Euromaidan Press Staff

SBU drones struck a Lukoil oil platform 900 km from Ukraine's border, while on the ground, Russian assault waves collapsed under constant drone strikes in Pokrovsk sector.

Ukrainian forces are holding a 13 square kilometer area around Pokrovsk.

Ukraine's president said he's ready to hold elections in three months if the US and Europe ensure protection for polling stations from Russian strikes, as pressure mounts over Trump's peace plan.

Hungary's veto sparks EU push to seize €210bn in frozen Russian assets.

US envoy Keith Kellogg says peace deal is in "last 10 meters," but territorial disputes remain unresolved as Moscow doubles down on Donbas demands. Meanwhile, massive barrages target civilian infrastructure, leaving Ukrainians facing 12-16 hours without power daily. Ukrainian

The US is pressuring EU states to abandon plans for seizing €210 billion in Russian assets, Belgium remains the key holdout, and Denmark announced it's slashing military aid nearly in half. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones struck 23,441 targets in November - hitting energy sites from Chechnya to the Black Sea overnight.

Russian drones and artillery knocked out Kherson's heat supply as winter sets in, while Berlin committed fresh funds to help Ukraine restore its battered energy grid.

Trump envoys leave Moscow empty-handed after Putin delays meeting for hours, offers no compromise.

Sweden has allocated $116 million in winter aid to Ukraine, focusing on energy supply and infrastructure repair.

A landmark legal challenge by sanctioned Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman threatens to unravel Western sanctions regimes.

Ukraine's chief of staff stepped down just 24 hours before planned talks with Trump envoys, as leaked US peace plan offers Putin recognition of seized territories.

Putin offers no compromise in his latest address, declaring Russia ready to fight until the last Ukrainian while demanding Kyiv surrender the Donbas and inviting US negotiators to Moscow on Russian terms.

Russia flatly rejects any concessions under US peace plan.

Hours after calling European peace amendments "unacceptable," Moscow launched a double Kinzhal-Iskander strike on the Ukrainian capital - but Ukraine is hitting back in what officials call the "first symmetric winter," with drones destroying Russia's secret laser weapon plane, striking the sole A-50 repair plant for the fourth time, and overwhelming Russian air defenses.