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NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska has arrived in Kyiv, where she met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha to discuss ways to increase contributions to the PURL initiative and Ukraine’s priority needs.
A fire station in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, was damaged due to Russian shelling.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree enacting the National Security and Defense Council’s decision to impose sanctions on 56 maritime vessels that illegally entered Ukrainian ports temporarily occupied by Russia and exported Ukrainian agricultural products between 2022 and 2025.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow has received a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine through unofficial channels, which allegedly consists of 28 points.
President Volodymyr Zelensky coordinated next steps with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ahead of the planned November 25 meeting of the Coalition of the Willing.
On November 25, a balcony on the third floor collapsed in the Prymorskyi district of Odesa, with two women on it.
Russian forces have carried out strikes on Sloviansk in Donetsk region, injuring two civilians and hitting several educational institutions.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine is conducting more than ten criminal proceedings regarding possible abuses in the construction of fortifications, including the case of the fortifications in the Donetsk region constructed by the Poltava Regional Military Administration.
Head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Semen Kryvonos believes that additional suspicions will be announced as part of the investigation into the so-called “Midas” case, which concerns corruption in the energy sector.
In the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, a Russian missile attack destroyed some warehouses and production facilities of the Textile-Contact Group of Companies.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a conversation with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, coordinated positions in detail regarding peace efforts.
As a result of a missile strike by Russian troops on the night of November 25, the logistics center of the Novus supermarket chain was damaged.
In Kyiv region, the overnight Russian attack on November 25 caused damage in four districts, leaving eight people injured.
In the Chernihiv region, large-scale fires broke out at infrastructure facilities as a result of Russian drone strikes on the night of November 25.
Russian Telegram channels are spreading a fake claim that Russian troops are allegedly cleansing the central part of the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region. Such false reports are aimed at demoralizing the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer coordinated their positions and priority issues for discussion ahead of the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, as well as some next steps and contacts.
Defense forces are preventing Russian invaders from blocking land communications between Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk.
In Kyiv, seven people have now been confirmed dead following Russia's overnight attack – the body of a man was pulled from the rubble. Twenty people are reported injured.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas stated that Russia's return to the G8 format "definitely not" happening.
An 11-year-old boy was injured in the village of Bilozerka in the Kherson region as a result of shelling.
The Ukrainian authorities expect arrangements for President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the United States in order to finalize the last stages and reach an agreement on a peace deal with US President Donald Trump.
Last night, fighters from the SSU's Alpha Special Operations Center, together with the Security and Defense Forces, used long-range drones to strike a number of military and logistical facilities at the Novorossiysk seaport, including a large Russian landing ship.
The US peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine was narrowed down from 28 to 19 points as a result of negotiations in Geneva.
During the night of November 25, Russian forces launched a combined strike on Ukraine's critical infrastructure using attack UAVs and air, sea, and ground-launched missiles. As of 10:00, Ukraine's air defense had shot down/suppressed 452 enemy aerial targets.
A civilian was wounded in Kherson as a result of shelling in the Dnipro district.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha will participate in a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, which will take place on Wednesday, November 26, where the peace plan for Ukraine will be discussed.
In Odesa, 20,300 consumers in the Prymorskyi and Peresypskyi districts remain without electricity.
Defense Forces of Ukraine, using Bars strike UAVs and Neptune cruise missiles, carried out successful strikes on several Russian strategic sites.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha called Russia's nighttime air strike a terrorist response to the peace proposals of the United States and President Donald Trump.