Hello, this is Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,351 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukraine's 425th Separate Assault Regiment raised a Ukrainian flag over the city council building in Pokrovsk, the brigade said on Nov. 5. The brigade released a video detailing the operation, showing what it said were two Ukrainian assault groups advancing and entering Pokrovsk at night. The video shows a military vehicle being hit by a Russian drone during th

Russian troops reportedly struck on Nov. 3 two unarmed civilians with an FPV drone near the village of Kruhliakivka in the Kupiansk district, according to the video footage provided by Ukraine's 77th Airmobile Brigade.

Zelensky visited a command post of the 1st corps, which is conducting a defensive operation in Dobropillia sector together with adjacent units.

In October, Russia significantly increased its use of guided aerial bombs (KAB) against Ukraine, dropping over 5,328 munitions on Ukrainian military positions and cities near the front line.

Trains that ran to Kramatorsk will now have their final destination in the city of Husarivka in Kharkiv Oblast.

The Ukrainian military said it hit a Lukoil oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod and the Sterlitamak petrochemical plant in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Kostiantyn Huzenko, 28, a Kyiv photographer who documented the war and enlisted the 35th Marine Brigade in April 2024, was killed Nov. 1 in a Russian strike in eastern Ukraine, the media outlet Ukrainer reported. Just over two years after the full-scale invasion began, Huzenko joined the communications department of the 35th Marine Brigade, where he served as a photographer and press officer until his death. "What I want most is for us to survive — to survive as Ukrainians," Huzenko said in an

An investigation has been opened after a Russian missile strike on Ukrainian soldiers base in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Nov. 1, the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reported on Nov. 3.

Editor’s note: The names of those coming from Russian-occupied territories have been changed for security reasons. On the Ukraine-Belarus border, the wind cuts to the bone. Olena, a retiree from the Russian-occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has just crossed the Volyn humanitarian corridor after nearly four years of living in fear. Dressed in the thickest, warmest overcoat she owns, Olena is still shivering from the cold. Yet she still vividly recalls the summer heat and drought in her nati

According to Reuters' industry sources, the shift marks a notable change for Turkey — one of the main buyers of Russian oil, alongside India and China.

Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in Russian missile and drone strikes on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the Ukrainian military said on Nov. 2.

"Hypothetically speaking, (a meeting) is possible, but at this point there is no need for it," Peskov told the Russian state news agency TASS.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia targeted Ukraine overnight with two Iskander M ballistic missiles and 79 attack drones, including around 50 Shahed-type drones, as well as Gerbera and decoy drones.

Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said on Nov. 2 that the strike would have "long-term consequences" for Russia.

The accident at the power plant in the city of Shchastia in Luhansk Oblast reportedly led to the shutdown of boiler rooms and pumping stations.