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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicRussia-Ukraine war

Topic: Russia-Ukraine war

House of placards & no dearth of strategic optimism

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

German cabinet passes bill for voluntary military service to counter Russian threats

Berlin: Germany's cabinet passed a draft bill on Wednesday that would introduce a voluntary military service as the country seeks to bolster national defences...

India ‘needs to defend its interests’, no pressure from Kyiv over Russian oil purchase—Ukraine envoy

Amid strained India-US ties over Russian crude, Ukraine ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk tells ThePrint issue ‘won't influence’ country's relations with India, can be resolved in talks.

What a Russian victory in Ukraine would mean—loss of US deterrence, bolder China, broken UN

In 'The Art of War and Peace', David Kilcullen and Greg Mills draw on their experience as policy advisors to analyse the nature of modern warfare.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.

Moral standards, hand-washed only & tailor-made talks

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

Russian missiles kill 1, injure 18 in largest aerial attack of August

Russia struck an American electronics manufacturer in western Ukraine using hundreds of drones, hypersonic, ballistic, and cruise missiles in the countrywide attack.

Europe has to bear ‘lion’s share’ of burden for Ukrainian security, says US Vice President JD Vance

Vance said Ukraine is in European territory & it should play a leading role. EU has formed a 'coalition of the willing' that would commit forces to guarantee Ukraine's security.

US treasury secy slams Indo-Russia oil trade, says profits benefits India’s ‘richest families’

This follows Peter Navarro's comment that India is 'a global clearing house for Russian crude' & that the proceeds flow to India's politically connected energy titans & into Putin’s war chest.

Macron and Starmer to co-chair coalition of willing meeting on Ukraine Tuesday

The countries will work on security guarantees for Ukraine, added Macron's Elysee office.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

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.