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17 November 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron commented on a ten-year agreement with Ukraine and announced that new SAMP/T air-defense systems could potentially be deployed on Ukrainian territory as early as 2026.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed three models of financial support for Ukraine for the coming years, including a loan option backed by frozen Russian assets.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he hopes peace in Ukraine can be achieved by 2027, stressing the importance of maintaining strong support for Kyiv and continuing to exert pressure on Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed a reparations loan and the use of frozen Russian assets to finance a European defense assistance package for Ukraine.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don (Russia) has sentenced 31-year-old Ukrainian prisoner of war Anatolii Roslavtsev to 19 years in prison.
In Balakliia, Kharkiv region, a missile strike damaged 13 apartment buildings and 12 private homes, as well as a kindergarten.
In the port of Izmail, gas transfer equipment located on board a Turkish-flagged vessel caught fire following a nighttime Russian attack.
The consequences of Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russia's energy sector, oil infrastructure, and defense industry will become evident as early as next year.
Of the roughly 7 million Ukrainians currently abroad due to the full-scale war, 4.6 million have temporary protection status in EU countries.
The “magic bullet” for influencing Putin is military and financial support for Ukraine
Despite losses in manpower and equipment, Russian occupation forces continue to try to pressure Ukrainian forces in the south.
After the EU Temporary Protection Directive expires, Ukrainians who continue to need support can transition to national mechanisms.
Russian troops struck Nikopol with artillery. Two people were killed and others were wounded.
Ukraine's Defense Forces continue to restrain Russian troops in the southern direction, repel attacks, and carry out blocking actions in areas of the enemy's highest activity.
Last Saturday, Russians killed a 75-year-old Kherson resident in the Korabelny district of Kherson, bringing the death toll from the shelling of the Kherson region on November 15 to four.
The situation in the southern sector continues to worsen, with the number of attacks by Russian forces increasing both on the ground and in the air.
Russian troops are stepping up their efforts to advance in the Huliaypole direction and are trying to encircle Huliaypole from the east and north.
The Ukrainian military has shown images of the destruction wrought by Russian invaders in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region.
As a result of drone attacks during the night and on Monday morning, November 17, consumers in the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Odesa regions are without power; by the end of the day, hourly blackout schedules ranging from 1 to 4 stages will be in effect.
In Poland, an explosive device was planted on the Warsaw–Lublin railway line, destroying a section of the track. Damage to the railway was also recorded at another location near Lublin.
The number of people injured in the Russian missile strike on Balakliia in Kharkiv region has risen to 15, with three confirmed dead.
The number of people injured in the Russian missile strike on Balakliia in Kharkiv region has risen to 15, with three confirmed dead.
A 54-year-old woman was injured and an agricultural enterprise damaged as a result of Russian drone attacks on Chernihiv region. Two energy infrastructure facilities were hit, leaving part of the region without electricity.
Russian forces carried out a drone strike on the residential area of the settlement of Velykyi Burluk in Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region, killing one man and injuring another.
Reports from Russia say that the Veshkayma substation in Ulyanovsk region was attacked during the night of November 17.
From Sunday evening, Russia attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 128 drones, of which Ukrainian air defense forces neutralized 91.
Fires broke out at energy and port infrastructure facilities in Odesa region as a result of an attack by Russian drones, leaving one person injured.
As many as 216 combat engagements were recorded between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian occupiers on November 16.
The Russian army attacked the Pavlohrad and Nikopol districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight.
One person was killed and 11 others were injured as a result of Russian aggression in the Kherson region on November 16.