War update: 156 clashes on front lines in past 24 hours, one-third in Pokrovsk sector
On November 25, Ukrainian forces engaged in 156 combat clashes with Russian invaders.
26 November 2025
On November 25, Ukrainian forces engaged in 156 combat clashes with Russian invaders.
Russia suffered approximately 1,168,550 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and November 26, 2025, with 980 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Electricity usage will be restricted across all regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, November 26, with outage schedules for all consumers in effect from 00:00 to 23:59.
25 November 2025
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko discussed Ukraine's economic security and the protection of its critical infrastructure with NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Sekerinska.
The number of civilian casualties in Kyiv resulting from Russian attacks in just the first ten months of this year was nearly four times higher than in all of 2024.
The United States has agreed to strengthen security guarantees for Ukraine, while issues of territorial concessions, by mutual agreement, will be discussed face-to-face between Presidents Trump and Zelensky.
Emergency rescue operations have been completed in the capital after nighttime and morning shelling by the Russians.
A photograph by Ukrinform photojournalist Dmytro Smolienko, taken in Zaporizhzhia region, has been included in Time magazine’s list of the 100 best photos of 2025.
In the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, a Russian missile attack destroyed some warehouses and production facilities of the Textile-Contact Group of Companies.
As a result of a missile strike by Russian troops on the night of November 25, the logistics center of the Novus supermarket chain was damaged.
In Kyiv region, the overnight Russian attack on November 25 caused damage in four districts, leaving eight people injured.
In Kyiv, seven people have now been confirmed dead following Russia's overnight attack – the body of a man was pulled from the rubble. Twenty people are reported injured.
Last night, fighters from the SSU's Alpha Special Operations Center, together with the Security and Defense Forces, used long-range drones to strike a number of military and logistical facilities at the Novorossiysk seaport, including a large Russian landing ship.
During the night of November 25, Russian forces launched a combined strike on Ukraine's critical infrastructure using attack UAVs and air, sea, and ground-launched missiles. As of 10:00, Ukraine's air defense had shot down/suppressed 452 enemy aerial targets.
Defense Forces of Ukraine, using Bars strike UAVs and Neptune cruise missiles, carried out successful strikes on several Russian strategic sites.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha called Russia's nighttime air strike a terrorist response to the peace proposals of the United States and President Donald Trump.
During the night of November 24–25 and into the morning, Russia carried out a large-scale missile and drone attack on energy facilities in several regions, leaving consumers without electricity in the Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kyiv regions and the city of Kyiv.
Four people were injured in the Kyiv region as a result of the Russian attack on November 25.
In the Kyiv region, the consequences of the night air attack by Russian troops were detected in three districts.
Six people were killed and 13 injured, including one child, as a result of a massive Russian attack in Kyiv. Eighteen people were rescued, and 57 received psychological support.
On November 24, a total of 183 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
Preliminary reports indicate that four people were killed in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district as a result of a Russian attack.
The total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 up to November 26, 2025 amount to approximately 1,167,570 personnel, including 1,120 killed over the past day.
As a result of a massive air attack by Russian forces on Kyiv, two people were killed and six others injured.
Russian forces have once again carried out a massive combined attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
During a massive air attack by Russian forces on Kyiv, debris fell on residential buildings, triggering fires. One person was killed and seven others injured.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has notified four commanders of the Russian Armed Forces in absentia of suspicion for organizing a missile strike on a children’s playground in Kryvyi Rih.
24 November 2025
Volodymyr Zelensky stated that after the negotiations in Geneva between Ukraine and the US, there are fewer points in the “peace plan.” At the same time, he called on citizens to respond to air raid sirens in the near future.
In Ternopil, investigators together with forensic experts and canine units are searching for the remains of people missing after a Russian attack, combing through the rubble of destroyed buildings.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 125 of the 162 drones which the Russians used to attack Ukraine on the evening of November 23.