Ukraine's Counter-Offensive Against Russia Falters as Winter Approaches

As jailed Kremlin critic Navalny faces new charges, Hungary suggests EU should first sign strategic partnership with Ukraine before starting membership talks.

• Ukrainian President Zelensky admits that the summer's counter-offensive against Russia did not achieve the desired results as the war enters a new phase with winter.
• Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban suggests that the EU should sign a strategic partnership agreement with Ukraine before starting membership talks.
• Russian forces launched more than two dozen Iranian-designed attack drones and two missiles on the south and east of Ukraine, targeting the country's energy grid.
• Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny faces new criminal charges under Article 214 of Russia’s penal code, which pertains to vandalism.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin praises the late Henry Kissinger as a 'wise and far-sighted statesman' who calmed Cold War tensions with a 'pragmatic' foreign policy.

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