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A fake torture chamber, a real riot: Russia scores points on Ukraine’s mobilization crisis
The riot broke out on 2 November in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, and by late evening an enraged crowd was rocking a bus that carried the very mobilized men it had come to “free.”
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06 November 2026
- A Russian refinery rated at more than 6 million tons a year burns again in Krasnodar Krai
- UkraineAkim, Price, Boxer, and Criminal: Ukraine’s latest wiretaps read like a mob movie, with real officials in the cast
- Military techRussian vehicles can now shrug off cheap drones. Near Huliaipole, Ukrainian pilots are sending one they can’t
- Oleshky’s evacuation was called a success, but some residents didn’t make it out. Now, the aid is still not reaching them
- Police find missing woman alive four days after Russian bombing of Komyshuvakha underground school. Death toll rises to 43.
- Crimea’s lights go out again—and Ukraine says two more Pantsirs were hit
- A Kyiv-bound Shahed carried a warhead and leaflets touting a “Ukrainian” brigade in Russia’s army
- Russian milblogger urges hitting Ukraine’s nuclear plants. ISW: without stronger defenses, last winter will likely repeat
- Lived in occupation, fought against Ukraine. Now, Kyiv says, Russia won’t take them back.
- Russian attacks kill nine civilians in Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy oblasts in a day
- A Ukrainian ground robot hauls up to 500 kg—and tows broken robots back for repair
- At least 100 satellites, fast but maybe not as fast as Starlink: a Ukrainian firm sizes up a satellite network for Ukraine’s military
- Germany’s chancellor admits occasional resupply snags in Ukraine aid—he’ll try to clear them at the 19 November summit
- Five refineries in a week: drones set Russia’s Ryazan fuel plant on fire
- Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026How can Ukraine defend against 190 ballistic missiles a month? In October, it stopped 7%
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1715: Russian three-ton bomb on aid queue kills 40
- She once spoke for Zelenskyy. Now Ukraine suspects her of treason over her interviews and posts
- Russia tries Ukrainian prisoners in its courts as terrorists: perhaps 90% of those tried face terrorism-related charges, the UN Special Rapporteur on Russia says
- 300,000 tons of Russian diesel are reportedly heading to US — but New Jersey governor warns buyers of legal risks
- InterviewDemocrats took Congress overnight, but Ukraine isn’t their top-three priority: What midterm win really means for Kyiv
- Exxon, Chevron, and ex-Pornhub owner chased Russian oil giant Lukoil’s foreign assets. Dodgers co-owner’s group is now among front-runners in deal expected within weeks
- Ukraine aims to finish EU talks by 2028. Brussels agrees—on one condition: Ukraine’s lawmakers stop dragging their feet
- Ukraine’s sky has two kinds of threats now, and it handles only one of them well
Belgium’s 10 F-16s bring Ukraine’s promised fleet to about 100 jets. Fewer than 40 are flying, as Russia’s jet drones run them ragged
The rest arrive in batches through 2029, and every sortie against Russia's jet drones brings the jets already in Ukraine closer to long inspections abroad.
Russia still parks its best bombers in the open. Ukraine has spent a year knocking out the air defenses that were supposed to protect them
The Russian air force parked six Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers out in the open at a base within reach of Ukraine's Neptune cruise missiles. Now at least four are wreckage.
Russia is losing the Black Sea grain war it started. Its answer is to sink civilian ships off Romania and Bulgaria
The burning ships off Romania and Bulgaria are the latest round of a contest Ukraine opened this summer, when it began choking Russia’s own Black Sea exports
Russia is back at Dobropillia a year after it failed there. Now it’s the southern jaw of a pincer on Donbas’s last big free cities
This time Russia brought another army, and Dobropillia’s defenders have until the leaves fall to stop it.
America has sided with Russia against Ukraine. Europe should stop pretending and build a coalition against Russia, China, and even the US
In three days, Washington sanctioned the court that issued Putin’s arrest warrant, lifted its own sanctions on Russian diesel, called for Zelenskyy to step down, and declared an “energy ceasefire” that asks only Ukraine to stop firing. These are not the acts of an ally.
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.
“Now it’s your turn”: US envoys planned to show Moscow a refinery pause and a diesel deal, then ask for something back, a source tells Reuters
Ukraine’s part of that exchange was to stop striking Russia’s oil plants, a request Kushner repeated at the Miami meeting.
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.
Russia is funneling the Ukrainian children it abducts into military camps and conscription. Ukrainian lawyer says world can legally call this genocide—but lacks the will
Kateryna Rashevska can walk you through exactly how one Ukrainian child disappears into Russia: the occupied-territory orphanage, the foster placement with a Kremlin-connected family, the re-education camp, the military uniform, the draft notice that arrives at sixteen.
“Supplying Crimea is turning into a nightmare”: Ukrainian drones hit Russian trucks 770 times in September, and winter will make it worse, analyst says
That's the most of any month this year, up from 630 in August, even though Russian supply trucks now travel in convoys with their own air defense.
Armored assaults aren’t dead. Robots got the credit, but it was Ukrainian infantry in armored trucks that reversed a year of Russian gains near Lyman
Robots cleared the mines and blew up the bunkers, but soldiers still had to ride in and hold the ground.
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.
When Kremlin energy talking points come with an Oxford address
Russian energy disinformation does not always look like propaganda. Sometimes it presents itself in the form of expert analysis, a policy advisor, or technical commentary inside Europe's energy debate, and that is exactly what makes this new form of influence worth examining.
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.
