US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin. Photo: Kremlin The preliminary peace plan, drawn up in the United States without the participation of Kyiv, involves the transfer of territories in the Donbass to Russia and a halving of the size of the Ukrainian army. This was reported by Reuters, Axios and FT , citing sources.

In the first reading, the State Duma approved a bill that will allow housing in the occupied parts of the Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions to be confiscated into state ownership if the Russian authorities recognize it as “ownerless.” TASS writes about this. The initiator of the document was previously the Government, which decided to enshrine in law the practice that has been happening in the occupied regions for a long time .

Ukraine launched strikes deep into Russia with American long-range missiles. What was the purpose of the attack? "New Europe" discussed with experts Wreckage of ATACMS near Voronezh. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense / EPA The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that on Tuesday the Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully used ATACMS tactical missile systems to launch a targeted strike on military targets on Russian territory.

The shadows of Vladimir Putin (L) and US President Donald Trump (R) as they attend a meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 15 August 2025. Photo: EPA/SERGEY BOBYLEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL Washington is hoping to establish a new framework for ending the war in Ukraine by the end of the month and possibly “as soon as this week”, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing senior White House officials.

As Russian provocations intensify, the Baltic states are focusing on long-term border defence plans Anti-tank fortifications at the Lithuanian border. Photo: Lithuanian army As Russia sinks ever deeper into its war against Ukraine, hybrid threats against EU countries have intensified. Cyberattacks on airport infrastructure, drone flyovers and violations of airspace by Russian aircraft have become increasingly frequent.

“New Europe” is dealing with lawyers Screenshot from the game STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl.

A framework agreement on Ukraine could be agreed upon by “all parties” by the end of November, perhaps “as early as this week.” Politico reports this with reference to a senior White House official. They said that Washington will soon present a peace agreement with Russia designed to end the military conflict. According to the publication, there is “optimism” in the White House, but Ukraine and European countries are not participating in the preparation of the document.

A military delegation has been sent to Kyiv and Moscow, media reports Donald Trump sent a delegation led by Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll to Kyiv to assess the situation and resume peace negotiations. This was reported by WSJ and Politico , citing sources. In addition, his trip should renew the development of a major agreement between Ukraine and the United States on the exchange of technologies in the field of drones and autonomous munitions.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski delivers a speech to the Polish parliament in Warsaw, 19 November 2025. Photo: EPA / ALBERT ZAWADA Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has announced the closure of the Russian consulate in the city of Gdańsk on the Baltic coast, Russia’s last active consulate in the country, Polish Radio reported on Wednesday.

Over the past month, three Chechen women have been killed. Telling their stories Illustration: Lyalya Bulanova The human rights organization SK SOS reported that another fugitive from Chechnya, 33-year-old Aliya Ozdamirova, was deceived and taken from Georgia back to the republic, where she soon died under unclear circumstances. Human rights activists believe that her relatives could have killed her. This is the third Chechen woman to die in the last month.

A promotional picture for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Photo: Xbox The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has designated Ukrainian game developer GSC Game World, creators of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games series, as an “undesirable” organisation over its alleged financial support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov attends the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, 15 February 2025. Photo: EPA/Sean Gallup / POOL The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine has remanded the country’s former deputy prime minister in custody for 60 days, having charged him with illicit enrichment, Ukrainian independent news outlet Hromadske reported on Tuesday.

Migrant children are not accepted into schools en masse. Most are not allowed to take the Russian language test for formal reasons. Photo: AGN “Moscow” At the end of October, Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Igor Potapenko said that out of one and a half thousand foreign children who wanted to enroll in St. Petersburg schools, almost a thousand were unable to do so.

Photo: social networks The Polish Foreign Ministry has decided to withdraw consent to the work of the Russian Consulate General in Gdansk, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said . This consulate general was the last to continue working in Poland. According to Sikorsky, this decision was made in response to the sabotage that recently occurred on the Polish railway. The Russian Consulate General in Krakow closed in June, and the branch in Poznan closed in November 2024.

The aftermath of the attack on Ternopil. Photo: @huyovyi_ternopil / Telegram At least 31 people, including six children, were killed in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil and dozens more were injured across the country as Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight on Tuesday.