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Russian video shows soldiers walking freely through ruins of Ukraine’s Pokrovsk

21 Nov 2025 21 Nov 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s defence ministry released video on Thursday showing its soldiers moving freely through the southern part of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, patrolling deserted streets lined with charred apartment blocks. Russia has been threatening Pokrovsk for more than a year, using a pincer movement to attempt to encircle it and threaten supply lines. Russian …

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EU’s von der Leyen to reach out to Zelenskiy on Ukraine peace plan

21 Nov 2025 21 Nov 2025

By Julia Payne JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -European Union leaders and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will reach out to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to discuss a U.S. peace plan on Ukraine during the current G20 summit, von der Leyen said on Friday. “We will discuss the situation both with European leaders and with leaders …

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Germany’s Merz to join call on US-Russian plan to end Ukraine war

21 Nov 2025 21 Nov 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will join a phone call about a U.S.-Russian plan to end the war in Ukraine on Friday, two government sources told Reuters. Merz asked his chief of staff Thorsten Frei to replace him at an event he had to cancel to participate in the call, one of the sources …

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Polish PM says Russia-backed sabotage has crossed a critical line

21 Nov 2025 21 Nov 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday that sabotage acts inspired and organised by Russia are aimed at destabilising and weakening Poland and bear the hallmarks of “state terrorism”. Over the weekend, an explosion damaged railway tracks on the Warsaw-Lublin route, which connects the Polish capital with the Ukrainian border, something Tusk …

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Ukraine says it holds defensive line in northern part of Pokrovsk

21 Nov 2025 21 Nov 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday its forces were holding defensive lines in the northern part of the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk and were blocking attempts by Russian troops to advance further. Moscow’s forces have ground towards the logistics hub for months to try to capture Pokrovsk, which Russian media has dubbed as the …

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Zelenskiy ready for ‘honest’ work on US-backed plan as Europeans push back

21 Nov 2025 21 Nov 2025

By Olena Harmash, Max Hunder and Gram Slattery KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after talks with a top U.S. Army official on Thursday he was ready for “honest” work with Washington on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, while European allies pushed back against punishing concessions to Russia. According to the U.S.-backed …

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Russian attack kills five in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, regional governor says

21 Nov 2025 21 Nov 2025

(Reuters) -A Russian attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia late on Thursday killed five people and injured three, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said. Pictures posted by Fedorov online showed buildings engulfed by flames and streets strewn with rubble. The governor had earlier issued a warning of an impending attack by Russian guided bombs. …

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Kyiv says work continues on technical level between teams to study US proposals

21 Nov 2025 21 Nov 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine called on its partners to respect its position as work continues on the technical level to study a U.S.-backed plan to end the war, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday. Rustem Umerov, the secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, said that Ukraine’s unchanging principles were “sovereignty, the safety of …

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Russia downs 33 Ukrainian drones overnight, defence ministry says

21 Nov 2025 21 Nov 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday that 33 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted and destroyed over five Russian regions, Crimea and the Black sea overnight. At least eight Russian airports had been forced to suspend operations during the night, according to Russia’s aviation watchdog. Two people had been injured in the city …

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Russian forces take Ukraine’s Kupiansk, top military official says, Ukraine denies it

21 Nov 2025 21 Nov 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The chief of Russia’s general staff told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Russian forces had taken control of the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, but Ukraine’s military denied the city had changed hands. Ukraine also dismissed Russian statements that its forces had taken over large parts of two other towns — Pokrovsk, …

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