PM: Ukraine would face difficulties paying pensions, salaries without financial support from Western partners

"We see some openings and some opportunities," Jared Kushner told the press, adding that the U.S. envoys would then travel to Dublin to debrief President Volodymyr Zelensky, who will be attending an informal meeting of EU leaders scheduled for Nov. 13.

The man, originally from the Indonesian island of Java, was sent to participate in a Russian assault in southern Ukraine. After his unit came under a Ukrainian drone attack, he managed to reach Ukrainian-held territory, where he was taken prisoner, according to the I Want to Live project.

Ukrainian drones struck the Ust-Luga Baltic Sea port in western Russia's Leningrad Oblast overnight on Nov. 11, monitoring channels reported.

An air raid alert sounded in the region at around 11 a.m. local time. At the time, Ukraine's Air Force reported that a jet-powered drone was heading toward Chornomorsk.

President Volodymyr Zelensky added that a meeting with U.S. special envoys — Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner — will also take place in Ireland, following the envoys' trip to Russia.

The hackers replaced the agency's homepage with the word ZELENET, an image of a crossed-out Ukrainian flag, and a link to a Telegram channel. Ukrinform's account on X was also renamed ZELENET, while its biography was changed to include a pro-Russian slogan.

Anti-corruption activists and legal experts have lambasted the recent prosecution reform bill because it does not envisage the participation of any independent or international experts. Prosecutors will dominate in all the bodies supposed to reform the prosecution service.

Alexander Darchiev, Russia's ambassador to the U.S., died unexpectedly at the age of 66, Russia's Foreign Ministry announced on Nov. 11, without commenting on the cause of death.

Substations were hit in Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr and Cherkasy oblasts. Power lines were also damaged in Kirovohrad and Rivne oblasts, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said.

German defense technology company Helsing on Nov. 11 unveiled Clarity, a military AI platform pitched as a sovereign European alternative to U.S. providers such as Palantir, promising military control over their data, AI models and operations.

The exchange was also confirmed by Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who is leading Russia's delegation.