War update: 247 clashes on front line, Defense Forces stop 59 Russian assaults in Pokrovsk sector
Yesterday, on November 27, 247 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and the Russian invaders were recorded on the frontline.
28 November 2025
Yesterday, on November 27, 247 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and the Russian invaders were recorded on the frontline.
Pressure for Ukraine to surrender hasn’t worked out
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to November 28, 2025, amount to approximately 1,170,790 people, including 1,100 people in the previous day.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will under no circumstances sign a document that would require Ukraine to relinquish any part of its sovereign territory.
The International Atomic Energy Agency sent additional experts to the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant this week to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the condition of the New Safe Confinement, which was damaged during a Russian drone strike in February 2025.
The Kherson region police are investigating the shooting of two men by Russians in July 2022 in the village of Novopetrivka.
In the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, Russian troops attacked a 70-year-old man in his own yard with a drone, injuring him.
As many as 238 Ukrainian artists and 119 media workers, including foreigners, have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
27 November 2025
Russia is not seeking territory but the subjugation of Ukraine. Therefore, strengthening defense is the main task for both Ukraine and its partners, as outcomes in diplomacy depend on strength on the battlefield.
Ukraine will have around 5-6 million veterans and members of their families after the war ends, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Telegram.
At the end of the week, the Ukrainian and U.S. delegations will continue working on aligning the points developed after meetings in Geneva in order to move toward peace and security guarantees.
In the Huliaipole sector, Russian forces executed five Ukrainian defenders who had been taken prisoner and were unable to resist.
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said that negotiations on a peace plan for Ukraine are progressing at a rapid pace and that continued support for Ukraine is essential.
French President Emmanuel Macron, during his visit to China in early December, will ask Xi Jinping to influence Russia in order to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Increasing international pressure on Russia remains an effective mechanism for securing new exchanges, including a potential “all-for-all” exchange.
A Ukrainian national suspected of coordinating the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline has now been transferred to Germany.
Upholding international law is the only viable path to ending the Russian-Ukrainian war and preventing future conflicts. Otherwise, the entire global security architecture risks collapsing, which would plunge the world into chaos. Therefore, pressure on international organizations must be intensified.
Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President, stated that by the end of this week, the Ukrainian and American delegations will continue their joint work.
Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding back the Russians in Pokrovsk from further advances, with fighting continuing along the entire railway line.
The European Parliament has called on the European Union to take a leading role in shaping a future peace agreement for Ukraine, ensuring long-term security guarantees, a reparations mechanism based on frozen Russian assets, and full respect for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The former owners failed to pay PrivatBank more than $3 billion by the deadline set by the English court, so the bank will seek to enforce the judgment in multiple jurisdictions.
The Council of Europe (CoE) stands ready to play a key role in implementing any future peace agreement for Ukraine, according to Secretary General Alain Berset.
Ukraine is seeing attempts by certain countries to remove Russian oligarchs from the European Union's sanctions lists and will work to prevent this.
Two people were injured and property was damaged in a Russian drone strike on Thursday morning in the village of Motuzivka.
A 12-year-old girl who was injured in the Russian attack on Ternopil on November 19 has died in hospital.
A total of 213 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line over the past day, November 26.
During the night of November 27, the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara region came under attack again.
Two older people were injured in Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region yesterday, November 26.
The total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 up to November 27, 2025 amount to approximately 1,169,690 personnel, including 1,140 killed over the past day.
The foreign ministers of the EU countries, during an informal videoconference on Wednesday, discussed strengthening pressure on Russia and increasing assistance to Ukraine, emphasizing that the first step toward ending the war must be an immediate ceasefire.