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Nuclear deal and border tension in November 2021
Summary
A look back at three reported developments from mid-to-late November 2021, spanning Ukrainian energy, an investigation and Estonia's border precautions.
What was shaping Ukraine and its neighbours on 23 November 2021? Looking back, the days around that date brought a mix of energy planning, investigative reporting and border precautions.
On 22 November 2021, the state company Energoatom and the US electrical company Westinghouse Electric signed an agreement to build two new nuclear power units at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant. The deal concerned new generating capacity at an existing Ukrainian site.
A few days earlier, on 17 November 2021, Bellingcat and The Insider published the first part of their own investigation into the Wagnergate affair.
The same day, Estonia summoned 1,700 reservists for a snap drill. The exercise included installing a 40-kilometre razor wire barrier along the border with Russia, as the migrant crisis involving Belarus and the European Union intensified.
Why it matters
The three items point in different directions. One was a commercial and energy agreement involving a US company. One was an investigation published in parts. One was a practical security measure on the border of an EU member state. Together they show how varied the regional agenda was in the second half of November 2021.
