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Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the UN lacks sufficient leverage to make parties to current conflicts take its peace initiatives seriously.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the UN lacks sufficient leverage to make parties to current conflicts take its peace initiatives seriously. In an Al Jazeera interview, he warned that geopolitical divisions have paralyzed the Security Council and said violations of international law by major powers create an environment of impunity. Guterres also called for UN reform, arguing that the cu...

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Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

Ukraine’s SIGNUM drone pilots struck 23 Russian targets on logistics routes in the occupied Donbas.

Ukraine’s SIGNUM drone pilots struck 23 Russian targets on logistics routes in the occupied Donbas. The footage shows attacks on trucks, pickups, a tank transporter carrying a tank, light armored vehicles, a crane, an ATV and a Russian mobile fire group.

Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

Russia struck an oil and gas facility in Ukraine’s Poltava region with a salvo of five ballistic missiles, effectively destroying it, according to Naftogaz.

Russia struck an oil and gas facility in Ukraine’s Poltava region with a salvo of five ballistic missiles, effectively destroying it, according to Naftogaz. The facility had already been out of operation following previous Russian attacks that disabled its equipment. Naftogaz says the latest strike caused a critical level of damage, making restoration of the facility effectively impossible.

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Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

❗️EU ambassadors have not agreed on extending sanctions against Russia after Latvia refused to support removing Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the sanctions list. France had proposed removing both men in exchange for extending the EU restrictions against Russia for three years.

❗️EU ambassadors have not agreed on extending sanctions against Russia after Latvia refused to support removing Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the sanctions list. France had proposed removing both men in exchange for extending the EU restrictions against Russia for three years.

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Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

Pilots of Ukraine’s 5th Omega Special Purpose Detachment struck a Russian multiple launch rocket system and two artillery guns during a combat mission deep behind Russian lines on the Donetsk front.

Pilots of Ukraine’s 5th Omega Special Purpose Detachment struck a Russian multiple launch rocket system and two artillery guns during a combat mission deep behind Russian lines on the Donetsk front.

Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

Former Belgorod mayor and ex-deputy governor Konstantin Polezhaev was killed while serving with Russian forces in Ukraine.

Former Belgorod mayor and ex-deputy governor Konstantin Polezhaev was killed while serving with Russian forces in Ukraine. Polezhaev had been sentenced to five years in a maximum-security penal colony and fined 36 million rubles for corruption before signing a military contract in August 2024.

Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

Ukraine’s General Staff says Ukrainian forces struck an attack-drone storage, preparation and launch site near Tsymbulova in Russia’s Oryol region.

Ukraine’s General Staff says Ukrainian forces struck an attack-drone storage, preparation and launch site near Tsymbulova in Russia’s Oryol region. At least three UAV storage buildings caught fire, while a jet-powered drone launch site and five launchers were damaged in the September 21 strike.

Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed strikes on the Bashneft-UNPZ refinery in Ufa and the Kuibyshev refinery in Samara, with fires reported at both sites.

Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed strikes on the Bashneft-UNPZ refinery in Ufa and the Kuibyshev refinery in Samara, with fires reported at both sites. The facilities can process about 7.5 million and 7 million tons of oil annually, respectively, and their products supply the Russian military.

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Noel Reports · · before 2 days

❗️Four sites where Russian security personnel were stationed were struck near Strilkove in Russian-occupied Kherson region.

❗️Four sites where Russian security personnel were stationed were struck near Strilkove in Russian-occupied Kherson region. A total of 15 Russian FSB officers were reportedly killed and around 30 other people were wounded in the strikes.

Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

Russia will likely increase pressure gradually along the entire frontline this winter, searching for weak points and regrouping reserves, according to Ukrainian 1st Assault Regiment commander Dmytro Filatov. He says Ukraine is also aware of Russian forces being prepared for another, undisclosed direction. Filatov assesses there is a high probability that small Russian infantry groups could reach the city of Zaporizhzhia this winter and says Ukraine would fight to prevent them from gaining a foothold.

Russia will likely increase pressure gradually along the entire frontline this winter, searching for weak points and regrouping reserves, according to Ukrainian 1st Assault Regiment commander Dmytro Filatov. He says Ukraine is also aware of Russian forces being prepared for another, undisclosed direction. Filatov assesses there is a high probability that small Russian infantry groups could reach t...

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Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

New footage shows Ukraine’s 66th Mechanized Brigade clearing and liberating Shandryholove during Operation Vivaldi.

New footage shows Ukraine’s 66th Mechanized Brigade clearing and liberating Shandryholove during Operation Vivaldi. Troops from the 1st Mechanized Battalion and the Siverska Sich Motorized Infantry Battalion also stormed a forest north of the village, strengthening local defenses.

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Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 days

France is strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses with a contract to supply radars and interceptor missiles, President Emmanuel Macron says.

France is strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses with a contract to supply radars and interceptor missiles, President Emmanuel Macron says. Zelensky says Ukraine is also ready to secure additional SAMP/T systems and missiles through EU loan financing. Kyiv and Paris are working toward producing SAMP/T systems and missiles in Ukraine and advancing the joint FREYJA anti-ballistic program, with Zelensk...

Noel Reports · Policy · before 2 days

❗️Trump is expected to press Zelensky at the UN on Tuesday to agree to an energy ceasefire with Russia, The Guardian reports.

❗️Trump is expected to press Zelensky at the UN on Tuesday to agree to an energy ceasefire with Russia, The Guardian reports. Zelensky says Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy, critical infrastructure and food exports must stop, which would lead to matching Ukrainian de-escalation steps.

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Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

❗️Ukrainian forces struck Rosneft’s Kuibyshev Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara region overnight.

❗️Ukrainian forces struck Rosneft’s Kuibyshev Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara region overnight. The plant has a design capacity of around 7 million tons of crude annually. In 2024, it processed 4.7 million tons, producing around 1.4 million tons of diesel, 800,000 tons of gasoline and 1.3 million tons of fuel oil. Large fires were reported near its primary distillation units following the latest a...

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Noel Reports · World · before 2 days

Russian overnight missile and drone strikes killed four people in Dnipro and injured five in Kyiv.

Russian overnight missile and drone strikes killed four people in Dnipro and injured five in Kyiv. A drone hit a five-story building in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district, with the blast damaging three nearby buildings. Russia struck an enterprise in Dnipro, while part of Brovary lost power. An industrial enterprise and critical infrastructure facility were hit in Poltava region, while buildings and priv...