Forty-eight people remained missing as search and rescue operations continued at the site of the Russian attack on the morning of Nov. 3, Governor Mykhailo Semikin said.

"Important meetings lie ahead, as well as strengthening our air defense and supporting our energy sector. This will be the priority of today’s talks," said Zelensky on social media upon arriving in Germany.

Energy officials recorded one of the largest waves of Russian ballistic missiles targeting critical infrastructure, with Russia also launching cruise missiles, jet-powered drones, and propeller-powered drones, Vitalii Zaichenko, CEO of Ukrenergo, the country's state grid operator, told the Kyiv Independent.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced on Nov. 3 that new rounds of trilateral peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S. will be held on Nov. 10 in Abu Dhabi.

Terekhov said approximately 200 patients would be evacuated to other medical facilities as emergency services worked at the scene.

The number includes 2,060 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Commission is set to publish its hotly anticipated annual reports on how far potential EU members have progressed toward joining the bloc. The so-called Enlargement Package, to be unveiled on Nov. 4, is expected to feature accession roadmaps for the most advanced candidates   — Ukraine included. For Kyiv, the stakes are high. The Commission is poised to give the country its first projected end date for accession talks, after a year in which Ukraine's reform eff

According to RMF FM, Polish military intelligence and allied intelligence services warned last week that acts of sabotage could occur near the Russian border, potentially including incursions by armed groups.

Ukraine has repeatedly targeted the facility, including most recently, a Sept. 17 strike that damaged its AVT-3 crude oil processing unit, according to Ukraine's General Staff.

With the decree, a newly established government commission will have the authority to claim reserved capacity, which must be made accessible within 24 hours of the government's notification.

Late on Nov. 1, Ukraine's Air Alert app, which provides vital updates to citizens about incoming Russian strikes, was hacked. Hours after the false warnings were sent to Ukrainian citizens' phones, Russia's own air raid alert system began to show signs of being compromised.

The exact number of people still remaining in Oleshky cannot currently be verified, Lubinets said, answering a question from the Kyiv Independent. Ukraine also cannot reveal the number of evacuees as stipulated by an agreement with Russia, he added.

Key developments on Nov. 2: * Russian bomb strikes kill 24 at humanitarian aid center in Zaporizhzhia Oblast * Air raid alerts disrupt Ukrainian shopping malls for record one-third of operating hours in October * Russia adapts decoy drone for one-way attacks at ranges of up to 1,200 kilometers, HUR says * Su-57 destroyed in engine fire at Akhtubinsk airfield in Russia, HUR confirms * Nearly 800 people evacuated from Oleshky, Melania Trump says, as Kyiv, Moscow withhold figures * Russia ex

Videos circulating on social media appear to show a tense standoff, with people demanding access to the building.

Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Fox News that Ukraine would welcome further humanitarian ceasefires in other parts of the front line.

The Joint Group of Forces, the command currently fighting in Ukraine, would be exempted from the rule and receive their December pay before the new year, Verstka said.

"Fellow journalists, do everything in your power to prevent your countries from siding with evil," Ukrainian journalists said in a joint video appeal to their international colleagues.

The alerts accounted for 32.5% of their operating time, up 1.7% from September and almost three times the share recorded a year earlier, according to the Ukrainian Council of Shopping Centers (UCSC).

The detention of Ukraine's best-known investigative journalist, Mykhailo Tkach, and his cameraman Yaroslav Bondarenko in Vienna this October caused an understandable outcry in both Ukraine and Austria. The two work for Ukrainska Pravda media and were reporting on the whereabouts of former Ukrainian prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko, who had reportedly relocated to Austria's capital shortly after Kravchenko's personal office was searched by Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies as part of a large-

According to a technical breakdown published by HUR, the new version, called the Gerbera-2, has a range of 1,200 kilometers and carries a 25-kilogram warhead.

The power supply situation was most difficult in Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv oblasts following Russian attacks, the Energy Ministry said.

British helicopters tracked a Russian intelligence ship, Viktor Leonov, as it was "closely monitoring" NATO military drills off the coast of Scotland, the Royal Navy said.

Russia used the humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky to rotate soldiers, improve fighting positions, expand anti-drone netting on key logistics routes, and resupply soldiers with ammunition, Ukraine's General Staff said on Nov. 2.

Ukraine's air raid alert system was hacked late on Nov. 1, the Air Force said as sirens sounded across the country, falsely notifying people of nuclear, chemical, and street fighting threats.

The European Union is unlikely to accept a U.S. proposal to resume Russian gas deliveries to Europe through Ukraine, EU officials told the Kyiv Independent, despite Washington's belief that the scheme could help secure a ceasefire and provide economic benefits to Kyiv. The proposal would allow Russia to resume gas exports to Europe through a U.S. intermediary, potentially generating transit revenue for Ukraine while offering European consumers access to Russian gas. But the plan faces a major

With economic activity expected to contract in 2026 for the first time since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, continued Western funding will be increasingly important to sustaining Ukraine’s defense and keeping the state functioning, a report by Bloomberg found.

HUR suggested that the fire may have resulted from deteriorating jet fuel quality linked to Ukrainian long-range drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, according to a Nov. 2 social media statement.

Ukraine's Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said at a press conference on Nov. 2 that Kyiv and Moscow could not officially disclose the number of people evacuated from Oleshky under the terms of the prior agreement.

"The withdrawal of the Russian Federation marks the end of the CPT's monitoring mandate in the country," said Alan Mitchell, the president of the CPT.

Russian forces suffered a record 2,500 personnel losses on Nov. 1, Ukraine's General Staff said.

A meeting between the leaders is essential, said Zelensky, adding that Turkey can be a practical and realistic mediator of future talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

The upcoming midterms will play a major role in shaping Washington's domestic and foreign policy for the coming years. Control of the House and the Senate decides who sets the agenda on security assistance, sanctions against Russia, and oversight of the White House's peace diplomacy. It also increasingly decides how far Congress is willing to act on its own. This year has already shown that Ukraine policy in Washington is no longer decided solely in the White House. In June, a bipartisan coalit