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26 November 2025
Germany will not reduce its support for Ukraine; it is increasing military assistance and immediately providing €170 million in winter aid, aiming to show, among other things, to Putin that he will not succeed in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck a factory producing navigation equipment for cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as drones, in Russia’s Chuvashia.
In southern Ukraine, the situation remains tense but under control by Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
Russian officials are attempting to exploit the lack of clarity about the outcome of the August 2025 US-Russian Alaska summit to conceal the Kremlin’s continued unwillingness to compromise and its commitment to its maximalist demands.
A letter from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán regarding the blocking of financial assistance to Ukraine does not create new risks. Ukraine and the European Union continue to work on aligning their decision on funding.
The United Nations is finding it increasingly difficult to help resolve conflicts, given the fragmentation of the international community and the more complex nature of armed conflicts.
In the Lyman district of the Donetsk region, operators of the unmanned systems battalion of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade “Steel Lions” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian Solntsepyok multiple rocket launcher.
In the Lyman district of the Donetsk region, operators of the unmanned systems battalion of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade “Steel Lions” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian Solntsepyok multiple rocket launcher.
The British documentary Hell Jumper on BBC Two about the Russia-Ukraine war won the International Emmy Award for Best Documentary.
A Russian drone struck the campus of Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU), damaging dormitories and academic buildings.
In Ternopil, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, together with the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, as well as bishops of the UGCC and the Roman Catholic Church, met with residents of buildings destroyed by the Russian attack and held memorial services for the deceased.
In Ternopil, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, together with the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, as well as bishops of the UGCC and the Roman Catholic Church, met with residents of buildings destroyed by the Russian attack and held memorial services for the deceased.
As of the morning of November 26, due to enemy attacks on energy facilities in several regions, emergency power outages have been implemented in the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Poltava regions. Across all regions of Ukraine, hourly outages of 0.5 to 2.5 groups will be in effect.
The situation in the Huliaipole sector of the front is difficult, but Ukraine’s defenders are not encircled, logistics are functioning, and evacuation of the wounded is underway.
The essential priorities for the European Union on the path toward achieving a just and lasting peace include security guarantees for Ukraine without limitations on its military, unconditional respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as ensuring the financial stability of the Ukrainian state in 2026–2027, particularly through the use of Russian assets.
Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže has arrived in Kyiv on an official visit.
The situation around Huliaipole, heading south, remains very tense. Russian troops are increasing the number of assaults, trying to capture settlements and cut off an essential logistics route.
Work to eliminate the consequences of a massive Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia on the night of November 26 has been completed.
Work to eliminate the consequences of a massive Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia on the night of November 26 has been completed.
Work to eliminate the consequences of a massive Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia on the night of November 26 has been completed.
The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained a 16-year-old Russian agent who carried out a double terrorist attack in Dnipro on November 23.
Air defense Forces destroyed 72 out of 90 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine since the evening of November 25.
On November 25, Ukrainian forces engaged in 156 combat clashes with Russian invaders.
U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that he is ready to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin only once a final peace agreement has been reached between the parties, or when the process is in its final stages.
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.
U.S. Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff advised Yury Ushakov, a top foreign policy aide to Russia's leader, on how Moscow should present its proposals for ending the war against Ukraine to U.S. President Donald Trump in a way that would ensure a favorable response.
The Coalition of the Willing supports efforts to establish a lasting peace in Ukraine, backed up by robust security guarantees that are to be developed in the near future.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to agree to a U.S.-backed peace plan.
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.