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After days of dispute over withheld Patriot missiles, Zelensky speaks of a “substantive conversation” with US Secretary of State Rubio. At the same time, he is campaigning in Oslo for new negotiations.
Zelensky, Stubb and Støre meet US envoys Witkoff and Kushner today. On the table: Patriot missiles, strikes on energy sites and who pressures whom.
In the Ternopil region, three energy facilities and private households were hit in the night to Tuesday. By 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning, no casualties had been reported.
The Ukrainian president accuses US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth of refusing to release already-paid-for interceptor missiles. Trump responds with sharp criticism of Zelensky.
Russian missile and drone attacks on the Kyiv region killed four people and injured 27 others within a day, including children. The Bucha, Obukhiv and Vyshhorod districts were affected.
After the Russian missile attack on Kyiv, trains on the red metro line are running again between Akademmistechko and Lisova. Chernihivska station remains closed indefinitely.
Zelensky says Washington is holding back interceptors that allies already paid for, and links it to pressure over strikes on Russian diesel. What is confirmed, and what is not.
A Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv on Sunday evening killed a 21-year-old woman. On Monday morning a jet drone flew towards Lviv.
US President Trump has defended the suspension of the sanctions package against Russia, citing negotiations. Criticism is growing within his own party, and Kyiv accuses him of rewarding Putin.
Russian forces hit private houses in Dnipro overnight into Monday. An 84-year-old woman was injured, and people may still be trapped under the rubble.
Ukraine will award children abroad a certificate for speaking Ukrainian and joining community life. It brings no privileges, and diaspora critics question who decides.
Since Donald Trump announced an energy truce a week ago, Russia has attacked Ukrainian energy and oil/gas facilities 76 times, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. There were deaths and injuries in the night to Sunday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denies that the White House ordered a slowdown of Starlink. Ukraine has no access to the military Starshield system, he says.
Russian troops launched a massive attack on Rivne and its surroundings on the night of Sunday. According to regional governor Oleksandr Koval, several civilian infrastructure facilities burned.
A Russian drone attack on the Poltava region has killed one person and injured four others. According to the regional governor, several private houses were also damaged.
A 27-year-old woman has been killed in a Russian attack on an apartment building in Zaporizhzhia. According to the regional administration, information on further casualties is still being clarified.
The Ukrainian president has described Donald Trump's suspension of the Graham Act as a 'sanctions blackout' and called for new means of pressure on Moscow. Russia had previously attacked more than 15 energy facilities in Ukraine.
Six people were injured in one of the heaviest Russian air strikes on the Vinnytsia region since the start of the war in the night to Saturday. The city of Vinnytsia was temporarily completely without power.
In the night to Saturday, Russia attacked Ukraine with ballistic and cruise missiles and 332 drones. According to preliminary figures, air defence destroyed 293 targets, with hits recorded at 22 locations.
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk expects an expansion of sabotage and provocations against Poland and the Baltics before Christmas. Railway lines and energy transit routes to Ukraine are said to be particularly at risk.
According to the civil defence service, 15 people were injured in a Russian rocket attack on Kharkiv, including three children. Previously, ten injured people had been reported.
US President Donald Trump has frozen by decree the tariffs and sanctions against Russia provided for in the Lindsey Graham Act – two days before the congressional deadline expires.
Since 14 October, Starshield for Ukrainian drones has been capped at 160 km/h. Musk points to Washington, Washington to a glitch, Reuters to the White House.
After new Russian drone attacks, 370,000 people in western Ukraine are without power. According to the governor, Volyn region on the border with Poland is mainly affected.
Backing for Zelensky but no funding decision: what the EU summit settled on sanctions, frozen Russian assets and the 2027 gap – and what it left open.
Satellite images show a new facility for jet-powered attack drones in the Rostov region, only 3.5 kilometres from Millerovo military airfield. More than 100 drones could launch from there every day.
After a massive Russian drone attack on energy facilities, grid operator Ukrenerho reported new power cuts in Kyiv and eight regions on Friday morning. In some areas, emergency plans for industry apply until the end of the day.
According to The Atlantic, Operation M&Ms with AI-guided drones is to directly attack Russian airports. So far Kyiv has only blocked the airspace without bombarding the airports themselves.
Russian forces attacked the Zaporizhzhia region 669 times in one day, reports the co-chair of the regional defence council, Ivan Fedorov. There are 78 reports of damage.
After a three-day pause, Ukraine has again attacked Russian refineries. Overnight into Thursday, a fire broke out in Ryazan, and a military airfield is also said to have been hit.
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia launched more than 850 Shahed drones at Ukraine between Wednesday and Thursday morning. Six people died in attacks in Kropyvnytskyi and the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Zelenskyy says “the block is out”. After the Trump-Putin diesel deal, Kyiv will hit Russian refineries again, and EU leaders disagree on what to make of it.
Nearly 360 Russian drones struck the Kirovohrad region overnight into Thursday. Three people died in Kropyvnytskyi, six were injured.
Two more accession clusters are open, yet the fight over a near-€2 trillion EU budget could slow the timetable for clusters 4 and 5 before December.
Stop hitting refineries or lose intelligence and PURL: what is known about the US threat, how it links to the Russian diesel licence, and what could happen next.
Russia attacked energy facilities in Kyiv, the Kyiv region and Kharkiv overnight into Wednesday. According to President Zelenskyy, people are without electricity and larger outages are possible.
During a massive Russian attack overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine's air defence intercepted 119 targets according to preliminary figures. The main targets were Kyiv and the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, with many missiles aimed at energy facilities.
A logistics centre of the Ukrainian retail chain Epizentr in Khmelnytskyi was attacked ten times by Russian forces on Tuesday. According to the company in a Facebook post reported by Ukrinform, the fire destroyed around 85 per cent of the goods.
During a night-time attack with ballistic missiles on Kyiv, two people were killed and 21 injured.
Zelensky says partners gave no warning before five ballistic missiles hit Kyiv. Foreign Minister Sybiha says US intelligence sharing continues.