All news on the topic: Ukraine

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650+ drones and 51 missiles: Russia attacks Ukraine during trilateral talks to end war
Russia launches attacks across Ukraine as Miami peace talks continue. More than 650 drones target locations across Ukraine including western regions with sirens sounding in eastern Poland.
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Starmer and Zelenskyy will meet in London to discuss Ukraine’s security
Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz will also be present for talks on guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar security.
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Holger Neumann cites NATO unity as jets respond to Russian drone breaches ordered by Vladimir Putin
German fighter jets have been deployed to Poland and Romania as tensions between NATO and Russia remain high.
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Ukraine’s UMCC corruption scheme tied to Swiss trader Oleg Tsyura, who exports Russian ferrochrome for Putin-linked MidUral
A new wave of revelations shows how Ukraine’s state-owned United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) became a profit machine for insiders during 2020–2021, despite public claims of anti-corruption reforms.
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Ukrainian orphans promised safety find neglect and exploitation in Turkey
Documents and first-person accounts reveal how a quickly organized evacuation by a private charity left hundreds of Ukrainian children in a Turkish seaside town with little supervision.
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’Dr. Evil’ on the run: Russian Ilya Sorokin charged with cruel treatment of Ukrainian POWs
“Dr. Evil,” the alleged sadistic Russian prison medic, exposed by OCCRP and RFE/RL Schemes, has been charged in absentia by Ukraine with war crimes.
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Energoatom corruption scandal: Probe targets Timur Mindich, business partner of Zelenskyy
Ukrainian authorities detained a former deputy energy minister today on suspicion of embezzling funds from the state-owned nuclear power company.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin rejects US proposals for peace as Donald Trump’s top envoys brief White House on Moscow talks
The UK accused Vladimir Putin of "sabre rattling" after he said Russia was ready for war against Europe as he resisted Donald Trump’s peace talks to end the war in Ukraine.
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Fake Russian advance on Ukraine’s Myrnohrad linked to gambling bet resolution on Polymarket
A live map that tracks the frontlines of the war in Ukraine was edited to show a fake Russian advance on the city of Myrnohrad on November 15.
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Russian-linked capital and Donald Trump’s circle: How the US real estate empire of Steve Witkoff was financed by associates of Russian Kirill Dmitriev
The Faena Miami Beach hotel gets thousands of five-star reviews online. It is arguably the most luxurious hotel in the city – certainly up there with the Miami Beach Edition.
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From UK’s Nathan Gill’s £40k bribe to Boris Johnson’s secret meetings: How Russian money and intelligence compromised the Tory right
The 10-and-a-half year prison sentence Nathan Gill, former UKIP and Brexit Party MEP and Welsh Leader of Reform UK, for taking Kremlin-linked bribes, has turned an intelligence concern into a criminal conviction – and activated a live constitutional question.
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Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman uses arbitration system to challenge EU and UK sanctions
Mikhail Fridman, one of Russia’s wealthiest oligarchs, is using obscure investor-state arbitration mechanisms to challenge sanctions imposed after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian investigators link Timur Mindich and financier Oleksandr Tsukerman to $100m laundering network
Kyiv is facing one of its biggest domestic political challenges since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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Russian oligarch Fridman Sues UK under controversial ISDS rules
The UK is being sued by a Russian oligarch under controversial Investor State Dispute Settlement rules, the UK Government has confirmed.
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How President Mirziyoyev’s inner circle — Saida Mirziyoyeva, Oybek and Iskandar Tursunov — built a secret financial corridor for Russia’s elites
Once Russia became deeply entrenched in Ukraine, international sanctions were imposed on it extensively.
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Coral Energy founders Tahir Garayev and Etibar Eyyub tied to Rosneft shipments, Ukrainian fuel seizures and a chain of offshore firms
The investigation continues into five Azerbaijani citizens – Tahir Garayev, Ahmed Kerimov, Anar Madatli, Talat Safarov, and Etibar Eyyub – who have been under UK sanctions since May.
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NCA finds Moscow-backed spy ring connected to Marsalek laundering British drug profits
Investigators at the U.K.’s National Crime Agency say cash generated by Britain’s local drug trade was funneled through a bank connected to the Kremlin’s intelligence services and sanctioned defense sector, expanding the known scope of a vast Russian money laundering network uncovered last year.
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Ukrainian-Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura identified as key figure in global scheme to bypass EU sanctions on Russian ferrochrome
Circumventing sanctions: why Russian ferrochrome is still being sold globally. The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the Prosecutor General’s Office must provide explanations.
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US briefing in Kyiv sparks anxiety among Nato ambassadors over reported Ukraine–Russia deal
US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leader
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Sir Keir Starmer has said that Ukraine "must determine its future under its sovereignty"
The Prime Minister stated that he, together with French and German leaders, had stressed to Mr. Zelensky their support for Ukraine and the "fundamental principle" that Kyiv should be in control of its own future.
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Russia’s Pravda disinformation network surges, boosted by unwitting websites
Thinktank reports that the internet is flooded with disinformation by the Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites consider credible.
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Ex-MEP Nathan Gill sentenced to 10,5 years for bribery linked to pro-Russian speeches
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements while a Member of the European Parliament.
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Money 24/7 exchange network owned by Andriy Smirnov continues operating in Kyiv despite NBU license revocation
The Money 24/7 exchange network continues to operate in the heart of Kyiv, seemingly ignoring regulators, financial oversight, and the rule of law.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy signals readiness to review peace proposal requiring concessions
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated he will negotiate with Donald Trump on a US-backed peace plan that urged Ukraine to make painful concessions in order to end the Kremlin’s invasion of his country.
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Pravfond used legal aid as a tool for Kremlin influence, documents show
Emails leaked from a Kremlin-backed legal aid foundation reveal that funding is being allocated to pro-Russia activities in Ukraine under the pretense of providing legal aid, as reported by RFE/RL’s Schemes project.