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Kyivstar Launches Starlink Direct to Cell Testing Across Ukraine, Expanding Satellite Connectivity
Kyivstar, Ukraine’s leading digital operator, announced preparations for nationwide testing of the innovative Starlink Direct to Cell technology by SpaceX. This is the second phase of the process, which will cover all regions of Ukraine except for...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says won’t sell Tomahawks to Kyiv for now after Putin threats
Ukraine deploys elite forces in Pokrovsk as 'multi-thousand' Russian forces attack Ukrainian military chief has said his troops were battling “multi-thousand" enemy forces in key frontline town Pokrovsk in the Donetsk oblast. Oleksandr Syrskyi...
Ukrainian intel reveals escalating partisan attacks on Russian railways
Ukrainian partisans are crippling Russia’s logistics — the number of fires at railway infrastructure sites across the Russian Federation continues to grow. The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) reported this on Facebook, releasing a video...
Ukrainian Drone Strike Ignites Russian Oil Tanker in Black Sea
Mon 03 Nov 2025 | 05:53 AM A Ukrainian drone attack set fire to a Russian oil tanker and damaged loading facilities at the Tuapse port on the Black Sea, in one of Kyiv’s latest strikes targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure. Regional emergency...
Ukrainian computer game-style drone attack system goes ‘viral’
A computer game-style drone attack system has gone “viral” among Ukrainian military units and is being extended to reconnaissance, artillery and logistics operations, the nation’s first deputy prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, has told the...
Ukrainian border guards destroy Russian supply bridge in Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector of the front, drone operators from the ‘Hart’ Border Brigade struck a bridge on temporarily occupied territory that Russian forces had been using for logistics. As Ukrinform reports, the State Border Guard...
Ukraine’s European Supporters to Hold Confidential Meeting in Madrid
(MENAFN) Ukraine’s European supporters are set to hold a confidential meeting in Madrid next week to coordinate enhanced support, media reported on Friday. According to the Spanish newspaper, organizers are keeping “utmost secrecy” for the...
Ukraine Intelligence Exposes Russia’s Massive 2025 Forest Fires
In the Russian Federation, the real scale of forest fires is several times larger than official figures. These conclusions are cited by intelligence: the information is provided by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. In just three days,...
IMF support for Ukraine hinges on Russian assets loan, EU warns
But hopes of securing the IMF's financial backing hinge on whether the EU can finalize its own €140 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian state assets that are mostly held in Belgium. One European Commission official and diplomats from...
EU Weighs Legal Action on Member States Over Ukraine Trade Bans
(MENAFN) The European Commission is weighing potential legal action against several member states that continue to defy the bloc’s trade pact with Ukraine, media reported on Friday. Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary have upheld unilateral bans on...
Tuapse terminal ablaze after major Ukrainian drone strike
Ukraine’s latest wave of drone strikes has hit one of Russia’s key Black Sea energy hubs, with two tankers and parts of the Rosneft-operated Tuapse oil terminal suffering damage over the weekend. Regional authorities in Krasnodar Krai confirmed...
‘Let Them Fight’ – Trump Cools on Tomahawk Missiles for Ukraine, Urges Self-Settlement
US President Donald Trump poured cold water on the prospect of supplying Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles on Sunday, saying he was “not really” considering the move and offering a stark message to Kyiv and Moscow: settle the war...
From resilience to reform: Việt Nam’s path toward sustainable agriculture
Minister of Agriculture and Environment Trần Đức Thắng spoke with local media about how Việt Nam’s agriculture and environment sector has adapted to unprecedented challenges, what is driving its transformation and how the country plans to lead the...
At least two dead in Ukraine as Russia continues to pound Ukraine’s power grid
Both Kyiv and Moscow are stepping up their campaigns to destroy each other’s infrastructure A Russian drone attack on a car park in the Odesa region, on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, in the early hours of yesterday killed two people, according to the...
Oil prices rise after OPEC+ decision to suspend production increase in Q1
Oil prices rose on Monday after OPEC+ decided to suspend production increases in the first quarter of next year, easing fears of oversupply, but weak manufacturing data in Asia limited gains, UNN reports with reference to Reuters. Brent crude...
As Germany Sends Patriots to Ukraine, Trump Rejects Tomahawks and Calls War Biden’s Mistake
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that his administration is not currently considering supplying Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump was asked whether Washington was evaluating such a...
Abu Dhabi hosts oil summit as OPEC+ halts production hikes planned for first quarter of...
The UAE has maintained close ties to Russia despite the war, but has served as a key interlocutor between Kyiv and Moscow to negotiate prisoner exchanges. On Sunday, OPEC+ met and decided to increase its production by an additional 137,000 barrels...
Russia Says Tomahawks to Ukraine Won’t End War
(MENAFN) Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated that sending US-manufactured long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine would not contribute to resolving the ongoing conflict. Her comments came following a report by a...
Oil prices rise as OPEC+ pauses production
2025-11-03T05:30:50+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Oil prices climbed on Monday after OPEC+ decided to hold off production hikes in the first quarter of next year, which eased rising fears of a supply glut, but weak factory...
NATO troop deployment to Ukraine could take weeks amid Russian threat
(MENAFN) NATO member states would require several weeks to mobilize and deploy forces to Ukraine in the event of an escalation with Russia, analysts and military sources told a news outlet. Bureaucratic hurdles across Europe are slowing troop and...