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Ukraine November 2026
Russia and Ukraine hold nearly 4 hours of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi (LINK) 9 November 2026
— U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the meeting "very productive" and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saod the session was "constructive and quite substantive".
Russia, Ukraine and US officials hold talks in Abu Dhabi: Zelenskyy claims Russia 'suffering record losses' as Trump says US seeing 'strong inclination' to end war in Ukraine (LINK) 10 November 2026
US-led peace talks for Russia and Ukraine tomorrow will look at security guarantees for both sides (LINK) 9 November 2026
— AP: For the first time since February, Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators are scheduled to hold talks on ending the full-scale war that is nearing the five-year mark, with security guarantees topping the agenda.
Hundreds of thousands left without power in Ukraine after Russian strikes, authorities say (LINK) 8 November 2026
— In the central Dnipropetrovsk region, "more than 600,000 residents of the region have been left without power," power company DTEK said on Telegram after a "night attack has damaged important energy facilities". In another strike, a Russian drone hit "a critical infrastructure facility" in the northeastern Kharkiv region, the mayor of Zlatopil city, Mykola Baksheyev, said on social media. "Nearly 250,000 customers in the Kharkiv region were left without power," Baksheyev said.
Europe to join U.S.-brokered Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, defying Kremlin objections (LINK) 8 November 2026
Blackouts and water shortages in Kyiv after Russia strikes Ukraine's energy grid: Moscow used 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles in attacks on electricity substations and bridge over the Dnipro (LINK) 7 November 2026
Russian Security Council calls for rapid deployment of Starlink rival satellites (LINK) 6 November 2026
Ukraine knocks out 15 Russian oil refineries, causing $23.2 billion in damage: officials (LINK) 5 November 2026
— Just 12 refineries are running at reduced capacity following the precision strikes, which wiped out nearly all of Moscow's oil sector income from 2025, Ukraine's Military Intelligence agency HUR estimated.
Finland court jails Russian captain and crew member over Baltic cable sabotage linking Helsinki and Tallinn in 2025 (LINK) 5 November 2026
Finland court jails Russian captain and crew member over Baltic cable sabotage linking Helsinki and Tallinn in 2025 (LINK) 5 November 2026
Survivor found three days after Zaporizhzhia bombing that killed 43 (LINK) 5 November 2026
— Ukraine's national police said the strikes included a 3-ton FAB glide bomb, a weapon that defence intelligence websites say carries around 1.4 tons of explosives. Russia's Defence Ministry said the attack targeted Ukrainian military units around Komyshuvakha and two other settlements, and that up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen were killed. Moscow and Kyiv both deny deliberately targeting civilians.
Russian bombing of Ukrainian aid center is one of the war's 'deadliest attacks,' Zelensky says: Russia dropped at least nine bombs on a school building in southeastern Ukraine where they had taken shelter
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— (LINK)Ukraine's corruption police tie senior security officials to major criminal ring: shielding a network of illegal businesses ranging from scam centres to drugs (LINK) 4 November 2026
— Reuters: Top employees of Ukraine's SBU security service, the National Police and the Prosecutor General's Office have taken bribes to protect the criminal ring, even helping to plan attacks and kidnappings, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) said.
SBU dismisses two senior officials after anti-graft agencies probe possible role in high-profile case — (LINK)
— In September, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) uncovered a scheme allegedly involving senior officials from the Prosecutor General's Office. The revelations brought down then-Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who subsequently fled the country.
Zelenskyy says 40 confirmed dead after 'insane' Russian attack on school in Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region on 2 November (LINK) 3s November 2026
Russian attack on Ukraine aid hub kills 29 as US announces new peace talks (LINK) 2 November 2026
Ukraine air raid app apparently hacked as users receive false radiation threat, Air Force says (LINK) 1 November 2026
Civilians in Ukraine's Kherson prepare for the return of war as localized ceasefire in Oleshky and surrounds ends (LINK) 1 November 2026
— AP: An estimated 2,000 civilians were in Oleshky when the temporary truce took hold. They were offered the choice of evacuating to territory controlled by Ukraine or Russia, or remaining in the city with replenished food and medical supplies. For the safety of those who have stayed, exact numbers weren't released after the evacuation.