bilateral cooperation in the "energy, economic, and defense fields," as well as progress in preparing security guarantees for Ukraine under the "Coalition of the Willing" framework.

Russia has actively recruited, hoodwinked and kidnapped workers for its war machine from across the developing world.

An unidentified drone was sighted over a gunpowder plant in southwestern France on Nov. 12, following similar incidents just two days earlier, BFM TV reported, citing prosecutors.

Following a phone call with Zelensky, Merz said that young Ukrainian men should remain to "serve in their own country."

If confirmed, this would mark the fourth time Ukraine has hit the Saratov oil refinery in fall 2025.

Ukrainian drones struck a military base in occupied Crimea used for the storage and maintenance of Russian "Orion" drones, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, reported on Nov. 13.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to visit Greece over the weekend to sign an agreement in the energy sector, a source close to the Presidential Office told the Kyiv Independent on Nov. 13.