Yuri Zoria

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A philologist by education, in 2003-2007 Yuri worked as a journalist in a Luhansk online media. He was born and lived all his life in the peaceful provincial city of Luhansk, where nothing serious happened. Until 2014. Now he is an IDP. Follow Yuri on twitter: @loogunda

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Ukrainian, European, and US delegations meet before the trilateral talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 November 2026

3 minute read

International

Day one in Abu Dhabi: US officials’ “real shot” again runs into Russia’s unchanged demand for the rest of Donetsk Oblast, unacceptable for Ukraine

US officials expect no final deal from the two-day round, and Russia’s delegation came to discuss Europe’s security order rather than a ceasefire.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Illustrative photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

3 minute read

Latest news

Denmark says it outgives much bigger countries for its size—its 32nd Ukraine package is mostly air defense

The foreign minister calls Denmark the biggest donor to Ukraine relative to its size, and most of the new package goes to air defense.

Il-76 aircraft on the airfield of the 123rd Aircraft Repair Plant in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast, Russia, 2015

5 minute read

Latest news

Il-76s haul Russia’s troops, Il-78s refuel its bombers—drones likely went after the plant that fixes both

Monitoring channels reported a fire at the Staraya Russa repair plant, and Novgorod's governor acknowledged damage to an industrial facility he did not name.

Storage buildings and a crane at the port of Klaipeda, Lithuania

3 minute read

Latest news

Europe still lets Russian grain through. Lithuania will make it wait and pay to prove it wasn’t stolen in Ukraine

Vilnius can’t legally stop the trade, so it’s making it slow and expensive.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers his evening video address, 7 November 2026

6 minute read

Ukraine

Detectives say the darkest part is still hidden. Ukraine’s president is already rushing to open security officers’ wealth to checks

An opposition faction says it will back the measure, but one of its lawmakers argues the real problem is appointments made without open contests.

Firefighters put out a fire at a critical infrastructure site hit by Russia in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine, 10 November 2026

6 minute read

Latest news

Russia aims to split Ukraine along the Dnipro, Ukraine says. Moscow’s strikes cut power in Dnipro and Kamianske

President Zelenskyy described a Russian campaign against bridges and the grid, and several of the night’s targets stand on the river’s banks.

Soldiers of Ukraine's 9th Unmanned Systems Brigade prepare an attack drone for launch, Ukraine, 27 August 2026. Illustrative photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

3 minute read

Latest news

One Russian soldier every 29 seconds—Russia’s costliest day of the war, by Ukraine’s count

It is the third daily high for Russian losses in under three weeks, and the drone force’s third in eight days.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos speaks at a press conference on the EU enlargement package, with Montenegro's flag on the screen behind her, Brussels, Belgium, 4 November 2026

4 minute read

Latest news

Brussels’ new roadmap puts Moldova ahead of Russia-attacked Ukraine and names no EU joining date for Kyiv

The plan ties Ukraine’s progress to court and anti-corruption reforms that its parliament must pass while Russia keeps attacking the country.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu and EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos with officials in hard hats at a substation of the new Vulcănești–Chișinău power line, Moldova, 8 November 2026

4 minute read

Latest news

Moldova plugs into Romania and buys zero Russian gas as its president warns Russia will try harder to shake the country

She points to politicians at home who she says line up with Moscow’s efforts, and expects more attempts in the coming months.

Firefighters at a food warehouse hit by a Russian strike in Odesa, Ukraine, 9 November 2026

4 minute read

Latest news

Russia kills three at a store of kindergarten food in Odesa after setting a Kremenchuk hotel ablaze

The two strikes came within hours of each other and hit children's food supplies in one city and a hotel and an apartment block in the other.

Ukrainian and Polish specialists use an excavator to search for a mass grave at the old cemetery of the former village of Puzhnyky, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, November 2026

4 minute read

Latest news

Poland pushed Ukraine to let it dig up Polish WWII dead. A third search in one Ukrainian village this year found no grave

Ukrainian archaeologists and Polish scientists dug trenches across an old cemetery in a village that no longer exists, found traces of a chapel and what may be a road, and went home planning to try again next year.

Fire at the Kinef oil refinery seen from Kirishi, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, after a Ukrainian drone attack, 9 November 2026

5 minute read

Latest news

Drones hit three of the four refineries feeding Moscow last week. Overnight, they set fire to the one fueling St. Petersburg

Ukraine’s campaign against Russian refining turned north to Kinef in Leningrad Oblast, one of the largest plants in the country.

A house destroyed by a Russian drone strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, 8 November 2026

4 minute read

Latest news

Russia cuts power to more than 600,000 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as Zelenskyy says the strikes aim to squeeze Ukraine before talks

Russia is hitting power and heat across Ukraine with winter weeks away, and Kyiv says Moscow treats diplomacy as one more way to attack.

Graves of Russian soldiers with Russian flags on the Alley of Glory in Stupino, Moscow Oblast, Russia

4 minute read

Latest news

The BBC has named 285,023 dead Russian soldiers. Russia’s own registry may hold up to 450,100 war dead, hackers say

The gap suggests how many deaths never make it into an obituary, a memorial, or a public grave.

1 2 3 … 460

Yuri Zoria

Day one in Abu Dhabi: US officials’ “real shot” again runs into Russia’s unchanged demand for the rest of Donetsk Oblast, unacceptable for Ukraine

Denmark says it outgives much bigger countries for its size—its 32nd Ukraine package is mostly air defense

Il-76s haul Russia’s troops, Il-78s refuel its bombers—drones likely went after the plant that fixes both

Europe still lets Russian grain through. Lithuania will make it wait and pay to prove it wasn’t stolen in Ukraine

Detectives say the darkest part is still hidden. Ukraine’s president is already rushing to open security officers’ wealth to checks

Russia aims to split Ukraine along the Dnipro, Ukraine says. Moscow’s strikes cut power in Dnipro and Kamianske

One Russian soldier every 29 seconds—Russia’s costliest day of the war, by Ukraine’s count

Brussels’ new roadmap puts Moldova ahead of Russia-attacked Ukraine and names no EU joining date for Kyiv

Moldova plugs into Romania and buys zero Russian gas as its president warns Russia will try harder to shake the country

Russia kills three at a store of kindergarten food in Odesa after setting a Kremenchuk hotel ablaze

Poland pushed Ukraine to let it dig up Polish WWII dead. A third search in one Ukrainian village this year found no grave

Drones hit three of the four refineries feeding Moscow last week. Overnight, they set fire to the one fueling St. Petersburg

Russia cuts power to more than 600,000 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as Zelenskyy says the strikes aim to squeeze Ukraine before talks

The BBC has named 285,023 dead Russian soldiers. Russia’s own registry may hold up to 450,100 war dead, hackers say

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