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Ukraine Invasion

• Update 330 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 27 Nov 2025 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has deployed additional staff to Ukraine's Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) this week to conduct a comprehensive safety assessment of the damaged New Safe Confinement (NSC) following a drone strike last February, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi announced today.
• Pokrovsk, Dimitrov Completely Surrounded - Putin Sputnik 27 Nov 2025 -- The cities of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) and Dimitrov are completely surrounded by Russian troops, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
• We Agree That US Plan For Ukraine Can Be Basis For Future Agreements - Putin Sputnik 27 Nov 2025 -- Russia generally agrees that the US plan for the Ukrainian settlement could form the basis for future agreements, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
• US Zeroes In on Philippines to Recruit Mercs for Ukraine - Russian Foreign Ministry Sputnik 27 Nov 2025 -- The US has initiated a campaign to recruit hired guns in the Philippines to fight for Ukraine, with the German Embassy in Manila facilitating their travel by issuing Schengen visas, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
• Ukraine Loses Over 275 Soldiers in Battles With Russia's Forces in Pokrovsk Sputnik 27 Nov 2025 -- Ukraine has lost more than 275 soldiers in battles with Russian troops in the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) direction, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Witkoff's Visit to Russia Still on Track, No Reason to Question It - Russian Foreign Ministry Sputnik 27 Nov 2025 -- The visit of US special envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia is still on track, there is no reason to question it, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• CSTO summit President of Russia 27 Nov 2025 -- A regular meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) was held at the Yntymak Ordo government residence in Bishkek.
• Press release on Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin's participation in a joint meeting of the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the CSTO Council of Ministers of Defence, and the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of the Security Council Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Nov 2025
• Putin: Russia Ready to Share Weapons, Equipment With CSTO Partners Sputnik 27 Nov 2025 -- Russia is ready to share weapons and equipment with its partners in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
• Remarks by Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Maxim Buyakevich at an OSCE Permanent Council meeting, November 27, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Nov 2025
• Russia Will Not Be in Situation When US Conducts Nuclear Tests and Moscow Does Not - Putin Sputnik 27 Nov 2025 -- Russia cannot find itself in a situation where the United States conducts nuclear tests while Moscow spends another year and a half preparing for them, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
• Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov holds talks with Minister of Defence of Kyrgyz Republic Major General Ruslan Mukambetov Russia MoD 27 Nov 2025 -- Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov held talks with Minister of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic Major General Ruslan Mukambetov.

Foreign Policy

• Russia's Turn to The East Not Related to Events in Ukraine - Putin Sputnik 27 Nov 2025 -- Russia's turn to the East is not connected to the events in Ukraine, as Moscow has been paying more attention to this side of cooperation since the 2000s, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
• Meeting with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon President of Russia 27 Nov 2025 -- Vladimir Putin met with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on the sidelines of the CSTO summit in Bishkek.
• Press release on the closing of Poland's General Consulate in Irkutsk Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Nov 2025

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