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U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff said trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States will be held November 10–11 in Abu Dhabi. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russian forces struck Kharkiv overnight with ballistic missiles and guided bombs, hitting a medical facility, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia refused to extend a ceasefire for evacuating civilians from occupied Oleshky, a Ukrainian official says. Also over the weekend, hackers targeted emergency alert apps in Russia and Ukraine, sending false warnings of nuclear attacks. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ordered Russia's return to international hockey, potentially costing Ukraine its first men's World Championship berth in 20 years. Organizers have yet to explain how Russia will fit into tournaments already scheduled. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

A rave at the Russian State Library (aka "Leninka") drew some 3,000 people and fury from pro-war bloggers. Some likened it to "Satan's ball," while one called for its entire leadership to be fired. The library says it aimed to reach young readers. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Russia and Ukraine fight inside gas pipelines beneath the front line. With drones making the ground above deadly, soldiers crawl through pipes to get behind enemy positions — and clash with guns and grenades, The Atlantic and The New York Times report. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Russia's Health Ministry touts progress against HIV. Yet only about half of Russians with diagnosed HIV have suppressed viral loads, according to public health data. The number living with the virus keeps rising, and treatment gaps persist. meduza.io/en/cards/rus...

Russian émigrés in Serbia have had their money frozen after Alta Bank collapsed. To help them get by, Serbs are compiling a list of Russian-speaking businesses where customers can pay cash, while volunteers collect essentials for stranded depositors. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Russian space startups appear to be selling Chinese satellite imagery as their own, according to researcher Bart Hendrickx. His findings suggest possible Russian-Chinese military space cooperation, but military use of these images remains unconfirmed. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

St. Petersburg has again slashed its municipal sign-up bonus for Russian military recruits, dropping the city payout to 400,000 rubles ($4,900) just weeks after cutting it from 3.5 million ($43,100) to 1 million ($12,300). meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia's FSB security service acknowledged a U.S. warning this weekend of a possible terrorist attack at a Moscow museum park. Such cooperation has precedent: Putin phoned Trump to thank him for U.S. intelligence on terrorist plots in both 2017 and 2019. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Ukraine will have to wait until between late 2030 and late 2033 to receive 500 Patriot interceptor missiles approved for purchase by the US State Department, CNN and European Pravda report. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Dozens tried to force open the gates of a property near Kyiv, alleging soldiers were being held and tortured there. Ukraine's National Guard denied the torture allegation, saying it used the house as temporary accommodations for mobilized troops. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

More than 130K people fled the border areas of Russia's Kursk region during Ukraine's incursion. Today, some still live in temporary shelters, while border communities remain devastated. Meduza visited the region. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Thousands of Russian émigrés have had their savings frozen after Serbia revoked Alta Bank's license. Now the bank's owner, Davor Macura, has been detained on suspicion of stealing 45 billion dinars, prosecutors say. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Belgium could face new elections after Prime Minister Bart De Wever offered to resign amid a budget deadlock. The king is weighing his decision. De Wever has opposed the EU's plan to tap Russian funds frozen at the Belgian financial firm Euroclear. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Estonia has expelled Russian journalist Leonid Karabeshkin and barred him from the Schengen Area over suspected ties to Russian intelligence. He worked for the country's public broadcaster, ERR, from 2022 to 2024. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Ukrainian POW Ruslan Romanov died in Russian captivity while facing terrorism charges, Mediazona reports. Journalists discovered the death after a Russian military court closed his case, citing the defendant's death. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Zelensky says Russian bombs struck a school used to distribute humanitarian aid in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, killing 18 people and injuring five. Local officials say 27 people remain missing. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Putin has ordered private data center owners in Russia to reserve 10% of their capacity for government use, giving them just 10 days to comply. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia's human rights commissioner, Yana Lantratova, said she doesn't know how many people left occupied Oleshky because officials "didn't count them." But she said many of the 750 available seats on evacuation buses went empty. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Foreign pharmaceutical companies supplying cancer drugs to Russia spend about $500 million a year on "bonuses" for intermediaries, suppliers, and staff at Russian hospitals, according to a new investigation by Proekt. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Russia's Federal Security Service says its agents seized a shipment of FPV drone-control goggles that had been rigged with homemade explosives. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Rostelecom, Russia's largest internet provider, plans to build underground data centers with "an increased level of protection against external threats," Vedomosti reported, citing sources at the company. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia's Rassvet constellation has lost a second satellite after it fell out of orbit and apparently burned up in the atmosphere. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Serbia has revoked the license of Alta, one of the few local banks where Russian emigrants could easily open accounts. Now thousands face frozen savings, inaccessible salaries, and uncertainty over whether they'll get all their money back. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

A humanitarian operation in Russian-occupied Oleshky credited to Melania Trump was actually negotiated by Russian and Ukrainian intelligence agencies, Le Monde reports. It remains unclear what role Washington played. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Bulgaria's acting president, Iliana Yotova, won the second round of the country's presidential election on November 1. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

The United States has proposed a plan to Vladimir Putin that would let Russia sell its natural gas to Europe through an American intermediary, bypassing European sanctions, sources told The Wall Street Journal. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia's Finance Ministry has proposed automatically transferring 6.6 trillion rubles in pension savings into a long-term savings program starting in April 2027, RBC reports. meduza.io/en/news/2026...