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Journalist Kateryna Lisunova, Financial Times correspondent in Kiev, announced that Ukrainians are considering going to Mar-a-Lago to discuss with Donald Trump, behind closed doors, about the peace plan. “According to my sources, Ukrainians are considering a closed-door meeting at Mar-a-Lago, without the press, to allow more individual discussions. They believe that a trip to Florida could be more productive than a meeting at the White House in Washington D.C. They are prepared to travel to the USA, but for now, everything depends on what will be agreed upon in Abu Dhabi,” the journalist wrote on X. Karoline Leavitt: There are…
Since the beginning of the invasion in 2022, the European Union has purchased more goods from Russia than it has provided to Ukraine in the form of financial, military, and humanitarian support. The Swedish Foreign Minister speaks of a “negative support for Ukraine”, and the analysis of official data shows that European imports – especially oil and gas – still exceed the amounts allocated to Kiev, writes Euronews. The Swedish Foreign Minister, Maria Malmer Stenergard, stated in a viral post that European countries have supported Ukraine with “187 billion euros”. At the same time, she said, “we have imported Russian…
General Christopher Donahue, the head of NATO ground forces, stated on Tuesday that the system with which the alliance intends to protect Romania from Russian drones will soon be located in the Danube Delta. Donahue made a visit to the Mihail Kogălniceanu base during the day, which he interrupted due to an incident in which a Russian drone fell in Vaslui county. The American general was accompanied to the military base by the Romanian Minister of Defense, Ionuț Moșteanu. Head of NATO ground forces: I believe you will soon see the anti-drone capability deployed in the Danube Delta “As the…
A laboratory at Yale University has been documenting since 2022, thanks to satellite imagery, the locations where displaced Ukrainian children are located in Russia, revealing 210 reeducation and military camps where they are sent, explained its director to AFP, according to Agerpres. All this was made possible by a mistake made by the Russians: they forgot to deactivate the location services on their phones when they took selfies with some of the kidnapped Ukrainian children. At the request of the US State Department this year, the Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) is tasked with estimating the number of children displaced by…
Vladimir Putin has promoted to the rank of Major General FSB officer Alexander Samofal, who investigators link to the poisoning of opponents Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza. According to the publication Vajnye Istorii, his name, new rank, and position – Deputy Head of the FSB Directorate for Moscow and the Moscow Region – appear in the criminal case against journalist Valeria Ratnikova from Dozhd, writes The Moscow Times. Before his appointment to the Moscow police department, Samofal worked as an agent in the FSB’s Service Two. Officers from this unit have participated in special operations against Russian opposition politicians. The…
Russia has oriented its economy towards war and is arming itself far beyond its needs in the conflict in Ukraine, warns the head of German diplomacy, Johann Wadephul, according to Agerpres, which quotes DPA. Present at the Forum for Foreign Policy in Berlin, Wadephul warned of the risk of underestimating the danger represented by Russia, even if the war in Ukraine would eventually end. Present at the Forum for Foreign Policy in Berlin, Wadephul warned of the risk of underestimating the danger represented by Russia, even if the war in Ukraine would eventually end. A division is generally made up…
Businessman Kirill Seleznev, aged 51, a former member of the Board of Directors of the giant Gazprom Neft and on the international sanctions list, is targeted in an investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office regarding the fraudulent obtaining of Romanian documents. The case led to searches on Tuesday morning in Suceava and two sectors in Bucharest. In June 2025, the Local Directorate for the Registration of Persons Sector 6 requested the cancellation of birth certificates for Seleznev and two members of his family, writes G4Media. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, almost 120 people are criminally prosecuted for allegedly using false citizenship…
Russian consumers are preparing for a new wave of price increases, against the backdrop of announced tax hikes that will come into effect from 2026. The inflation expected by the population significantly increased in October, according to data published by the Central Bank of Russia. If in September the Russians expected an annual inflation of 12.6%, in October the expectations rose to 13.3%, shows the survey conducted by FOM (Public Opinion Fund). This is the fastest monthly increase of the indicator in the last year. Economist Dmitri Polevoi explains this reaction by the announcements regarding the future increase in VAT,…
The Chief of the French General Staff has issued an unprecedented warning about the threat from Russia, sparking political controversy and reactions from across the French political spectrum. French General Fabien Mandon, the Chief of the French General Staff, has caused quite a stir in the public and political space after issuing an unprecedented warning about the risk of a Russian aggression, underlining that the country must be prepared for severe trials and that society must accept potential sacrifices to protect its national identity. In a speech held on Tuesday, November 18, at the annual meeting of French mayors in…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has committed to providing Ukraine with long-range weapons, AFP reported. During a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Tuesday, Merz stated that Germany is “doing everything possible” to equip the Ukrainian army with long-range weapon systems. “In recent months, we have been working intensively with the Ukrainian government on what we technically call ‘long-range fire’. The Ukrainian army will be equipped with such systems,” the German Chancellor announced. “The quantity will increase in the coming weeks and months, if necessary, until such systems can also be produced in Ukraine,” he added. However,…