What Others Are Writing About Ukraine – 11 November 2026

In brief

• German Deutschlandfunk reports that representatives of Ukraine and Russia resumed talks in the United Arab Emirates with Washington as mediator; according to the broadcaster, Zelensky assessed them as constructive, and Rubio reportedly acknowledged that there is still a lot of work ahead for the parties.
• Slovak HNonline.sk reports that Zelensky is pleased by the change in approach of American negotiators Kushner and Witkoff, while Moscow demands the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the entire Donbas, which Kyiv does not accept.
• According to Deutschlandfunk, at the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Paris Wadephul said that a Western turn away from Ukraine would encourage Moscow to further wars, and the G7 wants to strengthen resilience against sabotage and cyberattacks.
• Deutschlandfunk reports that Chancellor Merz demanded that aid to Ukraine be written into the EU budget, and Slovakia and Czechia criticized this position; the issue is to be taken up at an extraordinary European Council meeting at the end of November.
• Russian propaganda media (RT, RIA Novosti, Lenta.ru) relay, among other things, statements by US Senator Gallego, reports of power outages in Kryvyi Rih, and claims by Senator Voloshyn about Ukraine's demographic crisis; these are claims attributed to those media and their interlocutors, not established facts.

German press

German Deutschlandfunk reports that representatives of Ukraine and Russia resumed talks in the United Arab Emirates; the first round, organized with Washington's mediation, was the first such talks since February. According to the broadcaster, President Zelensky assessed the talks as constructive and indicated that they concerned de-escalation in the energy sector, a possible trilateral meeting at presidential level with the participation of the USA, the exchange of prisoners and the return of children, and security guarantees, while the Russian side has not yet commented. Deutschlandfunk also cites US Secretary of State Rubio, who acknowledged that there is still a lot of work ahead of the parties, and suggested that in the longer term European negotiators could be included in the talks, although European states do not currently participate in them directly. (Vereinigte Arabische Emirate - Unterhändler der Ukraine und Russlands setzen Gespräche fort - Selenskyj bezeichnet ersten Verhandlungstag konstruktiv – Deutschlandfunk)

German Deutschlandfunk reports that at the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Paris, Wadephul stressed that a Western turn away from Ukraine would encourage Moscow to further wars of aggression, which is why G7 states intend to strengthen resilience against sabotage, cyberattacks and other hybrid threats. Deutschlandfunk also reports that Chancellor Merz, during the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Magyar to Berlin, demanded that aid for Ukraine be written into the EU budget, and in a letter to European Council President Costa indirectly threatened to block other financial decisions. According to the same report, Slovakia and Czechia expressed criticism of this position, and the topic is to be discussed at an extraordinary European Council meeting at the end of November. (G7-Treffen in Paris - Wadephul betont bei Unterstützung der Ukraine Geschlossenheit – Deutschlandfunk)

Slovak press

According to Slovak HNonline.sk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged that he was pleased by the change in approach of American negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to talks on ending the war, and the first trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the USA since February took place in Abu Dhabi. HNonline.sk reports that Moscow demands the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the entire Donbas, which Kyiv does not accept, while Zelensky demands concrete security guarantees. („Som veľmi rád, že to počujem.“ Zelenského potešila zmena prístupu amerických vyjednávačov – HNonline.sk) German Deutschlandfunk, reporting on the same talks in the United Arab Emirates, also describes them as a continuation of negotiations mediated by Washington, which links both reports into a single diplomatic thread.

Russian press

The Russian portal RT (propaganda media) relays that US Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona reportedly wrote on X that US support for Kyiv means Washington pays Ukrainians to kill Russians, and the more the better. According to this report, the Kremlin propaganda outlet RT claims the senator suggested that Russia would surrender after sufficient losses, and when asked about the number of casualties he replied that "there is always room for one more." RT (propaganda media) also recalls Gallego's earlier statements criticizing Elon Musk over interruptions to Starlink service for Ukrainian forces (US senator hails 'beauty' of paying Ukrainians to kill Russians – RT (propaganda media)).

The Russian agency RIA Novosti (propaganda media) reports that power outages were recorded in Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk oblast, and part of the city was left without electricity – according to RIA Novosti (propaganda media), this information was provided by the Ukrainian channel Suspilne. The same agency, citing Ukrainian expert Yurii Korolchuk, relays his claim that in winter power cuts could reach as many as 20 hours a day, and also mentions opinions of other Ukrainian commentators about a harder winter. It should be stressed that these are claims attributed to RIA Novosti (propaganda media) and its interlocutors, and the Kremlin propaganda in this report does not present them as established facts (В Кривом Роге зафиксировали перебои с светом – RIA Nowosti (media propagandowe)).

According to Lenta.ru (propaganda media), a Russian state-controlled portal, Senator Aleksandr Voloshyn told the agency TASS that the decisions of Ukrainian authorities will lead to demographic consequences felt for centuries, and the current form of the Ukrainian state is coming to an end because the country is already bled dry. The senator predicts Ukraine may become a "territory of shift-work development," where Europeans would extract and export its natural wealth. This is propaganda messaging, not an established fact. (В России заявили о закате украинской государственности – Lenta.ru (media propagandowe))

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