EU to activate emergency mechanism to back Ukraine amid deepening energy crisis

Russian forces deliberately targeted workers responsible for maintaining and repairing damaged energy infrastructure facilities, Ukraine’s state-owned energy operator, Ukrenergo, said.

"This will make it possible to quickly provide Ukraine with funding for what is needed most right now. Our teams are already working on this," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Rosneft customers in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, are limited to 30 liters of AI-95, 50 liters of AI-92 gasoline, and 100 liters of diesel per customer, while filling canisters is not allowed, Russian state-controlled media Kommersant said.

According to the president's advisor, Dmytro Lytvyn, the plan's details could be presented as soon as tomorrow.

A senior EU official has confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that the EU, NATO, and the national security advisers of Germany, France, and the U.K. will take part in the talks.

Russian forces launched 317 long-range attack drones at Ukraine overnight, including 105 jet-powered drones, as well as an unspecified number of Banderol cruise missiles, Ukraine's Air Force said on Nov. 9.

The General Staff reported Russian casualties reaching 400,000 since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022 the day prior.

"For decades, Moscow used energy to blackmail us. No more: Moldova buys zero Russian gas," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said.

The number includes 2,980 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

The attack caused large explosions at the Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis plant, also known as the Kinef plant, around 800 kilometers (roughly 500 miles) north of Ukraine.

"​​There's a very important meeting taking place," Trump said. "I believe that that war is going to end and it's going to end soon. And the only reason it's going to end is because of me."

The plant lost connection to its sole 330-kilovolt (kV) external power line, forcing it to rely on emergency diesel generators for cooling and safety functions, the IAEA announced around noon local time. 10 hours later, the IAEA confirmed power had been restored.

In the new layout of the 2027 World Junior Hockey Championship, which is due to take place in Canada from Dec. 26, 2026, to Jan. 5, 2027, Russia will place tenth. As the lowest-ranked team, Norway will move down to Division 1A.