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Why do Abu Dhabi talks resume after nine-month pause? Washington needs progress before new Congress asks questions in January, diplomat says
A Ukrainian analyst calls the Abu Dhabi talks an imitation of peace, no different from February.
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15 November 2026
- Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026Russia hasn’t given up on its bridge-carrying turtle tank
- Russia demands Britain stop shielding the rest of Europe with its nuclear deterrent as a price for peace in Ukraine — Telegraph
- In two days at defense forum in The Hague, volunteers and Ukrainian veterans assemble about 35 drones by hand for front line
- Euromaidan PressVacancy: journalist
- Russia cuts power to more than 203,000 families around Kyiv. Repairs take four days while strikes keep coming
- “Putin has proved once again that he’s not serious about a negotiated peace,” says US Senate’s intelligence chair after Moscow’s NATO demand
- Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026The winter fog has arrived. Expect Russian tanks.
- Made in Canada, designed in Ukraine, sent to front: New drone deal between Kyiv and Ottawa
- Ukraine’s unusual operation in Crimea: extracting witness to catch collaborator who prepared five-year-old children for war
- Ukrainian air defenders score first Kyiv-region kill of Russia’s fast Geran-5 jet drone with Swedish RBS 70
- Putin has new plan for Ukraine’s fortress city — and he may be counting on Trump to make it happen, expert says
- Russia now sends mobilized men to front in 5 to 7 days because its losses outrun its recruits, Ukrainian commander says
- Russia will not shape security architecture of free Europe, Canadian PM Carney says, as Moscow floats separate non-aggression pacts with NATO countries and return to 1997 lines
- Russia is betting another year of European elections to outlast support for Ukraine, Kyiv analyst says
- Euromaidan PressVolunteer wanted: army fundraiser coordinator
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1724: A Ukrainian official says all Starshield missions were failing by day three of the new speed cap, while SpaceX says there has been no change
- Instead of a single representative, a whole team: Europe decides who will represent it in talks with Russia to end the war
- Russia’s Starlink rival falls short: None of 30 Rassvet satellites has reached planned orbit, HUR reports
- Neutral Moldova approves military cooperation deal with Ukraine as Russian drones violate its airspace
- Finland and Norway will stop Russian athletes at the border, even those federations cleared to compete
- 40 countries tell Russia: Ukraine’s security and Europe’s alliances are not yours to decide
- 100% of Starshield missions were failing by day three of the new cap, a Ukrainian official says. SpaceX: “There has been no change”
- Russia’s leaked death register turns up fewer war dead from Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka than their governments report
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1724: A Ukrainian official says all Starshield missions were failing by day three of the new speed cap, while SpaceX says there has been no change
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1722: Russia sends heavier team to Abu Dhabi peace talks, but its negotiators insist on Kremlin’s original war aims
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1721: Abu Dhabi talks open with Russia still demanding the rest of Donetsk Oblast
A Russian disinformation campaign cloned Euromaidan Press to blame Ukraine for Russia’s own strike on Kramatorsk (we took the fake down)
Researchers tie the fake to Storm-1516, a Russian influence operation that has overtaken RT and Sputnik by cloning trusted news brands to publish fabricated stories under their names.
Ukraine may already be pushing Operation Vivaldi across the Zherebets River. It’s a risky gamble
Two mappers put Ukrainian troops on the river’s eastern bank this week, including at Terny, where Russia crossed in 2024 and kept pushing until Vivaldi drove it back.
“Our future cannot be the subject of agreements between Trump and Putin”: Ukraine supporters protest US policy on Russia in Europe, US, and Australia
Pro-Ukraine demonstrations took place in more than 10 cities as protesters condemned US moves to ease sanctions on Russia and pressure Kyiv to make concessions while Moscow’s war continues.
A short guide to the linguicide of the Ukrainian language | Infographics (updated)
From the 17th to the 20th century, Ukrainian lands were split between empires and states. Their rulers tried to assimilate Ukrainians and block their self-determination by going after what set them apart: their language and culture. Nobody has an exact count of the bans. Historian Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk says there were more than 100 and that…
Full speed returned to Ukraine’s satellite links on Saturday morning. “We simply enforced our terms,” Musk claims after blaming Washington for 10 days
The SpaceX owner, who had earlier said the US government decides such limits, wrote that his company had closed a gap he says Ukrainian troops used for drone strikes.
Russia’s last “Ukraine peace deal” led to Europe’s biggest war since WWII. Here’s why this one could be worse.
Moscow isn’t just negotiating—it’s setting the stage. Behind closed doors, familiar tactics are at play, and the consequences could reshape Europe’s future once again.
Ukraine now fights two enemies. One is America
In two weeks, Washington sanctioned the court prosecuting Putin, waived its own sanctions on Russia, and called him a humanitarian.
One year of Ukrainian arms exports, and industry has questions: how much army gained, where Berlin office is, who joins joint ventures
Ukraine promised to sell surplus weapons abroad 12 months ago. Its arms makers now ask why a fee of up to 30% still blocks the deals.
Starlink helped Ukraine pull off Operation Vivaldi. Now Starlink could help Russia take the ground back
The operation retook 277 square kilometers north of Lyman. The drones that now hold that line lose their Starshield link above about 160 km/h.
Ukraine’s answer to Russia’s jet Shaheds: a jet drone named Bars, built to strike Russia and now turned around to hunt them
Zelenskyy says it has the best hit rate of any Ukrainian interceptor against the jet drones, about 30%, but the small jet engines it needs may be in short supply.
Progress on a sore point for Ukraine and Poland: remains of over 40 Ukrainians killed by Polish WWII units found in Łasków
The find is the first in years from Ukraine’s searches in Poland, coming as Warsaw keeps pressing Kyiv over how it remembers the UPA.
Why is Ukraine losing ground? Mobilization crisis and command failures exposed
Ukraine's military problems can no longer be ignored as mobilization failures and systemic issues lead to mounting territorial losses
Evergreens
Yes, Ukraine can win the war – ex-minister decodes victory plan
Zelenskyy's plan and Ukraine's victory are completely realistic, says Andriy Zagorodnyuk. But there is a crucial caveat -- the current paradigm must be changed.
Europe has 11 ways to choke Russia’s war. It doesn’t need Trump’s permission for any of them
Three weeks after signing new Russia sanctions into law, Washington suspended them for Russian diesel, while the levers that would hurt Moscow most sit in European hands.
A realistic victory strategy for Ukraine
In a war where offensive operations are equally difficult on both sides, not losing is already winning in the next year and a half
Analysis
Europe gave Russia years to perfect its aerial killing. Ukraine is paying the price. Europe may be next.
Russia has spent four years adapting its drones, missiles and tactics against Ukraine. As Russian attacks become harder to stop, Ukrainian civilians are paying the price – while Europe is increasingly worried about a threat it has had years to prepare for.
