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30 November 2025
Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko and Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Heiko Thoms discussed the Ukrainian government’s steps to update the management of state-owned enterprises in the energy and defense sectors.
In the Nikopol district, a 32-year-old man was wounded as a result of Russian shelling, and an agricultural enterprise, private houses, infrastructure, and transport were damaged.
Seven civilians were injured as a result of enemy shelling in Kherson on November 30.
In Mykolaiv, a fire was extinguished in an agricultural warehouse that broke out after an attack by Russian drones.
Private houses were damaged as a result of a Russian strike on the Sumy community.
Russian invaders attacked Vyshhorod in the Kyiv region with Shahed drones carrying cluster munitions.
Russian troops struck a car in Kherson with a drone, injuring a man.
Parts of the city of Sumy are without electricity following Russian attacks, and scheduled outages remain in effect.
The Turkish government has expressed concern over the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) drone strikes on two oil tankers belonging to Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Black Sea.
In Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, rescuers continue clearing debris and inspecting the area where a Russian drone struck an apartment building.
Nearly 70 combat engagements were recorded in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past day.
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and Russian state media are actively pushing a false narrative that the "frontline in Ukraine will imminently collapse," despite the fact that this does not reflect the real situation on the battlefield.
Russian forces continue assault operations, but they have not entered Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia region and were stopped on the approaches to the settlement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with Finnish President Alexander Stubb diplomatic prospects ahead of negotiations with partners in the U.S. and Europe.
Russia is intensifying its policy of russification of population in the territories it has seized, and plans for 95% of the country’s residents to identify as “Russian” by 2036.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oksana Markarova as his Advisor on Rebuilding and Investments.
Russian forces attacked a car with a drone near the settlement of Kozacha Lopan in Kharkiv region, injuring the driver and the passenger.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has urged Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin to abandon the idea of recreating the Soviet empire and to take seriously the American peace proposal, which has been refined jointly with European partners.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed two decrees enacting decisions of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to synchronize sanctions with the United States and impose restrictions on individuals and legal entities involved in the production and operation of various types of Russian drones.
Russian forces are attempting to advance in and around Vovchansk, taking advantage of current weather conditions.
Over the past day, Russian forces carried out 42 strikes on Chernihiv region, with 85 explosions recorded; an enterprise and fertilizer storage tanks were damaged.
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This week, the Russian Federation launched 66 missiles, nearly 1,400 strike drones, and 1,100 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine.
In the Mykolaiv region, the Russian army attacked the Ochakiv and Kutsurub communities eight times with FPV drones over the past day, damaging a house.
In the village of Ploske, Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, a Russian drone attack caused fires and injured a man.
At around 6:30 a.m. in Kherson, Russian troops from the temporarily occupied left bank shelled the Dnipro district, damaging a municipal enterprise.
Defense forces neutralized 104 drones used by the Russian Federation to attack Ukraine since last night. Ballistic missiles and a number of strike UAVs were recorded hitting 13 locations.
In the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation, drones attacked the Sloviansk oil refinery.
Two people were killed and seven wounded in the Kherson region yesterday as a result of Russian aggression.
Agents of the ATESH guerrilla movement burned a military electric locomotive on railway tracks in Briansk, Russian Federation.