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Tuesday, 30 December 2025, 10:27
16 November 2025
On Sunday, November 16, there were 195 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders, with more than a third of them in the Pokrovsk sector.
Ukraine’s national football team head coach Serhii Rebrov answered journalists’ questions after the 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Iceland (2:0), which secured the “blue-and-yellow” a place in the playoff round.
More than 236,000 buildings in Ukraine have been destroyed or damaged during the war, and over 2.5 million housing units in total have become unavailable because of the armed conflict — roughly 10% of the country’s entire housing stock.
In Kherson’s Dniprovskyi district, a Russian drone attacked a pedestrian — the man has been hospitalized with injuries.
Ukrainian forces have stopped an attempt by Russian troops to break through to Novopavlivka in Donetsk region.
On Sunday, six people were injured in Kharkiv region as a result of Russian attacks.
The Ukrainian national football team played its sixth match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Near Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Russian drone operators are increasingly striking their own assault units. At the tactical level, friendly fire has become a common occurrence, happening not only at night but also during the daytime.
Russian forces shelled Bilozerka in Kherson region.
Pope Leo XIV expressed condolences over the deaths of people in Ukraine as a result of recent Russian attacks.
Throughout the day, Russian forces attacked Dnipropetrovsk region with glide bombs heavy artillery, drones, and FPV drones. Six people were injured.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the Hellenic Parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis discussed ways to achieve real peace for Ukraine and the necessary pressure that China and the United States could exert on Russia to end the war.
Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha has urged partners to shift from the approach of supporting Ukraine “for as long as it takes” to supporting it “as strong as it gets.”
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has seen that fear of nuclear escalation restrained support for Ukraine under U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and he has now pulled out the “nuclear card” again to test whether the current U.S. President Donald Trump will yield.
Naftogaz of Ukraine and the Greek state company DEPA Commercial have signed a Letter of Intent on the supply of natural gas to Ukraine during the winter period, as part of the meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Kyriakos Mitsotakis issued a joint statement confirming their commitment to countering Russian aggression and outlining the development of bilateral relations in various areas.
On November 15, the Defense Forces conducted a search and destruction of Russian invaders on the territory of 26.6 km² of the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region.
The Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the shooting of three Ukrainian prisoners of war by the enemy in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
Defense forces control most of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, and Russian groups in the northern parts of the city are cut off from ground supplies.
The possibility of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Budapest is real, but no significant results should be expected from it—Russia simply wants to stall for time by continuing the war.
In Kherson, a Russian drone attacked a civilian car.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that gas imports from Greece will begin in January next year.
Power supply has been restored in the Sumy community after it was cut off following a nighttime attack by Russian drones.
A man was killed by a drone strike in the Mykolaivka community in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Russian troops attacked the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv using a Molniya-type drone.
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has been recording capital outflows from the banking system for five consecutive months.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has begun his visit to Greece.
In the Kherson region, Russian forces shelled apartment buildings, power lines, a minibus, and a police service vehicle over the past day.
Units of the Defence Forces struck facilities of the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara region and a storage site for UAVs belonging to the Russian Rubikon unit in the occupied Donetsk region.