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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicRussia-Ukraine conflict

Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict

India sending teams from Moscow, alerts Red Cross to evacuate students from Kharkiv, Sumy

Indian students stuck in Kharkiv and Sumy are most at danger as these north-eastern cities of Ukraine are the main conflict areas.

Biden’s ‘flowers’ for Vladimir Putin, and Tiananmen Square moment in Ukraine

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Vladimir Putin puts Russian nuclear forces on alert even as Belarus mediates negotiations

Putin directed his defence minister and the chief of the military’s general staff to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a ‘special regime of combat duty’.

Cyprus, ‘haven for Russian money laundering’, supports excluding Russia from SWIFT banking 

Experts say the move is significant not only because Cyprus is allegedly home to offshore companies of Russian oligarchs but also because it’s a non-NATO member

What is veto, who can exercise it and why it’s not applicable in UN General Assembly

A veto is a negative vote and is the most significant distinction between permanent and non-permanent members in the UN Security Council.

Crammed bunkers, missile that never went off — Ukraine through the eyes of stranded Indian students

Around 3,500 Indian students enrolled at Kharkiv National Medical University are hiding out in underground bunkers of hostels a few kilometers away from their university.

As sanctions loom, Chelsea owner’s statement shows uncertainty for Russian football club owners

Roman Abramovich’s handing over stewardship of Chelsea FC is the most high-profile response amongst mega-rich Russians grappling with economic uncertainty and calls for blacklisting

Bouquets, PM’s message for students back from Ukraine — how BJP pushed its machinery into ‘Op Ganga’

Indian students greeted by ministers and top officials who conveyed to them that the PM “will bring back every student” from war-hit nation, amid heavy criticism from Opposition.

NATO finally comes to Ukraine’s aid with response force debut, members send arms, ammunition

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, NATO has activated its response force. Germany, France and others are sending missiles and other weapons systems amid escalation.

Russian troops enter Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, blow up gas pipeline

Russian Defence Ministry Spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov earlier said armed forces struck Ukrainian military facilities with sea- and land-based cruise missiles.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.