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  • Andriy Yermak has been leading the Ukrainian delegation during recent talks with the United States in Geneva.
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    Zelensky’s top aide and key peace negotiator resigns after anti-corruption raid of his home
  • Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 28, 2025. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Orbán meets Putin in Moscow to shore up Hungary’s energy supplies, making use of Trump exemption
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Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, appears in court on charges of terrorism in Durban, South Africa, 11 November 2025. She pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges at the start of her trial. Zuma-Sambudla is being charged over comments she made on social media four years ago during deadly protests following the arrest of her father.
Jacob Zuma's daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla appears in court, Durban, South Africa - 11 Nov 2025
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    Zuma’s daughter quits South Africa parliament over Russia recruitment allegations
  • Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with Turkey's President, following their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on November 19, 2025.
    Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images/File
    Analysis: Ukraine’s Zelensky faces hideous choice between bad deal and no deal
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Thursday, November 27.
    Alexander Kazakov/Reuters
    Putin says US plan could be ‘basis’ of a Ukraine deal but threatens to take land by force if Kyiv doesn’t withdraw
  • The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft, carrying the crew formed of Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev and NASA astronaut Christopher Williams, blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on November 27, 2025.
    Grigory Sysoev/Sputnik/AP
    Launch pad damaged as Russian rocket blasts off for space station, agency says
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  • FILE PHOTO: Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak looks on, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo
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    Video Top Zelensky adviser resigns after anti-corruption raid 1:54
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    Video Leaked call ‘emphasizes how Witkoff is trying to help Russia,’ says former Ukrainian FM 12:41
  • <p>Watch as Vladimir Putin is given an inpromptu lesson on the komuz during a quick taster tour of local culture in Kyrgyzstan. Watched by Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko and others, the Russian leader attempts a few strums before moving on.</p>
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    Video Lawmaker: Transcript seems to indicate Witkoff, Trump ‘in bed’ with Russia 2:13
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    Video Report: Trump envoy Witkoff told Russia how Putin should pitch Trump on peace plan 9:22
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    Video Lavrov says Russia is awaiting latest version of peace deal 0:31
  • Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with Turkey's President following their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on November 19, 2025. Zelensky said he wants to reinvigorate frozen peace talks, which have faltered after several rounds of Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul this year failed to yield a breakthrough. Moscow has not agreed to a ceasefire and instead kept advancing on the front and bombarding Ukrainian cities.
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    Video US official says Ukraine agrees to deal, Zelensky says ‘much work’ ahead 3:41

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  • Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 28, 2025. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Orbán meets Putin in Moscow to shore up Hungary’s energy supplies, making use of Trump exemption
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  • United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff looks on during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet at the White House on October 17, 2025, in Washington, DC.
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    Trump brushes off concerns about Witkoff’s interactions with Russians as leaked transcript roils Washington
  • Can Trump break the vicious cycle that prolongs the war in Ukraine?
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