Alexa, play "White House claims tremendous progress toward Ukraine peace deal" mix tape, volume 4.

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A new joint investigation into the Russian Red Cross’s activities in occupied Ukraine reveals that the organization's international funding is growing even as it deepens its ties to pro-Kremlin patriotic youth groups.

Meduza

This was Russia today Monday, November 24, 2025 — Meduza

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is in Abu Dhabi to meet with Russian officials, who will presumably tell him that Europe's revised 28-point plan is a nonstarter and it's the original Dmitriev–Witkoff document to get things moving or nothing.

Ukraine agrees to peace proposal, with only

A push by the Trump administration to end Russia

let he who is without sin cast the first child

South African police are investigating allegations that ex-President Jacob Zuma's daughter lured 17 men into joining Russian mercenary forces in Ukraine. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is currently on trial for unrelated charges around deadly riots in South Africa in 2021.

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Daughter of ex-South African leader Zuma is accused of luring men to fight in Russia-Ukraine war

South African police say they are investigating allegations that former President Jacob Zuma’s daughter lured 17 men into fighting in Russia's wa...

Ukraine's largest mobile operator Kyivstar has become the first in Europe to launch Starlink's direct-to-cell satellite technology in a bid to keep millions connected amid wartime blackouts and disrupted infrastructure. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/starlinks-direct-to-cell-service-launches-ukraine-european-first-2025-11-24/

Four Democratic U.S. senators said on Monday that lax enforcement by the Trump administration of sanctions on Russia's Arctic LNG 2 export terminal "allows" China to buy discounted liquefied natural gas and helps Moscow fund the war in Ukraine. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-senators-say-trump-has-failed-prevent-russian-lng-helping-fund-war-ukraine-2025-11-24/

heavy is the head that clings to its happiness crown

Talking about the Ukrainian–Russian war as a conflict between good and evil is rational — it’s a morally grounded, morally defensible way to see it. But I don’t understand how people who frame it this way also imagine it can guide negotiations. How do you make peace with “evil”?