Russian ship fires lasers at British war plane & Trump 'in secret consultation' with Kremlin over Ukraine

Day 1,364.


Today, as Ukraine confirms the latest use of US ATACMS missiles
inside Russia and Britain tracks a Russian spy ship in UK waters,
we examine growing pressure on President Zelensky to dismiss a
senior official over the widening nuclear-energy corruption
scandal – with Andriy Yermak increasingly in the spotlight. We
also report on allegations that a former British civil servant
committed war crimes in Ukraine, and discuss why Spain is
attempting to return to Donald Trump’s good graces with a new €1
billion purchase of U.S. weapons for Ukraine. Later, we speak
with the Foreign Minister of Czechia, who says he expects
imminent movement on efforts to unlock frozen Russian state
assets. 


Contributors


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls
on X.


Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.


With thanks to Jan Lipavský, Foreign Minister of Czechia.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


British ex-civil servant accused of Ukraine war crimes (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/19/british-ex-civil-servant-graham-phillips-ukraine-war-crimes/ 


Russian spy ship fires lasers to blind RAF pilots (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/19/russian-spy-blinds-military-pilots-spy-ship-lasers/ 


Scoop: U.S. secretly drafting new plan to end Ukraine war
(Axios):


https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff 


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