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US Sanctions Leave Millions of Barrels of Russian Oil Stuck at Sea, Shaking Global Trade Routes

US sanctions could strand 48 million barrels of Russian oil at sea, forcing tanker reroutes and disrupting exports to Asia amid rising freight rates.

By Kateryna Mykhailova

Nov. 21, 2025

Russia

Polish PM Calls Rail Sabotage Russian ‘State Terrorism’

In a brief address to parliament, Tusk called on Poles to unite against Moscow’s attempts to “sow discord with Europe, with Ukraine, and, above all, among ourselves”.

By AFP

Nov. 21, 2025

Ukraine

Ukraine Sets Red Lines on US Peace Draft: ‘Our Land Is Not for Sale’

Speaking at the UN Security Council, Kyiv’s envoy warned that any settlement linked to the reported 28-point peace plan must not undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty.

By Korbinian Leo Kramer

Nov. 21, 2025

War in Ukraine

Ukraine War: Is There a New Peace Plan?

As with Trump’s Gaza peace plan, Turkey and Qatar are said to have been involved in the drafting, with no representatives of Ukraine or the EU.

By Eurotopics

Nov. 21, 2025

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Ukraine

Fatal Flaw: Ex-CIA Analyst Says Trump’s ‘Peace Plan’ Will Backfire, Poison US-Ukraine Ties

In an interview with Kyiv Post, former State Department special adviser and CIA analyst Paul Goble warns that “the proposed settlement is not a settlement” and could shatter US-Ukraine relations.

By Alex Raufoglu

Nov. 21, 2025

Ukraine

Inside Trump Admin’s Quiet Push for Peace Plan That Smells Like Moscow

Recent revelations of a Russia-friendly proposal calling for major concessions have ignited infighting in Trump’s foreign-policy team and rattled Kyiv and European allies.

By Alex Raufoglu

Nov. 21, 2025

Russia

UK Police Unveil Crypto-Laundering Network Funding Russian Invasion

During “phase two” of “Operation Destabilise” which began in December, authorities discovered some of the laundered funds were routed through a bank in Kyrgyzstan, called Keremet Bank.

By AFP

Nov. 21, 2025

Russia

Russia Threatens Countermeasures Over Potential Seizure of Its Assets in EU

Russia’s Duma warns of legal retaliation if the EU seizes its frozen assets to fund Ukraine during the full-scale war. Belgium has consistently demanded stronger legal guarantees from the EU.

By Kateryna Mykhailova

Nov. 20, 2025

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War in Ukraine

Polish Ambassador ‘Attacked’ In St. Petersburg by Anti-Ukrainian Activists

“It was the most serious incident of its kind in many years,” a foreign ministry source told Gazeta Wyborcza. “Only the intervention of security guards prevented the ambassador from being beaten.”

By Antonia Langford

Nov. 20, 2025

NATO

US Generals to Press Zelensky on Peace Plan Demanding Ukraine Abandon NATO Bid

A source told RBC-Ukraine that US generals were set to press Zelensky on Thursday to accept a draft US-Russia peace plan requiring Ukraine to abandon NATO membership and allow broad wartime amnesty.

By Kateryna Zakharchenko

Nov. 20, 2025

Russia

Intel Reveals List of Russian Teachers Indoctrinating Children in Occupied Ukraine

HUR has published data on 10 Russian teachers who moved to occupied Ukrainian territories under Moscow’s “Zemsky Uchitel” program to indoctrinate Ukrainian children and impose Russian identity.

By Kateryna Zakharchenko

Nov. 20, 2025

Ukraine

Russian Strikes Force 4 of Ukraine’s 9 Nuclear Reactors to Power Down

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Russian strikes targeting energy facilities supporting Ukraine’s nuclear plants have forced nearly half of Ukraine’s reactors to drop output.

By Leo Chiu

Nov. 20, 2025

Russia

Witkoff Deleted Tweet Fuels Scramble as West Rejects Alleged Trump Ukraine Plan as ‘Kremlin Fantasy’

A deleted tweet from Trump envoy Witkoff has intensified backlash over a reported Ukraine peace plan that Western officials call a “Kremlin fantasy” and a familiar Dmitriev-driven ploy.

By Julia Struck-Feshchenko

Nov. 20, 2025

Russia

Ukraine Charges Russian Commander With 17 Civilian Killings in Bucha

Ukraine has issued the first-ever Notice of Suspicion against a Russian commander for coordinated war crimes committed in Bucha during its occupation, Global Rights Compliance told Kyiv Post.

By Kateryna Zakharchenko

Nov. 20, 2025