European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Nov. 22 that the bloc has disbursed another 2.5 billion euros for Ukraine's reconstruction.
Accordfing to the official, the EU plans to provide a total of 18 billion euros to Ukraine in 2023.
The funds would be used to cover "urgent repairs and fast recovery leading to a successful reconstruction," von der Leyen said.
“We will keep on supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes,” she added.
Moscow has "increased the production of Geran-2s," HUR spokesperson Andrii Yusov said, referring to Russian variants of Iranian-made Shaheds.
There are currently close to 700,000 Russian service members deployed in Ukraine, including National Guard, special forces, and support units, Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said on Sept. 5.
"Europe will be first in by far, and they want to be first, and they want to see it end," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
"I can't go to Moscow when my country's under missiles, under attack, each day. I can't go to the capital of this terrorist," President Volodymyr Zelensky told ABC News.
Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 68 of the 91 Russian Shahed-type attack drones and decoys launched overnight, the Air Force reported.
The number includes 960 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
A joint investigation by NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) found that the state-enterprise "Polygraph Plant Ukraine" purchased equipment from a French company at inflated prices through a shell company based in Estonia.
Russian President Vladimir "Putin is the cause of this war, he's the reason for the killing," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said. "He is not going to dictate the terms of the peace."
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) led the investigation through its delegation to Ukraine and found that 2,577 soldiers remain in Russian captivity.
"Whether it is Russian oil or anything else, it's our decision to buy from the place which suits our needs, whether in terms of rates, logistics, anything," Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
"I think it's a much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now," Trump said.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Kyiv's Independence Square the evening of Sept. 5 to protest parliamentary bills that would impose tougher criminal penalties on soldiers for disobedience.
"Such lines will be opened with other European countries," Zelensky said at a press conference alongside European Council President Antonio Costa.
Ukrainian drones struck multiple Russian oil facilities overnight on Sept. 5, including Russia's largest Rosneft refinery in Ryazan and an oil depot in occupied Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine's top drone warfare commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi reported.
The soldiers had been injured in combat and had been hiding in the occupied territories in a hospital where "sympathetic doctors" helped them avoid Russian secret services.
