74% of coal companies in Russia operating at a loss — CCD
Russia’s coal industry is facing a deepening crisis, with 74% of coal companies operating at a loss.
27 November 2025
Russia’s coal industry is facing a deepening crisis, with 74% of coal companies operating at a loss.
26 November 2025
There were 216 combat engagements on the front, 92 of them in the Lyman and Pokrovsk sectors, where fighting continues.
The West reacted too slowly to Russia’s aggression against Georgia and was unprepared for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because it perceived Russia as a “civilized state,” which was a mistake.
No recognition of occupied territories can be permitted, because if such a “mine” were included in an agreement, the legitimacy of the document would be immediately undermined.
Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on a new $8.2 billion 4-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that Russia has no say in Ukraine’s accession to the Alliance; this decision depends solely on the unanimity of member states.
President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that achieving peace requires pressure on Russia, not on Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a Staff meeting to discuss key issues related to strengthening air defense and the distribution of personnel among combat brigades.
While carrying out a combat mission, 25-year-old graphic artist, designer, and volunteer with the Barracuda aerial reconnaissance unit, Myroslava Kopcha (callsign ‘Akira’), was killed.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban plans to visit Moscow on November 28 and meet with Vladimir Putin.
The Federal Minister of Defence, Boris Pistorius, made this statement during budget debates in the Bundestag on Wednesday, Ukrinform's correspondent reports.
The European Union has pledged to provide security guarantees to Ukraine, which will include funding, military training, and support for the defense industry.
In Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukrainian forces evacuated three people over the past week, while around 1,250 civilians still remain in the city.
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine received 143 generators, the purchase of which was co-financed by the European Union and Germany.
The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov, testified to employees of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau on November 25 as part of Operation Midas.
Finland is joining the maritime capability coalition led by the United Kingdom and Norway, which aims to support the development of the Ukrainian Navy.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said it welcomes US efforts to seek a peaceful resolution to Russia's war against Ukraine but stressed that Moscow will not make any concessions.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas "welcomed the US's push for the war to end," but said that any peace agreement must include concessions from Russia.
Ukraine will use every opportunity – even the smallest – to achieve a just peace. It is crucial to prevent anyone from portraying Ukraine or Europe as obstacles on this path.
The Czech Republic has provided another package of defense assistance to Ukraine's Border Guard Service, including a self-propelled artillery system DITA and ammunition.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the EU's work on a decision regarding the use of immobilized Russian assets during a conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) used long-range drones to destroy a concentration point of Russian troops in Pokrovsk, where they were preparing for further regrouping and advancement.
A forester from the state enterprise Forests of Ukraine was injured by an enemy FPV drone in the Sumy region.
Russian forces attacked the village of Novovorontsovka in the Kherson region using an unmanned aerial vehicle, injuring a 62-year-old woman in her own home.
The Ukrainian Air Force has disclosed details of how Ukrainian pilots operate French Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised the outcome of negotiations in Geneva, but stressed that the end of the war in Ukraine is still a long way off, and that separate discussions between NATO and the EU are also needed on a number of issues.
The United Nations wants to see Ukraine able to move forward, exercising full control over its territory, within the framework of a just peace.
Customs officials, working in cooperation with law enforcement, uncovered and served a notice of suspicion on a citizen of Ukraine and the United States of America who had organized a scheme to illegally move weapons in international postal shipments sent from the United States to Ukraine.
Even during the Cold War, we could solve conflicts more quickly than we do today
Germany will not reduce its support for Ukraine; it is increasing military assistance and immediately providing €170 million in winter aid, aiming to show, among other things, to Putin that he will not succeed in Ukraine.