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[Regnum The active Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka produced a powerful ash plume reaching an altitude of approximately seven thousand meters above sea level. The Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported this on its Telegram channel on Thursday, November 28.
The eruption occurred at 3:50 AM local time (6:50 PM Moscow time on November 27). Shiveluch is Kamchatka's northernmost active volcano and continues to be active. The volcano is 47 km from the village of Klyuchi and 440 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Earlier, it was reported that the Krasheninnikov volcano in Kamchatka erupted with ash reaching a height of up to 2.5 km. The ash plume stretched for 108 km, posing a hazard to low-flying aircraft. Experts do not rule out further ash plumes reaching heights of up to 6 km above sea level.
On September 28, tourists in Kamchatka were warned of the danger of five volcanoes. In addition to Krasheninnikov, Bezymyanny, Klyuchevskoy, Shiveluch, Karymsky, and Kambalny volcanoes are active and potentially dangerous to humans.
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[Korrespondent] The Russians committed the crime in November 2025 during an assault on positions near the village of Hnativka, Pokrovsky District.
One of the occupants tied his hands, and the other struck him several times on the head with the butt of a machine gun.
Russian invaders in the Pokrovsky direction beat a Ukrainian prisoner of war with a machine gun butt and shot him. An investigation has been launched into the fact of a war crime. The Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reports this.
The report notes that in November 2025, during an assault on positions near the village of Hnativka, Pokrovsky District, representatives of the aggressor state surrounded and captured a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
One of the occupiers tied his hands, and the other struck him several times in the head with the butt of a machine gun. When the unarmed Ukrainian stopped reacting, the Russians shot him.
Law enforcement officials remind: the intentional killing of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and qualifies as a grave international crime.
Urgent investigative (search) actions are currently being carried out aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the incident and the specific individuals who committed the specified crime.
Earlier, DeepState reported that the Russian occupiers committed another war crime: they shot five prisoners of war of the Ukrainian Defense Forces west of Zeleny Gay in the Zaporizhia region.
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[Korrespondent] 22.17 Since the beginning of the day, 231 combat clashes have already been recorded on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its evening briefing.
19.49 Russian troops were forced to use operational reserves near Pokrovskoye and Mirnograd, while Ukrainian units are blocking attempts to storm small groups and are actively taking action to restore positions. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi after a working trip to the Pokrovskoye direction.
18.28 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal on December 1 at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels. This is according to a message on the Alliance's official website.
The meeting will be one of the key diplomatic events of early December, as the negotiations will take place against the backdrop of Russia's ongoing military aggression and the world community's discussion of the Trump administration's "peace plan," which, as it turned out, was actually being developed in the Kremlin.
18.04 Member countries of the Shelter Coalition of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine announced their new contributions totaling over 22 million euros for the construction of shelters in Ukraine. This was announced by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko during the first founding meeting of the Shelter Coalition.
17.59 Ukrainian troops continue to restrain Russian attempts to advance deep into Pokrovsk. Today, active fighting continues there, the occupiers suffer heavy losses, but do not stop attempting assaults. This was reported by the 7th Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on its Facebook page.
17:30 Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine had to withdraw from several settlements in the Hulyaipil direction because everything there was destroyed. This was reported by the spokesman for the Defense Forces of the South Vladyslav Voloshyn on the air of Kyiv24.
17.17 In the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, Russian military directed a drone at a 70-year-old man who was in his own yard. This was reported by the Kherson Regional Autonomous Administration.
"At around 3:00 p.m., Russian military personnel attacked a man with a drone in the Dnipro district of Kherson," the report said.
The enemy dropped explosives from a UAV on a 70-year-old Kherson resident who was in the yard. He suffered an explosive injury and shrapnel wounds to his legs.
17.10 There have been 112 combat clashes on the front since the beginning of the day, with the enemy exerting the most pressure in the Pokrovsky and Kostyantynivskyi directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on the evening of November 27.
16.36 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin spoke at a press conference following the CSTO summit in Kyrgyzstan and made several statements. This was reported by Russian propaganda media.
16.20 In Chechnya, on Thursday, November 27, explosions were heard on the territory of the Akhmat-North military town of the Russian Guard in Grozny. This was reported by the Astra TG channel. It is noted that strike drones hit one of the buildings on the territory of the Akhmat-North military unit of the Russian Guard regiment in the Baysanguriv district of Grozny.
15.59 A Russian court has sentenced eight defendants in the Kerch Bridge bombing case to life in prison in October 2022. They were found guilty of terrorism. The Guardian reports.
15.39 Thanks to the successful actions of the military command of the Defense Forces, the enemy has significantly slowed down its advance towards Hulyaipol in Zaporizhia. This was announced by the military-analytical project DeepState on Telegram.
14.51 Russia does not see Europe at the negotiating table to resolve the war in Ukraine, said Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.
According to him, the EU leadership is allegedly doing everything to "prevent a peaceful solution to Ukraine."
14.14 Ukraine managed to remove a controversial clause on amnesty for Russian war criminals from the proposed US peace plan. This means that Russia can still be held accountable for war crimes against Ukraine.
14.09 Latvia will allocate 15 million euros in 2026 to provide Ukraine with drones and innovative research in this area. This was announced on November 27 by Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže at a joint briefing with her Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Sybiga in Kyiv, Ukrinform reports.
13.37 Russian troops have captured the village of Zelenyi Gay in Zaporizhia region. This was reported on November 27 by the military-analytical project DeepState. According to analysts, the Russians also managed to advance near Vysokoye and Yablukove, villages located slightly south and north of Zelenyi Gay.
13.08 In the village of Motuzivka in the Kharkiv region, two people were injured and there was damage as a result of a Russian drone strike on the morning of November 27. This was reported by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office. It is noted that a woman and her 12-year-old son were injured. Households and utility rooms were damaged. According to preliminary data, the strike was carried out by a Geran-2 UAV.
12.48 Counterintelligence of the Security Service detained an FSB agent in the Dnipropetrovsk region who was correcting the Russian Federation's artillery shelling and drone strikes on the frontline city of Nikopol.
The attacks were directed by a local 42-year-old unemployed man recruited by the Russians and hiding from mobilization.
He came to the attention of the FSB when he was looking for a partner on a dating website. Then a "freelance employee" of the Russian special services approached the man and suggested that he get to know him "closer."
During the conversation, the woman told him that she lives in temporarily occupied Kakhovka. Having gained the trust of the person involved through manipulation, she transferred him for direct contact with a personnel officer of the FSB.
11.54 In Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, Ukrainian defense forces managed to cut off the Russians from supplies. This was reported by Viktor Tregubov, head of the communications department of the Joint Forces Group.
In addition, the units that entered the city were blocked in its northern areas. This situation continues to this day. The number of Russians in Kupyansk is slowly decreasing, and replenishment is not suitable, as it is being destroyed on the approaches to the city, the military said.
11.29 Over the past day, Russia has continued to attack energy facilities. As a result, there are local power outages in several regions this morning. Emergency shutdowns have been applied to stabilize the situation in the power system in the Kharkiv region.
10.54 A 12-year-old girl who was injured in the Russian shelling of Ternopil on November 19 died in the hospital. Thus, the number of people killed as a result of the Russian shelling has increased to 35 people, seven of them children.
09.09 On the night of November 27, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 142 Shahed, Gerber attack UAVs and drones of other types from various directions.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 92 enemy Shahed, Gerber and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country. 42 strike UAVs were hit at 18 locations, as well as the fall of downed UAVs (fragments) at three locations.
08.53 Russians strike Dnipropetrovsk region. The occupiers attacked the Mykolaiv and Dubovykiv communities of the Synelnyk district with drones. A 67-year-old woman and a 71-year-old man were injured.
The impact set fire to a shop, an extension to the house, a summer kitchen, a garage, a car, and a gazebo. A fire also broke out inside a private home.
08.38 Russian troops attacked the Odessa region with strike drones on the night of November 27. The attack damaged the facades and glazing of two residential buildings, an equestrian club, and a gas station building.
Fires broke out in some places, but were quickly extinguished. According to preliminary data, there were no injuries.
08.27 Over the past 24 hours, 213 combat clashes have been recorded. Aviation, missile troops, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck five areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, a UAV control point, and one other important facility of the Russian invaders.
07.23 From February 24, 2022 to November 27, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,169,690 people (+1,140 per day). This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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[NewsFront] 21:44 Crews of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok group of forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region. 20:27 Krasnolimansk direction. Russian Armed Forces advance toward Dibrova. Some Ukrainian Armed Forces from the 117th Troops Defense Brigade, which had recently returned from rest in Sumy, are effectively encircled.MAP.
19:47 Soldiers of the unmanned aerial systems unit of the Zapad group of forces shot down Vector reconnaissance UAVs and R-18 heavy combat quadcopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk district of the Khar'kov region.
FPV drone operators from the unmanned aerial systems units of the Northern Forces Group destroyed heavy UAVs and several enemy vehicles in the Sumy and Khar'kov regions.
Crews of high-precision loitering munitions "Lancet" from the special forces unit of the "Center" group of forces destroyed equipment, firing points and shelters of Ukrainian militants in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Operators of attack drones from the unmanned systems unit of the Vostok group of forces carried out a series of precision strikes on enemy vehicles and ATVs, disrupting the rotation and supply lines of Ukrainian Armed Forces units at forward positions.
Drone operators from the Dnepr group of forces destroyed an enemy artillery piece in a destroyed hangar in the Zaporizhzhia region.
18:52 In the Slavyansk directionresumedactive military operations, our troops are advancing from the direction of Yampol, Zvanovka and Grigorovka.
During the fighting, the village of Mayskoye was completely liberated, after which Russian units built on their success and advanced towards Markovo and Novomarkovo, as well as in the Zaliznyanskoye area along the E-40 highway.
The adjacent plantings are being cleared and new lines are being consolidated, which ensures stable control.
Russian forces liberated Vasyukovka and advanced toward Bondarnoye, pushing through the enemy's defensive line. Ukrainian units are forced to retreat to less advantageous positions to prevent an operational envelopment.
18:25 Servicemen of the Ulyanovsk Guards Airborne Forces unit from the Dnepr group of forces are working on actions of assault groups using modern robotic systems "Omich".
15:50 Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet for Military-Political Work, Rear Admiral Igor Kurochkin handed over State and departmental awards to servicemen of the naval infantry brigade of the Center group of forces.
15:39 A Severyan FPV crew destroys a buggy with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel,video.
On a supply route for the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Malaya Rybitsa, soldiers from the 34th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, during a "free hunt," caught a promising target in the form of a Ukrainian Armed Forces buggy carrying troops.
14:29 Severyan scouts destroyed a Ukrainian howitzer, video.
A 2A65 152mm Msta-B howitzer was identified near the village of Tsupovka in the Khar'kov region. It was destroyed by fiber-optic drones.
14:07 Russian Armed Forces advanced south of Volchansk, MAP.
13:21 The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Orekhovo direction, MAP.
13:01 In the period from 8.30 to 12.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
10 over the territory of the Rostov region,
Four over the territory of the Tula region,
Two over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
One over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
12:27 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of November 27, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Sadki, Mogritsa, Miropolye, Alekseyevka, and Andreyevka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades, the assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Vilcha, Staritsa and Udy in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost more than 135 servicemen and 12 vehicles.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the assault brigades, three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Kurilovka, Boguslavka, Novoplatonovka, Podoli, Nechvolodovka, and Blagodatovka in Khar'kov Oblast, and Yarovaya and Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 235 military personnel, eight armored combat vehicles, including three US-made HMMWV armored vehicles, a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, 21 vehicles, ten electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station, and two ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces took decisive action to liberate the village of Vasyukovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
They defeated formations of two mechanized, mountain assault, airmobile, and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Zakotnoye, Kirovo, Bondarnoye, Berestok, Minkovka, Nikolaevka, Ivanopolye, Stepanovka, and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 230 troops, a tank, seven armored combat vehicles, including two US-made HMMWVs, 15 vehicles, a Grad multiple launch rocket system, and six artillery pieces, including three Western-made ones. A US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar, an Israeli-made RADA radar, an electronic warfare station, and seven ammunition, material, and fuel depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Center" force group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a heavy mechanized brigade, three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an airborne assault brigade, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Priyut, Novoaleksandrivka, Serhiivka, Novy Donbas, and Rodinske in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Mezhevaya and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
In the village of Krasnoarmeysk, Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 2nd Army are successfully advancing northward in the Tsentralny and Dinas microdistricts. They are continuing to clear the village of Rivne, Donetsk People's Republic.
Eight attacks by units of the 425th Assault Regiment and the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the area of the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic aimed at relieving the encircled Ukrainian group were repelled. Up to 30 servicemen, a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, and a Swedish-made Viking armored fighting vehicle were destroyed.
In the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 51st Army continue to drive the enemy out of the Vostochny, Zapadny, and southern districts of the city. 117 buildings have been liberated.
Over the past 24 hours, more than 275 servicemen, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, and a pickup truck were destroyed in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the enemy lost more than 465 servicemen, a tank, nine armored combat vehicles, and five cars.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Vozdvizhevka, Malinovka, Dobropillya, and Hulyaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Otradnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 servicemen, two tanks, 14 vehicles, a self-propelled artillery unit, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, and coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the populated areas of Novoandriivka, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhzhia region, Antonovka, Otradokamenka, Nikolskoye in the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.
Up to 80 military personnel, 15 vehicles, five electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots, supplies and fuel were destroyed.
12:20 Russian naval infantry have driven the enemy out of the village of Shakhovo and continue their offensive in the direction of Sofiyivka and Toretskoye,MAP.
12:14 Units of the Southern group of forces took decisive action released the settlement of Vasyukovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
10:41 Assault units entered Grishino northwest of Pokrovsk, MAP.
09:57 Footage of anti-drone work of the Russian Rubicon Center.
09:13 During the past night, from 23:00 Moscow time on November 26 to 8:30 on November 27, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 118 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:
52 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
26 UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
18 UAVs over the territory of the Samara region,
Six UAVs over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Six UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Orenburg region,
One UAV over the territory of the Volgograd region,
One UAV over the territory of the Tula region,
One UAV over the territory of the Rostov region,
One UAV over the waters of the Black Sea.
08:00 Krasnolimanskoye direction
Units of the West Group of Forces continue fighting for Krasny Liman.
West of Kirovsk, our units broke through and took control of enemy strongholds west and southwest of the Petkov Yar ravine and advanced to the outskirts of Krasny Liman.
07:46 Servicemen of the West group of forces continue destruction Ukrainian Armed Forces formations surrounded on the left bank of the Oskol River in the Kupyansk district of the Khar'kov region.
07:30 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Russian Armed Forces entered Dobropillya (Zaporizhzhia Oblast)
Russian Armed Forces entered the village of Vilcha, expanding the control zone in Volchansk
Advance north of Kotlino
Expansion of the control zone in the Kamenka area
Advance in the area of the village of Koroviy Yar
Expansion of the control zone north of Rivne
Advance west of Pokrovsk
Expansion of the control zone east of Krasny Liman
Advance in the village of Liman
05:01 The crew of the T-80BVM tank of the 44th Army Corps of the North Group of Forces destroyed A fortified position of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants near the village of Vovchansk in the Khar'kov region. This allowed assault forces to continue their offensive on this section of the front.
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[REGNUM] Fierce fighting continues in the Krasnoarmeysk-Dimitrov agglomeration (known in Ukrainian as Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad) in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). Russian troops are tightly blocking a large Ukrainian Armed Forces contingent.
In Krasnoarmeysk, assault units are advancing in the Tsentralny and Dinas neighborhoods. Fighting continues near Mira Avenue.
Statements from the enemy acknowledge the gravity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' position in Krasnoarmeysk, but blame the failures on the weather.
"Here, as they say, a bad dancer knows what's in his way, " a well-informed frontline source told the Regnum news agency regarding the Ukrainian explanations." It's true that you can hide from drones under the cover of fog. We were simply preparing for changing weather conditions and learning to use them to our advantage. They decided to take a chance. As a result, we're moving forward, and they're retreating; the weather has nothing to do with it."
Our source added that, due to a shortage of manpower, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command is relying on the massive use of drones. However, this plan has not materialized.
Fog, precipitation, and reduced drone performance are hampering the Ukrainian side's efforts.
The enemy is being driven out of the “settlements” in the immediate vicinity of Krasnoarmeysk.
In recent days, Russian forces have established control over fortified positions north of Udachny (a village southwest of the city) and over several “fortifications” in the area of the T0510 highway, which leads north to the city of Rodinskoye.
Our military has established control over a mine north of Udachny, which the enemy used as a base for UAV operators and provided them with protection.
The village of Rovnoye on the T0504 highway between Krasnoarmeysk and the city of Dimitrov, the suburban settlement of Kozhokhkino and the adjacent earthwork fortification systems were captured.
The zone of presence of our military forces on the eastern approaches to Krasnoarmeysk has been expanded.
As the operation in Krasnoarmeysk enters its final stages, Russian forces are increasing the pace of their offensive in neighboring Dimitrov.
Here the enemy is in operational encirclement, fighters of the "Center" group of forces are pushing back the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the north, south and east, advancing towards the center of this city.
The enemy is trying to maneuver infantry units through urban areas, regularly counterattacking with heavy losses for itself.
In the northern part of Dimitrov, fighting continues near Plekhanov Street and along the Rovnoye-Krasnoarmeysk highway. In the southern neighborhoods, Center units continue clearing low-rise buildings and areas near the railway.
According to the latest information, Russian troops have established control over the 8th microdistrict in the north of Dimitrov.
THE SUBURBS OF KONSTANTINOVKA, SEVERSK AND VOLCHANSK WERE TAKEN
The situation near the town of Konstantinovka continues to develop in our favor. Russian forces have driven the enemy out of the village of Ivanopolye, a southeastern suburb of Konstantinovka, from where they continued their advance toward the town itself.
At the same time, north of Chasov Yar, an offensive is underway towards the villages of Markovo and Novomarkovo in the Konstantinovsky district.
On the southern approaches to Seversk, the village of Zvanovka, 3 kilometers from the city limits, has been captured. Fighting continues in the southwestern suburbs—the villages of Svyato-Pokrovskoye and Reznikovka. In Seversk itself, assault groups are advancing simultaneously on the northern and southern outskirts of the city.
Further north, in the Kharkiv region, the Russian Armed Forces are building on the successes achieved after the capture of Kupyansk.
Full control has been established over the Stanovoye forestry, located next to the previously occupied village of Dvurechanskoye near the border with Russia.
This success allowed the front line to be pushed back approximately two kilometers from the border of the Belgorod region, thus continuing the expansion of the buffer zone.
In the Volchansk area, Russian forces entered the village of Vilcha, south of the city, and occupied its northern part, including the Garbuzovka railway station.
In Vovchansk itself, only the southeastern part of the city remains under Ukrainian control. After losing control of the main supply routes, holding positions in Vovchansk will lose all operational significance for the enemy. However, for political and image reasons, Kyiv is not giving the order to retreat.
GULYAIPOLE: BARRIER DETACHMENTS ARE NOT HELPING
The tense situation also remains on the Zaporizhzhia section of the front, where Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the direction of the regional center of Hulyaipole.
In recent weeks, the enemy has moved reserves toward the city to slow our advance. On November 26, Russian security forces reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces command had deployed barrier detachments formed from convicted servicemen to the Gulyai-Polye sector.
But all these countermeasures do not affect the pace of advancement of the Russian Armed Forces.
According to the latest reports, Russian troops have launched an organized assault on the southeastern districts of Gulyaipole and have established control over Zarechanskaya and Krasnaya streets.
Aircraft, UAV units, artillery, and mortar crews continue to target Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Hulyaipole and its suburbs. Engineering barriers, including minefields around the city, are being cleared.
Defensive lines on the western bank of the Gaichur River are being hit by long-range guided bombs, which is preventing Ukrainian units from strengthening their positions.
Our troops advanced in the area of the village of Dobropolye (not to be confused with the town of the same name in the DPR), expanding the territory under their control by approximately 5 square kilometers, 9-10 kilometers north of Hulyaipole.
This allowed for expanded coverage of the city from the north and increased pressure on the Ukrainian garrison, which the command is attempting to bolster with reserves. Ukrainian forces are concentrating their efforts on the northern approaches, seeking to prevent the formation of a closed encirclement around the city.
In the eastern Zaporizhzhia sector of the front, Russian troops are also increasing the pace of their offensive, which is creating disorganization in the defensive lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the area between the Gaichura and Yanchura rivers, our attacking units are advancing on a broad front, approaching the already mentioned Dobropolye in the Gulyai-Polye district.
The absence of long-term prepared fortifications in this area facilitates advancement north of Gulyaipole.
Northeast of the city, near the villages of Sladke and Rivnepillia, local counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces only temporarily slowed the advance of Russian troops. The enemy suffered heavy losses here.
Russian units are fighting on the approaches to Zelenoye and expanding their advance in the field areas southeast of Dobropillya.
On the northern flank, the gradual advance of Russian troops continues, and they are also constantly repelling counterattacks by the enemy, who is trying to prevent a breakthrough to the Volchya River.
Ukrainian sources acknowledge that the situation on this section of the front is unfavorable for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Constant air strikes by our air force on positions in and around Hulyaipole, coupled with the advance of troops on the ground, are forcing the enemy to prepare a retreat to new positions.
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[REGNUM] Of course, NATO membership or the reduction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which the peace plan envisages, are pressing and problematic issues that are the subject of debate.
But there is a special point that no one is discussing, but the tension is such that sparks are flying from the screens.
Because Donald Trump came out in public and rather unceremoniously announced that he would take the Russian money frozen in Europe for himself.
The circulating draft agreement envisages that American firms would receive $100 billion from Russian assets to finance Ukraine's reconstruction, with the US government receiving 50% of the reconstruction project's profits.
And a joint US-Russian peace plan to end the war in Ukraine will net Trump an additional $200 billion in shared investment funds. At least that's what Agâte Demarais, senior fellow for geoeconomics at the European Council on Foreign Relations, claimed in an article for Foreign Policy.
That is, while Ukraine and its European friends are racking their brains over how to organize the confiscation (which Belgium, as the main holder of the money, does not agree to), the Americans are immediately deciding who will get it.
At the same time, European taxpayers will cover an additional $100 billion in costs for Ukraine's reconstruction out of their own pockets.
Sparks are flying for the simple reason that the presented scheme quite clearly explains: no one will give money to Ukrainian leaders. Countless billions, which they long and seriously planned to funnel through their bottomless pockets, are floating away overseas.
Moreover, even from this point it is clear to everyone that if anything is invested, it will only be in projects that are beneficial to the United States, as emphasized, for example, by the Kiev “expert on Russian issues” Igar Tyshkevich.
First and foremost, in the development of mineral resources, handed over by Zelensky to his “strategic ally” as a bribe.
Meanwhile, the year is drawing to a close, and no one in Ukraine knows how to finance the next budget. "It's also worth remembering: all of this is happening against the backdrop of a global corruption scandal in Ukraine and on the eve of Ukraine running out of money, with the EU still unwilling to give us 70 billion in 2026. And don't forget: the corruption scandal isn't going away in the coming months. It will fade into a less heated phase, but occasionally, gasoline will be added to the fire," laments Vadym Denisenko, a former expert at the Institute of the Future and former MP.
Even if the EU grants political consent to unfreeze Russian assets, the funds will be used to cover the budget deficit. And after March 1, 2026, Ukraine risks being left with nothing, since the stated 70 billion (the IMF estimates it's 65 billion) doesn't include spending on military equipment and ammunition.
Including military spending, the funding gap could reach $155 billion over the next two years. Kyiv, however, instead of addressing the situation, is resorting to bribes: on November 17, Zelenskyy announced plans to purchase up to 100 French-made Rafale fighter jets over ten years.
A few weeks earlier, the Ukrainian government announced an agreement to purchase up to 150 Swedish Gripen fighter jets. This promised to "properly" use the Russian Central Bank's reserves if they finally reached Kyiv.
The absorption of Russian money by the Americans cuts off the idea of an EU “reparations loan” secured by these assets.
But they are still wary of sudden moves: the Belgian depository Euroclear, where the majority of Russian sovereign assets are held, has just explained that the initiative is damaging the investment climate on the continent.
As Euroclear CEO Valérie Urbain wrote to the European Commission and national leaders, “investors, particularly sovereign wealth funds and central banks,” would perceive the withdrawal of money “as equivalent to a confiscation of central bank reserves, undermining the rule of law.”
But just look at the ridiculous amounts being negotiated, given Ukrainian expectations.
Back in July of this year, at a conference on Ukraine's reconstruction held in Rome, then-Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal proposed that partners create two funds totaling a trillion (!) dollars.
The "Ukraine Fund," created specifically for the reconstruction, was to be replenished with $540 billion from Russian assets and a special tax on the export of Russian raw materials. There is also a second structure—the European Structural Fund, which was envisioned as a platform for investment by European businesses. It was planned to channel $460 billion into it.
At the same time, Shmyhal called on European partners to "invest in European defense by co-financing the Ukrainian army."
"Military spending currently stands at $100-120 billion. In peacetime, and excluding weapons production, maintaining the Ukrainian army will cost €50 billion per year. We expect the European Union to provide half of this amount," the prime minister noted, not yet knowing that he would resign within a week.
But he had been dreaming about this for quite some time, since the summer of 2022 he had been talking about the wonderful projects being implemented with the support of Britain, Denmark, the mighty Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, as well as other countries.
In 2023, the Kyiv leadership also conceived a powerful plan: each ally would take a specific region of Ukraine under its wing and begin its reconstruction. Much like how the constituent entities of the Russian Federation appoint patrons over settlements in Donbas and Novorossiya.
"This will be the greatest project of our time: economic, technological, national, and, most importantly, ideological. It will create millions of connections in the democratic world. Every city, community, and industry that will be rebuilt will have historical evidence of who contributed," explained Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
And, of course, everyone agreed very easily.
Thirty countries responded to Ukraine's call, agreeing to "choose the most convenient format for cooperation." They even divided up who would be responsible for what. After the war, of course. Sometime later.
Besides Denmark, which naively decided to invest in the Nikolaev region, in particular, very comically allocating 8 million euros "to support anti-corruption efforts."
Earlier this month, Jacob Hansen, head of the Danish Embassy office in Mykolaiv, specifically clarified that the kingdom is not providing the city with funds, but is instead helping to implement and finance specific restoration projects developed by local authorities under an agreement that runs until 2028.
The Danes themselves conduct tenders, select contractors, and organize procurement.
"We believe there are risks. It's not always corruption; there are people who simply don't have the necessary knowledge, like in procurement. These risks exist, and we don't want to jeopardize our assistance," Mr. Hansen said during a speech at the Association of Frontline Cities forum in Mykolaiv.
We don’t accuse anyone of anything, we just know that the money will be stolen.
And given that the Danes are very closely involved in infrastructure—heating, water supply, energy supply, renovating residential buildings, building bomb shelters—the experience of "Mindichgate" only reinforced their conviction that their chosen strategy was correct.
The Germans, however, took a different path. In the fall of 2022, Zelenskyy reached an agreement with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier regarding patronage over the Chernihiv region.
In October, Germany allocated €200 million for education, healthcare, drinking water supplies, and reconstruction. Combined with other civilian aid, the total already reached €1 billion.
But just a year later, the German government's commissioner for Ukraine's reconstruction, Jochen Flasbarth, stated that he did not consider the concept of donor states concentrating on the reconstruction of certain regions to be effective.
In general, it is clear why.
There are no specific data on German claims regarding their area of responsibility, but there is a relevant example at hand. In 2023, the Ukrainian government launched an experiment to comprehensively reconstruct six settlements damaged during the fighting: two in the Kyiv region and one each in the Sumy, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions.
Two years later, Transparency International Ukraine reported that only 58 buildings had been completed—just 8% of the planned amount. In Kyiv's Borodyanka, the situation began when contractors who won tenders to restore buildings turned out to be connected to the local construction mafia and submitted inflated estimates.
Following the scandal, the restoration agency terminated six contracts and selected new contractors. Work stalled. If there was nothing to steal, there was no need to work: four or five construction workers were assigned to the sites, and a fifth of the government-allocated budget was spent by August 2025.
The houses damaged during the fighting in the spring of 2022 are expected to be ready for use by the end of 2025, while those built from scratch will be ready by the end of 2026. Some residents of Borodyanka still live in the modular housing estate.
It somehow follows naturally that Ukraine doesn't need any restoration. And the skill with which Zelenskyy's friends siphoned off money from contracts, even with the Western-implemented ProZorro procurement system, proves that it's better to steal the money ourselves than to let Ukrainians steal it.
So, the IMF, for its part, is offering quite reasonable conditions, based on harsh reality. In addition to implementing a debt restructuring strategy to restore debt sustainability, Ukraine must intensify efforts "to prevent tax evasion and tax minimization, and to expand the tax base."
Specifically, the proposal concerns taxation of income of citizens who sell parcels from China and conduct business through online flea markets, while individual entrepreneurs will be subject to VAT. This will amount to a whopping $8.2 billion over four years.
As a reminder, the need for next year alone is 70 billion – and only to support the life of the state.
And this speaks volumes about the quality of all potential partnerships, far more than any official statements. It also speaks volumes about Ukraine's prospects for recovery, which can simply be forgotten.
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[Regnum] Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry press service reported on November 27.
Su-35S and Su-27 fighter jets provided escort. The flight lasted over five hours. At certain points along the route, the long-range bombers were escorted by foreign fighters.
The Ministry of Defense emphasized that long-range aviation crews regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Baltic, and Black Seas, and that their flights strictly comply with international airspace regulations.
The Tu-22M3 is a large Russian bomber designed for long-range strikes. It flies at supersonic speeds, can change wing shape in flight, and carries powerful missiles and bombs. The aircraft can fly thousands of kilometers without refueling and is used to strike both land and sea targets. The Tu-22M3 remains one of the primary strike aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
[Breitbart] A Ukrainian man suspected of setting off explosions that damaged Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany more than three years ago has been placed in custody in Germany.
A judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe issued an arrest warrant on Friday for 49-year-old Ukrainian Serhii Kuznietsov and ordered he be held in custody, according to the German Press Agency (dpa).
Undersea explosions on Sept. 26, 2022, damaged pipelines that were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. The damage added to tensions over the war in Ukraine as European countries moved to wean themselves off Russian energy sources, following the Kremlin´s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
German prosecutors said Kuznietsov was one of a group of people who placed explosives on the pipelines and is believed to have been the coordinator. They said he is suspected of causing explosions, anti-constitutional sabotage and the destruction of structures.
The suspect and others used a yacht that set off from the German port of Rostock, which had been hired from a German company using forged IDs and with the help of intermediaries, prosecutors said.
Kuznietsov has denied involvement in the explosions, saying he was in Ukraine where he was serving as an army captain at the time of the blasts.
He arrived in Germany on Thursday after Italy´s highest court approved his extradition on Nov. 19. He was detained on a European arrest warrant Aug. 21 at a campground near the Adriatic coastal city of Rimini, Italy, where he was vacationing with his family.
In October, a Polish court blocked the extradition to Germany of another Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in the 2022 attack on the gas pipelines and ordered his release.
The Polish judge said the attack on the pipelines should be understood as a military action in a “just war,” and therefore not subject to criminal responsibility on the part of an individual. The Italian court deciding on the extradition of Kuznietsov did not accept this argumentation.
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[Regnum] The United States fueled the conflict in Ukraine but failed to achieve results. This statement was made by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on November 27 in an address broadcast on Iranian television. "SQUEAK" he said
Khamenei emphasized that the conflict in Ukraine has caused enormous damage to that country, while the US has not achieved its goals.
"The current US President [Donald Trump] said he would solve the problem within three days, but a year later he is forcibly imposing a 28-point plan on the country he dragged into the conflict," the Iranian leader said.
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