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16 November 2025
Ukraine’s national football team head coach Serhii Rebrov answered journalists’ questions after the 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Iceland (2:0), which secured the “blue-and-yellow” a place in the playoff round.
More than 236,000 buildings in Ukraine have been destroyed or damaged during the war, and over 2.5 million housing units in total have become unavailable because of the armed conflict — roughly 10% of the country’s entire housing stock.
Ukrainian forces have stopped an attempt by Russian troops to break through to Novopavlivka in Donetsk region.
On Sunday, six people were injured in Kharkiv region as a result of Russian attacks.
The Ukrainian national football team played its sixth match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Pope Leo XIV expressed condolences over the deaths of people in Ukraine as a result of recent Russian attacks.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the Hellenic Parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis discussed ways to achieve real peace for Ukraine and the necessary pressure that China and the United States could exert on Russia to end the war.
Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha has urged partners to shift from the approach of supporting Ukraine “for as long as it takes” to supporting it “as strong as it gets.”
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has seen that fear of nuclear escalation restrained support for Ukraine under U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and he has now pulled out the “nuclear card” again to test whether the current U.S. President Donald Trump will yield.
Naftogaz of Ukraine and the Greek state company DEPA Commercial have signed a Letter of Intent on the supply of natural gas to Ukraine during the winter period, as part of the meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Kyriakos Mitsotakis issued a joint statement confirming their commitment to countering Russian aggression and outlining the development of bilateral relations in various areas.
On November 15, the Defense Forces conducted a search and destruction of Russian invaders on the territory of 26.6 km² of the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region.
The Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the shooting of three Ukrainian prisoners of war by the enemy in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
Defense forces control most of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, and Russian groups in the northern parts of the city are cut off from ground supplies.
The possibility of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Budapest is real, but no significant results should be expected from it—Russia simply wants to stall for time by continuing the war.
Power supply has been restored in the Sumy community after it was cut off following a nighttime attack by Russian drones.
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has been recording capital outflows from the banking system for five consecutive months.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has begun his visit to Greece.
In the Kherson region, Russian forces shelled apartment buildings, power lines, a minibus, and a police service vehicle over the past day.
Units of the Defence Forces struck facilities of the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara region and a storage site for UAVs belonging to the Russian Rubikon unit in the occupied Donetsk region.
Units of the Defence Forces struck facilities of the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara region and a storage site for UAVs belonging to the Russian Rubikon unit in the occupied Donetsk region.
Russia launched about 1,000 strike drones, nearly 980 guided aerial bombs, and 36 missiles of various types against Ukraine in one week.
Russia launched about 1,000 strike drones, nearly 980 guided aerial bombs, and 36 missiles of various types against Ukraine in one week.
Rescuers extinguished a large-scale fire in a residential area in the Sumy region that had been shelled by Russian troops.
In the Kherson region, Russian invaders struck private, transport, and social infrastructure over the course of 24 hours. Two people were killed and eight more were injured.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 139 Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones out of 176 launched by Russia against Ukraine on the evening of November 15.
A total of 176 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defence Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line over the past day, November 15.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced new agreements with partners, in particular regarding gas supplies to Ukraine to compensate for losses in Ukrainian production due to Russian strikes.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to November 16, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,158,260 people, including 860 people over the past day.
In Ukraine, in October 2025, the number of participants in the non-bank financial market decreased by four companies to 787 institutions; the number of banks remained unchanged at 60.