Belarusian Volunteer Battalion officially joins Ukraine’s military.

6:59 AM

NATO-Ukraine Council convenes following Russia's use of Oreshnik missile.

The NATO-Ukraine Council convened at a meeting on Nov. 26 in response to Russia's use of the intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), "Oreshnik", the NATO alliance said in a news release.

6:06 AM

Turkey in talks with US over sanctions exemption for Russian natural gas payments.

Turkey is in talks with the United States in an effort to receive a sanctions waiver to further continue payments for Russian natural gas imports, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Nov. 25.

4:55 AM

Ukraine not opposed to exhumation of Volyn massacre victims on its territory, Foreign Ministry says.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said in a joint statement with Poland on Nov. 26 that there were "no obstacles" for Poland to conduct exhumation work on the victims of the Volyn massacre of World War II, amid previous tension over the matter with Warsaw.

3:55 AM

Russian attack on residential building, kindergarten in Sumy kills 2.

A Russian missile attack on Nov. 26 struck a residential building and kindergarten in the city of Sumy, leaving at least two people dead, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.

2:39 AM

Biden shifts policies to strengthen Ukraine ahead of potential peace talks, WP reports.

Many U.S. officials now acknowledge that Ukraine could be pushed into talks within months and might be forced to cede territory to end the war, the Washington Post (WP) reported on Nov. 26.

12:40 AM

Gazprom plans for end of gas transit via Ukraine after 2024, Reuters reports.

Kyiv has indicated it will not extend the transit deal, ending over 50 years of gas flows from Siberia to central Europe — a vital revenue stream for Russia since the Soviet era.

11:56 PM

US Air Force notes drone activity over military bases in UK, Reuters reports.

Unidentified drones have flown over three U.S. Air Force bases in the U.K. in the past week, U.S. officials said on Nov. 26.

10:57 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia launches record 188 drones against Ukraine overnight, Air Force says.

10:50 PM

Field report

Once liberated Kupiansk braces for worst as Russian troops approach, and future Western support looks uncertain

10:30 PM

Norway may increase aid to Ukraine to $2.7 billion in 2025.

After the Norwegian government met with parliament leaders, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said there is a proposal to increase support for Ukraine to at least 30 billion kroner ($2.7 billion) next year.

10:28 PM

War

'Honestly, go f**k yourself' — Ukrainians react to Joe Rogan’s rant on Ukraine

9:56 PM

Ukrainian MP from Zelensky's party nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize.

"It is my belief that Trump has made considerable contributions to world peace, and that he can make more in the future," Merezhko, an MP from Zelensky's Servant of the People party and chairman of the Ukrainian parliament's foreign affairs committee, wrote in his letter.

8:19 PM

Ukraine pushes back Russian troops from Kupiansk, military says.

The crowd-sourced monitoring website DeepState also reported on Nov. 26 that Ukrainian forces had completed clearing Kupiansk of Russian soldiers.

8:13 PM

Ukraine Reforms Tracker Weekly — Issue 2

7:56 PM

Abkhazia

Despite popular uprising, Kremlin's grip on occupied Abkhazia runs supreme

6:42 PM

Ukrainian energy giant says it's 'disappointed' by report on EBRD's refusal to fund it.

The statement is a response to an article published by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The newspaper reported on Nov. 24 that Odile Renaud-Basso, the president of the EBRD, had said the bank would not provide funds to DTEK due to its ownership by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov.

6:25 PM

Frozen Russian assets face uncertain future under Trump

6:06 PM

Opinion

Kuleba: Joe Rogan, let’s talk and set the record straight on Ukraine

5:22 PM

Russian Defense Ministry admits that Ukraine hit airbase in Kursk Oblast with ATACMS.

The Russian Defense Ministry's statement is the first public confirmation of the attacks by Moscow, following multiple reports of strikes after Washington permitted Ukraine to use its ATACMS missiles to strike against targets on Russian soil.

4:44 PM

Defense tech

Ukraine’s drones have a reputation for low cost. Buntar Aerospace wants to make them boutique

4:10 PM

EU's upcoming Russia sanctions to target North Korean officials, Chinese, Indian companies, Ukrainian official says.

The EU's 15th sanctions package will include 30 legal entities from eight countries and 50 individuals, the Ukrainian president’s commissioner for sanctions, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, said on Nov. 26.

3:40 PM

Supreme Court puts an end to oligarch Kolomoisky's appeal for restoring Privatbank ownership.

Ukraine's Supreme Court on Nov. 26 upheld earlier rulings on nationalizing Ukraine's largest bank and dismissed an appeal of its former owner Ihor Kolomoisky, ending a years-long case.

3:08 PM

Russian soldiers suspected of executing 5 Ukrainian POWs near Pokrovsk.

Russian forces apparently shot five unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) in Donetsk Oblast earlier this November, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Nov. 26, launching a war crime investigation.

3:02 PM

Opinion

Opinion: Russia is leveraging gold and working with China to bypass Western sanctions

2:28 PM

Russia confirms capture of UK national fighting for Ukraine.

The Russian Investigative Committee charged James Scott Rhys Anderson with "terrorism" and "mercenarism," following its long-standing practice of persecuting foreign volunteers that end up in Russian captivity.