Russia’s warehouse property market has recorded one of its steepest downturns in years, reflecting weaker economic activity and falling consumer demand, the consultancy IBC Real Estate has said.
Russia is seeing a rapid rise in unpaid wages: arrears have quadrupled in a year, and workers in construction, mining, and even strategic defense plants say they’re going months without pay.
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As Russia’s wage-debt crisis spreads, more workers are going months without pay
Russia is seeing a rapid rise in unpaid wages: arrears have quadrupled in a year, and workers in construction, mining, and even strategic defense plants say they’re going months without pay.Meduza
18 November 1914 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Emma Meijer, was born in Oldenzaal.
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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China is ready to deepen cooperation with Russia in energy, agriculture and other investments, Premier Li Qiang said during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow on Monday.
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An explosion that damaged a Polish railway track on a route to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday as he vowed to catch those responsible for an incident he said could have ended in tragedy.
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18 November 1892 | A Slovak Jew, Adalbert Wollner, was born in Vrbovce.
In #Auschwitz from 13 April 1942.
No. 29152
He perished in the camp on 20 April 1942
⚡️Ukraine reportedly strikes thermal power plant in occupied Donetsk Oblast. Ukraine’s military reportedly struck a Russian-controlled thermal power plant in occupied Donetsk Oblast overnight on Nov. 18, Russian Telegram media channels reported. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-re…
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Ukraine reportedly strikes thermal power plant in occupied Donetsk Oblast
Purported videos posted on social media appear to show a large explosion and subsequent fire emanating from the Zuivska Thermal Power Plant in the occupied community of Zuhres in Donetsk Oblast, following a projectile strike on the target.Dmytro Basmat (The Kyiv Independent)
🚗 Huge queues of cars have formed at the border between the occupied Luhansk region and Russia. The occupiers have tightened inspection rules.
Propaganda insists that "Donbas is Russia." But the border with Russia hasn't disappeared...
🇺🇦 Ukraine is building sovereign AI in partnership with NVIDIA, — said Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
Key areas of the initiative:
▫️ Support in creating a national infrastructure based on NVIDIA’s AI technology
▫️ Development of talents and education in the field of AI
▫️ Joint R&D projects
▫️ Support for the startup ecosystem
⚡️Congress to move on legislating Russia sanctions bill following Trump’s ‘blessing,’ US Senator Graham says. kyivindependent.com/congress-t…
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Congress to move on legislating Russia sanctions bill following Trump's 'blessing,' US Senator Graham says
The United States Congress will renew its efforts to move forward in an attempt to pass a Russia sanctions bill into law, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham announced on Nov. 17.Dmytro Basmat (The Kyiv Independent)
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🇩🇪 Russia could attack NATO country as early as 2028, says German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.
🔥 The occupiers in Kupyansk were cut off from the main supplies, - Trehubov
🤣 An attempt was made to blow up Shoigu at a cemetery in Moscow.
✈️ French Mirage 2000 fighter jets transferred to Ukraine have been equipped with Magic-2 air-to-air missiles to counter Russian air targets, - Militarnyi
🛢️ Bloomberg: The price of Russia’s Urals grade plunged as low as $36.61 a barrel.
🇪🇺 If the fighting in Ukraine ends with a peace agreement, Ukrainian troops could be deployed to defend the EU's eastern borders, — European Commissioner for Defence.
🌐 IMF offers Ukraine a new $8 billion program. The decision is expected in January.
🇪🇪 Former US Ambassador to Estonia George Kent raised over $100,000 in support of Ukraine, purchased and delivered 37 vehicles for Ukrainian units.
🇫🇷 There is no fatigue in Europe from the war in Ukraine, — Macron.
🇺🇦 Ukraine will receive 8 SAMP/T air defense systems: a total of 48 launchers. This is a historic deal, — Zelensky.
🇫🇷 I think we will achieve peace before 2027, — Macron
🚆 Ukraine and France signed an agreement on the supply of 55 electric locomotives to significantly strengthen logistics.
🇧🇪 The European Commission promises to protect Belgium if Russian assets are used, - Politico.
🔥GUR "Prymary" unit continue to destroy in Donbas: Tor-M1, 55K6 command post from S-400, 9S18M1-3 radar station from Buk-M3.
🇫🇷 Everything is ready to move to a truce. Only Russia continues the war, - Macron
⚡️A headquarters for the coalition of willing forces has opened near Paris. This concerns the deployment of Western troops in Ukraine after the ceasefire, — Macron.
🫡 Ukraine will be the first to receive the new generation SAMP/T air defense system with improved characteristics, - Macron
🚀 Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has joined the advisory board of Ukraine’s leading defense company Fire Point, - AP
❗️Shahed attack on a ship carrying gas, on the border between Romania and Ukraine. An evacuation was announced in the nearby settlements.
🇺🇦 Zelensky: 100 Rafale F4 aircraft by 2035 for Ukraine’s combat aviation, SAMP-T, radars, air-to-air missiles and bombs.
🇵🇱 The explosion on a railway line leading to Ukraine was likely intended to blow up a train, — Donald Tusk.
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🇫🇷 Macron and Zelenskyy signed an agreement for Kyiv to acquire up to 100 Rafale fighters, air-defense systems, and drones (10-year deal).
🔥 Overnight, Ukraine launched strikes on Oryol CHP, substation in Veshkaym, electrical substations near Donetsk.
🔥 ATESH agents carried out a successful act of sabotage in Zaporizhzhia region. A relay cabinet was set on fire.
🇺🇸 Trump: Any country that does business with Russia will be very severely sanctioned.
⚠️ Results of the destruction of the Orion UAV storage and maintenance base at the Kirovsk airfield in Crimea, - Dnipro Osint
Footage of the destruction of two hangars by SBS drones was published. The pictures near the hangars show the destroyed property of the operators and the burnt area near the hangar.
🇺🇦🚀🦅 18 Ukrainian developers, including teams working on a tactical ballistic missile and a drone interceptor missile, have submitted their projects to the Brave1 grant competitions, — Fedorov.
According to him, the 18 submitted proposals concern the creation of anti-aircraft missile systems to combat UAVs, 4 of which are the development of tactical ballistic missiles.
🇧🇪 Belgium orders interceptor drones after incidents with unidentified drones.
Defense Minister said that he signed an agreement in Riga with the Latvian company Origin Robotics to purchase autonomous Blaze drones, which can be used to detect and destroy enemy drones.
⚡️Several law enforcement agencies come under fire over alleged involvement in Ukraine’s biggest graft scheme. Several law enforcement agencies were lambasted by a parliamentary commission on Nov. 17 for failing to investigate their employees’ alleged involvement in a large-scale corruption scheme at state nuclear power company Energoatom. The Prosecutor General’s Office, the Security Service, the State Investigation Bureau, the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, and the Economic Security Bureau are mentioned in tapes released by the NABU, and their employees may be implicated in the scheme. kyivindependent.com/law-enforc…
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Several law enforcement agencies come under fire over alleged involvement in Ukraine's biggest graft scheme
Several law enforcement agencies were lambasted by a parliamentary commission on Nov. 17 for failing to investigate their employees' alleged involvement in a large-scale corruption scheme at state nuclear power company Energoatom.Oleg Sukhov (The Kyiv Independent)
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17 November 1898 | Czech Jewish woman, Marie Šlehoferová, was born in Trutnov.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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🇺🇸🇲🇽 Trump: Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? OK with me. Whatever we have to do to stop drugs. I am not happy with Mexico.
👀 Trump: We have nothing to do with Epstein, the Democrats do. All of his friends were Democrats. I was not with Epstein all the time, they were.
🇻🇪 Trump on Venezuela: I don't rule out anything. We just have to take care of Venezuela. I probably would talk to Maduro. He has done tremendous damage to our country. I will be talking to him.
⚡️Poland in ‘pre-war’ period amid increased Russian sabotage efforts, top Polish general says. kyivindependent.com/poland-in-…
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Poland in 'pre-war' period amid increased Russian sabotage efforts, top Polish general says
Russia has begun preparing for war with Poland as Moscow continues to escale its cyberattack and acts of sabotage on Polish soil, the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Wieslaw Kukula said on Nov. 17.Dmytro Basmat (The Kyiv Independent)
💬 #Russia has begun preparing for war with #Poland as Moscow continues to escalate its cyberattacks and acts of sabotage on Polish soil, the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Wieslaw Kukula said on Nov. 17.
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Poland in 'pre-war' period amid increased Russian sabotage efforts, top Polish general says
Russia has begun preparing for war with Poland as Moscow continues to escale its cyberattack and acts of sabotage on Polish soil, the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Wieslaw Kukula said on Nov. 17.Dmytro Basmat (The Kyiv Independent)
For the first time in years, the Kremlin has officially claimed to have tested one of its so-called “super weapons” — the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile — one of six “next-generation” strategic arms introduced by Putin in 2018. kyivindependent.com/what-happe…
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From Poseidon to Kinzhal: Why Russia’s ‘super weapons’ may matter less than the Kremlin claims
For the first time in years, the Kremlin has officially claimed to have tested one of its so-called "super weapons" — the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile — one of six "next-generation" strategic arms introduced by Russian President Vladimi…Tania Myronyshena (The Kyiv Independent)
🇫🇷🇺🇦 French company Alta Ares has unveiled Safe Protection Dome anti-drone system, which is equipped with both classic interceptor drones and turbojet drones developed in France and Ukraine, - Militarnyi
🫡 The demonstration took place during a meeting between Macron and Zelensky in Paris.
☢️ Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants have been operating at reduced power for over 10 days following the Russian attack on the substation, - IAEA.
As a result of the strike on the night of November 7, both nuclear power plants were disconnected from one of their two high-voltage lines (750 kV).
This forced operators to reduce power generation at some reactors. One of the damaged lines has now been restored, but the other remains faulty.
🇬🇧 A legal row between Roman Abramovich and Jersey over its “illegitimate and politically motivated” criminal investigation has held up the release of the £2.35bn Chelsea sale fund.
Lawyers representing the Russian repeatedly told the UK government the issue must be resolved before the £2.35bn funding for war victims can be discussed, The Telegraph reports.
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Revealed: The true reason Roman Abramovich’s £2.35bn has not been released to war victims
Exclusive: Legal dispute between former Chelsea owner and Jersey has been a major hurdle during impasse on Ukraine fundTom Morgan (The Telegraph)
🚀✈️ French Mirage 2000 fighter jets transferred to Ukraine have been equipped with Magic-2 air-to-air missiles to counter Russian air targets, - Militarnyi
Magic-2s are equipped with an infrared homing head, which allows them to accurately hit targets at short distances and during maneuvering combat.
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As the Kyiv Independent celebrates another year of fearless journalism and community support, we decided to pull back the curtain and share a few things you might not know about us. Check out 25 facts that make the Kyiv Independent who we are: kyivindependent.com/25-facts-y…
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25 facts you (probably) didn’t know about the Kyiv Independent
As the Kyiv Independent celebrates another year of fearless journalism and community support (join our sprint to reach 25,000 paying members by 2025), we thought it was time to pull back the curtain and share a few things you might not know about us.The Kyiv Independent
⚡️ Ukraine war latest live: New pictures of Flamingo missile emerge after Czech volunteers raise money for 2 missiles. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-wa…
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Ukraine war latest: Russia bombed itself 8 times in 11 days, HUR intercepted call suggests
Hello, this is Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,363 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Yuliia Taradiuk (The Kyiv Independent)
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has started discussions with Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv, after the country requested assistance from the organization in September 2025 to help cushion its stretched finances. kyivindependent.com/imf-and-uk…
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IMF and Ukraine begin talks for new loan program amid looming financing shortfall
"The discussions will cover the authorities’ economic policy objectives (...) and structural policies to strengthen governance, combat corruption, and enhance growth," Priscilla Toffano, the IMF's representative in Ukraine, said in a press release.Luca Léry Moffat (The Kyiv Independent)
🤣 An attempt was made to blow up Shoigu at a cemetery in Moscow, according to Russian media.
The assassination plotters reportedly recruited two Russian drug addicts, a Central Asian migrant, and a man from Kyiv.
They installed a camera in a flower vase to monitor Shoigu's visit to his relatives. The FSB detained the suspects.
🇺🇸 The Senate will bring forward legislation that would sanction Russia’s trading partners, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday, pushing a bill placing added pressure on #Russia to end its war with Ukraine.
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The fact that several explosives have been planted along Polish rail tracks by the Russian GRU is only the latest episode of the undeniable truth:
We are at war with Russia. Period.
It is pretty simple, and it has been this way for at least 25 years now, and in different format by extension for decades and centuries. No compromise, deals, treaties or nice words gonna change that. Only decisive action will. The ball lies on the European side. Stop sitting on your hands and go all-in.
🇨🇿🇸🇰 Thousands of Czechs and Slovaks on Monday celebrated the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution, which ended decades of communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, with protests that warned democratic values were once again under threat.
🇺🇦🇪🇺🇭🇺 The Roadblocks to Ukraine’s EU Integration
The dynamics of the situation may change after the election in Hungary.
Despite corruption scandals, Ukrainian society has demonstrated its devotion to EU values through revolution and war.
Read more ⬇️
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The Roadblocks to Ukraine’s EU Integration
Hungary is predictably and consistently blocking negotiations with Ukraine on EU accession. Recent events exposing corruption in Ukraine's energy sector have fThe Ukrainian Review
The US Senate is about to move on Trump-backed Russia sanctions.
Senator Lindsey Graham said “with President Trump’s blessing,” the Senate will move on the sanctions.
“This legislation is designed to give President Trump more flexibility and power to push Putin to the peace table by going after both Putin and countries like Iran that support him,” Graham wrote. “I appreciate the strong bipartisan support for this legislation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.”
🥴🇭🇺 "All this is a bit like trying to help an alcoholic by sending him another box of vodka," — Orban commented on Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to finance Ukraine
❗️Hungarian PM accused Brussels of fueling a corrupt "military mafia"…
⚡️ As reparations loan talks stall, EU proposes 90 billion euro grant to cover Ukraine’s financing needs. kyivindependent.com/as-reparat…
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As reparations loan talks stall, EU proposes 90 billion euro grant to cover Ukraine's financing needs
Based on International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates, the EU expects that if the Russia-Ukraine war ends in 2026, Kyiv will face a financial gap of 135.7 billion euros ($157 billion) in the 2026-2027 period.Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)
🇺🇦 Budanov praised the anti-corruption agencies that exposed corruption at Energoatom and President Zelensky for their "correct" personnel decisions.
"They exposed and stopped the horror that was shown. The court must put an end to this issue, and it will definitely do so."
Corruption at this level can negatively affect the attitude of partners towards Ukraine, in particular in the issue of financial assistance. And Russia is already trying to take advantage of this corruption scandal.
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🔥 The occupiers in Kupyansk were cut off from the main supplies, - Trehubov
"Currently, an operation is underway to eliminate the Russian cells in the northern part of the city. They are in a much worse situation than AFU were even at the worst moment," said Joint Forces Group.
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🇧🇪 #Belgium will buy defensive kamikaze drones from a Latvian company, the defence ministry said, after a string of incursions that have disrupted airports, military bases and a nuclear plant.
Belgian officials have said the incursions bear the hallmark of Russian interference, while acknowledging they have no proof. #Russia has denied any involvement.
17 November 1904 | A Polish woman, Maria Pantuczek, was born in Krzyżowa.
In #Auschwitz from 7 July 1942.
No. 8506
She perished in the camp on 25 October 1942.
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🇩🇪❗️Russia could attack NATO country as early as 2028, says German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.
Despite previous estimates of possible Russian aggression against NATO's eastern members as early as 2029, there are now predictions that this could happen earlier - 2028.
According to him, given the buildup of the Russian arsenal, last summer could have been "the last peaceful one."
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🌐🇺🇦 IMF offers Ukraine a new $8 billion program. The decision is expected in January.
🗣️ "About $8 billion for 4 years. This is less than we need, but the program with IMF is the key to obtaining financing from other partners, including a reparations loan," Pidlasa added.
🇺🇦✈️Zelensky and 🇫🇷Macron signed an agreement on strengthening of defense capabilities, 🔥BAVOVNA at Oryol CHP, 💥substations in Veshkaym and Donetsk.
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The price of Russian oil continues to drop and has reached around 36.61 USD/Barrel. This is almost half of the current market price for oil.
The latest steep fall resulted from the latest US sanctions package. As predicted Russians are using dumping prices in order to sell its most important commodity.
Russia-Ukraine Daily News
in reply to Russia-Ukraine Daily News • • •🇮🇶 #Iraq's government is discussing seeking a six-month sanctions waiver from the U.S. Treasury Department for Lukoil to have more time to sell its stake in the giant West Qurna-2 oilfield, Reuters reports.
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#russia #usa
Russia-Ukraine Daily News
in reply to Russia-Ukraine Daily News • • •🇰🇿 #Kazakhstan's government is not holding talks with Russian oil major Lukoil about buying the company's Kazakh assets, Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said on Monday.
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Russia-Ukraine Daily News
in reply to Russia-Ukraine Daily News • • •🇺🇸🇷🇺 U.S. oil major Chevron is studying options to buy global assets of sanctioned Russian oil firm Lukoil, Reuters reports.
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