Ukraine and the European Union have agreed on steps to accelerate key reforms needed for EU membership, aiming to meet crucial benchmarks on democracy and the rule of law in the first half of 2027, EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos announced on Nov. 15. The agreement followed a meeting of the joint EU-Ukraine task force in Brussels, co-chaired by Kos and Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi, with Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk also participating. "We advanced on a concrete s

The announcement followed an attempted attack on Threod Systems, an Estonian company that manufactures reconnaissance and attack drones, in the early hours of Nov. 14.

The IIHF also confirmed that Canada will remain the tournament's host, with games scheduled for Dec. 26, 2026, through Jan. 5, 2027, in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta.

Key developments on Nov. 14-15 * Ukraine strikes Russian military airfield in Astrakhan Oblast, drone launch site in Oryol Oblast, General Staff says * Russia launches 'mass attack' on Odesa Oblast as strikes kill 4, injure 69 across Ukraine over past day * US floats NATO membership for Ukraine in exchange for Donbas withdrawal, Zelensky says * Starshield restrictions hamper Ukraine's ability to defend energy infrastructure from Russian drones, Zelensky says * Ukraine strikes major Russian

During his visit, Prince Harry attended wheelchair rugby competitions and met with Ukrainian participants, many of whom use adaptive sports as part of their recovery from war-related injuries.

Rayana joined the army voluntarily in 2024, becoming the first woman in the Chechen Sheikh Mansur Volunteer Battalion.

Inscriptions reading "Slava UPA" ("Glory to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army"), painted in red, appeared on two monuments in Warsaw, Polish broadcaster TVN24 reported on Nov. 14.

In Astrakhan Oblast, drones targeted the Akhtubinsk airfield, which hosts Russia's 929th State Flight Test Center, one of the country's main facilities for testing new military aircraft and weapons.

"Russian forces are targeting substations with Shahed drones. And many of these strikes get through precisely because speed restrictions remain in place for Starshield terminals along the front line and in temporarily occupied territories," Zelensky said

"Every day these plants are idle means fewer tires for the vehicles transporting ammunition to the front, fewer rubber parts for armored vehicles and aircraft, fewer raw materials for the missile industry, and less fuel for the Russian military," the General Staff said.

"The EU will keep disrupting Russia's shadow fleet at sea and through diplomatic means," Kaja Kallas said.

Russian forces launched 132 long-range attack drones at Ukraine overnight on Nov. 15, including 78 jet-powered drones, the Air Force said.

The number includes 2,230 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

The attack damaged two electrical substations in Taganrog, including one supplying power to railway infrastructure. A fire broke out at a substation in the city's Shubin district, while power lines between the Taganrog-Passenger and Mikhailovka railway stations were left without electricity.

The latest restrictions are part of a broader effort to limit Russian influence on digital platforms. In October, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council reported that another 39 channels spreading Russian propaganda had been blocked in Ukraine or removed from YouTube.

Speaking at the military port of Constanța on Nov. 14, Romanian Defense Minister Ștefan-Radu Oprea confirmed that Romanian authorities had been notified of the incident and that an investigation was underway.

"Our focus now is on facilitating direct engagement between Moscow and European partners and preparing the agenda for the next round of trilateral talks," Kushner said.

"She should be banned from all WTA-sanctioned tournaments... This is the only proportionate response to such behaviour. She is a disgrace to the Belarusian people," Latushka said.

"More than 6 billion forints' worth of cash, buried or otherwise concealed, was found and seized yesterday and today by the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office," Prime Minister Peter Magyar said.

According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Khimprom drug ring has already made inroads into Poland and is trying to enter Germany. Ukraine has intelligence on this, Zelensky said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed establishing a temporary “humanitarian mission” in the embattled eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka, which President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Nov. 13 could provide Russian forces with an opportunity to enter and occupy the city.

The General Staff reported a fire at the Samara linear production control station near the village of Prosvet in Samara Oblast, some 950 kilometers east of Ukraine-controlled territory, with several oil storage tanks on fire.

"If you impose restrictions there, you are already partially recognizing the temporarily occupied territories as not ours," Zelensky told journalists, referring to the existing ban on Ukraine using Starshield to target sites inside Russia, which has now been partially extended to Ukrainian territories occupied by Moscow.

"The Americans raised the question: 'What if Ukraine joins NATO? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?' This was the first time this issue had been raised," President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists.

In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian attacks killed three people, including a child, and injured 62 others, including eight children, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

Russian forces suffered 1,710 casualties over the past day.

"The October and November restrictions now raise the disturbing possibility that these vulnerabilities persist even within systems on which the U.S. government relies," Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Chris Coons wrote.

The grounding was the first nationwide flight stoppage since January 2023, when an FAA computer system malfunctioned. Before that, the last nationwide grounding followed the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

A U.S. official said that a trilateral meeting has been planned, but will focus on nuclear non-proliferation and the war in Iran.

Local authorities later on Nov. 13 reported that a rescue worker from the Cobra emergency service was killed when a concrete slab fell on him while he was clearing debris from a building damaged in the Russian attack.

The U.S. Air Force has maintained a presence at the base since 1948, as part of the longstanding military partnership between the United States and the United Kingdom.

"Today the leaders agreed that our European Team for the negotiations on peace in Ukraine is the European Union institutions and the E5 (countries) of the Coalition of the Willing," European Council President Antonio Costa said on Nov. 13.