17/11/2025
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The UN Security Council will vote today on a resolution endorsing Trump's Gaza peace plan.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251115-un-security-council-to-vote-monday-on-trump-gaza-plan
The Russian army claimed on Sunday to have captured two more villages in southern Ukraine's Zaporizhia region, where its troops are slowly gaining ground.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/16/russia-claims-to-have-seized-2-new-villages-in-southern-ukraine-a91134
The deputy head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence told Reuters that Russia plans to produce up to 120,000 glide bombs this year and is currently launching 200-250 glide bombs a day.
These bombs, equipped with wings and sometimes engines, can hit targets kilometers away without endangering aircraft.
They are cheaper and available in larger quantities than missiles.
Russia plans to produce about 500 new glide bombs with a range of up to 200 kilometers and is working on a glide bomb with a range of 400 kilometers.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-plans-make-up-120000-glide-bombs-this-year-ukrainian-intelligence-says-2025-11-14/
Ukrainian corruption scandal - “The current crisis is also a consequence of the impossibility of holding elections during wartime,” writes the Ukrainian Dzerkalo Tyzhnia:
“The continuous exercise of power without elections has led to its degeneration. At all levels. This is evident in the decisions made by the parliament and the behavior of local authorities. ...
For Zelensky, the only chance to turn the situation around would be to allow experts to take over government offices and transfer to them the powers granted to them by the constitution.
They would restore the independence of the parliament.
They would start restarting the judicial system with fair selection procedures. They would release the reins of the secret services.”
https://zn.ua/ukr/anticorruption/operatsija-midas-shljakh-do-absoljutnoji-vladi-dovzhinoju-v-dolar.html
Top officials from Europe's five biggest military spenders met in Berlin on Friday to reaffirm their commitment to defending Ukraine and announce a series of measures aimed at strengthening Europe's eastern flank.
The planned steps include deploying anti-drone forces in Finland and Belgium and providing new military and financial support to Ukraine.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/11/14/eu-nations-boost-drone-defense-pledge-more-us-weapons-for-ukraine/
The EU lacks a clear strategy for managing candidate countries' cooperation with China, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) warns in a report, expressing concern about Beijing's growing influence in the Western Balkans.
https://www.intellinews.com/eu-accession-policy-fails-to-address-chinese-engagement-in-balkans-411264
Turkey is emerging as an increasingly important link in global co***ne trafficking routes between Latin America and European, Russian and Caucasian markets, while the 2025 Global Organized Crime Index ranks it among countries with high levels of organized crime and limited resilience.
https://nordicmonitor.com/2025/11/report-finds-turkey-bridging-co***ne-routes-between-continents-amid-mafia-and-state-collaboration
Prime Minister Takaichi is considering revising Japan's long-standing nuclear-weapons-free policy.
https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/64912
Trump has said in recent hours that she supports lawmakers' efforts to release more documents related to notorious pe*****le Jeffrey Epstein - despite previously opposing the measure.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/17/trump-tells-republicans-to-vote-to-release-epstein-files-saying-we-have-nothing-to-hide
