https://sagire.online/topic/russia/ Articles and notes where Russia is a central actor. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 01:35:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/f1ea97db/https://sagire.online/wire/f1ea97db/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:22:00 -0300Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law ratifying the intergovernmental agreement with China for the joint construction of a second main line of 1,435 mm gauge on the Zabaikalsk–Manzhouli border section. Under the document, the two countries will carry out the works jointly and in a synchronized way. The ratified document appears on Russia’s official legislative information portal. The ratification is presented as a step forward in Russia’s “eastward pivot” toward China, in the SCMP’s assessment.RussiaChinaTrade https://sagire.online/wire/c3576d96/https://sagire.online/wire/c3576d96/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:22:00 -0300The multi-day truce between Russia and Ukraine, limited to the Kherson region, ended with no violations reported by either side and no sign of an extension. The ceasefire expired at midnight Moscow time (2100 GMT) and Ukraine pulled civilians out of parts of the region. The Institute for the Study of War assesses that the truce allowed up to 800 civilians to be evacuated and brought humanitarian aid to Oleshky and nearby settlements. Residents walked and shopped again at Tavriysky Market on the truce’s last day, November 1, 2026.UkraineRussiaConflictEastern Europe https://sagire.online/wire/3d63b90e/https://sagire.online/wire/3d63b90e/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:22:00 -0300The European Commission hosted talks in Brussels on Wednesday with representatives of the United States, Ukraine, France, Germany, Britain and the World Bank on rebuilding Ukraine. The technical delegations’ meeting ended without results on a possible settlement of the conflict, according to a diplomatic source in Brussels who spoke to TASS. US envoy Steve Witkoff announced Washington-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11, 2026, with an agenda covering the end of the war, security arrangements and humanitarian measures. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on November 3 that presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky would lead Russia’s delegation. On Thursday, First Lady Melania Trump hosts Ukrainian and Russian representatives at the White House, after the ceasefire she brokered in Oleshky, in occupied Kherson province.UkraineEuropean UnionUnited StatesRussiaDiplomacy https://sagire.online/wire/6b9c6b57/https://sagire.online/wire/6b9c6b57/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:21:00 -0300Ukraine’s national police released on Wednesday bodycam footage that, it says, shows the moments between two Russian bomb strikes that killed at least 40 people at an aid center and a shelter, in the Zaporizhzhia region in southern Ukraine. According to Ukraine, nine gliding bombs, some weighing 3,000 kg, hit the village as people had gathered to get humanitarian aid, and more than 30 people may still be under the rubble on the third day of searches; the Russian military has not publicly commented on the attack.UkraineRussiaConflict https://sagire.online/wire/bbea4712/https://sagire.online/wire/bbea4712/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 20:22:00 -0300The toll of the Russian attack on Komyshuvakha has risen to 40 dead, with the search in its third day, Zelensky announced, according to Le Monde. Zelensky arrived in Madrid on his fifth visit to Spain and meets Pedro Sánchez and other leaders on Thursday on the sidelines of an Ibero-American summit, with strengthening air defense as the top priority. He lamented “very few reactions around the world” and urged allies to bolster the country's air defense “right now”. The European Commission praised Ukraine's progress toward membership but urged faster rule-of-law reforms to conclude negotiations by the end of 2028.UkraineRussiaSpainDefense https://sagire.online/wire/5680c40b/https://sagire.online/wire/5680c40b/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:25:00 -0300Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine, the United States and Russia are preparing a trilateral format at the team level to take place in less than a week, after a detailed, hour-and-a-half-long conversation with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Witkoff said the United States would mediate the working-level talks, scheduled for November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said the talks may be held in Abu Dhabi around November 10. Zelensky said air defense remains a key priority and that Ukraine needs interceptors for Patriot systems.UkraineRussiaUnited StatesDiplomacy https://sagire.online/wire/737d99ee/https://sagire.online/wire/737d99ee/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:22:00 -0300Russia attacked overnight with 310 drones, including 81 jet-powered drones, according to Ukraine’s air force, which said it downed or suppressed 272 drones of various types. The attacks triggered power and water outages for hours across Kyiv and surrounding regions, and residents in the capital were urged to use public drinking water fountains before supplies were restored. Russia’s Ministry of Defense said it shot down 709 Ukrainian drones the previous night. Retailer Ozon said a drone attack caused a fire at its logistics center in Adygeysk, in Russia’s Adygea region, but that there were no casualties.RussiaUkraineDronesEnergyConflict https://sagire.online/wire/79aa6aa1/https://sagire.online/wire/79aa6aa1/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:24:00 -0300Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Beijing is maintaining contact with the relevant parties regarding a meeting between the leaders of China, Russia and the United States. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is set to take place in Shenzhen on November 18-19. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the agenda of a possible meeting of the leaders in China is being coordinated with the Chinese and US sides: “It is being agreed upon now.” Peskov ruled out, for now, continuing the talks at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Miami: “No, this is out of the question yet.”ChinaRussiaUnited StatesDiplomacyEast Asia https://sagire.online/wire/b59550e1/https://sagire.online/wire/b59550e1/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:23:00 -0300Ukrainian drone strikes have killed three people in Russia’s Belgorod region, while attacks cut power to multiple cities in Ukraine and parts of Russian-occupied Crimea, according to officials. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s overnight attacks damaged power generation facilities and substations in nine regions, leaving emergency outages in many cities. Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed on Telegram that it hit two power stations in Ukraine’s Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions and said it downed 709 Ukrainian drones across 14 regions, Crimea and the Black and Azov seas. In southern Russia, a Ukrainian drone attack started a fire at a distribution facility of Ozon, in the town of Adygeysk in the Republic of Adygea, regional head Murat Kumpilov said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he hoped Trump would continue his peacemaking efforts after the Democratic victory and treated any changes in Congress as a domestic US matter: “President Trump continues to exercise his powers. We sincerely hope that he will also continue his peacemaking efforts.”RussiaUkraineConflictEnergyDronesCritical infrastructure https://sagire.online/wire/8758a004/https://sagire.online/wire/8758a004/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:23:00 -0300New Jersey Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill warned port and terminal operators in the state against “purchasing or unloading the illegal Russian fuel currently bound for the east coast of the United States,” in a letter dated November 2. Sherrill said Congress banned energy imports from Russia in April 2022, in response to the country’s attack on Ukraine, and that importing Russian diesel would violate the ban and could lead to civil and criminal charges. A Treasury license authorizes transactions tied to the sale, delivery, offloading and importation of Russian diesel, including into the United States, through April 7, 2027. The White House defended the authorization: “The President secured a deal to supply global markets with diesel, lowering prices for the United States and the world,” spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said. A Phillips 66 executive said he did not believe Russia has enough distillate to make much of a difference to the global supply crunch.United StatesRussiaSanctionsEnergy https://sagire.online/wire/9be1e17f/https://sagire.online/wire/9be1e17f/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:22:00 -0300The death toll from the Russian strike on Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, rose to 40 from 37 on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram, adding that some bodies had not yet been identified. The previous figure came from local authorities.UkraineRussiaConflict https://sagire.online/wire/5844792e/https://sagire.online/wire/5844792e/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:22:00 -0300First Lady Melania Trump will bring representatives of Russia and Ukraine together at the White House, an event the White House described as an extraordinary moment in American history. Melania was praised for helping broker a localized ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia that lasted from 3 a.m. on October 27 until late on November 1, local time, in Oleshky, in the Kherson region. The first lady called the ceasefire a “success” and said “nearly 800 people” had been evacuated, but neither Ukraine nor Russia publicly confirmed exactly how many people left or where they relocated. Yana Lantratova, Russia’s human rights commissioner, who is expected at the meeting, was sanctioned by the United States in 2022, making her ineligible to enter the country without a special waiver from the State Department. Separately, the Kremlin confirmed three-way talks with Ukraine and the United States in Abu Dhabi from November 10 to 11, with Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to President Vladimir Putin, as Moscow’s chief negotiator. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin hopes to finalize plans in the coming days for a meeting between the leaders of Russia, the United States and China.United StatesRussiaUkraineDiplomacy https://sagire.online/wire/41df22c9/https://sagire.online/wire/41df22c9/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:22:00 -0300The Hamburg Higher Regional Court has scheduled 19 more hearings between February and June 2027, extending until at least mid-2027 the trial over the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, court press spokeswoman Judge Mareike Franzen said. Sergey Kuznetsov, a former special operations officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is standing trial, charged with a war crime, carrying out explosions, destroying structures and disrupting the operations of public utilities. He was detained in Italy in August 2025 and extradited to Germany.GermanyJusticeEnergyRussia https://sagire.online/wire/9b7e7417/https://sagire.online/wire/9b7e7417/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:22:00 -0300The death toll from a Russian bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Monday has risen to 37, with dozens missing, in one of the deadliest strikes on civilians this year, officials said in a Reuters report republished by The Straits Times. Ivan Fedorov, the co-head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Defense Council, wrote on Telegram that 59 people were missing. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russian forces first dropped aerial bombs on the school building in Komyshuvakha as people arrived to collect aid, then struck the shelter with more bombs. Two members of a rescue crew and four police officers were among the dead, emergency services said. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the attack targeted Ukrainian military units in Komyshuvakha and two other settlements, and that up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen were killed.UkraineRussiaEastern EuropeConflictHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/d6081994/https://sagire.online/wire/d6081994/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:22:00 -0300Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland called in a joint statement on the European Commission to terminate investment protection treaties with Russia that remain in force in 17 member states. According to Estonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the treaties are being used to influence European Union (EU) policy in Russia’s favor and their continued application threatens the bloc’s overall economic security. The ministry said the treaties contain provisions that encourage investment in Russia and allow individuals under sanctions to bring claims before international courts against member states and against the EU as a whole. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said the EU’s task was to ensure “that Russia’s international isolation is maintained without concessions.”EstoniaLatviaLithuaniaPolandRussiaEuropean UnionSanctions