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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1722: Russia sends heavier team to Abu Dhabi peace talks, but its negotiators insist on Kremlin's original war aims Ukraine reportedly tests air-launched interceptors at the edge of space as Russia's Oreshnik threat looms.

1,600 Russians died capturing, then retreating from, one small settlement A hacked database indicates 1,600 Russian troops died in one tiny village in northern Donetsk. Zelena Dolyna is a bloody symbol of the whole wider war.

Russian strikes burn almost six months' worth of cancer drug for Ukraine — now Kyiv is rethinking how it stores medicine After months of Russian attacks on warehouses, the state drug buyer is shipping stock out to hospitals and regional depots.

Russia recruits 45,959 foreigners to fight against Ukraine — but doesn't take a single one back from captivity, Kyiv says Russia has pulled fighters from 151 countries into its war on Ukraine.

Ship tonnage and gun caliber no longer define sea power, Ukraine's former commander-in-chief tells forum aboard British carrier Naval warfare stands at its biggest transformation since the invention of the torpedo.

What do front-line units pick most from Ukraine's unique 1,800-item weapons store? They have already ordered over $2 billion there In-stock items now arrive in about eight days.

"This will be the Kremlin's sixteenth deadline": What does Ukrainian brigade that hit 57,000 Russian targets think of fresh peace talks? Ukraine's negotiating hand is dealt on the battlefield, not at the table, says Yurii Fedorenko, commander of the 429th Achilles Brigade.

Only one-third of Ukraine's key transformers are protected from Russian strikes — but biggest threat may be inside system, lawmaker says Only a third of the main transformers at Ukrenergo's 84 substations sit in concrete sarcophagi.

Russia retook positions Ukraine spent nearly a year clearing during Oleshky truce, Kherson regional head says Russia brought Grad launchers in during the Oleshky truce, Prokudin says, and 34 more left-bank villages are as critical as the town.

Russia claimed in Abu Dhabi to hold Donbas land Ukraine controls, and the US confirmed Kyiv's picture, Zelenskyy says Day two ended with a large prisoner exchange agreed, Arakhamia says. US envoys go to Putin in Moscow next, then to Zelenskyy in Dublin.

"The occupiers' efforts crash against wall of drones": What does Ukrainian brigade that hit 57,000 Russian targets think of fresh peace talks? Ukraine's negotiating hand is dealt on the battlefield, not at the table, says Yurii Fedorenko, commander of the 429th Achilles Unmanned Systems Brigade.

Successful Neptune, Flamingo, and Storm Shadow strikes doubled this fall, OSINT count shows Moscow also claims it shot down four US-made Rusty Dagger missiles on 10 November.

Ukraine's most unusual counteroffensive: foreign volunteers crawl 15 km through ice-cold pipe in gas masks, past Russian corpses to rout the rest More than 100 Russians were killed and more than 30 captured in the operation, Khartiia said.

Poland nears swap of MiG-29s its army can't use for Ukrainian counter-drone know-how Warsaw's offer has shrunk from up to nine jets to two, and Poland is weighing selling some of the rest, above all to Bulgaria.

The POW row hasn't stopped Seoul's $100 million for Ukraine, but the ministers meet without an apology In Paris, South Korea's foreign minister told Ukraine's top diplomat, Andrii Sybiha, that agreements must be kept, and Kyiv's account of the talks did not mention the prisoners.

Not even the unsanctioned tanker: Putin's diesel for Trump turns away from New York US Energy Secretary Chris Wright says he is "not at all" concerned that the Russian diesel tanker stopped short of New York.

Drones hit Ust-Luga port near NATO's border, starting a fire and injuring three workers Latvia and Estonia issued air alerts, Finland restricted traffic, and NATO jets over Lithuania twice failed to down a drone.

Russia says it is protecting Ukrainian children, but its occupation authorities have begun convicting them, Ukraine's ombudsman says Children who refuse to sing the Russian anthem get their parents detained, and those who show particular dislike of the occupation authorities face criminal cases themselves.

Blood by drone, then a monowheel and a robot: how Ukrainian Guardsmen got one wounded soldier out He needed more than a liter of blood at his position before a ground robot could carry him 14 km to safer ground.

Ukraine says Russia sent at least 283 Indonesians to war in nine months. One prisoner's story shows how A 49-year-old from Java signed what he was told was a construction contract. Russia then sent him into an assault without training.

Russia sends a heavier team to the Abu Dhabi peace talks. Four of its five negotiators are on record insisting on the Kremlin's original war aims What looks like a push for a deal is the opposite. Russia negotiates to win its war, not to end it, and nothing the West has done gives it a reason to choose peace.

Ukraine has reportedly tested air-launched interceptors at the edge of space. The missile is the easy part Such missile defenses in the cold of space could stop Russia's Oreshnik. But that doesn't mean those defenses will be ready any time soon.

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1721: Abu Dhabi talks open with Russia still demanding the rest of Donetsk Oblast Reuters reports that Ukrainian drone strikes have disrupted 30% of Russia's oil refining capacity, while Russian strikes cut power in Dnipro and Kamianske and one MP blocked the final vote on Ukraine's Space Forces.

252 MPs backed Ukraine's Space Forces. One MP stopped the final vote The Space Forces are intended to counter, among other threats, Russian ballistic missiles. Bezuhla called the initiative a way to "create a couple more general-level positions."

Reuters: Ukrainian drone strikes disrupt 30% of Russia's oil refining capacity, deepening fuel crisis as Moscow keeps exporting diesel Recent drone attacks have disrupted nine major Russian refineries, affecting facilities with a combined capacity of around 2.2 million barrels per day.

Drone kills Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant electrician on his way to work, but the IAEA names no attacker The agency's record now lists three plant staff deaths since 29 October, one of which is only alleged by Russian officials.

Russia pressured Oleshky residents to flee to Russia, governor says. Most chose Ukraine anyway. Russia rejected direct evacuations by boat or air to Ukrainian-controlled territory, forcing residents to take a long route through Russia and Belarus. Despite pressure to relocate to Russia, most evacuees chose to return to Ukraine.

South Africa detains nine foreigners suspected of trying to join Russia's war against Ukraine Interpol and local law enforcement agencies took part in the investigation.

Russia plans attacks on Ukraine's food industry, including foreign-owned factories, in new campaign against civilian economy, intelligence source warns Moscow aims to damage Ukraine's food security and weaken its agricultural exports, according to a HUR source.

EU's Black Sea pledges reach €70 million after drone strikes on ships leave 34 dead or missing The money goes to a Romanian-Bulgarian maritime security hub and sea rescue, as Kyiv takes the Black Sea to talks in Abu Dhabi