Unexpected Turns: Peace Framework Shifts, Major Strikes, and Political Fallout

Today is Saturday, November 29, and here are the top stories of the week:

– New US–Ukraine framework aims to rebalance the Geneva peace talks

– Russian drone attack in Kharkiv kills four and injures 17

– Ukrainian drones hit a bromine plant and power infrastructure in occupied Crimea

– Ukrainian forces clear central Pokrovsk amid Russia’s push in Donbas

– Major Russian airstrike strikes Kyiv, plus drone incursions into Romania and Moldova

– Leaked recordings expose discussion between Steve Witkoff and top Kremlin officials

– Serbia prepares to take over a Russian-owned refinery under sanctions

– Putin issues a new ultimatum demanding Ukrainian withdrawal

– US weighs “deal first, guarantees later” approach

– Moldova summons Russia’s ambassador after another drone violation

– Andriy Yermak resigns following a corruption probe

– Viktor Orbán meets Putin in Moscow

– Belgium pushes back against the EU reparations loan proposal