Belgian FM: Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure are war crimes
Belgium strongly condemns the wave of Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, which must be clearly defined as war crimes.
15 November 2025
Belgium strongly condemns the wave of Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, which must be clearly defined as war crimes.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with key leaders in Ukraine's defense and security sector, during which he heard reports from intelligence agencies—the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine—on Russia's ability to continue the war and its plans for the coming months.
Russian troops shelled the Dnipropetrovsk region with FPV drones, guided aerial bombs, and artillery throughout the day, injuring five people.
As a result of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, the parties agreed to activate the Istanbul agreements and release 1,200 Ukrainian prisoners.
Russian military struck fishermen on the coast of the Dnipro River in the village of Bilenke Pershe, Zaporizhzhia district, with an FPV drone, killing one fisherman and injuring another.
The Verkhovna Rada's Human Rights Commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, has appealed to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross in connection with a new case of Russian military personnel shooting Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Russian troops shelled the village of Komyshany near Kherson, seriously injuring a local resident.
In Chernihiv region, energy workers have reduced the number of electricity consumers left without power after a Russian strike from 332,000 to 173,500.
Drones from the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) destroyed four launchers of the S-400 Triumf missile system and two radars in Novorossiysk.
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has confirmed that the European Union has begun work on a new package of sanctions against Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump called Russia’s war against Ukraine a “blood bath” and stressed that it must be stopped as soon as possible.
Ukraine’s membership in the European Union would have strategic significance, but the unresolved problem of corruption may slow the country’s progress toward European integration.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have struck the Ryazan Oil Refinery, a Nebo-U radar station, a military train, and several clusters of Russian personnel.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine have blown up the road from Selydove to Pokrovsk.
A strike by Russian forces has caused significant damage to a key energy infrastructure facility in the Nizhyn district, resulting in the loss of power to a large part of the Chernihiv region.
Six active-duty units of the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine received an aid package from an anonymous donor in the Netherlands.
Ukrainian units, due to the regrouping of combat formations, the change in the configuration of the line of contact, as well as the need to preserve the lives of service members, have been withdrawn from Novovasylivske to positions more favorable for defense.
A resident was killed in the Kherson region as a result of Russian shelling of Antonivka.
President Donald Trump has stated that he has achieved progress regarding Venezuela in the fight against narcotics amid speculation that the United States is preparing to strike targets in that country.
Two men were taken to a hospital after being injured in Russian shelling of the Korabelnyi district of Kherson.
Russia’s economy is growing ever more dependent on the export of energy resources and metals, most of which are sold to China.
Russian troops shelled Kherson, killing an 88-year-old woman and wounding a medical worker.
In Russia’s Orenburg, agents of the partisan movement ATESH and the Secret Organization of Ukrainians conducted a detailed reconnaissance of the Strela Production Association, which is a primary supplier of missile weaponry.
A man was killed in the village of Mykilske in the Kherson region as a result of Russian shelling.
Over the past 24 hours, 45 shellings and 134 explosions were recorded in the Chernihiv region.
Russians shelled nine settlements in the Kharkiv region in 24 hours; a man was injured in the shelling of Lozova.
Over the past 24 hours, Russians have injured two residents of the Donetsk region.
The death toll from the Russian attack on Kyiv on November 14 has increased to seven people.
Propagandists attempt to divert Western attention from Russia’s crimes in Kherson and Mykolaiv.
In Russia, the Ryazan oil refinery has been attacked and will suspend operations.